What would you do?

debodun

debodun

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Your lollygagging around the house when the doorbell rings. You peek around the corner and see two clean-cut looking men in business suits standing at the door. Would you:
1) open the door and ask what they want
2) shout through the door for them to go away
2) ignore them
3) get the shotgun and poke it out the door
4) something else (specify)
 

Yell through the door to ask what they want. Don't ignore people at the door - you want them to know the house is occupied.

In my personal case, there's a 12 foot deadbolted gate about six feet in front of my front door, so I can open my door without being face to face with whoever is there.
 
I'd open the door and say, "I'm sorry gentlemen, but I don't care for your religion because of it's subjugation of women. I think that's from the dark ages and I don't like that Joseph Smith took words of angels and professed them as his own, and I don't agree with several of the philosophies in your Doctrine. I've read it cover to cover and it is mostly a false prophesy. Please depart. Thank you."
 
Aunt Marg said:
My favourite when dear husband isn't home... I open one of the bedroom windows at the front of the house and call out to them, "can I help you"?

Been practicing this for years and for me it's the perfect answer in dealing with the unknown.
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That's exactly what I used to do, as our bedroom windows were directly above the front door.
It was great when we had dogs. People didn't stick around when they heard a big dog barking.
 
Gaer said:
I'd open the door and say, "I'm sorry gentlemen, but I don't care for your religion because of it's subjugation of women. I think that's from the dark ages and I don't like that Joseph Smith took words of angels and professed them as his own, and I don't agree with several of the philosophies in your Doctrine. I've read it cover to cover and it is mostly a false prophesy. Please depart. Thank you."
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Most Mormons don't wear business suits while on their missionary missions. Typical attire is a blinding white shirt, dark tie, black pants.
 
I always keep my storm door locked so I never feel apprehensive about answering the door. I am less tolerant about the conversation from that point on though. If it is a salesman, I point to the little sign on my door that states, "No Salesmen" and then I simple close the door. One time when I did that, a Comcast salesman replied, "Oh, I'm not a salesman. I'm a 'switcher overer'". :rolleyes:šŸ˜–
 
Gaer said:
Oh! Thanks for the info. I didn't know that! hahaha! Two guys on your front porch in business suits; can't be a GOOD thing, huh!
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Our last experience in dealing with two men dressed in suits at our door, revolved around the gas company here in Canada, where the men were looking to lock customers into a set rate. Dear husband answered the door that day, and he asked both to leave and not come back.

Fast-forward months ahead. Gas prices dropped and those who signed, ended up paying higher gas prices, because they locked themselves in.

We're down to tolerating next to no one at our front door, because 99% of those at the door are either looking to sell something, looking for money, or looking to screw you over, and we don't have time for any of it.
 
I never use my front door, have a few things on the step up to it to discourage people from using it. My entrance is the door on the garage, which has a doorbell, and and then my house door.
Doorbell kind of defeats itself, most of the time, i don't hear it, bad hearing comes in handy sometimes, if my guys are in the house, they bark.
I can easily look out my big window between the verticals, to decide if i want to check them out.
 
Gaer said:
I'd open the door and say, "I'm sorry gentlemen, but I don't care for your religion because of it's subjugation of women. I think that's from the dark ages and I don't like that Joseph Smith took words of angels and professed them as his own, and I don't agree with several of the philosophies in your Doctrine. I've read it cover to cover and it is mostly a false prophesy. Please depart. Thank you."
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Oh, but it can be so much fun to lead these fanatics on. Around here we have the Jehovah's Witnesses, and they used to come around several times a year. Then, one time, 3 or 4 years ago, I was outdoors working when they came, and decided to take a break. We started a cordial conversation about everything "Biblical", and I did everything I could to stretch the conversation out. I was able to keep them here for well over an hour, and they were getting a bit nervous and fidgety.....I suspect they were about the urinate in their pants. Finally, they said they had to leave, and they quickly headed out....And haven't been back.
 
Now that I live here in an apartment building, if someone wants to come to my door they have to buzz the intercom and tell me who and what they want. It is up to me to let them in or not.

At my previous house, most people were afraid to get out of their vehicles. When my dog died, I kept her beware of dog sign up and I swear that sign kept a lot of people selling stuff acting jumpy if they even got out of their vehicle.
 
debodun said:
Your lollygagging around the house when the doorbell rings. You peek around the corner and see two clean-cut looking men in business suits standing at the door. Would you:
1) open the door and ask what they want
2) shout through the door for them to go away
2) ignore them
3) get the shotgun and poke it out the door
4) something else (specify)
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No one can ring my front doorbell unless I open the security gate 50 ft. away. But, before I had the gate:
#1 is really stupid
#2 is unnecessarily rude. The second #2 is also stupid; they may think no one is home & if they're burglars, they'll break in.
#3 will get you arrested
#4: Asking "Who is it?" would be smarter, but if they're up to no good, that wouldn't help; they don't have to be honest.
 
I have a security door with glass on bottom and screen on top. So I just open my wooden door and see what they want. If they're selling something, including religion, I send them on their way.
 

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