I want to know who rang my doorbell at 10 this morning.
See, at our house we don't get up before noon on weekends. Part of it is laziness. The other part is "and why am I getting up this early if I have no reason to?" There are no kids to get up and tend to yet. There's nothing on t.v. that early. We don't attend church. We're not trying to get to McDonald's in time for breakfast. It wasn't the lawn guy...he was here last week.
Whoever rang the bell was ringing it like they knew us. They rang it violently - 4 or 5 times in rapid succession. And then again. That annoyed me mightily. Anyone who knows us knows that they shouldn't just stop by. I don't even bother putting grown-up clothes on on weekends. If people don't give us an hour's warning that they're coming - the door's not getting opened, even if it is obvious that both cars are in the driveway.
No, I didn't get up. Scott didn't get up because being partially deaf has the fortunate side of being able to take your hearing aids out on weekend nights to ignore such noises (we'll have to have a discussion about that, sweetie. how are you going to be able to hear whether our teenage daughter(s) have boys coming in and out their windows?). The least the inconsiderate jerkwad could have done was brought our newspaper up to the stoop. Now I'm up at this unreasonable hour blogging. Dangit.
Posted by Tiffany at August 27, 2006 09:52 AM | TrackBackBe glad you don't have a hundred pound dog that goes absolutely freaking ballistic when the doorbell gets rung. Sometimes she goes nuts when a doorbell rings on the tv. The UPS guy really does not like us very much.
But I bet any would-be breaker-inner would give up any notion of that. But if someone wanted to be a bugger, they'd ring and ditch every morning for a week. 'Course, by that time I'd be hiding on the other side of my fence with my rifle and a really bad case of red eyes.
Posted by: Johnny at August 27, 2006 11:47 AMI hate unenvited quest too! My brother has had the nerve to "stop by" without calling two weekends in a row - I did not get up to let him in either time! The same rule applies to family - YOU BETTER CALL FIRST!
Posted by: Hopluv at August 27, 2006 12:26 PMI got a call. Somebody wants to survey my opinion and wants me to watch a half hour show... When I need a half hour to have an opinion, my body will be at room temperature. Even then, I don't think I'll need to watch a half hour show...
I was polite, but what kind of moron puts people up to this stuff? On my day off?
Posted by: MarkD at August 27, 2006 06:32 PMI think the FTC should come up with a "Do Not Knock List" that's accessible by friends and neighbors. The first time they step out of line, they get a warning. The next time they get fined by having the sprinklers turned on on them.
Posted by: Tiffany at August 28, 2006 06:45 AM