On 6/3/2021 6:00 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 04:53:05 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 7:27:42 AM UTC-4, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure what "calls past" means (I even looked it up).
>>
>> We would say "drops by".
>
> Somebody knocks or rings on the door when I'm not expecting it I
> don't even look out peephole 19 out of 20 times. The door doesn't
> get opened.
>
> I was cornered by a roofing salesman a couple weeks ago ("Kyle")
> while I was sitting on the porch and I told him "Not interested.
> Keep on walking" before he even entered the driveway. Then 10 more
> times... "Please leave", "Just go away", "Get off my property",
> "stop walking. Turn around. DO NOT COME ANY CLOSER", "get the ****
> off my property", :"Now get the **** out of my yard!", "Yo! WTF IS
> YOUR PROBLEM DUDE!?!".... all the while he's trying to sell me a
> roof while advancing on me on the porch criticizing my 'attitude',
> criticising, my lawn, my trees, my bushes (which I had just trimmed
> and were spread out all over the yard)... "May I ask who did your
> roof last time?"
>
> That's when I picked up a choice stick I set aside on my porch from
> my tree trimming earlier, and stood up and advanced on him. Seeing
> the girth of my stick (or maybe it was just my girth <shrug>) he
> FINALLY got the message - He did some sort of funny little impromptu
> dance and then scurried off pretty quick-like.
>
> Then while knocking and ringing the on the next door neighbors door
> 4 times (she wasn't home, and I told him that before the first
> knock-ring combo) he's all standing back from the door so he can see
> me, and flinging more attitude and insults at me which I'm
> ignoring. Then finally after the fourth knock-ring combo in 2
> minutes, her handyman calls out an open window, "The owner's not
> here. Get the **** off the property!". And while glaring at me,
> Kyle says, "OK, Thank you for your time! Unlike SOME of your
> neighbors!". I laughed pretty hard at that one, "Yeah, score one for
> Big Kyle - Roofing Salesman of the Year!".
>
> He got all indignant, but he got the messages. He walked 120 yards
> up the street and out of sight without knocking on any more doors.
> And he didn't come back to egg my house, throw rocks through my
> windows, nor do a drive by shooting. Yet.
>
> See, I'm not just a dick on Usenet. I can be pretty formidable in
> real life, too! Especially when it comes to door to door salesman.
>
>>> judging by context, if somebody calls past, you should sometimes
>>> tell them to bring food since they're kinda imposing.
>>
>> Or, you could offer simple hospitality.
>
> (laugh) Yeah, right. Who comes over expecting to hang out (and get
> fed) anymore without calling first? Should I have offered the
> roofing guy to come in for fried shrimp?
>
> I'm gonna stick with just not answering the door. It's actually
> pretty standard MO these days regardless of the neighborhood.
>
> -sw
>


The simple solution is to tell them you are a renter.