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I have no problem being rude to people who intrude on me trying to solicit, especially the proselytizers. I'll give the usual warning signs first (not answering the door, saying no and don't come back, or if it's when I'm walking down the street, then not making eye contact or changing the subject or otherwise making it quite clear that I don't want to give or hear what they want to spout at me), and if they push past those, they've exhausted my patience and any requirement I feel to be polite.
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My problem is that no matter how annoying these people are, I simply cannot tell them off. It's so hard for me to say no and be firm enough for them not to bug me again.
Especially with the Jehovas, I don't even follow my own religeon, what makes them think I would have half a mind to convert to theirs? |
Maybe I'll get a tape recorder and record a big dog barking like mad and muffled sounds of struggle... which I will conveniently hit play on the loud surround sound in the living room before answering the door.
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I just don't answer the door unless I know who is there. My front door and most of the drive way can be seen from the front window without 'them' knowing they are being watched. And since our vehicles are in the garage they can't tell if we are home or not.
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Originally Posted by Moonpi
Originally Posted by QuiltingGrannie
My pet peeves are ...
3) Cell phone usage while with other friends, eating out, or anywhere else. |
Quoted from above: ""Even deciding between Coke and Pepsi has become a group decision!!""
Buying fabric is a group decision too. We often have customers looking at fabric and then get on their cell phones to find out which fabric the other person really wants. I asked my co-worker the other day 'What ever did we do without cell phones?' |
Originally Posted by MistyMarie
Originally Posted by AtHomeSewing
Working with tissue paper patterns. I swear they get the thinest tissue paper possible, and then put it through some sort of paper planner so that it is even thinner than that. No wonder I quilt and seldom make anything that requires a tissue paper pattern!
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Originally Posted by Barbm
misuse of the English language- our region is known for dropping letters at the end of a word (pronouncing t, instead of -th), saying yous instead of you, and many others. Sorry- tird does not come after second. Two, tree... grrrr. Or- saying Hach instead of h.
speak it correctly! And adults who can't spell, poor penmanship, the list goes on. I like my English proper (as proper as I can get for a coal mining region). Don't get me started..... quilt related- don't have any, don't sew with anyone to create a pet peeve. I love all quilters and anything quilt related. (Now if I could teach myself to type as fast as my brain goes- without typos that would be cool...) |
You mean like saying "cah" for "car" and "Smitt Street" for "Smith Street". LOL, you do get used to it after a while.
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Originally Posted by Baren*eh*ked_canadian
Originally Posted by sewnsewer2
Oh and about the "no soliciting sign", I have one too, and when someone comes to the door selling something, I ask them if they can read, they say yes, and I point to my sign and say "this is why this sign is here".
No offence to Jahova witnesses here, but they are the worst ones! OMG yes.... and you don't want to be rude and tell them off, but if you weren't interested the 17 other times they came, chances are you still don't care for what they're offering! |
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