Am I the only one who hates christmas carolers

james142

I cant stand them. There's a group of them outside my house right now who wont leave even after me slamming the door in their fecking faces.

Anyone else hate them?

kerry4sam

james142 wrote: »

I cant stand them. There's a group of them outside my house right now who wont leave even after me slamming the door in their fecking faces.

Anyone else hate them?

Would it have taken much for you to listen to just one of their songs & say Thanks! and maybe give them a few bob* (*optional).

I like Carolers. Always so Cheery & Happy for those minutes of singing

happyoutscan

Don't have a problem with Carolers, more of a problem with the whole Christmas thing.

Merkin

I love Christmas carols and I think it's a great thing to do for charity in the lead up to Christmas. Going around door to door singing? Glorified begging, pretty much on a par with trick or treating...

GEasy

james142 wrote: »

I cant stand them. There's a group of them outside my house right now who wont leave even after me slamming the door in their fecking faces.

Anyone else hate them?

Issues?

Hande hoche!

I want to smash my fist repeatedly into the head of that smug ginger lad from the meteor ad a few years back*.





*Vaguely related.

Shryke

Merkin wrote: »

I love Christmas carols and I think it's a great thing to do for charity in the lead up to Christmas. Going around door to door singing? Glorified begging, pretty much on a par with trick or treating...

The typical community spirit to be found in Ireland. :rolleyes:

I'm currently in the shticks. The main worry would be burglaries this time of year. There was an absolute spree in these parts last year.

coffeepls

james142 wrote: »

I cant stand them. There's a group of them outside my house right now who wont leave even after me slamming the door in their fecking faces.

Anyone else hate them?

sooo funny! Bah humbug is alive and kicking :D

Poor oul carol singers. Let them be!!

girl in the striped socks

I don't agree with people going door to door but I do like when they gather outside a shopping centre or on the street. At least that way you can donate if you wish & you don't get bothered in your own home.
Makes me feel kinda Christmassy

ejmaztec

james142 wrote: »

I cant stand them. There's a group of them outside my house right now who wont leave even after me slamming the door in their fecking faces.

Anyone else hate them?

You're only pissed off cos you don't know the words.

TeddyTedson

Carol singers are a right pain in the arse, well the ones that show up at your door and sing some ****e song and expect you to stand there looking at them and act like you're enjoying it. Then they want money. Piss off.

The ones in town now, no problems with them.

Rasmus

james142 wrote: »

I cant stand them. There's a group of them outside my house right now who wont leave even after me slamming the door in their fecking faces.

Anyone else hate them?

No. Bet you're a barrel of laughs.

Eathrin

Guilt if you close the door on them
Guilt if you don't pay.
So yes, I hate the calling door to door.

Rovi

As suggested elsewhere on the similar issue of troublesome trick-or-treaters (Viz comic perhaps, or possibly even here on Boards.ie somewhere):
Board up your windows and spray-paint the word "PEDO" on the front door.

james142

Rasmus wrote: »

No. Bet you're a barrel of laughs.

Yes because me not liking people making me get up outta my nice warm chair only to stand in the freezing cold just to listen to them sing poorly to the same songs then to find my house has dropped 10 degrees from keeping the door open makes me a dull dull person :cool:

upstairs for coffee

I don't mind carolers, but then again we never get any!

My main gripe is when you walk past a charity collector or stand and they throw out the line "it's christmas" before shaking their bucket at me. I don't care what time of year it is, you ain't getting any of my money with that attitude.

o1s1n

I don't answer my door if I'm not expecting someone. Great way of avoiding carollers, tv license inspectors, religious nuts, beggars and a whole load of other people I don't want to have to deal with.

Shryke

o1s1n wrote: »

I don't answer my door if I'm not expecting someone. Great way of avoiding carollers, tv license inspectors, religious nuts, beggars and a whole load of other people I don't want to have to deal with.

Your front door sounds like a circus.

Rasmus

o1s1n wrote: »

I don't answer my door if I'm not expecting someone. Great way of avoiding carollers, tv license inspectors, religious nuts, beggars and a whole load of other people I don't want to have to deal with.

What if it's the postman with a package for you? Or a neighbour to tell you your car is being broken into?

