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.
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.
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.
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. It has to be something important, and something that I can help with right now.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. It has to be something important, and something that I can help with right now.
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.
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.