Religious Nutters At The Door - What Do You Do?

Peanut2013

Had one a few weeks ago and answered the door with LO. They coo'd over him for a while and then said me and my husband must be proud of him. I explained I wasn't married to the father, they looked shocked and asked if I was a single mum. I explained I very much wasn't and we lived together but just hadn't got married yet.

Yeh, they didn't seem impressed and walked away...

Birdie85

I live in a flat now so haven't had the joys of any cold callers/JW for a few years. Lovely! When I lived with my parents in a village we'd get the same 2 JW around every month; my Dad would keep them on the doorstep for as long as possible chatting about football, cricket, rugby, snooker etc... then claim to have taken up enough of their time once they ran out of chit chat and tried to get onto the conversion business (his idea of organised religion meant watching Songs of Praise and singing along, loudly). It meant that he had a nice chat and they had an hour less to hassle the other neighbours!

ellie99

Our local JVs ignored my house for years after they called one day when my teenage son and myself were in the middle of a heated argument...all my usual British politeness disappeared

Did anyone see the sitcom when Mrs Brown invites the Mormons in?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QarofaycN3c

Girlzmum

My FIL was in the middle of knocking down a wall on a Saturday afternoon when there was a knock on the door. He opened it, stripped to the waist, covered in brick dust, sledgehammer in hand and discovered 2 JW - he just said 'Eff off' and slammed the door. They haven't been back....

I was in town on Saturday and noticed a crowd of people walking around carrying signs (something along the lines of John 3:17, not sure of what it said exactly) now I walked past but as I did one of them offered me a million pounds which I politely declined and the guy started shouting after me 'Oh, really? You don't need a million pounds then? OOOOOOHHH' I kept walking. I'm clearly pregnant and this guy felt it was appropriate to try to humiliate me in the middle of town? Oh hell no!

Lagoon

I'm usually quite polite, but I make it clear I'm not religious, and I give them short answers until they leave. I'm fortunate that every alternate day I go running in the afternoon, and I'm usually wearing my running clothes beforehand, so if they do turn up on one of my running days I can tell them that I'm just about to go for a run, and I'm in the middle of my warm-up.

I was with a friend once. She's a lesbian, and two people turned up at her door. They got as far as 'We'd like to ask...' and she jumped in with 'I'll stop you there. I'm gay'. They fled very quickly - I'm still tempted to start using that excuse myself.

ETA: I'd love to be able to argue with them, but I don't think I'd have enough to say. They'd have a whole structured argument based on their story book, and I'd have 'He's made up. A story. Not real'. I don't think I'd last very long against them.

Melonade

I just say that I'm not interested but thanks for knocking and close the door. Tbh I never answer the door if I think it's about religion.

I get my OH to answer if he's in and he just says "no thanks I'm atheist" this usually gives him enough time to close the door when they pause for something to reply with. He's never nasty just truthful.

Religious people don't bother me too much it's the crazy gypsy lady that I don't like. She tells me if I don't buy one of her glass peddles (the kind you buy from the supermarket in bags for £1.99 for 100) that she'll curse me. Wouldn't mind but she always want £5 for 1 :eek: she smells of wee and is always rotten drunk :mad:

aileth

Melonade wrote: »

Religious people don't bother me too much it's the crazy gypsy lady that I don't like. She tells me if I don't buy one of her glass peddles (the kind you buy from the supermarket in bags for £1.99 for 100) that she'll curse me. Wouldn't mind but she always want £5 for 1 :eek: she smells of wee and is always rotten drunk :mad:

Teehee we used to have one of these, except she sold pegs! She put a curse on my mum for not buying them!

somethingcorporate

paddedjohn wrote: »

At least the story in Spiderman was plausible and consistent.

Keen_Young_Learner

I've got to say, one of my best and oldest friends is a JW, and she has been verbally and physically assaulted on numerous occasions while out on her witnessing rounds.

While I seriously don't agree with the practice of preaching door to door, it is a fundamental part of the JW's belief system and it is simply unimaginable for them to stop doing it.

For us on the receiving end, it is absolutely unacceptable to do anything less than smile and apologise, along with your 'it's not for me' statement. These people are human beings, and are just doing what they believe is right. Being polite and civil to them is simply a matter of human decency.

Madmel

Have only been bothered by them once since moving to a small hamlet 7 years ago. However, when I lived on a newish estate they were regular visitors. Once they knocked on the door when I was really hassled and had a toddler kicking off. They looked at me and asked what I thought about drugs in our society. I asked if they were dealing and how much it would cost for.... You have never seen anyone scarper so quickly :j. And yes, I was very polite