For being terrified after visit from Nottingham Knockers?

We've had them a couple of times and I've called the police both times, because I was worried for elderly neighbours.

The first struggled to take no for an answer and was swearing walking away.

The second just spoke right over me and had his hand in his pants the whole time. He was terrifying and quite aggressive. My husband had started coming down the stairs because he could hear something wasn't right. On this occasion the police did come out and I saw them patrolling a few times.

I'm generally confident saying no to sales people or shutting them down if they don't take no for an answer. But these were definitely not the kind of people you want calling to your door... or the door of your elderly neighbours.

That’s horrible! You definitely did the right thing calling the police.

For all the people teeheeing at the OP or rolling their eyes when someone on MN (such as me) says they don’t answer the door to strangers - this is exactly why many of us don’t.

I’d rather not open the door and run the risk of that kind of negative interaction which would then play on my mind and quite frankly both alarm and disgust me .

If I know it’s a delivery person or postman of course I open up , but I don’t see any value in answering the door to complete randoms when I’m a single woman living alone.

Service people such as the gas engineer who came today book appointments in advance so I’m expecting them. Even my neighbours will usually text me if they’re popping around or I’d recognise them through the spy hole.

People can and do generally buzz up using the secure video entry thing and explain who they are before I give them access to the building.

If they’ve somehow followed a resident in and skipped the buzzer part that’s on them.

There’s no reason for me to have unknown knockers at my front door unannounced, so I will continue to not answer.

If it’s that important they’ll leave a card!

They came round here in the summer. No reports of any burglaries but I didnt find it as straightforward as you suggest. I was put under a lot of pressure to buy rubbish and I found it disconcerting and stressful.

This chap suddenly appeared at the back door, which was open (out of sight from the road) as we live rurally. The dog was no use, fussing over him.

I didnt like it at all and felt ridiculous afterwards, for buying one overpriced bit of that because I didnt feel strong enough to challenge him on ridiculous lies. And that's what they rely on.

I hope everyone who posted something mean has enjoyed feeling superior. I won’t be looking at the thread again (and will think twice before posting another in the future!).

Sorry to hear this but honestly don’t worry about it. People will always have a wide range of opinions on here and some will rush to tell you you’re BU or OTT etc - I’ve probably did the same on other threads 🤣

As an individual and especially as a woman, I feel everyone’s entitled to their opinion but I don’t let anyone on here make me ignore what my gut is telling me!

I decide the level of risk I’m comfortable with and my own comfort levels. I certainly won’t let random MNetters make me feel bad about feeling uneasy or taking extra precautions when I’ve experienced something.

You probably won’t see any of this if you’ve left the thread, but FWIW there have been posts since then supporting your view that interactions with these people can be disconcerting and unsettling at the very least!

Merry Christmas 🎄

Nah. Like the beggars they will get one of those card machines.

Yep, they have card machines.

Much as I would be highly unlikely to give cash to a doorstep seller, hell should freeze over before I'd give them my card details.

But i thought the whole point is to sniff your tenner to discover how much cash you have hidden in the house before burgling you??!?

It's not the OP's phraseology, Read the link posted above.