# **snobs

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Posted by Gonesouth [Gonesouth] on October 27, 1999 at 09:10:28 {dPkPwxsNJE.4bwmgI0OsKAeYPWH9DI}:

In Reply to: *snobs posted by 5GJW on October 26, 1999 at 22:19:59:

I'm not sure it is a snob thing on some posters' part and this type of work is absolutely necessary . I think some here sincerely want to help others, avoid our mistakes. The fact is that some of us chose this line of work based on information that turned out to be faulty; that 'God's Kingdom is right around the corner, and there is no need to seek long term employment in this system'. Most of these jobs are little more than minimum wage, and it has become increasingly difficult to financially support a family. In my years as a Witness I've known a lot of witnesses who are smarter, more talented, with much more potential than me, who chose janitorial , or some other self-employment type work along the same lines (seasonal , yard work, etc). In our mind there was never any need to do anything else, and we wanted the flexibility to do more in Jehovah's service (We were constantly given reminders that 'time is short'). Here it is more than 20 years after 1975 and a lot of my friends who went down this career path are struggling because they are no longer able to support their families on this kind of pay. They have no savings, no retirement money, no marketable skills, and growing financial obligations (like trying to care for aging parents, and helping their own adult children who also lack marketable job skills). Some admit to working 'under the table', frequenting the free stores, and even to seeking help from Babylon the Great's charities just to get by. Most of them take full blame for their choices, but many of them personally express regret when we talk about it privately. Because of MY stupidity, and wanting to save MY neck, I was one who walked away from college in my senior year in 1973 because 1975 was going to be it. No blame to anyone else, just ME. Ironically, my elders at my Hall tried to get me to finish!!! Their reasoning was that no body knew when this system would end and my schooling might come in handy - they didn't care what the Circuit Overseer was saying. (In the mid 80s I took my butt back to college and completed my degree) I've done everything from scrubbing public phone booths, cleaning rich folks houses, to a cost analyst in a major fortune 500 company, and more recently sales. I've learned you make your choices, good or bad, and then you have to live with the consequences. I'm not too picky about what I have to do to keep a roof over my head and food on the table, as long as it is legal.

MS

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