On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 15:54:27 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons
> wrote:

>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
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
--
Not Dave Smith.