To not answer the door if I don't want to?

[Meowstro]

Just that really. I don't answer the door (on a busy road) unless I'm expecting a parcel or someone to pop in which would have been arranged or they can call once there. I don't even pretend I'm not in, I just don't care. AIBU?

Yes I ignor the door and the telephone.

Ur door, ur rulez hun .

Yanbu
Neighbours are same, they'd text if they needed to pop in. I do look through the spy hole, someone might be locked out or something, but if I don't know them, it's not a delivery, they can eff off.

Do those people asking you to switch utility suppliers still come round or did that get stopped?

I can't speak for anyone else, but I don't answer the door for the same reason I don't answer the phone: anxiety.

I think answering the door is just a basic part of being a functioning adult.

Sure, sometimes it's something deeply annoying like the Jevovah's Witnesses or someone selling double glazing, but the idea that you just don't because you're not expecting someone is

Some people can be so weird!

I don't answer my door to JW but the kids wave through the window and I don't answer to door to door sales. Why would I? It's a waste of my time JW are nuts no blood transfusions and door to door sales are been paid

I do answer the door and so do my neigbours, glad I live in a community where people speak to each other and help each other.

My front door is not an open invitation to anyone who happens by. Having said that, I do usually answer it.

If I am working from home and the door goes I check the CCTV because it's in the office if it's cold callers or JW I'm not answering. Having a camera is great lets me work in peace!

There are some very strange folk on here. People that won't answer doors, people that won't make a journey up one flight of stairs to tell their neighbours a parcel has arrived wtf?

If you don't want cold callers, perhaps stick a note on your door to let people know.

Otherwise, it could be an emergency and someone is desperately trying to contact you, emergencies don't make appointments.

Just read your post catneuterer it so sad that people will just let animals suffer like that, its great what you are doing.

I don't, unless I am expecting a parcel or a guest, or I really feel like it.

Likewise I screen calls/don't answer and have my mobile on silent a lot.

I'm not a massive fan of chatting tbh.

When I lived in a second floor flat I just used to open the window and call down. This made it much easier to deal with JWs and if it was a genuine caller it was easy enogh to pop down.

I just don't get the issue of being a busy road.

Do you get many people just ringing for the sake of it, because they are passing by?

You never know who's knocking. It could be a neighbour trying to talk about something important.
It's easy enough to get rid of anyone we're not interested in, and to answer the door if we're not busy.

Lweji I can't speak for others, but once or twice a week we have someone ring our doorbell just for the hell of it. We're on a busy road and I guess it's often kids mucking about. It's really annoying to come running downstairs for nothing (block of flats).

It's easy enough to get rid of anyone we're not interested in, and to answer the door if we're not busy.

Being easy for you does not mean it's easy for everyone.

I can't imagine not answering the door
I think it's weird
So yabu

Really?

"Sorry, not interested." Shut door.

Unless you have specific stranger anxiety, it shouldn't be hard.

Also, getting down the stairs is only good exercise for you.

YANBU. I hate people turning up unexpectedly. I don't even always answer the phone.

YANBU - I wish I didn't answer the door as often as I do, yesterday it was a bloke from Ringtons trying to convince me to buy some "special" t-bags. I found myself justifying why I didn't want them!! Shouldn't have to waste my time justifying my decision not to be buy something on my own doorstep. Pisses me right off and it shouldn't be allowed.

Really?

"Sorry, not interested." Shut door.

Unless you have specific stranger anxiety, it shouldn't be hard.

Really.

As mentioned up thread, I do have anxiety. Hence my door and my phone never get answered to anything unexpected (door) or unrecognised (phone).

I don't answer the door if I don't want to. I go bright red when the door bell rings. What is that about?!

As mentioned up thread, I do have anxiety.

Did I miss something? Are you the OP?

Also, getting down the stairs is only good exercise for you.

I'll do it when I want to thanks, not at random intervals during a good film or when cooking dinner

Did I miss something? Are you the OP?

Nope.

But you should be mindful of the fact that what you find easy could be exceptionally hard for other people, for various reasons.