This is why you have a door. When someone knocks on it, don't answer unless you're ready for something like this. 90% of the people I knew in America, including my own grandmother who was actually quite the adrenaline junky in her day, had strong locks and some kind of serviceable weapon for themselves at the door. Chemical spray trumps knife through a chained door.

doglover: This is why you have a door. When someone knocks on it, don't answer unless you're ready for something like this. 90% of the people I knew in America, including my own grandmother who was actually quite the adrenaline junky in her day, had strong locks and some kind of serviceable weapon for themselves at the door. Chemical spray trumps knife through a chained door.

My deterrent of choice:


It's amazing how quickly they run when they see him standing next to me quivering in anticipation for some juicy red meat.

Minimally Hairy Beer-Powered Simian: Dead bolts and peep holes.....how do they f*cking work?

I don't think they do. I just saw an AA-12 cut through a door on youtube.

But then I never really did because in the states, all front doors I saw had a window nearby. You don't need milspec automatic shotguns to go through a window. You don't even need any tools, just quick hands.

digitalpirate: Jehovah's Witnesses

Living in the Deep South, Jehovah's Witnesses are like cockroaches in a crackhouse...they just keep coming back.

Tontanisha Reed was arrested last week after police say she threatened a homeowner who refused to buy magazines.

According to a police report, she yelled, "You better watch your back. I have friends and they will take care of you, I know where you live."

Don't fark wif Tontanisha!

hammettman: A man's home is his castle. This is why I have a moat, stocked with poisonous snakes and gators

Actually most moats just had fish and sewage in. Then on Fridays, they would eat the fish. Not the best policy for flavor and probably why European fish cuisine never developed something like sushi.

.hammettman
A man's home is his castle.....
You made my day i never laughed so much ...right out of Monty Python

Across the state, police departments have warned about door-to-door magazine sales. They say solicitors sometimes hire felons.



Worked for a natural gas company once years ago that had door-to-door salesman offering contracts to the north-eastern U.S., and the shenanigans these clowns would get up to was frankly embarassing...break-ins, assaults, thefts, etc. The complaint calls I would get from some people were both funny and pathetic.

What am I going to do with 40 subscriptions to "Vibe"?

Damn paranoid motherfarkers.

This is why knowing your neighbors is a good thing. Sheesh. I did the door-to-door non-profit gig, and we registered with the city and got a permit, also had photo IDs. Last time I was in a neighborhood that had these kind of break ins (women posing as cleaning ladies), a neighbor stopped me an hour in to double check what I was up to, and I got at least 10 warnings that people might be less than friendly because of the break ins.

But... they weren't. It was hella obvious that everyone had each other's back there, and I had one of the best nights I've ever had. More people answering the door than usual. It was lovely.

But if you want to hole up in your castle, so be it. That's your right, just makes me a bit sad.

I might not open the door if I'm alone, but I also know if someone knocks on my neighbor's door first he's on the porch watching when they knock on mine.

/and yeah, folks get offered water, bathroom, snacks, and/or a cigarette
//some people are just trying to get an honest day's work in and that's all that's there

indylaw: /non-profit salesmen are still salesmen.

Well, they have a First Amendment right to knock on your door during a reasonable hour (generally defined as between 10 AM and 9 PM by court cases IIRC).

Salesmen don't. So there is a difference.

BurnShrike: StreetlightInTheGhetto: Damn paranoid motherfarkers.

But if you want to hole up in your castle, so be it. That's your right, just makes me a bit sad.

Paranoid? No. But I don't want to be harassed in my own house. I don't care what you want to sell me. Leave me the fark alone.

You don't have to answer, but unfortunately for you, some people have the constitutionally protected right to knock on your door.

Ya'll could actually become involved with local politics and get those who don't have that right kicked out of your city within an hour of them coming in (I've seen it done), but that would require becoming active in the community, one might even say a (gasp, shock!) community organizer.