Another lowlife visit

I come back to my office around 3 this afternoon to find a business card on my door. Normally it wouldn’t bother me. This one however was from a rep of ADT Security. It wasn’t your normal paper business card stuck in the frame of the door. It was a adhesive stuck to the window on my glass door. Here is the kicker, it’s on a glass door of a space that’s for rent! Anyway, I have this thing stuck to my glass door. I have my hands pretty full but figure I can just peel it off with two fingers. I mean nobody would really “stick” something to someone else’s property would they? Anyway it wouldn’t come right off. So I figure he can kiss my so I call him. Ask him to please return and take the sticker off my window. His reply is ” I’m not coming back today. I’ll get it the next time I’m in town.” At which point I ask why he thinks it’s ok to stick something on anybodies window? I said “geez, stick the card in the door or drop it in the mailbox.” His reply, “it’s a federal offense to put anything on a mailbox.” To which I reply, I don’t give a ________ about the feds. Get the thing off my window. And btw, how would you like it if I stuck something on your windows?

He was still babbling his apology when I hung up.

I’m getting real tired of inconsiderate people.

To top things off you are required to submit a e-mail address when trying to contact customer service. The pigs would just sell it anyway. I’ll just wait for the next chump to swing by.

I’m still trying to figure out how someone can walk by a couple times a week and heave unwanted garbage in the form of a “shopper” or similar into my front yard and it isn’t considered littering.

I wish I had time to save these things up for a year and spend a lunch hour throwing them off the front door of their business. The reality is I don’t have time and all I do is walk them from the front yard to the garbage can in the garage. Someone could load one up with $100 bills and I’d never know it.

At least he is working! Could be home watching yet another “who’s the daddy” episode of Maury, sippin 40’s and smokin blunts, waitin fo da furst of da mumpf!

I would rather have someone trying to market to me any day, attempting to make an honest wage, most of all paying TAXES!!! Then pay for some welfare hood rat to keep squirtin’ out illegitimate kids to supplement the WIC, EBT, and housing benefits she receives every month to maintain her litter.

In an economy like this, props to the guy for sticking his sh*+ on your window trying to make a sale, chain a dog outside your door if you want people to stay away.

Calling a guy a lowlife for trying to make a living is B.S.!

I had to threaten legal action against the Pioneer Press to stop delivery of their “Complementary” editions once or twice a week! These ^%$&#%^&%^& papers would litter my driveway and scream to criminals “Hey, I’m not home. Come rob my house”!!!

What finally worked was a written complaint to the Mn Attorney Generals office. They got involved and threatened a 6 figure fine against the Press. That finally got them to stop!

Nothing worse than coming home from a week up at the lake to fine a pile of papers laying in the driveway. Absolutlely no respect or common sense these days.

-J.

Oh my. They may as well just have painted it on as using such a strong adhesive.

What’s B.S. is the fact he doesn’t have any repect for another mans property.I would stick it right up his sideways

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I had to threaten legal action against the Pioneer Press to stop delivery of their “Complementary” editions once or twice a week! These ^%$&#%^&%^& papers would litter my driveway and scream to criminals “Hey, I’m not home. Come rob my house”!!!

What finally worked was a written complaint to the Mn Attorney Generals office. They got involved and threatened a 6 figure fine against the Press. That finally got them to stop!

Nothing worse than coming home from a week up at the lake to fine a pile of papers laying in the driveway. Absolutlely no respect or common sense these days.

-J.

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This last week the gal and I were down to TX for 6 days until late monday night. The first thing I did on my way into the house with the luggage was clean the shopper and door hangers for lawn service, tree trimming and garbage service off the front door. Might as well call it a burglar-bullsey.

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I had to threaten legal action against the Pioneer Press to stop delivery of their “Complementary” editions once or twice a week! These ^%$&#%^&%^& papers would litter my driveway and scream to criminals “Hey, I’m not home. Come rob my house”!!!

What finally worked was a written complaint to the Mn Attorney Generals office. They got involved and threatened a 6 figure fine against the Press. That finally got them to stop!

Nothing worse than coming home from a week up at the lake to fine a pile of papers laying in the driveway. Absolutlely no respect or common sense these days.

-J.

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This last week the gal and I were down to TX for 6 days until late monday night. The first thing I did on my way into the house with the luggage was clean the shopper and door hangers for lawn service, tree trimming and garbage service off the front door. Might as well call it a burglar-bullsey.

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Sounds like you guys need an ADT system…..

big G

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Might as well call it a burglar-bullsey.

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They say the mafia is dead…..I say they’re just shapeshifters and they’re presenting themselves in different ways.

