storyteller164
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I have clearly displayed "No soliciting, no politics, no religion" signs at the entry to my driveway and again near my front door.
If the door rings, I at least see who it is first. Friends, family, delivery, even neighbors looking for their cat - all get a friendly greeting and a "welcome in"
The instant I realize it is some sort of solicitation - rage mode happens. I demand to know if they are literate and start chasing them off my porch and property. I do not want them anywhere near me or my home. I just don't want to be bothered at all.
This even happens if someone calls - once I figure out they are someone I don't want to talk to, I get VERY mad and start in with extreme verbal abuse toward them.
I have had bad experiences with door-knockers before, including one who tried to push is way into my house before I literally grabbed a broom handle and used it to ensure they left quickly with something to remember the encounter. There was another religious solicitor that sat on my porch after being told to go away, and remained there until the police arrived and arrested them.
But that rage at solicitors - I am not sure what truly sets it off. I don't feel calm when it's over, I generally am wound up for hours after and self-isolate so as not to go off on my wife or daughter undeservedly.
Perhaps it's a "safe" place to vent PTSD rage and anger from childhood abuse that I could never respond to. After all, they won't come back to the house, they won't call after I am done verbally ripping them apart on the phone, they just think I am another jerk.
Still - it frightens my wife who is a domestic abuse survivor herself. And it's ultimately not good for me or those that live with me.
If the door rings, I at least see who it is first. Friends, family, delivery, even neighbors looking for their cat - all get a friendly greeting and a "welcome in"
The instant I realize it is some sort of solicitation - rage mode happens. I demand to know if they are literate and start chasing them off my porch and property. I do not want them anywhere near me or my home. I just don't want to be bothered at all.
This even happens if someone calls - once I figure out they are someone I don't want to talk to, I get VERY mad and start in with extreme verbal abuse toward them.
I have had bad experiences with door-knockers before, including one who tried to push is way into my house before I literally grabbed a broom handle and used it to ensure they left quickly with something to remember the encounter. There was another religious solicitor that sat on my porch after being told to go away, and remained there until the police arrived and arrested them.
But that rage at solicitors - I am not sure what truly sets it off. I don't feel calm when it's over, I generally am wound up for hours after and self-isolate so as not to go off on my wife or daughter undeservedly.
Perhaps it's a "safe" place to vent PTSD rage and anger from childhood abuse that I could never respond to. After all, they won't come back to the house, they won't call after I am done verbally ripping them apart on the phone, they just think I am another jerk.
Still - it frightens my wife who is a domestic abuse survivor herself. And it's ultimately not good for me or those that live with me.