And what do we do if someone comes to the door?

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_random_name_44@reddit

i'm in my 40's and i still don't answer the door.

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LilacSlumber@reddit

Look out the window to see who it is, but don't answer it.

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wildflower_valley@reddit

Be very quiet and still. Wait for them to leave. That is all.

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You actually talk through the door. I just peep and act like no one is home. Till this day! If you don’t text me, and you have the audacity to call me or just show up…all you’re gonna see is the blinds moving.

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Living_Ad_5386@reddit

Open the door?

Get on the floor?

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Bradtothebone79@reddit (OP)

Everybody do the dinosaur?

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Living_Ad_5386@reddit

Walk.

Walk the dinosaur.

you know, we have a responsibility as xennials to maintain a status quo as the world crumbles around us. As boomers lose their minds and memories to lead poisoning and gen z and alpha fall victim to social media brain rot, it's on us to hold the line of humanity. I'm really disappointed in you right now. Do better.

Your homework is to purchase some form of Thundercats merch and watch a Wes Anderson movie.

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Canacarirose@reddit

Tell them to come back when my parents are home

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ModernDay_RandyMarsh@reddit

Hide.

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PuppyJakeKhakiCollar@reddit

That's what we did. Especially when the Jehovah's witnesses came around. If we were outside playing and saw them, we would yell, "Jehovah's witnesses! Hide!" and run inside. Our neighbors always told our mom to thank us for the warning, lol.

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Melicious_1709@reddit

Same! We would hold impromptu JW Drills, much like school tornado drills. One kid would yell “Jehovah’s Witnesses!” And we would all run to our hiding places.

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Traditional_Cat_60@reddit

My mom loved when the Jehovah’s witnesses would come over. She would ask them to explain why women and people of color aren’t allowed in positions of power in LDS organizations and why they are treated as second class citizens as a matter of policy,

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Jingoisticbell@reddit

Why would your mom ask the JW’s about LDS?

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Kellzy1212@reddit

lol, she should watch Heretic.

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RedditsCoxswain@reddit

That’s Mormon not Jehova’s witnesses

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Traditional_Cat_60@reddit

My bad, you right

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Bex-HZ@reddit

My Mom did the same lmfao She'd taken religious studies during college so actually knew more than those poor people did. She did the same with the Mormans. Those poor kids never knew what hit them.

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Platt_Mallar@reddit

Ever since Final Fantasy X, I've called them Jenovah's Witnesses.

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invuvn@reddit

That’s FF VII no? X is Sin

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Platt_Mallar@reddit

My bad!

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TiredNurse111@reddit

You are correct.

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Rust_Bucket37@reddit

They came down our 1/4 mile long private driveway and my father and I were outside working in the garden and our dog spotted them. He was a black lab Irish wolfhound mix (think wolfhound build with black lab coat). He was friendly but until you got out of the car he would bark and jump on the car like he was going to do some damage. They stopped and wound down the window an inch or so and said who they were and asked if we'd put the dog away so they could talk to us. My dad said "No, I don't think I will" and he walked back to the garden. They didn't even turn around to drive out they reversed the 1/4 back out lol

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HZLeyedValkyrie@reddit

We did this too, and now we do it on our neighborhood Facebook page. Anytime it’s a religious org, sales folk. Like we just want to be chilling in our houses.

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VicdorFriggin@reddit

Lol I remember they were coming up our drive as my little brother was heading out to his friends one summer afternoon. So I sat on the steps and laughed my ass off while my 10 yo bro was too polite to tell them to pound sand. 😂😂😂

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Snuggly_Chopin@reddit

I still do this.

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elphaba00@reddit

Thank goodness for the Ring. It saved me during political season this year

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ILikeBeans86@reddit

Yeah I have a ring doorbell, if I can't tell who they are I just dont answer it. Its usually solicitors

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Jupitersd2017@reddit

Same, I always tell people nothing good comes from answering your door. Ever. I live by this motto

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notthatryan@reddit

tell that to the Publishers Clearing House winners! You think they can just mail those giant checks?

