AIBU to be surprised by a charity fundraiser knocking at 7.30pm?

Maybe he’d forgotten his key?
I think neighbours coming round or deliveries is entirely different.
Charity callers no thanks

My point is that having a 3 second interaction when you say no thank you and closing the door is hardly being "harassed".

Fortunately, we live on an unlit lane nearly half a mile from the nearest house and nearly three miles from the nearest village, so we don't get cold callers.

Over the last few years I have been approached by two chuggers in our nearest town (which is popular with tourists). They are a pain in the arse and I give them a wide berth when I see them now.

The first one followed me down the street aggressively asking "So you don't care about sick children, then?" when I told him I wasn't interested.

The second one asked for "a minute of my time" so she could tell me a bit about her charity. I told her she could, but I no intention of signing a direct debit for anything nor would I be making a commitment to make ongoing donations, however worthy the cause.

She assured me that she understood and I was under no obligation. She spent a few minutes telling me about the (very well-known) charity and asked me to sign up for a direct debit. I reminded her that I'd already told her I wasn't going to do that and offered to make a one-off donation there and then instead.

Her friendly and cooperative approach suddenly changed. She refused my offer and aggressively accused me of "wasting her time". She continued to shout at me as I walked away.

lol.lol

I once had a woman knock eraky evening.
She gave me this long diatribe about changing energy suppliers and wanted me to set up a direct debit
Then got arsey because I said I need to discuss it with my husband before I did committed to a dd.
She shouted at me ' wouldn't your husband want you save money '.
I said that yes he would and I don't know what goes on in her family but in mine we discuss things before swapping dd's

This annoys me as my mum was very gullible(she has dementia now) and siesta signed up. She would say ‘he said he could save me £180 year?’ I’d ask ‘did he compare your tariff and standing charge?…then how can he know his tariff is cheaper?’ Question them next time it’s quite telling that they are talking shite.