Sleeping baby = good excuse? A rant of sorts

SpartanChick88

Some guy just rang my doorbell to preach to me.  Because of the way my house is set up, he could see I was home but couldn't see my baby sleeping on my lap.  Since he wasn't leaving, I had to pack up the boob (which she had fallen asleep on), ease her little sleeping body up and then heave my fat @$$ off the couch without disturbing her.

When I got to the door he finally saw her and shoved his carp through the door.  I am more irritated than usual by this because I had to juggle sleeping beauty to get to the door.  Why do they have to go around ringing people's doorbells? Thank you but I have my own religion, I don't need yours. I hate having a Bible thrown at me!!!

JaimeCH

I would be really annoyed too. Since having a LO I have realized how annoying doorbells are - especially when I have dogs that insist on barking at it. 

JBear1005

Yeah that would seriously annoy me.  Even if he didn't see the baby, he should have just left if you weren't getting up to answer the door.

JenGarden

JaimeCH:

I would be really annoyed too. Since having a LO I have realized how annoying doorbells are - especially when I have dogs that insist on barking at it. 

This is one of the worst things ever!  I taped a "please do not ring the doorbell" sign over ours for at least the first two months of DD's life.  The FedEx and UPS guys now don't ring it, but that wouldn't help with random solicitation.

SpartanChick88

Fortunately the doorbell doesn't wake her, but we do live in a 'no soliciting' neighborhood.  I guess religious nuts don't think it applies to them. 

Bredins wife

OMG I hate doorbells! I have something delivered almost everyday from Amazon (I'm kinda addicted) and It's the same guy usually. I told him after about a week to not ring the doorbell.

Someone called Animal Control on us in Dec for having our dog outside too long, (she wanted to be out there, and was not barking) Piper was like 6 days old or something, and I was recovering from a C-section. The AC lady must have rang the doorbell 600 times. I finally got off the couch, hunched over, holding a screaming newborn, and opened the door. The lady apologized like crazy, and offered to take the dog for a walk.

SpartanChick88

Bredins wife:

OMG I hate doorbells! I have something delivered almost everyday from Amazon (I'm kinda addicted) and It's the same guy usually. I told him after about a week to not ring the doorbell.

Someone called Animal Control on us in Dec for having our dog outside too long, (she wanted to be out there, and was not barking) Piper was like 6 days old or something, and I was recovering from a C-section. The AC lady must have rang the doorbell 600 times. I finally got off the couch, hunched over, holding a screaming newborn, and opened the door. The lady apologized like crazy, and offered to take the dog for a walk.

LOL - that's awesome!

MommaEm

That's so weird, I have three friends on fb (who live near me) saying they had guys coming over to preach to them today, and my BFF said a women came over with her 5 year old DD and had HER do all the talking!!! YIKES!!

firefly21989

Around here, people enjoy ringing the doorbell, waiting 5 seconds and then knocking for 30 seconds. All while my dog goes insane. I've had 1-800-Flowers try to get me to deliver flowers for him to a neighbor... 4 houses down. I hate my neighborhood.

Wufroggy79

I've learned to HATE the doorbell, especially since my dog goes crazy.  I never realized how many people came to the door during the weekdays until I've been staying at home.  My door rings at least 2-3 times per week.  I never answer anyway without H being home.

Mama_SAS

Kredd88:

Some guy just rang my doorbell to preach to me.  Because of the way my house is set up, he could see I was home but couldn't see my baby sleeping on my lap.  Since he wasn't leaving, I had to pack up the boob (which she had fallen asleep on), ease her little sleeping body up and then heave my fat @$$ off the couch without disturbing her.

When I got to the door he finally saw her and shoved his carp through the door.  I am more irritated than usual by this because I had to juggle sleeping beauty to get to the door.  Why do they have to go around ringing people's doorbells? Thank you but I have my own religion, I don't need yours. I hate having a Bible thrown at me!!!

I'd be pissed if he threw a fish in my house too LOL.  Sorry... it's a funny typo

 

One time when DS was a baby, he and I were both sick and napping and some ass knocked on my door for many minutes before I answered.  He rudely said, "You were asleep?" I was like "Yes. Who are you?" He said, "We're here to look at the car seat." I told him "You're at the wrong house." He insisted that this was the right house and that his wife was on the phone with someone inside my house. I insisted he had the wrong house and she wasn't talking to anyone here. He was getting mad and said "I'm supposed to be at the next to last house on Catherine street!" I told him "Then you should go to Catherine street!!" and slammed the door in his face. Idiot was on the wrong street.

LadyDelilah

I am a person of faith/religion and whathaveyou but I have always HATED that they come to the door and then TRY TO TELL ME what I need to believe not for my own good but for their mission and conversion rate. And honestly is there any one REALLY who came to their faith that way? I want to know....

cherry_Blossum

About a year a go, I was living in another community (a non soliciting community) and a person with Religious flyers, ect came to our door. After politely telling her that my FIL is the pastor of the church we are members of, she still kept insisting that I take her papers and wouldn't stop trying to "sell" me on her church.  I finally just kinda pushed her out of my doorway as politely as I could and closed and locked the door.

MrsLnt

Apparently the previous owners of our house were the kind who liked to have door to door religious people come in and chat.  They asked for the guy by name! Ugh.

Has anyone ever been converted by door to door sales?  

ZoeyMarie

Must have been doorbell ringing day. The JW came by our place this morning to invite us to a celebration about Jesus' death. It was on Palm Sunday. When I asked her why I would remember His death on the day we celebrate His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, she had no answer. I said very nicely that I am very involved in a church already and closed the door on her shocked face after wishing her a good day.