to think if you choose to ring my doorbell uninvited, you shouldn't be surprised if I don't want to talk to you?

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Currently on maternity leave so only just starting to appreciate the number of charity door knockers and npower salesmen I miss when out at work.Always rebutted with a polite " I'm not interested thank-you / Happy with who I'm with" - however they seem to be getting ruder, I was even tutted at the other day - if you're going to be offended at my refusal to stand at the door for 5 minutes listening to your spiel , I suggest you don't bloody call at all!

Don't even get me started on kids knocking on the door asking for sponsorship for some vague event for which they have no official sponsor form and want the money now.... can I have just have 5 minutes peace now DS has gone down for a nap?

Rant over.

sdtf - my dd1 used to do soemthing similar when she lived at home - apparently her mum was the high preistess who did the slaughter I take it that was me she told them i wasn't good with a cleaver and often made a meal of things...

YANBU, they always seem to call around mealtimes here. Certain utility companies are huge culprits who won't take no for an answer.
We've also had a few chuggers doorstepping us recently which is rather annoying. I am rapidly working on my firm "no thank you not today" mantra. Am a wuss :)

If I open the door at all to a stranger - and that depends on my mood that day :o - I do so accompanied by a very large, barking German Shepherd whilst the other German Shepherd and his Labrador pal are visibly just the other side of the glass sitting room door.

You've no idea how effective a deterrent they are! ;o

We used to have a pet rat. On more than one occasion I've quickly scooped up a rat as I've gone towards the door and answered it holding said rat.

It's great. You actually see salesmen's pupils widen in horror. :o

Dp told the JW's never to come back and they never have. They come into the street regularly but naver knock at our place.

Val, I used to do the same with my rat.
He used to balance on my shoulder with his long ratty tail twitching for balance.

Only 6 inches? I'd be scared too if I saw him!

I live in a maisonette with a security door and will not answer to anyone I'm not expecting if they knock on my door without coming through the security door.

I once had a newborn dangling from my nip (think I was pretty much naked form the waist up) a toddler climbing up me and a four year old dancing around desperate for her tea... opened the door to the optimistic npower (?) guy who greeted me with a cheery "how you doing" type of greeting. When I informed him that I was a "bit busy at the moment" he stropped off down the path replying that HE was a bit busy and wouldn't even get started on his spiel, like a spoilt child. He wouldn't even tell me which company he was from and when I suggested I might call the police as we are a no-cold calling area, he challenged me to do so...

Sod.

Cold Callers tend to run away sharpish cos I have 2 very huge barking dogs.They are actually soft as mush,but if I leave people on the doorstep, they know that my visitors aren't welcome so bark and growl louder. :)

I have NEVER had a JW back at the door since I told one that I was a Satanist.............

I answered the door to JW who knocked really early in the morning. I sleep naked so grabbed the nearest thing which happened to be a towel and answered the door, thinking it would just be the postie, the two guys were VERY flustered, gave ne a magazine and practically ran away haha. Never saw them again!

I'm on maternity leave too. I had no idea how many people I was missing being at work. And why do they always ring the doorbell just when my baby has gone to sleep?! My best excuse is "Sorry, my husband's the decision maker and he's not here."

By the time you've been on "maternity leave" for nearly 4 years like me, you'll be so bored and lonely and starved of adult company you'll be pouncing on the Jehovas and inviting them in for tea, or, hey, its quarter past 4 so what about a lovely glass of wine?

They never visit anymore I don't know what I did wrong...

oh just remembered the time a cold caller for sky came round. I didn't answer and the checker fucker actually opened my front door! I laid into him good and proper as I had anork out bfing ds at the time. He claimed he expected another door behind the one I opened! Riiiight mister on a terrace house with no porch? and what were you going to do in the non-existent porch anyway?

one he opened that should say

Just dont answer the door my thinking is anyone who matters in an emergencey will ring your mobile right Rest in Pregnancy on Sofa

I opened the door to Jehovah Witnesses one morning last week and was surprised when they said "Sorry, we'll call back another time, you're obviously not well". I'm on maternity leave and not getting a lot of sleep but thought I was holding it together quite well . I'm quite partial to a natter about religion so would have been quite pleased to talk to them.

That's the best bit about living where I live (in a field basically) - I get virtually no unwanted cold callers, no stupid free papers, no annoying beggarstrick or treaters, carol singers - tis very peaceful. Though we do occasionally get the JWs because they are like post-apocalyptic nuclear-proof cockroaches - nuffink stops 'em.

actually fellatio, gen up on your religious debates and invite them in for a cuppa. make the cuppa about temperature of magma. keep them therer gingerly sipping their scalding tea for as long as possible. guarantee they will stop coming. by talking to you they lose valuable time distributing magazines so it will no longer be worth their while turning up at your door.