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Religious door to door callers are dense....
This is a minor rant, so bear with me...
JW's are quite possibly THE most annoying people on the planet. I have a BIG sign on my front door that says "No salespeople, NO religious callers, NO political canvasing. Official callers must have ID." To me, that is perfectly clear. I don't like to be disturbed by people I am not expecting as it disrupts the cats and it invades my privacy. JW's just don't get the hint though. Apparently they are immune to signs telling them to get lost. So, the doorbell goes at 8am this morning (a saturday), and I get up and answer it because it might have been my elderly neighbour needing help, which I don't mind at all. BUT, it was a pair of bloody JW's!!! As I pointed out that I REALLY wasn't interested, and by the way they should learn to read, Miss Lily Whiskers slipped out between my legs and into my front garden. The cats are absolutely not allowed out of the front door because I live on what can be a busy road at times as it is used as a rat-run in rush hour. That would have usually been fine as she's done it once before and I normally just pick her up. But this time, the JW's spooked her and she ran into the street. Fortunately she was missed by the car coming up the street at the time, but it scared her badly and she is now really spooked. To say I wasn't polite to the JW's was a bit of an understatement. I think I might have gone a bit over board when I called them illiterate morons though. ;o) Helen M (who is very relieved that Miss Lily Whiskers is fine) -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
Helen Miles wrote:
snip To say I wasn't polite to the JW's was a bit of an understatement. I think I might have gone a bit over board when I called them illiterate morons though. ;o) Helen M (who is very relieved that Miss Lily Whiskers is fine) It sounds to me like you showed great restraint, if Miss Lily Whiskers had been hurt I'm sure you wouldn't think you might have gone a bit over board. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
Helen Miles wrote:
To say I wasn't polite to the JW's was a bit of an understatement. I think I might have gone a bit over board when I called them illiterate morons though. ;o) Helen M (who is very relieved that Miss Lily Whiskers is fine) Oh, so am I! I share your views on this sort of callers. Luckily we don't get door-to-door political canvasing here. We have a parliamentary election coming up in March, so that would mean constant doorbell-ringing. Actually, buzzer-ringing, then doorbell-ringing. :P -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/ http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
To say I wasn't polite to the JW's was a bit of an understatement. I think I might have gone a bit over board when I called them illiterate morons though. ;o) One of the nice things about being a witch is that if you tell JWs that, they don't come back. --Fil |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:12:37 -0500, Helen Miles wrote:
This is a minor rant, so bear with me... JW's are quite possibly THE most annoying people on the planet. I have a BIG sign on my front door that says I'm always torn between "having a go with them" and telling them politely to please leave. Since I moved to New York (doorman building) I haven't been bothered by JWs but before that they came regularly. Here, however, we have Jews for Jesus (one meets them in the street or subway stations), and I find them really quite amusing. They always think they know more about Jesus than I do until I tell them I was raised Catholic but am now recovering, etc. etc. and I have fun dodging or returning their comments. For some reason I feel these kids (because that's what they are, usually) mean well, as opposed to the proselytizers who used to knock on my door and try to come inside to "save me" from myself. I suppose if it were to happen now, I could introduce them to Ketzl, my familiar. :-) -- Joey DoWop Dee Remember: It is To Laugh |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
In news:44b6b0b84818663593fb5d870827c2fd.76411@mygate .mailgate.org,
Helen Miles purred: This is a minor rant, so bear with me... JW's are quite possibly THE most annoying people on the planet. I have a BIG sign on my front door that says "No salespeople, NO religious callers, NO political canvasing. Official callers must have ID." To me, that is perfectly clear. I don't like to be disturbed by people I am not expecting as it disrupts the cats and it invades my privacy. JW's just don't get the hint though. Apparently they are immune to signs telling them to get lost. So, the doorbell goes at 8am this morning (a Saturday), and I get up and answer it because it might have been my elderly neighbour needing help, which I don't mind at all. BUT, it was a pair of bloody JW's!!! As I pointed out that I REALLY wasn't interested, and by the way they should learn to read, Miss Lily Whiskers slipped out between my legs and into my front garden. The cats are absolutely not allowed out of the front door because I live on what can be a busy road at times as it is used as a rat-run in rush hour. That would have usually been fine as she's done it once before and I normally just pick her up. But this time, the JW's spooked her and she ran into the street. Fortunately she was missed by the car coming up the street at the time, but it scared her badly and she is now really spooked. To say I wasn't polite to the JW's was a bit of an understatement. I think I might have gone a bit over board when I called them illiterate morons though. ;o) Helen M (who is very relieved that Miss Lily Whiskers is fine) Here, if you have signs posted (be it a business or a home) that state "No Solicitation" (that means no salespeople, charity fund collections or religious recruiters), and they don't leave when asked, they can be arrested - or escorted off the premised by police at any rate. Answer the door with a cordless (or cell) phone in hand, and as soon as you find out it's a JW (or whatever), start dialing the authorities with one hand and pointing to the sign with the other. If they don't get the hint, shut the door and let the authorities deal with them. |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
