Blindersoff, I sympathize with your position. I have been trying to fade peacefully for the sake of my wife, sister, mother, father, grandmother, great uncle, etc., and I do not want to make waves if possible because it will hurt my relations with my family. I realize that would be the fault of the organization, not my own, but I am stuck in a harsh reality and trying to make the best of it. I am technically inactive because I have not turned time for the last two months, but I can tell you exactly what I was doing for many months leading up to that point.
1. I would go in service just enough to make sure someone could verify that I was participating in the ministry.
2. At the door, although I am fairly good with people, I would purposely use the most dry presentation possible: "Hello, how are you. I am visiting your neighbors with the Watchtower and Awake magazines. Are you familiar with them?" Trust me, with that presentation, you will rarely, if ever, have to go any farther before they shut you down. Then, as you walk away, smile like a dope to your service partner and say,"well, at least I know it's not me they're rejecting". If you are just trying to get a few hours in each month, you could get by for years with this approach.
3. Mix in some streetwork (early morning service). For me, this was the best for several reasons: Most importantly, I got to approach somebody by myself, with no service partner. I purposely would pick the wildest looking person, and just say hello. Usually they would say something interesting enough to start a conversation. I would talk with them long enough to kill some time, about anything from their recent Muslim conversion to which Burger King they like the best, and then wish them goodday and walk back to the car.
The hardest thing to realize, Blindersoff, is that if you want to fake it, it is painfully easy. You can purposely do a terrible job at every witness activity, and still be better than half of them. All the organization cares about is having you go through the motions.
