Bizarre experience with delivery person

There, fixed your post.

Cris, I recommend the standard "I already found Jesus, he was behind the sofa the whole time!" response I use when Bible thumpers knock on my door.

I had an odd experience in our new apartment yesterday, too. Some guy knocked on my door and asked me if I knew if the guy *next door* was home and if his name was Matt?
I was like "Uh, I don't know the guys name and I have no idea if he's home." I wonder if it was my turn to watch him? The weirder thing? I mention it to my husband when he gets back from the pool and he says "Was he an older guy, with short gray hair and a beard?" "Uh, yeah" I say. My husband replies "I know him, he works at Ward's. He's mentally challengened, he rides a bike everywhere he goes." My husband had seen him riding his bike up the road as he was walking to the pool. If I'd known that, I would have done more to help him find "Matt", but being new here, I was nervous that someone had even knocked on our door!

Be careful and definitely follow up with the owner on Tuesday. That delivery guy was completely off base and out of line. I have no idea what I would have done in your shoes, Cris, but I know I would have been totally weirded out!

As far as I'm concerned, what the man was preaching about, or whether you agree with him, has little to nothing to do with it. The man was being paid by his employer, and the only 'sale' he should be trying to make is for his employer, not his religion.

When someone is 'on the clock' they should leave their personal agendas at home, whether that be religion, politics, or lecturing you about the cut of your suit.

Let him do his bible thumping on his own time, and on his own dollar. Report him to his management, and tell them why you're no longer going to be giving them your money, and why you'll be recommending no-one else you know support them either. Whether he's harmless or not shouldn't make any difference to the business... it's still inappropriate.

And for the record, I would also inform the police about it, just to get it on record. I've seen far too many cases where someone has a history of absurd behavior, which only ever comes to light after they've taken the next step into dangerous activity and someone else suffered for it. Consider it your civic duty to report stuff like that, because you never know what he'll do at the next building he delivers to.

What's the difference between a Ferrari and a pile of dead proselytizers?

I don't have a Ferrari in my garage.

~Ulrika~

I can tell you that if a person chooses to try and witness to someone they are to do it with respect for the other person. If you're at someone's door and they say no thanks or tell you to go away you do so without hesitation. I personally don't do it because I don't feel I live my life in any way to be an example to anyone. This person at your door Cris, automatically went against everything a true Christian should know. If I had been in your shoes I would have threatened with the police as well, probably even called but then I'm a big coward lol. Of course I would have pissed the guy off first by telling him to go home and actually try READING the bible before spouting off and getting himself arrested.

I agree, the thought popped into my head last night that tho thee might technically be acceptable in that usage, thou art or thou beest (be-est) would be far more appropriate. You beat me to the correction, dammit!

If this ever happens to you again, keep him on the other side of the door as you did, and call the police straight away for them to come and pick him up. You know when something is not right.

Who is the psycho/sociopath in this picture?

Standard reply: "You know Jesus? That motherfucker owes me money!"

Sometimes threats of violence is the only way to deal with those assholes. It works even better if you happen to be casually holding a Katana or Shinai in your hand when you say it (oh, the Katana is decorative, not balanced properly and not sharpened, but it sure looks real).

Jehovah's Witnesses kept coming to the door week after week, knowing full well that my pentacostal mother is handicapped and it takes her at least 15 minutes and a -lot- of effort to answer a knock at the door. They'll sit around and wait the whole time because they know she'll never not answer a door, it could be someone important. Even after they had a nice police man come and ask them not to do that to her anymore... Mom has never actually asked what I did that they've never come back to disturb her, but she sure loves her heathen hell-bound daughter more for it.

Dude people are willing to go to war and kill others over Jesus...

Why does knocking on your door and invading your privacy bug you? I mean, he's not killing you is he? Cause I mean, he could.. or God would. Just wait till he starts killing THEN you got some trouble.

I don't think waiting until he starts killing is the most socially responsible course of action, really.

My boyfriend knew this girl who lived by herself. One day, she got a knock on the door and a stranger was standing there.

He noticed a couch in the background and said, "Hey! I know that couch! It's Steve's, right?"

"No," she said.

"No, I know, it has to be his! Does Steve live here?"

"No, no, I live alone."

BAM he hit her in the face and then proceeded to rape her for a few hours.

So I get wary of that sort of thing, if someone knocks and starts asking you questions.

Always *really* satisfying to do that!

And a whole lotta free pizza!

Time for a rottweiler.


I know what you're going to say... that's my solution for everything.

I'd love a rottweiler, but my oven's not big enough.

Actually, it should be "unless thou ART Jesus."

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Door to Door religious types.

Once, I had a couple of mormons at my door, in my batchelor days. I was in a mood for messing with heads, so I let them in.
Once they sat in the living room, I told them I wanted to sit with a coffee, and offered them one too (knowing full well they'd refuse). So I offer them milk instead, and they accept.
..... So, I bring them their milk, and they start drinking and talking.
Then I ask them if the milk is too gritty or chalky.
Now, at this point I should point out I was working a lot of night shifts, and using "Pro Plus" tablets..... caffiene in tablet form sold over the counter here.
They look confused... so I take my pro plus box out of my pocket, and say... "Im not sure if I ground these well enough into your milk".
Now, I didn't actually waste any pro plus tablets on my mormon guests, but they didn't know that.
Those guys made apologies, and left poste haste with horrified expressions, and in the 10 years I lived in that flat, I never had another pair of mormons at the door ever.

What is with this avoidance of caffiene with Mormons? I've always wondered.



Cristiano, that would have freaked me out too! Really makes you wonder what he was doing for that ten minutes...

Back up dude, you missed my retraction.

Dear Little Mr. Cristiano "I'm-So-Innocent-I-Don't-Know-Why-This-Guy-Did-This-To-Me" Midnight,

The first thing I wondered is what you were doing when he first arrived that made him feel compelled to try to save you from the fires of hell. Whatever you were doing must have been AWFUL. Like were you by any chance taking pics of innocent narcoleptic residents just taking a nap, AND POSTING THEM TO SNAPZILLA FOR THE WHOLE FRIGGIN' WORLD TO SEE MAYBE??? HMMMM??? Could it be that you were KILLING CUTE LITTLE BEES BY SQUISHING THEM AND TAKING PICTURES OF THEIR POOR LITTLE MUTILATED DEAD BODIES AND POSTING THEM ON SNAPZILLA????? YOU FRIGGIN PSYCHO!!!!!!

Candie

P.S. That's the last time I try to seduce you.

P.P.S. Well okay so maybe it's not the last. Gimme your address. I wanna deliver something hot and delicious to you

"thy be Jesus"?

I don't think I've ever seen a genitive construction used as a nominative before.

on edit: I should have read ahead in the thread.

In the words of Luciftias Neurocam, I should have read ahead in the thread.



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I love that Cory's bad grammar has caused an entire side argument in this thread.