"I've just come out from four years in prison . . .

[longwayoff]

Not me, the hefty young man who knocked at my door, started the above spiel, said "let me finish!" when I interrupted him and, when I said I haven't any money in the house, called me a cunt because I laughed when he said I could pay by bank transfer. AIBU to suggest these door knockers could use some training? Who are these people and where do they come from? They are always northerners and crop up about twice a year with a sob story.

And the massive chip on their shoulder. With gravy.

Calm down northerners I only mentioned their provenance for information. For all I know they've got regional recruitment going on.I apologise to all northerners who haven't knocked on my door and called me a cunt. He wasn't especially menacing, I wasn't scared but I was surprised by the bank transfer request.

@kaitlinktm thanks, that link is really useful. They’ve definitely called at my house recently.

Jacques, Middlesbrough, so he said.

North of where? London? Gosh us northerners need to be careful! They’re on to us.

Regional recruitment to ship us down south to scam you and call people cunts?

It really wasn't necessary for you to say where he came from, and the others too. Bloody hell .

Yeh like all Northeners are scammers eh

They are Nottingham Knockers : info

We had two on Sunday evening, They claim to be collecting for a charity. They where quickly sent on there way. and yes we can in the north

One of these lot knocked on my door repeatedly while my very poorly child was asleep. I went out with a screaming baby and asked him to stop knocking and go away. He got really annoyed because I’d dared to tell him what to do, ranted about it being a free country and threw in a few racist insults because it’s apparently not even my country, then when DH came out to see what was going on he yelled at him to keep me under control because “I won’t be disrespected by your woman”. Which shows you what kind of misogynistic racist yob he is. Judging by the abuse OP received they’re all the same.

I don’t answer my door. Family know to text so it’s not a problem.

As a Scot could I say they were southerners?

I live in the north (of England), we clearly get the better ones, they've always been very polite. Of course I'm from the true north so maybe my accent sounds well hard and I scare them off

They are Nottingham Knockers
Or rather - they aren't. It's a scam run by people who sometimes (often?) sound like they come from oop norf. No idea where they are actually from.

We get them every couple of years.

Didn’t Harry Enfield & Co have a tame Geordie called Clive? Perhaps you adopt your next northern caller and keep him as a pet.

I apologise to all northerners who haven't knocked on my door and called me a cunt.

Okay apology accepted. I'll cancel the Magic Bus down to yours then

Always northerners...
These people...

Yes door knocking is a pain but all you have to say is sorry I'm busy, not interested. There is no need to be nasty and hateful.

I have had a few come to the door over the years but they have always been polite and I have bought the odd roll of dusters and Brillo pads off them. Never been abused, they are just people trying to make money.

It's a known scam, report to non-emergency police

Our local police has just published another reminder about them.

Yes door knocking is a pain but all you have to say is sorry I'm busy, not interested. There is no need to be nasty and hateful.

He called OP a cunt. After she'd politely said no thank you.

Nottingham Knockers sounds like a burlesque group

Bollocks! iklboo I just put me trabs on! Proper cobbed I am!

The "best" scam I had was a bloke pretending to be deaf and selling prints of pictures he had printed off the Internet painted. I didn't have any cash, thought it was odd that he didn't respond to my admittedly very basic sign language saying no thank you.

Except then I was walking to the shop about ten minutes later and he was sat on the wall, his phone rang, and he answered it, and spoke perfectly well to whoever was on the other end of the line. Deafness cured! It's a miracle!

ahhhereitgoes 😂