Stuff that grinds your gears

[Cormac]

I'd say you're a hoot around Haloween and all

What do you do when there's a delivery for you or someone in your household? Do An Post phone ahead to make an appointment to see you or something?

Talk of being a prisoner in your own house - afraid to answer the door. If you can't stand your ground at your own front door then where can you stand your ground?

Bloke came trying to sell me what he said was a charity dog-calendar the other day. I answered the door, heard what he had to say, and politely but firmly said no thanks. And off he went. Simples

All our deliveries get left outside the front door.
As a matter of fact I don't think I've needed to answer the door to a delivery driver or postman since before covid.

I'm with Crank_y on this one.
It's not about being a "prisoner" in your own home or being "afraid" to answer the door.
A person's home is their own private space and a person can choose to be as private as they wish in it.
When a person comes onto your property uninvited to try and sell you something , you have ZERO obligation to them so you can either answer the door or you can ignore them, either is perfectly acceptable given they were not invited in the first place.

Halloween is a special circumstance, that aside, we have a video doorbell and if it's not an arranged appointment like someone coming to service the boiler or something then we just ignore them, as is our right.

We value or privacy, our solitude and our quiet time. "Fear" is not part of the equation.

Ignoring a salesman takes less effort than answering and giving them a "polite but firm no" so why bother wasting their time and yours by answering the door if you know you're not interested?
Unless you think you might be interested in what they are selling in which case fair enough.
We never are or never will be interested so there is never a need to answer.

 

[Crisp Sandwich]

Bloke came trying to sell me what he said was a charity dog-calendar the other day. I answered the door, heard what he had to say, and politely but firmly said no thanks. And off he went. Simples

Had these lads call a while back as well. Some will take no for an answer, others will just keep talking to the point where you have to say no a few times.

 

[Yermon]

You usually wait until Monday before starting this craic. Fair play for getting ahead of it and starting early this week

Of course I answer the door to delivery men, the post man, neighbours kids looking for their ball back etc but I was clearly talking in the context of the discussion about charity collectors.

How dafuq would you know who is at your front door? Does your camera-bell tell you the business of each caller too? "It's safe to go to the front door Cranky - that's just little jimmy from two doors down calling for a chat with your missus" kinda thing?

Charity collectors don't all come with a big sign saying "I'm not wanting to get you to change your service provider, I'm trying to promote a charity"

 

[Yermon]

All our deliveries get left outside the front door.
As a matter of fact I don't think I've needed to answer the door to a delivery driver or postman since before covid.

I'm with Crank_y on this one.
It's not about being a "prisoner" in your own home or being "afraid" to answer the door.
A person's home is their own private space and a person can choose to be as private as they wish in it.
When a person comes onto your property uninvited to try and sell you something , you have ZERO obligation to them so you can either answer the door or you can ignore them, either is perfectly acceptable given they were not invited in the first place.

Halloween is a special circumstance, that aside, we have a video doorbell and if it's not an arranged appointment like someone coming to service the boiler or something then we just ignore them, as is our right.

We value or privacy, our solitude and our quiet time. "Fear" is not part of the equation.

Ignoring a salesman takes less effort than answering and giving them a "polite but firm no" so why bother wasting their time and yours by answering the door if you know you're not interested?
Unless you think you might be interested in what they are selling in which case fair enough.
We never are or never will be interested so there is never a need to answer.

Wow. Whereabouts do you live that hasn't been subjected to torrential downpours of rain in recent days, weeks, months? Not everyone sends packages in waterproof containers.

 

[Cormac]

Wow. Whereabouts do you live that hasn't been subjected to torrential downpours of rain in recent days, weeks, months? Not everyone sends packages in waterproof containers.

We have this amazing thing called a porch!

 

[Hallbopping]

How dafuq would you know who is at your front door? Does your camera-bell tell you the business of each caller too? "It's safe to go to the front door Cranky - that's just little jimmy from two doors down calling for a chat with your missus" kinda thing?

Charity collectors don't all come with a big sign saying "I'm not wanting to get you to change your service provider, I'm trying to promote a charity"

I can see people coming to the door from my couch. Rule of thumb, if it’s midweek and after lunch they are either a charity collector or someone looking to get me to switch broadband or energy suppliers.

 

[knockfiarna]

Ringing customer care lines, name address email verification, cant deal with query have to tranfer you , new agent repeat above its so annoying .

 

[Hallbopping]

Ringing customer care lines, name address email verification, cant deal with query have to tranfer you , new agent repeat above its so annoying .

Any company worth their salt will have an online portal good enough so you don’t need to ring them. Especially utilities and financial institutions.

 

[sigourney's knickers]

 

[Bunk]

The 5.40 train to Dooorty Dooooblin.