Well, I guess I’d burn, that or they could yell it to me. Seriously, you answer to door to all strangers just in case there’s that one in 10 million chance it’s social services?
Right now, they just might!
I answer the door whenever the bell rings , which isn’t all that often. Doesn’t necessarily mean I open it , but you can have the "Knock knock " exchange from the other side of the door. It probably makes a big difference where you live- if I had a mile long driveway, I probably wouldn’t answer. But although the police or fire department haven’t yet banged on my door to evacuate me there have been a few times where some utility has knocked to ask me to move my car (which is parked on the street) so they can do some work on the street ( cable,telephone, sewer) whatever.
Another Allan Sherman parody. Who remembers Billie Sol Estes? (tune of “Billy Boy”)
Oh, what have you done, Billie Sol, Billie Sol?
Oh, what have you done, charming Billie?
You took almost every cent
From the U.S. government
Which you spent on fertilizer, which is silly
And from the Foghorn Leghorn days…
Tourist: “Crosstown buses run all night?”
Cop: “Doo-dah, doo-dah.”
I look thru the peephole, and with the “no soliciting” signs, we get very few knocks or rings anyway. More often neighbors, than Emergency services.