On 17 Feb 2007 06:42:40 -0800, "Enfilade"
wrote: To say I wasn't polite to the JW's was a bit of an understatement. I think I might have gone a bit over board when I called them illiterate morons though. ;o) One of the nice things about being a witch is that if you tell JWs that, they don't come back. It is curious that they think they have the right to force you to listen to - and accept - their twist on religion, they also think you have no right even to suggest that they listen to yours. -- T.E.D. ) Remove "gearbox.maem" to get real address - that one is dead |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
"Helen Miles" wrote | JW's are quite possibly THE most annoying people on the planet. I have a | BIG sign on my front door that says | | "No salespeople, NO religious callers, NO political canvasing. Official | callers must have ID." | | To me, that is perfectly clear. I don't like to be disturbed by people I | am not expecting as it disrupts the cats and it invades my privacy. | | JW's just don't get the hint though. Apparently they are immune to signs | telling them to get lost. So, the doorbell goes at 8am this morning (a | saturday), and I get up and answer it because it might have been my | elderly neighbour needing help, which I don't mind at all. BUT, it was a | pair of bloody JW's!!! | | As I pointed out that I REALLY wasn't interested, and by the way they | should learn to read, Miss Lily Whiskers slipped out between my legs and | into my front garden. The cats are absolutely not allowed out of the | front door because I live on what can be a busy road at times as it is | used as a rat-run in rush hour. That would have usually been fine as | she's done it once before and I normally just pick her up. But this | time, the JW's spooked her and she ran into the street. Fortunately she | was missed by the car coming up the street at the time, but it scared | her badly and she is now really spooked. | | To say I wasn't polite to the JW's was a bit of an understatement. I | think I might have gone a bit over board when I called them illiterate | morons though. ;o) | | Helen M (who is very relieved that Miss Lily Whiskers is fine) I hope you told them not to come back, too? Around here there don't seem to be any JWs but we do have young Mormons going door-to-door. They are very polite and won't keep coming back after you manage to drive them off, and that is hard to do politely. I finally figured out what it takes, you only need to make an appointment for them to explain their fable to you, and then let your attention wander while they are telling it. Or stand up and look at a rabbit, point at it and say, "Where do you think it lives?" I've learned to always peek out the window to see who is on the porch before opening the door. |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:12:37 +0000, Helen Miles wrote:
This is a minor rant, so bear with me... JW's are quite possibly THE most annoying people on the planet. I have a BIG sign on my front door that says "No salespeople, NO religious callers, NO political canvasing. Official callers must have ID." To me, that is perfectly clear. I don't like to be disturbed by people I am not expecting as it disrupts the cats and it invades my privacy. JW's just don't get the hint though. Apparently they are immune to signs telling them to get lost. So, the doorbell goes at 8am this morning (a saturday), and I get up and answer it because it might have been my elderly neighbour needing help, which I don't mind at all. BUT, it was a pair of bloody JW's!!! As I pointed out that I REALLY wasn't interested, and by the way they should learn to read, Miss Lily Whiskers slipped out between my legs and into my front garden. The cats are absolutely not allowed out of the front door because I live on what can be a busy road at times as it is used as a rat-run in rush hour. That would have usually been fine as she's done it once before and I normally just pick her up. But this time, the JW's spooked her and she ran into the street. Fortunately she was missed by the car coming up the street at the time, but it scared her badly and she is now really spooked. To say I wasn't polite to the JW's was a bit of an understatement. I think I might have gone a bit over board when I called them illiterate morons though. ;o) Helen M (who is very relieved that Miss Lily Whiskers is fine) Suggestion: If you can perhaps a screen door would serve you well. MLB |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
"Helen Miles" wrote in message news:44b6b0b84818663593fb5d870827c2fd.76411@mygate .mailgate.org... This is a minor rant, so bear with me... I am reminded of the story that appeared in the press some time ago. I'm going from the memory amoeba in my brain and it's not 100% effective, so this may not be entirely correct.. Basically a woman was so tee'd off with the local JWs calling at her house despite her not being interested and saying so, she decided to get her own back. She started interrupting their meetings. She did not join in the meetings, she interrupted them to start talking about stuff she was interested in but they weren't. This finally caused them to take the hint ;-) |
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