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Do you open the door to people you dont no

thenightrider · 2011-01-28 12:36:13

I don't usually open the door as it is usually someone trying to sign you up for some crap i don't want or sell me something i don't want. Ill only open the door if it is the post man or i see a company van out side eg dhl if i have ordered something or eircom as they have asked before to work on the phone lines and put…

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#52 28-01-2011 4:49pm

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I don't open the door to anyone I don't know. If I'm getting a pizza delivered I tell the man to leave it outside and I feed the money under the door to him. You can't be too careful these days....nobody should be trusted.

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#53 28-01-2011 4:53pm

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Sometimes the people at the door don't knock, they just come straight in waving a piece of paper.

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#54 28-01-2011 4:55pm

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Kasabian wrote: »

Sometimes the people at the door don't knock, they just come straight in waving a piece of paper.

You let people just walk into your house? Is your door just open?

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#55 28-01-2011 4:57pm

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KeithAFC wrote: »

You let people just walk into your house? Is your door just open?

Yeah.

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#56 28-01-2011 5:04pm

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i'd open the door to no 9, people looking for her

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#57 28-01-2011 5:06pm

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Canis Lupus wrote: »

Why are we so scared of strangers.... I've never heard of a 'normal', non criminal opening the door to an unexpected knock and subsequently getting attacked. Bunch of city bred scaredy cats.

I don't get it either. I've a mental picture of people sitting inside wide eyed, nervously twitching the blind inside to see who's out there, but discreetly so it doesn't give them away.

Then the thunder hammering through their chest subsides as they hear the car drive off.

I can understand it at nighttime if you are alone and female.

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#58 28-01-2011 5:10pm

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Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

I don't get it either. I've a mental picture of people sitting inside wide eyed, nervously twitching the blind inside to see who's out there, but discreetly so it doesn't give them away.

Then the thunder hammering through their chest subsides as they hear the car drive off.

I can understand it at nighttime if you are alone and female.

Have a look at the Charlesland forum....that place is full of the yellow bellies.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056153791

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#59 28-01-2011 5:22pm

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I am not going to hide behind the curtains because I don't know who is at the door.

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#60 28-01-2011 6:01pm

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Timothy Bryce wrote: »

Have a look at the Charlesland forum....that place is full of the yellow bellies.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056153791

My eyes are open.

OP, everyone is a threat. Never speak to, look in the eye or approach a stranger. Stay indoors with all windows and doors locked and bolted securely. Barb wire should be unrolled around the perimeter of your property with mortars and landmines hidden in the shrubbery.

If a man from DHL or the postman has a package for you, then open the door just wide enough so you can stick out your reaching hand.http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSfpjsnHzN4higNy0PPOBTLyJnusFnID-mI_EvQGhwGdFxAypq9 Have a gun trained on the delivery person as you do this.

All people who are calling to visit you (friends/relatives) should phone ahead. Log them onto your Visitors to Call spreadsheet with time due, expected duration and vehicle license plate number entered.

Place your local Gardai station on speed-dial.

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#61 28-01-2011 9:29pm

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Brenireland wrote: »

Mr.Burns?

Simpsons ?

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#62 28-01-2011 9:39pm

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Why did you answer your question in the thread title, instead of just asking us ?

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#63 28-01-2011 9:41pm

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AnonoBoy wrote: »

Some dudes get so clingy. :mad:

Calling them "dudes" might solve that pretty quickly for ya!

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#64 30-01-2011 8:53pm

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Brenireland wrote: »

Mr.Burns?

Or what? You’ll release the dogs, or the bees, or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you?

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#65 30-01-2011 9:43pm

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There's a woman on my street who won't open the door to anybody,she waits for her hubby to do it.One of their friends had to phone them while standing outside to get somebody to answer the door-she wouldn't open it because her hubby was upstairs.Crazy carry on imo.I always answer the door,if it's somebody offering something I don't want I just say no thanks simple as.
I've seen people turning off lights and pretending not to be there-a mate of mine did that one Halloween and still hasn't lived it down after we found out.

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#66 30-01-2011 9:48pm

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Never. I left a message on thisis50.com dissing 50 Cent and I have been looking over my shoulder since.

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#67 30-01-2011 9:50pm

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Canis Lupus wrote: »

KNOW!!!!!!!!!

THEIR LADDER!!!!!!!!

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#68 30-01-2011 9:52pm

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Canis Lupus wrote: »

KNOW!!!!!!!!!

THOUGHT!!!!!!!!

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#69 30-01-2011 9:53pm

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CorkMan wrote: »

Never. I left a message on thisis50.com dissing 50 Cent and I have been looking over my shoulder since.

They's-a-comin' for ya. Pow pow...

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#70 30-01-2011 9:55pm

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no I never open the door unless I know who it is

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#71 30-01-2011 9:59pm

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Aruba08 wrote: »

no I never open the door unless I know who it is

How would you know who it was unless you opened the door?

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#72 30-01-2011 10:00pm

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CorkMan wrote: »

Never. I left a message on thisis50.com dissing 50 Cent and I have been looking over my shoulder since.

I shouldn't laugh.. I called him 'half a euro' and now I see potential drive-by everywhere I go.

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#73 30-01-2011 10:00pm

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zerks wrote: »

How would you know who it was unless you opened the door?

Aha!:rolleyes:

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#74 30-01-2011 10:00pm

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Got a letter in the door to say the TV Licence Inspector called and will call back in the next 2 weeks, so no opening the door to people I don't know (with clipboards) for the next 2 weeks or so!

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#75 30-01-2011 10:01pm

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zerks wrote: »

How would you know who it was unless you opened the door?

i can see out my window:D

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#76 30-01-2011 10:04pm

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Jesus people caught me this morning,had to listen to 10 mins of ''how Jesus is going to save us all.''

Got a free bible out of it though which will burn well in the fire tonight!

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#77 30-01-2011 10:05pm

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I didn't open the door to people I didn't know once before they thought nobody was in , so they broke in while I was in there all by myself I was about 13/14.

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#78 30-01-2011 10:11pm

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Brenireland wrote: »

you,their.

THERE!!!!!!

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#79 30-01-2011 10:13pm

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a fianna fail candidate knocked at my door today canvassing,i was lying on the couch watching telly,lifted my head up over the back of the couch and mouthed "**** off" through the window,then lay back down.
id say he got a lot worse today somehow

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#80 30-01-2011 10:29pm

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who the **** is that using our road? :mad:

no don't open the door, don't wanna have to deal with people selling stuff, tv licence inspector etc. Any visitors should be expected, unexpected visitors not good.

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#81 30-01-2011 11:45pm

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--LOS-- wrote: »

who the **** is that using our road? :mad:

no don't open the door, don't wanna have to deal with people selling stuff, tv licence inspector etc. Any visitors should be expected, unexpected visitors not good.

Aunty Jane and Pat from Kilkenny visiting can f8ck right off!

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#82 30-01-2011 11:54pm

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Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Aunty Jane and Pat from Kilkenny visiting can f8ck right off!

If they didn't ring ahead, why not? If they're traveling some distance it would make sense to call beforehand to make sure someone's home and/or it's a convenient time to visit.

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#83 30-01-2011 11:59pm

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thebigleap wrote: »

If they didn't ring ahead, why not? If they're traveling some distance it would make sense to call beforehand to make sure someone's home and/or it's a convenient time to visit.

And if they think they are going to get dinner here with their bawling brats...well, all I'll say is God help them.

They helped put Mum out of Grandda's will, did you know that?:pac:

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