Michigan

[Bluemoon420]

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and to add, we have been asked to ALWAYS call the police whenever a door to door salesman comes. they are usually parolees and the police like to keep track of what they are doing.

I thought they were usually college kids!!

Of course, there was a big scam last year where they were pretending to be vacuum salesman and would case your house and then come back and rob it later!! My sister had a really creepy guy show up at her house, unkempt, his "gift" for letting him and and demo'ing his vacuum was an old camp chair that had seen better days, she refused, locked the doors and called the company to complain! They informed they had NO ONE in the area and call the POLICE!! She did and that is when they told her of the scam!! SCARY!!

We had the same thing happen around christmas. Except it was the ugliest wrapping paper I'd ever seen. Anyway, he wanted to come in and demo a vacuum. My 120 lb german shepherd was in the door drooling, and growling his head off the whole time he was trying to come in my house. ( he didn't see the great dane growling behind my german shepherd) Finally, I got mad and said, "Look, dude. See that drooling german shepherd in the door behind me? He hates vacuums....He hates salesmen too. So if you want to come in be my guest, but I can't promise you'll leave here with anything still attached."

The guys runs off, and starts driving away, but then he backs up into my driveway again! I'm just looking at him like what the hell is wrong with you???? He wanted his ugly wrapping paper back LOL

Bluemoon

 

[miss_jayne]

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just letting you know you didn't HAVE to come pick anything up!

if you want to, by all means! i have a bazillion Easter Eggers that are taking over the grounds.


speaking of the vacuum salesman...my next door neighbor had two that let themselves into the house and wouldn't leave. they threatened his wife and were very rude etc.

i get more salesman here than when i lived in the city. there we had 26 windows and every window guy just HAD to visit me. they wouldn't leave me alone.

dollar signs in their pupils standing there staring at the house.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

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Only thing he'd be selling me on was the idea of a hole 6' deep with a piece granite warning off any other would be salesman

I agree, maybe I should borrow Mj's shovel.

It was a vacum salesman, young guy, dressed nice but our dogs ran out the door when DH opened to see what this guy wanted. We were trying to get the dogs to come back in the house, they were busy sniffing tires, and the guy just pushes his way in. I tried to tell him we did not have the time [DH had to leave in 5 minutes]and he proceded to say it will only take a few minutes. I said don't even take it out of the box. He continued, I got really p ode

and said I was going to put the chickens to bed. Came back in to DH and guy arguing.

That's when DH started carryng the stuff to the porch and the guy threatened to call the cops. I am going to put a no soliciting sign on the door now. Have been trying to call the company and complain.

 

[Bluemoon420]

Hehe, yep. He's an excellent deterent. When my DH goes out of the country our GSD goes into extra protective mode. The Dane just follows what the GSD does. I don't think the guy was a salesman. They weren't nicely dressed, and being where I'm orginally from, I got the spidey sense he was trying to case my house.

I'd call the cops for sure.

Bluemoon

 

[Chickenmaven]

We had a young man (poorly dressed/tattoos) that came to our door with a spray bottle of heaven-knows-what and a rag. Just a bottle & a rag, no car, and we live on a lane with large lots. Thank Jesus, DH was home, lounging about in his boxers. DH ran out of the house, toward the young man, waving his arms & yelling "I didn't invite you over, did I?" The guy actually tried to engage the underwear clad lunatic in conversation, but DH was having none of that. DH ranted on: "Buddy, you better get trottin'. I am calling the police."

I hid behind the drapes. Laughing my a$$ off!

 

[wyliefarms]

Wow lots happened! we had the salesman a couple years ago and had to call the cops. 9pm is just too late to show up.

Opa-hope the chicken will recover nicely.

Sarah- nicer name for the chicken than what we had.....Splash. So Emily could remember the color when she showed it

1 garden is weeded. #2 garden is started, 1/2 of all the plants are weeded around. I need to get my little tiller going so I can do inbetween the rows.

Need to go in and process 5 gallons worth of beans, some refridgerator pickles and freeze some brocolli.

never ending job! But gonna be great this winter!!!!

Chicken noodle soup is on the agenda for tonight! With fresh veggies from the garden.....yumm!

 

[Boyd]

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You're making me hungry

 

[wyliefarms]

There is always left overs!

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You're making me hungry

 

[miss_jayne]

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that is a good sign! hope all is okay.




Hillbillyhen.....here you go...

 

[Mr_Jeff]

I hate salesmen. If I want to buy something I go to the store. I keep a shotgun handy for lots of reasons: pushy solicitors is one them. There's nothing more intimidating than the sound of a round being cycled in a Remington.