Someone just knocked on the door and I am livid!!!!

[preshi]

I tell people I am the babysitter... or act like it's my parents house and they aren't home. Usually I don't answer the door but it seems like it takes them awhile to go away. I hate soliciters. I wish we had a gate or something so they couldn't get close.

 

[m&m's mom]

On a lighter note- we just moved into a house that has a solid glass front door. Not the screen, the whole front door. The first thing I said to my DH is "I can't hide from the Mormans now".

Last Dec. I was in my garage working on Christmas decorations and looked up and 2 Mormans were RIGHT in front of me. Scared me to death. Couldn't exactly hide- they were in my garage.
I decided to be polite and say I was not interested and then they offered to help me w/ my decorations. I thought that was nice.

On the OP original topic- I would have been furious if they had come to the back door. It probably gave you quite a fright as well. Total invasion of privacy IMHO.

 

[Tink&SquirtsMom]

I'm happy to agree with you here! Where in CA are you? I lived in Foster City, CA until 2 1/2 years ago. I don't think anyone has heard of Foster City if they are not from No. CA. (it's outside of San Mateo which is south of SF)

How funny! We had a house in Foster City up till about a year and a 1/2 ago. Now we are up in Sacramento area. I've always lived in the Bay Area (from SF to San Jose to the peninsula), or Sacramento area (grew up here and now am back), but dh is from SoCal (Palos Verdes).

 

[Trinity721]

Haven't gone through the whole thread, but read the first couple posts... I think I would be a little creeped out! We have a chain link fence, but the gate is not locked so it would be easy to lift the latch and walk to the back sliding door... But doesn't anyone find that a little bit weird, someone going to the rear of your house and knocking on the sliding door??? No one has ever come to the sliding door, and no way would I open it if someone did! Even when someone comes to the front door, we have one glass door and then the actual front door... I never open the glass door, they can hear me fine through it. With too many wackos out there, it's too scary to open your door to anyone these days.

 

[ilovepcot]

I worry about solicitors getting hurt on my property and being faced with a lawsuit!

 

[ladydancer]

I had two guys come to my door last week with pamplets and they were selling window cleaner.

The minute I opened my door the one guy started cleaning my front door glass and handed me a pamplet explaining there product.

As I was walking to the door I could see them and I was assuming they were from a church.

I told them no, not interested and shut the door.

My point is it could have been very easy for me to think they were religious people with the pamplets but they weren't .

I don't think you should assume people are from a church if they didn't get a chance to say they were.

Usually religious people don't go around to back doors those are usually sells people.IMO

 

[ladydancer]

Originally posted by Mishetta
So ironic this thread came up today when I had JW come to my door at 9am. Normally (because of summer vacation), I'm just getting out of bed but my 2 y/o is still sleeping & if someone rings the doorbell & wakes him up, I am not too pleasant. But what happened just moments before my doorbell rang, my neighbor called to "warn" me that "they" were headed to my house. (My phone is set on the lowest setting, therefore baby doesn't hear it ring.) There are 12 houses on our side of the block & we all know each other & starting from the first poor unsuspecting neighbor who answered her door, she then called her neighbor & so forth & so forth. Naturally, as soon as my doorbell rang, I called my neighbor to the right & she called her neighbor to the right, etc.., so none of us answered the door. Of course, some had their garages open, so I'm sure it must have looked suspicious when everyone's garage door was going down about 30 seconds apart from the neighbor to their left!

It seems that whenever we were caught off guard, as someone else posted, they don't go away! They stand there & keep talking even after you've said politely that you're not interested. So if they don't get the hint, I don't want to even open my door. I do believe in sharing the word of Christ, but I don't feel the need to invade other people's privacy. My neighbor is a Police Officer & he gets home at 7am....he's tired & by 9am, I'm sure he's already sleeping. Would it be fair that someone has to wake him to shove their religion down his throat? I'd like to know if they get some sort of prize depending how many people they recruit???!

Anyway, I think you handled the situation the same way that many of us would have! Yes, we also would have been livid too!

I must admit I didn't read all the post here but a few. I am very dishearted that this thread has now started bashing a certain religion. We all know what JW stands for.

My granddaugher is a JW as you refer to "them" I am not however. I don't appreciate the negative comments. Do you think there aren't JW's here on this site? They don't go to WDW? You are talking bad about a whole group of people you don't have a clue about. To answer your question.... they do win a prize! The prize is ever lasting life on this earth!