Just give them BK’s email address when you file that complaint.

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At least he is working! Could be home watching yet another “who’s the daddy” episode of Maury, sippin 40’s and smokin blunts, waitin fo da furst of da mumpf!

I would rather have someone trying to market to me any day, attempting to make an honest wage, most of all paying TAXES!!! Then pay for some welfare hood rat to keep squirtin’ out illegitimate kids to supplement the WIC, EBT, and housing benefits she receives every month to maintain her litter.

In an economy like this, props to the guy for sticking his sh*+ on your window trying to make a sale, chain a dog outside your door if you want people to stay away.

Calling a guy a lowlife for trying to make a living is B.S.!

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Dan ya missed the point. I have no problem with him trying to earn a living. He in fact is no different then a telemarketer. When they call I politely tell them no ONCE. Then it’s up to them the way the conversation goes. Fact is he has no right “sticking” anything on my property. If he wants to drop a business card it’s one thing, this was something else.

As far as calling him a lowlife…………well it was the action and the conversation that earned him the title. I won’t apologize for that.

I wonder if a No solicitation sign would help with some of this un-wanted advertising. I’ve seen those on homes before.

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I wonder if a No solicitation sign would help with some of this un-wanted advertising. I’ve seen those on homes before.

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That doesn’t work for the guy driving a 1980 Plymouth K car with no muffler at 3am tossing papers out of his car window as he drives by!!!

-J.

If it were me this is what I would do, call ADT and set up an appointment with a salesrep, when they arrived tell them all you really need is for someone to take the sticker off my door. Yes, it’s cruel and mean but I’ve done it with other salespeople who leave crap on my door, I politely open the door hand them whatever they left and go back inside. Trust me they don’t come to my home a second time and leave anything. I used to get the shopper too, I called the printer and told them I don’t want it, he says 95% of people that get these read them, I said B.S. don’t deliver it to my house again, it took a couple weeks but the shopper doesn’t come anymore either.

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At least he is working! Could be home watching yet another “who’s the daddy” episode of Maury, sippin 40’s and smokin blunts, waitin fo da furst of da mumpf!

I would rather have someone trying to market to me any day, attempting to make an honest wage, most of all paying TAXES!!! Then pay for some welfare hood rat to keep squirtin’ out illegitimate kids to supplement the WIC, EBT, and housing benefits she receives every month to maintain her litter.

In an economy like this, props to the guy for sticking his sh*+ on your window trying to make a sale, chain a dog outside your door if you want people to stay away.

Calling a guy a lowlife for trying to make a living is B.S.!

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Dan ya missed the point. I have no problem with him trying to earn a living. He in fact is no different then a telemarketer. When they call I politely tell them no ONCE. Then it’s up to them the way the conversation goes. Fact is he has no right “sticking” anything on my property. If he wants to drop a business card it’s one thing, this was something else.

As far as calling him a lowlife…………well it was the action and the conversation that earned him the title. I won’t apologize for that.

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Absolutely!!!

I’m in your court!

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I had a jack$$$ come into my yard and take water out of a spigot. I asked him why he could not ask for water instead of just taking it. The guy tells me he does not have to ask for water because its free every where, So I tell him to get the hell off my property, and then arrogant pr!!k says he does not have leave. So I grabbed him by the neck and forced him off my property. HERE IS THE KICKER! he calls the police,they come to my door and threaten me saying that I could get arrested for aggravated assualt.WHERE THE HE#!
ARE MY RIGHTS HERE! it didn’t matter they let the guy walk,

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I can safely say that had someone tried that in my yard I would have called the police first and told them I feared for my life. Then I would have let them know I was going for my gun. After that you just sit back and wait for all hell to break lose. After that you can press trespass charges. Unfortunately once you grabbed the guy, you were in the wrong. Had he touched you first, you could do almost anything to protect yourself.

Its nice to see everyone ripping on my competition. I work for Providential Solutions Group in Fridley and we do security, phone, and computer systems mostly for businesses. ADT actually put a sticker on our window. Obviously, they didn’t look too close at the signs all over the door, or noticed all the cameras.

In his defense, its desperate times and they are just trying to get their name out there. Its not the way I do it, but who knows maybe it works better than my approach. FYI-I will not be finding out.

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I had to threaten legal action against the Pioneer Press to stop delivery of their “Complementary” editions once or twice a week! These ^%$&#%^&%^& papers would litter my driveway and scream to criminals “Hey, I’m not home. Come rob my house”!!!

