To be furious about salesmen knocking after kids bedtime!

[Murane]

Just answered the door to a dodgy looking "salesman" in a tracksuit who claimed to be part of an ex-offenders scheme selling cleaning products. Out of a sports bag at night! Gave him very short shrift for waking my DC and slammed the door. Rang the police and apparently it's legit! Why on earth do the organisers think it's acceptable to send dodgy blokes round on a school night when everyone's kids will be in bed? I am absolutely furious and now have screaming DC to sort out!

We must live in the same area, they came by my door too. I don’t like door step sales regardless of the time of day. YANBU

Sounds like you have a dog/doorbell problem not a salesman problem. Remove the bell or pop a note on the door 'please do not ring bell after 6pm' Either way I think you need to calm down a bit.

"If someone rings the bell (which is loud so I can hear it in the back garden) the dogs bark, which makes the baby scream, and then everyone is awake."

Given that you know what's in your house and people on the outside don't, it might be handy to give them a heads-up then, eh?

"Being responsible for your own life" or something like that...

Blimey, there's always a high level of fury on MN over the slightest irritation. It often sounds like a load of you are going to keel over with stress at any moment such is your anger and stress level.
We've had them at our house. We either say ' no, sorry mate' or ' go on, I could do with a few tea towels!
End of issue. They've been coming round for years, since out kids were babies.

Luisa what reputable organisations?

@Molly - look them up

How do you usually manage OP if someone knocks on your door after 8pm?
Nobody knocks on my door after 8pm. Why would they? If I know someone is coming I put the dogs in the back garden so they don't bark and wake DC, and keep an eye out so I can open the door before they ring the bell. It makes me furious when an unsolicited caller disturbs everyone and inconveniences me!

Luisa - look what up though? I need to know the name of an org so I can look it up, or I just get pages of scam warnings.

Unless you really expecte to sit here and spend time typing all the organisations I know of personally??
😂

Luisa - just one would be fine.

We had them round a few years ago, while I was at the front answering the door, his mate was round the back trying to get in through an open window

Given that you know what's in your house and people on the outside don't, it might be handy to give them a heads-up then, eh?
How can I give them a heads up when they're unsolicited and I don't know they're coming? There's no reason for them to know what's in my house when they weren't invited and aren't welcome!

Nobody knocks on my door after 8pm. Why would they?

Just to help you imagine a situation where this might happen, people who have knocked on my door after 8pm include:

The Police
A neighbour
A family member I wasn't expecting
The man asking for his kleeneze book back
A friend of my neighbour
Someone who was worried my cat was locked out (it wasn't it is just stupid)

You can't expect random people to know your house is a no go zone after 6pm. Most people aren't even home by then.

But why? @Molly
If you’re suggesting I don’t have the intelligence to be aware of these organisations - or that I’m unable quickly google something and belch it back at you parrot fashion, simply to prove a point then you’re sadly mistaken.
Go and research it yourself - I think it may widen your horizons a little

What @mumofmany81 said 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Luisa - you said reputable organisations run this scheme, I have never heard of any and am interested. I have only ever known of this as being a scam. If you know of lots of organisations that do this, why not just share the name of one

@murane
With you. Have similar issue with dog going mental and then having to resettle the baby, etc. I really don’t think people should come and disturb after 7pm, and signs don’t work....when the only time you have is when the kids have gone down, people shouldn’t be invading your privacy and down time by coming around uninvited

people who have knocked on my door after 8pm include:
The Police
A neighbour
A family member I wasn't expecting
The man asking for his kleeneze book back
A friend of my neighbour
Someone who was worried my cat was locked out
I'd accept my household being disturbed by the police, or by a neighbour if there was a good reason. Family would probably telephone first. The unsolicited Kleeneze man would be met with fury! (and told that his book was in the recycle bin and if he wanted it he shouldn't have dumped it on my property)

@Molly - if I thought for one second that you are remotely genuinely interested - then of course I’d be more than happy to oblige.
But I don’t believe this is the case - hence my reticence.
Soz not soz 😥

Luisa - I'll take that to mean you were just bullshitting

Murane then all I can say is I'm glad I'm not you, I think I would find all the fury very draining.

@Molly

Aha....gotcha 😂😂😂

It’s sad you weren’t genuinely interested - but never mind - I knew it 😂

I think they are in the most part genuine young people who are trying to better themselves. It wasn't an antisocial hour (they didn't know you had small children) so maybe rather than get angry when they knock you could put a sign up saying no door to door salespeople?

Do you know what fury and furious mean? Are you prone to total over-reaction to small annoyances, it must be stressful being you, might I suggest a small sign on the door might save you from an early death from a heart attack.

And you could always put a lock on your gate so people can't get up your path :-)