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These are people who see me walking around the complex though. Also it was December 27th or so, at 8pm! We introduced ourselves as saying we were from unit nnnn

These are people who see me walking around the complex though. Also it was December 27th or so, at 8pm! We introduced ourselves as saying we were from unit nnnn, we'd baked some holiday cookies and we'd love to share. "No thanks", closed door.

raverbashing 8y ago
:(
mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
Sorry you have shitty neighbors. Were it me is take your cookies with pleasure and talk to you.
astura 8y ago
Sounds like one of those "overly friendly" sales pitches to me. Or worse, one of those "pretend you have a gift, forcefully demand payment" scams. Or even worse, Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses using baked goods as an in to talk to you with the real reason why they are there is to solicit you their religion. People used to do something very similar to my grandma a lot, say they are there for something neighbourly and then put pressure on her to buy something when she interacted with them for a bit. It worked on her too, even though she never actually wanted to buy something. I would have said no thanks and closed the door too and I don't have a problem associating with my neighbors at all! In fact, throughout the years I've shared with neighbors baked goods and beers, let them borrow tools, helped shovel snow, invited the young single one to "Friendsgiving dinner"[1] to make sure he had somewhere to go, offered help with various tasks, etc. Most people want to have a bit of a rapport with someone before they are cool with unsolicited baked goods at 8 at night. Especially when you're knocking on people's doors, it can be very unsettling to be interrupted from what you are doing like that. At 8pm people with younger children are in the middle of putting them to bed, it's not like they have the energy to deal with potential scammers at the front door at that point. What would have been appreciated is if you put the bags in a basket in the hallway with a sign "Merry Christmas from Joe Bob and Sally Doe in unit xxxx!" [1] This is Thanksgiving dinner except with friends instead of family.
- drukenemo 8y ago
  I do think you are the voice of reason here. In the sense that they had the best intention but maybe not the best execution.

raverbashing 8y ago

mrhappyunhappy 8y ago

Sorry you have shitty neighbors. Were it me is take your cookies with pleasure and talk to you.

astura 8y ago

Sounds like one of those "overly friendly" sales pitches to me. Or worse, one of those "pretend you have a gift, forcefully demand payment" scams. Or even worse, Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses using baked goods as an in to talk to you with the real reason why they are there is to solicit you their religion. People used to do something very similar to my grandma a lot, say they are there for something neighbourly and then put pressure on her to buy something when she interacted with them for a bit. It worked on her too, even though she never actually wanted to buy something. I would have said no thanks and closed the door too and I don't have a problem associating with my neighbors at all! In fact, throughout the years I've shared with neighbors baked goods and beers, let them borrow tools, helped shovel snow, invited the young single one to "Friendsgiving dinner"[1] to make sure he had somewhere to go, offered help with various tasks, etc. Most people want to have a bit of a rapport with someone before they are cool with unsolicited baked goods at 8 at night. Especially when you're knocking on people's doors, it can be very unsettling to be interrupted from what you are doing like that. At 8pm people with younger children are in the middle of putting them to bed, it's not like they have the energy to deal with potential scammers at the front door at that point. What would have been appreciated is if you put the bags in a basket in the hallway with a sign "Merry Christmas from Joe Bob and Sally Doe in unit xxxx!" [1] This is Thanksgiving dinner except with friends instead of family.

drukenemo 8y ago
I do think you are the voice of reason here. In the sense that they had the best intention but maybe not the best execution.