What finally worked was a written complaint to the Mn Attorney Generals office. They got involved and threatened a 6 figure fine against the Press. That finally got them to stop!

Nothing worse than coming home from a week up at the lake to fine a pile of papers laying in the driveway. Absolutlely no respect or common sense these days.

-J.

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This last week the gal and I were down to TX for 6 days until late monday night. The first thing I did on my way into the house with the luggage was clean the shopper and door hangers for lawn service, tree trimming and garbage service off the front door. Might as well call it a burglar-bullsey.

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Sounds like you guys need an ADT system…..

big G

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I’m trying not to laugh, but that was kind of funny. This thread has now come full circle!

Last summer I’m on the deck relaxing, I see this black guy comming up the driveway. I know hes pushing religon, I start waving my hands yelling that I don’t want what hes pushing. My sheperd takes off after him almost knocks the grill over, He keeps walking toward the house. I tell him the dog will chew off his legs if he comes closer. The dog at his heels he leaves, gets back to the road and says fu****en dog. My kid and me busted a gut laughing. Hase’nt been back yet.

When you call on my house or my phone you get what you get, I’ve had to remove two JW by threatening them with a shotgun if they didn’t get their foot out of my door once.

I do not ask for the advertisement brochures and I throw them away before reading them, them and the political crap that comes during election time.

Telemarketer are not welcome and when they call I just say wait a minute and set the phone down and go back to whatever I was doing, eventually they hang up, I’ve given up telling them not to call, it doesn’t work.
Even that block feature that’s out doesn’t stop all of them.

I don’t call them at home, don’t call me, if I want something, I can call you at your place of business.

Not very nice, no I suppose not, but when they call and I tell them I’m gluing up a door pannel for a cabinet and don’t have time to talk, and they continue to want to ramble on about whatever it is their selling, eneough is enough.

Al

It’s easy in Waskish, they are already scared of the redneck factor and by time they get to the door past the yard full of targets and the “woods truck” a multi colored rusted out masterpiece they barely have enough moxy to ring the bell. Then when they hit the bell and dualing banjos plays they bolt like a flash of light for the highway. Every time: da dum dum da dum ding ding ding ding and they are gone like a shot. Works great.

I would be a little ticked if someone stuck a sticker on my property to. In the plumbing service business stickering a house is a common practice. We do not do this with out asking permission 1st. Then a few stickers are left in places like the water heater or under sinks. Yes its marketing but it is also so that a customer can quickly locate our number if needed.

I do not mind the door to door guys so much. Most are told no thanks and they go away. There was a guy last night that was trying to set up construction estimates. What stood out about him was his badge. Very professional looking. In a lot of cities door to door sales needs to be registered with the city, permitted and display badges. I believe this is done to help regulate the number of people wondering threw your neighborhood and also a safety precaution. Most larger cities you can not just start knocking on doors selling stuff.

You do have to commend a person for getting off his butt and doing something to try to make a living. This is why I try to be polite to them at 1st. If they get rude or step over the line then the gloves come off and we start having fun with them.

I had the Jahova Witnesses stop by the house again just last night, I really don’t mind at all. She’s hot!

My biggest pet peeve is the business cards/brochures/flyers that are left under my windshield wipers while my car is parked at the park-n-ride. What annoys me even more is when people get back to there cars and see these things and decide that littering is the best course of action. Metro Transit has no soliciting on signs as you enter the parking lot but clearly that doesn’t do any good.

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My biggest pet peeve is the business cards/brochures/flyers that are left under my windshield wipers while my car is parked at the park-n-ride.

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Sorry Peggy. It won’t happen again.

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Its nice to see everyone ripping on my competition. I work for Providential Solutions Group in Fridley and we do security, phone, and computer systems mostly for businesses. ADT actually put a sticker on our window. Obviously, they didn’t look too close at the signs all over the door, or noticed all the cameras.

In his defense, its desperate times and they are just trying to get their name out there. Its not the way I do it, but who knows maybe it works better than my approach. FYI-I will not be finding out.

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my buddy sold security systems for a few years…he said it was actually a pretty easy sell..you just needed 1 house in a neighborhood and he’d get at least 5 or 6 out of that area.

they set up a secondary contact which is usually a neighbor in case they can’t reach them. so what you have to do is take the neighbor through a little walk through…during that walk through he’d say “well usually what will happen is the crook will see the sticker and just decide to go to a house near this one…usually right next door”…the guy will be like “realy? ” and you have yourself another lead.

he made pretty good money. and the stickers he gave me are nice as well.

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I had the Jahova Witnesses stop by the house again just last night, I really don’t mind at all. She’s hot!

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