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Religious door to door callers are dense....
wafflycat wrote:
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 ;-) That is brilliant! And hysterical. But did the people in the meetings connect her to the person at such-and-such address? Sounds like it from the story, but I don't understand how they managed that. Joyce |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
"Sherry" wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 17, 12:02?pm, "Helen Miles" wrote: I managed to work out how to get rid of Mormons last June...below is an entry I posted in my diary at the time Helen M Heh. We used to live practically next door to a Mormon stake center. The problem with the Mormon missionaries is, I knew they were just young boys very far away from. The were just so nice it was impossible to be rude to them. Luckily you could spot them a mile away; they had this cookie-cutter look; and I'd just not answer the door. That's rudeness of another form, but if you ever let them in, you couldn't get rid of them. Sherry I had a professor who let some JWs in and then excused himself. He's not sure how low they stayed before letting themselves out. :-) |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
and if you knew my dad I can't even begin to imagine, what he really did, I
figured out after becoming an adult, he has a wicked sense of humor, and I refuse to even contemplate what he invited him in for, but whatever it was they haven't been back for several years now, Lee Adrian A wrote in message om... Stormmee wrote: My parents own a farm, in very rural Missouri, they live on a road that is gravel, to get to this road you take a blacktop for a few miles, their driveway is 1/3 mile long, My father has a gate at the beginning, he tried to be polite, he closed the gate, they opened it, he put up a sign, they ignored it, he locked the gate, they climbed over it... we were discussing this one day, after the tenth visit... my dad says... next time they knock I am answering the door naked... gonna invite them in for more than coffee... my mom is saying no you're not... a few months later I ask him how it was going... He smiles and says, they haven't been back since their last visit a month ago... I say why... Daddy says that doesn't matter but I am sure they won't be back, Lee I'll have to remember that one, thanks for the tip. ;o) -- 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....
"Sherry" wrote in message Being the recluse that I am, I hate *any* kind of uninvited callers, except family or friends. I do not want the answer the damn doorbell and find an Avon Lady, a Schwann salesman, a vacuum salesman, a storm- window salesman, a Mormon, a JW (or any other denomination. If I was unsatisfied with my own faith, I'd seek them out. If I wanted a vacuum cleaner, I'd shop for one. We used to be quite hospitable to anyone at the door. We got older, and DH got pretty good at being surly and cranky when he wants to. I think we have that right. Sherry As you might imagine, I think I was born doing surly and cranky when necessary. It has taken a while to train Charlie, but he started getting a clue after he retired and learned people will interupt you on the phone and at the door all hours of the day and evening, seven days a week. It usually works to say "I'm not interested. Do not call/come back again" The part I hard trouble teaching him was that you do not them politely wait for their reply. They aren't going to apologize for bothering you and turn away or hang up. By the time you have finished telling them to leave you alone the door should be already closed or the phone hung up. Jo |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
Sherry wrote:
The problem with the Mormon missionaries is, I knew they were just young boys very far away from. The were just so nice it was impossible to be rude to them. Luckily you could spot them a mile away; they had this cookie-cutter look; and I'd just not answer the door. That's rudeness of another form, but if you ever let them in, you couldn't get rid of them. I don't agree that it's rude not to answer the door. Why are you obligated to do that? They're the ones invading your privacy. I don't think that makes them entitled to an open door. I never get religious people at my door, but I do get the kids selling candy to send someone to college, etc. I always feel bad saying no to them, but (1) I don't really know if any given child trying to sell me candy is legit, and (2) I really don't need a box full of sugar in my house! Joyce |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
On Feb 17, 3:09�pm, wrote:
Sherry wrote: * The problem with the Mormon missionaries is, I knew they were just * young boys very far away from. The were just so nice it was impossible * to be rude to them. Luckily you could spot them a mile away; they had * this cookie-cutter look; and I'd just not answer the door. That's * rudeness of another form, but if you ever let them in, you couldn't * get rid of them. I don't agree that it's rude not to answer the door. Why are you obligated to do that? They're the ones invading your privacy. I don't think that makes them entitled to an open door. I never get religious people at my door, but I do get the kids selling candy to send someone to college, etc. I always feel bad saying no to them, but (1) I don't really know if any given child trying to sell me candy is legit, and (2) I really don't need a box full of sugar in my house! Joyce Oh, I used to be a real sucker for any candy-hawking kid, and I don't even like candy much. One time I said, "So, Sugar, who are you selling for? Your school? Your church?" And this precious little freckle-faced girl looked up at me and said, "A private individual." Ha! It wasn't so hard after that to say "no." Apparently regular people sometimes just enlist the neighborhood kids to sell candy and pocket the profits. Sherry |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
