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One reason I and a number of people do that: to cover the possibility you might be at the wrong door/house or ringing the wrong doorbell. I had both of those p
by vikingerik 2y ago
One reason I and a number of people do that: to cover the possibility you might be at the wrong door/house or ringing the wrong doorbell.
I had both of those problems at my previous residence. It was an apartment complex with some N½ addresses. Visitors would often miss that bit and be at the wrong door. On top of that, the doorbells were counterintuitive: they were arranged vertically, but the bottom doorbell would ring the top apartment and vice versa, so I forever had visitors and deliveries ringing the wrong bell (and actually mostly for the other units ringing mine.)
- rendaw 2y agoAlso if someones just dropping by (unscheduled delivery, sales) and I'm asleep, or watching a movie, or whatever I don't want to be disturbed, and if I have a question for my neighbors similarly I don't want to bother them if they're busy. Phones have snooze mode, most doorbells I've encountered don't.
- ozim 2y agoI usually text/call when I visit people not so often like once a year or once in couple years because usually I don’t remember exactly which number it was. If I go somewhere couple times a year I usually feel quite comfortable using doorbell.