by JimmyPage 7 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
With all the emphasis on KH builds, construction work has long been emphasized in Watchtower world.
Do you enjoy construction? My dad did it for awhile and is quite handy.
Lots of people get great satisfaction out of it.
I myself have never enjoyed it.
I fall asleep if I walk into a Home Depot.
Construction, along with janitorial work, is just not that interesting to me.
Yet another thing that alienated me from Dubland.
Interesting enough... I took a year of 'carpentry' in high school (my mom's idea - my dad did carpentry).
I tended to lean more towards electronics though... from waaaaay back when I could do experiments with any radio I could get my hands on.
But - that being said - I 'played' carpenter for about 2 weeks at a low-point in my life. I'll tell ya... that's hard work for little pay. (At least for me)
I had to get up early - and get to the job-site around 6:30 or 7am. I think that I was too 'fast' for that type of work. I remember slinging 4' x 8' sound absorbing board into place - so that the carpenter with the nail-gun could nail them in place. I kept pace with him - slinging whilst he nailed.
The fellas in charge there (witnesses) were a tad concerned for me... one offered me 'salt tablets'. I was like 'huh? I'm okay.'
Anyway... I pretty much walked from that job - couldn't get used to the hard work.
As far as walking through Home Depot - I love it! Of course... I'm not looking at all the things that one can get to put up walls or wire the home, etc. I'm looking things with a 'I can use this widget for this... and that one for that... ' that is... I use things - not what they were intended for.
Regards,
Jim TX
There do tend to be a lot of JW construction workers. I guess they're training for all the rebuilding they're gonna do after the big guy in the sky gets done with his magic wrecking ball. I wonder if they'll put windows in all the new buildings in paradise?
I fall asleep if I walk into a Home Depot.
What kinda man are you?!!
I "liked" it mostly because it was it was a reason to get out of meetings and away from an imbalanced wife!!
Donny
I enjoy it when I'm working on my own home renovation projects. I had no use for JW construction work or the way young pioneer™ "elders" without skills "oversee" those who actually know what they're doing.
W
So they can build more Kingdumb Hells that they do not need, sell the existing ones, and put the funds in the Worldwide Pedophile Defense Fund.
After I left Bethel, construction work was about the only real prospect I had. I wandered in and out of several different jobs before I decided to go back to school. I always wanted to learn carpentry, but am glad I chose to go to college instead. I think the reason why so many JWs are construction workers is that it is the source of many different types of decently-paying work without any higher education required. Unfortunately, for non-union jobs, there's no healthcare, and the nature of the work often breaks your body down to the degree that you need healthcare before you're anywhere near ready to retire.
