VENT: Stop knocking on my door and disturbing me!

venus1978

In our house neither of us answer the door, our friends and family all have keys to the front door, if they want in they let themselves in or ring ahead and Ii unlock the door so they can just open it and walk on in.

Anyone who knocks is always someone we dont want to speak to.

wibblewibble

sweetstudent wrote: »

Thankfully we have secure entry, however last week two people said they were here to read the meter in our communal area - but knocked on my door and tried to get me to switch suppliers - i said no and they said can you just sign this to say we have been - so i told them I'll sign it and when i check (a site used in my job) and i find out we have been switched i will not be very pleased!!! - needless to say they - oh sorry we don't need your signature afteralll!!!!

I had a similar experience recently I was just getting dressed when there was a knock at door, I look down see orange thru the glass and assume its the postman, throw on dressing gown and race down to the door - open it and theres a rather nice looking young bloke with a clip board, bloke says ah you weren't expecting me then? Me all flustered - umm no? him - I'm here about the gas and electricity meters? me oh eh right k lemme get the keys they are round the side ... him... oh no I'm not here to read the meters, they should have been read last week didn't he call here? me... ummm he might have seen hubby... him: he didnt leave a card for you to read them yourself? me: errrm not that I've seen no .... him: oh well he must have seen your hubby then, and thats probably why you weren't expecting me... me: oh ok (DOH!) him: I'm here to check your tariffs .... at which point the penny drops and I was FURIOUS the lying !!!!er was on a doorstep marketing call!! At no point did he identify himself or the company he was representing even after I asked for ID.

In this case I actually called out the modplods and had him escorted off the patch but if the company seems to be doing this as a standard doorstep approach then undoubtedly some people will be getting conned.

Every single part of his approach to me was a lie how many people have been conned by this kinda thing???? I thought it was against the law to misrepresent yourself like this?

linni

I've got the 'no cold callers' notice from the local Police Station and a lot of them do ignore it, so I just point to it and shut the door. I did once let one of the electricty/gas companies give me a really long spiel and kept him for about an hour asking questions. He filled in the forms etc and then after he left I phoned up and cancelled it. I just felt like having a bit of fun!

bubblegumcola

I need to get one of those signs saying no callers. Its always when you are in the middle of eating your dinner, or the kids thinks its one of their friends and go charging to the front door then they leave the door wide open to get me...they could be away with anything in the meantime!! My pet hate are these blokes in a fluorescent tabards trying to give me a quote to monoblock my drive...yeah like one os these tabards makes you official. Sometimes I see doorstep sellers on their way round from the street behind and just ignore them! Think I need to educate my kids abit better as to the dangers of opening the door to any nutter that knocks on it...

oldagetraveller

At a previous house we had a sign by the front door in the form of a ceramic tile with the message "Our dog can reach the gate in 3 seconds, can you?"
No callers whatsoever except for the very rare one who rang the doorbell, obviously thinking the sign wasn't genuine, heard the (large) dog's barking getting closer and were seen rapidly exiting the gate as the door was opened!

sinw

Oh charity envelopes, i hate them, i have a sign n it's ignored.........

JenC

ifonlyitwaseasier wrote: »

we keep getting the young offenders scheme lads with their licenses popping round, i have to keep saying that i've lost my keys and can't open the door

my fave thing to do to the God Squad, (JW) is to ask them why you can't have blood transfusions? because if everything comes from god then surely it was his idea and how can they go against him like that????
they run away very quickly!

Seriously?! JW don't allow blood transfusions? I wish I had known that when they came knocking. As it was I was tempted to invite them in to admire my birthday cards....I could have added by blood donation card to it!

Ste_C

Avon/Betterware/Kleanezee catalogues and the "Please leave on the doorstep on Thursday" note. It'll be going straight in the bin actually.
RSPCA - "it's only £1 a week, what can you get for that, Sir, go on" Yea ok, and if it's only a £1 I'll donate to every other charity too then. Though at least the oter charities don't try and bully me into it.
Tarmac yer drive?
Need new windows?
Would you like to talk about Jesus?
I'm doing some research, can you help fill in this survey?
Need any garden maintenance?
Have you considered switching you landline, Sir?
At least 4 charity bags asking for clothing and "bric a brac" (whatever that is) a week.
Can we wash your car please, only a tenner mate

!!!! OFF!

Claire_Bear

The other day we heard a hammering on the door at about 9 oclock. Me and OH were in bed so didn't answer it, although he said 'anyone who knocks that hard on the door is someone we don't want to talk to' Sure enough, later that evening when I was laid out on the sofa ill, and boyfriend was doing something important on the computer, we get the hammering on the door again, so he goes to answer it and it's a man saying he's doing some market research. OH says he's really busy, man goes 'it'll only take five minutes blah blah', OH goes 'I'm sorry, I'm in the middle of something important otherwise I'd do it' so the man goes 'I'll call back later'. About an hour later we get this massive hammering on the door again, OH is still busy (and p!ssed off at this point) so we just ignore it, and honestly the guy stood there for literally about ten minutes banging on the door :mad: Why do people feel it's ok to come and intrude on your personal space with this crap? It's bad enough being bombarded with this stuff while you're outside but in your own home? It's just annoying.

Another one was a few years ago, I was going to Leeds Festival and was running late for my bus to get to the train station. Have my coat on, grabbed my wheely suitcase and was just heading for the door when there's a knock on it. It was a JH who looked at the suitcase and me obviously stressed and in a big rush and goes 'Oh, did I catch you at a bad time? I'll keep this short then....' before standing there for about 15 mins asking me about religion :mad: The thing is, I'm too soft to tell them to !!!! off, which is what I really want to do.

shellsuit

I just say 'No thanks, no interested', and close the door.

Although with JW, if they knock, ask them if they wouldn't mind waiting (outside of course!) while you check to see if your black pudding is burning under the grill.