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muhyb@programming.dev 5 months ago
To be fair, I don’t like anyone to knock on my door and talk about random stuff.
Zachariah@lemmy.world 5 months ago
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Somehow no-one ever knocks on my door at a convenient moment.
Valmond@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That convenient moment the 8 of april around 12h32 faded away too quickly.
avattar@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
Like: man, I really want to play some co-op, and nobody is here to play with me.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I like when those religious nutjobs come by, I have so much fun with it. I aggressively offer them alcohol (like pour shots and crack beers and put it in front of them) which is usually a hoot with the religious types that go door to door. They usually come in twos, so it’s fun to create personal drama in your head about them and then just declare it openly to them. (I am surprised they let you work so closely with Matt, with you know… The temptations and all😉).
I used to even have props for some gags… But for some reason I haven’t seen them in a year or more.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I used to even have props for some gags
Imagine trying to convert people and you run into fucking Carrot Top.
Zerush@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
I remember the Summer a few years ago, I was preparing a liver stew. Because of the heat, I was only wearing a rubber apron. While I was listening to Rotting Christ, Behemoth and some other metal, when the doorbell rang. I open, still with my hands, the knife and the apron full of blood. I think they were these Jehovah guys, but they left quickly and to this day I have not seen them again. I don’t know what happened, I couldn’t say more than a Hello
Naughty_not_bad@lemmynsfw.com 5 months ago
When they Knock on my door they usually catch me while I am at home doing the dishes/cleaning up my mess of a kitchen or doing a weeks worth of laundary etc. In that case I tell them you have to options:
- a) go away and probably not catch me again
- b) come inside and help me with whatever I am doing at the moment
Let me tell you you’ll never get 2 people helping you with your kitchen this cheap. The last ones stayed for 3 hours after which my kitchen was spotless. Somehow they didn’t want to stick arround for some more discussion and cleaning the bathrooms…Anyways afterwards I offered them a save retreat at my adress if they ever wanted to escape their cult. No regrets, looking forward for the next knock on the door.
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 5 months ago
Wait. Actually.
This is brilliant. Jees. I hope I have a couple of these guys show up. I need so much help organizing my house it overwhelms everyone I know, but cult members seeking cult members sound like an excellent opportunity if all I have to pay is the wear and tear on my social battery.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Oh man this is really brilliant, I never imagined I could get free labor out of them.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
Found the inspiration for that movie Heretic.
Nima@leminal.space 5 months ago
I just tell them I’m not interested politely and then they leave. why are you going so hard?
no need to be a disrespectful ass. even if you hate religion.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Did that for about 5 years, didn’t work. If anything they came even more often.
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
At least for the mormons and jehovah’s witnesses, the point of them going door-to-door isn’t to convert you. It’s to solidify in their minds that the ‘other’ is hateful and vile. Your shenanigans are funny, but just building another wall for another pair of fools for their little prison designed by the people at the top.
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Instead of being offensive, I attempt to deprogram or at least place doubt in their minds. They can talk about their religion as long as I can talk about science and morality. Sadly, I can never get them to come back for a second visit (even if they commit to an appointment time).
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
If it was ever not about selling (product, religion, candidate) maybe it wouldn’t be so awful to have your door knocked. I don’t mind if it’s about a lost dog or kid, or maybe someone with baked goods saying hi. But no, it’s always someone trying to get you into their pipeline. Someone who doesn’t see you as a person, but only as a lead.
Fucking people. Get off my porch, lawn—just back all the way out of sight.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I like the solicitors who put their sales brochures in ziplock bags with some rocks and toss it onto your driveway. It gives me rocks to throw at all the other solicitors.
nixus@anarchist.nexus 5 months ago
I’ve had people knock on my door trying to push stuff that I even agree with: fixing climate change, helping the homeless, anti-trump stuff….
And I still want them to GTFO. If someone interrupts my day, I’m not gonna listen to their pitch at all.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I used to canvas door-to-door for a public interest group, so I almost always give them some cash and offer them water and a bathroom break. It was an absolutely horrific job and I’m sure it’s even worse today. I still want them to move the fuck on as quickly as possible, though.
I still remember the best interaction I ever had going door-to-door. We were raising money to help fight rising insurance rates, and I was talking to one old guy standing next to his truck. He listened to my spiel and then said “I’ll tell you why insurance rates are so high: it’s because the n*****rs are burning the cities down.” I said “well that’s what we’re fighting, sir” and he gave me $25.
ElectricWaterfall@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
I was just knocking on some doors to save their rental units from being replaced and them being kicked out. Hopefully that’s a valid reason to door knock.
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
It’s worth at least peeking through the peephole first, once I had a couple of kids whose older sibling had flaked out on picking them up and they were trying to find someone who would let them borrow their phone to call for a ride.
Every other time it was Jehovah’s Witnesses, though.
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Got a ring, but I don’t even like talking through it. I just look and hope they go away. But sometimes I have to ask.