Comments on: I’m hiding!

By: dawn

dawn — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:27:35 +0000

It must be that time of year – I was in my garage when my little Jack Russell Terrier, Petey, started barking his head off. I came out to see what was going on and a pair of Witnesses standing on my front lawn. I try not to knock (no pun intended) anyone’s religion, but I just don’t get the door-to-door religious approach.

By: Aleah

Aleah — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:59:46 +0000

Too funny…and I thought it was just our family!
(Found you on Family Blogroll)

By: The Strange Blog

The Strange Blog — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:15:41 +0000

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By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:32:26 +0000

I do the same thing (pretend that I am not home)

By: Snuzulooz

Snuzulooz — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:32:32 +0000

I have a note that I keep taped by the front door that I quickly put on it when I see them coming that says “No solicitation calls accepted”… It works. Weird but it works. My mailman probably thinks I am whacky

By: Homemom3

Homemom3 — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:48:47 +0000

hehe, I remember doing this. You poor thing, I hope your hubby comes back soon so you have someone to talk with. Hmmm, but I doubt they would be totally gone. They normally stick around long enough to catch those that just leave. I dont’ know how but it always happened with us.

By: Jean-Luc Picard

Jean-Luc Picard — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:25:32 +0000

Why don’t you invite them in and truy to sell them something?

By: Jade

Jade — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:24:08 +0000

Yeah so, back in high school, I had a lot of Mormon friends, so all their Mormon mission buddies in our town would hit up my house, and then when I wouldn’t answer the door, or wouldn’t talk to them, they’d come back the next day and send one of my friends to the door and then they’d come up after I was already inviting my friend then. RUDE! I’m very much a people-pleaser too so I have a hard time getting them to leave. I’m much better at just cutting them off at the start.

By: Kristyn

Kristyn — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:24:00 +0000

I turn the ringer off on my phone and just ignore it completely. It makes my family and friends furious. They’ve gotte creative about coming to visit when I’m not expecting them and telling me that it’s my fault since I didn’t answer the phone. So, now I just ignore the door. That’ll teach them.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:41:00 +0000

I haven’t had the chance yet to actually engage anyone from the Witnesses but I have found myself with a Watchtower every now and then. If nothing else, a few good articles are inside. I tend to travel too much to be actually caught at home

I know of someone who hid from a collector once though. He was in a tight bind during the time and he was getting tired of having to apologize and promise to pay back. He said he found it to be a humiliating experience since he never had to do it before. He would close the windows, turn of the lights and the stereo to give an appearance of no-one being in the house at the time. The waiting was the worse part, what with the silence and the knowledge that someone’s on the other side of the door knocking.

If anyone’s interested, I have a few more anecdotes myself in my website. I hope you take a look at it and like it. http://www.timferriss.com.

Cheers!