Arggg get out of here...

Lil_G · #1 12-06-2001, 04:53 PM

Looking for some pointers to get rid of jehovah's witnesses...

I'm usually (in real life) a really nice guy and can't be direct or flat out mean to solicitors. But now i'm in a bit of a hole, because i didn't tell these ppl to go away the first time they think i'm their school-yard chum and have stopped by a few more times. Why the hell did i give them my first name? That was not smart, now i'm probably signed up for some cult.

do they seriously think i'm gonna read "who will protect the web of life"?
not me, get off my lawn.

xok85xo · #2 12-06-2001, 05:11 PM

When i was little we used to hide from them when they would show up at our door..just don't answer the door, eventually (maybe, hopefully), they will stop showing up..

damasa · #3 12-06-2001, 05:20 PM

I'm all for the, "I'm sorry, but I worship satan" response...it turns heads and gets them away!

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Tom Earp · #4 12-06-2001, 05:21 PM

I Thank them for their time and say i have a church affiliation!

I tell them that I am Anglican and they smile with the HUH look on the face!

Church Of England I then say in response!

I would have been on the cover of Life Mag. at Margret Trumans wedding but was to short!

Have not like her since!

Never say old to and old person, tell them they are Mature!

Beef · #5 12-06-2001, 05:22 PM

HEEHHEHE

That reminds me of a similar situaton I had a couple years ago while at an brothers house after school. We were just hanging out and these 2 guys come up to the door and start asking him about god and if he was interested in talking with them about god ect ect. So he says no not really, and he doesnt have any time right now. So then the guy asks if he has any roommates that would be interested. Well then the guy looks at me and asks me if I wanted to talk with them. I said sure and told them to come back the next day about 2(remember this isnt my house). So they got all excited and said OK sir we will be back tomorrow. So they left and I just looked at my brother and started laughing my ass off! He was kind pissed but he was laughing aswell. I dont think they came back though.

I would just tell them that your not really interested.

dzrose93 · #6 12-06-2001, 05:23 PM

I only had a Jehovah's Witness stop by once during college. She was wearing a really nice, expensive looking fur coat. After handing me an unwanted religious magazine - I think it was called the Lighthouse or something like that - she asked me if I would make a donation to her organization. I told her, "Ma'am, I'm a college student who barely has the money to pay rent and utilities each month. Judging by your coat, it seems more appropriate that I ask you for a donation."

I never had anyone soliciting for money at my house again.

**Disclaimer: I've got some JW friends, so I know that it's part of their religion to go door to door spreading their beliefs to everyone. I've got no problem with that, because all you have to say is "Thank you, but I'm not interested. I already have a church that I'm happy with."

However, I draw the line at people decked out in expensive furs asking me for money.***

lionlove · #7 12-06-2001, 06:01 PM

People who want to tell you about their religion usually don't want to hear about yours. Some Jehovahs Witnesses once knocked on the door of my chaplain's house and he invited them in and started preaching his version of religion. They didn't know how to respond so they quickly left. Usually just saying your not interested sends the message across.

carnation · #8 12-06-2001, 06:04 PM

Speaking in a foreign language (fake or real) always gets rid of them.

SigkapAlumWSU · #9 12-06-2001, 06:15 PM

I don't remember if it was JV's or Mormon's who stopped by, but one of my guy friends finally got fed up with them stopping by. He just answered the door naked, and they left and he hasn't had one person come back!

The one thing I love tho, my fiance had a couple of Mormon friends, and we had caller ID. When they called from the Church to talk to him, it would show up on the caller ID as "Jesus Christ"
(Jesus Christ churh of Latter Day Saints) We cracked up the first time it happened, and now we tell people that Jesus Christ is calling!

Lil_G · #10 12-06-2001, 06:48 PM

alrighty, let's explain my situation a little more...
My living arrangement is a shared-apartment, such so anyone can ring my bell and the only way for my knowing is to open the door. Almost all the time it's a roommate looking to chill or a buddy or something, so i don't anticipate strangers being there.

Second point - the first time they showed up, there was this same chick (the leader i guess) and another (who i should point out was pretty hot). It was not long after the tragedy that happened on sept. 11th and i wasn't sure exactly what cause they were representing. They didn't say exactly who they were - had i known they would be jehovah's crew i would have gotten rid of them from the beginning.

Also, i still have no idea what these ppl want, they didn't say they were looking for members or donations so i wasn't sure what to say to them. I just accept these crazy fliers and they're off.

great ideas though guys, thanks - yes i read your ideas, very interesting would you like to hear some of mine - phamphet for whatever - devil, anglican church, flier from radioshack, etc.

Now that i remember it, they were all decked out in some nice clothes, hmmmm....

Beef · #11 12-06-2001, 07:09 PM

Just carve an inverted pentagram on the door and they wont bother you

juniorgrrl · #12 12-06-2001, 08:32 PM

So, my campus job is doing phone surveys. And we were doing this dumb survey calling people in Arkansas about the water flows over a dam.

I get this one lady, who seems normal. Until I ask her her occupation. She goes into the fact that she's only a housewife, etc, how she spends her life going door to door as a Jehovah's Witness.

And after a 5 min spiel about it, she asks me "And what do YOU think about that?"

I said "um, I'm not allowed to answer any questions." I tried to procede with the survey and she hung up on me!

James · #13 12-06-2001, 09:12 PM

Say your a mormon . . . They don't like Mormons.

But, if they were hot . . you should have invited them in, spent some time with them, and convinced them to come again . . .

PErsonally, the Jehova's Witnesses that came to my door were dried up and seemingly on their way to verify heaven shortly.

If I had time I would listen courteously to their spiel because I figured their belief was probably the most important thing in their lives. So if someone was going to take the time to share the most important thing they have with me, the least I could do as a fellow human being was grant them a few minutes of attention. If I was otherwise occupied they left politely and quickly.

AlphaChiGirl · #14 12-06-2001, 09:23 PM

I know a lot of Witnesses. In some areas, they've actually slowed down on going door-to-door in recent years, they feel like the end is nigh and if people are seriously interested, they'll come to them.

The Mormons, however, are still doing the door-to-door thing.

carnation · #15 12-06-2001, 10:32 PM

I just thought of another effective ploy that my sister unwittingly discovered. Her toddler was howling so she was standing with her back to the screen door, pretending to cry too--she really got into it, even inserting a few wolf howls.

Then she turned around and beheld a group of shocked Mormons at the door. They never bugged her again.