What is some of your Pet Peeve's

[rontaki]

Another pet peeve is door to door salesmen that just keep yakking when I tell them I'm not interested.
Had one this evening, a young guy, probably in his late 20s, was selling pest control. Told me a couple of neighbors to the north had signed up for their service. One of them I could believe, they have a lot of crap around their house, so probably have various type of vermin living there. Told him I didn't have a problem, and he just kept telling me I had to have a problem because one of my neighbors did. I repeated three times that I wasn't interested, but he never missed a beat. Was still talking when I closed the door an turned the dead bolt. He was riding one of those Segue, two wheel scooters. He headed south to my next door neighbor lady's house, so I called her and told her not to answer the door if he rang her doorbell.
I get a lot of these guys telling me I need to driveway sealed, the gutters replaced, or the roof reshingled.
I guess I'm going to have to put up a "Solicitors will be shot and eaten" sign at the end of the driveway.

Ask them if they can help you drag a body to the back 40.

 

[bcp]

Sales (On the phone): "Your ducts need to be cleaned."

Homeowner: "OK. Can you do it next Wednesday?"

Sales: "Yes. We'll be there about 10am."

Serviceman: "I'm here. Show me to your furnace. I'll start there."

Homeowner: "I don't have a furnace,

Serviceman: "How do you heat your house?"

Homeowner: "With these electric baseboard heaters"

Serviceman: "@#$%^&(*&^%*"

Homeowner: "But your salesman said the ducts needed cleaning!"


Bruce

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Another pet peeve is door to door salesmen that just keep yakking when I tell them I'm not interested.
Had one this evening, a young guy, probably in his late 20s, was selling pest control. Told me a couple of neighbors to the north had signed up for their service. One of them I could believe, they have a lot of crap around their house, so probably have various type of vermin living there. Told him I didn't have a problem, and he just kept telling me I had to have a problem because one of my neighbors did. I repeated three times that I wasn't interested, but he never missed a beat. Was still talking when I closed the door an turned the dead bolt. He was riding one of those Segue, two wheel scooters. He headed south to my next door neighbor lady's house, so I called her and told her not to answer the door if he rang her doorbell.
I get a lot of these guys telling me I need to driveway sealed, the gutters replaced, or the roof reshingled.
I guess I'm going to have to put up a "Solicitors will be shot and eaten" sign at the end of the driveway.

"Yes, sure, we have plenty of verm....saaaayyyy!!! I see you have a Segway! You know I always wanted to ride one of those, the Mall Cops use them. Let me take it down the driveway just 100 feet."
Then with your doors locked go out of site down the road for an hour or two.
The scammers use those because no license or vehicle description.

 

[NoTrespassing]

Another pet peeve is door to door salesmen that just keep yakking when I tell them I'm not interested.
Had one this evening, a young guy, probably in his late 20s, was selling pest control. Told me a couple of neighbors to the north had signed up for their service. One of them I could believe, they have a lot of crap around their house, so probably have various type of vermin living there. Told him I didn't have a problem, and he just kept telling me I had to have a problem because one of my neighbors did. I repeated three times that I wasn't interested, but he never missed a beat. Was still talking when I closed the door an turned the dead bolt. He was riding one of those Segue, two wheel scooters. He headed south to my next door neighbor lady's house, so I called her and told her not to answer the door if he rang her doorbell.
I get a lot of these guys telling me I need to driveway sealed, the gutters replaced, or the roof reshingled.
I guess I'm going to have to put up a "Solicitors will be shot and eaten" sign at the end of the driveway.

No door to door anything and hardly a delivery person either at our place. Propane delivery is about the only thing that comes to our place. That's a positive thing about being the last house on a dead end private drive that isn't visible from other properties.

We did have one Jehovah's Witness visit but that was because my neighbor thought it would be funny to send them back to us 25 years ago.

 

[BackRoad]

^^^ Are the JW still there?

 

[Oaktree]

Another pet peeve is door to door salesmen that just keep yakking when I tell them I'm not interested.
Had one this evening, a young guy, probably in his late 20s, was selling pest control. Told me a couple of neighbors to the north had signed up for their service.

I get a lot of these guys telling me I need to driveway sealed, the gutters replaced, or the roof reshingled.
I guess I'm going to have to put up a "Solicitors will be shot and eaten" sign at the end of the driveway.

I don't get too many here, but a couple weeks ago a couple of guys in a tesla came around trying to push some rooftop solar system. Never heard of the company, asked for a business card so I could check out whether or not they were legit...didn't hav e one, only an e-business card they could text message to me. Uhh, no. Very persistent, had to tell them multiple times I wasn't interested before they got the hint.
A few days later, wife was talking with one of our neighbors, apparently they fell for the pitch.

Used to get the packaged meat sales guys from time to time. Haven't seen any of them in ages.
Still occasionally get Jehova's Witnesses (or some religious organization), but they're usually polite and leave when I say I'm not interested.

 

[WinterDeere]

Ask them if they can help you drag a body to the back 40.

If there's money in it, you might get some takers.

We get the driveway guys, but not as much seal coating as them wanting to grind up and replace my perfectly good 7000 sq.ft. of driveway.

What I see more are roofers, claiming there's hail damage, and that they can get me a new roof for free if they submit it to the insurance company. The thing is... we really don't get seriously-damaging hail storms. We do occasionally get hail the size of frozen peas, maybe even occasionally a short blast of playing marbles once or twice per decade, but that's it... no golf balls. I have never had anything outside actually damaged by the type of hail we get around here, in 50+ years of living in the same area.

 

[masseyrider]

Still occasionally get Jehova's Witnesses (or some religious organization), but they're usually polite and leave when I say I'm not interested.

Number of years ago a couple of the neighbors were over for coffee.
Door bell rang so I went to answer it.
Standing there were 2 Jehova's. Late 50s I'd guess, well dressed.
Well I don't know where it came from but I spit out this beauty, "Hey! Great, door to door hookers." Gave them a quick look and down, "You're a bit older than I usually like but a couple drinks and I'll get over it."
They looked at me, pivoted on their heals and off they went double time.
I don't know if it's just a coincidence but I've never had Jehova's come to the door again.
The guys that were over still laugh aboot that one.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I was talking to a farmer neighbor friend outside when some JWs showed up. Friend was holding a rake and said "Can't talk now I gotta rotate my crops". The JWs left.

 

[kenmbz]

My friends mom was a bible teacher and the JW came to her house while we were there and started quoting her from the bible.
When she corrected them, they argued, we got her bible and had them look it up.
Friends mom was correct every time.
I don't think they ever stopped by that house again, we couldn't stop laughing.

They came to my uncles in MA once, I had them come in for coffee and walked them through all the wars started by religion, never saw them again.

At my house growing up we just didn't answer the door for anyone dressed up in a suit or Sunday best when it wasn't Sunday.

Here, it's rare anyone will bother, we had them once in the last 8 or 9 years and I just didn't say anything until they left.

We have solicitors once a year, but the local police usually chase them away before they get to us.