thank you for saving me today

My house is hidden from the road, it looks like it's in the back yard of someone elses house and yet these people still find me! They just go right past my neighbors house who is right on the road and come to my little shack. It's not just the religious people, it's anyone selling anything. There is even a gate they have to open just to go down my driveway.

I can't stand when they leave the gate open! I have that gate there so Gizmo doesn't get out of the yard, one of the few things that I had to ask the landlord if I could put in and I paid for it myself. Even my friends know that they must close the gate after they drive in. Sometimes I've considered putting a lock on the gate.

If you want soeone to listen to you at least respect the fact that they have a gate there for a reason! Also if you have to open a gate to get to someone's house maybe they don't want you to come over uninvited![8|]

why not, vacuum my living room all you want, sucker []

 
ROFL!!! [sm=rotfl.gif]

I always feel bad for them, they really seem like nice people, that said if I know it's them, I don't answer the door. Last year I was waiting for a carpet salesman to bring carpet samples to the house. This man and woman came to the door with a briefcase, I just assumed they were from Empire Carpet so I let them in, had them sit at the table and then realized who they were. I was dying. I told them I was very sorry and that I thought they were someone else. We all kind of chucked, I told them I was very happy with my own religion, had a cold drink with them and they went on their way.

At least the religion peddlers eventually go away ... unlike the Kirby vacuum cleaner salesmen.[:@] I was literally held captive in my own house one day by one who wouldn't leave before he sucked all the dead skin flakes and mites [:'(] out of all the mattresses.  I finally convinced him we all had waterbeds (not) and that he wouldn't be able to find any flakes or mites in the mattresses.
 
Joyce

In our last house, DS finally scared them off.  We were in the country, somewhat isolated and they had to come up a LONG gravel drive.  DH and I were out someplace, the dogs were in the back yard and Tyler tied up out the front door.  DS was in the bathroom.  Five german shepherds were carrying on in the backyard down the hill, Tyler going nuts at the front door, and here they are at the SIDE door beating like the house was on fire.  DS went to the door. took one look and shouted "WHAT??  I was taking a sh*t!!"  They never came back to that house!
 
MY best story was the day I was rushing to get ready for Howl at the Moon.  Now, mind, I'm out in the boonies....wayyyy out in the boonies.  I have seen the folks who own the schoolhouse on the main road all of once, and if I choose to run around in my skivvies, big whoop...the only one gonna see me are the eagles or the deer.
 
So, on the day in question, I'd showered, put on said skivvies (bra and undies which cover a whole lot more than a lot of swimsuits) and came out of the bathroom when the dogs started going nuts outside.  Scolding out the kitchen window has more impact that scolding out the bathroom window....and of course passed through the livingroom, and the front door, to GET to the kitchen.  I'm almost to the window when I hear this BOOMING voice "WOMAN!  COVER YOURSELF!"  I chuckled and said "Well, Lord, I know I'm old and sort of saggy but I don't think the dogs care"....and then I hear it again.  By this time I'm getting that this is NOT the voice of the Lord and I spin around and see four people standing on my deck at the front door.  They CLIMBED over the locked gate to get onto the deck.
 
So there I stand in my underwear, flat out refusing in my head to give them the satisfaction of throwing a robe on, madder than BLAZES that they are tresspassing, and all the time the man is screaming at me to put some clothes on like a decent Christian woman, and I'm telling him to get the HELLo off my property.  I finally had to call the sherriff to get them to just go away and when I did that, the dispatcher could hear him yelling and praying in the background.  SHE cracked up.
 
Try to explain to other folks that the reason you are late for the biggest fundraiser of the year is because you got highjacked by religious fanatics.  Only in my world.[8D]

[sm=rotfl.gif]Glenda, that's hysterical.  That's a scene I could picture in a Diane Keaton movie.
 
Joyce

i always want to say these little smart-a$$ things to them, but once i see their shiny eyes and rosey cheeks i just can't do it, they are just doing what they think they are supposed to. why they think subzero weather is the time to do it though, i only wish i knew.

 
I sleep in on the weekends (particularly when I've spent the previous week battling a cold)  A few weeks ago a Jehovah's Witness family showed up, and I was groggy and thought it was my landlord incessantly ringing the doorbell.  Nope, but she's the one who sent them over to my door to get them away from hers.  I was tousled and irritated and Gracie was romping among them, licking the little girl.  (a friend even asked me - "Did they have a small child with them?  They always have a small child with them!" - and she was right!!)
 
I felt so badly giving them the evil eye ("you woke me up for this!?!") and I felt guilty for the rest of the day... they all looked so beautifully dressed and were sweet and pleasant.  But... I have JW friends, and plenty of religious exposure... I'm all set!

Living in the South means the local Baptist churches do this also...I kindly say that we are Methodist, and have a home church and close the door.  I have often wondered if they ever find someone to convert or save...  

One of these days they're going to come to the door when I have absolutely nothing constructive to do ... and I'm going to invite them in for an exorcism followed by a conversion.[sm=devil.gif]
 
Joyce

In retrospect, it IS funny.  I wasn't laughing then tho!  Spewing steam out of my ears, which might be why they were praying so hard!

