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How to stop solicitors

Posted on 4/3/25 at 12:52 pm
Posted by dyslexiateechur
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2009
34344 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 12:52 pm
So my husband works from home and we have dogs. People knocking or ringing the door bell have been a problem for him in the past so we put up a small no soliciting sign.

After a particularly nasty run in with some Jehova’s witnesses, he put up an even bigger, firmer sign.

So today someone from a financial advising company came knocking.

Any ideas on what the heck we can do to convey we’re serious?
Posted by Deep Purple Haze
LA
Member since Jun 2007
62041 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 12:53 pm to
kill them
Posted by DesScorp
Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
8409 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 1:06 pm to
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How to stop solicitors



Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
70016 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 1:07 pm to
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Any ideas on what the heck we can do to convey we’re serious?
Write that on the sign.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
29579 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 1:07 pm to
Just don’t answer the door?

Do you need help tying your shoes too?
Posted by SallysHuman
With Sally
Member since Jan 2025
2539 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 1:09 pm to
If you figure it out, please share with the class... my neighborhood has become overrun with them.

One pair, selling windshields of all things, were particularly rude and aggressive- I wouldn't have been surprised to have found my windshield cracked or broken after I turned them down and sent them along their merry way.
Posted by TigerRad
Columbia, SC
Member since Jan 2007
5357 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 1:10 pm to
Bigger dogs.

I had a Great Dane that lived almost 12 years. She sounded like thunder of the gods.

No one ever came to my door.
Posted by Chardee MacDennis
Pennsylvania
Member since Jan 2024
182 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 1:10 pm to


Put this out for Halloween a couple years ago. It's been a great deterrent ever since.
Posted by Slagathor
Makin' jokes about your teeny tiny
Member since Jul 2007
38745 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 1:12 pm to
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Just don’t answer the door?


if you're on a call/meeting and the dogs are barking like crazy at door knocks, it probably gets old really quickly


Posted by dyslexiateechur
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2009
34344 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 1:15 pm to
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if you're on a call/meeting and the dogs are barking like crazy at door knocks, it probably gets old really quickly


This is the issue.

Halfway debating putting up a fence.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
153657 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 1:19 pm to
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So my husband

Your husband sounds like a total pussy.

And tell him I said hello and I miss him.
Posted by madamsquirrel
The big somewhere out there
Member since Jul 2009
53433 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 1:20 pm to
Get one of thosebaby sleeping signs from Amazon and then if they knock anyway open the door and act a complete donkey.
Posted by Tantal
Member since Sep 2012
17621 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 1:22 pm to
Chain up a Pit Bull on the front porch.
Posted by dyslexiateechur
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2009
34344 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 1:24 pm to
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act a complete donkey.


Oh trust me people who hang around and keep knocking are regretting it.

We do have a pit bull. Maybe a beware of dog sign? A door with a window where people can see him?
Posted by Slagathor
Makin' jokes about your teeny tiny
Member since Jul 2007
38745 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 1:27 pm to
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A door with a window where people can see him?
he would probably love to look out


maybe an orange paper sign saying that you're quarantined for measles or something contagious
Posted by madamsquirrel
The big somewhere out there
Member since Jul 2009
53433 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 1:29 pm to
The last one I answered when I got loud dptb came to see what was up. It was fine,I shut door in the guys face. Wouldn't take no (and I am happy with my current pest control company) for an answer.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
80053 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 1:30 pm to
According to the women on Nextdoor, you should immediately call the sheriff bc they’re either casing your house or if nothing else they’re trespassing. The sheriff needs to know about this!
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
16295 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 1:30 pm to
“Pit Bull Mom” sticker on your whip.
Posted by dyslexiateechur
Louisiana
Member since Jan 2009
34344 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 1:32 pm to
I like this idea. Maybe a door mat too.
Posted by madamsquirrel
The big somewhere out there
Member since Jul 2009
53433 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 1:33 pm to
"A pit bull lives here, if you knock you will meet him" would be a good custom door mat.
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