People calling unexpected

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dark crystal wrote: »

But what if you're walking around naked, or just about to sit down to a meal, or in the middle of an important phone call, or watching porn?

Come on in. Especially if I'm naked while eating my dinner watching porn. My parents/relations would be cool with that. They've read 50 Shades of grey

AnonoBoy

One sends a telegram or a letter announcing intent a few weeks before a visit.

Then one sends one's manservant in advance to prepare the guest room. One should not expect one's hosts man-servants to be able to prepare one's room to one's specifications.

Abi

hondasam wrote: »

If friends or family are calling then the state of the house makes no difference, they are calling to see me not to inspect the house.
If I called to you for a cup of tea I would not care what the house was like.
My house is an open house and people just walk in. What you see is what you get. Take it or leave it.

Yeah, but I would.

CavanCrew

Topper Harley wrote: »

Very cheeky, I'm fairly sure it's illegal for your landlady to enter the house without your permission and prior notice is not too much to expect in those circumstances. Very different from a friend popping over unannounced for a chat.

PickledLime wrote: »

That's bang out of order. You're paying rent, you're the legal occupant of the house, and unless it's an absolute emergency, she has to give notice of her entering the building.

I'd second the opinion that she's actually breaking the law by doing that...

Yeah I know I was pretty sure she couldnt enter, think she knew i wasnt happy, In my pajamas and all at 9PM!... but i didnt want an argument.

face1990

hondasam wrote: »

I hate people who expect a text or phone call informing them your calling for a cup of tea and a chat.

People arriving at my door expecting me to drop everything to entertain them, imposing themselves on me unannounced, is one of my pet peeves. I think it's the height of rudeness.

hondasam

face1990 wrote: »

People arriving at my door expecting me to drop everything to entertain them, imposing themselves on me unannounced, is one of my pet peeves. I think it's the height of rudeness.

It must be just me who is happy to see friends calling for a cup of tea and a chat. I never find it rude and what's more if I'm cooking I will feed them.
I don't feel like I have to entertain them I still go around doing what ever it is I'm doing.

castletownman

While someone calling unexpected is fairly annoying, what's worse is someone calling to stay every year without fail who is an absolute buzzkill. I've had to "entertain" a tediously quiet and boring priest for a couple of weeks every summer for the past four years. It just sit there perfectly content in absolute silence. We even tried hiding in the attic one year in the hope he'd go home. He didn't.

hondasam

castletownman wrote: »

I've had to "entertain" a tediously quiet and boring priest for a couple of weeks every summer for the past four years. It just sit there perfectly content in absolute silence. We even tried hiding in the attic one year in the hope he'd go home. He didn't.

You were playing hide and seek with a priest :eek::p

Doyler92

Who's unexpected?

Pj!

fixed

WumBuster wrote: »

..dont you just hate that.. when people just turn up at your place and call to visit you unexpected when they could have easily have sent a text you could easily be having sex

whatdoicare

My in laws were notorious for this carry on - any time, day or night, if they were within a ten mile radius of my home they'd just drop in - usually walk right up to the door and try and walk in!:eek:

They'd plonk themselves down and start demanding tea and sandwiches - and be annoyed if I didn't have bread or milk - which I often didn't as husband works away and I don't drink alot of milk or eat bread.

I really, really, hated when my husband was away and they dropped in! I hated it even more when we were just chilling on the couch in our pjs and suddenly you look up and his whole family is looking in the window at you!:mad: I was never comfortable in my own home and had taken to pulling the blinds down all day long when I was on my own.

All came to a head one day when I was out doing errands for work - got absolutely soaked in the rain and arrived home to them all sitting in their car in the drive waiting for me to let them in!:mad: I was raging and just snapped!
I walked past them - didn't let them in obviously- gave them a look that could burn a hole in metal - rang my husband and told him I wanted a divorce if he didn't sort this ****e out! They actually had the cheek to keep ringing the doorbell and sit in the drive until husband came home!

