What do you say to get rid of solicitors who knock on your door, a solicitor who ignores "no soliciting" sign on your door?
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suomynonA
ANSWERS: 22
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Take the sign and staple it to the guy's head. If that doesn't work, I don't know what will.
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Ask him/her, "Are you illiterate?" and point to the sign.
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He's trying to earn a living. I'd be nice - the first time - and ask him to leave and not return because i don't do business with solicitors. After that, I'd get a restraining order and frag his moist young ass with a pineapple grenade.
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I would just open the door and be like "I said no," and close it again.
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Open the door and calmly say "ahhhhhh", (not yelling, just a monotone hum if you will) holding the same note for as long as you can bear it. Then take a breath and do it again. If they are still there after your second breath then just close the door and go back about your business.
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Open the door and just look at him. Don't respond, don't reply, just look. Then, when they stop talking and asking you questions, calmly point to the sign and close the door. That's assuming that I decided, for some obscure reason, to open the door...
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Say "Would you like to donate $5 to me?(if they are asking donations) The money well me devise a plan to get rid of F***tards like you :)"
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Wire up your door knocker to your electricity supply.
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If it is in fact a solicitor, you can point out that you are not interested in solicitations. Solicitation is as follows: 1. To seek to obtain by persuasion, entreaty, or formal application: a candidate who solicited votes among the factory workers. 2. To petition persistently; importune: solicited the neighbors for donations. 3. To entice or incite to evil or illegal action. 4. To approach or accost (a person) with an offer of sexual services. Someone who is knocking on your door to have a religious discussion is not a solicitor unless their intent is to ask for donations or support. Its always best to politely say "No" and save the rudeness for repeat offendors.
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"Hannah, Patch...SIC EM!" OF COURSE, I don't LET the dogs sic em...but the loud, annoying BARKING usually works quite well...oh...I also don't LET the person hear me tell the dogs to go to work either..... <blush/efg>
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Well, in the first place, I do NOT answer the door just because someone is knocking. If I don't know who it is, I have no justification to open my door. I live in a large city and door-to-door sales are virtually obsolete in this day and time. Do people actually still BUY anything from door-to-door solicitations? If you must open your door to these people, maybe you could pretend to be deaf?
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Have a second larger sign on your door, that says "Unless I know you - See first sign!" with a picture of a gun taking the place of an arrow, pointing to it. Pushy sales people......
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Tell them to get out or you'll contact your solicitor! (UK only humour sorry !)
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Tell them that the police are on their way, where I live, door to door soliciting is illegal.
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I would report him to the Law Society. The rules governing solicitors and advertising are very strict and all solicitors must be members of the Law society. In Britain a solicitor is a lawyer.
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I don't tell them anything. I just step forward and stamp "I'm an Idiot" on their forehead and then step back in the house and gently close the door.
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"Sorry, can't chat now, I have gastrointestinal Ebola and I've been projectile-vomiting (mmmphh...)"
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Tell them that you don't do business with anyone too stupid to read. Point to the No Solicitors sign and go back inside.
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That happened to me in a housing development we lived in once. They were one of thosee religous groups that goes house to house. I had asked them in the past to NOT stop in as I was not really interested in what they had to say or discuss with me. After a couple of times of asking them not to come by, I ignored them when they came. My door was wide open, after looking to see who it was I did not even acknowledge they were there. It took a couple of times, but they eventually did stop. I didn't want to be rude, but these people only wanted to preach and tell me I was a sinner, not discuss anything.
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You open the door tell them to please wait a minute sressing the 'please' and tell them your phone just rang, shut the door quietly then don't go back.
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intimidation. whenever a religious freak comes to the door, we invite them in or just talk to them about how we worship the devil [we really don't] and how we are all lesbians, etc, etc. but otherwise... solicitors don't particularly bother me. i've made friends with and partied with some of the ppl who come to my door. :]]]
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Have a sales pitch of your own and tell them you'll think about listening to them after your pitch. Make sure it is long and drawn out and wates their time and ultimately has no end until they decide it is not worth the effort. Keep repeating yourself on key points and keep asking them to buy your item (plastic fork, etc) and go on and on and on. I've done this before, and I never see the same salesman twice.
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