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Old February 17th 07, 10:02 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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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Old February 17th 07, 10:04 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"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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Old February 17th 07, 10:05 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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)
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Old February 17th 07, 10:09 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"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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Old February 17th 07, 10:09 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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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Old February 17th 07, 10:19 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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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Old February 17th 07, 10:25 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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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Old February 17th 07, 10:26 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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!)

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Old February 17th 07, 10:35 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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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Old February 17th 07, 10:39 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"Helen Miles" wrote in message
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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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