What if I started talking about a group of people here in the neg. on this site? Either other religions or race or "life style" as though they weren't here and didn't have feelings? I also happen to have a gs who is autisic. Would you people like to make comments about the handicapped also. That would be very wrong of me and I dought people here would put up with it. Because JW is in the minority you think you can get away with it.

I feel as though you personally attack my gd and don't appreciate it at all!

I am new to this site and thought this was suppose to be a happy place. Guess I was wrong!

I will be taking my JW gd to WDW in Oct. This will be the 3rd time I have taken her. Yes, she does enjoy it even though she is a JW!

 

[SeaSpray]

Originally posted by ladydancer
I must admit I didn't read all the post here but a few. I am very dishearted that this thread has now started bashing a certain religion. We all know what JW stands for.

My granddaugher is a JW as you refer to "them" I am not however. I don't appreciate the negative comments. Do you think there aren't JW's here on this site? They don't go to WDW? You are talking bad about a whole group of people you don't have a clue about. To answer your question.... they do win a prize! The prize is ever lasting life on this earth!

What if I started talking about a group of people here in the neg. on this site? Either other religions or race or "life style" as though they weren't here and didn't have feelings? I also happen to have a gs who is autisic. Would you people like to make comments about the handicapped also. That would be very wrong of me and I dought people here would put up with it. Because JW is in the minority you think you can get away with it.

I feel as though you personally attack my gd and don't appreciate it at all!

I am new to this site and thought this was suppose to be a happy place. Guess I was wrong!

I will be taking my JW gd to WDW in Oct. This will be the 3rd time I have taken her. Yes, she does enjoy it even though she is a JW!

Hi there

I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses. I replied on this thread, back on page 3. I know you feel hurt when people say negative things, because you love your granddaughter, and you feel such loyalty to her. I know that that's exactly how I used to feel when I heard people talking about Jehovah's Witnesses BEFORE I became one, because my sister already was one. I felt very defensive about it, because of my love for my sister. (Also I used to like to clear up a lot of mininformation about Jehovah's Witnesses, if I happened to hear people having a conversation about it. 20 years later I decided to actually listen when my sister would mention something pertaining to the bible, and thats when I finally realized that the bible held the answer to virtually every question I had about life and what's going on in this world. LOL).

But I can guarantee that if your granddaughter read this thread it really wouldn't upset her. Jesus said "They persecuted me, they will persecute you also", to his followers. (Not that I necessarily feel that messages on an internet bulletin board is persecution. lol) Anyway, please tell your granddaughter that a "sister" in MA says Hi

*HUGS* to you, have a great day!

 

[tiggersmom2]

Originally posted by ladydancer
I must admit I didn't read all the post here but a few. I am very dishearted that this thread has now started bashing a certain religion. We all know what JW stands for.

My granddaugher is a JW as you refer to "them" I am not however. I don't appreciate the negative comments. Do you think there aren't JW's here on this site? They don't go to WDW? You are talking bad about a whole group of people you don't have a clue about. To answer your question.... they do win a prize! The prize is ever lasting life on this earth!

What if I started talking about a group of people here in the neg. on this site? Either other religions or race or "life style" as though they weren't here and didn't have feelings? I also happen to have a gs who is autisic. Would you people like to make comments about the handicapped also. That would be very wrong of me and I dought people here would put up with it. Because JW is in the minority you think you can get away with it.

I feel as though you personally attack my gd and don't appreciate it at all!

I am new to this site and thought this was suppose to be a happy place. Guess I was wrong!

I will be taking my JW gd to WDW in Oct. This will be the 3rd time I have taken her. Yes, she does enjoy it even though she is a JW!

I think you are being WAY too sensitive!!

 

[ladydancer]

Originally posted by SeaSpray
Hi there

I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses. I replied on this thread, back on page 3. I know you feel hurt when people say negative things, because you love your granddaughter, and you feel such loyalty to her. I know that that's exactly how I used to feel when I heard people talking about Jehovah's Witnesses BEFORE I became one, because my sister already was one. I felt very defensive about it, because of my love for my sister. (Also I used to like to clear up a lot of mininformation about Jehovah's Witnesses, if I happened to hear people having a conversation about it. 20 years later I decided to actually listen when my sister would mention something pertaining to the bible, and thats when I finally realized that the bible held the answer to virtually every question I had about life and what's going on in this world. LOL).

