How do you preserve the peacefulness and tranquility of your home? While this does not fall exactly under housekeeping it is still an important part of keeping house. I want my home to be welcoming and comforting, my family’s sanctuary from the world.
Usually, it is. My home is peaceful, relatively quiet. Our neighbors are kind and considerate, being at home is a joy.
At least until the weather warms up, then the solicitors come out in force. This has been a pretty mild winter for Utah, temperatures this week are in the high 40’s and we are all enjoying our break from snow and freezing weather. Or at least we were, until the doorbell started ringing.
I may be more frustrated than usual by this because I have averaged three solicitors everyday for a solid week. Not including Saturday and Sunday of course, we do get a break then, well except one Sunday a month because it was something called Fast Sunday. I’m not LDS so I don’t really know but young men come knocking on my door looking for money, money I do not owe them mind you.
I am all for religious freedom, and I applaud anyone who’s faith is so strong that they are driven to go door to door and share that faith, I’m just not interested.
I am currently moving rooms around in my home and making repeated trips from the upstairs of the house, down two flights of stairs to the basement and I’m not at all happy about being interrupted again and again.
People say ignore them, don’t answer the door. In order for me to see who is at the door the person at the door sees me and I just can’t bring myself to be rude enough to walk away without opening the door.
I respect that they have a job/calling to do but I would like some respect in my home. I went online looking for no soliciting signs and found some very interesting forums.
The consensus seems to be that the people who have no soliciting signs on their doors have those because they lack the ability to say no to salespeople so salespeople ignore the signs. I printed one off anyway, if this doesn’t work I don’t know what I’ll do. I really will not buy anything from a door to door salesman, but I also cannot bring myself to be rude to someone trying to earn a living.
Does anyone have any suggestions to turn my home back into my castle?