AIBU to tell cold callers to fuck off

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Just that really.........my lounge is on the first floor and I sit by balcony doors. I see 3 very pound people approach the very small cul de sac. They appear drunk. Giggling and falling over each other. They were bery loud and Silly, then saw they had lanyards and assumed drunken office do. Then I hear my door bell bong several times so I opened the door and called down. Conversation goes.....

Me..Hello can I help you
Woman..Oh hi we are collecting for British Heart Foundation.
Me..Ummmm sorry but it's a bit late to be calling.
Woman..we can call till gone 9 if we like.
Me..Oh only I have 2 babies and they're now awake as you rang the bell several times.
Woman..I'm not psychic love.
Me..please lease my children are now awake and crying.
Woman..you're gonna allow children to die if you don't sign up.......(she then rang the bell again)
Me..what are you doing..please leave
Woman..ding ding
Me..Just fuck off please
Woman..I'm phoning the police as that's harassment. [confused
Me..umm you're harassing me fuck off
I close the door. They all stand outside and shout abuse and say they're calling police. They stick fingers up. I do too.
They knock on the door several times and then leave their card with a sarcastic rude face.
Wtf. Please tell me. AIBU Or is this normal.

definitely not. contact BHF and make a formal complaint.

Contact BHF - assuming they even had anything to do with BHF

Wtf. I would definitely complain!
I probably wouldn’t have even bothered answering the door tbh

They sound drunk and stupid! Tell them to fuck off and throw a bucket of cold water out the window

It's completely and utterly normal

YABU

They seemed genuine and by putting their sarcastic card through I rang the number.

Worral

It's normal for them to continue to ring the bell etc when you have asked them to leave

Don't worry about WorraLiberty, OP, her posts are always antagonistic on whatever the thread is.

I'm not surprised you were annoyed. I find cold callers really irritating myself, whether they're representing a charity or not. And I hate it when they ring the doorbell multiple times and refuse to leave. Totally rude. Even worse in your case, as it would have been obvious they'd woken your babies up.

I don't answer the door.

I often walk over to the window near the front door, look out to see who it is, and then go back to my day. I find it quite funny - the person sees me looking and assumes I'm coming to open up, often smile and wave through the window. Then they just stand there looking puzzled when I don't come to the door. One bloke came back to the window recently and peered in at me, waving again and saying something - I got up and closed the curtains and he wandered off. I think they're used to being told to fuck off or whatever, but they seem so confused when you just see them but ignore them.

I tell them that I don't live there I'm just cat sitting, always gets rid of them xx

I always say, and cut across their spiel if I have to, that I don’t accept cold calls and hang up. I won’t be drawn in but am uncomfortable to start giving out at them.

Oh, sorry, people calling you in person, that is awkward. I think I’d take the same approach though. It is rude to interrupt someone’s evening like that, there is no obligation to put up with it.

I work for a large charity and our collectors knock doors until 9pm (not something that I agree with, personally) but they don't harrass like your experience.

Please report this incident to BHF-if they are genuine then they need to know how their collectors are behaving. If they have no record of collectors out in that area then they will know that it is a scam.

Our council is campaigning against cold callers and every house on our road has a sign saying cold callers are not accepted, with the number to call to report any that try. They still do it - charities are the most persistent, overfamiliar and generally annoying. I wonder if they get any business at all?

I am one of those nutty people who NEVER answer the door. I know, I know, yes there are some of us left!

I figure if someone I know wants to call over they will text first, and let me know when they are outside. Saves "Popper Inners" you know, those people (family, ILs whatever) who think you will absolutely delight in their unannounced presence..... v. sorry love no!

Some people just have no fekkin boundaries. I could be doing ANYTHING!

Trying to be lighthearted here, but by not opening the door to every waif and stray I have avoided BHF and similar, switch your energy supplier (eh I have the internet love), JWs, chancers and basically no one that I want to engage with.

I know I am not alone just to mention. I cannot for the life of me see the advantage of jumping up off the couch to say No Thanks to all these strangers.

But I am sure I will be put firmly back in my box for being an odd idiot!

I had an accident phone call the other day.

I got put through to a supervisor & told them my story in detail. Yes, I was driving legally. No, it wasn't at all my fault. Yes, I had terrible injuries, I was impaled on the handbrake and my head flew off through the windscreen and bounced....

I couldn't control my laughter at that point and had to hang up.

That is sooooo bad please report it !

I had cold callers like this just before Christmas, asked them to leave and phoned to complain. I hate having my private life interrupted, if I want to donate to charity I will, coming knocking on my door is not the way to win me over, neither is harassing me in the streets.

Chuggers at the door.
Ignore.

Awkward this.

In a sense, yes it's rude, because ultimately you're verbally abusing someone who probably loathes doing what they are doing and actually does understand your anger.

But I totally sympathise and empathise and I've just hung up on them which is also rather rude, but necessary.

The cold calling culture is just awful and our governments have done little to prevent it.

Don't think I'm condemning you - I totally have the urge to tell them the very same! I just try to remember some pour soul is stuck in a call center hating the job and probably getting loads more abuse elsewhere!

Now if I could get a hold of the people running these call centers... I have a list of expletives as long as you arm!

I know you're referring to door to door cold calling, but the two go hand in hand - both a pain in the a*

I am a Mumsnet weirdo who only answers the door if the visit hss been organised, scheduled and logged in my diary. Imagine calling the police to report harassment when you are the one ringing someone's doorbell and intruding?! They sound bonkers.

Most councils produce window or door stickers to tell them politely to f off . As for phone calls we have sky shield and we never get them anymore