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USAF_Retired2017@reddit

I got my pizza and wings by answering the door. How is that not good? Ha ha

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Platt_Mallar@reddit

I got a great deal on my internet service last month because my wife answered the door.

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Snuggly_Chopin@reddit

It’s actually kind of a problem. We had some JW’s who were very nice people and I went to school with their son, but I don’t want to stand and talk at the door for 15 minutes when (at the time) I had little kids and stuff to do! They were super nice and I hate confrontation, so I started hiding when they came. We have a long driveway and you can usually get out of the room easily once they’re spotted. Unfortunately I taught my son that if I got out of a chair quickly it meant we had to hide. One day I was just adjusting my seated position a little too quickly and my son shot in the air, threw his iPad and booked it down the hall. I had to talk to my kids about anxiety and that the people weren’t actually scary. I was humbled that day.

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aliceinadreamyland@reddit

Same! I still hide.

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Over_Interaction_925@reddit

My people !! I go behind a mirror in my bedroom.

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InterestingTry5190@reddit

So happy to live in a high rise so no one can show up unannounced

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hairballcouture@reddit

Sebastian Maniscalco has a good bit about this.

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Old_Association6332@reddit

I've only recently partially overcome this instinct. Note that I said partially.

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VoidOmatic@reddit

Yup and panic when the phone rings.

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Longjumping-Bell-762@reddit

My mom told me to hide in the hallway whenever the doorbell rang when I was home alone. Still sage advice.

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squanchmysquanchhole@reddit

I used to dive under my bed as a kid, but I still hide when someone knocks on my door. Thankfully my giant dog starts ferociously barking at the sound of knocking, so they typically leave quickly.

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basiden@reddit

Tell my partner I'll deal with securing the dogs, and make him handle it/hide

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The_best_is_yet@reddit

Hahaha this was my response too. I really have found my people. lol

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DenvahGothMom@reddit

Electronic doorbell song chimes in my house, 2026.

“Shhh! Girls! Shhhhhh!! Comere! Get behind the kitchen door with me!”

“Mom! What? Just look on the Ring cam, mom!”

“Shhhhhh!! Get down! They maybe can see us through the window! It could be strangers! Or Mormons! Heads DOWN you guys!”

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DenvahGothMom@reddit

Post-latchkey-kid trauma 😹

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VicdorFriggin@reddit

I have a big, anxious, overly excitable dog that gets LOUD whenever anyone knocks or rings the doorbell. So now they hide lol.

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STLFleur@reddit

Yep. Like seriously... if I'm not expecting you, go away!

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Sparked_Zwei@reddit

The real answer.

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DragonBall4Ever00@reddit

Wasn't allowed to open it at all! Even had to keep the curtains closed. If there was a knock we had to stop and be quiet UNLESS it was an aunt or cousin

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GutsAndBlackStufff@reddit

Kick in the door

Waivin’ a 44

Don’t stop til they say “papa don’t hit me no more”

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MrsMethodMZA@reddit

I hide and then tell my neighbors that door to door folks are on their way so they have a heads up!

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GotWood2024@reddit

There's a certain relgious group roaming the streets since the weather got better. I see them seeing me get outta my truck. They knock. I don't answer. He left his pamphelet and went on his way.

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Britown@reddit

Stay alert. Stay safe.

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Dapper-Bar1746@reddit

Nothing unless a wine delivery

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ghoulthebraineater@reddit

I still ignore people at the door. If I didn't expect you I'm not answering. Same with my phone.

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Cherry_Hammer@reddit

Honestly, the only people who expect me to pick up when they call are the boomers and elder gen-xers in my life. “Why didn’t you answer when I called you an hour ago?!?! I know you a were home.” Bitch, it’s a phone call, not a subpoena. Everyone else leaves a message, or doesn’t call at all and sends a text like a normal person.

I personally love this new era of not answering the phone. It never made any sense to me that I had to drop whatever I was doing to answer it.

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Taupenbeige@reddit

“Why are you using the important matters tech for explicitly non-important matters?”

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glitter_dumpster@reddit

"Bitch, it's a phone call, not a subpoena" is a bar.

