With the start of school, my doorbell has been ringing non stop.
I have a no solicitation sign up on the door.
It started with, hey do you want to buy this coupon book for 25 dollars for my football team? We bought one because it is a kid we see down the street a lot.
The coupons are worthless to us, but it was going to a good cause. We have no interaction with the kid or the parents otherwise. They do not know us.
Following week, another kid comes down to sell us kitchen wares. No thanks but good luck kids.
Tonight, hey do you want to give a donation to my track team? No thanks kids. There was no pamphlet for what the money was going to, it could just be kids asking for money for no reason.
I feel kind of like a jerk, but I only want to give money to organizations or kids I know or deal with.
A girl at work has a son in baseball and they sell catalog junk every year, so I buy it and send it to my mom.
I played sports a lot as a kid, and I don't remember having to shake down the neighborhood for money ever.
I live in a somewhat middle class neighborhood also, the average house is 300k.
We stopped answering the door, but I think they come back repeatedly until someone answers.
Before the no-solicitation sign went up I would have guys selling multipurpose cleaner door to door, spraying my concrete in front of the house to show me it.
Also meat out of a beat up f150, and every service thinkable.
I have had a crackhead from the only section 8 house in my neighborhood repeatedly come to my door asking for cigarettes or trying to sell me costume jewelry off her arm.
I have a no solicitation sign up on the door.
It started with, hey do you want to buy this coupon book for 25 dollars for my football team? We bought one because it is a kid we see down the street a lot.
The coupons are worthless to us, but it was going to a good cause. We have no interaction with the kid or the parents otherwise. They do not know us.
Following week, another kid comes down to sell us kitchen wares. No thanks but good luck kids.
Tonight, hey do you want to give a donation to my track team? No thanks kids. There was no pamphlet for what the money was going to, it could just be kids asking for money for no reason.
I feel kind of like a jerk, but I only want to give money to organizations or kids I know or deal with.
A girl at work has a son in baseball and they sell catalog junk every year, so I buy it and send it to my mom.
I played sports a lot as a kid, and I don't remember having to shake down the neighborhood for money ever.
I live in a somewhat middle class neighborhood also, the average house is 300k.
We stopped answering the door, but I think they come back repeatedly until someone answers.
Before the no-solicitation sign went up I would have guys selling multipurpose cleaner door to door, spraying my concrete in front of the house to show me it.
Also meat out of a beat up f150, and every service thinkable.
I have had a crackhead from the only section 8 house in my neighborhood repeatedly come to my door asking for cigarettes or trying to sell me costume jewelry off her arm.
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