I so need a trapdoor.

[gridlore]

For some reason, our little barrio has seen a huge upswing in door-to-door peddlers. Maybe the Immigration crackdown is forcing El Indocumentado out of their jobs. But now almost nightly I have to deal with people speaking no English trying to sell me everything from tamales to pirate videos. When I'm freaking bushed from work, I really dislike getting up to answer the door.

But that's not why I'm pissed, I'm pissed because pretty much every one of these pests knocks on the door constantly until i open it.

*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*knock*

It drives me nuts. I have never been anywhere where this is considered polite, or even marginally tolerable behavior. Hell, if I were still training new drivers at SuperShuttle, I'd seriously consider blackballing someone who did this.

So now, very tired, and in the middle of a rather extensive reply in Usenet, I get the machine-gun knocking. I leap up, open the door, and lay into the Central American immigrant standing there. I tell her never to come to our door again. ¡No mas!

I need to get "No Solicitor" signs in English and Spanish. Or a trapdoor.

iTunes for the win.

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[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

So far we've been lucky and haven't had too many of those yet. We usually can't hear them from the back of the house, as they always knock and only the door bell can be heard back here. Moose answers the door and we're starting to teach him "We don't want to buy anything." They usually wander away...

And that would be Colleen who answered the door naked.