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flamingknifepenis@reddit

I’ve been working with my boomer MIL on the whole “not getting scammed” thing because I’m the on-call tech support for her business, and most of it has been convincing her that there’s no good reason to answer the door / phone / email for a stranger. If they’re important enough to need to get ahold of you, then they’re important enough that you can call back at an official number and contact them. That one finally sunk in with her.

Maybe it’s because I was a latchkey kid who also grew up poor, but to this day I don’t let anyone into my headspace without clearance. I don’t answer the door or phone unless I’m expecting you. Hell, half the time even if a friend calls I let it go to voicemail and call them back a few minutes later.

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brainvheart143@reddit

It’s the only way to survive in these times

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GetrIndia@reddit

Especially on the weekends when I'm not working.

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aravarth@reddit

Oh man.

I say this from a smartphone: Smartphones were a mistake.

Everyone having a mobile computer and phone with access to the sum of all knowledge and interaction at their fingertips meant that all of a sudden, our employers felt as though we were "on call" 24/7.

More and more I understand why my 77-year-old father has remained steadfast in refusing to get one, and why he refused to get a cell phone in the 90s when they became ubiquitous.

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Defiant-Fix2870@reddit

I don’t think they were ubiquitous, I didn’t get my first cell until 2003 and I’m your age lol.

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MotherofaPickle@reddit

And I only got mine in 2004 because I was moving to another country and my mom was worried.

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Vintage-Injun@reddit

I thought I was alone in this behavior. Thank you for validating me. 😂

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RipErRiley@reddit

I get unnecessarily irritated by door knocks and phone calls now. I’m that old guy now.

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someguyfromsk@reddit

I got caught in the front yard by a salesman a while ago. As he was talking I was just thinking "fuck, this is why I don't answer the door"

They are harder to get rid of when you can't shut the door on him. I started walking away and he followed me. "No no, we are done, you can get off my lawn."

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_chubby-puppy_@reddit

Big same

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JoshKottlovski@reddit

Ginormous same.

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Objective-Bug-1941@reddit

Play the "We're not home game". I always thought ig was a game my mom invented, but to see other people played it too, makes me feel a lot better about my childhood.

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DangerousLoner@reddit

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timberlyfawnflowers@reddit

Ignore them.

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Abpoe77@reddit

Sigh quickly move to the other side of the house if possible. Potentially turn on the shower. Or panic and charge the door like granny Jehovah bout to get the beat down.

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Leilani3317@reddit

I don’t bother to hide. I make eye contact and still refuse to respond or answer my door.

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JenninMiami@reddit

Nothing. I ignore it unless it’s an expected visitor/fedex. It’s not my problem if they’re going to someone’s door uninvited. 😆

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Disastrous-Panda5530@reddit

I look up the camera from the security app on my phone lol. Before that I wouldn’t answer if I wasn’t expecting someone lol

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have1dog@reddit

I put on a morning coat and spectacles before opening the door and inquiring “Are you expected?”

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missgnomer2772@reddit

Mostly I panic.

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Independent-Pack5144@reddit

The thing I hate most about my house is the effort it takes to hide when someone rings the doorbell. The sidelights allow them to see into my living room, hallway, kitchen, and I have no way to sneak upstairs if someone is at the front door. I still ignore them, it's just that they see me doing it.

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Frequent_Alfalfa_347@reddit

My current move is: open the door with my headset on (because I AM working), make eye contact, say “Hi, we rent, we don’t own the house.” And shut the door.

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slusmiles@reddit

I answer but tell them it’s an air bnb.

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marshmallowest@reddit

Ignore it

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forgetfulsue@reddit

I ignore it. When the neighbor kid comes to play with kid I know it’s them. Everyone else, get off my lawn.

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JessOTR@reddit

Hit the lights and hide! I'm my house we yelled "the Mormons is coming! The Mormons is coming!" One time in high school, I was on the phone with my friend, who is Mormon, and it was actually guys from her church knocking. I still hid.

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rharper38@reddit

We don't even speak if they knock on the door.

And this is still true, except I did it with a sheriff's deputy who was looking for the last tenant of our rental house 2 weeks after we moved in. They don't like that.

