On Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 8:01:15 AM UTC-5, 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.
>
I've run off both Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons. If you tell them,
"No one on our block wants your shit," and go out in front of your
house like you might follow them, they leave.
>
> -sw
>
--Bryan