Door to door chugger? Sweet baby jesus

TheUsual · 27-05-2013 09:23PM

What patgmail said above.

Only time I bought something from cold callers was an Irish writer selling his book door to try and make some money to eat/write his next book.
Bought the book cos I liked his attitude. Crap book but that's not the point.

silverharp · 27-05-2013 09:24PM

the usual prattle is to get you to say a bunch of yeses so that its harder to say no at the end. Last guy at the door started off with "do you like dogs?" me: "no"..... cue crickets

Sin City · 27-05-2013 09:30PM

silverharp wrote: »

the usual prattle is to get you to say a bunch of yeses so that its harder to say no at the end. Last guy at the door started off with "do you like dogs?" me: "no"..... cue crickets

"Do you like dogs?"
"I like them medium rare" tends to get rid of them quick enough

Mr_Spaceman · 27-05-2013 10:17PM

An unexpected knock on the door is seldom good news.

Koptain Liverpool · 27-05-2013 10:58PM

angerfist2009 wrote: »

I know what i would of told u if u said that to me and i was just doing my job ffs.

If i dont wanna talk to people i dont open the fecking door its simple really.

Have more respect idiot.

Super-Rush · 27-05-2013 10:59PM

I had a couple of lads call here a few weeks ago trying to sell me Eircom phone watch.

I politely told them that i simply couldn't afford it and he would only be wasting his time trying to sell it to me.

Then one of them asks did i not value the safety of my family, so i told him to get off my property and not to come back.

hatrickpatrick · 27-05-2013 10:59PM

I'm curious, has anyone ever written to a TD or counsellor about this? Because it's honestly getting to the stage where I feel it might be time for steps to be taken. This situation is getting a bit out of hand and just as with beggars, no one wants to be heckled every time they leave their house (or indeed, every time they get a knock at the front door!)

Notorious97 · 27-05-2013 11:06PM

If i want to avail of services like eircom phone watch or airtricity for example, i will pick up my phone and contact them. I dont appreciate people calling to my door when they clearly never take no for an answer.

Yes i am aware i dont need to answer, sometimes i have done unexpectedly, expecting someone else, or going from car to house, cue panic run to unlock porch and lock it again while running in pulling curtains closed!

Bebo stunnah · 27-05-2013 11:15PM

TheUsual wrote: »

Only time I bought something from cold callers was an Irish writer selling his book door to try and make some money to eat/write his next book.

I'd happily throw anyone that called to my door a few bob if they tried to eat a book. I even have a selection for them to chose from if they hadn't their own.

TheUsual · 27-05-2013 11:21PM

Bebo stunnah wrote: »

I'd happily throw anyone that called to my door a few bob if they tried to eat a book. I even have a selection for them to chose from if they hadn't their own.

I wish he had eaten the book.
Video on YouTube and I would make millions.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 27-05-2013 11:24PM

angerfist2009 wrote: »

I know what i would of told u if u said that to me and i was just doing my job ffs.

If i dont wanna talk to people i dont open the fecking door its simple really.

It's not your "job" to enter onto somebody's property to extort money from them. Once you are told no, the permission to be on the property is removed and you are then trespassing.

EoghanIRL · 27-05-2013 11:28PM

*opens door*
Jehovah's Witness
*closes door*

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 27-05-2013 11:32PM

EoghanIRL wrote: »

*opens door*
Jehovah's Witness
*closes door*

I once invited the JW that called to our house inside because it was raining and my brother came home, he wouldn't be a known giver of fcuks to be honest, and said "who let those cnuts inside?" While standing looking directly at her.

The poor woman was in such a hurry running out she left her bag behind and after calling religiously every fortnight for the past 8 or so years, she hasn't been seen about the place since

alph · 27-05-2013 11:40PM

A chugger came into the pub last Saturday in a tracksuit with no ID and approached about 10 people to donate to a drug rehabilitation scheme or something.

