# How to turn away solicitors **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 9, 2000, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-away-solicitors/32589 "2000-09-09T08:13:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Heath\_Doolin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Heath\_Doolin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heath_Doolin)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-away-solicitors/32589/41 "2000-09-12T05:46:13Z")
Hit click before I got done Yes I did and yes it was with Jehovah Witnesses. The woman yelped and the guy actually stopp talking. The kicker was when I asked them to come in. If I ever thought shoes could make screeching sounds, I would have sworn they did ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-away-solicitors/32589/42 "2000-09-12T09:11:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Heath Doolin \* > \*\*Yes I did and yes it was with Jehovah Witnesses. The woman yelped and the guy actually stopp talking. > \*\* I guess the nude thing only works if you’re a guy! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-away-solicitors/32589/43 "2000-09-12T12:54:12Z")
Just say “NO.” If they keep on talking, ask them “What part of NO don’t you understand? The N or the O?” ---
**Author:** ![Zilch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Zilch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zilch)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-away-solicitors/32589/44 "2000-09-12T18:25:06Z")
[geek reference] I pull out the holy symbol of Corellon and invoke his power to rebuke the foul creatures. [/geek reference] – Zilch ---
**Author:** ![shimmery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@shimmery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shimmery)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-away-solicitors/32589/45 "2000-09-12T23:20:47Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Anti Pro \* \*\* > [@](#): > > It sounds like you have this already down, \*\* Shimmery \*\* but you might want to do as the Girl Scouts have done and set up [with the company’s permission] outside the door of your local Blockbuster or Target Store. You don’t have to go door to door, and you have a wider range of people, those who AREN’T subject to every kid in their neighborhood!! 😉 \*\* Thanks, but I’ve pretty much reached that age where I get the catalog of wrapping paper or whatever and stuff it into the bottom of my locker…but if I actually decide to sell something I’ll remember it 🙂 thanks! ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-away-solicitors/32589/46 "2000-09-13T00:36:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by porcupine \* > **. . . If I want to be not-so-nice, I’ll ask them if they saw the “No Soliciting” sign.** This is probably not enforceable. THe Supreme Court has found that refusing groups the right to “solicit” limits their first-amendment rights. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-away-solicitors/32589/47 "2000-09-13T00:38:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by opus \* > **. . . They leave your door feeling good about the large donation that you will soon be mailing in, and you feel good that you’ve told them exactly what they want to hear (money is going to their cause). . . .** This is _ **so** _ not the case. They know it’s a brush off: nobody ever sends it in later, or near enough as makes no difference. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-away-solicitors/32589/48 "2000-09-13T00:42:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \* > **. . . A legitimate charity, as has been stated, won’t mind if you take a few precautions. . . .** A legitimate charity will have a permit issued by your city/town/village government, which they should be displaying at all times. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-away-solicitors/32589/49 "2000-09-13T01:09:55Z")
For all the little ones (except the neighborhood locals) hawking the candy and cookies, I have one stock response. You get this look of genuine sorrow on your face and tell them, “Sorry, I’m diabetic.” Some of the more resourceful little rotters will trot out some salted nuts and then you have to tell them that you’re anaphlactic too. VogueVixen’s response of being out of work dislodges even the hardiest of limpets. (Montgomery Burns voice) “Release the hounds.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-away-solicitors/32589.md?page=2)