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Of course there shouldn't be a law prohibiting calling someone or knocking on their door. That's absurd. It is also absurd to claim that someone who knocks on your door is "trespassing" or "harassing" you. If they come inside without your permission, they are trespassing. If they refuse to leave when you ask them to or if they threaten you, that would be a form of harassing you. But just walking up to your door and knocking? That is a perfectly normal, acceptable thing to do.
You are not obligated to open your door just because someone knocks. You are not obligated to pick up your phone just because it rings. If you do open your door or pick up your phone, you are not obligated to listen to the person's pitch just because they made contact. You can close the door/hang up if you don't want to engage with them about whatever they want to discuss. If they refuse to leave you alone, that is when it becomes a problem, and that sort of thing is actually harassment and already a crime.
interesting that you used the phrase in ( 1st paragraph ).........."their door "........."your door ".."your door "
(2nd paragraph ).........."your door "........"your phone "......."your door ".."your phone "
But yet defend the invasive practice by saying ........." That is a perfectly normal, acceptable thing to do "....
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interesting that you used the phrase in ( 1st paragraph ).........."their door "........."your door ".."your door "
(2nd paragraph ).........."your door "........"your phone "......."your door ".."your phone "
But yet defend the invasive practice by saying ........." That is a perfectly normal, acceptable thing to do "....
?
Not sure what your point is here. Are you trying to suggest that because something is "yours" other people can't have any interaction with it? "You have no right to say MY name. Who allowed that passerby to smell MY scent. Etc. " Yeah...just because something is "yours" doesn't mean it doesn't mean it exists in a world devoid of other people.
Someone should invent an unknockable door. If you knock on it, it hurts your hand, but doesn't make sound anyone inside can hear. And then instead of a sign saying "knock at your own risk" it can say "knock your own knuckles."
Yes. I believe there should only be an "opt-in" system to receive those solicitations. Its really bad back at my folks' place in NY, where the same company calls 4-5 times a day, even though they've been told that we aren't interested. We started screening their number, but they started calling from different numbers
There were three messages on my home voicemail today.
1) The IRS is filing a law suit against me.
2) An unknown bank wants to lower my credit card interest rate
3) See call number one.
I am going to sit down to dinner now and I await a home energy company to call and try to sell me solar roof panels.
Oh wait, can't sit now. There's some young college kid at the door with a clip board...
My mother received the IRS call recently, too. I told her that this was definitely a scam as the IRS wouldn't be calling you to announce a lawsuit. The "agent" became argumentative with my mother on the phone, too. The audacity of some folks
Should door to door solicitation be illegal? As well as telemarketers that call you at home?
Nobody ever wants to be bothered, and in this day and age nobody should have a stranger approach their front door trying to sell them something they don't want.
I'd go for it being illegal if it applied to those college students going around door to door, selling magazine subscriptions. Not that I've seen any in the area for a few years, but I still remember one guy who had knocked on my apartment door, and got a very snippy attitude because I wasn't interested/able to buy anything. (and got similar attitudes from two previous encounters with guys who were trying to sell subscriptions outside the nearby grocery store)
Yes! I don't appreciate anyone ringing my doorbell unexpectedly, especially strangers trying to con me into something.
I must say that hit on a solution though for keeping Jehovah Witness solicitors away. I had them knocking on my door two years in a row when we moved into our new house.
I very nicely asked them if my address/name was on some kind of list and if it was, to please remove it.
I haven't seen them since! I'm not sure if this would work for everyone, but it's worth a try.
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