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Post by bubbles on Feb 1, 2015 20:56:29 GMT -5
A strong personality wants to control and get their way. They see only one opinion on any issue-THEIR opinion. I heard about an old sister worker who was asked to leave the work because she "became too bossy". When it comes to church leadership and you are trying to be christlike. Teachablity is the go. Humbling yourself is more appealing than being an arrogant..so and so. Also what makes people think that being a leader gives them the right to be overbearing controlling and rude.
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Post by snow on Feb 1, 2015 22:21:31 GMT -5
A strong personality wants to control and get their way. They see only one opinion on any issue-THEIR opinion. I heard about an old sister worker who was asked to leave the work because she "became too bossy". I rather doubt it was her being bossy. She must have done something else to get ousted. I have met too many very bossy ladies in the work and they all seemed to stay in. One in particular I can remember was still around 36 years later to take my mom's funeral.
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Post by bubbles on Feb 1, 2015 23:59:08 GMT -5
Snow Never heard of sister worker taking funeral..oh yes I did she was home on leave. It was a first.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2015 0:37:38 GMT -5
I do remember some workers were stood down, because they were not able to get along with their companions. But it was because of mental problems, and that abnormal life style would send anybody mad.
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Post by snow on Feb 2, 2015 13:14:32 GMT -5
Snow Never heard of sister worker taking funeral..oh yes I did she was home on leave. It was a first. She was senior worker in the region at the time of my mom's death so she took the funeral. There was her younger companion and another man, can't remember who he was at the moment. But she was the leader. I can see that as she was one of those 'strong personalities'. When she first started in the work she was quite young and boy she was nasty with us teenage girls lol...
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Post by SharonArnold on Feb 2, 2015 13:39:24 GMT -5
Snow Never heard of sister worker taking funeral..oh yes I did she was home on leave. It was a first. She was senior worker in the region at the time of my mom's death so she took the funeral. There was her younger companion and another man, can't remember who he was at the moment. But she was the leader. I can see that as she was one of those 'strong personalities'. When she first started in the work she was quite young and boy she was nasty with us teenage girls lol... I think it is quite common these days (in Western Canada), for a sister worker to officiate at a funeral. I think they often tend to do a better job than a lot of the men.
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Post by snow on Feb 2, 2015 16:50:56 GMT -5
She was senior worker in the region at the time of my mom's death so she took the funeral. There was her younger companion and another man, can't remember who he was at the moment. But she was the leader. I can see that as she was one of those 'strong personalities'. When she first started in the work she was quite young and boy she was nasty with us teenage girls lol... I think it is quite common these days (in Western Canada), for a sister worker to officiate at a funeral. I think they often tend to do a better job than a lot of the men. It could be, my mom's is the only 2x2 funeral I have attended in many years, other than my father's. So I attended 2 funerals within a 3 year span but those are the only ones in probably 40 years.
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Feb 3, 2015 3:27:37 GMT -5
Some people have strong personalities. And when they become a worker (especially an overseer) with unchecked authority, this strong personality cause them to push other people around. Few human beings are just enough to handle unchecked authority. I can think of some self willed and quite overbearing types in the Harvest Field. It's just another case of a bully finding a place where he or she can bully. Because the friends are taught to not question the workers and that verse about testing the spirits does not apply to the workers they get away with it. Personally I have found that bullies respond really well to a swift uppercut administered by the victim.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2015 3:37:29 GMT -5
Negative and inflammatory language.
Please define these terms, "unchecked authority" and "overbearing types."
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Post by dmmichgood on Feb 3, 2015 3:40:30 GMT -5
A strong personality wants to control and get their way. They see only one opinion on any issue-THEIR opinion. I heard about an old sister worker who was asked to leave the work because she "became too bossy". I think you are incorrect. What is it that you think is incorrect?
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Post by Greg on Feb 3, 2015 6:27:58 GMT -5
I think you are incorrect. What is it that you think is incorrect?"A strong personality wants to control and get their way. They see only one opinion on any issue-THEIR opinion." This is probably correct: "I heard about an old sister worker who was asked to leave the work because she "became too bossy"." He probably did hear that.
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Post by dmmichgood on Feb 3, 2015 17:27:27 GMT -5
Negative and inflammatory language. Please define these terms, "unchecked authority" and "overbearing types." "unchecked authority" = an overseer in a state who hasn't moved for years and either there is no one to whom he is accountable for Or that person just let's him do as he wants.
We had one in our state who was there all the time I was going up.
He had his sycophants who would toady up to him, kept him informed. He was bully & a tyrant. ("inflammatory language if you like, Bert, but never-the-less true.)
"overbearing types" = trying to control the behavior of other people
This overseer was always being the "judge." At even a whiff from one of his of sycophants of what he would judge as an "impropriety" he would run clear across the state "settle" it.
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