Unexpected visitors...Like, or don't like?

[Elite Silkies]

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Now that's how it's done! That is so funny. I use to spend somewhere close to $100 per meal about 3 or 4 times a week. Of course that is when we owned our own plumbing company and all of our friends considered us "rich" and handed us the ticket at the end of the meal. After about 4 months of that, my husband said honey everyone is ready to go eat, are you ready? I said "I SURE AM, AS LONG AS YOUR READY TO BE EMBARRASSED WHEN THOSE MOOCHERS HAND ME THE BILL". Needless to say, we didn't buy dinner that night, nor any other night.

I peep through the curtains to see who it is, and then I

 

[aubreynoramarie]

LIKE. I always have my door open to guests. It makes me feel good that people think to themselves, "I'm bored, let's go hang out with Aubrey!"

 

[punk-a-doodle]

My friends know that if they are calling from a number that isn't in my phone, they best be leaving a message because I won't pick up, and to call ahead if they are in the area because I don't answer the door if I don't know who is coming a knocking. This is not due to safety reasons, but because I value my privacy strongly and our home is my bit of privacy. I do the same for them; never had anyone think I was being rude as far as I know. I've had a few friends switch over to doing the same, and I in turn switched from running to get the phone/door after finding out I liked my husband's way of doing things much better. I love hanging with people, love having people over, love talking to people, am not into "social courtesies" or formality...but give a girl some warning.

 

[Laurajean]

I truly LOATHE drop ins. It is my biggest pet peeve. I mean I really hate it. Everyone who knows me know to NEVER drop in. I tell everyone if they come by unannounced I will NOT let them in, if I even answer the door at all. I sometimes wonder if I have some sort of subconscious issue or trauma that relates to this, because I feel that strongly about it. It literally angers me, LOL. I have a doormat on my porch that says GO AWAY and I mean it; unless you are invited obviously. My home is my sanctuary, and I do not like being disturbed unexpectedly. To me, it's disrespectful if you know that I do not like drop ins, and then drop in anyway. And I make sure to tell everyone. I really am laid back with almost everything else, but do not come by unexpected!!! I have a neighbor that not only insists on dropping by (how hard is it to call first?) but he uses the wrong door. I've told him a million times to go to my front door, and he still goes to my side door, which is a glass slider. I can't stand that, because sometimes I'm walking around in a nightgown or whatever and I don't like someone peering in and waving.

I'm really not sure why it is such a sensitive issue for me but I just hate it.

 

[debilorrah]

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This last Tuesday we went to visit Kens sister he hasn't seen in years. We walked up to the door and knocked. And knocked. I told Ken, this is the back door. He knocked again. I said again, this is the back door!!! And look! A walkway to the front. He bangs again. And again. I give up. She comes to the door and we walked in to a washer and dryer. "See!!! I TOLD you it was the back door!!!"

 

[dewey]

Throughout the years I've had visitors show up at dinner time every day, too...it gets old fast, lol...announcing they'll be buying dinner out for everybody next time sure seems to give them a better sense of timing.

 

[chickan dippaaaaz]

Debi.... visitors are visitors..... I would treat them the same as if they were my kids friends....

knock knock...

Me (IF i choose to actually answer the door) : We're eating dinner, come back in 45 minutes... (close door)



I also dont answer the phone during dinner... If its important they'll leave a message or call back.... if its important to me I'll actually return the call...

 

[arabianequine]

We don't normally like it but it really depends who it is. We don't get many visitors so we are always hiding and peeking out to see who it is first.

 

[Carols Clucks]

I hate it!

But my job brings bunches of random people to my house. They seem to have no concept of holidays or business hours. After all I am home so I must be ready to have them drop by. Shoot leave the door unlocked and they will walk right in!

I HATE it!!

Some day I will live some where that people can't find my house....let alone my door!

 

[Laurajean]

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That reminds me of another thing I hate about drop-ins. I work from home in my home office. People don't seem to understand that concept. They would never walk into any other workplace and hang out, but they think it's fine to stand in my yard gabbing as I try to explain that I am working. And I'm deliberately in the yard so as not to invite them in! I explain I'm working, and if the phone rings I say "Listen I gotta go, the business line is ringing" and they'll say "Oh, go ahead, I'll wait".

No, you won't wait! I.am.at.work. My neighbor does that a lot too. He invited me over to check out something once (by stopping in unannounced of course) and I said "Oh, I'm working, I can't". And he said "Oh, come on. What do you do, answer a phone now and then?" That was annoying because I'm actually the Manager of a very busy business of over 6,000 customers. I answer phones, do accounts payable and receivable, handle all advertising, enter invoices, dispatch new jobs to the workers, etc etc. There isn't enough hours in the day to do all that I need to get done and he has this image of me watching soaps and eating bon bons and occasionally answering a call, simply because I work from home. Oopsy, sorry, didn't mean to rant again. Like I said earlier, this is a hot topic for me, I really hate drop-ins!!!!