Those that knock on your door? - Page 2

ravenranter · 03-31-2007, 03:43 PM

thanks for the welcome to the cellar!

03-31-2007, 04:12 PM

Oh, when I come to the door now, I am always visibly armed... when they see the holster most usually cut the conversation short. This has become a real boon with dealing with this kind of thing.
We are dealing with a serious influx of these "wanna' buy beef and fish wholesale?" scumbags and kids soliciting for drug programs that cannot be checked-out. Those are usually for drug dealers, churches that are not official or cults. The last two being the same thing.
They always say that they helped them get off of drugs, but they look malnourished, dirty and overworked.

piercehawkeye45 · 04-01-2007, 12:09 AM

Do you come to the door armed during halloween?

DanaC · 04-01-2007, 10:51 AM

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When I was a kid and we used to get JWitnesses a lot, my Mom stopped it by answering the door holding a book on Satanism while wearing a pentagram necklace

Haha. Some years ago (before my Bro taught me the fun to be had just inviting them in for a drink and challenging as many of their precepts as you can before they give up and leave) I had a very large dog called Sarah. Now, Sarah was big and had a big slavery mouth complete with big slavery bark.....but was in fact very sweet. When I opened the door to the jovos she'd hurtle out fangs dripping and I'd grab her collar and heave her back (making it look much harder to do than it in fact was) and call her Satan instead of Sarah.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-01-2007, 02:50 PM

I find standing in the picture window, 4 ft away, watching them ring the doorbell but not answering it works well. If they persist, "Get the fuck off my property", is reasonably effective. there is no reason to be polite to them, they don't think twice about treading on your life.

Telephone solicitation is illegal if you tell them not to.

wolf · 04-01-2007, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

Do you come to the door armed during halloween?

I do, but I prefer to carry concealed.

As far as the salesbeasts ... no one's found the bodies yet.

(I live in a complex with a no soliciting rule that is generally obeyed.)

Aliantha · 04-01-2007, 08:15 PM

I used to be a door to door salesperson. I have to say that in my experience most people were pretty nice to deal with and it was very rare that anyone ever shut the door on me.

It was actually a pretty cool job for an 18yr old, and it paid really well as far as I was concerned.

These days if someone knocks on my door, I usually see if it's anything I'd be interested in, but if it's anyone about religion, I just show them my crucifix and they're usually on their way.

piercehawkeye45 · 04-01-2007, 08:44 PM

I sold raffle tickets to raise money for football and I was treated pretty well.

Hagar · 04-02-2007, 12:28 AM

My Grandfather used to turn the hose on Jehovas (sp?) Witnesses.

I have this urge to answer the door in the total buff one Saturday and then see how far they get through their spiel!

"Ahh, who's your God now, you evangelists?!"

...one day.

TheMercenary · 04-02-2007, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

I had a very large dog called Sarah. Now, Sarah was big and had a big slavery mouth complete with big slavery bark.....but was in fact very sweet. When I opened the door to the jovos she'd hurtle out fangs dripping and I'd grab her collar and heave her back (making it look much harder to do than it in fact was) and call her Satan instead of Sarah.

ferret88 · 04-02-2007, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ravenranter

i pretend that the door is really the telephone and i ignore it.

Me too!

Unless I'm expecting someone, I'm ignoring it just like the damn phone.

04-02-2007, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

Do you come to the door armed during halloween?

I hope that is a joke.

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

I used to be a door to door salesperson. I have to say that in my experience most people were pretty nice to deal with and it was very rare that anyone ever shut the door on me.

It was actually a pretty cool job for an 18yr old, and it paid really well as far as I was concerned.

These days if someone knocks on my door, I usually see if it's anything I'd be interested in, but if it's anyone about religion, I just show them my crucifix and they're usually on their way.

Did you pass by houses with no soliciting signs?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-02-2007, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

I hope that is a joke.

Bet you a dollar it wasn't.

DanaC · 04-02-2007, 05:12 PM

Actually I used to do door-to-door sales (and telesales and showroom sales) and I always passed by the No Canvassers signs.

Aliantha · 04-02-2007, 05:16 PM

rkz...hardly anyone over here has them, but the ones that do we bypassed. On that note though, it was always funny if the owner of one of those houses happened to be in the yard while we were doing our rounds. They were ALWAYS the ones who'd beckon us over and ask what we were doing.

I guess no one wants to miss out.

03-31-2007, 03:43 PM	#16
ravenranter Mystical Miscreant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: asteroid B-12 Posts: 46	thanks for the welcome to the cellar! __________________ "One never ought to listen to the flowers..." - The Little Prince

04-01-2007, 02:50 PM	#20
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I find standing in the picture window, 4 ft away, watching them ring the doorbell but not answering it works well. If they persist, "Get the fuck off my property", is reasonably effective. there is no reason to be polite to them, they don't think twice about treading on your life. Telephone solicitation is illegal if you tell them not to. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-01-2007, 08:15 PM	#22
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I used to be a door to door salesperson. I have to say that in my experience most people were pretty nice to deal with and it was very rare that anyone ever shut the door on me. It was actually a pretty cool job for an 18yr old, and it paid really well as far as I was concerned. These days if someone knocks on my door, I usually see if it's anything I'd be interested in, but if it's anyone about religion, I just show them my crucifix and they're usually on their way. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

04-02-2007, 05:16 PM	#30
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	rkz...hardly anyone over here has them, but the ones that do we bypassed. On that note though, it was always funny if the owner of one of those houses happened to be in the yard while we were doing our rounds. They were ALWAYS the ones who'd beckon us over and ask what we were doing. I guess no one wants to miss out. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

03-31-2007, 04:12 PM	#17
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Oh, when I come to the door now, I am always visibly armed... when they see the holster most usually cut the conversation short. This has become a real boon with dealing with this kind of thing. We are dealing with a serious influx of these "wanna' buy beef and fish wholesale?" scumbags and kids soliciting for drug programs that cannot be checked-out. Those are usually for drug dealers, churches that are not official or cults. The last two being the same thing. They always say that they helped them get off of drugs, but they look malnourished, dirty and overworked.

04-01-2007, 12:09 AM	#18
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	Do you come to the door armed during halloween?

04-01-2007, 08:44 PM	#23
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	I sold raffle tickets to raise money for football and I was treated pretty well.

04-02-2007, 12:28 AM	#24
Hagar Master of the Domain Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 220	My Grandfather used to turn the hose on Jehovas (sp?) Witnesses. I have this urge to answer the door in the total buff one Saturday and then see how far they get through their spiel! "Ahh, who's your God now, you evangelists?!" ...one day.

04-02-2007, 05:12 PM	#29
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Actually I used to do door-to-door sales (and telesales and showroom sales) and I always passed by the No Canvassers signs.

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