Finally have my home back :rolleyes: they ring before they call up now. It's common courtesy and a whole lot of cop on.

demakinz

My home house was always an open house along with most my relations houses. you would never have to call ahead. My grandmothers house like someone said has always people visiting at all hour. Now i have my own place it gets on my nerves sometimes when people call unexpected, especially when they call late. But there is always the one or two friends no matter what time they call you will always let them in.

Siuin

I was called 'unexpected' once, but then I realised I was just a mistake

cold case

Bloody hell, sounds like my in-laws! They haunted me! Looking in the windows if you didn't answer straight away! I once hid behind the couch with my baby, trying to keep her quiet until they left! Happy days!

csi vegas

quad_red wrote: »

This thread makes me sad.

It's what I miss most about college. Just calling over to a friends house to say hi, someone calling over as they were walking past yours.

Life advice: You're never too mature to be a student.

csi vegas

whatdoicare wrote: »

My in laws were notorious for this carry on -
I really, really, hated when my husband was away and they dropped in!
I hated it even more when we were just chilling on the couch in our pjs and suddenly you look up and his whole family is looking in the window at you!:mad: I was never comfortable in my own home and had taken to pulling the blinds down all day long when I was on my own

OMFG. We must PM! Start a support group.

whatdoicare

csi vegas wrote: »

OMFG. We must PM! Start a support group.

Totally!:pac:

WumBuster

This thread reminds me of this funny scene from the cable guy

girl in the striped socks

mackg wrote: »

girl in the striped socks wrote: »

Electric gates & a camera on the pier to see who's there so I don't need to open the door if I don't want to.
Very handy. Especially for the born again Christians & airtricity sales people.

Why not just get the butler to deal with them?

:pac:

He's too busy polishing the marble floors & making sure the champagne is ice cold.

Teyla Emmagan

whatdoicare wrote: »

My in laws were notorious for this carry on - any time, day or night, if they were within a ten mile radius of my home they'd just drop in - usually walk right up to the door and try and walk in!:eek:

They'd plonk themselves down and start demanding tea and sandwiches - and be annoyed if I didn't have bread or milk - which I often didn't as husband works away and I don't drink alot of milk or eat bread.

I really, really, hated when my husband was away and they dropped in! I hated it even more when we were just chilling on the couch in our pjs and suddenly you look up and his whole family is looking in the window at you!:mad: I was never comfortable in my own home and had taken to pulling the blinds down all day long when I was on my own.

All came to a head one day when I was out doing errands for work - got absolutely soaked in the rain and arrived home to them all sitting in their car in the drive waiting for me to let them in!:mad: I was raging and just snapped!
I walked past them - didn't let them in obviously- gave them a look that could burn a hole in metal - rang my husband and told him I wanted a divorce if he didn't sort this ****e out! They actually had the cheek to keep ringing the doorbell and sit in the drive until husband came home!

Finally have my home back :rolleyes: they ring before they call up now. It's common courtesy and a whole lot of cop on.

cold case wrote: »

Bloody hell, sounds like my in-laws! They haunted me! Looking in the windows if you didn't answer straight away! I once hid behind the couch with my baby, trying to keep her quiet until they left! Happy days!

I hate to laugh at what I am sure was a period of emotional turmoil and frustration for both of you, but those stories are hilarious. Unreal, but hilarious. Hiding behind the couch with the baby, ah God....

mconigol

Just don't tell people where you live. Problem solved

tiny_penguin

I hate this too and would never do it to anyone. It is the best thing about being in an apartment is that its much easier to ignore them. If i'm not expecting someone i don't even bother checking the intercom. Most of the time its the TV licence inspector or someone selling something. My friends and family would always call first and i'm the same. Even if i'm going home to my parents house i always call first - mostly to check someone will be home cos i'm not bothered going out there if nobody is there to let me in. I don't actually know anybody who would show up unannouced - that kind of carry on stopped after school.