What do you say politely to people who knock on the door selling things/religion ?

Question

Who wants to buy a duster or change faith at the doorstep. Especially when you are trying to have a lie in.

Answer 1

I just say no thank you as I am closing the door.

Answer 2

I get delivery's and unexpected visitors, therefore not answering the door is not an option. I put a " no solicitation " placard on my front door and this has been working. I do get the occasional person selling religion, I try to be polite to everyone, I thank them and say that I'm secure in my spiritual convictions. Usually they immediately turn around and leave, if they try to add something, I tell them to have a good day as I'm closing the door.

Answer 3

I often just don't answer the door, especially if it's an inconvenient time. Friends and family know to call in advance, and only people selling things knock at my front door anyway - everyone else knows to come to the back. Sometimes I look out of the window, and let them see that I'm doing that, and if it's someone I don't know, then I ignore them and don't answer the door.

If for some reason I have answered the door, I just say no thanks and shut it again.

Answer 4

One thing you can do is get a sign that says "no soliciting."

What do I do? I tell the religious people "We're Buddhist." And shut the door. I live in Japan and the rest of my family is Buddhist, so they usually give up at that.

For salespeople, I say "We make it a policy to never buy from people selling door to door. " Then shut the door.

I think that is the key point -- shutting the door before they can get a word in edgewise.

When I was in Mary Kay (a make-up sales scheme), they told us keep trying to talk to the people, but if they say straight up, "No, I'm not interested," we should thank them for their time and move on. I don't know if every salesperson is taught that formula, though!

Good luck!

Answer 5

'sell' implies the substitute of money. i do no longer think of rather everybody does what you're suggesting. "have you ever seen the prospect that there are night shift workers that don't take exhilaration on your knock on the door at 9am?" confident, that threat is seen in lots of instances. yet 'evaluate' it rather is rather lots all we are able to do. we gained't definitely DO something approximately it, till there is an illustration up saying that there is a night shift worker, via fact in any different case we don't definitely understand, can we? a impressive style of human beings only flow away their upstairs curtains close all day besides, so as that's no longer a solid instruction manual. And there are human beings around who've questions, people who rather need to correctly known issues like why God might enable suffering or how we are able to understand he exists etc - there are the few who prefer to correctly known issues and the various that prefer to maintain their heads interior the sand, and you're able to be certain what stability to strike between attempting to discover people who prefer to correctly known and attempting to no longer disappointed people who do no longer. basically calling at those places the place you pays attention vigourous noisy interest interior the residing house for concern of waking a night worker who hasn't giving any indication of his being a night worker might, I concern, be tipping the steadiness lots too a techniques onto the facet of warning.

Answer 6

oh i've had this one before. I had some jahovas witnesses at my door once trying to sell me their crummy religion. so mebeing polita as i am stated my religion and said no. then there was a second time, and a third and finally a fourth to which i tild them to p*** off and that if they ever stepped on my doorstep again i would sue. for some strange reason i have never seen them again. can't help but think i scared them

Answer 7

Mormons are easy to get rid of because the boys aren't allowed in if you are a female and the only one home. The girls are a different story. I normally say thanks but this is not a good time and shut the door. However, I have been known to get real quiet, not answer the door and just wait for them to leave.

Answer 8

I don't answer the door, of course. Why would I?

If I had to open the door I'd tell them I'm not interested, and I wouldn't feel the need to be that polite about it. I'm not the one bothering them... they're the ones who knocked on my door.

Answer 9

I tell them to go away. I don't usually mince words. If they continue to stand there, I say, go away or I'm calling the cops.

A couple weeks ago, this Jehovah's Witness man in a suit was walking beside my car. He was with five other friends walking around traffic by the expressway.

He peered into my car and stood there awhile, so I tried to look the other way, and when he didn't leave I gave him the finger. It really pissed me off.

Answer 10

I haven't had any Bible thumpers round for years. Do they still do it? I used to tell them I'm Jewish and they soon scarper. Salesmen I just say no and shut the door in their face. Those people who come round selling cleaning stuff are usually quite polite so I'm polite to them. Don't buy anything though.

Answer 11

"Sorry, your people already told me I was going to hell." (kidding) I remember being confused when I went trick or treating knocking on their door and getting religious literature instead.Is that a trick too? I think I used to say that it was already colored in. You have to give them credit for answering their door though. As for what you referred to; I remember coming home for lunch unannounced to my wife and the cable guy in a panic too. I guess they were praying and working things out over the bill. On the plus side; we all were seeing the same therapist over relationship problems. It's a small ,small world.