Pet Peeves

[kejedo]

I previously got permission from the cong secretary to bring a nebulizer machine to the Hall and set it up in the "back room." However, this is where repetitive 'latecomers'  seat themselves, and the noise of my (breath saving) machine annoys them. I have not found relief from masks. I guess I am just too healthy looking for people to take me seriously. That's a good thing, right? p/s. A Bethelite brother and sister are calling on a couple with a large family, including one young male child who is quite active. I met the family, previously, in informal witnessing, and the young man is extremely well behaved with me. I have promised the family that whenever they come to Kingdom Hall, their young son is welcome to sit with me. The youngster, himself, has asked if he can sit with me, whenever his family comes to "church."  He's really a sweetie, and his Mom and Dad say his behavior is the best when he sits with me. Harda bleeve, huh?  I think my decades of teaching and counseling may have paid off in some respects. I am just delighted when this family shows up for meetings. All else, is just a matter of prayer. You already know it! YS,pauline

[kejedo]

Sounds like a pet peeve to me 

Start wearing a Haz-Mat suit or at least have a chemical face mask in your purse.

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I think one of these persons looks just like me. Which one? - not telling.

[Tortuga]

When you say the opening prayer at the meeting and you thank Jehovah for your food...

[ChrisC]

When you say the opening prayer at the meeting and you thank Jehovah for your food...

I once started a prayer before the family meal, "Heavenly father Jehovah..." And this voice said, "What?"

It was our parrot.

[Áine]

My peeve is nothing to do with congregations. ...but I hate it when I'm stood in a queue. ..In the bank etc and the people in front of me don't queue properly, they leave great big gaps ,won't move up when someone gets served and waste space !! Yeah petty I know but annoying

Edited June 4, 2015 by anniebea

[ava]

I previously got permission from the cong secretary to bring a nebulizer machine to the Hall and set it up in the "back room." However, this is where repetitive 'latecomers'  seat themselves, 

 

 

 

 

Same at our cong, latecomers sit in the back room.  

 

Personally, I have always thought the elders/attendants should just not let late comers sit in the back room, lol.  I actually see our attendants standing in the back and opening the doors to the backroom and turning on the lights for the late comers.  I think they should just escort them to some seats in the main hall.  I went to a hall like that years ago, and the brothers wouldn't let ones sit in the back school.  Often our back schools are so filled with people that if you go to the back room to hear one of your kids give a part, it's  standing room only.  

 

Backrooms should be for ones like yourself with allergies, or ones with babies.  Just my opinion.  

[Qapla]

Same at our cong, latecomers sit in the back room.  

 

Personally, I have always thought the elders/attendants should just not let late comers sit in the back room, lol.  I actually see our attendants standing in the back and opening the doors to the backroom and turning on the lights for the late comers.  I think they should just escort them to some seats in the main hall.  I went to a hall like that years ago, and the brothers wouldn't let ones sit in the back school.  Often our back schools are so filled with people that if you go to the back room to hear one of your kids give a part, it's  standing room only.  

 

Backrooms should be for ones like yourself with allergies, or ones with babies.  Just my opinion.  

 

Latecomers sit in the font rows in our Hall, since the majority of the rear seats are already taken by those who come early and on time.

[Qapla]

Latecomers sit in the font rows in our Hall, since the majority of the rear seats are already taken by those who come early and on time.

 

Another Pet Peeve - keyboards that do not always register the keystroke and spell checkers that don't catch the error

[Miss Bea]

You need to get a job!

Brother, I love your sense of humor. Apparenrly you putt along with no pet peeves. I envy you. me? I have a list, and, i assure you, I do not need a job. At the hall, I squirm when brothers speak of this country, as, Our country". This is not our country, in any manner, shape or form. We are aliens who just happen to live here!

Not at the hall? Noisey eaters, and all that goes with it.

[Miss Bea]

A pet peeve of mine is when a person licks their finger to separate something (ie: plastic bags, papers, book pages, etc). This was most frustrating for me in school when teachers would be handing out work assignments. Each thumb lick and paper pass heightened by anxiety. GERMS!!! 

You can sort of control this by making sure you know where your hands are. Not near your eyes, or mouth. But I cringe when I see people lick their fingers as they count money. Figure they may be training their immune system!

[Qapla]

Here is one I almost hesitate to mention .... but, I will anyway -

 

When you go someplace "public" for some sort of event or meeting and you need to use the restroom. While in there you notice someone else who used the room and left WITHOUT washing their hands. Then, after you come out, you are introduced to that very person who extends that UNWASHED HAND for you to shake

[kejedo]

<she spent $10,000 extra on pioneering for her one year,> On what? Latest shoes and outfits? BMW car?

