tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post8518244182457501148..comments2024-03-25T13:17:56.636-06:00Comments on A Chicken in the Window Well: Poor Me Being Mean to Poor SalesmenNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045958241240870948noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-75383547206446900222008-08-18T00:45:00.000-06:002008-08-18T00:45:00.000-06:00OK so I am so not reading all the other comments s...OK so I am so not reading all the other comments so maybe this has been posted, but I stitched a cute "no soliciting" sign when I was in Memphis for the same reason. Danger and so freakin many door bell rings with kids napping etc. It worked.Mugsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13030215017842950639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-81786852314142656452008-08-14T02:02:00.000-06:002008-08-14T02:02:00.000-06:00Oh I wish so badly that I could be there while you...Oh I wish so badly that I could be there while you would yell "Shew shew go away!"<BR/>ha ha ha! Anywho what about just posting up a little No Soliciting note like our little Deb has on her doorbell? It's very small but written in her cute handwriting and I can't see any salesman taking offense to that and it's straight forward..they don't waste their time or yours they just move on.<BR/>Just a thought.Lover of Sweetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01060000453585318391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-20476467092575678222008-08-11T01:29:00.000-06:002008-08-11T01:29:00.000-06:00I miss you too - and it's only going to get worse ...I miss you too - and it's only going to get worse - dagnabbit!<BR/><BR/>Enter slugs from "Flushed Away" (i love them)singing; "Lonely, I'm so lonely, ever so lonely - without you!"<BR/><BR/>And then they screech on some long note - stretching their little slimy necks with all the feeling a slug can muster; "Ahhhh eyyyyyye!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-31166548620099311192008-08-09T11:43:00.000-06:002008-08-09T11:43:00.000-06:00Oh Marzee!1 It is you again! I hope you know I sti...Oh Marzee!1 It is you again! I hope you know I still love and adore you even though I feel like we have been torn apart by my being axed from YW's!! I haven't forgotten the article that I will never send you either . . . and I will .. . at least before all is said and done here. <BR/><BR/>P.S. I might just say, "I don't take candy from strangers."Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045958241240870948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-68054261954967976552008-08-08T17:34:00.000-06:002008-08-08T17:34:00.000-06:00Go Nancy!!!!! You are completely entitled to say, ...Go Nancy!!!!! You are completely entitled to say, "I do not talk to strangers!" and walk away. Yes - I know that's not exactly what you've been saying - but next time you totally should - and instead of feeling totally bad - you'll be laughing at the silliness of it all. Way to go! Safety first (though seriously - I bet you could kick their butts if they tried anything - Ninja Nancy)!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-73366584404962334642008-08-08T14:38:00.000-06:002008-08-08T14:38:00.000-06:00Door to door salesman are very hard to deal with a...Door to door salesman are very hard to deal with and I'm with you on not wanting to talk to people when it's just me and Addy here. I've heard to many scary stories to feel comfortable with it. That really is surprising that they would yell at you through the door. I guess whatever it takes to get a sale, huh? What I despise even more than door to door salesmen, is those guys who are in parking lots with duffel bags selling perfume or whatever. I certainly don't trust someone selling something out of a duffel bag, thank you very much!The San Diego Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04911819055063782621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-34516669650666715152008-08-08T11:58:00.000-06:002008-08-08T11:58:00.000-06:00Unfortunately, we are the type who hide in our hou...Unfortunately, we are the type who hide in our house trying to be as quiet as possible until the salesperson-stranger leaves. As soon as the doorbell rings my kids all want to go running to the door, but I give them a stern shhhhhh! and then tip toe to the door to look through the peep hole to see who it is, meanwhile hoping they are not holding a gun to the hole (some urban myth story I heard once). It's very cowardly. Now my friends are telling me not to do that because if they think no one is home they may try to break in. I'm not quite sure what the best route is. A no solicitors sign probably works, or once I saw one that simply said "Leave us alone." maybe that will get the point across.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06326732462509786783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-45887159129012455632008-08-07T21:55:00.000-06:002008-08-07T21:55:00.000-06:00did i tell you about my friend kathy wade? we get ...did i tell you about my friend kathy wade? we get vacuum salesmen all the time. they always want to come in and do a presentation. one time she felt bad and let one in and then he wouldn't leave. she is the nicest person ever and so gentle. she started telling him she had to put her two little boys down for naps but he started pressuring her to buy the vacuum. he was acting weird so she finally said that he needed to leave. he wouldn't! she got really scared and went into the other room and called her husband, who then called the police. she then went back and was nicely telling the guy that he really needed to leave and then he told her she was a B*! luckily then her father-in-law showed up and told him the police were on the way and the guy left. creepy, huh? it is so sad to be mean to people and i know how it feels to be going door to door and it is not fun at all...but you have to protect your kids first, so it sounds like your niceness of telling them you don't open the door and then just walking away is probably best for everybody.Perlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12956852960780300948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-56552196478876075912008-08-07T18:47:00.000-06:002008-08-07T18:47:00.000-06:00i am in the same position. i don't like to be mean...i am in the same position. i don't like to be mean but i also hate the thought of opening the door to an unknown - especially because the last person i did this to (so he could supposedly give me some card) followed me right in my house - not just the entryway, but ALL THE WAY IN. after that i thought like you. nope. no more opening the door. i too feel silly, with me trying to say, "no thanks" through the door with both my boys peering in the window. i think it would be so much easier if i could just post a neon sign on my roof that says, "i'm not interested but thanks anyway."jami v.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07312950633716123483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-76720138887388012802008-08-07T17:12:00.000-06:002008-08-07T17:12:00.000-06:00I really can't believe that they would stand there...I really can't believe that they would stand there talking to you through the door- that is super awkward!<BR/><BR/>I feel so much the same way as you about all this. It is funny because someone just barely came to the door an hour ago, and so this exact topic has been on my mind. Like you said, I just hate that feeling of being tricked or lured into something. I would much prefer them to be up front. <BR/><BR/>I feel so bad being standoffish though because I think of our missionaries going door to door, and I always want people to be nice to them. So, I am torn on how to treat the people and I would much prefer I'd they would just skip over my house!Rhondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05262283918032390404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1319454352626199680.post-65867826370153992462008-08-07T15:21:00.000-06:002008-08-07T15:21:00.000-06:00Believe me or not, I don't particularly like being...Believe me or not, I don't particularly like being mean to people. Sometimes I dream of being more so but my experience and husband have brought me to the realization that you catch more bees with honey. Anyway, I have been exactly in your shoes. We get mulch people in our neighborhood. Used to get a lot of book people but mostly its now mulch. I have actually done exactly what you have done - announced my disinterest and then walked away. And I've done it on more than one occassion. I think if you do it with your usual politeness - reference here your "no THANKS!" - and then explain you don't open the door I think they really do understand. It has to be part of the job and I am sure that you are not the first. Think about all those missionaries who get guns pulled on them. Unless you are packing your firearm and aiming it out your little peek-a-boo window then I tend to think you are fine and you are totally entitled to walk away. If you can't walk away in your very own house then this world is going to end soon.<BR/><BR/>Also, try putting up a little cute "No Solicitors Please" sign. Then you don't have to say anything - you can just aim your firearm at the sign and then walk away!Janahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01505982048644723257noreply@blogger.com