To get pissed off at Jehovah Witnesses haressing me?

[Thingumy]

2 times this week they've knocked on the door and 2 times I've not answered it.

About 2 months ago,I got caught out and answered the door in the daytime,I was quite firm in telling the lady I am NOT INTERESTED,so why come back?

I'm sick of them peddling their religion at my doorstep.

Do they really think they will convert people on the doorstep?

madugger i agree with you, these are not nasty people. It is their belief that they are helping so a bit of respect wouldn't go amiss.

'why are the Witnesses excluded?'- I don't have any other 'faiths' knocking on my door trying to convert me.They'd get the same 'I'm not interested' if they did.

I have been pleasant and polite.

Now why come back twice this week?

They knocked at our door once.....DH was blasting out some Slayer while painting the front room, and that did the trick. They haven't knocked since.

Now if we could just get rid of the Mormons......

Aah Lola, I may have misunderstood him then. That sounds far nicer......

My Nans next door neighbour was a Jahovahs witness, she was a lovely person if you ignored the religious stuff, however she used to say 'Nan, the end is nigh, it really is I can feel it' and my Nan would retort 'I'm 94 of course the end is nigh'.

Anyway "no one is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle. Even... and I want to make this absolutely clear... even if they do say, "Jehovah. "

I'm sure you have Thingumy, it was some of the other posters comments and what I've read on similar threads before.

My Gransdparesnts JW friends have been some of the most helpful & friendly people I have met.

'a bit of respect wouldn't go amiss'

YES,I agree-I said 'I was NOT interested' -so flipping well respect my wishes.

They never knock on my door. A nice lady offered me a copy of The Watchtower in the street last week but I just smiled and said "No, thank you" and proceeded completely unharassed. And at my parents' house they'd only come round once a year or so. If you've said you're not interested and they are coming back a couple of months later then I suspect an administrative cockup rather than a sinister consipiracy (BTW, how do you know that the people knocking this week were JW?)

I got caught out once. I never answer the door during the day unless it is a delivery. I thought it was the postman and it was a JW. He was a nice old man but I told him I detest religion and they are all cults. He kept asking me why I thought these things. Wouldn't let me go. In the end I took the leaflet just to get rid and put it straight in the bin.

Because it was the same woman who caught me out last time.
This time she had brought back up (2 others!)

Just say no thank you and if you really are not interested then tell them that you do not want them to call again and to make note of your request.

I understand it can be annoying but they can be nice people you know; they are calling on your door because they want to share with you their hope. No brownie points, nothing to be gained by doing so.

And many JW's have been people who have come to learn the religion as adults, so they really aren't shocked by peoples beliefs/choices in healthcare etc. They should respect everyones individual choice.

I dont understand the vitriol?

my ex-boyfriend's dad invited them and said taht they could talk while helping him out with his DIY. They did. When the job was finished they were escorted out...

Do you remember the very first episode of Black Books? "It's nice here....Inside...."

"please, come in"
....
"it's a TRAP" ROLF!

Forgive me, I have the day off and I'm bored and slightly tipsy. My gibbering will only make sense to faithful BlackBookers

'They should respect everyones individual choice.'

Really? Funny that,'coz they are quite good at questioning your faith/beliefs on your own doorstep.

This is what makes me pissed off with them.

It's a legal requirement for them to adhere to the No Contact request. Tell them you want to be on the no contact list, keep a note of the date you told them, and if they come again say "You have violated my No Contact request I made on " and IME they leg it, terrified.

Their "job" as they see it is to knock on your door. If you don't answer it, how are they to know they should stop?!

Maybe she was being audited and they wanted to check that her report that you weren't interested was correct?

Maybe she's converted to something else and wants to see whether you feel any better disposed towards that?

Maybe as well as being a Witness she's also the head of the local show choir, has heard about your marvellous singing voice and was coming to talk to you about that?

yeah, he even called his mum, hahaha

think I'm gonna go watch it again now

I invite some in to chat once when I was really lonely. After a few hours they actually said it was time they should be leaving They were the first people I'd spoken to in weeks though. They haven't been back since.

twilight

'What happens next?'
"I don't know, I've never gotten this far!'

What sockapoodle said, politely ask to be put on the no contact list if their visits bother you. Some people may be converted this way, otherwise why would they do it?