Post by lasagnasshole on Aug 27, 2014 8:23:04 GMT -5
UGH.
Last night, just as I'm about to put dinner on the table, we get a knock at our door.
I opened the door and it's a guy with a clipboard. Ugh. I stepped outside, and he started in on how he's with a clean water initiative and would I want to sign his petition or make a donation. I asked if he had a pamphlet with more information, and he said that they prefer to go person-to-person, and he said I could read this information on his clipboard. The information was like 5 bullet points about clean water. I asked for a website and was again pointed back to the bullet points.
I told him to feel free to send me more information but that I wasn't signing anything without doing my research first. He acted super put out and annoyed.
WTF? Please tell me I'm not being unreasonable here. What really gets me is that the bullet points were very generic about working toward cleaner water. Great. I don't know many people who don't support clean water. But nothing on that list told me HOW you plan to achieve it. I want to be able to look up your organization, see if you engage in practices I object to, etc. You really expect me to sign something or give money without so much as giving me a brochure or a website?
I told H that I should've just said, "I'm a Republican, and I hate the environment." (IT'S A JOKE.)
That is really weird that there were no materials or a website. I wonder if it was a scam since we have a similar group in my area that goes door to door like this every summer and they have brochures they distribute and a pretty decent website. The volunteers, usually college kids, are very informed.
But at least this is better than some canvasser trying to tell you how great their candidate is even after you tell them that you disagree with pretty much everything the candidate stands for.
Post by lasagnasshole on Aug 27, 2014 8:36:11 GMT -5
H wants to start being one of those people who only answers the door if you recognize the person. I told him if we're going to do that, he has to man the door since I can't really see out the peep hole.
Yeah, the unexpected doorbell sucks for us because the dogs go nuts barking and scratching at the door plus we have frosted glass side lights so people can see that you are looking out to see who the hell they are.
Thankfully, Cricket is a scary looking to some people (he is a good size brindle pit mix with a giant head) so they tend to keep it short when I have a hold of his collar.
These clean water people are the worst. I think they get somehow compensated by what they collect because I had a similar experience earlier this summer. And its mostly college kids.
I have been INUNDATED with actual political canvassers - people ringing my doorbell to talk to me about candidates - for the upcoming primary on September 9th in my city/state. We have a gubernatorial race, mayoral race, and my local state house district seat is open (previous rep was speaker of the house and had to step down after his house and office was raided by the FBI in March). I get at least 5 phone calls a night plus at least two canvassers a week.
I just tell everyone I am undecided. I have had the candidates at my door, people trying to pawn yard signs off on me, etc. I am ready for this primary to be over.
I had someone do that to me a couple of months ago. I told him that I completely agreed with his cause, but I don't sign anything until I understand what I'm signing.
H wants to start being one of those people who only answers the door if you recognize the person. I told him if we're going to do that, he has to man the door since I can't really see out the peep hole.
So here is a funny story from two days ago. I was waiting for an amazon package and the UPS guy delivers it finally at 7:45 pm (deliveries are supposed to be made by 8 pm). But its two packages. I look at the smaller one, and it is for a neighbor who lives about 1/3 of a mile away (but on a different street) in my neighborhood.
UPS guy is nowhere to be found so I decide to walk the package up to his house. My dog is kind of slow, so by the time I got up to his house with H it was like 8:15. We ring the doorbell and the guy sees my H through the window but walks away. We are like umm.....we are trying to give you a package. H rings the doorbell again, holds up the package, and the guy finally comes to the door.
He was actually really rude to H and basically snatched the package from him. We were like umm....we did you a solid. Whatever asshole. H thinks there was a fire phone in the box from amazon. You would think that he would have been nicer!
These clean water people are the worst. I think they get somehow compensated by what they collect because I had a similar experience earlier this summer. And its mostly college kids.
I have been INUNDATED with actual political canvassers - people ringing my doorbell to talk to me about candidates - for the upcoming primary on September 9th in my city/state. We have a gubernatorial race, mayoral race, and my local state house district seat is open (previous rep was speaker of the house and had to step down after his house and office was raided by the FBI in March). I get at least 5 phone calls a night plus at least two canvassers a week.
I just tell everyone I am undecided. I have had the candidates at my door, people trying to pawn yard signs off on me, etc. I am ready for this primary to be over.
They're bugging you because you're undecided! Also, you can tell them you're not interested in further contact. I always remove people from my GOTV list when they ask.
Hrmm....good point Stan. But I truly am undecided for the race for the state house rep. I have had all three candidates personally come to my door to talk to me. One is only 24 years old! But he has a lot of endorsements and seems progressive.
