NobodysHome's Appalling Rudeness
So, I am on the FCC's Do Not Call list, and I have a No Solicitors sign on my front door. I take these as Carte Blanche to be abusive to people who still call or come to my door.
Last night, I appalled even NobodysWife.
I was running Strange Aeons and there was a knock at the door. Impus Major got the door. A cute Asian teenage girl was there, and she asked, "Is there an adult home?"
I responded from across the room, "Sure! What do you want?"
"Well, I'm from the Environmental Protection..."
"The door SAYS, 'No Solicitors!'"
And Impus Major just shut the door right in her face as I said that. The timing was epic.NobodysWife couldn't believe we were so rude. I can't believe people are so rude as to ignore a sign because they believe that political campaigning/begging for donations/their cause isn't "soliciting".
Grr...
This is why on the rare occasions I go door knocking for church events and stuff, I take a small pamphlet on the event or something with me, since I can leave those for people to find, in non-inconvenient spots (I never leave it in the mail box, as that's a felony, nor do I stick them on cars, that's annoying) but then I can at least say, I left something for them to throwaway without bothering people myself. also, I just hand to people who are fine with answering doors.
For the most part I dislike door-to-door stuff, but it is cheaper, and a tad more personal than mailing a flier to everyone in town.
I don't ever go door-knocking naked btw.
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I'm going to go on a rant about cars.
I could join your rant by pointing out how coddled the US car industry is, but I don't want to be hit with a bike.
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Yeah, I've said it before, but my upbringing was definitely, "Upper middle class parents who grew up during the Great Depression":
We did chores to get our allowances, and typically spent it on candy and donuts.
We never had that issue when it was, "OK, the total is $90, and there are 8 of us, so everyone put in $11 or $12."
In absolute disgust and rebellion, I started refusing to split bills at all. If I went out with friends, I just grabbed the bill and paid the whole thing, and my friends could hand me cash as they felt was appropriate. It's worked really well for many years now. Just last week I went out with the chaperones. I grabbed the $145 bill for the 7 of us and paid it. The chaperones all gave me what they could (two of them were out of cash) and I got $97 from them. So, no fighting, no arguing, and everyone was happy. Sure, I paid a bit more than the rest of them, but I was covering two people who couldn't pay at all, so I figure I got off pretty easy. Shiro has the same approach, so in spite of the fact that between all our games and dining out we easily break $1000 a month, neither of us is out much more than $500, and for us, that's not a lot to pay for good friends, good times, and lasting memories.
Of course, we are both financially well-off enough that $500/month isn't painful to us. But it's more the principle my father started in me: Friendship and family are more important than money.
Yet again, "Why isn't NobodysHome a millionaire?" has a very concrete answer.
This is why on the rare occasions I go door knocking for church events and stuff, I take a small pamphlet on the event or something with me, since I can leave those for people to find, in non-inconvenient spots (I never leave it in the mail box, as that's a felony, nor do I stick them on cars, that's annoying) but then I can at least say, I left something for them to throwaway without bothering people myself. also, I just hand to people who are fine with answering doors.
For the most part I dislike door-to-door stuff, but it is cheaper, and a tad more personal than mailing a flier to everyone in town.
Amusingly enough, this is why I have no issues at all with the Jehovah's Witnesses in my area. They're very nice about the whole thing. Sometimes they leave a pamphlet under the doormat, and on the rare occasion they knock it's usually, "Oh, I'm terribly sorry! As you opened the door I noticed your sign! May I give you a pamphlet before I go?"
If all my door-knockers were as polite as my Jehovah's Witnesses, I wouldn't have nearly as much of an issue with them.
But as always, your Jehovah's Witnesses may vary!
(And yes, I'm Lawful. If they leave because I promise I'll look at their pamphlet, I really DO look at their pamphlet before recycling it.)
This is why on the rare occasions I go door knocking for church events and stuff, I take a small pamphlet on the event or something with me, since I can leave those for people to find, in non-inconvenient spots (I never leave it in the mail box, as that's a felony, nor do I stick them on cars, that's annoying) but then I can at least say, I left something for them to throwaway without bothering people myself. also, I just hand to people who are fine with answering doors.
For the most part I dislike door-to-door stuff, but it is cheaper, and a tad more personal than mailing a flier to everyone in town.Amusingly enough, this is why I have no issues at all with the Jehovah's Witnesses in my area. They're very nice about the whole thing. Sometimes they leave a pamphlet under the doormat, and on the rare occasion they knock it's usually, "Oh, I'm terribly sorry! As you opened the door I noticed your sign! May I give you a pamphlet before I go?"
If all my door-knockers were as polite as my Jehovah's Witnesses, I wouldn't have nearly as much of an issue with them.
But as always, your Jehovah's Witnesses may vary!
