Is there such a ting as a decent time to do that, we live in increasing 24/7 world. For shift workers 08:00 might be there sleeping time
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Is there such a ting as a decent time to do that, we live in increasing 24/7 world. For shift workers 08:00 might be there sleeping time
I don't think there is ever a decent time to go up to someone's home, disturb them at whatever they're doing - whether sleeping, eating, watching TV, doing housework, reading a book, talking on the phone, or just sitting around doing nothing - and preach at them while peddling religious pamphlets. This goes for Mormons, as well, although I have a bit less resentment of them, since they usually understand that "Sorry, not interested" means "Go away" and they don't keep standing there, arguing.
My front door is half glass, so I don't have to actually open it to tell them I'm not interested. Makes it very easy. If I happen to be outside when they come by, I usually accept their magazine politely, tell them I can't talk, and keep going to the house, car, or wherever I was headed. I've never had a JW try to argue.
They're still around. It must depend on how many are in the area. Sometimes there can even be a heads-up when they're planning to canvass the community.
So, I guess there's strategy in their recruiting method.
Yeah, I think you're right. See, over here they announce that there's a conference, which is usually a clue that they'll be out and about over the next couple of days. It never fails. I can always expect to hear from them or see them walking down the streets going from door to door during those days. We know during that period not to answer the door.
Just put a sign telling all Jehovah's Witnesses to abstain from ringing your doorbell. I got the feeling that they would comply.
I just tell them I'm not interested, it's more my boyfriend 's sort of thing.
For the record, I'm straight, but they really can't handle the thought of homosexuality, so it's worth camping it up a bit just to watch their faces.
For the record, I'm straight, but they really can't handle the thought of homosexuality, so it's worth camping it up a bit just to watch their faces.
Or you could plan to have some fun.
A friend of mine once told them she was a witch. They never bothered her again.
One time I told them (truthfully) that I was studying the Navajo religion and found it very interesting. I didn't bother mentioning it was for a college term paper in one of my anthropology classes, but they looked mildly horrified and left me alone for the next two years.
About the funniest thing I saw, though, was in the comic strip Betty. Not that she'd planned it, but the storyline is that Betty has been going through some stuff in a closet and finds her old Halloween "cannibal" costume. She puts it on, models it for her husband (who is suitably appreciative)... and then the doorbell rings.
"Who could that be?" Betty wonders, as she goes to answer the door.
The look on the JWs' faces, as they stand there in their spiffed-up outfits and carrying a Bible, greeted at the door by a barefoot woman wearing a grass skirt, coconut-shell bra, necklace of animal teeth, a bone ornament in her hair, and carrying a spear, is priceless.
Or butching it up if you're a woman.
Don't actually have a doorbell. We technically do, but it's been broken for decades, something to do with the wiring inside, and we never got around to fixing it.
But here's another story of a different nature. We've never bought anything from those "As Seen on TV" deals, nor have we bought anything of that sort online. But for some reason, one of these bigger companies had sent my Dad some haircare product, which he's never needed because he's an older balding man. This is the kind of company that wants you to pay for returning things if you don't have any intention of keeping them, and so it all had a scammy feel to it. And from searching online, this company is known for being pretty ruthless and known to use shady business practices. So, when we didn't return said product that was never ordered, we started getting some rather aggressive calls from a collection agency on their behalf, which continued for about a year or two until they finally left us alone. I chalk it up to perhaps a misunderstanding on the company's part somewhere down the line, but what was weird was how they had the address and other info on file and knew who we were just by calling.
Something similar happened to me many years ago. I remember that Clinton was still president. I received a package delivered to my house by a guy that didn't even ask me to sign anything. Before I could say anything he was already gone. So I opened the box and it contained a few books, plus the usual congratulatory note. After a time I got a bill sent to my address about the books but I reasoned that since I didn't sign anything they had no legal proof that I had received the package and were just bluffing and using intimidation, hoping that I would be scared and eventually pay for it. I never answered anything. After a few months they tried calling me. I just said that I didn't know what they were talking about. After a while they stopped for good. I wonder how many suckers sent them money. I guess enough to make this racket profitable.
That does seem rather similar. The whole thing confuses me as it seems to be quite an effort to go through to get people to cough up what is essentially a minimal fee. There must be another catch to all that. At the time, I had done a lot of searching online to see if I could find any clues relating to the company in question doing that to other people, but I couldn't find a thing. It just seemed so odd. This is the same company that is selling the popular skin cream shown on TV. Another thought I had was that it isn't really them, but rather a clone company making it look like them. But again, it seems quite elaborate for such a small sum.
If enough people pay for stuff that was sent to them but they never actually ordered, then those evil fopdoodles running the con will make money.
Even businesses get targeted by similar scams getting them to pay for supplies they never ordered, at ridiculous prices, and basically harassing them until they give in and pay. The last time this happened at my job, I sent the scammers a nasty letter by certified mail, basically threatening to sic our high-priced lawyers on them and to report them to every Federal and state government consumer protection agency under the sun.
That shut them up reeeal quick.
Don't fall for it! Here's what the FTC has to say about that equine excrement:
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0181-unordered-merchandise
And useful info from the US Postal Inspection Service: https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/...fraudschemes/othertypes/UnsolicitedFraud.aspx
Kor
Even businesses get targeted by similar scams getting them to pay for supplies they never ordered, at ridiculous prices, and basically harassing them until they give in and pay. The last time this happened at my job, I sent the scammers a nasty letter by certified mail, basically threatening to sic our high-priced lawyers on them and to report them to every Federal and state government consumer protection agency under the sun.
That shut them up reeeal quick.Don't fall for it! Here's what the FTC has to say about that equine excrement:
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0181-unordered-merchandise
And useful info from the US Postal Inspection Service: https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/...fraudschemes/othertypes/UnsolicitedFraud.aspx
Kor
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Well, maybe the books didn't sell so well and were going to be pulped. So they had nothing to lose by sending them to random people and trying to get some money out of them.
Maybe they're having an increase in self preservation with the increase in itchy trigger fingers and stabbings.
Is there really an increase of those?
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