But I can guarantee that if your granddaughter read this thread it really wouldn't upset her. Jesus said "They persecuted me, they will persecute you also", to his followers. (Not that I necessarily feel that messages on an internet bulletin board is persecution. lol) Anyway, please tell your granddaughter that a "sister" in MA says Hi

*HUGS* to you, have a great day!

Thanks for your words of encouagement. I know your right about her not really being upset by the neg comments. I'm the one who was upset.

I'm leaving in a few minutes to go and pick her up and bring her over to spend the night. She will be here on this site as her and her cousin are the ones I'm taking to WDW in Oct. They have a lot of planning to do.

I really apprecitate you taking the time to post to me.

*HUGS* back at you, have a great day too! I know I will since my dgd is coming for a visit.

 

[Mskanga]

Originally posted by ladydancer
I must admit I didn't read all the post here but a few. I am very dishearted that this thread has now started bashing a certain religion. We all know what JW stands for.

My granddaugher is a JW as you refer to "them" I am not however. I don't appreciate the negative comments. Do you think there aren't JW's here on this site? They don't go to WDW? You are talking bad about a whole group of people you don't have a clue about. To answer your question.... they do win a prize! The prize is ever lasting life on this earth!

What if I started talking about a group of people here in the neg. on this site? Either other religions or race or "life style" as though they weren't here and didn't have feelings? I also happen to have a gs who is autisic. Would you people like to make comments about the handicapped also. That would be very wrong of me and I dought people here would put up with it. Because JW is in the minority you think you can get away with it.

I feel as though you personally attack my gd and don't appreciate it at all!

I am new to this site and thought this was suppose to be a happy place. Guess I was wrong!

Then maybe you should have read the entire thread because in my original post there was nothing posted about JW's and it wasn't until SeaSpray mentioned that she "assumed" that they were JW's because I had mentioned that they were carrying the famous magazine.
I had also said to SeaSpray that it is the people like the ones knocking on my door yesterday that give the rest a bad reputation, you can blame those two people for that, don't blame me for complaining because of what they did , not what they are.
And yes I do know a lot about JW's, my stepfather, stepsister and stepbrother used to be JW's and I have friends who are JW's, so assuming that we know nothing, again is wrong.
People are being criticized constanly for many reasons, religion, ethnic group, you name it, but eventhough I am in some of those groups at times I do not take personal offense ever because I know it doesn't involve me.
You feel this was a personal attack to your gd and I am sure that you feel that way because you love her, I can't blame you for that, but I do not appreciate your implying that I am attacking someone after two people who happen to be of the same religion come into my private property, uninvited, trespassing and insisting on me opening ANY door in my home just so they can reach their goal at any cost. I do not open any doors to anyone I do not know. I teach my children not to go on people's private property unless they are invited, and I expect the same kind of respect from everyone else.
And for the record, I do not have anything against people of other race or religion , but I do have a problem when they try to impose something on me that I am not interested in. Sometimes a simple "no thank you " is not enough for them, they won't go away. Those few people are the ones who give a bad reputation, unfortunately.

 

[CRB#33]

If you do not know someone and they come to your home uninvited, knock on the door and receive no answer, it is only common courtesy and polite manners to WALK AWAY!

The fact that they came around to the "more private" part of a home, makes them extreemely rude in my book and goes way beyond anything that would be good manners. These groups need to keep this in mind if they want people to listen to them.

Going from home to home is not the way to reach people for God. Not for any religion.

It puts people off and I don't understand why religious groups that do this don't understand how much people hate it.

It makes no sense to me and I would have been equally ticked. I sit out on my enclosed back porch in my pajamas. I would have flipped.

 

[Mskanga]

Originally posted by battricia
I don't know, but maybe if you would have actually SAID no to them at the front door, rather than not answering the door, they would have understood? Instead of your first words to them being that you were calling the cops and your dog was about to attack them.

You seem extremely angry about this, and I personally just don't understand how people can get so angry about the situations. I've never once had a problem with anyone trying to push their way into my home when I say no, and I get A LOT of door to door solicitations, from religious people to candy sales to charities selling garbage bags to raise money. If I'm not interested in it I just say no thanks, and they say thanks for your time and leave. Funny how the people who usually complain about solicitations are also the people who don't seem to be very nice to the people doing the soliciting.

