To want to tell the Jehovah's Witness that call to my home to PISS OFF

[DaphneMoon]

I have just had them again. This is the 5th time in just over two weeks. Why you might ask. Well the first time I made the mistake of answering the door. She was a pleasant lady and started talking about how nice it is to sit and talk to our Dad's. I told her that I was not fortunate enough to have my father around anymore and to be honest she could not have called at a worse time as it would have been his birthday the next day. I did not let her in and only spoke to her for about 2 minutes out of sheer politeness as this is how I have been brought up. She said she would call again I said no thanks I have my own faith. She has been 4 times since then, each time with a different companion. I am sick to death of this I have not been answering the door when I see her walking down the street.

Surely this is harrasment. What I really want to shout at her in a very loud voice is:

PISS OF YOU WEIRD RELIGOUS CULT MEMBER, MY VICAR DOESN'T CALL CONSTANTLY AT YOUR FECKING HOUSE TO PREACH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, WHY DO YOU THINK AFTER 43 YEARS I AM GOING TO CHANGE MY RELIGION BECAUSE OF YOU. AND I GIVE BLOOD SO THERE! AND SLAM DOOR.

But of course I won't say it I will just nod and smile and say no thanks and close the door quietly.

Thanks rant over!

[DaphneMoon]

Adragon, yes I may try that. However, please put yourself in my position as the OP, I was not rude to them and have not been yet, but they have called 5 times in two weeks. So actually I think I have every right to be rude. Either that or I will find out where she lives and start calling on her, if she is ever in though!

[Cheeseandseveredfingersarnie]

no one has a right to be rude to anyone imo.

[TheInvisibleManDidIt]

Daphne, they call on people because they think that everyone should get the chance to hear about 'the truth', and yes, they do manage to convert quite a few people that way. That was how my parents became part of the religion.

They enjoy knocking on doors, it'spart of their commitment to their religion.

Personally though I hated it as a child, and the reaction I got from family and friends when I told them I didn't want to be part of their religin anymore, reinforced all my easons for leaving.

And fwiw I think your idea (of 13.09) is exactly what you should do

[ADragonIs4LifeNotJustHalloween]

No, you don't have every right to be rude. No one has the right to be rude. If my mother can keep her calm when told by the JW that she could "repent" her decision to allow me a lifesaving blood transfusion at birth then I think anyone can.

[Tidgypuds]

Daphne, Ask them why they call? If you are still not interested ask them to mark you as a 'do not call'. Your problem is solved they will never call again, they wont get any abuse that you may yet give them and you wont need to start a thread like this. Everyone happy.

[DaphneMoon]

Oh for goodness sake this started as a bit of a rant for me to let off some steam and was actually quite amusing at some stages as we all went off on a tangent. Then it gets spoilt by some making me out to be an awful person. I will repeat once more I have been visited by them 5 times in two weeks and have not been rude to them. I was brought up to be very polite and if you read my OP you will see that despite what I want to say, I know that when they call again, if I answer the door I will be polite because that it how I have been brought up. Try reading some of the threads again and you will see that some of them are very light hearted and tongue in cheek and I did say that the lady was very pleasant.

[DumbledoresGirl]

Load of tosh. Of course we all have the right to be rude.

Peole might not like us for it, but it is our right to be rude if we wish.

[padboz]

pushing your opinions repeatedly and unbidden is pretty rude IMO.

[pinkmagic1]

We had this where we used to live. We made the mistake of taking a copy of their magazine and they kept coming back week after week, despite my DH telling him he was a Muslim and not interested in their faith. They came back every week for about 4 weeks. The final time DH was ready and turned on a tape of Koranic prayers at full volume and opened the front door, just as they where coming down the drive. They made a quick u-turn and we never, ever saw them or any of there cronies ever again!

[ADragonIs4LifeNotJustHalloween]

I certainly never singled you out as having been rude.

[DaphneMoon]

Thanks Dumble, as I said I have not been rude so far but I think they are pushing it now. It is all right saying no-one has the right to be rude, do people have the right to keep knocking on my door and talking to me about their faith? Religion IMO is a personal thing. I am going to stick a polite notice on the door and then if they knock I will ask them why they have done so.

[wannaBe]

I think you have every right to be rude to someone who knocks on your door touting their religion. In fact i think that knocking on doors touting religion should be illegal. People should have no right to intimidate people in their own homes.

But I am somewhat curious. Iirc there is a limited number of jw's who are going to heaven. So why, if places are limited, would they want to convert any mor? Surely creating more jw's limits one's chances of getting in?

[Twelvelegs]

Tell them you're going back to bed with your girlfriend!!

[ADragonIs4LifeNotJustHalloween]

Apparently (from a very recent thread about exactly this sunject) a "Give Blood" sticker in your window works wonders.

[DumbledoresGirl]

Good idea Daphne. The fact of the matter is, the behaviour of these people forces decent polite people such as yourself to reach the point where you feel that only by being rude will you get rid of them. That, of itself, is not a nice way to behave.

I think putting a note on the door (a polite one!) is the way forward. Then if they ring, you will be on a stronger footing with them.

[wannaBe]

but people shouldn't have to go to these lengths to prevent jw's (or any other bible bashing nutcases) from knocking on their doors. It simply shouldn't be allowed to happen in the first place. Your home is the one place you should be able to be without having to stipulate who you do and don't want to ring your doorbell.

[wotulookinat]

Goodness me, what has the world come to when you can't be rude to cold callers?

[padboz]

people trying to get out of that religion have an extremely hard time of it. I know a guy who was shunted into getting married before he was 20. It didn't work out and now he cannot tell his parents that he's living with someone else because they would be duty bound to end contact with him - or disfellowship him - if they knew. Thats pretty hardcore

[DaphneMoon]

Yup that's what I will do it will say:

Are you a Jehovah's Witness?

Yes?

Well feck off!

No only joking. I will politely inform them that I do not wish any calls from Jehovah's Witnesses, thank you ever so much.

[DumbledoresGirl]

Daphne, make your life simpler and add "or indeed any cold callers" to that note. I hate them all!

[DaphneMoon]

Or I could put, Do you know me? are you a friend? are you a relation? are you the delivery lady from Next or the Tesco delivery man? If not Feck off!

[pingviner]

Lots of options for fun here, I normally pick an obscure or extinct religion/cult eg Zoroastrianism, the 16th century Rantarian sect, Catharism, and wait for them to look blank...

I had a wonderful flatmate who used to argue with them, and they left our old house alone after this doorstep discussion...

Apparently according to their beliefs only 144,000 people from the time of Christ until today will ever be anointed with the Holy Spirit and can know they are going to heaven. So if you consider the total number of JWs (by their own estimates approximately 7 million at present and then add all the others who have lived in the last 2000 years) theres not really a good odds ratio of salvation even if you do convert - and statistically youd be be more likely to get to heaven if you picked any number of other religions with less exclusive pearly gate policies....

In her defense, she was very bored of studying that day.. and she was very polite

[Rhubarb]

Never mention personal crisis to them, they will then comfort and offer to help, leaving you feeling indebted. She has seen that you have a weakness and has gone for that.

But in all fairness, all you have to say is "Look I'm really not interested and would feel happier if you didn't call again" and she won't. That's not rude.

I've just been discussing stuff with the Mormons. They got a little irritating, but they've gone now without arranging another time so I think they've given up.

[FiveGoMadInDorset]

They called round here the other day the same time as our parish priest was going thorugh details for DS's baptism, funnily enough they didn't want to come in when DH asked them too.

[wotulookinat]