I dislike doorbells. Nothing ever good happens when someone rings my doorbell. I don't get many visitors, and I insist people call before they land on my door step (and my aunt became very upset when she dropped in unannounced one time -at 2000 hours, on a weekday evening after I had worked hard all day, and after she and my grandmother had gone out to a restaurant that I actually walked past on my way home and they were probably there at the time, and only showed up because I was "nearby" the restaurant and they were "saving gas" so they didn't have to make a second trip down - and I *made* her stay outside until I felt that I and my house was in acceptable order. I might have let her in if she wasn't the type of person to look at a sink full of dishes or whatever, and include it in the family christmas newsletter. She complained to my mother that I hadn't let her in, and insisted I be taught that what *I* did was rude. Mom laughed at her, as she agreed with me - don't arrive at someone's house unannounced, you *might* not be welcome. )
Door bells on a Sunday are particularly bad. That means someone is making a point of ringing it, and its not a person looking for donations, etc., but means someone wants in - the landlord (who is supposed to give 24 hours notice) or a bylaw officer, or someone mad or upset. Or someone who thinks they are doing a "good deed" by dropping in on me to relieve my obvious loneliness - they simply don't believe that someone can spend the day without filling it with weather reports and relationship analysis.
Anybody else find doorbells to be the work of the devil?
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05 Oct 2008, 3:14 pm
