I know I told you all a few weeks back about my run in with my neighbour who accused me of catnapping [link]. At least in that particular situation I wasn't at fault. This time, however, I really only have myself to blame.
I decided it would be a good day to put on a face mask. No real reason, just that I'm home and have no particular plans to leave the house today. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to deep clean my pores. So I broke out the tube of goo, smeared it all over my face, and waited for it to dry.
That's when there was a knock at my door.
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My neighbour was very nice about it, but you could tell he was a bit disturbed. I thought about telling him that it was just a face mask, I wasn't "blacking up" or anything, but I thought maybe that'd just make things worse.
Yeah ... definitely going to stop answering the door.
Well, at least you didn't make it worse by dropping to one knee and singing "Mammy."
ReplyDeleteI considered it, but then thought maybe not.
DeleteI would curl up into a ball of sobbing fear if someone came to my door. No one ever comes to my door. Wait, am I THAT person too? Nah, couldn't be, I'm a sparkling peach of a person. You're just cultivating a safe space. A place where people won't bother you.
ReplyDeleteIf you have to ask if you're that person, then you're that person ;P
DeleteI don't answer the phone either.
ReplyDeleteNeither do I, but that's because my phone isn't plugged in :)
DeleteJust because you are home, you are not required to answer the phone or the doorbell!
ReplyDeleteBut most of us do it.
It is strange how we feel obligated, isn't it.
DeleteThat is definitely a "crickets" moment :)
ReplyDeleteYup, it certainly was.
DeleteOops!!
ReplyDeleteThat's one way of putting it ;P
DeleteBut can you sing like Al Jolson?
ReplyDelete... I'd walk a million miles, for one of your smiles ... Mammmmmieeeeee....
DeleteMy office window faces the street so I see people coming before they open the gate and I don't answer unless they are important, cops, ambos, postie etc, or I'm expecting a guest. Otherwise, to hell with them. I've had some people see me sitting at my desk and come over to the window and knock on it and start talking. I rip into them for being so rude and they skulk off with their tales between their legs.
ReplyDeleteI blasted two women for banging on my lounge room window once. I was sitting at the dining table and saw them park, walk up the path and heard them knock. Didn't answer because I didn't know them. but when they decided to bang on my window that pissed me off. Who did they think they were banging on someone's lounge window for God's sake? I threw the door open and told them I didn't appreciate people banging on my lounge window. They said they were looking for so and so and I told them they didn't live here.They didn't believe me and were quite indignant that I had a go at them for being so rude and that I must be lying. God, no wonder I don't answer doors, people are just liars or scammers.
As for the mask, it clearly looks like a mask and what you do in your own home is your own businesses, no one else's.
Jeez, who on earth knocks on a window!
DeleteI figure if someone comes to my door unexpected, they take a chance on what they might see. I may or may not answer the door depending the degree of my unpresentablity. My facial mask is green so perhaps they would just assume I am from outer space.
ReplyDeleteLOL! It's probably more socially acceptable than a black one.
DeleteYour neighbor will probably never knock on your door again. None of mine do, they always text first. I like the ones that start out "I just made some wonderful chocolate desert and was wondering if you want some" the best.
ReplyDeleteChocolate, alcohol, money ... I'm not fussy.
DeleteAh, you need one of those peep-holes so you can decide if you need to answer it at all.
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to think that too.
DeleteI don't think the boater hat and the dancing with the cane helped either.
ReplyDeleteYeah ... I really didn't think it through.
DeleteNext time you answer the door, wear your face mask and find some real freaky looking clothes, put on a long green wig and talk in a weird accent. In fact, invite them in for a coffee. That will give them something else to talk about. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd when you bump into them on the street, say hello nicely and act like nothing happened. Keep them on their toes at all times Kellie.
LOL! I should try that!
DeleteYou have the most interesting experiences, don't you, Kellie?
ReplyDeleteBlessings and Bear hugs!
My life is both ridiculous and boring. I'm not sure how I manage it, to be honest.
DeleteHahaha, I can see you on trial, (for some reason I'm currently picturing your neighbourhood like of like Salem in the 1700s) shouting, "I swear, I absolutely WASN'T blacking up!" x
ReplyDeleteLOL! Hopefully I won't be tied to the stake any time soon.
DeleteIf you must answer the door in a mask, your first line should be, "Oh good, you're just in time for the ceremony!"
ReplyDeleteOoh, I'll remember that for next time.
DeleteHahaha!!
ReplyDeleteIf someone is going to knock on MY door and disturb MY peace and quiet and MY routine, then they deserve whatever they get.
ReplyDeleteI should just put a sign up in the window that says "Let the knocker beware"
DeleteHey, if you come knocking on my door at any time of day, then expect to find me as I am at that moment. Maybe it's a t-shirt and shorts, or maybe it's a sweat-stained undershirt and underwear. I'm not changing just to answer the door! (Plus, answering the door in the latter usually leads to less knocking. Much, much less knocking)
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should make it a policy to ALWAYS answer the door with the face mask on.
DeleteJust goes to show you that nothing good can come from answer your door. It almost always turns out to be a person. Or even worse; persons.
ReplyDeleteOh unknowable universe!
Deletehahahahaha I have been there, I had a chocolate mask on. I feel you!!
ReplyDeleteOnly those of us who have gone through it can truly understand :P
DeleteI don't have to answer the door. People ring or knock and Franklin's face appears in the window. He curses at them and calls them terrible names. Their eyes get very big and they back away and then they run. They have no idea that Franklin is putting on an act and he's really very timid.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
LOL. Bet he NEVER comes to your door again!
ReplyDeleteIt's quite likely :D
DeleteI'm going to have to try that next time the Jehova's Witnesses come around.
ReplyDeleteLOL! I double dog dare you!
DeleteI reckon that most folks would walk a million miles for one of your smiles....
ReplyDeleteAww, shucks ... :)
DeleteI think I'm already that lady in my neighborhood as well. After yelling at some kids for getting into my mailbox (and then scaring them with threats of the police), and then chasing cats off of my porch with odd hiss/shush/Walking Dead zombie sounds, and yelling obscenities at the TV with the door open in the summer...yeah....I'm the crazy lady on the block. :)
ReplyDeleteIsn't that always the way? Just when you put on your face mask or sit on the toilet, the doorbell rings or the someone calls you on the phone.
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