On Feb 17, 3:09�pm, "Jo Firey" wrote:
"Sherry" wrote in message Being the recluse that I am, *I hate *any* kind of uninvited callers, except family or friends. I do not want the answer the damn doorbell and find an Avon Lady, a Schwann salesman, a vacuum salesman, a storm- window salesman, a Mormon, a JW (or any other denomination. If I was unsatisfied with my own faith, I'd seek them out. If I wanted a vacuum cleaner, I'd shop for one. We used to be quite hospitable to anyone at the door. We got older, and DH got pretty good at being surly and cranky when he wants to. I think we have that right. Sherry As you might imagine, I think I was born doing surly and cranky when necessary. *It has taken a while to train Charlie, but he started getting a clue after he retired and learned people will interupt you on the phone and at the door all hours of the day and evening, seven days a week. It usually works to say "I'm not interested. *Do not call/come back again" The part I hard trouble teaching him was that you do not them politely wait for their reply. *They aren't going to apologize for bothering you and turn away or hang up. *By the time you have finished telling them to leave you alone the door should be already closed or the phone hung up. Jo Oh, you're right about that. The never apologize for disrupting dinner, or interrupting you or anything else. Neither do telemarketers. They're too busy formulating a come-back to keep you listening. I got into a very heated exchange with somebody collecting donations for breast cancer research. She was just flat rude. I don't care how worthwhile the cause is, you can't give money to every organization that calls. Sherry |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:02:37 -0500, wafflycat wrote:
In my neck of the woods, we get periodic leaflets through the door from a group that's set up locally and are the local creationist/ID nuts. My offspring, in his subtle manner keeps muttering about going to one of their meetings dressed in a Flying Spaghetti Monster outfit and handing out some of these... http://www.venganza.org/images/sprea...k_brochure.pdf and these... http://www.venganza.org/materials/flyers/ I like his style ;-) STILL LAUGHING!!! I WANT ONE OF EACH T-SHIRT and POSTER! ROTFLMAO. (And, even though I'm Italian, I'm not offended in the least; just the opposite. Pasta RULES!) -- Joey DoWop Dee Remember: It is To Laugh |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
Sherry wrote:
I never get religious people at my door, but I do get the kids selling candy to send someone to college, etc. I always feel bad saying no to them, but (1) I don't really know if any given child trying to sell me candy is legit, and (2) I really don't need a box full of sugar in my house! Oh, I used to be a real sucker for any candy-hawking kid, and I don't even like candy much. One time I said, "So, Sugar, who are you selling for? Your school? Your church?" And this precious little freckle-faced girl looked up at me and said, "A private individual." Ha! It wasn't so hard after that to say "no." Apparently regular people sometimes just enlist the neighborhood kids to sell candy and pocket the profits. Exactly! You really don't know who they're working for. I prefer to give money to organizations that I choose and seek out myself. Joyce |
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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... 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) Write to the local Kingdom Hall and point out that by knocking on your door they a) broke the law by trespassing, when a sign clearly said they were not allowed on the property and b) were therefore making themselve totally liable for anything that may have happened to your cat since it was their *illegal* visit that caused her to escape. Demand that your address be removed from their list, and that any further uninvited Jehovah's Witnesses will be treated as both harassment and trespassing and the police will be called. Include a photo of the sign at your door and a description of the people who ignored it. And *phew*, glad Miss Lily Whiskers was OK! I do have to defend some individual JW's though. An elderly gentleman knocked on my door at about 8am on a Saturday morning, and I answered the door with the mother of all flus. He took one look at me and said "Are you alright? Can I call someone? Is there anything I can do?" After I grunted "no", he apologised for disturbing me and said "I hope you feel better soon. I'll pray for you", and went on his way. That incident made me realise that my assumptions about *all* JWs was wrong. Yowie |
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