Would you let a stranger into your house?

[Superflow]

Weso said:

sociopath said:

F**k me you're a paranoid lot.

It's a meter reader FFS, they do exist.

This. Grown men who won't open the door or answer the phone if they don't know who it is.
The outside world is really not a scary place.

For me it’s not about being scared it’s about not being caught up in other people’s drama.

I’m very selective about who I spend my time with and when because there is so much nonsense out there and I can choose what I want to do and when, I don’t do favours and ask for none in return.

[TheJimi]

LosingGrip said:

I wouldn’t. Then again I don’t answer the door unless I’m expecting someone/something (really pisses my other half off as deliveries get missed).

I don't think you realise quite how mental that sounds

Your other half is entirely correct to be pissed off, imo.

[Muppet007]

Yes and I'm not dead yet...

[Driver101]

Superflow said:

For me it’s not about being scared it’s about not being caught up in other people’s drama.

I’m very selective about who I spend my time with and when because there is so much nonsense out there and I can choose what I want to do and when, I don’t do favours and ask for none in return.

The man is coming in your house to read your meter. He will be in and out of your house in no time at all.

What drama do you think will occur letting the man read your meter?

[jdw100]

Superflow said:

Weso said:

sociopath said:

F**k me you're a paranoid lot.

It's a meter reader FFS, they do exist.

This. Grown men who won't open the door or answer the phone if they don't know who it is.
The outside world is really not a scary place.

For me it’s not about being scared it’s about not being caught up in other people’s drama.

I’m very selective about who I spend my time with and when because there is so much nonsense out there and I can choose what I want to do and when, I don’t do favours and ask for none in return.

I don't think a delivery is a favour and its not like you have to invite them in for dinner and spend quality time together.

How does this approach work for you, in your job as a lone-wolf assassin who relies on no man but himself and can't trust anyone having learnt the hard way that people will always let you down and that he would have been better off never falling in love that once and won'r repeat that mistake again?

I imagine that it is quite a good philosophy...

Is it okay if I pop round Tuesday or Wednesday to have a chat?

I'll come sometime between 10:00 and 18:00 probably ....can I borrow your lawn mower?

[PurpleTurtle]

Of course I'd let them in, I regularly do.

We live in a 1970s house with both gas and electric meters in a cupboard under the stairs. It is invariably rammed full of my motorbiking kit so I generally CBA to empty it to send my own readings in, ergo the nice man from Lowri Beck turns up and asks to read them.

https://www.lowribeck.co.uk/metering-data-services

I then do the typically British profuse apology that I really should get on top of this and send them in, and he cracks the joke about if everyone did that then he'd be out of a job, he politely departs pronto because his hand held scanner is dictating how many meters he has to read today, I replace all my bike kit, blatantly lie to myself that I will get a bit more on top of my admin and promptly go upstairs and forget all about it.

That's been the case for the last 15yrs I've lived here and I've never been bummed or scammed yet.

Edited by PurpleTurtle on Sunday 15th May 23:49

[Superflow]

jdw100 said:

Superflow said:

Weso said:

sociopath said:

F**k me you're a paranoid lot.

It's a meter reader FFS, they do exist.

This. Grown men who won't open the door or answer the phone if they don't know who it is.
The outside world is really not a scary place.

For me it’s not about being scared it’s about not being caught up in other people’s drama.

I’m very selective about who I spend my time with and when because there is so much nonsense out there and I can choose what I want to do and when, I don’t do favours and ask for none in return.

I don't think a delivery is a favour and its not like you have to invite them in for dinner and spend quality time together.

How does this approach work for you, in your job as a lone-wolf assassin who relies on no man but himself and can't trust anyone having learnt the hard way that people will always let you down and that he would have been better off never falling in love that once and won'r repeat that mistake again?

I imagine that it is quite a good philosophy...

Is it okay if I pop round Tuesday or Wednesday to have a chat?

I'll come sometime between 10:00 and 18:00 probably ....can I borrow your lawn mower?

What you say is mostly true.

I don’t trust anyone as people are nearly always takers in life.

I have a small circle of people I spend time with beyond that I’m not interested in getting involved for any reason,I used to be the organiser the life and soul but I’ve left all that behind now and yes you can use my lawnmower if you call ahead.

[slopes]

Evoluzione said:

10am on a week day, you're on your own at home and someone knocks on the door. Looking out it's some bloke with hi-viz and Covid mask on. ID tag hanging from his neck. So & so utilities written on his hi-viz and on his van parked behind him.
Says he wants to read the leccy meter, yet you have a smart meter fitted. When you tell him this he says 'Oh they don't always work though'.
If you don't have a meter in your house then imagine you do.

Would you let him in to read the meter?

Edited by Evoluzione on Thursday 12th May 11:54

Yes but it rubs the lotion on it's skin or else it get's the hose again.

[Scabutz]

Superflow said:

What you say is mostly true.

I don’t trust anyone as people are nearly always takers in life.

I have a small circle of people I spend time with beyond that I’m not interested in getting involved for any reason,I used to be the organiser the life and soul but I’ve left all that behind now and yes you can use my lawnmower if you call ahead.

Im pretty much the same. Im not scared of answering the door, but I have nothing to gain by doing so. Deliveries get left on doorstep, anyone else Im not expecting is going to be someone trying to sell me something, or a Jehovah's witness, Politian etc. I dont want to talk to these people

[Jasandjules]

No because the meter is in the boot room..........

