MickG said:

Why waste the time of sincere people in this way?

Sounds like YOU have a little time on your hands. Wish I had that much!

I live in a high-rise with a video-doorbell downstairs, usually I do not answer the bell for unannounced visitors.....I hate surprise-visits and those people who try to sell stuff at the door.

If you don't call me upfront, I will not answer the door.....

Heiress said:

charlottegelin said:

That's even better yet.

There was this one lady that used to come to my door all the time and try to preach on the doorstep. I tried being nice at first and didn't cut her off, I just stood there and listened. My mistake was being nice because it encouraged her to keep coming back. One day, I came to the door with shampoo in my hair and she still tried to preach. After this, I said to myself "enough is enough".

One day, I was pulling into the driveway and saw her at one of the neighbor's houses. I knew she would be coming to my door soon so I rushed inside. When the front door opens, you can see the TV in the background so I decided to give her an eyeful. I put in a porno movie with a white woman sucking two great big ole black dicks. When the doorbell rang, I unzipped my pants, opened the door, and zipped my pants up in front of her. The sounds in the background was the woman slobbering....."mmmm mum mum mum" and the guys saying "suck that big ole black dick bitch". She saw that bitch chowing down in the background and said "Uh, I see I came at a bad time. Sorry to disturb you". That bitch ain't been back since.

charlottegelin said:

TMPletz said:

he didn't even know what he'd said until I was laughing about it later thinking he'd done it on purpose!

notoriousj said:

Can you show me your knockers? I won't be rude.

psychodelicide said:

Actually they wouldn't really care.

vainandy said:

all you had to do is say no im not interested please stop visiting.

BucketOfBouncyBalls said:

True, that.

vainandy said:

screeching with laughter over here OMG, your description of what happened is toooo funny! Guess you showed her!
[Edited 11/30/05 16:15pm]

BucketOfBouncyBalls said:

Prolly not.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I guess the only thing better is having a doorman/concierge. My building in Boston had one on duty 24/7. Too bad one of them kept forgetting that I lived there:

Concierge: Can I help you, sir?

Me: Uh, no thank you. I live in Apartment 408.

(I should have answered, "Yes, now that I've been here for over a month, you can try to remember that I live here and pay dearly for it.")

OTOH, my first apartment in Indianapolis had no access control whatsoever. But nobody ever came to our door to sell us something (or proselytize), aside from periodic visits from the Omaha Steaks salesman. What bothered us more was that our phone number was one digit off from that of an auto parts store, and almost every Saturday morning, we'd get a call asking if we had brake drums for a '78 Ford Pinto or whatever.

matt said:

They had door-to-door salesmen for those things...?

PurpleJedi said:

Yup. To be sure, I was never home when he paid us a visit. But my fiancée would tell me every now and then that the Omaha Steaks man had stopped by while I was at school.

psychodelicide said:

...effective, although it's probably far CLASSIER just to tell her you're not interested.

But who expects CLASS from this place?

True, but it wouldn't be as much fun. I don't knock on other people's doors and push my beliefs on them so I expect the same respect. She disrespected me so I disrespected her right back.

A few weeks ago I had someone try to sell magazine subscriptions. They were using stolen order forms and receipt books. They had fake company badges as well. I live in an area where this type of stuff happens a lot.

What I always do is ask for their drivers license. I tell them I am going to make a copy and call their company before I talk to them. Usually, they all leave at this point.

Heiress said:

Different people have different ways of handling things. What works for one person may not work for another. Sure you can tell someone you're not interested, but that does not always work. I've told this one lady who approached me at the bus stop on more than one occasion that I was not interested, but did she get the message? No, she continued to try to give me her spiel every time she saw me. Sometimes you have to do something a little outrageous to get people to leave you alone.

psychodelicide said:

I guess I prefer a more peaceful existence.

Some people like to raise hell and enjoy the drama that ensues - it always comes back on you, one way or another... but count me out.

Heiress said:

I personally don't like to raise hell and enjoy drama either, but there is a way to get your point across to someone who is annoying you without causing drama for yourself or another person.

psychodelicide said:

i agree. i intensely dislike the 'drama' of having someone knock on my door, interrupt my life then try to force their belief system on me while i'm in the privacy of my own home. i guess it might be tolerable if i just received something in the mail but then again i'm in favor of life saving blood transfusions and not exactly a fan of the JW doctrine so there's very little chance i'd ever take a watchtower pamphlet seriously....

psychodelicide said:

Well, I try to avoid being too rude, no matter how annoyed I am at someone, just as a matter of principle... Because I know that whatever attitude I display will come back on me one way or another (and has).