Master of the Fork
Cid's Knight
Door to Door
How do you feel about door to door sales people/religious presenters?
I had some mormons come by my door the other day. "Would you like to talk about our lord and savior?" "I.. uhh su.... nahhh nahh i'm good." "Can we give you this booklet instead then?" "No.... but thanks *slowly and awkwardly closes the door* have a good *clunk* day."
I'm not a fan of people coming to my home. It's my personal place, not a place for you to sell whatever at.
I also am not a fan. Not just sales people (never had a religious representative, although the mayor did come around around election times once) but anyone who doesn't call in advance and let me know I am not a fan of. I could be naked, I could be cooking, I could be sleeping, I could be busy, so unless its an emergency, call or text before you come over
Nope.
I've only had Mormons show up once. I invited them in and had a nice chance sit down and chat about some things. I learned one of them enjoyed high-fantasy novels, so I gave him some of R.A. Salvatore's work. It was most of the DemonWars saga. I was done reading it, so I just let him have the books. It was amusing because he was all excited, but you could see his friend was visibly a little weirded out to learn this guy read high fantasy stuff.
So they left on friendly terms, and I never took their book. He did take my book though.
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I've always just said my parents aren't in at the moment, they'll be back later. Even when I've lived on my own. I'm 22 now though, it's getting a little silly...I might keep it going just for the humour.
I politely decline whatever their wares are, every time.
For the first time in ages we had some Jehovah's Witnesses round the door. Had an influx of people trying to get us to donate to charities or join their churches... Must be this nice weather, it's bringing them all out.
Okay soapbox time, as someone who grew up Mormon, all missionaries are basically just nerdy 19 year old guys who want to talk about video games. I'm not kidding. Most of them are just doing what they're doing cause they don't want to disappoint their dad or whatever. Invite them in and have a good geeky chat with them, they're really nice. Also you can get them to do pretty much anything you want them to do. They'll clean your house if you ask. I'm not making this up. TLDR please be nice to them, at least for my sake.
Salespeople can get out to heck, though. I had one guy try to sell me magazines and then go "HEY YOU'RE SINGLE, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR?" when I told him I didn't have the money. Asshole
Master of the Fork
Cid's Knight
Mine were two ladies. The were nice enough but I had to put pants on to answer the door and blech.
my guess is that they were Jehovah's Witnesses since lady Mormon missionaries are more rare. But they're the same; just kids who are 19 or 20 and are probably into geeky stuff.Originally Posted by Freya
I love Mormon missionaries, they're friggin adorable. Never met one I didn't like.They'll play Halo and stuff with you too. Just full on bros.
Sometimes if Im in a good mood I'll try to politely reject them.
If im short on patience I'll put on a bad accent and say "no english"
I never let strangers in because Im worried they might be scouting my place for a burglary. What I want to do is rig up my door so a speaker plays dog barking noises every time I open it
Kefka's coming, look intimidating!
Have a nice day!!
Yeah when I had some Mormon missionaries show up and I accidentally answered the door (I was expecting someone at that exact time so I didn't actually check who it was) and mostly we talked about the game of Civ 4 I was playing at the time. They were full bro, which is basically the case with every Mormon I've ever met.
Salespeople seem pretty superfluous in this day and age though. I want to buy something? Well gee maybe I'll wait for some shlub to come around uninvited and try to sell me something from a catalog, or maybe I'll go online and make the purchase at 3am in my underwear.
e;Wait, they demanded you put pants on? Rude.
Now I want them to come visit so I can have friendsmy guess is that they were Jehovah's Witnesses since lady Mormon missionaries are more rare. But they're the same; just kids who are 19 or 20 and are probably into geeky stuff.
I love Mormon missionaries, they're friggin adorable. Never met one I didn't like.
I'm so lonely ;__;
Ugh. I haven't had one come around in ages. But when I was younger, I'd tell them I was in a Satanic Cult.
My mom would get mad even though she couldn't stop laughing at me. Cuz she was all non-practicing Catholic and trout.
The most annoying thing on the planet is those college aged kids who sell magazines door to door every spring .. omfg. I did talk to one chick when I was in high school and she was like "Yeah it's so awesome. All we do is party." or something.
But like. I've worked in sales. And in sales, time is money. The more time you waste trying to sell something to someone who's already said no, the less you got to find someone who'll say yes.
This kid tried to pull that with me. He was like "You ain't gotta spend no money today" & all this other stuff. Which duh. You actually do. And I'd already said no, but he kept on, so I waited him out and listened. He totally smurfed his sales game up.Anyway, to make a long story short, at the end he was like "So how do you wanna pay?" ... And I laughed and told him I wasn't spending any money and he just wasted 30 minutes of his own time when he coulda knocked on 10 other doors and found someone else to order a magazine subscription from him. DUH.
lol be nice to them
I'm never rude, but I politely tell them I'm not interested and say goodbye.
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