AIBU to ask if I'm a bit thick here about door knockers?

[HollyBerryBush]

I have a lovely sign on my letter box stating 'no junk mail'.

I think that's easy to read, and to the point without being rude. It states the obvious (to me) and is concise yet comprehensive in its meaning.

Situation 1

Kerthunk, snap, the sound of a retreating trudge, trudge, trudge ....I open the door (our houses face each other) and the chap is poking leaflets through from the local estate agent next door

I say (oh so politely) "I think this is yours, I don't accept junk mail", smile and wave it back at him as he trudge trudge trudges up next doors path.

He states "it's not junk mail"

I cut him off (smile becoming a grimmace) "yes it is, it's unsolicited and isnt addressed to me, so would you like to take it away with you to save me cluttering up my recycling bin?"

He says "Look love its not junk mail its information"

I was very good and refrainded from shoving it up his rectal passage.

situation 2

Should the 'no junk mail' sign be extended to 'no junk mail, charity beggers, tarmackers, block pavers, double glazing, market research, rag clothes beggers, weirdo religious groups et al'

Or should I reasonably expect to have a sign stating no junk mail would mean that a reasonably normal person could translate that as 'keep your crappy leaflets, and dont ring my bell aggressively marketting your Avon/Betterware and I'm quite happy with my God, taa very much'?

Just have your letterbox removed.. be a lot less stressful :P

No callers
No hawkers
No leaflets
No junk mail
Entry by appointment only
Thank you

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I'd have torn it in half in front of him and stalked off.

But i'm childish.

Gawd Hec I must put my glasses on

I thought you said I'm cornish

A ha ha ha ha

This house says no to everything. Leaflets & god especially. ?

I just put it straight in the bin, no big deal to me.

I'd add - his week I've had the God Squad, Save a tiger, gas people ... and my favourite (i do do this) ..... Can YOU sapre for the NSPCC?? .... love my kids they all line up and I ask the chugger to choose one.

I do realise at this point, absoloutely none of you will share my sense of humour

disclaimer< all my children know I would not swap them, palm them off, damage them physically or psychologically

'I live here' - picture of slavering hound? (I think that's what these are for).

No hawkers, no beggars, no circulars (or similar)

Strictly, I'd say junk mail is the stuff that's addressed to you and sent through the post, hence mail, rather than unaddressed stuff, which I think are circulars.

I like Wishiwasanheiress's line, might use that.

I do get really sick of them jamming the letterbox open, especially when it's freezing outside and their only contribution to the household is a powerful, temperature-lowering draft.