Posted by:
WiserWomanNow
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Date: December 26, 2010 02:59PM
What is it with the heavy, authoritative tone of voice ward clerks affect when they are calling because the bishop wants to see you?
After I had been inactive for an entire year, I awoke one Sunday morning to a telephone message which had been sent at 7:30 (!) a.m.: <authoritative tone:> “Good Morning, Sister WWN, this is Brother WardClerk. Bishop YouGottaBeKidding wants to see you in his office at 8:30 this morning.”
As I listened to the message, I laughed and shook my head at the very audacity of it! I had heard nothing at all from the bishop during that entire first year of inactivity--which was fine with me!--but which did make startlingly incongruous this sudden demand for me to show up at his office with merely one hour’s notice.
Is it common for ward clerks to speak in this dire tone when setting up appointments for the bishop, in hopes of intimidating members into showing up as demanded?
(Just to be clear: This occurred some years ago.)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/26/2010 03:19PM by WiserWomanNow.