Posted by:
cludgie
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Date: February 23, 2015 10:04AM
DW is now RS president and has to deal with the food orders. On RfM we get reports all the time about how people are turned down for food assistance, and yet DW, DD, and DSis all have been dealing with the same sort of food orders, having to take food orders from people who have problems, are inactive, are disrespectful, never do work for the church, never even come to church, and receive some sort of state assistance. DW and the others all have to turn in the orders, go to a church where a warehouse truck delivers the stuff, and all three have the same problem--the bishop being too lax with some people, bending to their every perceived need. Even as someone who has no sympathy for LDS, Inc., I want to go strangle these people for gaming the corporation. And perhaps I'd like to strangle these bishops.
In two different local instances, two women on pensions with layabout adult sons put in huge orders every 14 days for weird and expensive items. One woman always wants 24 rolls of toilet paper and two gallons of bleach, plus the usual beef and pork roasts, and several pounds of bacon. The other woman always orders 10 lbs of sugar for iced tea (10 lbs.!!--every two weeks!!), a pot roast, a pork roast, a ham (the church got hams?!), a gallon of bleach, 4 dozen eggs, and many loaves of bread. You'd think that their hearts would pack up over this kind of diet.
DW and predecessors will check one woman's freezer and find it chock full of frozen meats, her pantry full of food. Then it's, "Now-now, sister. Are we hoarding food?" And then they work on a lesser order, but the woman rejects it and them and gives the food order directly to the bishop, who then gives it to the RS presidency and tells them to fill it. When anyone calls the woman and gets her unemployed 50-something son, he tells them they have the wrong number and tells them to f*ck off, and yet he is doubtless a main recipient. DSis is somewhat tougher with these types and rejects a lot of their meat demands, but does try to help them actually make some sort of menu, which the recipients are supposed to be doing, anyhow.
Meanwhile, we get report after report of active people who are told they are expected to sell their TV and go to all their relatives before they receive church assistance.