What a country . . .
I always open my door, unless it is *very* late and even then I would check out the window as the person was leaving to see if I recognised them.
Someone asked what you would do if you were sitting down with a glass of wine and your dinner and a bunch of visitors arrive ? Easy . . . answer the door, tell them I'm about to eat and invite them in *if it suits* or ask them to come back if it doesn't. If I have enough wine then I might even pour them a glass. Where's the complication there ?
A few years back our son had a minor medical emergency - one of our neighbours is a nurse so we went and rang on her door and she came over and was able to help get him stable again. What might have happened if she didn't answer ?
If I answer the door and it's a salesman I always do what one of the other posters said - let them run through their spiel (for a minute anyway) and then tell them I'm not interested. If they ask more questions or try to keep the conversation up then I just close the door while saying goodbye. It costs very little to be polite.
To be honest, I find it very strange to think that many people feel that they shouldn't answer the door to anyone if they are not expecting visitors. I know it sounds dramatic, but what if the next time you're watching telly and don't feel like answering the door there's someone outside having a heart attack or being chased by gougers or any of the other myriad of emergency situations *you* might find yourself in one day. Maybe you should just turn up Coronation Street and pour another glass and the problem will go away . . .
Of course there might be some situations where you have a reasonable expectation that the caller will be unwanted (maybe someone from Sky always calls on the first Monday of each month around 1900) and so don't answer, but this can't be the norm for most people.
z
I always open my door, unless it is *very* late and even then I would check out the window as the person was leaving to see if I recognised them.
Someone asked what you would do if you were sitting down with a glass of wine and your dinner and a bunch of visitors arrive ? Easy . . . answer the door, tell them I'm about to eat and invite them in *if it suits* or ask them to come back if it doesn't. If I have enough wine then I might even pour them a glass. Where's the complication there ?
A few years back our son had a minor medical emergency - one of our neighbours is a nurse so we went and rang on her door and she came over and was able to help get him stable again. What might have happened if she didn't answer ?
If I answer the door and it's a salesman I always do what one of the other posters said - let them run through their spiel (for a minute anyway) and then tell them I'm not interested. If they ask more questions or try to keep the conversation up then I just close the door while saying goodbye. It costs very little to be polite.
To be honest, I find it very strange to think that many people feel that they shouldn't answer the door to anyone if they are not expecting visitors. I know it sounds dramatic, but what if the next time you're watching telly and don't feel like answering the door there's someone outside having a heart attack or being chased by gougers or any of the other myriad of emergency situations *you* might find yourself in one day. Maybe you should just turn up Coronation Street and pour another glass and the problem will go away . . .
Of course there might be some situations where you have a reasonable expectation that the caller will be unwanted (maybe someone from Sky always calls on the first Monday of each month around 1900) and so don't answer, but this can't be the norm for most people.
z