To hate when people knock and look through the letterbox?

[PasadenaMansionPilot]

Just that really. You know when you don't hear them knocking or quick enough to open the door, they then bend down to look through the letter box. Almost feels like they're trying to catch me being in! 🙄

Poke them in the eye?

Or maybe they are checking your not dead at the bottom of the stairs? Do you live alone?

It's so rude! I completely agree, I almost want to yam the letterbox down on their hands.
If someone isn't answering the door, you don't look through the letterbox!

We have a board behind ours so no peeking!

Oh god im glad no ones done this to me! I stand at the door looking through my spyhole to see whose knocking and watch them until they walk away

If they looked through the letterbox theyd see me standing there

MIL by any chance?

Is this a thing? I've never done that!

You'd love ours.

1. It's at the bottom of the door.
2. The cat likes to look out of it so you'd come eyeball to eyeball with him and he'd probably have one of your eyeballs out.

I've known people who've done this, it's a bit weird. Lucky for me, the door opens onto a closed hallway, so nothing to see if anyone tried this now.

I’ve never experienced this but I agree, it’s rude.
If they have rang the doorbell/ knocked and you didn’t respond, it simply means you’re either not at home or not willing to open the door. I have never understood why some people think the latter is rude. If you’re not expecting anyone, you’re perfectly entitled to not want to be interrupted in whatever you’re doing and thus to not respond to the doorbell.

I can imagine kids doing it, but adults? That’s totally shockingly rude! 😂

Mine has very thick 'brushes' behind it (I'm guessing to stop drafts...not really sure 🤷‍♀️) so they wouldn't see much, but yeah, I'd hate that 😳

Don’t most letterboxes have the bristles? That would make looking through very difficult.

Mine has bristles so they wouldn't see anything.

Thick brushes behind mine so they couldn't see anything.
My pet hate is people who knock on the door and if we haven't answered it they bang hard 30 seconds later!! We are not just standing behind the door you know.
I have a really long hallway.

Our letterbox just opens into the porch, there's a big wooden door behind that so no one would see anything anyway!

We have brushes so no one would be able to see anything but my dad has taken to walking through the front garden and banging on the sitting room window instead of ringing the doorbell. Really pisses me off.

Shockingly rude! I hate it when people think they're entitled to your time without prior arrangement, but trying to "catch" you avoiding or ignoring them takes it to another level.

What if you've run out of the bath half-dressed to have a peek through a window, or are hurrying about getting dressed so you can open the door? I guess they'd get an eyeful.

That is so rude of them. I also hate it when people don't just knock assertively but actually hammer repeatedly on the door as if your house is on fire and they're trying to batter the door down. Worst of all, it seems to be the unsolicited callers trying to sell you something of dubious value or interest who do this. People delivering parcels that you've actually ordered and want are usually very polite in their ringing or knocking.

I can only assume it's part of the me-mentality that so many people have these days. They are at your door for their purpose and you are just a potential obstacle to them getting their task done. It doesn't actually occur to them that it's your own private property and your sanctuary - and that you got the house for your benefit and not theirs. I think the same with companies that use automatic callers - they happily summon you to YOUR phone that YOU pay for for THEIR purpose, but they are too important to actually speak to you initially.

We bought one of those indoor flap things for that very purpose.

Very cheeky. My friend called round to one of her friend's house recently and got no answer, so peeked through the letterbox. She spotted her friend crouched down in the kitchen, tucked in between the units, clearly trying to avoid her 😂

Get bristles or a flap. Mine has a flap and opens into the porch, so nothing to see.

I chose a door with glass panels, adds light to the hallway and I like to look down the driveway. So I really don’t get the angst. I would never not answer the door though.

I've never done it or had it done to me, I didn't even know it was a thing. Who does it to you OP?