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Originally posted by Watchtower
Hey, is this really such a big deal? Can't we just treat people who come to your door or call on the phone as people, give them the courtesy of a hello, I'm sorry, I'm not interested, and leave it at that? We don't have to pick up the phone, do we (though I admit it would be rude not to answer the door)?
(Edited to add, we all have our unpopular causes, don't we? If we don't want government telling us what we can and can't do in the bedroom, why should government tell us who we can or can't call on the telephone or drop by to see?)
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No. I normally do not answer the door when I am home alone. shit happens. However, you do not have caller id on your door and so must drop whatever you're doing, physically walk to the door to see who it is. And when it's a guy selling alarms and you have an obvious alarm sticker on your door, that's annoying.
Especially when it's every day (when you move into a new neighborhood). Understanding that when you're at home, you're doing one of 2 things - relaxing, or household chores (cooking, cleaning, fixing) and what's worse, is when you do open the door these people will not leave in a timely manner. They are trained that no does not mean no.
That said, sometimes you can't always know if it's a neighbor. Some people live blocks away. A woman who I didn't know came to the door asking if I'd seen her daughter (4 years old) who had "disappeared." I don't mind this - or the cop who came with her picture later. But I do mind the neighbor who came to my door and wanted me to sign a freakin petition so that she could break the CC&R's to run a business out of her house.
You do that a few times a day when you're right in the middle of whatever you're doing and it irritates people. But what would you know - you're a sock and why do I always get sucked into talking to socks?
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