(And yes, I'm Lawful. If they leave because I promise I'll look at their pamphlet, I really DO look at their pamphlet before recycling it.)
All the Jehovah's witnesses and Mormons I've encountered have been pretty swell folks, and I've never had anything bad to say about them personally.
All the Jehovah's witnesses and Mormons I've encountered have been pretty swell folks, and I've never had anything bad to say about them personally.
30 years ago the ones around here were really pushy, to the point of, quite literally, putting a foot in the door to keep you from closing it.
I think they moved on or something, because the group that's around here now is really sweet.
3 words Sharoth, ~white noise~.
I do have some of that ability myself but doing such elaborate baking stuff wouldn't be on that list.
Can you please repeat those three words. I did not catch them.
Can you please repeat those three words. I did not catch them.3 words Sharoth, ~white noise~.
I do have some of that ability myself but doing such elaborate baking stuff wouldn't be on that list.
Purple monkey dishwasher, pass it on.
I don't ever go door-knocking naked btw.
But that's how you get the most genuine reactions.
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My main issue with the doorknockers is really how early they arrive. If you're doing your doorknocking on weekends, do not expect me to be sociable, much less amenable to your message, if you arrive before 10 AM.
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To cap off a morning of random tirades:
Unnamed Guest: So, NobodysHome, are your Pathfinder books in any particular order?
NobodysHome: Yes. You'll notice that the rulebooks are in alphabetical order, while the APs are in release order.
UG: OK, thanks!.
So, was Unnamed Guest out to determine his unmitigated stupidity, or his complete a$$hattery? I just can't tell...
In my case you would have told me what order, then I'd read the books, get distracted and forget what order it was, then stuff it back willy-nilly.
If you were in the house I would probably ask, what order again?
For a cat of law and order let's say I'm...not very neat ><
And I'm not good at putting things back where I took them from.
The local Jehovah's Witnesses are polite enough to be consider a diversion instead of a nuisance.
Me on the other hand...not so much ^^'
I'm usually polite, but when they hand me a particular obnoxious pamphlet, I can get a little testy (also lately they seem to only come by when I'm either having guests over or having a nap).
Though I have been wondering about their missionary practises lately...
Instead of the usual smiling elderly couple, thumbing their bibles, I've been getting a couple of prim, good looking girls in the 15-18 age range (i haven't asked, that would be crass ^^) just handing out their pamphlet.
Well, everyone has to start somewhere, but I've had a lot of "missionary" puns just on the tip of my tongue ever since they've started coming by...
Yea, I know, bad Kjeldorn :P
@Mort.
Yup, my brother got the same treatment.
But really I didn't mind much. It turn out to be invaluable practice for when I moved out of the house. Still being a lazy-ass does mean that my cooking tend to be a rather ad-hoc affair.
Tell me the ingredients, and I'll mix em to the closest and least labour-intensive approximation of the intended results ^^
And sure! doing the dishes is a small sacrifice for some exotic cooking! :P
Actually I do the dishes, immediately (or as close as time-wise possible) after any meal.
Having lived in a dorm with 11 others, sharing a common kitchen, I learned first hand that not doing the dishes is the root of all sorts of kitchen infesting evil!
How does the no soliciting business work with girl scouts and their cookies? Does that count as soliciting?
In the Midwest they get their parents to sell them at work or post up in grocery stores or shopping malls.
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The local Jehovah's Witnesses are polite enough to be consider a diversion instead of a nuisance.
Me on the other hand...not so much ^^'
I'm usually polite, but when they hand me a particular obnoxious pamphlet, I can get a little testy (also lately they seem to only come by when I'm either having guests over or having a nap).Though I have been wondering about their missionary practises lately...
Instead of the usual smiling elderly couple, thumbing their bibles, I've been getting a couple of prim, good looking girls in the 15-18 age range (i haven't asked, that would be crass ^^) just handing out their pamphlet.
Well, everyone has to start somewhere, but I've had a lot of "missionary" puns just on the tip of my tongue ever since they've started coming by...
Yea, I know, bad Kjeldorn :P@Mort.
Yup, my brother got the same treatment.
But really I didn't mind much. It turn out to be invaluable practice for when I moved out of the house. Still being a lazy-ass does mean that my cooking tend to be a rather ad-hoc affair.
Tell me the ingredients, and I'll mix em to the closest and least labour-intensive approximation of the intended results ^^
My cooking, unlike me, tends to be ad-hoc. I'll think of what the kitchen has, and make stuff out of it, or maybe duplicate something I had at a restaurant etc. I don't really plan intensively per se. Occasionally I will get anal and spend a morning pounding dried and baked fish for powder for a Popiah party, the foodie in me insisting it ain't right until you get that baked fish powder in.
