I was a ministerial servant for a couple of years (1995 - 1997), and I knew I was being considered for elder, but I didn't want it, I want to be an ms any more by then, and I wasn't sure i even wanted to be a jw either. So I resigned as a servant on grounds of principle - I did not agree with the way some things were done, but I went on holiday just after that, and they announced my decision while I was away, citing ill health, the lying b*sta**s!
Soon after that, I was approached for re appointment as ms. There was no way I was going to allow them to do that, so I turned it down flat. That didn't endear me to the elders, and it was soon after that that I started consciously doing less of everything, service, meeting attendance, commenting etc. I was trying to ensure that they wouldn't bring up the issue of my reappointment again, and it worked, they never did.
I didn't find it much of a privilege being an ms, just a lot of hard work for little reward. I often wished I had never accepted it, and it was a load lifted off my shoulders when I brought it to an end. Looking back, the 2 years I was an ms were probably the worst of the 8 mostly unpleasant years I spent as an active jw.