...for someone to knock on your door to ask if they can buy your car when its parked on your drive with no signage on it or anything to imply it would be for sale?
To paint a picture, I have a long drive and my front door is half way down the front garden and drive, sideways on. Someone knocked and the conversation went a bit like this:
Guy: 'hi is the owner of that car home?' (points to my husband's car)
Me: 'why?'
Guy: 'i want to know if it's for sale'
Me: 'its not for sale'
Guy: 'oh okay', walks in opposite direction of the gate.
Me: 'wait, where are you going?'
Guy: 'i was just leaving'
Me: 'the exit is that way' (I point to gate)
Guy: 'i know I came in'
Me: confused expression
I watched him leave, and he turned around and went 'do you want my reg?' to which I replied 'no' and shook my head.
Maybe I was a bit short with him, I feel a bit bad for maybe being rude, but I've never seen this guy before in my life, he didn't introduce himself at all and I didn't like that he tried to walk toward the car instead of the exit after I told him no. I was on edge and in a rush as a work meeting was starting in a few minutes and I've been burgled twice (difference house) and mugged (for my vehicle!) and even had a car dumped on my drive before (again different house) that was later collected by the police because it had been linked to a horrible crime!! so I guess I am anxious of strangers, which might be skewing my assessment of it being a weird thing to do...
My husband (who was out at the time) thinks his car is the dogs bollocks, bless him, it's a nice car, an estate, quick, in good condition, but it's not flashy, it's a common brand, it's not a classic, and without really taking a good look at it I can't imagine someone going 'WOW I want that!' without having snooped a bit and been by a few times, especially as its parked about 30m away from the road where there's double yellows and no footpath and lots of fuzzy hedging and trees in the garden blocking the view, you can't see much of it from the road :s there's only a few houses within walking distance of mine as well and I know all my neighbours and he came in a car so appears he drove out to us and it really doesn't seem likely he passed by once and could get enough information to want to buy it from a glance.
Now I keep jumping up to looking out the window in case someone is poking around the garden :( I get having anxiety makes me more freaky about it than someone without anxiety, but generally do you think it's a bit weird to knock on someone's door, and disturb them to ask about buying their car?
If it's normal then I'll know that I need to manage my anxiety a bit better but if some people also find it weird it'd be good to know!