He was told to fk off fairly quickly by staff though.

Not even safe from them in the pub now.

Mr_Spaceman · 27-05-2013 11:46PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I once invited the JW that called to our house inside because it was raining and my brother came home, he wouldn't be a known giver of fcuks to be honest, and said "who let those cnuts inside?" While standing looking directly at her.

I laughed... brilliant!

I like the cut of your bros' jib... that'll learn them! :pac:

FizzleSticks · 28-05-2013 12:02AM

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giant_midget · 28-05-2013 09:42AM

keith16 wrote: »

I just ate an entire €2 bag of chilli nuts.

The ones from Spar by any chance? I love those!

Oranage2 · 28-05-2013 10:16AM

Ah I remember around the time the arse fell out of the Celtic tiger and I desperately needed money for college so I got a job as an on the street chugger, all fake smiles and faking to care about poor people standing on the street 10-6 getting abuse spat at and fighting off junkies, knowing if you didn't get any sign ups you could be out of a job a week later.

Crazy times, tough tough job but I still reckon its better than the dole.

Mr Freeze · 28-05-2013 10:51AM

Definitely not a new thing.

Its rampant in my area.

JWs aren't the worst, they normally just give a flyer and go.

The electricity and broadband ones aren't too bad, they are easily dispatched, but the charities wanting your direct debit details are hard deal with.

World Vision & World Wildlife Fund are extremely pushy, and I ended up signing up for World Vision, she guilt tripped me so bad, and no she wasn't good looking.

I signed up, cancelled it after a few months, got loads of letter from them, and a while later they were back at my door again. Different person though.

I said, ye were here a few months ago, his response "well we got such a good reaction, we came back", I said sound, sure I signed up last time, so he left.

Such a good reaction my ass, if they did, they would have no reason to be back calling to the same houses, either that or he knew I cancelled the DD.

Anyways, I tell people I know, if they are visiting, to knock, then just come in and let a shout, I am suspicious of anyone who rings the bell now.

The Cool · 28-05-2013 11:21AM

Been getting loads of these in my estate as well. I generally never answer the door any more if I can get away with it, as I live too far from my friends for them to call over unannounced. My OH is a lot more soft about it and usually answers the door, and then feels bad about saying no if it's a charity or something. I hate chugging in all its forms - people from Barnardos who knock and go straight into a speil about the charity so that you're standing there for a good 5 minutes before you get a word in edgeways to say no, bucket collections for rehabilitation centres, people who want to talk about God. Ours is an estate with lots of families and if there's a school fundraiser going on I'll have a load of teenagers coming with sponsorship forms. One will come on a Monday night with the sponsorship form and you feel you have to put something decent on it when everyone else on the card has written €5, and then on Tuesday night there'll be another one looking for money as well. I wouldn't be stingey about giving something towards a local charity but when there's three people knocking in one week it's a bit much!

Baneblade · 28-05-2013 11:23AM

alph wrote: »

A chugger came into the pub last Saturday in a tracksuit with no ID and approached about 10 people to donate to a drug rehabilitation scheme or something.

He was told to fk off fairly quickly by staff though.

Not even safe from them in the pub now.

less of a chugger more of a begger/chancer.

happened once in a pub i was in too. mr. tracksuit came in stood beside a fire door and started to give a speech. barman strolls over and in one swift movement opens the fire door and pushed mr. tracksuit out. best live entertainment i seen in awhile

Duck Soup · 28-05-2013 03:10PM

My response to the door-to-door artists is kinda rote at this stage (much like their sales patter).

"Sounds interesting. I wouldn't make a judgement or decision based on a single short conversation. Do you have a flyer I can read?"

"No we don't but..."

"How about a website address I can go to?"

"Well, we have a website but this offer..."

"I'm not going to sign up to an offer without knowing details, prices, changes in prices, terms and conditions..."

"Unfortunately, I can only offer you this amazing deal if you sign up now."