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SSweetSauce@reddit

Watch them on the camera

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smokemirrorsunicorns@reddit

no. just no.

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oneeweflock@reddit

Our property is fenced, so they can’t get to the door & I pretend they aren’t there - if I see them

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MsBlondeViking@reddit

Kid me? Hide. Now it throws me into an anxiety or panic attack. PTSD sucks.

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Ablairy@reddit

I have no idea they are there. No one knocks and my wifi won't reach the ring thing and I have all these things to make it work but I don't even care. Who's knocking at my door ? Door dash just leave it there

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PlatypusDependent271@reddit

We don't answer it. If the phone rings we say Mom is in the shower and take a message.

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MasterSyllabub05@reddit

Look through the peephole before standing awkwardly at the door while they also stand awkwardly at the door waiting for me to answer, sure that they know I’m there just like I know they are there, waiting for them to leave so I can move.

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Willywasawale@reddit

I am a queer woman living with my wife and baby. I lock all doors and answer the door once someone has texted me “here”.

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Grinagh@reddit

Oh I'm a crazy person so I like to share my insanity with them

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babyBear83@reddit

I wasn’t given advice on that, lol. That how latchkey we were. Just figure out a snack until we get home from work. Watch cartoons and procrastinate on your homework until you had a fight with your mom or dad after dinner over it.

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Bradtothebone79@reddit (OP)

We had to do all our homework chores and then call mom attesting we had done it before she’d reveal the location of the remotes so we could watch tv and play video games.

One day we just played outside until mom came home. She walked in, preheated the oven, prepped dinner, then found the remotes with deep rack marks melted in the oven.

The remotes still worked.

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babyBear83@reddit

My parents were not strict. I was the youngest of 5. They were burnt out after my older brothers. They trusted my siblings with me. Not a good plan.

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Alarming_Air_6893@reddit

This is why I have 4 "No Soliciting" signs up. If they are dumb enough to ring I either ignore them or give them an earfull before slamming my door in their face.

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Adventurous-State940@reddit

Who cam it be knccking at my door? Just go away. Dont come round here no more.

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ArtisanalMoonlight@reddit

We yell through the door "Go away!"

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Extreme-King@reddit

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MotherofaPickle@reddit

My 7yo got out of the bath when he heard the doorbell ring today. I should’ve let him answer it.

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drainbamage1011@reddit

I was well into my 20s living on my own and still passed as young enough that when I came to the door, solicitors would ask if my parents were home.

"Sorry, they're not here."

"Ok thanks. Bye."

I can't pull that off anymore. 😐

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saison257@reddit

I'm in my 40s and don't answer the door unless I'm expecting someone, but every once in a while I'll be outside and someone will walk up and try to sell me something. I just tell them, "I'm not the homeowner, sorry!"

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nwflman@reddit

When I tried this, I'd get brochures from Jehova witnesses.

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MotherofaPickle@reddit

We’re getting handwritten letters now.

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Bradtothebone79@reddit (OP)

I just got tired enough that I say I’m not interested and ignore them. If they persist i tell them to kick rocks. If they persist i tell them to F off. Usually don’t have to say more than I’m not interested.

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saison257@reddit

Definitely feel that and wish that worked for me, they just often don't care. I'm a pretty assertive woman and have no problem saying no, but the number of times salespeople have continued to badger and persist even when I get bitchy about it is kind of astounding. Then I get the "I'll come back another time when your husband is home." It's just exhausting, and the "I'm not the homeowner" thing somehow makes them go away faster, lol. Fortunately, it doesn't happen that often.

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drainbamage1011@reddit

Yeah I'll try to at least give them a "no thanks." If they try to press the issue, I'll get shitty. Last summer a guy tried to corner me in the driveway as I was bringing in groceries from the car...sure, I'd love to let my all frozen food spoil in the sun while you tell me about pest control, fuck off.

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HZLeyedValkyrie@reddit

Funny story my kid was a toddler and pressed the panic alarm on our key fob for the home alarm system. They sent EMS/ fire and pd. They got out and were like is the homeowner here? I’m like I am the homeowner. And no joke the cop was like no kid your parents. I’m like I’m the parent!

