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   allisonw
   

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   Just had a knock on the door--door to door magazine sales. I told him I wasn't interested and closed the door, after which I distinctly heard him say "bitch." When I opened the door to ask him what he had said, he replied "have a nice day maam." I told him that i'd heard what he said and he replied that he "didn't give a fuck" as he walked down the alley.

   There are no other houses that even face onto the alley, so I wanted to put out a heads up. Young black kid, medium build, black baseball cap with heavy gold embroidery.

   Oh, and lacking in social graces, I might add.

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   pennygirl
   

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   They are back? Joy.

   Posted 3 months ago #
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   BuffaloHawk
   

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   I always make sure I have my Aleister Crowley biography in my hands when I answer the door for Mormon Missionaries.

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   iPlod
   

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   Make sure you're sporting your baggiest dirty underwear with a half shaven head & eyebrow also.

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   allisonw
   

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   I just don't understand why random strangers think it's ever appropriate to knock on your door and then take up your time trying to sell you something. Who does that? Do they EVER sell anything?

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   RichY
   

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   Well, we teach them that from Grade school through college - the parents say it builds character.

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   allisonw
   

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   We teach people to sell crap door to door? On what planet?

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   iPlod
   

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   Aliens from planet Electrolux.

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   teigyr
   

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   Girl Scout cookies, etc., though I haven't seen any of those door to door for a long time.

   The magazine sales people are kind of scary, I know we've all been in this debate before but most are not fine outstanding citizens.

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    allisonw
    

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    Considering the guy called me a bitch because, despite me being fairly polite, I didn't want to buy anything makes me think he may not have been a shining beacon of the community.

    Posted 3 months ago #
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    RichY
    

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    allisonw, Girl scouts, boy scouts, school candy, soccer, football - heck, all school/church/activity fund raisers

    Posted 3 months ago #
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    Rudy
    

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    Don't forget the college painters and the save the whales folks.

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    RichY+1

    I went to Catholic school so we where always having to push fundraisers. I remember in 1st & 2nd grade going door to door selling Christmas cards.When we played baseball we where always selling candy bars for equipment & uniforms.We also sold raffle tickets for cash prizes and had the drawing at the Christmas bazaar.

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    Corvus
    

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    We'll be coming by selling the Girl Scout cookies in the next week or so. Heads up. You would not believe how many people get excited when we show up. Maybe it is the cookies.

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    teigyr
    

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    Girl Scout cookies...those are always the exception.

    Corvus, there was a really interesting crow documentary on the other day. I can't recall the island but there are crows that can use/make tools and do multiple steps in a process.

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    My pet peeve isn't the door to door since I have a peep hole and can choose to ignore them. I can't stand when you ring out at the store and they shout out in front of everyone around you "would you like to buy a shamrock for charity(for example)!?!?" I am observant enough to see the cause is available and don't need to be shamed into donating for it. I might have been there a few times already earlier in the week and donated for the cause then.

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    pennygirl
    

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    The Hillbilly door to door salespeople are not your average Girl Scout. I think that was the point.

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    PG

    Do you still have an ice and milk truck that delivers out yonder?

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    teigyr
    

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    BH, no ice (to my knowledge) but milk, yes.

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    pennygirl
    

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    Ballard should be jealous of the milkman.

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    BuffaloHawk
    

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    I always wondered why the best looking people come from Hillbilly land. Do they have a milkman calendar that they sell door to door for charity.

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    lifeisamazing
    

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    I talk through the window without opening the door. Maybe I'm paranoid but if I open the door and they turn out to be dangerous I've just willingly opened my door to a dangerous person.

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    I was walking near Ballard Market today and may have also seen the magazine guys around 56th and 14th. Someone was definitely wandering door to door and he was not getting a welcoming reception.

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    I agree that it's not appropriate, Allison, and an invasion of your privacy. But I would be less offended by someone knocking at my door to sell a product than someone at my door prosthelytizing. That happened a few weeks ago. A couple of rosycheeked, well-scrubbed virgins in button shirts and cardigans wanted to tell me about the sweet lord Jesus. I didn't have the heart to upset the little lambs, so I very politely told them I was an atheist and that I hoped they would have a nice day. Cute butts on them.

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    My late sister-in-law's way of handling Mormons coming to the door preaching the word - she would say "I'm atheist and don't believe in God." They would leave. And actually she was an atheist. So comes time they show up at my door some years later and I didn't want to hear it, so I said no thanks. I'm an atheist" (I'm not) and closed the door. Then I hear these two VERY LOUDLY praying for my lost soul and that I was atheist. Couple weeks later get call from my neighbor (lived in Greenwood then) saying two guys were trying to force open my back door. Was I expecting this. I said no, call the police. And who was it - Mormon door-to-door guys which I was surprised. I finally put a sign on my porch of no trespass, no solicitors. Amazing it worked.

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    Once you're outed as an atheist, you're free game for whatever abuse the true believers intend you deserve.

    That's a subject you should bring up in the US capitol right before the next congressional opening prayer.

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