Also about the back door thing, some houses use their back door as their main entrance, so I wouldn't find it uncommon for someone to come to the back door, unless there was a locked gate. We use our back door to get into the house everyday, and most times when people come over they come in the back door. No biggie. Like I said, usually a kind 'No thanks' does the trick.

tricia.

First of I NEVER open the door unless I know who they are or I am expecting someone, I do not trust ANYONE. Am I overprotective? Maybe, but I don't care. And again I never said the dog was to attack them, I asked what IF the dog attacked them? the dog was in the backyard when they came around and up the deck, barking like crazy. Never underestimate a German Sheppard when you come into their territory, they decided to ignore that.
Yes I complain about any kind of solicitors, but it's a matter of opinions to think that I am not very nice to them, I cannot be nice to someone who in spite of my posted signs decides to ignore my wishes of not disturbing my privacy, when you come to someone's home like that , you cannot expect the people living in the home to be nice. For some people the simple "no thank you" does not do the trick.

 

[wvrevy]

I generally just tell them that the dark lord doesn't allow his minions to speak to outsiders, and that tends to get them to leave me alone after that

 

[KristiKelly]

I would have been angry as well. People can easily appear to be one thing & turn out to be another. My kids say "the front door is for strangers the back door is for people we know" (kinda funny I think). Walking around to the back of someone's house - they very well could have been scoping out different/easier entrances for a later visit. Do I sound paranoid? Well I am, my MIL was broken into & raped 4-1/2 years ago while DS (then 2) was at her house, I was in the hospital having just had DD, I think about the "what ifs" everyday. I try to never open my door to anyone I don't know & probably would not have answered the door if they came around back - even if they saw me. That's just rude & very intrusive!!!

 

[marlasmom]

Makes me think of the day we were moving into a new house. The people delivering my new washer and dryer were insisting on leaving it on the curb - saying I had bought wholesale and that's all they were to do. My 3 year old daughter said "well if you won't take me to school I'm going by myself" and got on her trike and was peddling down the street. A florist was delivering a plant and I couldn't find my purse for a tip. And two nice young men were there asking amidst all this "have you been saved?" I could only respond "DO I LOOK LIKE I HAVE BEEN SAVED?"

 

[CRB#33]

I just read over this thread and it amazes me that people are actually blaming Kanga for not answering the front door!

It's her PRIVATE PROPERTY!!!

What ever happened to respect of privacy? People think they have a right to intrude more and more and it's just plane wrong.

How many of you people get ticked when a telemarketer calls at dinner?

How many people have an enclosed back porch and sit out there in the morning with their coffe before they shower or change? I should be able to do this without being concerned that some stranger is going to walk around the corner.

And don't tell me to get a fence. I shouldn't have to! Plus the fact it would cost a small fortune in my yard.

Plus the fact that these people are NOT GOING TO GET ANYWHERE! They need to stop this practice. It's personally invasive and rude.

 

[JessetheCowgirl]

Just wanted to share my strategy--

When an unknown person knocks on my door, I NEVER open it. But, I say loudly through the door--"I'm sorry. I am not interested." If they persist I tell them that I do NOT open the door for someone I do NOT know.

Advantages:

1. They leave without giving me their salespitch or message

2. They know I am home but not interested. (No need to try again later or knock on the back door!)

3. I haven't compromised my safety.

Even though we live in what is considered a "safe" area, I just refuse to open my door to a stranger--you just never know.

And I agree that there is no reason for ANYONE to enter a fenced backyard. I can only imagine how frightened (and then angry) I would have been!

 

[Mskanga]

Marlasmom;
My garbage pick up people who I hake known for the last 6 years , will not come on to my property to collect the garbage unless I bring it out to the curve. A couple of times I forgot to put it out and they know that I am home so they beep the horn and let me know they are there.

 

[sweet angel]

Originally posted by wvrevy
I generally just tell them that the dark lord doesn't allow his minions to speak to outsiders, and that tends to get them to leave me alone after that

That's great!!!!

I also won't answer the door, and I also call my neighbor across the street to warn her of "impending intruders". I would be beyond livid if any soliciter came through my 6' stockade fence and walked to my back door. I also have 2 dogs who spend time outside and bark like crazy whenever they hear anything.

There's no need to come to me to sell something, if I want it, I'll find you.

Those of you that are jumping all over the person who posted this must be saints to be so tolerant.

My home is my personal space...don't invade it without being invited.