Religious Door Knockers

HunnyBunny you are my new hero!!

hahahahaha, I would pay to see someone give them a brown eye...

I had engrish speaking door knockers who wanted to "spread the words of Geejus" She spent a good hour (felt sooo much longer) trying to tell me that my place in the world was similar to that of a frog in a well, he can see the sky but doesn't know what else is up there. But she called it a pond, a wery wery deep pond, where you the fwog wish makes.

I think they are invasive. Also the Save the children spokes people. I had one ask me to join up, I said that I was already and supporting children in Colombia to which he replied "yeah, sure you are" Ooooooh I was pi$$ed off!! why do we have to explain ourselves to these people anyway??

Or when you say no and they nicely point out (if you have coffee in your hand) 'for the price of that coffee you could save so many children'... hate guilt trips!!!
Grinds my gears

Hehe HunnyBunny. Well, if they are going to knock on your door, they really should expect to take you as they find you Boobies and all!

I always know when we get called by telemarketers - they ask for me by my maiden name (our number's still in the book under that, I haven't got round to changing it ). It's handy!

I don't mind people collecting for charity - DH and I do pink ribbon day every year ourselves - but I don't think they should be pushy about it, or even ask, for that matter. It's obvious what you're sitting there doing, if people want to donate they will off their own accord, and if they don't, asking them (or guilt-tripping them, Jolene ) won't change that!

Edited by Hopes

Hunnybunny wrote: They didn't hang around for very long    ETA yes thats right. I have NO SHAME!!! They're just boobies. Everyones seen them. It didn't worry me as much as it worried them

Also works very well when they rouse a (rather grouchy) night shift worker from her bed in the middle of a hot summer and she answers the door in short silk womens boxers and a black sports bra. I'll tell you, they have no idea where to look!!

I dislike Unicef because they cornered me once and when I pointed out that we sponsor 2 children already through another organisation, they replied with "Oh but we're cheaper". I looked them in total shock.....it's not a blardy competition!!!

Paws unbelievable they actually want to compete

lol @ hunnybunny I wanna be just like you

Maybe next time I need to answer the door with the baby on the boob?

I hate telemarketers I had one ring talkinga bout holidays to which I replied sorry I have a newborn to which she replied oh but there is child friendly blah blah and what if we paid... I hung up. If you don't know who your calling then you don't know. I'm also not listed so they must have automatic dialers.

I don't think it is overly necessary to be rude to telemarketers or mall salespeople, they are after all just doing their job. A simple 'no thanks, not interested' should be enough to send them on their way.

If they are the pushy type, I have no qualms about making up a white lie to get rid of them, but there is no need to get nasty about it.

Doorknockers are a slightly different kettle of fish, especially as they have come on to your private property. I have found though that just saying you already belong to a different religion, or that you are simply not interested, then they go on their merry way.

The worst ones I have ever encountered though was when I was staying at a friends bach. I was 8 weeks pregnant (so not showing), but my friend was 6 months and had a great bump. They came up a private road to our beach front where we were sitting, and proceeded to hand over pamphlets all about coping with the death of a child. WTF??? Still, they came in handy later that night when we needed kindling for the bonfire.

When I was in labour, before I went to the hospital, DH popped out to get me some lemonade, and noticed that they were heading up the street. He pulled over, got out of his car, and told them not to even knock on our door - he was apparently really grumpy with them and basically said that if they disturbed me - he was going to pay a visit to their church to lay a formal complaint.

I think it would have been funny had I answered the door mid contraction....I have a great "pain" noise!!

I do have to admit I feel a bit sorry for the poor door-knockers. I mean, there's really two options, isn't there:
a) they really enjoy rocking on up to random people's places and getting told to go away 99.999% of the time (and seeing Hunnybunny's boobies... although I guess that's possible ) or
b) they hate it as much as I would (and I would), but they feel it's such an important thing to do that they make themselves do it anyway.

I mean, I don't agree with them, even if I agreed with what they believe I don't think that's the way to go about letting people know about it, and I don't blame people for telling them to get lost (I do myself)... but it can't be an easy thing to do. If I was a JW, I'm sure I'd dread it!

lol!!!!!! This is classic.. I *try* not to get sucked in and politely tell them Im not interested and ask them to leave, but DH can sometimes be really rude. Having said that, the ones DH has ever spoken to have never come back! Perhaps I need to be a bit more abrupt......

HB thats brilliant! Love it