Glenda,,,,ROTFLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omgosh, it hurts to laugh this hard LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!

 Speaking as a christian myself I think it's great that these people want to share what they believe in, but as soon as you disregard someones private life to get your point across you've lost any hope of converting them anyhow so whats the point? My best witness story is actually my sisters.

 So my sister was living in Louisiana as a nanny, it was sometime in the morning hours and she was running around like crazy trying to get ready for work (she worked at a doctors office along with nannying). In the middle of her hectic gettting ready schedule someone knocks on the door, she opens it to find two guys in black suits (in lousiana summer weather, they are NUTS) who are politly holding her mail which the mail man had just dropped off in the mailbox at the end of the driveway. So my sister says "thanks, but I dont have time to talk to you I gotta get to work",,,,,,and a second later the family dog (a male keeshound) runs out the door, now when Max gets loose you can chase him forever because he loves to run. So, the nice guys in suits actually chased Max around and finally caught him and brought him back, just in time for my sister to say "sorry, gotta run to work, but thanks for getting my mail and dog" hahahahaha  Actually, my sister is the type that would actually invite the poor guys into the airconditioning and talk to them for an hour if she wasn't just leaving for work,,,she enjoys debating.

Last weekend, I had a family of Jehovah's Witness come to spread the word.  First, they showed up at 8:00 a.m. & I wasn't ready to wake up.  Then, I have to take the dogs out as soon as I wake up.  So the dogs are waiting at the door behind me with their legs crossed & all I can think is that the dogs need to go out, I need to pee myself, and I'm sure that my breath smells like heck.  I finally had to assure them that I was happy with my current religion & I did have a relationship with God before they would leave.  After they left, I started questioning "How do you find a house in the middle of nowhere?"  My road has 3 houses on it & the road is 12 miles long.  I live at the very end.  Just strange I guess. 

hahahahahah I thought I was the only one who got annoyed by Mormans trying to convert every thing they come by!
Also arn't Mormans the only religion that does this??? I mean I do not see Catholics going around on bike's with bibles???
Also in HS I had 2 Best freinds that were Morman...so trust me they tried converting me everyday at lunch!  I even had to go to church with her one day and seminary....[sm=angry.gif]....imagine waking up at 5 a.m and going to Young Womens Class or something it was called.
 It might be a good thing Im not freinds with here anymore[sm=clapping%20hands%20smiley.gif]

I happen to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or Mormon, as you've already said). 

This thread is offensive to me, as some of you have posted rude things.  They may not seem rude if you're not a member of my church or believe what I do.  However, I'm not happy with what I've read. 

The missionaries should be treated with respect, even if you disagree with their purpose.  These young men (and women, in some cases) leave their homes for two solid years to spread the word about our church.  They do it voluntarity, and receive no monetary compensation for what they are doing.  It's just a spiritual drive.  They speak with their families on the phone four times in those two years -- on Mother's Day and Christmas Day of each year.  They "sacrifice" quite a bit, yet it's common for them to be disregarded as "annoying."  So be it.

I cannot believe how rude some of you really are.  If this thread had been about Baptists or Born Again Christians (is that even a title?  I don't really know, so excuse my ignorance), I wouldn't have even posted.  I could say that I'm sick of being told I'm going to hell for not believing the way they do (and those same cretins get plastered on Saturday night, then show up at their church on Sunday morning -- hypcrites!), or that I am told how I need to be "saved" (give me a break!) ... but that would be quite rude, wouldn't it?  At least Mormons do not get plastered and show up at church the next morning.  Alcohol consumption is frowned upon and against our beliefs anyway, so it wouldn't happen.  And a Mormon will not say you're going to hell or that you need to be "saved" from hell.  Our beliefs make such conclusions improbable if a certain path is followed.  If what I said is rude or out of line, then the feeling has been reversed. 

Moderator hat is on,
 
Roxie...actually several religions, and non religious door knockers were mentioned in this thread. I am sorry if anything I personally typed offended you. Mormons do come to my door...for whatever reason...and I choose not to speak with them. That is my choice. I choose to feel that the particular habit of knocking on doors puts them at risk (like any door to door salesman or woman) and often causes people varying levels of distress. That is my opinion.
 
If something humorous comes of interactions with someone at your front door and you want to post about it..that is also a choice one can make. In this thread many such incidents were posted and some if them were perhaps insensitive and I respect your right to call us on it.
 
I cannot speak for everyone who put into this thread...but religion gets talked about here...for some their own religion is not devoid of humor or humorous incidents...some do not take it as seriously as others...and some like myself...do not practice any religion at all. It is important that people like yourself speak up and let us know when things are said that are hurtful...but short of banning ALL religous discussions...I fail to see how to prevent it in future. As you said yourself...if this had been any other religion you would not have even had issue with it...so again...difficult to regulate...
 
As for what you could  say...you have said it...and as you pointed out, you yourself have met rudeness with rudeness...that was also..your choice to make.
 
I will be watching this thread....please cease rude comments from here on out, everyone...and if necessary I will close it.