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Key-Shift5076@reddit

They were looking for an adultier adult.

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bashturd@reddit

From now on when somebody comes by to sell me shit I’m just gonna tell them my parents aren’t home.

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drainbamage1011@reddit

It's technically the truth...

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Altruistic_Bus1988@reddit

The same thing happened to me many years ago lol. I hated looking young and was annoyed they didn’t think I was old enough to own my house. Now I would be thrilled if they asked me that 😂

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PuppyJakeKhakiCollar@reddit

Once I was petsitting for friends and sitting in front of the house when some guy came up. I forget what he wanted but he said to tell my parents so and so was by for whatever. I was about 35 at the time. My friends were older with no kids. When they got back I told them if some man stopped by mentioning their daughter, that was me. We had a good laugh about it.

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utti@reddit

Turn off the TV and lights and hide so no one thinks anyone is home

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Ecstatic_Lake_3281@reddit

My mom made us do this when the Schwan guy came and she didn't need anything. My husband can't understand why I refuse to answer the door.

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mrblackc@reddit

Remember to turn the TV down fast too!

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Super_Direction498@reddit

So I start blastin

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MillerTime_9184@reddit

Had a stay at home mom and still wouldn’t open the door 🤣

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caryn1477@reddit

Ignore.

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Useless_monstar@reddit

Grab a coat and say I was just leaving…even if it’s 90F outside.

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Dry-Astronaut-8640@reddit

It’s usually never anything good. Nobody just randomly calls me or knocks on my door to tell me how much money they’re going to give me.

Usually it’s an ex that I’m trying to avoid, someone confused, or someone telling me that I owe them money.

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Large-Inspection-487@reddit

Tell them my mom is in the shower.

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ascendantshark@reddit

Hide! It’s the Schwann’s man!!

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Ginger630@reddit

Hide! Don’t answer or make any noise.

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Lauuson@reddit

Looking out the window to see who it is because it's probably a friend who wants to play kickball in between the apartment buildings.

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RavioliContingency@reddit

Ew.

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_buffy_summers@reddit

Don't open it. Don't even talk through the door.

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AnswerSure271@reddit

Open the door but say I’m not the homeowner.

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AsparagusOverall8454@reddit

Unless I’m expecting you, nothing. Don’t show up at my house uninvited please.

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tracyveronika@reddit

Exactly, if it's important you'll text or call me before showing up. My friends and family all know it's rude to drop by unannounced.

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mrblackc@reddit

Aah, you've discovered one of the FEW benefits from the advancement of the SMRT cellular phone.

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Bradtothebone79@reddit (OP)

But in the 80s a friend coming to find you by knocking on the door was normal. It just sucked if it was a salesman. So we couldn’t open the door for anyone we didn’t know when parents weren’t home.

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shfiven@reddit

When I was about 4 I let my mom's best friend in while she was in the shower so they installed a lock way at the top of the door. In retrospect this sounds so unsafe.

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mntnsldr@reddit

The last time the Mormans came I answered the door with a smile and simply said, "Oh, this isn't the house for you, nope." They got it and I think black listed my address, never returned.

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BillyDMountain@reddit

They approached me just as was heading home from a shift and also house sitting for my folks, I did a bit from the Tom Green show where he kept saying "Peas peas, corn, tasty corn!" and they walked down my driveway backwards and never came back.

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Roosterknows@reddit

We hide

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sleepy_unicorn40@reddit

Definitely hide. I still do to this day. 🫣

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MaryOutside@reddit

As long as it isn't ICE, I rip the door open and say YES HELLO?!

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Scorpionoshow@reddit

Play dead

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Late-External3249@reddit

Stop, drop, and roll?

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TaffitaMuttonfudge@reddit

For the loveagod, STOP PRANKING 1 800 MATTRESS or I'll knock you into next week.

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Kellzy1212@reddit

Turn down the tv or music and wait until they leave. Maybe walk ever so carefully to the door to look out the peephole to scare yourself more. 😂

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Matrinka@reddit

Load up my doorbell camera and see if I want to answer or not. Usually I don't, but on the rare occasion, it is someone I want to see.

