NO SOLICITORS...

[warhawk]

hello fellow chrome domes:  when was the last time U had a solicitor "knock" or "ring" your door/doorbell?  i'll start:  we had a solicitor 2day!!!... everyone that knows me...KNOWS not 2 come 2 my house without calling.  anyways... as the solicitor was "ringing" the doorbell & knocking the door.  we "peeped" thru the blinds in the opposite room & noticed that this person had a clipboard & pen.

dang it... i hate solicitors.  they R the reason why we don't answer the doorbell.
so... how 'bout U?  when was the last time U had a solicitor on your doorstep?  did U ignore it?  how do U "handle" solicitors?  what's your story?

WARHAWK

[GASlick]

I too can see out of the blinds. I usually just ignore them if I don't know them.  I also have callerID. 

They'll go away in a minute or two.

[PBurke]

answer the door naked just once. they will stop.  i like to screw with them.

[warhawk]

answer the door naked just once. they will stop.  i like to screw with them.

GOOD ONE!!!

WARHAWK

[wpruitt]

Not to steer this to religon, but I have had an onslaught of Jehovah's Witnesses lately.  My house is far off the road.  They seem to come at inopportune times, but never want to stay, just share literature with me.  I am always nice to them; if they invite me to church with them, I always return the invitation with a laughing "You need to keep up with the competition".  Some find it funny, others ignore it.  

[GASlick]

answer the door naked just once. they will stop.  i like to screw with them.

I love that too!  Great idea. 

Not to steer this to religon, but I have had an onslaught of Jehovah's Witnesses lately.  My house is far off the road.  They seem to come at inopportune times, but never want to stay, just share literature with me.  I am always nice to them; if they invite me to church with them, I always return the invitation with a laughing "You need to keep up with the competition".  Some find it funny, others ignore it.  

I have done that before.  They obviously were not expecting it at all.

ATT called one day.  I told them I didn't have phone.   dead silence   lol

[Mikekoz13]

I live on a mountain.............. no solicitors in 6+ years.......

[Timmay]

LOL.. thats funny Warhawk.  And I can relate to what pburke has said.  One time I was home all alone went up stairs to take a shower and after I finished showering I had forgot to grab my undies and shorts so being I was the only one home I just ran down stairs in my bday suit.  The thing I didnt realize was the front inside door was standing wide open and we have one of those full view storm doors.  There stands a JW and his side kick partner.  I start to turn around and run back up stairs but being I have wood laminate floor my fee were still wet..i slip and fall.  I couldnt get up fast enough.  And you know what...the sickest part about it...They still proceeded to ring my door bell.   I holler out really really loud...GO AWAY I AM CATHOLIC!   They left....but not until afer they left thier lil flyer on my door.  LOL

Timmay

[Timmay]

Another time, I was at home and my wife called said that she just dropped all the kids off at her  moms house and we were going out for dinner as it was our anniversary.  She wanted to make sure I was home because she didnt have the house key on her key ring as she had accidently just picked up the spare key to her car.  She wanted me to let her in when she got there.  Well I thought awesome...perfect time to take advantage of the situation.  I would make sure the door was locked so that she will have to ring the door bell to let me know she was there and needed in. I went, locked the door got undressed and was going to be standing at "full attention" when I opened the door for her.  Risky I know...and I learned not to ever do that again.  What had happened was , I heard her pull in but sorta thought it was odd that she rang the door bell so soon.  I figured maybe she had to use the bathroom or something and ran up to the door quickly.  To my surprise when I swung open the door  and hollered surprise!!!!!!!!!!!  there stood the pizza delivery boy and my wife walking up the walk way.  I know I had to turn 50 shades of red as well as the pizza boy.  My wife was like what the hell were you doing?  I tried to explain and she said she had ordered pizza for the kids but she had called and canceled it because they werent going to be there.  Talk about lossing all excitement...lol

[Jer]

I don't get many, but I always mess with them when they come to my door.  The best I've done was I had a Jehovah's Witness come to the door just as I was getting ready to go to bed around 9am (just got back from a night shift).  I had just gotten out of the shower, poured myself a bowl of corn flakes and was about to pour some milk into it when I hear the doorbell.  I look out the blinds and see them, so instead I grab the bowl and a beer and I head to the door.  I opened the door wearing nothing but my gitch holding the bowl and a beer.  They look up at me and their eyes nearly bulged out of their head.  They didn't say anything and just stared, so I open the beer and pour it into the bowl.  I grab a bite and lokk at them and ask how I can help them.  They didn't know what to say, so I lean there against the door and just keep eating, then the guy says "uhhh, ummm, I see it's a bad time..." so I just look down and say no it's ok, I just got in from work.  They really couldn't say anything, so after about 3 minutes I just tell them that if they have nothing to offer me, then I'm going to go back inside, eat and go to bed.  They just walked away and didn't say another word.

With telemarketers I like to just make up some story and go with it.  They can't hang up, so it's fun to go on a rant about how your life is horrible, you want to kill yourself, nobody cares about you, and on and on and on....   

[D.A.L.U.I.]

answer the door naked just once. they will stop.  i like to screw with them.

This is just too Freudian for words .

[nomad]

I'm all about answering the door nekid for the JW's and solicitors

If I can't scare 'em off there's no hope for all mankind

[FR8TRAIN]

I'm all about answering the door nekid for the JW's and solicitors

If I can't scare 'em off there's no hope for all mankind

I answered the door just once buck naked and I've never had another solicitor since. I guess my fat ass scared the life out of them and they put me on the "don't knock on that door" list.

[GASlick]

This thread is so funny to me!

[Sgt. Pate]

I get really pissed at them when I say "no thank you" and they begin to argue with me! 

One day a gal I know said " you know, you don't have to answer the door, even if they see you"!  DUHHH!   Why didn't I think of that?