Posted by:
exminion
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Date: December 12, 2019 05:11AM
I had been waiting in the urologist's waiting room for a full hour. An old woman was trying to sleep on one of the couches, and everyone was crammed together on the remaining couches. There were about 18 of us in there. Some of the patients were in visible agony. There were two young woman Mormon missionaries in there, trying to start conversations with these pathetic patients. Talk about a "captive audience!" When no one would talk with them, they started to talk very loudly with each other, about the church. They woke up the old lady. I was in pain, myself, and I finally lost it! I went up to the receptionist, and told her what the missionaries had been doing, and she said, "Yes, we noticed." They did not have appointments. I said, do I have your permission to invite them to leave? The receptionist came with me, and told them to leave if they didn't have an appointment. The missionaries began to argue with us, saying this was a public place, and I said it was a place of business, and everyone was either a paying patient or companion, and that the missionaries were technically "loitering" and taking away seats. They still refused to leave. I explained to the missionaries that they were harassing these sick people, and that they were making everyone hate them and their cult. I started to call the police on my i-phone, and they finally left. Everyone thanked us.
A few weeks later, I was in another doctor's waiting room, and two other missionaries showed up. This time, I didn't wait for an hour, and I walked right up to them--I was dressed in a business suit--and asked them if they had appointments. When they said no, I told them the waiting room was for patients only, and they left. This was in SLC, and I think they have stopped using this tactic.
I feel protective of others, having been a lifetime victim of the Mormon cult. Feeding them and encouraging them is the same as supporting and enabling them. Young missionaries need to know reality, in order to cope with it.
The next time you give a missionary a meal, think of the next person they start stalking and lying to--it might be one of your own loved ones! Maybe if the missionaries are hungry, they will quit early, and another potential victim will be spared.