My husband will only open the door if it is someone he knows. It is SO annoying.
However a lot of the time neither of us are wearing proper clothes, so we really can't answer anyway.
This sounds like a scam without any proper info.
The clothes issue is a big one for us, LOL.
I once almost didn't answer the door because it was dark out and I couldn't see who it was. Turns out it was my next-door-neighbor, bringing us pie. But we're both shorter than the peep hole!
Seriously, who thought putting a peep hole at 65 inches off the ground was a good idea!
I actually don't think it was, based on the logos and stuff on all his paperwork. I just think it's poorly organized.
When I volunteered for Girls on the Run, everything we sent out had a basic pamphlet included. If you want to be green and not use a bunch of paper, then print up small cards with your website on them. This should be fundraising/canvassing 101.
We've started answering the door while holding a baby. It tends to get people to go away fast.
Seriously I need a dog or something. It's freaking 6:45 and I just took dinner out of the oven. I'll gladly look at your brochure but you expect me to stand outside and have a conversation about this???
I can deal with the ones that come to the door. I just don't answer. H thinks it's weird to not answer the door--especially if it's obvious that someone is home--and I think he's weird for thinking it's weird, LOL.
But man, there are neighborhoods around here where you seriously can't walk a block without being accosted 4 times. H and I needed to do some shopping on one of those streets last weekend and spent the drive there steeling ourselves for this:
Post by lasagnasshole on Aug 27, 2014 11:03:54 GMT -5
So I looked up the website of the org, and I am 99% sure this guy was legit. But the website froze my computer (probably because I'm running a web browser that is 5 years out of date...THANKS OBAMA!). I was going to email them and just be like, "Hey, if you send canvassers out door-to-door at dinnertime, maybe consider equipping them with a brochure or even just the web address."
Because seriously, when I said, "Do you have a website I could visit?" the response I got was, "We prefer to go person-to-person." And I'm thinking, OK, but I don't prefer that. I prefer you GTFO my front porch and let me go back to dinner.
It wasn't hard for me to find the website when I Googled DC clean water so this shouldn't be that hard.
Sorry. This has clearly annoyed me to irrational levels.
We've started answering the door while holding a baby. It tends to get people to go away fast.
Seriously I need a dog or something. It's freaking 6:45 and I just took dinner out of the oven. I'll gladly look at your brochure but you expect me to stand outside and have a conversation about this???
Also, I was not wearing a bra during any of this.
This is why I hold my small dog in front of my chest while answering the door.
We've started answering the door while holding a baby. It tends to get people to go away fast.
Seriously I need a dog or something. It's freaking 6:45 and I just took dinner out of the oven. I'll gladly look at your brochure but you expect me to stand outside and have a conversation about this???
Post by karinothing on Aug 27, 2014 11:48:15 GMT -5
Petition canvassers are often just paid by the signature. THey rarely have any additional information. They are not there to educate you, just get you to sign.
Petition canvassers are often just paid by the signature. THey rarely have any additional information. They are not there to educate you, just get you to sign.
That is just dumb because I don't sign shit without knowing more about what I'm signing.
And a few bullet points that say you want clean water does not equal me knowing what I'm signing. I have no idea if I actually support your methods or your organization!
DUMB.
Or maybe I'm just a curmudgeon who hates signing stuff.
Of course, I also got hassled by some teenagers one day who came by and claimed they were doing fundraising for their school and it was the last day and blah blah blah, and I was like, "Um, do you have a brochure?" And they're all, "You don't even have a dollar?" DUDES! You didn't even tell me the name of your school! No, I do not have a dollar!
Petition canvassers are often just paid by the signature. THey rarely have any additional information. They are not there to educate you, just get you to sign.
That is just dumb because I don't sign shit without knowing more about what I'm signing.
And a few bullet points that say you want clean water does not equal me knowing what I'm signing. I have no idea if I actually support your methods or your organization!
DUMB.
Or maybe I'm just a curmudgeon who hates signing stuff.
Of course, I also got hassled by some teenagers one day who came by and claimed they were doing fundraising for their school and it was the last day and blah blah blah, and I was like, "Um, do you have a brochure?" And they're all, "You don't even have a dollar?" DUDES! You didn't even tell me the name of your school! No, I do not have a dollar!
#getoffmylawn
ha ha. Well, for every person like you there are probably 50 who will just sign. So it is worth it I guess. But yeah, I like more personalized canvassers as well. We had the BFF of one candidate come to our house during the Arlington primary. it was nice ha ha