Just a POV from someone in sales who sometimes cold calls on businesses. I’m gonna come in, say who I am and why I’m there, and If you’re not interested, politely say so, and I’ll thank you for your time, wish you a good day, and leave. if you are rude, obnoxious or just a plain asshole,(an plain asshole??) well, chances are that If I can take the time to be bothered, I will do something to hastle you. A polite " no thank you" will get me to leave, if you are rude, I may take up as much of your time as I can argueing with you, just because you are an asshole. And I will certainly tell anybody I meet who may be interested not to patronise your business. I’ve never done door to door sales, but I imagine I the same would apply. Just a polite no thank you, and if the sales person becomes pushy, let him/her have it. I don’t want to waste either of our’s time, But i dont condone Pushy sales types, either.
We take our fun where we can find it RT. The only time the technique backfired was when a Jehovah’s Witness clapped his hands in delight, declared that he just loved Amway products, and tried to buy some soap.
That fella was good. We ended up sittin’ around swapping stories for about an hour.
Dr. Watson
“There’s nothing so clever that a clever man can’t solve.”
I just thought of a funny (and creepy, to boot!) way of handling obvious solicitors. If your door has a storm door behind it (meaning that you have two doors, one with a big glass pane and another main door), open the big inside door. Don’t motion at all to open the outside storm door (better yet, keep it locked). They will begin speaking to you, and what do you do? Stare straight-ahead at them. Do not convey a single emotion, but remain stairing directly at them. If they direct a question at you, do not say a word; do not even make a gesture. Pretty soon, they should get weirded out and take off.
Okay, seems to me that some people think it’s “okay” to disregard my reasonable asking of these people not to bother me What’s up with that?
I am single, have no males in the house, but a big dog…I prefer not to have strangers at my door for the simple reason that I dislike people ringing my doorbell and interupting me as I work out of my home most mornings…'sides, I don’t know these people.
I think it’s a reasonable assumption that people should respect the wishes of others, specially private property. If I were out there spouting my religion, selling a newspaper or selling my soul I would definately understand the need for those that wish to be free of such intrusions and leave those people alone. There’s a reason people have these signs up – simply stated, leave me the hell alone!
Okay, so I might end up turning this into a GD, I hope not but I find it incredibly rude that people ignore and don’t respect my wishes to be left alone…it plain ticks me off.
Tech, seeing that’s the case, I’d go with the “don’t answer the door if you don’t want to” routine. I mean, heck, it’s your door. Same thing with the phone: if I don’t feel like it, I ain’t answering it!
What’s up with that?