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tomqvaxy@reddit

Hide!

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rialucia@reddit

This pretty much doesn’t happen anymore now that I live in the boonies, but when I was in city neighborhoods—hide.

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HZLeyedValkyrie@reddit

Pretend like we aren’t home and peep through the blinds.

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hauntedmeal@reddit

I work from home and I often jump up and run into the kitchen 😆🙈

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Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit

I have never answered the door

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Rose1982@reddit

I still tell my kids to ignore it.

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CircuitSynapse42@reddit

Ignore them. Anyone that knows me, knows to give me a heads up before coming over. If you’re knocking on my door, I’m assuming you’re trying to sell me something, and chances are you’re going to be annoying about it.

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tgold77@reddit

I have to answer the door some times of day because it might be a friend of the children. So when it’s a sales knock I say NO THANK YOU! And close the door. I like it when they do a little jaunty knock or double bell ring because then I know not to answer.

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instant_ramen_chef@reddit

If its Mormons, take of your shirt and ask em if they "wanna wrestle?"

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Expensive-Day-3551@reddit

I hide because I’m in my pajamas with no bra usually

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CheesyRomantic@reddit

Thing that always went through my mind was always, don't they know we are lying about mom/dad just being in the shower?

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Author_Noelle_A@reddit

I have trauma from the way that I was treated on the Internet in about 2007 to 2010. If you were anywhere near Livejournal back then, I guarantee you that you know who I am. I ended up being IRL-stalked. People actually came to my door and I had to get the police involved. I have real life PTSD. It started over a dog who couldn’t be spayed due to her reaction to anesthesia having a litter of puppies when an ex of mine tossed his dog in the backyard with her.

If I’m not expecting somebody to knock at my door, I’ve have had panic attack attacks, and I always have anxiety. We built a gate to keep people away from the front door and have a camera out there.

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wiserTyou@reddit

Never really a problem for us, we had a friendly dog that sounded vicious if someone knocked.

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Dreamingofapastlife@reddit

Forgetting our keys and finding out how easy it was to break into our house!

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noonesaidityet@reddit

Make a getaway while the dogs barking hides any sound I make.

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SouthernEffect87yO@reddit

Someone came to the door without texting first? It’s their own fault their knock isn’t getting answered

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Bradtothebone79@reddit (OP)

Ain’t no texting in the 80s bro.

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SouthernEffect87yO@reddit

Damn I didn’t read past the intro, still ain’t answering the door tho

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Magatron138@reddit

“I’m sorry, my Mom can’t come to the phone right now. Can I take a message?”

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C1sko@reddit

Get silent.

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_bibliofille@reddit

Hide in silence after yell whispering "who the fuck is here what the fuck".

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AttilaTheFun818@reddit

Tell them to come back with a warrant.

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Traditional_Cat_60@reddit

I grew up in a really poor neighborhood in a nice city. Nobody was coming to my front door unless they lived in the neighborhood or were delivering pizza. Some places would only deliver during daylight hours. 🤣

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Possible-Tangelo9344@reddit

If it's a solicitor I open the door and point at the sign they had to walk past to get to my door and ask why they didn't read it.

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Majestic-Lie2690@reddit

I answer it

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bottleofgoop@reddit

Duck down so I can't be seen through a window and wait for them to leave!

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Legitimate-Produce-1@reddit

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dyrnwyn580@reddit

Ha ha. I felt so confident disclosing that my mom was in the shower (at 4:30 in the afternoon).

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Miserable-Okra-8787@reddit

Open it before my dog has a hernia.

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TwilightTink@reddit

I check the camera. Then I ignore it. One guy got me the other day as I got home, then I say I work for the rival company. Selling at&t Internet, I say I work for comcast. This also works great with cell phone people

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PuppyJakeKhakiCollar@reddit

My parents never answered the door or phone if they weren't expecting anyone, so that's what we did too. I still don't answer the door or phone. I have a Ring camera and it's nice to see who is there right from the phone.

