we want people to think we’re away. Like solicitors or uninvited guests
Or just ignore people at the door. 🤷♂️
this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2025
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Can't even hear the doorbell with the headphones on. Better luck next time.
I'm sorry, we are currently in a superposition of being simultaneously at home and elsewhere. If you're here to sell something, the superposition will collapse into the state of not being at home. If you're here to rob us, we definitely are at home and ready to call the cops.
Schrodinger's shut-in!
I’m always home and don’t care if solicitors know it. If they look in the window they walk past, they see me. I used to try to hide but now I just watch them.
I have a no soliciting sign I wrote myself and taped to the door that says simply “no soliciting, no exceptions”. If they knock or leave their shit on my door I report them to the company they came from, as that’s illegal in my area. I frame it as their canvassers needing up-training and remind the company that if it continues they are breaking the law each and every time, and if it happens again I won’t contact them about it, I’ll report it elsewhere. I submit the thing anonymously through whatever contact us portal they have and a bullshit email address, so they can’t tie it to an address.
The only people who are legally allowed to knock are canvassers for political shit (and census people but that’s rare) so during election seasons I have a separate sign that says “I refuse to talk about politics with strangers. Go away and take your junk with you.”
I don’t get bothered much. But I do see people walk up to my door, then leave, at least once a week.
I’ve never had a problem with uninvited guests tho, as I’ve never ever had an open door policy for anyone. If I don’t expect you, you don’t come in. End of.
I too have a no soliciting sign, though I don't think anyone has ever walked up, read it, and turned around. Instead, when I open the door, I mention the company they represent should start doing literacy tests, point at the sign, and tell them to get the fuck off my porch. I know that ignoring them is an option, but so is throwing rocks, soooo....
We want people to think our home is not in whichever state they specialize in exploiting.
I think this comes down to a base sense of privacy. I think we’d rather no one other than trusted parties know really anything about us if we had the option.
I agree but this should be phrased as "we want some/certain people to think...."
Modern Disney princess:
"I wanna be... where the people aren't."
I had a stalker. I keep my shoes inside the house so they couldn't tell I was home.
Wait ... who keeps their shoes outside their house?
Asians
Art of War, ch.4, verse.9: "If they don't know you exist, they won't bother you."
The only time I wanted someone to think I was not home when I actually was, was when a "friend" of mine would just show up unannounced all the time and expect me to drop everything to do what they wanted to do.
Really? What kind of mind do you have?