To think that charity people

[Abbinob]

Knocking on your fucking door at 8:30pm and waking your child up should just say sorry and go away?
Not oh I'll keep my voice down, can you make a direct debit payment. Said no ill forget and go overdrawn and I can't afford it.
"Oh well we'LL send you reminders"
No.
"Let me just explain blahblah blah guilt stuff blah"
I said I'll just do it online if I can afford it.
"No no you need to do it now really"

FFS go away

I love lemony smithths suggestion of trying to sign them up to a religion! Maybe Scientology? Or you could try and sign them up to a multi level marketing scheme like forever living? 😂

This is why my bastardly family make me open the door. I'm very obviously disabled. They take one look at me, apologise and never come back.

Get yourself a walking stick and fake it.

I tell them 'Sorry I only give to small local charities (true) and so I won't waste your time' ... and close the door.
Sales people I generally cut into their spiel (we are doing some work in the area....) and say what are you selling - not interested - thanks. Then if they try and carry on say I said not interested and close the door in their face.
I did have one persistent salesman trying to give me a free quote for new double glazing - he told me they were working in the area so I would get a cheap price - so I asked whose windows they were doing? He said he couldn't tell me for data protection reasons - so I said I'm sure I'll see your van outside and you working on the house anyway -so no harm in giving me the street number? Nope data protection. I know most people locally so if you just give me a surname I'll probably know who it is? Nope data protection ... Well when you have done their windows can you ask them to let me know what they think? So someone I know can act as a reference? Yep never saw their van around and never heard any more...
I did have a painter guy come round who said similar though - he said he was doing my neighbours facings - did them every few years would I like mine done? They did need doing so I went next door with him and it was true - he did a cheap but good job -so I use him for mine now all the time!
I used to do telephone surveys and lie (how old is your kitchen - 2 yrs old, how old is your boiler - 6 months, conservatory? Oh I love mine - only had it a year, so wished I'd had one sooner etc) because I thought that would make them give up calling me...it didn't so now I screen calls and don't answer the phone unless I know who it is!

I'm with you on this, best piece of advice I can give is that "no" can be a complete sentence.

Regardless of how loud they speak
. I don't think they should be knocking on people's doors asking for money.
. Its the height of bad manners. Whether they're paupers or billionaires
. Not only that but you don't know who the hell they are.