I don’t open the door when I’m not expecting somebody or they haven’t texted me first so I can’t really answer this question. I’ll assume it was an ax murderer.
(I guess if it was really an ax murderer they would’ve used the ax to smash the door down? Maybe it was just a baseball bat murderer or a fist murderer.)
@lichme You’re right, a Zmodo Greet WiFi Doorbell with Zmodo Beam Smart Home Hub and WiFi Extender would allow me to see who it is, assuming they don’t just smash it with a hammer and/or steal it.
One of my kids, who rang the doorbell at the front door because he was too lazy to walk around to the door he had previously unlocked to leave the house…
I can’t remember- it stopped happening a few years ago after I put up some sternly worded signage about leaving us alone. I don’t count package deliveries, because I am one of those weirdos who tracks their incoming parcels relentlessly, so they’re never unexpected. (We used to get several sales/religious/asking for handouts visits per week. Since I’m chronically ill and sleep at odd times, it was a real problem for me.)
Moved from the suburbs to a more rural area. One of the unexpected benefits is that I rarely have strangers selling stuff/religion at my door. An unexpected downfall is that my neighbors knock on the door more often. Oh well. It’s a trade-off in my favor.
Foreign (something European) couple for some church. He obviously was being dragged along, and she was disturbingly gung-ho about it. I made a point of acting very excited, but completely ignoring her. She really tried to get him talking to me, but he saw through my act. She kept whacking his arm and saying something in a foreign language as they left. It really made my day.
We had an issue with the mail a few weeks ago. I got the mail for two houses down. I put it in their mailbox. A little while later I got a knock at the door. It was my next door neighbor asking if I got his mail. I told him no, but the next house over night have it. I don’t actually know if the guy ended up finding his mail…but I didn’t get mine that day. It was a weird afternoon.
@ninjaemilee Wild … we had that same problem back around Christmas … for a couple of days, the mail for everyone on our street got shifted by a couple of houses. Assumed it was just a temporary holiday carrier who didn’t know the neighborhood.
I had two Citizenship and Immigration Canada Police officers come to my door to determine the whereabouts of a previous renter of my townhouse who had apparently overstayed his visa. They kept asking leading questions, trying to make sure I wasn’t this person, and that I wasn’t harbouring this person, and that I didn’t know this person.
They were polite and professional (it is Canada, after all), but it still was uncomfortable and initially a bit worrying to have two officers show up at your door unannounced for who knows what reason.
I still get the occasional piece of random mail addressed to the individual now, though I have never heard from him, or heard from the CIC again.
The last person to unexpectedly knock on my door was my neighbor. She was warning me she might make “a little noise” and then proceeded to fully renovate her kitchen using dynamite and a jackhammer
Not a “person”, per se … the dog from the a**hole neighbors across the street, who likes to stand on our porch and bark constantly whenever he escapes their feeble attempts to keep him in his own house/yard.
@Foobarski I assume it is the dog that barks? I guess your house just smells better. Or maybe the dog is warning you about your cats, or the squirrels in your back yard. Some dogs are considerate like that.
A lady from a nearby apartment building, asking for money to buy insulin. If she hadn’t startled me awake, I might have been in a frame of mind to be charitable, but alas.
like others, i didn’t answer the door so i have no idea who it was. because of the nature of the apartment i live in even if i went to the window you’d be unable to tell. but it’s a moot point because if i’m not expecting you i’m not coming down.
i don’t consider packages unexpected because i ordered them so…i know they’ll show up eventually.
i have to assume most random bell rings aren’t actually for us since there’s never an accompanying phone call nor anything left for us when we next venture downstairs. probably something or someone for the neighbors that rings all the bells or tries us if they don’t get a response.
A sheriff’s deputy, handing me a subpoena to appear as a witness for the prosecution in the DUI/hit&run trial of a DF neighbor who took out a power pole and an oak tree in my yard with his Ford Super Duty one evening 16 months prior. The deputy was actually very nice and apologized for having to bother me with the subpoena.
NY de-regulated electric and gas suppliers a few years back. Now shady, fly-by-night companies dump teenagers off in our neighborhood in the hopes of them talking us into trying their intro-rate, which inevitably skyrockets a few months in.
They train them to argue with you when you say no. It’s super fun.
I dunno cause I didn’t answer it.
@nogoodwithnames If you had a Zmodo Greet WiFi Doorbell with Zmodo Beam Smart Home Hub and WiFi Extender, you could know without opening the door!
A cookie pusher.
I don’t open the door when I’m not expecting somebody or they haven’t texted me first so I can’t really answer this question. I’ll assume it was an ax murderer.
(I guess if it was really an ax murderer they would’ve used the ax to smash the door down? Maybe it was just a baseball bat murderer or a fist murderer.)
@awk If you had a Zmodo Greet WiFi Doorbell with Zmodo Beam Smart Home Hub and WiFi Extender, you could know without opening the door!
@awk I wonder how many times Ed McMahon knocked before he gave up and gave the $10 million prize to the next one on the list.
@lichme You’re right, a Zmodo Greet WiFi Doorbell with Zmodo Beam Smart Home Hub and WiFi Extender would allow me to see who it is, assuming they don’t just smash it with a hammer and/or steal it.
