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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 517993" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>I think they're out in force, Lisa... I went to Wal-Mart the other day and was going to pick up a No Soliciting sticker for the front door - and they were OUT. I bought the individual letters. They have come to the house 3 times on Friday nights. I am SO SORRY but I'm NOT MORMON and I'm NOT gonna change. I have my beliefs and they don't go along with calling 21-y/o boys "ELDER" or pestering the holy living snot out of people who don't want to be pestered. AAAAANNNNDDDD since I cannot convince Jett to NOT OPEN THE DOOR EVERY TIME THE DOORBELL RINGS, then he tells the person/people we are DOWNSTAIRS (or wherever)... I've tried the "I'm not interested" bit and they don't go away and JETT doesn't tell them either!!! The first time they came by a few weeks ago he came downstairs telling me 2 guys in uniforms were looking for husband. I flew upstairs. GRRRRRRRRRRRR, a suit is not a uniform! The second time - the next Friday - they wanted to see if husband was home. THIRD time, last Friday, I got halfway up the stairs, Jett was coming downstairs and says "the guys in the uniforms are back to talk to Dad" and I promptly started dry heaving. (Fake, but effective... Jett went to the door and told them his Mom was throwing up.) So anyway I got those individual letters, they're at eye level for me. If they get ignored they get one warning: GO AWAY. Next time? Police. because our city does not allow soliciting <em>of any kind </em>without a permit. (Scout troops and PTO fundraisers are exempt.)</p><p></p><p>*****</p><p>As for other things that make me want to pop someone's head off like a pimple... The guy down the street with the hot rod that revs his engine <em>beginning </em>at 9:30 PM on weeknights ONLY through the entire spring, summer & fall... He started early this year because of the weather... The cops have ARRESTED him because we have a noise ordinance and he STILL DOES IT!</p><p></p><p>The guy across the street & down one who complained to the cops when we parked the trailer (for ONE DAY) in the gravel in front of our house because it blocked his getting out (ORLY? You're driving in MY YARD to back out?!), but never asked us to move it, when the cops got there they told him "what trailer" LOL - but HE PARKS IN THE GRAVEL IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE - we asked him to move, he refused, he got towed after his little un-neighborly stunt. Now, his kids' friends park there too - but they come ask EVERY SINGLE TIME. So polite!!! A couple have carte blanche, we told them we will let them know if we need the space.</p><p></p><p>The people directly across the street who SCREAM at one another. Especially the wife, you can hear her with the doors and windows closed and the AC on. And their little boys run wild, never supervised. Spoilt too. All these fancy ATV type toys, motorized bicycles, scooters, etc. - but NO SUPERVISION. These are the kids who like to hit Jett with logs - they're YOUNGER - I have forbidden Jett from playing with them again. EVER. husband likes the husband. He got overheard (by yours truly) telling another neighbor how stupid husband was and how <strong><em>we </em></strong>neglected the kids. I haven't spoken to him since.</p><p></p><p>The family next door has an english terrier who is untrained and poos in my garage if it is open, on my DECK, and pees in Bubbles' outside water dish. I chase him off, but he doesn't listen to anyone else. He's terrified of me. I've never hit him... But it's tempting.</p><p></p><p>...Now y'all know why I like online people better...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 517993, member: 6705"] I think they're out in force, Lisa... I went to Wal-Mart the other day and was going to pick up a No Soliciting sticker for the front door - and they were OUT. I bought the individual letters. They have come to the house 3 times on Friday nights. I am SO SORRY but I'm NOT MORMON and I'm NOT gonna change. I have my beliefs and they don't go along with calling 21-y/o boys "ELDER" or pestering the holy living snot out of people who don't want to be pestered. AAAAANNNNDDDD since I cannot convince Jett to NOT OPEN THE DOOR EVERY TIME THE DOORBELL RINGS, then he tells the person/people we are DOWNSTAIRS (or wherever)... I've tried the "I'm not interested" bit and they don't go away and JETT doesn't tell them either!!! The first time they came by a few weeks ago he came downstairs telling me 2 guys in uniforms were looking for husband. I flew upstairs. GRRRRRRRRRRRR, a suit is not a uniform! The second time - the next Friday - they wanted to see if husband was home. THIRD time, last Friday, I got halfway up the stairs, Jett was coming downstairs and says "the guys in the uniforms are back to talk to Dad" and I promptly started dry heaving. (Fake, but effective... Jett went to the door and told them his Mom was throwing up.) So anyway I got those individual letters, they're at eye level for me. If they get ignored they get one warning: GO AWAY. Next time? Police. because our city does not allow soliciting [I]of any kind [/I]without a permit. (Scout troops and PTO fundraisers are exempt.) ***** As for other things that make me want to pop someone's head off like a pimple... The guy down the street with the hot rod that revs his engine [I]beginning [/I]at 9:30 PM on weeknights ONLY through the entire spring, summer & fall... He started early this year because of the weather... The cops have ARRESTED him because we have a noise ordinance and he STILL DOES IT! The guy across the street & down one who complained to the cops when we parked the trailer (for ONE DAY) in the gravel in front of our house because it blocked his getting out (ORLY? You're driving in MY YARD to back out?!), but never asked us to move it, when the cops got there they told him "what trailer" LOL - but HE PARKS IN THE GRAVEL IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE - we asked him to move, he refused, he got towed after his little un-neighborly stunt. Now, his kids' friends park there too - but they come ask EVERY SINGLE TIME. So polite!!! A couple have carte blanche, we told them we will let them know if we need the space. The people directly across the street who SCREAM at one another. Especially the wife, you can hear her with the doors and windows closed and the AC on. And their little boys run wild, never supervised. Spoilt too. All these fancy ATV type toys, motorized bicycles, scooters, etc. - but NO SUPERVISION. These are the kids who like to hit Jett with logs - they're YOUNGER - I have forbidden Jett from playing with them again. EVER. husband likes the husband. He got overheard (by yours truly) telling another neighbor how stupid husband was and how [B][I]we [/I][/B]neglected the kids. I haven't spoken to him since. The family next door has an english terrier who is untrained and poos in my garage if it is open, on my DECK, and pees in Bubbles' outside water dish. I chase him off, but he doesn't listen to anyone else. He's terrified of me. I've never hit him... But it's tempting. ...Now y'all know why I like online people better... [/QUOTE]
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