[Triumph Man]

Sheetmaself said:

With my job i go into other peoples houses often and i was having a discussion just yesterday about this with a client.

It is amazing just what people have left out, not talking tvs and stuff which can’t be out away but expensive watches and such like and how quick they are to offer info such as “can’t do next week as we’re on holiday for a fortnight starting the 5th”!

Same here - a good portion of my job is surveying people's houses, and I do have to poke around everywhere. It's amazing how trusting people are. Then again, taking anything would be more than my job's worth -not that I would ever entertain it! People do just leave everything around though.

[boyse7en]

Triumph Man said:

Sheetmaself said:

With my job i go into other peoples houses often and i was having a discussion just yesterday about this with a client.

It is amazing just what people have left out, not talking tvs and stuff which can’t be out away but expensive watches and such like and how quick they are to offer info such as “can’t do next week as we’re on holiday for a fortnight starting the 5th”!

Same here - a good portion of my job is surveying people's houses, and I do have to poke around everywhere. It's amazing how trusting people are. Then again, taking anything would be more than my job's worth -not that I would ever entertain it! People do just leave everything around though.

People do leave stuff lying around in their own house. I'd say that was normal behaviour.

If you spend your life thinking everyone is trying to steal from you or scam you all the time, it must just be so wearing on the soul.

[Triumph Man]

boyse7en said:

Triumph Man said:

Sheetmaself said:

With my job i go into other peoples houses often and i was having a discussion just yesterday about this with a client.

It is amazing just what people have left out, not talking tvs and stuff which can’t be out away but expensive watches and such like and how quick they are to offer info such as “can’t do next week as we’re on holiday for a fortnight starting the 5th”!

Same here - a good portion of my job is surveying people's houses, and I do have to poke around everywhere. It's amazing how trusting people are. Then again, taking anything would be more than my job's worth -not that I would ever entertain it! People do just leave everything around though.

People do leave stuff lying around in their own house. I'd say that was normal behaviour.

If you spend your life thinking everyone is trying to steal from you or scam you all the time, it must just be so wearing on the soul.

When I say leaving around the house, I mean underwear on the floor, just general mess etc.

[anonymous-user]

Superflow said:

What you say is mostly true.

I don’t trust anyone as people are nearly always takers in life.

I have a small circle of people I spend time with beyond that I’m not interested in getting involved for any reason,I used to be the organiser the life and soul but I’ve left all that behind now and yes you can use my lawnmower if you call ahead.

You sound emotionally damaged in some way.

I’m not meaning that as any kind of a dig, just an observation as I have no idea what you have been through.

[TheJimi]

Lord Marylebone said:

Superflow said:

What you say is mostly true.

I don’t trust anyone as people are nearly always takers in life.

I have a small circle of people I spend time with beyond that I’m not interested in getting involved for any reason,I used to be the organiser the life and soul but I’ve left all that behind now and yes you can use my lawnmower if you call ahead.

You sound emotionally damaged in some way.

I’m not meaning that as any kind of a dig, just an observation as I have no idea what you have been through.

Thought much the same myself.

People don't tend to be that cynical towards other humans without reason.

[Superflow]

You’re reading too much into it.

I’m just very selective about how I spend my time that’s all.

I’d wager I’m far from alone in that way.

[anonymous-user]

Superflow said:

You’re reading too much into it.

I’m just very selective about how I spend my time that’s all.

I’d wager I’m far from alone in that way.

We are talking to people who might knock on your door, and you made the comment of “I don’t trust anyone as people are nearly always takers in life”.

To obtain an outlook such as that, it suggests to me you have had a series of bad experiences, that most people probably won’t have endured.

Reading more into what probably isn’t there, I can only make wild assumptions that you have had bad experiences with family and friends knocking on your door and asking for help with things.

I can only speak for myself, but the sort of people who knock on my door, more or less unexpectedly, are the postman, delivery drivers, friends, and family members.

A little while ago that also included a couple of neighbours dropping off gifts as we had a baby, and they must have been told by someone.

Regarding friends and family, they don’t want anything from me apart from to spending some time with me, which I welcome.

Regarding delivery drivers, yes, occasionally it’s a parcel for a nearby neighbour and I’m happy to help. It takes me 30 seconds out of my day.

Very occasionally I might get a charity ‘seller’ knock on the door, but again, it’s 30 seconds while I say “no thank you” and close the door.

I can’t say any of it gets any more difficult than that.

Your door, your choice though, and you are free to ignore it as you currently do.

[Mr Penguin]

I wouldn't let a cold caller in. If it's genuine then my provider can let me know in advance.

[sociopath]

Superflow said:

What you say is mostly true.

I don’t trust anyone as people are nearly always takers in life.

I have a small circle of people I spend time with beyond that I’m not interested in getting involved for any reason,I used to be the organiser the life and soul but I’ve left all that behind now and yes you can use my lawnmower if you call ahead.

Would you like my username? I think it would suit you

[take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey]

Rollin said:

okgo said:

Yes, did it the other week. Looked legit to me, if not, what is he going to do? Die in my cellar is what

Same here. They always look a lot more nervous than me as I follow them down the cellar stairs.

That'll be the 'zzzzzip' sound behind them.