To Be More Than Slightly [shock] At The Woman Who Has Just Knocked On My Front Door

[rockinhippy]

......to ask if her Toddler could play with DDs Kitten because "he'll probably just throw a Tantrum if I say no" & I thought you wouldn't mind, because if you like Kittens you probably like kids too" .....

(our front window faces onto the street & both our cats love to sit in it & play cute for passers by, both rescue Cats, so not sure if it reminds them of their old CPL pen, or they are both just feline Tarts)

she was polite enough, but I'm still gobsmacked at the brass nerve

...I forgot to say..the young woman did steal from the households who let her in...they use the cute factor of animals/children to play on people's heartstrings.

Do you have a local website? Maybe check on them if anything similar has happened. I would prefer to think that this girl was strange or just daft - but sadly there is a lot of desperate and opportunist crime and the moment....

good on you for bollocking her re the tantrums though! [bgrin]

OMG, you've now got me wondering too .... you're not on the South Coast are you *Punkatheart??

I hadn't thought of the ruse angle, but it would make some sort of sense

That said though....DH has finally woken up & I've just told him, to have him relate a similarly cheeky story that happened to a mutual friend who lives locally

& few years back they had all gathered at his place to watch a big football match, (sitting in his ground floor front of street living room) knock on the door, & open it to find a gang of lads, carrying a few slabs of beer, front 1 pipes up, we were passing & heard the football from your TV, & we are looking for somewhere to watch the match....can we join you....we have beer

our friend let them in, watched the match, together, bit of banter etc, shared their beer & then they left thanking them for a great afternoon......they weren't even local, just visiting town & the pubs didn't like the look of them

so maybe its friendlier around here than I first realised

Christ, where do you live?

I agree it must have been some sort of scam. Surely nobody is stupid enough to ask you to let their toddler play with their cat, fgs.

She wasn't after your kitten.
She was after your handbag.

We have similar ruse around here. Lost contact lenses, I think it is.

rockinhippy so the pubs didnt like the look of them but your DH did and let them in?

I live near a football stadium and on match days have had people knocking on my front window asking me what breed my dog is (he lies on the back of the sofa in the window). Cheeky sods. I get all snotty and basically tell them to get lost. You were quite right to give her a piece of your mind about tantrums and giving in to children.

no it wasn't DHs house, but his friends....but YES.....mind you, you have seen the friend

..not on the South Coast.....but these scams travel.....

Years ago, a male flatmate once brought a strange man home who had just been released from prison for murder. He was very trusting and the man had nowhere to stay. He told us his name was John Smith. None of us slept that night except my male flatmate and the ex-prisoner.....

The man made a lovely breakfast and was gone before 10am.

[bgrin] rockinhippy - fairynuff!

Yeah. Ring the cops and tell them 'crazy lady wants to play with my pussy'. Good luck with that.

We used to live opposite a cricket pitch. Someone watching the match once knocked on the door on the weekend and asked if she and her three children could use our bathroom. I said no and pointed out that there was a pub about 200 yards away and the cricket club just past that and she got quite snotty and said she didn't see why they should have to walk that far.

I'm afraid I said "You don't have to walk anywhere. There is a perfectly good bush over there." and shut the door.

If she had shown up with a screaming, wet child in the middle of an obvious emergency I would have been happy to help but it was very much a "Hi, we are spending the day here. You don't mind us using your facilities do you?"

had a weird kitty request myself recently. Have a beautiful , affectionate cat that lives in the shop i work in (rural setting). Loves everyone inc toddlers that pull her about etc..anyway.. a large family came in after having petted her and asked if they could take her for a drive in their car!!!! how weird is that. of course i said no.. a/ she's terrified of cars, would've scratched them to pieces if she was made to enter one b/ i was terrified they were trying to 'catnap' her!!!
I'm still trying to work out what they really wanted...and the logic..

Some people are clearly just barmy.

I hadn't thought about the whole scam angle. All I get round here knocking at my door are Bettaware catalogue people and Jehovah's Witnesses.

Neither of those are let in.

Are you sure she didn't want to rob you? Not being funny but it's quite niave to have believed this cock and bull story.

Ooops, sorry didn't see that others had already made that point.

How did she react when you said no?
I can't believe she asked (if she was genuine, and not out to steal from you). Just because you have cast doesn't mean you are safe. YOu could be a right nutter!

Blimey there are weird folks about - kitten story possibly a scam as others say - but asking to use your toilets!! [bshock]

Yeah. Ring the cops and tell them 'crazy lady wants to play with my pussy'. Good luck with that PMSL @ that, got to admit that crossed my mind too...lol

That said, I think it been a scam does sound more & more likely, we had a leaflet put through our door several months ago, warning against letting strangers into your property, as there's been a spate of people posing as various tradesmen/women, campaigners etc....this could well be the next incarnation

& no real idea what her response was...as I'd shut the door by then

& I'm at your Cat car ride lolodizzy

I'm not so shocked at asking to use toilets near sports grounds though...I used to live on the boat race route & had that happen a couple of times there, as has an old friend who lived close to the Arsenal ground.....would never dream of it myself, but some people ARE cheeky, especially after a few small Sherry

& yes bodyofEyore too true, if it were genuine, she would have no idea who was inside.....mind you, had I of let her in & she was out to thieve, she would of got a shock anyway...as my rather large & scary looking DH was still upstairs in bed