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Today’s question:
QUESTION: Do you answer your door when somebody knocks on the door or rings the doorbell, or do you just ignore it?
Talk about it….
If we know who it is, Yes.
If not, we’ll ignore it.
If it’s somebody I don’t know, or if they weren’t invited by me, I ignore. The same goes with
the phone, if it’s a legitimate wrong number, I will tell them they have the wrong number, but
if they don’t say anything after I say “hello,” I won’t wait more than a couple of seconds before
I hang up.
No on the Doorbell and Yes once when someone knocked.
Have the Doorbell Camera incorporated into my Security System and always speak to anyone ringing the doorbell first with photo I see thru my phone or system in kitchen. Have only had one person knock to Solicit and jumped the gun so-to-speak on answering the knock with my Security Door locked. Was surprised I did that. Feel safe, but won’t again.
Hell no. If I’m not expecting anyone, my door is closed
This from the guy praising open borders and high-density housing for accommodations. Just as long as they don’t come to your house, right, Paul?
I have a Blink Camera system with intercom so I take a look before coming all the way down stairs and if it’s a solicitor I tell them to pound sand.
If I need to open the front door and it is someone I do not know or if the situation is strange or after dark I am holding a 357 revolver in my right hand, behind the door & out of sight.
Remember I am in a rural area, no street lights or pedestrian traffic after dark.
My neighbors come to the back door on my deck up on the levee and I can see them clearly.
I look on the camera to see who it is typically first, if i know them ok open door, if not i ask who it is and what they want thru the door and cock my shotgun loudly. Then they explain what they want and normally im not interested and ask them to leave.
Yes, but I am not a friendly face to people attempting to sell stuff and if (god forbid) there is a threat we repel all boarders. most of the time our front door is open anyway when we are in the front room.
No, and No- I do not have a phone growing out of my wrist. Leave a message.
If they know you well enough to “just drop by” — then they know you well enough to know you expect them to call or email — a day or more ahead and ask if it might be convenient for them to “drop by.”
*******This hasn’t been “Mayberry” for decades! .
My grown kids have keys…and expect to find me digging in the garden, or napping… and dirty dishes in the sink😜
It may not be “Mayberry” but every neighborhood has at least one or two Ernest T. Bass types running around.
Hey Doc: Andy Griffith show is still making me laugh. One of the “Best Ever” shows that’s still on every day.
Yes, very funny!
It may be interesting to note today, that the Andy Griffith Show may have had black folks in the background on a few rare occasions, but only once in one episode did they ever have a black character in a speaking role.
It was Opie’s football coach.
I look through the peephole in my door to see who it is and then ask them what they want with the door still closed and locked. I DO NOT open the door.
Yes. Why wouldn’t I? 🧐
I have a “No Soliciting” sign on my front door. Most of the “door to door” people who get close enough to read just turn around and leave. My doorbell camera came with canned responses I can play but sometimes I can’t quite hear their responses so I just ignore.
Sign by front door,
“If your are selling a product, religion, service or politician,
turn around and leave”
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IF I have to climb of the recliner and it’s someone who doesn’t
have a legitimate reason, they experience a NEW defining moment
for RUDE.
I answer the door. If it is Amazon/USPS/FedEx, I thank them. If it is some random person, I open the door and immediately ask what they are selling, or I say “solar?” and they usually say they are not selling, but have you considered solar, at which point I say no thank and close the door. This happens 3 times a week usually.
No but I still hide from view.
I usually look out the window next to the front door and if it is someone I know then I’ll open the door and speak to them. There are times that I just open the door though. If they are soliciting, I politely tell them that I am not interested (as politely as you can while cutting them off mid-sentence) and if they go away, we are all good. If they try to continue, the conversation takes a nasty turn in a split second, and I make it clear that if they do not respect my wishes, I will be coming outside to continue this “discussion”…..They leave.
No and especially after the most recent incident. Some guy looking to deliver something I had ordered which I was not expecting because I hadn’t ordered anything wouldn’t take NO for an answer after telling him to get off the property or the police would be called. So he decided to threaten me as he was walking away and I advised him it would be his last mistake if he came back…he never came back.
No on the phone calls and sometimes at the door – I can see them but they can’t see me 🙂
I have a sign that says, “Solicitors please see German Shepherd for appointment.”