123 LC

must be more of a city thing, i live in the countryside and carolers never come here....i actually thought that only happened in movies.....god i've never felt like more of a culchie :L

Herb Powell

Am I the only one who has never seen Christmas carolers?

EDIT; Ah, I see I'm not

Rasmus

123 LC wrote: »

must be more of a city thing, i live in the countryside and carolers never come here....i actually thought that only happened in movies.....god i've never felt like more of a culchie :L

I think it might be. I haven't had any this year but it is only my first Xmas living in the country! You get them in Dublin a fair bit. Makes them sound like vermin...

The Big Red Button

People actually do this? Feckin hell. Another reason I wouldn't answer my door without knowing who's there!

Rasmus wrote: »

What if it's the postman with a package for you? Or a neighbour to tell you your car is being broken into?

That's what the peephole/windows are for!

frozenfrozen

invite them to sing in your sex dungeon

o1s1n

Rasmus wrote: »

What if it's the postman with a package for you? Or a neighbour to tell you your car is being broken into?

What postman delivers in the evenings? I work during the day.

I'm pretty sure if my neighbour walked in my gate, passed the car in my diveway being broken into, I'd hear something was going on outside with all the commotion.

And you know what? I'll gladly take that chance if it means I don't have to open the door to see someone standing there looking for money.

Where To

I'd rather list3n to carolers than drunken ******** murdering Christmas songs for the next ******* month.

Love2love

I find the whole thing horrifically awkward and embarrassing to be honest. What are you suppose to do..... just look at them? Join in? Dance?

And then you have to pay them for the pleasure! And I'm not sure about all of them but the only ones I've seen are definately not doing it for charity...

LordSutch

james142 wrote: »

I cant stand them. There's a group of them outside my house right now who wont leave even after me slamming the door in their fecking faces.

Anyone else hate them?

http://trishborgdorff.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/scrooge.jpg

keano_afc

I'll be out singing with other members of my church next week. We dont do it for money, purely spreading some Christmas cheer. We'll be sure to avoid you.

keelanj69

They are really annoying. If i can avoid them in town then work away bit please not at my door. Not as bad as the tinkers that follow the wren on stephans day. Just knock on the door and expect money.

tomboylady

I can't believe people actually do this! I've never experienced this, or even seen them at anyone else's door. Although, if they came to my door I'd probably want to join the group! I am strange.

Gran Hermano

/ checks CCTV. Ignores carolers and continues as was.

DonkeyStyle \o/

Love2love wrote: »

I find the whole thing horrifically awkward and embarrassing to be honest. What are you suppose to do..... just look at them? Join in? Dance?

lol, I have no idea... pull up a chair and sit there smiling in quiet reflection?

It's across between having Happy Birthday sung at me and a bum washing my windshield with a oul filthy rag.

OneArt

I don't like them. It's not because of a Scrooge thing, I just feel really embarrassed standing there with people singing at me. It's just cringeworthy.

On a slightly related note: Was hanging out in Cologne one day and this middle aged woman comes up to us. She just stands there and starts singing in Italian for about five minutes. The three of us were mortified. Then she asked for money. Seriously? You come up and embarrass us and then ask for cash?

I don't like services being hoisted upon me and then payment expected.

Hurricane Carter

Anyone calling to my house (where I just want to be left alone - not much ask in one's own home is it?) looking for money can just fcuk right off.

I don't care what cause it's for.

I'll give when I'm out on the street or via the internet when I'm feeling charitable - which is very often it must be said.

Vicar in a tutu

I dont mind kids doing it, its kinda cute... but 40 odd year old men and women are just creepy

Optimalprimerib

Hande hoche! wrote: »

I want to smash my fist repeatedly into the head of that smug ginger lad from the meteor ad a few years back*.





[SIZE="1"]*Vaguely related.[/SIZE]

You can't do that, I'll give you a crowbar, it will do more damage and you won't hurt your fist

OneArt

OneArt wrote: »

I don't like services being hoisted upon me and then payment expected.

Well let's not rule out all services just yet.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I won't tolerate it at any price. I find it invasive and disturbing, I would never use physical force but have often spoken course language to them. Christmas is an awful time of year for many families, some of us would just like to go to sleep and wake up in January.