Answering the front door

_Kaiser_

Don't answer the door unless I'm expecting someone/something.

Just like anything unknown numbers on the phone, nothing good ever comes of it. It's either someone wanting to sell you something or otherwise take money off you.

seamus

If you have a weapon ready at the door, then you need to go get some counselling. Bloody hell.

Minnie Snuggles

Feisar wrote: »

Don't expect Fido to bust out cans of whoop ass, most dogs won't/don't unless trained.

We got boxer no 1 as a pet, turned out she has a guard-dog temperament, and is extremely protective. We did not train her as a guard dog. 5 houses in our area were broken into around this time last year, my neighbours commented that there was no fear that anyone would try our house (at the time we had two dogs with the same guard-dog temperament).

EPAndlee

I never answer the front door because I only use the back door. If someone knocks on the front door I know it's someone I don't know

alchemist33

I can't imagine hiding my house while someone is out there ringing the doorbell. If they're trying to sell me something I won't know they've moved along when the ringing stops. If they're a bad guy, they're now round the back looking for a way in. Better to know who it is than being left wondering about it.

sjb25

EPAndlee wrote: »

I only use the back door

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sjb25

Iv lived in the countryall my life except for one year I lived in an estate in town and I gave up answering the door when I did sales people are a pain in the tits then the jehovahs and other religious and the worst the charity people......

Anyway living in the countryside again now very rarely anybody would call to the door so I always answer

dr.fuzzenstein

Maybe it depends on the neighborhood. Mostly it's a delivery service with stuff for me, sometimes neighbors saying hi, do I want to come over, or maybe offering stuff they don't need, sometimes tenants with a question or people looking for tenants, people looking for an address, never any salespeople or Jehovah's for some reason.
It's a small village, so there isn't massive reason to be cautious.

Only once did some dodgy guys call, my father (who suffered from dementia at the time), opened the door and they literally took €100 from him after getting him to hand over his wallet under some iffy pretense.
My mother called a neighbor, who went after them and guided the police who got them. My dad got his money back.
Would mom not answer the door afterwards? Course she answered the door, could be a friend or neighbor.

If one day I tape over all the windows in my house, wear nothing but a dressing gown not fastened at the front, army boots not laced up, fingerless mittens, cease washing and shaving and I collect my urine in jars, then I might possibly not answer my front door.

Wouldn't answer the door unless I'm expecting someone.

Wouldn't answer phone to an unknown number.

Wouldn't answer phone to an unrecognisable number. Would Google it first to see what it is.

It's only ever sales people or somebody looking for me to do something that I don't want to do.

doolox

Dogs are very handy to have in a semi-d in greater Dubland...... also noisy dogs like Border Terriers and Jack Russels etc.....

Answering the door is fierce easy two doors up from a member of AGS and a door down from a well built block layer and across the road from a member of our much vaunted Army, I think he's a sergeant.

I am a singer by profession with a very LOUD voice.....

I have had to sort out scumbags twice on the streets trying to bully people into handing over their hard earned cash. I would approach them very loudly and aggressively but inside I would be petrified of what may happen if they called my bluff. Usually, so far , some security staff would arrive in time to sort things out before I was killed......but I can't help myself, I hate robbers and bullies.

I am lucky that at the moment I am big enough and young enough to ward off most bullies and robbers but have been caught twice by sneak thieves, the **uckers, rhymes with suckers......

My wife hates this behaviour because some people might be armed with knives and may want to end my existence prematurely in this frame of life.

I think she is right.

Be careful out there.

Fordcspri23

Always answer the door with an erection and full bladder.

DopeTech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkUNokNnD38

Mongfinder General

seamus wrote: »

If you have a weapon ready at the door, then you need to go get some counselling. Bloody hell.

That's a great idea. Get the **** away from my door unless you've told me that you're coming over. Post man excluded.

OldMrBrennan83

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You need more friends.

Friends have my phone number. The neighbours, Jehova, and Energia certainly don't

Thestones

Only in the daytime and even then I usually look out to see who it is first. My husband travels for work a lot and I'm not going to risk myself or my kids to answer the door to some randomer, there are plenty of stories of people forcing their way in or pretending to be a gard etc, if someone needs me they ring or arrange in advance.

RhubarbCrumble

Nope. I only answer it if I know someone is calling or if I see a delivery van parked outside. Apart from that, any other time there's a knock on the door it's either someone trying to sell me something or a child looking for 'sponsorship'. Either way whoever is knocking wants my money.

Zorya

seamus wrote: »

If you have a weapon ready at the door, then you need to go get some counselling. Bloody hell.

That's not true. If one lives in a very rural area and is female and alone, having a stout stick by the door is quite common from what I have heard talking to women and I would say reasonable. A friend of mine in a similar position was plagued for a time by men calling to the door after the pub. I always answer the door, which I think might sometimes be foolish. But I like to have something to fall back on, after dark, when I do not know who the person is, even if it would be useless. Gives me a bit of confidence. I also walk with a stick because to be honest one meets cows on the road reasonably often, sometimes a bull, and why be completely defenseless in any situation?

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dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

If one day I tape over all the windows in my house, wear nothing but a dressing gown not fastened at the front, army boots not laced up, fingerless mittens, cease washing and shaving and I collect my urine in jars, then I might possibly not answer my front door.

Oddly specific.

Garibaldi?

If you answered the door to some randomer. especially if you were alone, and that person injured or even killed you you can bet your sweet life that in the midst of the sympathy there would be comments on your foolishness and naivety!

cloudy90210

an Australian knocked on my door at 5:30pm last week after coming home from work. he was trying to get money for a hospital charity. I chatted to him for a couple of minutes cos he was hot and I was imagining kinky stuff with him but as soon as he asked for direct debit details, my erection disappeared and I told him I had to go.

I hate answering the door as it's never ever for me. I've stopped doing it recently apart from the example above.

Deebles McBeebles

Used to answer the door all the time but then I got lazy and annoyed. Annoyed because it was usually some sales-twat offering me something I can do myself online.

If someone I want to answer the door to is calling to my house, I will have prior knowledge. Otherwise, I have a hammer.

peema

Folks, ten pages in and nobody's done "Yes... I think perhaps you better both come inside." RHPS reference? I'm disappointed, kids today...

incentsitive

I always open the door hoping it'll be John and Mary with some Easter Eggs or Fr. Damo Lennon looking for a kickaround.

nthclare

incentsitive wrote: »

I always open the door hoping it'll be John and Mary with some Easter Eggs or Fr. Damo Lennon looking for a kickaround.

Ironically Fr Ted's house is only over the valley from my house.....

Mines the one with drum and bass pumping 247

Mongfinder General

cloudy90210 wrote: »

an Australian knocked on my door at 5:30pm last week after coming home from work. he was trying to get money for a hospital charity. I chatted to him for a couple of minutes cos he was hot and I was imagining kinky stuff with him but as soon as he asked for direct debit details, my erection disappeared and I told him I had to go.

I hate answering the door as it's never ever for me. I've stopped doing it recently apart from the example above.

So you opened the door because you basically wanted to bum some randomer. Ffs, you'll end being skinned and buggered alive in your own home if you keep that up.

Peter Denham

Reminds of a time when I first moved to Dublin for college. I was in my apartment and heard a knock at the door and answered it.

There was a skinny guy with greasy hair sweating profusely and staring at his feet. Straight away without saying hello he just blurted "Did ya see the match last night?" and kept staring at his feet (I was already looking around for a potential weapon incase things went south). Before I could answer he said "it was a shocking display, are you happy with your electricity provider?" Then dropped a pamphlet on the ground and hurried off. Wonder how long he lasted in that job?