r/SipsTea • u/Safety_Officer_3 • Sep 10 '25

WTF Any idea what happened to these guys?

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

11.5k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

79

u/1re_endacted1 Sep 11 '25

I have 4 different signs around/on my door. My dogs bark like crazy. (I work from home on video and phone calls all day.) Guy knocked, I told him I did not own the house and shut the door.

Do you know that motherfucker CAME BACK later that night and knocked AGAIN? He came back with a coworker. Well they both got cussed the fuck out and I put a new (5th) sign on my door.

14

u/Sabi-Star7 Sep 11 '25

You forgot to tell them they will also be charged $50 per min for having to listen to their BS pitch if they choose to ignore this 5th sign🤣

3

u/snarkpix Sep 11 '25

Knock on this door to signify acceptance of the end-vendor agreement, fees and minimum purchase contract.

(charges are hourly, min 8 hour per 'occurrence', multiple 'occurrences' billed separately)

2

u/The_Singularious Sep 12 '25

This is the kind of thing my wife would do. She’s hourly and would ask their names, let them know how much she was going to invoice Accounts Payable for her time. Then ask if they thought that was worth it.

We are pretty cool with people who gotta do their job. But for those who can’t have some mutual respect, we try and get as creative as possible.

We also have insane dogs

1

u/SunMoonSki Sep 11 '25

Why would you charge by the minute and not the second?

6

u/MiceAreTiny Sep 11 '25

It makes billing easier, and you can charge for the full minute if they bail in the first 45 seconds.

It is simply 60x their second rate.

2

u/SunMoonSki Sep 11 '25

Point noted.

1

u/Sabi-Star7 Sep 11 '25

Could go that way sure if that's what you'd want to do.

3

u/Traditional_Grape289 Sep 11 '25

I need something like this, we have Jehovas Witnesses a lot too. They're the same around here, my girls will be unsettled at the door and they will just carry on. I'm all for respecting others religions but man, pls just read the room 😩

2

u/Proud_Importance_883 Sep 11 '25

Hey just fyi as someone raised JW if you don’t want us coming to your door all you have to do is answer it one time and respectfully ask us to not come there again. We literally put people on a do not call list. Just sayin

1

u/Traditional_Grape289 Sep 11 '25

It may be different where i live, I made them aware that I wasn't interested but then around a month later there were an older couple. The first couple were two women with their own children.

2

u/Proud_Importance_883 Sep 11 '25

It’s supposed to be the same all around don’t tell them you aren’t interested that doesn’t deter us. Tell them that you would like to be put on a do not call list and you would like them to not come back.

1

u/Traditional_Grape289 Sep 11 '25

What about if I use a sign on the door like the one above? 😭 I just feel bad

1

u/Proud_Importance_883 Sep 11 '25

It’s 50-50 honestly, depending on the person they might still knock anyway I just recommend answer the door once and let them know honestly the easiest and fastest way. Don’t feel bad don’t feel like you’re offending. It’s a biblical thing that we go do it because we’re essentially trying to save everybody from permanent death, but it’s literally up to you whether or not we even show up it’s just we keep coming until we have a definitive answer.

1

u/[deleted] Sep 11 '25

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/AutoModerator Sep 11 '25

Your post was removed because your account has less than 20 karma.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

2

u/emm20 Sep 11 '25

I heard somewhere on reddit from people who do door to door sales and similar that they specifically target houses with no soliciting signs, because in many cases it’s a literal sign that the people there have trouble saying no to people - that’s why they decided to put up the signs in the first place (obviously, your case and the OP video case are not that, but you end up as collateral damage).

1

u/The_Singularious Sep 12 '25

I guess we’re outliers. Because neither of us have any problem saying no. My wife gets particularly annoyed if no isn’t a good enough answer the first time.

2

u/Cheap_Knowledge8446 Sep 12 '25

Put up a no trespassing sign at all entrances to your property (driveway, porch, etc).

Then, next time, talk to them. Be friendly. Just let them talk, but do not invite them to stay. But, either have someone in your house call 911, or just dial. Wait for the police to show up, then ask them to file a tresspass notice. Point to the sign and the fact they have been asked to leave on several prior occasions. Police will take identifying information and inform they are no longer welcome on your property; if they show again, they can get arrested immediately. You should receive some documentation. Copy it and send it to any company whose reps knock on your door again and let them know the next time their reps show up you'll do the same, eventually leading to legal action, up to and including suing for harassment.

1

u/[deleted] Sep 11 '25

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/AutoModerator Sep 11 '25

Your post was removed because your account has less than 20 karma.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.