Bizarre experience with delivery person

Yesterday I had an experience with a food delivery person that ended up freaking me out a bit, and pissed me off more than anything. I live in a hirise where you have to buzz people in - in my building, I actually have to buzz them in twice - once into the garage and once into the building, so it is not a case where someone can just walk up to the building and come in.

I ordered lunch from a place I order from all the time, and about 45 minutes later the delivery person delivered it. Nothing unusual so far. I had seen the guy once or twice before, and he had always been nice and never said anything out of the ordinary. I paid him for the food, said goodbye, and he left, nothing unusual.

About 10 minutes later, there was a knock on my door. I wasn't sure at first it was actually a knock because it was kind of quiet, but then there was a second knock. Before I could get to the door, there was a third, even louder knock, like it was urgent. Since I don't have generally have random people dropping by knocking on my door, I looked through the peep hole to see who it was, and saw it was the delivery driver. I figured he might have accidentally given me the credit card slip by mistake, or had some problem with his car or something, but my instinct was to not open the door so I didn't.

I said "can I help you?" through the door, and he asked me what my name was. I said "Cristiano", and he said "Cristiano, my name is Brian, and I have a message for you that I need to tell you". He then proceeds to tell me that I need to accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, otherwise I am going to hell. He then starts babbling about the wages of sin being death, how he is praying for me and my family to accept Christ into our lives, and he keeps asking if he can come in and share the good news of the Lord with me. I told him I was already Catholic, and this was all unnecessary, but he kept right on talking. I asked him to leave and he kept insisting I pray with him and telling me that I am on a path of sin and going to hell if I don't accept Jesus, and that he wanted to come inside and pray with me. I finally said "Get the fuck away from my door or I am calling the police". At that point, he finally left.

I immediately called the restaurant, and the manager was rather non-chalant about the whole thing, which made me even more angry. He did apologize, but his attitude was just that the driver was harmless and it was no big deal, that the guy was studying to be a pastor. I didn't get very far so I am going to contact the owner on Tuesday. I'm not sure exactly what I want, I just know I wasn't satisfied at all with the response from the restaurant about this.

The thing that bothered me the most about it wasn't that he was preaching about his religion to me (which was annoying enough). It was that he lurked in my building after delivering the food to me and actually came back. If he had gone out to his car, I would have had to buzz him back into the building, so it means he didn't even go out of the building. I'm not sure what he was doing for 10 minutes, but it creeps me out.

Additionally, when he would not leave when I asked, it amounted to harassment at that point. The reason I asked him to leave is I actually felt unsafe because he was acting so strangely. I don't know the man, have no idea if he is some psychopathic zealot with a gun or something, who knows. The fact that he just kept on talking and insisting I open the door just made it worse. It probably sounds silly, but it did freak me out.

Anyway, thank you for indulging my rant.

Put this up on your door, puddin'.

I would have freaked out too. Not to be a smart ass, but didn't the Boston Strangler go around pretending to be a plumber? I think ppl who proselytize are already a bit whacked, but this guys was acting creepy.

Maybe this is the girl response, but I would have called the police just to have the incident on record - doubtful this is the only time this guy has done this. Then, if I didn't get satisfaction from the restaurant manager, I would contact the owner for sure and not do business with them if I didn't get a better response.

I would only hope that I, too, would someday feel as secure in a belief as that pizza guy.

Difference is, I'd deliver my pizza with two swords at the ready.

Now if I only had my own rat-thing...

This is why every apartment dweller should have a shotgun. Even if its empty, the sound of pumping the slide is unmistakable.

annoying and possibly scary as this is, i imagine he felt 'called' to witness to you as he was about to leave. i have since run screaming from the way i was raised, but heard many such stories. so i'm guessing he's harmless, and meant well, in his way.

again i am NOT minimising the annoyance or fear factor here... just guessing based on what i know of SOME christians.

i wouldn't have been pleased either.

