re: Door to door sales guy knocked at 10pm

Incredibly ballsy of him to show up again.

I could never knock on doors.

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You sound like a pussy. Always hear a short version out. Opportunity knocks

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Seems like you have at some point in your life had to make a living doing this.
Sorr\y that happened to you.
Other than kids selling crap, there is no reason people should be knocking on doors to try to sell stuff.

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No, I don’t handle unannounced knocks on my door at 10 PM very well.

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A scary barking dog deters this

Maybe let them get a peek at you cordless hole punch!!

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Since I have an easily visible ‘No solicitation’ sign

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several years ago when I still lived in a neighborhood, I had such a sign on my door. I was shocked by how many would say "oh I'm not selling, I'm...."

SILENCE !, I'd cut them off and say "the sign does not say no selling, it says no soliciting".

They'd get this look like I was speaking ancient Greek, at which point I'd follow up "you're SOLICITING my opinion, or you're SOLICITING my signature on some petition, at the very least you're SOLICITING MY TIME any / all of which is in direct violation to my sign. Perhaps you should be better educated and then you won't need to go door to door.


I also enjoy the ones who say "yeah I saw your sign but boy i just KNOW i have a deal for you!"..

oh you know, eh? well you suck at mind reading because if you really could then you'd be running away at high speed and not slow down until you'd crossed in the next county.

I rarely answer my front door.

It's glass, though, so if I'm in the den, I might be looking right at them.

I'm usually sitting here in the kitchen on my laptop. I'll tip-toe and ease my way so I can peer around the corner and see who it might be.

It's almost always a roofing salesman or someone offering a related service.