Really really stupid 'college student' soliciting

MILK · 07-11-2009, 02:58 PM

Canibeyou made me a really cool sign a few years ago. It says "No Soliciting" and is right beside my front door at eye level. You can't miss it!

Thursday night around 8:30 the doorbell rings. It's a young man carrying a clipboard - the type you see for magazine sales.

He starts his routine, "Hi I'm Andre. I'm a college student..." I cut him off there. I pointed at the sign and said, "Do you see this sign?"

He looked at me and said, "Yes, but I don't smoke."

I told him that was SOLICITING - which means you are trying to sell me something.

As I am closing the door he says, "But... it's for education!!"

Yep, he needs some too!!

Particle Man · 07-11-2009, 05:06 PM

Yeah , tis the season. There's a company that does a summer exchange program where college students travel to differet parts of the country and sell books to get real world experience. One of them stopped by my house on the fourth of July. I was less than pleased.

zed · 07-11-2009, 05:29 PM

we have been lucky, not even a Jahovah's Witness for a few years.

Particle Man · 07-11-2009, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by zed

we have been lucky, not even a Jahovah's Witness for a few years.

AMJ sees this and you're effed

edit: Ok, seriously with the fucking emm jay thing?

Avatard · 07-11-2009, 06:14 PM

Replace with this sign:

'73 H1 Triple · 07-11-2009, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Avatard

Replace with this sign:

I think that will be the sign we put on the door. It seems the JW have started coming back again.

Maybe I should let our 157 lb dog out when they stop

TYEster · 07-11-2009, 10:55 PM

I'm having one made that says "Solicitors are considered trespassers & will be shot"

I live in Texas and "have a right to defend my property how I see fit".

HRCNICK11 · 07-12-2009, 10:44 AM

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we have been lucky, not even a Jahovah's Witness for a few years.

I love when they show up, I invite them in for a beer and a few smokes(I don't even smoke) and they leave pretty quickly.

jtemple · 07-12-2009, 02:21 PM

I like to look out the window at them, making sure they see me. Then I walk away and still don't answer the door. They get the picture pretty quickly.

Papa_Complex · 07-13-2009, 08:28 AM

I live in a townhouse complex, so we're a repeated target for sales and religious door-knockers. My sign says, "No soliciting - religious or otherwise." It only works about 50% of the time and it's usually the Seventh Day Adventists or Jehovah's Witnesses who think that the sign doesn't apply to them, but we also get the people who are trying to pretend that they're from our gas company.

07-11-2009, 02:58 PM	#1
MILK The cows want you dead. Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2,087	Really really stupid 'college student' soliciting Canibeyou made me a really cool sign a few years ago. It says "No Soliciting" and is right beside my front door at eye level. You can't miss it! Thursday night around 8:30 the doorbell rings. It's a young man carrying a clipboard - the type you see for magazine sales. He starts his routine, "Hi I'm Andre. I'm a college student..." I cut him off there. I pointed at the sign and said, "Do you see this sign?" He looked at me and said, "Yes, but I don't smoke." I told him that was SOLICITING - which means you are trying to sell me something. As I am closing the door he says, "But... it's for education!!" Yep, he needs some too!!

07-11-2009, 05:06 PM	#2
Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	Yeah , tis the season. There's a company that does a summer exchange program where college students travel to differet parts of the country and sell books to get real world experience. One of them stopped by my house on the fourth of July. I was less than pleased. __________________ I'm not "fat." I'm "Enlarged to show texture." Handle every stressful situation like a DOG: If you can't eat it or hump it, pi$$ on it & walk away.

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zed yellow don't corner well Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kansas City, KS Moto: 06 ZX10R Posts: 1,243	we have been lucky, not even a Jahovah's Witness for a few years. __________________

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Avatard Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Here to integrity Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja Posts: 7,482	Replace with this sign: __________________ Insert free thought here.

07-13-2009, 08:28 AM	#10
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	I live in a townhouse complex, so we're a repeated target for sales and religious door-knockers. My sign says, "No soliciting - religious or otherwise." It only works about 50% of the time and it's usually the Seventh Day Adventists or Jehovah's Witnesses who think that the sign doesn't apply to them, but we also get the people who are trying to pretend that they're from our gas company. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

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TYEster With MORE TYEstosterone Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: TX Moto: '12 KX450F / 08 YZ250F #512 / 07 KX65 #1 Posts: 1,429	I'm having one made that says "Solicitors are considered trespassers & will be shot" I live in Texas and "have a right to defend my property how I see fit".

07-12-2009, 02:21 PM	#9
jtemple Geek Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Papillion, Nebraska Moto: 2011 Husqvarna TE630 Posts: 1,437	I like to look out the window at them, making sure they see me. Then I walk away and still don't answer the door. They get the picture pretty quickly.