Cheeky F****r

bolliwoodi

Ok this evening (7/7.30ish) i was at home- boyfriend was at the cinema/ housemates were out and i had my 6 month old niece with me-I was taking care of her for the evening to give my sister a much deserved meal out with her partner.

Got the baby to sleep and popped into the loo- and someone rang the doorbell. Not being gross but i was on the loo at this stage so i though"they can wait a minute. Bell rang again- then again(each like a second after each other) so headed down the stairs and then the person banged hard on the door then pressed the bell and held on to it.

At this stage the baby was woken up and started SCREAMING so i ran up to calm her down(Loud bell must have frightned her its one of those really loud ones that u can hear through the whole house.) Meanwhile the bell was dinging away- so i went downstairs with a screaming baby in my arms and answered the door. There was a foreign guy outside finger STILL on the bell with a big smirk on his face.

This was the conversation(now remember i was VERY pissed off at this stage)

Him- "Oh hello i am selling these paintings...

Me "WHAT?

Him " i am selling these paintings..."

Me- "ITS GONE 7 O CLOCK IN THE EVENING HOW DARE U CALL AT THIS HOUR"

hIM "Im sorry but i am selling.......

Me- NO IM NOT INTERESTED- DO YOU NOT SEE IVE A SCREAMING BABY IN MY ARMS- AND YOU WOKR HER UP- ARE YOU GOING TO PUT HER BACK TO SLEEP FOR ME?

Him-"Im sorry i didnt know...."

Me" YOU DIDNT KNOW WHAT-THAT AT THIS HOUR NORMAL PEOPLE ARE HAVING THEIR DINNER AND GETTING THEIR KIDS OFF TO SLEEP AND U COME ALONG AND HOLD ON TO BELLS TILL THEY ANSWER THE DOOR AND WAKE UP THEIR KIDS(all in one breath)

Him- "I will go

Me" ya u will and next time u call here ill punch you"

and i slammed the door(I know it was a bit mean but i was furious hed held on to the bell for so long out of pure ignorance.

About a half an hour later i started to feel a bit guilty

About 9 my housemates came back from town- I was upstairs changing the baby as my sister was due to pick her up.All of a sudden i heard yelling and banging. I went downstairs(baby in arms) and there was what looked like a fight outside the garden.

That guy i had ran from the door earlier was in our garden and my housemate had seen him hop over the gate and try to make off with our lawn mower(a lawn mower of all things?)

Called the cops on the cheeky ****er- So much for feeling guilty about yelling at him. Cheeky bastard!

Binomate

First.


P.s. my eyes are burning.

Silverfish

It Burns My Eyes Aaaaaaa Ze Goggles Zey Do Nothing!!!

bolliwoodi

sorry

brianthebard

Mine anger cannot be protrayed adequately through mere text, I must have coloured font!!!! (Said in a caps lock voice).

bolliwoodi

now colour gone

Dord

:cool: need the sunglasses for this one...

PCros

You should have hit the bloke. Alot of them foreigners dont respect our culture at all by ringing the doorbell 100 times thinking its OK. He was probably scoping out the place to see what he could rob.

If that was me he would've been lying on the ground the time the bell was rung 3 times!

Lorax

Hey come on now guys, the red font is gone. And seriously something needs to be done about these romanian paint-selling lawnmower-stealers, taking over the country so they are :eek:

bolliwoodi

Lorax wrote:

romanian paint-selling lawnmower-stealers

ROFL

Binomate

bolliwoodi wrote:

now colour gone

Don't worry, I got screen shots.

Shame!

bolliwoodi

Binomate wrote:

Don't worry, I got screen shots.

Shame!

Ah lads come on be nice:( just wanted to make my post less boring(cos it was so long) *sobs*

Miguel_Sanchez

I remember a time when honest Irish lads were able to make their way in the world selling paintings and stealing lawnmowers. Now the foreigners have it all tied up. It's a fuggin' disgrace is what it is!

bolliwoodi

Binomate wrote:

It's just for those who want it in red.

ok ok:rolleyes:

Binomate

bolliwoodi wrote:

Ah lads come on be nice:( just wanted to make my post less boring(cos it was so long) *sobs*

It's just for those who want it in red.

brianthebard

bolliwoodi wrote:

Ah lads come on be nice:( just wanted to make my post less boring(cos it was so long) *sobs*

*HUGZ* there there.

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

from OP "Its gone 7 o'cock, how dare you call me at this time of night"

hmmm ... is 7pm late to be calling at people's doors these days?

PCros

Jeff_Lebowski wrote:

I remember a time when honest Irish lads were able to make their way in the world selling paintings and stealing lawnmowers. Now the foreigners have it all tied up. It's a fuggin' disgrace is what it is!

