Friday afternoon I'm up in the attic doing paperwork.
The doorbell goes. Olympic athlete that I am I sprint down 2 flights of stairs. As I'm coming down the second flight I can see through the front door window there's nobody there!
Slightly p***sed off I open the door and call "What!"
I see a man walking along the road stop, backtrack and stick his head round the corner of our hedge. He says "Yes?"
Me: "You rang my doorbell?"
Him:"Yes?"
Me:"Well what do you want?" (Since he's wearing a logo-ed shirt and carrying leaflets)
Him: "Nothing." Then he walks off saying in a voice loud enough for me to hear "Miserable git".
I slam door shut.
Somewhat childishly he backtracked down our street later on, rang the doorbell and ran off. I know this because I just happened to be looking out of an upstairs window at the time.
OK so I might have been a bit childish and "grumpy old man" in my initial interaction but honestly not a good attitude from him. He might just have been selling exactly what I was looking for. And he didn't know that we may have been a doddering old couple who just take time to get to the front door. AS it was I had to climb back up 2 flights of stairs and try and work out where I was upto in my tax return.
Why don't people who ring/knock on doors allow enough time for people inside to respond? Don't they want business/make a good impression?
Rant over.
Rog