Wait, people make excuses at the door? I just rudely say no and immediately close the door.
if they have a problem with my rudeness, well, maybe they shouldn’t be ringing my doorbell.
It’s not rude. They interrupted your peace at home, no reason to behave flowers shooting out your ass as you gently nudge them away from your door.
Slam that motherfucker.
I have 3 no soliciting signs. Lol.
I would start printing off stickers and whenever someone knocks anyway, just grab another one, and stick it directly onto them.
A forehead stamp would be better, but ink might get the cops involved…
I’ve only had one salesman knock every since I put one up. When he started talking, I just pointed at the sign and he apologized and left.
Everyone should get such a sign.
Haven’t had too many experiences with men (yet), but 100% of the times I’ve been hit on by a man in public they were overstepping boundaries and not once was my initial no respected.
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I dont exactly get to choose which type of guy is hitting on me.
Also, please make sure you’re following the rules of this community, thank you.
Considering I’ve been threatened with rape and murder SEVERAL TIMES from people who knew my number, my vibe check has a high bar. If they don’t pass it, they get the number for a psychic reading.
I had a Direct tv installer at my house hooking up a new system years ago and a week later he killed a whole family next town over so…
Are you following the rules of this community?
I see nothing suggesting they aren’t. No hate, no bigotry, no politics, no anything except someone saying something that supports the above post.
Cool, but that came after your initial comment, for which I saw no rule breaking.
Didn’t have to, I already knew it was a guy.
Weird that you’re giving me a harder time than the dude who came in here to troll.
The fediverse isn’t very large. It is very common to run into users you recognize from other places.
Rules is for fools! I’m not really the community type. How about you kick my ass out!
The lack of empathy is stunning
Why does your comment indicate it has 10 replies but I click to read them and they all disappear? 🤔
Something something federation between instances?
When you posted this, there was only one direct reply to Astronut’s comment, with nine comments directly or indirectly replying to that one. So you’ve probably either blocked or been blocked by the user that posted the other direct reply.
Oh thank you. Yes I have blocked a lot of users here 🤭
Accidentally posted before I was ready and deleted it. Oops.
Yes, I agree.
Men can be in danger. Women can be the perpetrators. That is often not the case.
In the case of dating, on average, it is more dangerous to be a woman. Just saying no to a man can end poorly. You cannot always tell who will become violent.
If the man hurts or kills you, you are likely not going to get justice.
Giving out a fake phone number prevents a lot of this.
If your feelings are hurt by getting a fake phone number, I genuinely am sorry. But a life is more important than feelings.
It’s really hard to find an equivalent scenario that men can envision. The salesperson one is ok.
I did notice that men on this thread have also (correctly) pointed out it can be dangerous for men encountering door to door salespeople too. It may be illuminating for them to imagine this salesperson and think about what gender the salesperson is likely to be.
This is just rage bait.
Of course women can do whatever they want to do to feel safe.
I don’t think the salesman / fake number thing is a reasonable analogy though.
If this is ragebait you must be throwing tanrums daily. Have you seen the rules for this community? Try not to take them too personally.
you must be throwing tanrums daily
Actually no, that’s not really true at all.
Door-to-door salesman even scarier because they know where you live.
not if I never open the door
Yes, totally agree.
The door to door salesperson examples are dangerous for men, too. But I notice the men replying that they are comfortable with telling these salespeople to leave.
I’m not saying that it isn’t dangerous for men out there. I’m not saying that women cannot also be a danger.
But on average, when it comes to