"Unfortunately, I'm too long in the tooth to buy something semi-blind. I'll look at your website. If what you offer seems good, I'll switch or subscribe. If not, well..."

End of conversation. Never sign up to anything on a doorstep call.

Aglomerado · 28-05-2013 03:26PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I once invited the JW that called to our house inside because it was raining and my brother came home, he wouldn't be a known giver of fcuks to be honest, and said "who let those cnuts inside?" While standing looking directly at her.

The poor woman was in such a hurry running out she left her bag behind and after calling religiously every fortnight for the past 8 or so years, she hasn't been seen about the place since

I did this to my brother's "financial advisor" when we both lived at home. He was one of these "accountants" who call from house to house in a 4x4 (yeah, classy :rolleyes:) trying to sell tracker bonds. I walked past them in the hall saying loudly "oh shylock the scam artist is here again, is he?" My brother was not impressed at my behaviour despite being out a few hundred quid. :P

mconigol · 28-05-2013 03:43PM

keith16 wrote: »

I just ate an entire €2 bag of chilli nuts.

Me too! :eek:

Are you me?

Gymsey · 28-05-2013 03:53PM

This thread makes me wish a chugger would call to my door this evening just so I could keep saying "cabbage" every time they spoke and see how long it would take before they give up and walk away. Could make a game of it with my housemates to see who can get rid of them the quickest but you can only use one random word.

rubadub · 28-05-2013 03:57PM

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

I know what i would of told u if u said that to me and i was just doing my job ffs.

The job should not exist. This legalised begging is just taking advantage of loopholes in the law, allowing them to beg on the street or door to door as long as they give some % of their gains to charity.

Some billionaire prick could create a job employing people to eat beans and go about town farting all day, carrying blackboards which they grate their nails on. These 'employees' would be annoying the fuck out of all the people they encounter and having the similar laughable excuse "I'm just doing my job", yes you are and you are an utter cunt.

Mr_Spaceman wrote: »

An unexpected knock on the door is seldom good news.

I have no doorbell, none when I moved in. I would highly recommend people to consider getting rid of theirs if there are no downsides for you, there are none for me that I am aware of.

SoundWave · 28-05-2013 03:58PM

i had some dude call to the door a while a go with a carpet over his shoulder...

BradPitt: "you wanna buy a carpet boss?"

me: "no thanks, bye" start to close door.

Brad: you sure boss, they are real cheap.

Me: "no thanks.. actually do you have a license to sell those?"

Brad: "sure im not selling anything"

Me: "you just asked my to buy the carpet, of course you are selling them"

Brad: "you dont understand boss... im not F**cing selling anything, none of you c*unt are buyin"

Me: "good answer.. have a nice day".

Brad: "will do, cheerio boss"

BlimpyBoy · 28-05-2013 04:01PM

Getting these chuggers at the door all the time now I've moved house.

My old area was a lot rougher but at least the local scumbags kept most of these cnuts away.

mattjack · 28-05-2013 04:09PM

rubadub wrote: »

The job should not exist. This legalised begging is just taking advantage of loopholes in the law, allowing them to beg on the street or door to door as long as they give some % of their gains to charity.

Some billionaire prick could create a job employing people to eat beans and go about town farting all day, carrying blackboards which they grate their nails on. These 'employees' would be annoying the fuck out of all the people they encounter and having the similar laughable excuse "I'm just doing my job", yes you are and you are an utter cunt.

I have no doorbell, none when I moved in. I would highly recommend people to consider getting rid of theirs if there are no downsides for you, there are none for me that I am aware of.

I'll be in the area later on , if any of you are interested in getting doorbells removed , just PM , the boss here Rubadub.

YFlyer · 28-05-2013 04:13PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I can see them coming up the drive from my front window, and they can see me. As soon as I see someone walk up to the gate I stand up and start taking my trousers off. Works every time.

Can they see you sitting on your toilet seat?

Door to door chugger? Sweet baby jesus

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