Charity canvassers

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I've had a lady come to my door at 9pm twice now (once last night, Tuesday; once on Friday) trying to get me to sign up to regularly donate to a charity. I'm thinking about contacting the charity to ask them to stop her calling round as it's a nuisance.

AIBU to expect not to be bothered by this type of cold calling at 9pm?

I don't know why people get so upset about this. Just say no thanks and shut the door. It's only taken up 5 seconds of your time.

I used to do this job. Some people didn't open their doors. A few people were rude (not many). A good number of people listened to what I had to say and then chose to donate. Both myself and the agency were paid from the gift aid. The work I did led to a decent number of regular donations to the charity. Those regular direct debits help charities with their financial planning.

People could get annoyed or upset about it for a range of reasons, can you not think of any??
-have mobility issue so getting up to answer the door causes physical pain, only to discover it’s been a complete waste of their time, because it’s some doorstep piss artist
-have a sleeping kid or dog who will be awoken and displeased by the door being knocked unexpectedly
-having anxiety/ptsd/previous bad experiences which mean they need to prepare for human interaction and people uninvited on their property out of the blue, usually acting like dicks and won’t go away is a pleasant experience
-feeling obliged to justify yourself for not handing over your bank details to some random person on your doorstep as you’re trying to go about your day
-not agreeing with the corporations who utilise this shite method of extracting money from people and thoroughly resenting the intrusion into your day

And many more, entirely valid reasons. I don’t want people at my house, I don’t want my door knocked, I wouldn’t give my private details or money to anyone this way and donate to charities I actually care about already, so I wouldn’t be justifying myself for 1 second on my own doorstep.