Snicker

I've noticed that the Born Agains don't consider Catholics to be Christian. Whenever I'm asked by one of them to find Jesus, I patiently explain that we Catholics never lost him.

I personally don't think that anyone who feels the need to try to force his views on the world is secure, I think they're terribly insecure. I think a secure believer in anything would have no problem accepting that yes, there are intelligent, well-educated people out there who think differently from me, and that's OK.

Though there was one time when a guy came to the door, blabbering at us about finding jesus, and my partner left the room, coming back with a little statuette of The Savior that her uncle had given her, shouting "OK, got him!"

Except that the belief that they are secure in tells them that that isn't ok.

Right, but it's people who are insecure who pick beliefs like that to blindly follow. Not being tolerant of others is all about insecurity, not security.

Not being tolerant of something is about not being tolerant of something. Insecurity is about insecurity. The two aren't always related. I'm intollerant of child molestors, but that doesn't mean I'm insecure in my non-childmolestor-ishness.

That should be unless THEE be Jesus. Thy means your. I KNOW these things cause I am a cherub, and thats the way we talk 'up there'.

I'd consider filing a report with your building manager or mentioning it at a homeowners meeting, just so that it's on file. This guy sounds like he has a screw loose and he may have done it to more than just you when delivering in the building.

What if someone actually lets him in and he goes all wacko on them?

Just something to consider.

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Well I think you had every right to be freaked out AND to expect a sincere appology from the business.

A couple of days a telemarketer called me, and I said something like, "No thanks," and he mockingly said "Have a NICE DAY," and SLAMMED the phone down. I thought that was MY job!

I think people are trying to cope with the extreme bizarre upset in the USA and it's manifested in many different ways. Some are frustrated, while others take refuge in blind faith.

muhahahah good to see the silly christians bothering each other too. LOL.

If I Believed In An Invisible Man Who Wanted Me To Do Things In Life I would be a...... PSYCHOPATH!!!

Thats Right kids, All your parents were loonies!

I would have shot the fucker thru my door for trying to spread his disease into my home.

I know a bleeding pagan on your doorstep trying to spread the word of Lex Talonis would bring little sympathy, so then they should expect no sympathy from me when slumped over my mailbox.

And you would rightly go to a dark, dark place for a long, long time, while a big man named Bubba sodomizes you day and night as you await execution.

I don't think you have much ground to stand on for calling other people crazy.

That was very unpleasant, Neurosis. Life is a lot better when people respect others. That means not just unwanted solicitors but you as well.

Hmm, maybe Nuerosis should change his name to Psychosis?

He probably spent the 10 minutes praying for the strength and guidance to go back to your door.

1. You should have called the police. That is harassment.
2. Stop buying food from that restaurant and tell them so.
3. Post signs in your building warning others of this behavior.

Sure he says he wants to save you, but he might just as well want to chop you up and stuff you in the freezer.

If he doesn't realize that what he is doing is inappropriate behavior, just think of all the other inappropriate behaviors that may not come across as inappropriate.

Oh, and you should probably say something about children when you warn other people. That tends to cut through the bullshit pretty fast.

"Hello, I would like to speak to you about Christ, May I come in?"

"Sure, but this is a nudist household, so you will have to leave your clothes at the door"

Its amazing how many people that gets rid of.

I think intolerance is directly related to insecurity. I wouldn't say you're "intolerant" of child molesters. I think intolerance is generally related to intolerance of opinions, practices, or beliefs, not being unsupportive of illegal practices that hurt other people.

lol, Devlin!

I would call the police, Cristiano. And as others have said, I'd also tell the building people and neighbors about it.

That hanging around for ten minutes part is definitely not acceptable.

I think I would quit buying food from them, too, cause I'd be too scared!

coco

Christians have a long history of murdering people that don't believe the way they do. Hope he doesn't try to poison your food.

I think it should be 'unless thou art Jesus'.