What incident can you recall of been screwed over by a dubbie. My experience.

joe134cd

The one that I can recall, and although the dollar value wasn't high, it was the thought behind it that counted. A person who I thought was a good dubbie friend was a bit down on his luck. So I offered to take him out to lunch. Anyway he managed to rake up a $60 dollar bill, ordering top shelf, when I was expecting it to be far less. Anyway a few days later I over heard him jokingly bragging about it to another friend how he managed to rack up this bill and leave me paying for it. Boy I let him have it in front of everyone. I guess it's the old story of when you're got friends like this who needs enemies.

smiddy

In a few congregations I was in during the 70`s and 80`s , all in the same vicinity , their were a number of incidents where brothers brought allegations against other brothers for complaints such as breach of contract , fraud ,misrepresentations of goods / services provided .

And their was an elder who misused funds of the congregation for his own profit . That one was played down because he admitted it and payed back the monies in question .

all of these were handled in house , behind closed doors , by the elders and while not everybody was happy with the outcome , nobody said anything ," its jehovah`s organization ".

I bet they wish they would have complained loud and clear now

just saying

smiddy

Crazyguy

Lazy most of them, will take advantage of you if they can they expect it especially the ones with titles.. I have had ones steal from me etc.

stillin

I was a regular at the Kingdom Hall work days. I have an extensive collection of tools because over the years I have purchased what I need and taken good care of my tools.

I have never returned home at the end of a work day with every tool that I brought along. They were stolen.

adjusted knowledge

I was 17 years old and gave $2000 to another member who was my age for his car and he stole $500 cash from my bedroom. It took me a year bagging groceries and pushing carts to earn that money. His car didn't work after the second day I bought it and he spent the money that was stolen. His parents made an excuse that he was bi- polar and not his fault. My non-witness father would've of got involved but the "elders" made sure I didn't push the issue. Another "brother" in the congregation in his 40's at the time bought the car off me for $200 and resold it that week for $800. He knew it was a minor carburetor issue. He also knew the car was not worth $2000 and was there when I paid for it. I was a naive teenager that was brain wash for more than a decade to trust members to be honest. I had no real social skills and limited knowledge on market value of items. I never tell this story to non-jw because they would just think I was an idiot, which I was.

In the end the teenager is now 37 and in jail for multiple home invasions. The mechanic "brother" who ripped me off lost his hand while working on a car and is in his 60's with no retirement and a very low social security check. I feel sorry for the later but nothing for the scoundrel former peer.

Phizzy

I was ripped off a number of times one way or another by JW's, I won't go into detail as I would be identified.

The one that gives me great satisfaction to look back on is when I was ripped off by a "brother" who laughingly told me I could do nothing about it as, "we do not take each other to Court".

I got close up to him and said, right in his face, "I do ! "

He promptly apologised and put the matter right. He also lost my respect from then on.

ruderedhead

You go, Phizzy!

Slave4_38y

joe134cd, I believe the expression is "with friends like you, who needs enemas?"

What incident can you recall of been screwed over by a dubbie. My experience.

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