She was on the high end subgroup that had meetings for Service at an exclusive restaurant, by invitation only. One Sunday,after meeting, I was out alone in service, the only one who stayed at KH for the arranged meeting. It was near the end of the month and I had asked a sister, on Saturday (day before), if she was going out on Sunday, and she said 'yes', so I stupidly assumed she would be at the KH service group, but no one there but me. It was raining terribly, and on my solitary travels, the Sister I had spoken to was at a pricey Restaurant with the 10,000 dollar pioneer. I decided to speak up (for once), and later during that week, I said to the sister I had spoken to on Saturday." Boy, it was lonely on Sunday afternoon out in the rain. I thought you would be at the KH for service." She said, "we already had our group of five. There was no room for anyone else. " I actually should have anticipated it, because on a previous Sunday afternoon, the 10k pio asked me to work with a sister and her 3 children (who were just getting back to meetings.) It was snowy, in Maine, and I had on heels, but I went out with the Sister and her children, anyway. The sister who asked me to accompany the family in service went to the restaurant with her group. So, I didn't take it personally. Everyone is trying to serve Jehovah, and I can look back at it humorously. 

[kejedo]

Brother, I love your sense of humor. Apparenrly you putt along with no pet peeves. I envy you. me? I have a list, and, i assure you, I do not need a job. At the hall, I squirm when brothers speak of this country, as, Our country". This is not our country, in any manner, shape or form. We are aliens who just happen to live here!

Not at the hall? Noisey eaters, and all that goes with it.

Sister Bea, you are so right. I frequently hear friends say things like, "Well, I hope our government doesn't get involved in that (some kind of political statement follows." Really? What happened to Daniel 2:44?

[kejedo]

You can sort of control this by making sure you know where your hands are. Not near your eyes, or mouth. But I cringe when I see people lick their fingers as they count money. Figure they may be training their immune system!

A dear sister licks her finger as she turns each page of the Bible, separately. Why do people do that? 

[kejedo]

Here is one I almost hesitate to mention .... but, I will anyway -

 

When you go someplace "public" for some sort of event or meeting and you need to use the restroom. While in there you notice someone else who used the room and left WITHOUT washing their hands. Then, after you come out, you are introduced to that very person who extends that UNWASHED HAND for you to shake

That's very common.

[Old]

A dear sister licks her finger as she turns each page of the Bible, separately. Why do people do that? 

According to Umbert Eco this habit can prove fatal.

See his book "The Name Of The Rose."

[Miss Bea]

That's for sure Don. Sometimes at the meetings I have to hide behind my jacket, I am laughing so hard. One meeting that stands out in my mind was a Watchtower Study that had the word "public" used many times. The brother reading pronounced it "pubic". I struggled through the entire lesson.

Then there was the poor brother a( WT reader) who used the word, "Kotex" instead of, "codex". They are up there so much...I wonder if his wife told him. I hope not...

[Miss Bea]

Thanks for bringing that up. I know that when I handle the mics I always try to stand next to the last row so i don't block the conductors view. When I see him looking at someone I start moving that direction so it doesn't take me all day to get the mic to them. When I see someone raise their hand and it looks like the conductor didn't see it, I'll slowly move to the edge of that row and my movement catches his attention.

 

There is a sister in our cong that will accidentally turn off the mic every time she gets it. We thought there was a problem with the mic until we realized it was the way she would grip it. It's not a pet peeve, just something funny.

Then there are the ones handling the microphones that stand so the conductor cannot see you. We had a brother that stood in front of one of the screens at the RC. The other screen was over way on the other side of the room, but I was grateful for it.

[Tortuga]

Short traffic lights. 

 

I had to stop in the middle of the crosswalk while leaving the convention and I received several strained smiles from friends that had to walk around my car.

[Miss Bea]

My pet peeve is that two of our elders leave in the winter

and head to warmer, sunnier climates where the need is greater,

leaving us short two elders, and, in effect,

turning our congregation into a need greater. 

My pet peeve is not being to undo my mistakes, and, sister is font is just beauriful, but it, with the pale color, i simpally cannot read it. Sorry.

[Tortuga]

My pet peeve is not being to undo my mistakes, and, sister is font is just beauriful, but it, with the pale color, i simpally cannot read it. Sorry.

 

I agree, I wish we could turn back the hands of time more often than once a year for Daylight Savings Time 

[Miss Mouse]

My PET peeve is kids running wild after the meeting !!!

Is that light hearted LOL

Edited June 6, 2015 by Miss Mouse

[Tortuga]

My new pet peeve is sisters that get a new hairdo for the convention and then sit right in front of you just before the drama starts!

 

 

Not really...it just sounded like a good pet peeve  

[GrumpysWife]

My pet peeve is people that voice their pet peeves.  

[Tortuga]

My pet peeve is people that voice their pet peeves.  

A lot of people share that pet peeve! 

This is just a lighthearted look at some of the minor things that annoy us so we can unitedly shake our heads and move on. 

 

My newest pet peeve is rude drivers. I was on the freeway on-ramp and a lady behind me tried to pass me on the right side (passenger side for those that drive on the wrong side of the road) but the on-ramp was only a single lane, then she cuts me off on the left side so she could get on the freeway. There was plenty of room for everyone, no reason for her to nearly cause an accident.