@shahnm Ed McMahon isn’t doing a lot of knocking these days…
@awk @shahnm He’s not knocking on much of anything these days.He’s very peaceful now.
@awk @rtjhnstn @shahnm
Ed’s not knocking, he’s pounding with all his might: LEMME OUT!!! LEMME OUTTA HERE!!!
One of my kids, who rang the doorbell at the front door because he was too lazy to walk around to the door he had previously unlocked to leave the house…
I can’t remember- it stopped happening a few years ago after I put up some sternly worded signage about leaving us alone. I don’t count package deliveries, because I am one of those weirdos who tracks their incoming parcels relentlessly, so they’re never unexpected. (We used to get several sales/religious/asking for handouts visits per week. Since I’m chronically ill and sleep at odd times, it was a real problem for me.)
Moved from the suburbs to a more rural area. One of the unexpected benefits is that I rarely have strangers selling stuff/religion at my door. An unexpected downfall is that my neighbors knock on the door more often. Oh well. It’s a trade-off in my favor.
Foreign (something European) couple for some church. He obviously was being dragged along, and she was disturbingly gung-ho about it. I made a point of acting very excited, but completely ignoring her. She really tried to get him talking to me, but he saw through my act. She kept whacking his arm and saying something in a foreign language as they left. It really made my day.
We had an issue with the mail a few weeks ago. I got the mail for two houses down. I put it in their mailbox. A little while later I got a knock at the door. It was my next door neighbor asking if I got his mail. I told him no, but the next house over night have it. I don’t actually know if the guy ended up finding his mail…but I didn’t get mine that day. It was a weird afternoon.
@ninjaemilee Wild … we had that same problem back around Christmas … for a couple of days, the mail for everyone on our street got shifted by a couple of houses. Assumed it was just a temporary holiday carrier who didn’t know the neighborhood.
I had two Citizenship and Immigration Canada Police officers come to my door to determine the whereabouts of a previous renter of my townhouse who had apparently overstayed his visa. They kept asking leading questions, trying to make sure I wasn’t this person, and that I wasn’t harbouring this person, and that I didn’t know this person.
They were polite and professional (it is Canada, after all), but it still was uncomfortable and initially a bit worrying to have two officers show up at your door unannounced for who knows what reason.
I still get the occasional piece of random mail addressed to the individual now, though I have never heard from him, or heard from the CIC again.
Trying to sell me some Jesus.
The last person to unexpectedly knock on my door was my neighbor. She was warning me she might make “a little noise” and then proceeded to fully renovate her kitchen using dynamite and a jackhammer
A neighbor bearing slightly used children’s snow boots.
Not a “person”, per se … the dog from the a**hole neighbors across the street, who likes to stand on our porch and bark constantly whenever he escapes their feeble attempts to keep him in his own house/yard.
@Foobarski I assume it is the dog that barks? I guess your house just smells better. Or maybe the dog is warning you about your cats, or the squirrels in your back yard. Some dogs are considerate like that.
A lady from a nearby apartment building, asking for money to buy insulin. If she hadn’t startled me awake, I might have been in a frame of mind to be charitable, but alas.
If you order something, why is its delivery unexpected? Wouldn’t non-delivery be the unexpected thing?
A downstairs neighbor to tell me my radiator was leaking.
One of my neighbor’s grandchildren with a wedding invitation for her aunt
The Tamale Lady, WooHoo!
Good thing too, I was hungry.
The police, asking about some shady neighbors.
Someone trying to sell me a smart home, saying they would install it all for free.
No thanks.
That I know of: Girl Scouts.
Mmmmm, Thin Mints.
like others, i didn’t answer the door so i have no idea who it was. because of the nature of the apartment i live in even if i went to the window you’d be unable to tell. but it’s a moot point because if i’m not expecting you i’m not coming down.
i don’t consider packages unexpected because i ordered them so…i know they’ll show up eventually.
i have to assume most random bell rings aren’t actually for us since there’s never an accompanying phone call nor anything left for us when we next venture downstairs. probably something or someone for the neighbors that rings all the bells or tries us if they don’t get a response.
Cops.
The pizza guy. He was expected, but not for another 15 minutes, and that 15 would have let us finish sexy time before the doorbell rang.
I need to make a “no soliciting (unless you’re selling tamales)” sign. We got some good door to door tamale pushers in this neighborhood.
I live in a secured apartment building with no call box, so I don’t get people at my door. It’s nice.
A sheriff’s deputy, handing me a subpoena to appear as a witness for the prosecution in the DUI/hit&run trial of a DF neighbor who took out a power pole and an oak tree in my yard with his Ford Super Duty one evening 16 months prior. The deputy was actually very nice and apologized for having to bother me with the subpoena.
i dont have a door
NY de-regulated electric and gas suppliers a few years back. Now shady, fly-by-night companies dump teenagers off in our neighborhood in the hopes of them talking us into trying their intro-rate, which inevitably skyrockets a few months in.
They train them to argue with you when you say no. It’s super fun.
The man. To hassle me about parking my car on the lawn.