Would this weird you out?

[Tink&SquirtsMom]

Trust your instinct. I ignored mine once (and only once) and learned the hard way. I am not fearful of everything, or even most things. But I do trust my instincts. Many victims of attacks report having had that wierd, creepy feeling too. It is there for a reason.

 

[Stitchfans]

No why would it weird me out? People come to the door all the time selling things etc. I just tell them I'm not interested or buy something if it is candy or pizza for football, scouts etc. I applaud him for trying to find work and being mannerly for introducing himself.

I also agree with this.

 

[unbroken chain]

What he said and your gut reaction to his presence are two different things.

If someone came to the door (which they do all the time here, selling magazines, school candy or whatnot), that wouldn't bother me.

If someone came to the door, and I don't care how upstanding they appeared - even if they were the Mormons with ties and bicycles - if they gave me a creepy "something's wrong here" feeling, I'd trust my instincts.

Always, always go with your gut instinct in this type of situation. What he said has nothing to do with anything. That instinct that something bad is about to happen or that this person had bad intentions is what you need to pay attention to and should never be dismissed.

 

[MushyMushy]

No, this wouldn't have freaked me out because I wouldn't have opened the door to a young man I didn't know if DH wasn't home. Just too risky this day and time. I learned a valuable lesson the hard way years ago.

Same here! We had a thread quite a while ago about this, but I never answer the door during the day when people knock. I'm not a paranoid or fearful person, but that's just the way I am.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

If my dh was not home, I would not answer it. I want an intercom.

We have a "no solicitor" sign up.

 

[PrincessKitty1]

I very stupidly opened the door for somebody who offered to wash my windows and actually hired him. He did a horrible job but I was too nervous not to pay him. A few days later I saw in the paper that somebody had been arrested in my neighborhood for intimidating older people into letting him do work around their house. He also stole checks from somebody.

The article said that the cops in our city want to be called when these adults come around offering unsolicted help with the house or yard. Many if not most of them are criminals who are casing your house and seeing how far they can push you. Who will open the door for them, who will let them in the house, etc. In fact, the Irish Travellers apparently hit my city every spring:
http://www.fraudtech.bizland.com/travelers.htm

It's funny, my policy was to NEVER open my door for anybody and I think the only reason I opened the door for this guy was because I had been wanting to have my windows washed for quite a while! I just wasn't thinking straight!

I feel very lucky that nothing horrible happened. I no longer open my door for ANYBODY.

I recently had somebody come to my door offering a chance to enter a sweepstakes. I really should have called the cops but I didn't. I have no doubt she was casing the house becaause the sweepstake offer was so inane. I just told her I wasn't interested and she left.

 

[Liberty Belle]

My wife is like that -- she thinks she's a magnet for weirdos. Total strangers walk up and start talking to her like they were old friends. Panhandlers always hit her up for cash. Friends and co-workers often talk to her about the most intimate things! I told her she just has a kind face. Maybe that's your "problem"?

I'm just like your wife, definitely a weirdo magnet.

 

[DisneyfeverTN]

I never open the door unless I know the person or it is a child. There was a home invasion in the next neighborhood over. They followed the dad into the house. The mom, son and daughter were bound and gagged. The dad turned off the alarm with a special code to notify the police. Luckily, he did that. It probably saved all of their lives. Anyway, I just don't want to risk it. Once you open the door, you and your kids are vulnerable.

We have a lot of crime in the surrounding areas of our city. I know that many places are safer and people probably don't think twice about opening the door.

 

[Keli]

No, this wouldn't have weirded me out at all although depending the area I lived in it might or might not make me feel like I should excercise some caution.
Of course he would know I was well aware of his approach since my dog would be growling and barking up to high heaven until I shushed her. She was a rescue dog and unlike most goldens she DOES NOT look at strangers favorably. Of course a good belly rub will dispell most of her doubts, LOL.

 

[Lizzy2]

I think you should always trust your gut as well as your common sense. My BFF has a sign on her front door stating that she will call the police if anyone soliciting or selling anything even rings her bell. Now, I know she doesn't call if the Girl Scouts are coming by to sell cookies but if any sort of grownup tried believe she would call in a heart beat! Its sad that we have to be so suspicious of everyone but its better than being killed

 

[esoumyekcim]

We have a no-solicitation sign also, but that doesn't seem to stop people. We got visited by some very nice Mormon missionaries who tried their darndest to get me to let them inside so they could do their whole conversion thing. While they were polite, they were really really persistant. I was tempted to tell them I was in the middle of a Satanic ritual and that they'd have to come back later.

 

[snowy76]

Yeah you were right to show some caution you can't be too sure. They've had reports here of people robbing people. Someone would be at the front door while someone else would enter the house or just take stuff from the yard.

This happened to my grandmother and the police chalked it up as "gypsies". Two women came to the door while a man who was with them snuck in the back. The thing that threw them off is that my grandmother, who was born in Ukraine, knew their accents as Ukrainian or Polish, so when she noticed the man coming into the kitchen (it's a tiny house, she can see the back door from the front) she started yelling at him in Ukrainian. It threw them for a loop and they all ran.

 

[Sheree Bobbins]

Trust your instincts! They are there for a reason.


I usually answer the front door this way, I go to the bedroom window and look out so the "guests" know that I am in and don't try to rob me. From the upper window, I determine their motives and address them.

Think of John Cleese in the castle answering King Arthur in Monty Python and The Holy Grail.

 

[MushyMushy]

Trust your instincts! They are there for a reason.


I usually answer the front door this way, I go to the bedroom window and look out so the "guests" know that I am in and don't try to rob me. From the upper window, I determine their motives and address them.

Think of John Cleese in the castle answering King Arthur in Monty Python and The Holy Grail.

I never would have thought of doing that.

For me, I peek out a side window and if it looks like the person won't go away, I let the dog go to the door with me all snarly and barky.