I love that argument. Never backed up though

bolliwoodi

Roundtower2 wrote:

from OP "Its gone 7 o'cock, how dare you call me at this time of night"

hmmm ... is 7pm late to be calling at people's doors these days?

ya actually unless your family or friend i think its plain rude to call to someones house after 6 o clock- people are having their dinner and watching their programmes- putting their kids to bed.They just want to relax after working all day. Thats just how i feel about it:o

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

PCros wrote:

You should have hit the bloke. Alot of them foreigners dont respect our culture

I think Stormfront might have a vacancy for you ...

/also fair play on showing up 'them foreigners' with your superior grasp of written English

Binomate

Judging from the reaction you gave him, you sound like a bit of a cat lady. The poor fella was just trying to sell his paintings.

FX Meister

7 O'Clock and someone called at your door, jesus christ. 6.30 is tearing the arse out it for me, if it was 7 I would give them a hammer to the face. You didn't buy his paintings, it's YOUR fault he needed to steal the lawnmower.
Do you have proof that this even happened?

PCros

Roundtower2 wrote:

I think Stormfront might have a vacancy for you ...

/also fair play on showing up 'them foreigners' with your superior grasp of written English

What are you on about....has TCD sucked up all the sarcasm left in you?:(

bolliwoodi

Binomate wrote:

Judging from the reaction you gave him, you sound like a bit of a cat lady. The poor fella was just trying to sell his paintings.

yes but holding on to the bells theres no need for that has he no cop on

cast_iron

7 o clock in the evening is by no means late.

Binomate

bolliwoodi wrote:

yes but holding on to the bells theres no need for that has he no cop on

The poor lad was probably starving, because he can't sell his paintings because people get angry at him for ringing their doorbells past mid day.

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

PCros wrote:

What are you on about....has TCD sucked up all the sarcasm left in you?:(

if it was meant to be sarcastic, then my apologies. Sometimes it's hard to know on After Hours these days!

PCros

Roundtower2 wrote:

if it was meant to be sarcastic, then my apologies. Sometimes it's hard to know on After Hours these days!

Agreed! I was trying to put a hillbilly twang on it...thats all:)

FX Meister

PCros wrote:

You should have hit the bloke. Alot of them foreigners dont respect our culture at all by ringing the doorbell 100 times thinking its OK.
He was probably scoping out the place to see what he could rob.
If that was me he would've been lying on the ground the time the bell was rung 3 times!

When did our culture become punching people who call to your door?
He didn't ring the bell 100 times, or three times. He rand just once, he just didn't stop.

mikemac

There's a thread somewhere, possibly consumer issues, which states this "paintings" are prints mass produced in China.
Did this lad realy do the paintings himself? Sounds like a scam.

God help the canvassers who call to your door in the next few days OP

Lorax

bolliwoodi are you sure he wasnt just being nice and offering to mow your lawns to make up for waking the niece? Why does everyone think the worst! *Shock*

bolliwoodi

Binomate wrote:

The poor lad was probably starving, because he can't sell his paintings because people get angry at him for ringing their doorbells past mid day.

not bein horrible to the guy but i dont care how **** ur life is you dont go holding on to peoples bells out of spite- and it was out of spite due to the smug grin on his face

arent i paintin myself out to be SO nice:D

Binomate

bolliwoodi wrote:

not bein horrible to the guy but i dont care how **** ur life is you dont go holding on to peoples bells out of spite- and it was out of spite due to the smug grin on his face

arent i paintin myself out to be SO nice:D

Maybe it was out of love and you were some how confused.

PCros

Lorax wrote:

bolliwoodi are you sure he wasnt just being nice and offering to mow your lawns to make up for waking the niece? Why does everyone think the worst! *Shock*

LOL. And mow the neighbours lawn, and the house next to that and the boot of his car!!:D

bolliwoodi

FX Meister wrote:

Do you have proof that this even happened?

huh?

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

PCros wrote:

Agreed! I was trying to put a hillbilly twang on it...thats all:)

No-one does it like the Simpsons:

Mr. Burns: This anonymous clan of slack-jawed troglodytes has cost me the election, and yet if I were to have them killed, I would be the one to go to jail. That's democracy for you.

Smithers: You are noble and poetic in defeat, sir.

Jesus Wept

bolliwoodi wrote:

ya actually unless your family or friend i think its plain rude to call to someones house after 6 o clock- people are having their dinner and watching their programmes- putting their kids to bed.They just want to relax after working all day. Thats just how i feel about it:o

put a sign outside the door..

I'm not saying you should have too, just do it anyhow.

I'm not arsed with anyone/sales person coming to my door, I don't think I've ever thought 'wow, I'm glad they called!'.

Karl Hungus

Hmm... Let me get this straight, some guy started ringing the doorbell constantly, woke up a baby, banged on the door a lot, all in aid of asking someone to buy his paintings. Then, when he didn't get what he wanted, went to steal their lawn mower, and started a fight with someone else who lived there?

Got that right?

Then, the person this happened to, starts a thread on boards about it, obviously frustrated, and gets hassled for it?

