to slam the door on the salesman

[Lora1982]

Ok so usually i behave all british and let them say their piece etc and let everybody be happy, after all they are just doing their job.

Today, 38 wks pregnant, knackered from christmas shopping i had to have a lay down and sleep. The guy came knocking so my yorkie started yapping i struggled and rolled to get my massive belly off the sofato the door only to br greeted by some guy flashing some badge 'hi sorry to bother you...' i just said 'no no no' and shut the door in his face. Why do i still feel mean?!?

Because you were.

These people are usually the lowest paid, simply trying to earn some money.

No-one likes people knocking on their door, I'm surprised they make any commission at all, but you do it politely.

He was cold calling. Don't feel bad, he should be used to people shutting the door on him by now.

We have a sign up that says no cold callers. If someone does ignore it, they will get short shrift from me.

You know these people to ably work on commission only?

And probably don't get much enjoyment from their work and being shouted at by everyone?

It takes 10 seconds to politely say no thanks I'm not interested but have a good day.

YANBU. You weren't that rude. You didn't tell him to fuck off or anything and you were knackered. Cut yourself some slack.

Ty i dont think i was rude either, i didnt shout just said no and didnt listen to his speech. I just feel mean cos for the first time ever i didnt stand there and freeze to death and listen to something i have no intention of buying/giving to/switching to. I'm going to get one of those signs, what a good idea. thanks

This is how to deal with cold callers

Ghost they are not the lowest paid! They get paid more per hour than most people working as a waiter/waitress/bartender.

You didn't let him waste both his and your time by getting into his long speech about why you just can't live without the random crap he was selling so don't feel bad :)

'No no no' & a door shut in the face is wasting less of his time than a load of polite evasions.

I'd far have preferred it, when, as a penniless student with a selection of McJobs, I ended up briefly selling potatoes door to door...

Ghost they are not the lowest paid! They get paid more per hour than most people working as a waiter/waitress/bartender

Completely depends on the company actually. A quick google has told me that yes people who do this job are more often not the lowest paid, and they work on commission only a lot of the time.

You should also add 'carer' to your list.

and 'ty I didnt think I was rude either'
Talk about ignoring not only the other posts, but the first post of the thread

I was ignoring you ghost cos you were implying that id practically slapped him or something. I just said no and shut the door perhaps i did him a favour by making his visit to a more successful door happen a bit quicker.

In your own words you 'shut the door in his face'.

There's no excuse to be so rude.

And in ignoring my post, you've shown that the only thing you've wanted from this thread is to told you were being reasonable.

You just made sure you weren't wasting his time

You were rude

Rude.

I'm sure he would much rather a job that doesn't leave him being treated like a pariah each day.

YANBU. You didn't shout or swear. I would argue it's rude to knock on someone's door trying to sell something. I know it's a job, etc etc etc, but by doing the job they accept that they don't care if they are disturbing people at home. You weren't really rude, just to-the-point.

I would've done the same but probably would've said, "sorry now is really not a good time, goodbye" as I'm knackered, 39+2 and taking 5minutes to get up and discovering a sales person pisses me right off.

YABU. It's not his fault you are pregnant and struggled to get off the couch. It's not his fault that you keep a yappy little fucker that starts yelping everytime someone knocks your door.

YANBU

For as long as companies and salespeople think this is an apropriate way to sell they will continue. I can not be arsed with being polite to unsolicited sales. Your didn't swear or abuse him.... are you just feeling terribly british about not saying sorry or no thanks?

Not as rude as you could have been! And you didn't waste any of his (and your) valuable time.
Now you're going to be at home with your baby, you have to have a strategy for getting rid of them painlessly. Get a sign as one poster suggested, or just ignore - you don't have to answer the door. And they do seem to have a sixth sense for when you're feeding or bathing the baby, or having a much needed nap.

Fwiw I just say "no thanks" and shut the door before they've even finished the sentence. Door to door is a rubbish way to sell anything so the people who do it tend to be thick skinned. As long as you dont swear or insult them you are within your rights just to say no and shut the door.

YANBU. If you wanted to buy something, you wouldn't just sit at home, hoping someone night show up and offer to sell it to you.

I had my windows replaced last year. I got recommendations from friends and contacted the local window company myself. Doesn't stop people knocking on my door offering to replace my new windows with some more new windows.

Who does buy things from randomers on their doorstep anyway?