Have any been attacked while in FS?

How many times were you attacked physically?

How many times were you attacked verbally?

How long were you a JW?

I would like it if people would answer all the questions if you don't mind to much.  I was trying to get a statistical sample of how often these thing might happen over the course of a jw's career.

i have been attacked by dogs and a pig.

i had a gun pulled on me once.

i was never physically injured cause i kept my mom in between me and the pig.

I've been verbally attacked a few times, one of the worst times happened when I was five. She just started screaming at me and my mom, called us a cult and threatened to call the police. Once when I was thirteen I went to the door with a friend about my age and the lady threatened us and started to throw rocks at us, she picked them up and acted like she was going to anyway, so we took off running. Really freaked us out. All the really mean people have been women.

JW from birth to 36. (1945-1981, California)

Physically - 0

Verbally - est. 12

Door slammed in face - est. 150

I think it would be interesting to add two other variables. What era does your experience cover? What part of the country (world).

How many times were you attacked physically?

Once by a goat; but never by a householder.

How many times were you attacked verbally?

Never.  Oh I had lots of discussions that degenerated into arguments, but it never reached the attacking stage.  I found if you were respectful and considerate toward people they would generally return it.

How long were you a JW?

18 years.  1971-1989 (pioneered for 3 years; 1980-1983)

1977-2002 Southeast US

Verbally = 20 (this usually consisted of screaming, didn't you see my *&%# No Tresspassing sign? Do you not understand what NO *&^# Tresspassing means?)

Physically - I wasn't at the door but I was in the car group a guy came to the door, shot his gun in the air and said your next, you have 10 seconds to get off my property. They ran and we hightailed it out of there.

I figure it would be hard enough to get just the 3 questions answered.

My ex jdub husband was chased out of a yard with a man running after him with the garden hose on full blast, LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Once an old man got angry and began chasing us with a piece of wood down the stairs, it turned out that he was a psycho and the father of a JW elder, did they drive him to insanity? I don't know. He kept saying to me: can you see the mercury in my eyes? I kept saying no and then we went beserk got that big piece of wood and began chasing us.

I was a JW for 20 years and pioneered™ for 2. I was attacked by 2 dogs, but no people. I was verbally attacked about 6 times.

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By JWs or non-JWs?

I knew that there would be knife in my back from some JWs as soon as I got out of the car to go to a door.  It was slice and dice in the car of whomever was not there.

My "career" as a door-knocker lasted from birth to age 18.  I was never attacked verbally or physically.  Once a man told  a person in my car group that the next one who knocked on his door would be shot.

Will your wife continue to take them in field service on Saturdays when they start school? 

Door partners verbally assaulted twice in three years no physical assaults (I'm pretty imposing physically.)  Don't worry about your kids because Jah will protect them just like the Elders promise!  At least that's what they told me when I mentioned that switching us from a congregation 15 minutes from our home to one an hour away, across a literal sea of titty bars, along the deadliest, most Red-Neck per sq mile, beer swilling section of highway in the country with a School that lasts till 9:30PM on Friday drunk night, might not be in our best interests. 

Actually they could give a rats ass about your best interests.  Everything is geared to putting feet on doorsteps, or as we say in "the world" putting asses in the seats.  There are many examples and it really doesn't take a lot to see them.  

I've never been attacked physically, but I was bitten by a dog once.

Attacked verbally a handful of times, at most.

Went in service for a total of 30+ years.

I did find, though, that when you have young children with you, people tend to be more polite. But you are knocking on people's doors uninvited, and I did worry about who would open the door when I had my kids with me. Fortunately, we never had a problem.

GGG

I've never been attacked physically but had a gun pulled working the rurals. 

*raises shotgun*  "you see that road you came up?  You can just go right back down it" 

*pio sister says*  "we are jeho..." 

*Matt grabs her by the arm and turns her right around and makes haste to the car*

Verbally threatened once on a RT on a Sunday arvo, the husband answered the door in a dressing gown looking very sweaty and when we asked for his wife he turned nasty.

Physically threatened just the one time when the home owner shook a cricket bat at us. 

ha, i remember one.

We were at a big house, a big drive...nice cars and a BIG DOG. The guy let his dog go when we were leaving so the guy i was with pushed me behind him then popped the button on his brolly, it was a 'Boss' brolly. That dog got a caining.

I was never physically attacked by someone. Did have some heated discussions, and got kicked off a few doorsteps, but nothing too dramatic.

In 1969 I was attacked by a Siamese cat while going h-to-h, tore up my left hand rather seriously, and I had to go to an emergency room. That was actually a pretty freaky incident, and not pleasant in any way.

I was a Witness from the early 60s to mid-90s, and Pioneered for many years.

S4

We rolled up to a big farm house with what seemed to be a nice elderly man doing some yard work.  Short guy.  Maybe 120 lbs. at the most.  Well, it's my buddies turn and I decide I'll go with him and we approach this nice old guy.  At first he thought we were sales people and was very polite then as soon as my buddy pulled that WT out of his bookbag, I could see the red in his eyes.  With spit shooting out of his mouth he yelled "Get the spuck outta here!!!"  With that we turned and started walking and giggling the whole way not turning back until it was too late for my buddy.  The old dude followed him back to his side of the car and kicked him right in the ass.  We're talking NFL record 65 yard field goal here.  I'll never forget it.