Gotta love the priorities people on boards have sometimes... Fighting, stealing, harrassing people, that's all fine. Just don't come on boards and vent about it happening to you! No sir, we don't tolerate that around here.

Royale with Cheese

These people are always calling to the door.

I let the bell ring and didn't bother answering it the other day, trying to avoid election crap you see, but it rang again so I figured it was actually somebody who knew us.

It wasn't, it was another crappy foreign art students selling their crappy paintings. Before he said a word I told him I wasn't going to buy anything and just said bye. It what I always do. I'm not going to buy one no matter what he says so why waste both of our time.

He didn't however steal my lawnmower.

PCros

Roundtower2 wrote:

No-one does it like the Simpsons:

Mr. Burns: This anonymous clan of slack-jawed troglodytes has cost me the election, and yet if I were to have them killed, I would be the one to go to jail. That's democracy for you.

Smithers: You are noble and poetic in defeat, sir.

LOL good quote! We'll have to blame it on the Greeks! hehe:D

Jesus Wept

Royale with Cheese wrote:

He didn't however steal my lawnmower.

Is it dated and unappealing?

Feral Mutant

Karl Hungus wrote:

Hmm... Let me get this straight, some guy started ringing the doorbell constantly, woke up a baby, banged on the door a lot, all in aid of asking someone to buy his paintings. Then, when he didn't get what he wanted, went to steal their lawn mower, and started a fight with someone else who lived there?

Got that right?

Then, the person this happened to, starts a thread on boards about it, obviously frustrated, and gets hassled for it?

Gotta love the priorities people on boards have sometimes... Fighting, stealing, harrassing people, that's all fine. Just don't come on boards and vent about it happening to you! No sir, we don't tolerate that around here.

Relax, I may just be young and naive but I doubt anyone criticising the OP was being serious.

Royale with Cheese wrote:

These people are always calling to the door.

I let the bell ring and didn't bother answering it the other day, trying to avoid election crap you see, but it rang again so I figured it was actually somebody who knew us.

It wasn't, it was another crappy foreign art students selling their crappy paintings. Before he said a word I told him I wasn't going to buy anything and just said bye. It what I always do. I'm not going to buy one no matter what he says so why waste both of our time.

You should get a bunch of old paintings and keep them just inside your door. Then the next time someone comes round trying to sell you something, jump the gun and try and sell them your artwork. Should be interesting.:D

Lillyella

Something similar happened me the other day, the guy kept his finger on the bell, and not knowing who it was, I frantically cleaned up my kitchen, which resembled a crack house.

Turned out to be some Romanian, who shoved a badly photocopied sponsorship sheet in my face. It was stamped by the Irish Wheelchair Assoc. I told him to hop it, but he actually put his foot in the door to stop me from closing it.

God rid of him eventually (the stare of death) and rang the IWA, the said they are getting calls all over the shop about it. Total scammers.

He had loads of sponsorships on the card too - scumbag.

bolliwoodi

Karl Hungus wrote:

Then, the person this happened to, starts a thread on boards about it, obviously frustrated, and gets hassled for it?

im being hassled?

everyones entitled to their opnions i dont mind

some people think i was right
some people think i was wrong
others think i was an ignorant cow

but seriously in that situation you would get fairly angry

Call Me Jimmy

Feral Mutant wrote:

Relax, I may just be young and naive but I doubt anyone criticising the OP was being serious.
You should get a bunch of old paintings and keep them just inside your door. Then the next time someone comes round trying to sell you something, jump the gun and try and sell them your artwork. Should be interesting.:D

Not bad at all, massive props.

Royale with Cheese

The-Rigger wrote:

Is it dated and unappealing?

Yeah it's not worth much. In fact I think it's a push mower. There's the solution to your problem op. Get a push mower and your problems will all be solved.

Jesus Wept

Lillyella wrote:

Something similar happened me the other day, the guy kept his finger on the bell,

Actually, this is a fair point.

Anyone who double rings a doorbell/double or more/keeps finger on doorbell, unless they are on fire, or a friend of yours, who happens to be on fire, they deserve to be [SIZE=+2][SIZE=+1]bludgeoned.[/SIZE][/SIZE]

Lorax

Anyone who puts a foot in my door gets a foot to the head..

Karl Hungus

bolliwoodi wrote:

but seriously in that situation you would get fairly angry

Oh, I've been in that situation many a times, and let a roar at people for far, far less.

DemonOfTheFall

If he had the foot in my door stopping me closing it I'd be going under the stairs for the hefty set of socket wrenches to see if he still wanted the door kept open any longer... That's just not on!

It's just like all the feckers going around with those fake clothes collection bags, pretending to be real charities.

Jesus Wept

DemonOfTheFall wrote:

It's just like all the feckers going around with those fake clothes collection bags, pretending to be real charities.

Is that happening?

I must get about 2 or 3 of those in the mailbox a week.... some are bogus?