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mindsunwound@reddit

Sneak out the back door and run into the woods behind the house, move some fly through the underbrush to flank the house to where the supply of sharpened sticks are and watch from behind a tree to see who it was.

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fromthedarqwaves@reddit

Check the camera and be quiet. If it’s come to the door season I put a chair across my railing with a sign that says go away.

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Accomplished-Run221@reddit

Pay them $60 for one pizza.

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stand_up_eight_@reddit

Duck behind the couch

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Sp00kington@reddit

Ignore 'em. That's how serial killers get ya.

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pawogub@reddit

My mom used to make me answer when the Jehovah’s Witnesses came and claim I was home alone so they’d leave. She called them “the people that think you can live with lions”.

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cashews_clay15@reddit

Someone JUST DID. Young guy with his hands behind his back. And he tried to open my storm door after ringing the bell. I hid, the dog barked, he left.

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lavasca@reddit

Never was a latch key kid.

My parents said nevet to answer the door unless you were expecting someone. They never answered the door unless they were expecting anyone. I still don’t answer the door unless I’m expecting anyone.

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vapre@reddit

# WHO IS IT?!? #

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rjcpl@reddit

Look at them out the window, make direct eye contact. But don’t move to the door.

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LockOk6995@reddit

bold move!

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Nikkianne617@reddit

Stand completely still, hold my breath, then army crawl under the kitchen table

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Beautiful-Year-6310@reddit

I make my husband answer it

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DasKittySmoosh@reddit

what door? There is no door. I do not acknowledge it (and still live by this)

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Drpoofn@reddit

Pretend no one's home

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smokythejoker@reddit

Check the Ring cam. Sometimes it’s a neighbor, and I like them.

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ApatheistHeretic@reddit

Same as any other day; turn the volume up on the TV or music to drown it out.

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Winter_Dimension8107@reddit

I don’t answer if I don’t know who it is. Too many scammers out there.

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Lirpa_the_Lurker@reddit

We were trying to teach our son this lesson and he was just not getting it. We ended up buying nerf guns and blasted him when he opened the door. Probably traumatized him but he stopped answering the door.

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dadjokes502@reddit

Let my dogs bark un controllably and stay away from windows

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VectorJones@reddit

Hasn't really been an issue since high school, as my reverse Uno card is frightening and/or intimidating the people who knock on my door.

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L_wanderlust@reddit

Nothing if I’m not expecting someone. Same as getting a phone call from a number I don’t know. Leave a note or message if it’s important. Otherwise, I’ll assume you’re selling something and pretend the bell didn’t ring

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theMightBoop@reddit

Answer it because I am an adult.

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Illustrious-Highway8@reddit

Same! Even as a kid I was expected to. Not sure what kind of neighborhood everyone else grew up in, but if someone knocked and you were physically closest to the door, you were totally expected to answer it, make eye contact, and deal with it.

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Superpriestess@reddit

Panic?

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mjh8212@reddit

I still won’t answer the door I’m not expecting anyone and I don’t want to be kidnapped.

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okayyayayay@reddit

Check the cameras first. If its a solicitor ask for their permit and if they don’t have one, which they never do, I tell them f off and try to get their car description and notify the sheriff dept. It’s usually people claiming to be from a utility company trying to look at people's electrical bills. Its a scam and a huge majority of the people have prior burglary or theft charges.

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DigDugDogDun@reddit

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JonnyQuest1981@reddit

Panic! Put out the bowl! Hide the stash! Spray some air freshener/deodorizer! Make it to the door just in time to see the delivery driver driving away!

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PhysicsStock2247@reddit

I begrudgingly answer just in case it’s an emergency. But if it’s a salesman or JW I’m cutting off the conversation quick.

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Aware_Policy_9174@reddit

After buying a house so many scammy sales people knocked on the door and once I realized they weren’t really just the “local handyman” or whatever I started ignoring them. But then one time someone kept knocking and it turned out the behind neighbor’s garage was on fire and was close to setting my garage on fire. I’ve moved and hardly get anyone knocking but I will answer, just very slowly so if it’s not an emergency they’re usually gone.

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