david1@aluxe.UUCP (nelson) (03/15/84)
I've found it effective to tell salesman that I don't have a job as a way of getting rid of them. It has also been effective telling people that are selling religion that I'm Jewish.
wa@hplabsb.UUCP (Wayne Ashby) (03/20/84)
+ I don't understand why you feel it is necessary to LIE to someone (saying you are Jewish when you're not or saying you don't have a a job when you do) who is just trying to make a living or is doing something that they beleive in. Are you so afraid of those people that you feel you don't have the courage to tell them the simple truth: YOU AREN'T INTERESTED! If they still persist, you can simply shut the door or hang up the phone. At least you have been honest! Wayne Ashby (..!hplabs!ashby)
labelle@hplabsc.UUCP (WB6YZZ) (03/20/84)
Being honest to door to door salesmen is not always the most efficient way to handle the situation Wayne! i.e. A salesman ignores my no solicitor sign, rings the bell and inquires "would you like to subscribe to the Evening Rag?" At this point 1) I'm already upset. 2) The clock has started, and my time is wasting. I can answer (honestly) that I'm not interested as you propose-however this invites (90% of the time) some further discussion or argument on the part of the salesman-and then I really get mad slamming the door, shouting obscenities,etc. etc.MY BLOOD PREASURE THEN NEEDLESSLY RISES! or I can answer (a little white lie) "I already receive that at work". 90% of the time they walk away immediately, I CLOSE the door, and I don't have to increase the degree to which my anger has risen!!