Bloody Door to Door salespeople.

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Fuck the fuck off.

I'm busy on MN.

I had a man try to sell me fish once...that's the strangest one I've ever had.

We get a fish man. He's given up trying to sell to me. But he does dump his ice up the road. It used to confuse me why there was regularly a big pile of ice for a while.

My fish man tried to make me feel guilty that I didn't feed my family (emphasis on my DD) fish at least once a week. I hate door to door sales people!

I had a man the other day asking if I needed anything sharpening

I try to ignore them or lie that I am a tenant etc. but I'm rubbish, one came this morning when our cleaner happened to be here so she got rid of him :)

Quite frustrating but I try to bare in mind that they're people too and only trying to earn a living (when they blatantly start lying to me to try and con me though that's when I really get annoyed!). My method of dealing with them is to make it very clear I don't buy ANYTHING at the door but they're welcome to leave booklets/whatever for me to look through later if they want. For people trying to raise money for charity I always cut in as politely as possible at the start to tell them I never set up any DDs (and explain the rather hefty charge I incur should I not have enough money for a DD to go through) and once again offer for them to leave any leaflets etc. they have. Tis a tactic that's serving me well so far. It's also handy when they're scared of dogs since I'm also usually keeping hold of mine who's lunging forward at them eager to lick them to death

When I get a door to door salesman I ask him or her if they "have found Jesus" and offer to fetch a few pamphlets. Usually works.

I want a fish man :( is it fresh fish?

Mind you there's a fishmongers not 5 minutes walk from me. I just like shopping :)

Yes, am very suspicious of the fish.

We had a fish man who came round for a week or two. I kept asking for a menu/price list, never got one. How can you make a decision about food for a week or two unexpectedly on the doorstep? Plus we have a brilliant fish shop a heart beat away.
Onto a loser there I think.

I've printed a little notice and stuck it on the inside of the glass panel of the door.

It reads...

If I am not expecting you I will not answer the door.
I may look out the window to see who it is knocking, but I won't answer.
Please don't be offended.
I have told I'm not going to answer.

Still get morons knocking from time to time. Bit I don't feel guilty anymore Shen I walk past the door and don't answer

I had someone knock to try and sell us new windows and doors the other day. Reasonably normal, I suppose... only he had a fag in hand the whole time!

I mean, I smoke a little and I was still... over his sales technique!

We have this on our door
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I stole it from someone online. I reckon it is magic. It repelled a D2D salesman and a couple of JWs this weekend. For the few it doesn't I open the door and point and close the door. We've actually had fedex drivers and others taking pictures of it and reading it and laughing.

It never ceases to amaze me why you would answer the door if you didn't want to? After all, it's your house, your perogative to decide whether you want to open it or not. Same with the phone. I have been known to be sitting at the kitchen table when jehovas witnesses are knocking the door and looking through it's window at me but I do not have to answer it.

On behalf of all these people, sorry. But I worked on commission only, for 10 hours a day, 6 days a week, with nowhere to wee and get warm. Missing my son horribly. Better working than scrounging. I eventually went on to better paid and warmer jobs, but if I'd sat on my bum doing nowt I would never have got a better job.

Still though, sorry if I interrupted your tea :o Seriously I was.

I sometimes answer the door by accident to a salesperson and then I will look them straight in the eye, with my greying hair, wrinkles, saggy bits, granny cardi and all and sometimes up tp five children up to the age of 21 and say deadpan "Oh I'm sorry, my mam's not in" and shut the door
Apart from the "newborn and the bread knife" incident which was in 2006, and was the last time we ever had JWs knock here

"It never ceases to amaze me why you would answer the door if you didn't want to?"

It's about the same distance to go the window to look out as it is to open the door. And it might be someone useful - like the postie bringing me a nice parcel. And besides, if he's not at school, DS trots off and opens the door anyway.

Debeez - I do appreciate that people are trying to make a living. But I seem to live in an area where we get constant interruptions. And as for bloody telephone salespeople...

Don't open the door. Tell your kids they are not allowed to open the door without asking, if that's a problem.

I don't buy into the 'they're trying to make a living' thing. Yes, but if they do it by annoying people, they take the risk that those people will be annoyed. Find a better way to make a living.

I know it's annoying and I always accepted a "I'm not interested" with politeness and a smile mockingjay

Fuck off with your find a better way to make a living, I did eventually find another job, I mentioned that, but am I hell having my son go without while there's a job on this earth I can legally do. I'm educated and hard working, no job is too good for me to do, if it's all that's going then I'll do it.

Bolderes thank you for acknowledging these people are just trying to make a wage. It's appreciated. Thing is though if we found an area where people would always sign up for Sky or another Gas supplier for a special offer we'd hit it again with the next product. I blame your neighbours :o

I admire your work ethic Debeez. No Sky sellers here (does that make it a posh area?) but plenty of utilities suppliers.

The ones that really get my goat are the young guys who want to sell me household products out of a large holdall and look vaguely intimidating when I politely decline.

I'd always be polite to you, then, Debeez. "No thank you" is only one word longer than "fuck off", after all. However, those who will not take "no thank you" for an answer are setting themselves up for more robust treatment.

We don't get sales people (out in the sticks) but we do regularly get the same grotty pick up slowly making the rounds around our way, looking for scrap metal. Sometimes they knock on the door because we have several motorbikes in various states of build round the side of our house. He left his number once, his name is Smith apparently
Now if they see me looking at them they just drive on.
Other than that we only get an ice cream van.

My mum on the other hand gets a fish and chip van at lunchtimes on Saturdays. Yummy!

I always politely decline the first time.

Not always when they try to remonstrate/change my mind/use another tack.

Anyone who doesn't take a polite no as an answer is rude, regardless of their job and probably deserves a "fuck off". I always wore my Sky jacket and showed my badge, if they're rude or intimidating complain to the company. No one should feel threatened on their own doorstep.

I don't get the dodgy guys with holdalls round mine. I dare say it may be related to the large display of samurai swords in the window :o

Not having Sky sales people makes you very posh. To be fair it's more the salt of the earth who love the sky visits, we always had a special deal available only to us and everyone loves a bargain if they're at the lower end of the income scale. I got a cracking deal and loads of M&S vouchers, good lord I felt posh spending those!

Why do we never get stuff we actually want

I WANT an Ice cream van, I WANT a fishn'chip van, I WANT a cake van with home made cakes aboard for a pound.

The Fish Man came to our house too. The conversation went like this:

Fish Man: "Fish Man."
Me: "What?"
FM: "Fish Man."
Me: "...what?"
FM: "Fish. Man."
Me: "Sorry. Nobody of that name lives here."
FM: "I'm the Fish Man love...do you want to buy any fish?"