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smoothoperator wrote:

ArmyMama wrote:Some years ago, we had a repo man come to our door at 12:30am. He rang the doorbell and started beating on the door. My husband went to the door. He demanded to be let in. He was there to repo someone's car. We had two cars in the driveway, both paid for, neither one running, and neither the type of car he was looking for. He was screaming and yelling at my husband, who was yelling back at him through the window.

At that point, he gets 2-3 seconds of bear spray if he tried that at our house. Even before he tried to commit that home invasion. Unless you're a LEO, standing on our porch and screaming at a family member is enough to earn a face full of bear spray, because we reasonably believe that's immediately necessary to terminate their trespass on the land.

agarcia82 wrote:

speedsix wrote:

agarcia82 wrote:I have a chl and i have lots of tattoos..does that make me a bad guy?? I think what you did was just racial profiling..you didnt care what the man had to say..you just seen tattoos and automatically thought he was a bad guy.. and when you told him to buz off thats exactly what the man did he left you alone..you on the other hand did not my good sir you pursued it by calling the cops.. heaven forbid someone with a tatoo ask you for help if they are being robbed youl just shut the door on them..

...he said nothing about the man's race...
..."tattoed" is not a race...can you express your opinion without flopping down a race card??? kinda like a whine...

I clearly read he said two white mails..is that not a race?????????? Kinda like a whine...

DocRawk wrote:I completely agree that the OP should have called the cops, and I consider myself to be somewhat of a young pup (just turned 30 a few weeks ago). I personally have quite a few tattoos. Most of my back is covered along with most of my left forearm and my wife's name on my left ring finger. I happen to be a family medicine resident (read physician). As a professional, I take into consideration the fact that many people perceive tattoos as unprofessional at best, unclean at worst. It doesn't matter if their perceptions are correct. I'm not there to make some kind of personal statement. I'm there to represent my training program and the hospitals that allow me to train in their facilities. I'm also there to serve the people that need my help. When I am working, my tattoos are covered with the only exception being my ring finger.

I expect anyone that comes to my door to sell a product or service to be dressed appropriately for their profession. These people were supposed to be learning public speaking! Part of public speaking is dressing professionally! In short, an adult, regardless of how long they've been an adult, should know to dress according to their role. If they don't, they will not likely get my business. If they show up at my house, I will be suspicious; the police will be informed.

Jim Beaux wrote:As the story goes, in the 1950's a fast talking door to door salesman knocked on my grandfather's door & started rattling off his spiel.

He said, "Mr. X, Im not here to sell you anything, but I am here to give you this book absolutely free".

My grandfather reached over, took the book & as he thumbed through the pages asked, "for free?", and the salesman said, "absolutely"! My grandfather said "thanks" & in a flash slammed the door! The enraged salesman screamed & howled while beating on the door for a long time before finally giving up.

During this time my grandmother frantically rushed into the living room terrified as she thought someone was being assaulted. She then admonished grandpa and insisted that he give the book back, but grandpa said he was now too afraid to open the door...