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How does the no soliciting business work with girl scouts and their cookies? Does that count as soliciting?In the Midwest they get their parents to sell them at work or post up in grocery stores or shopping malls.
I know NH encourages girl scouts to sell cookies to him, I just wondered on the interactions between the no soliciting sign and the girl scouts selling cookies.
I know NH encourages girl scouts to sell cookies to him, I just wondered on the interactions between the no soliciting sign and the girl scouts selling cookies.How does the no soliciting business work with girl scouts and their cookies? Does that count as soliciting?In the Midwest they get their parents to sell them at work or post up in grocery stores or shopping malls.
"No Soliciting" means "No Soliciting". Period. If I hear them in the neighborhood (easy enough), I'll call them over. But usually they just show up at Shiro's, saving me the trouble.
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I'm not sure if you'd find my cooking exotic. I've eschewed most Chinese style cooking for western style cooking as it requires less prep work.
I'm quite likely to toast salmon with Italian herbs and butter and a dash of chilli powder(a nod to my Asian heritage) in the oven, and serve you rosemary and salt crotons.
Also cooking you spaghetti in tomato based sauce and bacon bits may occur as well.
^^
I wouldn't mind...
Though all the fish, would be quite a challenge. I generally don't really like fish.
And I get sick from shellfish (mild allergy) and can't stomach mollusks. Actually in general I kind of avoid anything that comes from the sea...
Yea, I'm a bit of a picky eater.
Don't really know what to feed you if I got the chance.
But I would probably try and get my hands on some fresh game of some kind. You are a little Om-nom-nom-nivore after all :P
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Going to my first Comic Con tommorrow! Not sure what to expect.
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Enjoy yourself, TS.
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Going to my first Comic Con tommorrow! Not sure what to expect.
DUDE WE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO COMIC CON TOGETHER
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Whoever wrote the heat danger rules for Pathfinder and Starfinder clearly never laid pavers in 88 degree heat.
I had a gallon of water so I did just fine. :-)
I memorized that long ago.
Honestly, I don't think I've looked at it in years, I didn't even realize it was broken until you (or someone else) mentioned it.
Temps above 90 forecast all weekend long.
Finally!
I say that not having to work.
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Going to my first Comic Con tommorrow! Not sure what to expect.
People who shouldn't be in scanty costumes in them.
People who should be in scanty costumes not in them.Lots and lots and lots and LOTS of shopping.
Many people who should bathe more often.
More shopping.
Some people some people have heard of giving talks on things some people have heard of.
More shopping.
More B.O.
And don't buy the food. Go outside the building to eat.
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I don't ever go door-knocking naked btw.But that's how you get the most genuine reactions.
You're not wrong.
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I run an internet game for some family and friends on Fridays, and we just got finished with our session tonight.
The setting is a home-brew setting on a world vastly different from Golarion, with 1920 style tech readily available, and no Orcs have been seen for 500 years.
Anyway, I thought I'd have some fun messing with my players and threw in an NPC mage who knew that the world was a game, and understands the mechanics of the game, then messed even further with them by having the next dungeon boss also be meta.
It was fun, and I don't think they quite know what to expect anymore.
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T-lion and his having to catch up thing is amusing. He is putting a lot of work ahead of him.
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I don't know why people think its ok to turn their TV up all the way and go to sleep with it on in a hotel! Freaking inconsiderate Jack@$$es
*yawn*
*stretch*
Morning
*more stretching*
*Rubs eyes*
Good...
*Looks at phone*
Noon?!
*Grumbles about, how he should have set the alarm yesterday while getting a bit o' lunch*
You people (and dragons) and your "time zones"
I did partition various cosmic power to give a helping hand in stomping the earth flat and stopping its rotation...
Haven't gotten any answers yet though.
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I did partition various cosmic power to give a helping hand in stomping the earth flat and stopping its rotation...
Haven't gotten any answers yet though.
Uhh hmm I'm gonna have to politely request you to not do that Evil Kjeldorn san
I gotta admit, I care less about what they announce at PaizoCon then I ever have before.
I guess because, whatever they announce for Starfinder I'll buy no matter what, and because Paizo Advantage is tied to the AP line it doesn't matter what they announce for that.
Also, I can't find the blog on my phone yet.
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At the moment my main Paizo interest is seeing Pathfinder 2nd Edition betatest anyway.
Yeah, with Starfinder Armory coming out about then and the trip to the Bay not long after I decided to go with the free pdfs for the playtest.
Not really following the announcements either.
Might pick up interest again further into the play-test cycle, though right now I'm reading or keep an eye out for other products
(Symbaroum and Conan currently).
So I'll probably go for the free play-test pdfs...
I am crying a bit inside at the treatment the L5R rpg is currently getting at the hands of FFG though. Actually liked the game, even if I didn't get to play in any games very often...