To be hiding from jehovers witnesses

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Hiding in my own home crazy!
What do you think of religious people who come to your door? Do you answer it or ignore? If you answer what do you say?!?!?!

My husband used to tell them we were blood donors (true) and they left pretty sharpish.

My Mil is a JW - she door knocks, she has to, she's 80 years old.

I'm an atheist and she advised me many years ago when the next JW came to visit, to just request that your address is noted as a "do not knock". Thankfully we have been left in peace since then and MIL satisfies her requirement to share the word with us by subtly handing dh several copies of the WatchTower when we visit, which we just recycle and everyone is happy....there is a way to avoid the aggro.

The last time we had JW visitors at the door I opened it to find a small child of about 6 or 7 years old offering me a leaflet and explaining that she wanted to tell me more about her religion. An adult, possibly her mother, was hovering at the bottom of the path near the garden gate. I was a bit flummoxed at having such a small child coldcall me and I ended up taking the little book from her and then felt cross at being guilted into it.

Quite a lot of bullshit being offered up on this thread. My money is on half of you mumbling something before shutting the door rather than spouting the bollocks you reckon you have.

It's not difficult to say "I'm not interested" and let everyone go about their business rather than deliberately try to undermine or mock someone's beliefs.

Sorry, we are devout Satanists here

They used to ask Will you be a witness for Jehovah? and perhaps they got pissed off with people answering Sorry, I didn't see the accident.

I bet they think you're hilarious

I just politely send them away with a no thank you. cant not answer..It might be Amazon!

This.
There is no need for people to be rude to cold callers. My DH doesn't handle it well, he lets them do the full spiel and interacts with them. I just say no thank you and shut the door whilst they are still speaking.

I just say 'no thank you' and shut the door.

However , I know of someone who had them come to his house a lot (he was pagan and had a plaque of the green man in his window, so I don't know if it was anything to do with it, I think they were trying to save his soul) him and his flatmate got some blood from the butchers (bleh) to save for when they turned up. They'd recorded a friends baby crying. He see's the JW approaching the house, opens the door and keeps them talking, his mate had run upstaires as soon they realised they were coming to the house. He turns on this recording of a baby crying.. stops it.. runs downstairs covered in blood shouting 'the sacrifice is done!'. JW's left very quickly, police showed up at the house soon after that. Way over the top but they didn't come back.

My grandad is a retired scientist and a huge sceptic regarding religion. He gets rid of them by keeping them talking 'educating' them in the error of their ways of thinking.

I just politely asked to be put on their no call list.
They've not been back in 5 years.

My NDN is a Jehovah's Witness and we never have any round the door. They must know not to shit on their own doorstep.

I find polite "I'm not interested" and shutting the door works. There's no need for rudeness or elaborate excuses.

We're on a black list. They actually cross the road to avoid our house. Fine by me

I remind them that my address is on the list of houses they don't visit. They come back in about 5 years to see if I've moved. Until that point they walk down the street and knock on my neighbours doors.

Each Kingdom hall keeps a list, just ask to be put on it.

I don't understand the rudeness either. It's annoying when someone unwanted comes to the door if I'm busy upstairs (we have a town house) but I've never had a particular problem with JWs - I say I'm not interested and they leave. It's no biggee. I think they've changed their approach in recent years - they're more likely to have a stand outside the Tube station for people to stop if they're interested.

Ha @whatthefudger

How do you get on the JW blacklist?!

Reow
Lock one in your basement.

I invite them in and talk to them. I have a Masters in theology so I quite enjoy the chat. They normally don't. I get blacklisted. This has happened in my last three houses.

If I have time I have a chat with them. They usually have a message to share. I'm always nice to people who call to my door. I don't feel obliged to buy their wares but I understand where they are coming from and would always be pleasent.

@reow my mother is a dis fellowshiped jw- from 40 years ago. They have all of us on the list so they never have to come face to face with her or her sinful descendents. When I say "they" I mean her family who are still kicking around door knocking on our street

As a teenager I went to stay with a family friend at the seaside. We were staying in his very basic chalet which was half garage (he actually moved into the garage to let me have his room, no funny business) and his large chalet that he let was accommodating a large Witness family. They included me in all the activities they did and every meal. Some meals were very basic (tomato soup with boiled potatoes) but I was treated as a family member. They never mentioned their religion to me once (although on a different occasion one of the young children told my mum that the doll wasn't a Christmas present as they didn't celebrate Christmas).

When we were on holiday in Spain last year at MIL's flat I opened the door to two Witnesses, I politely told them in Spanish that I was English and on holiday, and that I didn't speak much Spanish, so, no thank you. They said Good afternoon and left.

We went through an odd phase of having young (approx 19/20 year old) American lads knock on our door about 10 years ago. My mum asked them why they were walking the streets of this particular part of England instead of being back home with their mates, enjoying themselves (my brother and I were a similar age at the time, and living it up at Uni). Think she felt quite sorry for them, and she chatted to them a while. But as a Biologist and a blood donor, they were never going to convert her!

AFF are you sure they weren't Mormon missionaries? Your description sounds more like them.

I answer the door with a joint in one hand and a glass of wine in the other. At 11am.

I answer the door with a joint in one hand and a glass of wine in the other. At 11am.