Originally Posted By: daves87rs
Man,you guys are a tough crowd...
It's reasons like this my cub scout gets cussed out and the door slammed in his face (while trying to sell popcorn for the scouts). I for the most part know most of the neighbors on my street (yes, I actually took the time to know them), and are friendly with them. A few have kids, and I'm okay with buying or giving to a cause that I think would be worthy. It's part of life, and should not be that big of a deal unless your area has big problems or something...
While I can't control everything that comes to my door, I find a simple "no thank you" works just fine...
People wonder why kids need safe spaces and when they get jaded in the area they live in and never get to be social, whether it's good or bad.....
For the most part, I do not get too much stuff at my door anyways.
I don't have a problem with the fundraising the Boy and Girl Scouts do most of the time. I wasn't in the Scouts, but my parents would buy stuff from my friends who were, or from coworkers kids, etc. Basically, people we knew in the community and knew what they were really up to. I remember in the mid 2000s, there was a group of very aggressive Girl Scout moms that set up shop outside of a local grocery store and had their kids chase people down or jump in front of them at the door, but complaints took care of that.
I do think a lot of adults these days have fewer inhibitions about begging or even demanding handouts, whether or not they really need them. There are more panhandling pros than there used to be, and I'm not talking about really hard up homeless people. It's the ones who pull up to a gas station in a half decent (or recently half decent) vehicle and start begging everyone there for a couple dollars. There were a couple guys that would routinely beg at the local McDonalds, driving a 2005ish Silverado 2500...sell the [censored] truck if you're that hard up, you don't need a 2500 to panhandle. The latest incident I had was leaving a Chipotle...some methy looking party girl was outside and started yelling at me as I was walking back to my truck to give her money. NOPE! Can't help you.
Aggressive religious groups at busy intersections also get on my nerves. I have had some explicit language for some of the really annoying ones. Don't bother me while I'm driving and you won't hear it...
Also political panhandlers. Some local Megachurch Inc. pastor who was running for an elected position pulled up to my house in a big black Mercedes...I told him "don't waste your time."