So, it’s now been a couple weeks of me going door to door, and I’ve seen all sorts of different styles of living. It has come to my attention that there are several different things I do not like when it comes to going to peoples homes.
One, I’m not particularly fond of having to go door to door, looking like a sales person. Well, technically I guess I am, but I like to think I’m legitimate since it’s a by-law. But either way. People have this tendency to answer the door as is. As in, men keep coming without shirts. Which really wouldn’t be that bad, if they were at least wearing pants. But quite often then don’t. Would it really take that much effort, honestly, to put some clothes on when answering the door? I think it’s just common courtesy, yes?
Or women who come to the door in their nightgowns, or whatever. At least a housecoat would be greatly appreciated.
And when it comes to apartments, people either have no clue just how not soundproof their apartments are, or they simply don’t care. One, I can hear you in there, so getting quiet as soon as I knock actually doesn’t make you not there. And two, I can also hear exactly what you say about me when you close the door. So joking around and being nice to me is kind of redundant when you’re just going to mock and make fun of me when you shut the door.
Also, I am very much a non smoker. So when someone comes to the door with a smoke in their hand, and blows their smoke in my face, am I allowed to say something? Like, also, just common courtesy. And I really, really don’t like going into a smokers apartment or house. But somehow I feel obligated because they have pets and most of the time they aren’t supposed to get out. So I go in. And have the stench attach itself to my clothes, hair, skin. Plus breath it in.
I haven’t decided what I’m going to do about ay of it, but I do know I need to work on the smoker thing. I have no plans of be exposed to it every day all summer. The over-exposure or strangers skin is not something I will likely be able to do something about. On the contrary, it’ll probably only get worse.
Haven’t quite resigned myself to that yet, but I’m working on it.
