Solicitation – In criminal law, it most commonly refers to either the act of
offering goods or services, or the act of attempting to purchase such
goods or services. (wikipedia)
Yesterday we ran into a situation where
people don't respect the No Solicitation sign that is up in our
building.
A knock came at our door, and it was a
lady asking for money for disabled children in the 3rd
world countries. Of course, she just had a laminated piece of paper
and didn't show any confidence when she was asking for money. I do
not give any money at the door because there are so many scams where
people have causes, and it's either them or someone else that gets all
the money, and nothing goes to where they are saying it is to go.
Shortly after that knock we got another
knock at the door (less than 5 minutes apart) and this time we were
handed a gift which was a book and CD from a religious group. Again,
another interruption to our day which was frustrating. Before we
could get back to the kitchen another knock, and it was the same group, and it was because the girl thought she had given us her clipboard.
I did yell “What now” before we opened the door because it was
frustrating. Of course, the girl had found her clipboard before we
answered the door.
People do not understand what they are
doing and why it is wrong. We have had situations where people tell
us they live in the building, so it's OK for them to knock at our
doors and ask us to buy things or donate time or money. We continue to try and explain what is wrong and people quite often apologize to us, but we then hear them knocking on the next door as soon as we close our door.
NO SOLICITATION means do not knock on
someone's door asking for their time, soul, or money. Also, do not
knock on my door to offer me something for FREE. Free is never free
when you are standing at my door.
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