samantha25
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Post by samantha25 on Oct 4, 2020 4:42:00 GMT
I don't get it. Why wouldn't your husband have picked it up if he went and opened the door? There must be part of the story I am missing. I'm assuming your daughter didn't bring it in because the window she was looking out was far from the door, but why open the door, see it, close the door and walk away? We weren't going to take the stuff inside immediately because of Covid and we were eating.
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samantha25
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Post by samantha25 on Oct 4, 2020 4:48:36 GMT
Ahhh, we have a sort of quarantine holding area set up in our entry hall. Works for us. cool..no entry way here, directly leads into our main room and stairway. I thought the booers were put off by my yelling..lol
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RedSquirrelUK
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Oct 4, 2020 10:19:11 GMT
I'll admit to being completely confused here. In my world, booing has a completely different meaning. I understand about leaving a delivery on the doorstep, but please can you explain what you mean by booers and unbooed?
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peaname
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Post by peaname on Oct 4, 2020 10:34:31 GMT
I'll admit to being completely confused here. In my world, booing has a completely different meaning. I understand about leaving a delivery on the doorstep, but please can you explain what you mean by booers and unbooed? Someone “boo’d” them by leaving a basket of treats. Someone else stole the basket before they could bring it inside. Hence, they were “unboo’d.”
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RedSquirrelUK
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Oct 4, 2020 10:46:38 GMT
I'll admit to being completely confused here. In my world, booing has a completely different meaning. I understand about leaving a delivery on the doorstep, but please can you explain what you mean by booers and unbooed? Someone “boo’d” them by leaving a basket of treats. Someone else stole the basket before they could bring it inside. Hence, they were “unboo’d.” Is this a new thing? It's the first time I've heard of it.
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sweetpeasmom
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Post by sweetpeasmom on Oct 4, 2020 11:38:58 GMT
I’m confused as to why they kept ringing and then took it back. In my experience, the booer knocks/rings and dashes. It’s supposed to be somewhat of a secret who left it.
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Post by Zee on Oct 4, 2020 12:26:41 GMT
You sound pretty rude, I would have not wanted to leave it there either after being yelled at and the bag ignored by someone who saw it sitting there.
I hope it found a new loving family!
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anaterra
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Post by anaterra on Oct 4, 2020 13:02:27 GMT
I’m confused as to why they kept ringing and then took it back. In my experience, the booer knocks/rings and dashes. It’s supposed to be somewhat of a secret who left it. When we have boo'd my grandkids love to watch someone get excited for an unexpected gift from the car... For someone to yell at us thru the door and then open door n close it again... and leave our stuff behind?? we would have wanted to take our treats on to someone else... i would have just left it... but we would never boo u again.. lol
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peaname
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Post by peaname on Oct 4, 2020 13:04:34 GMT
You sound pretty rude, I would have not wanted to leave it there either after being yelled at and the bag ignored by someone who saw it sitting there. I hope it found a new loving family! Oh, wait are you suggesting the person that dropped it off changed their mind and took it back? I guess I’m confused too. OP, what is your assessment of what happened?
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amom23
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Jun 27, 2014 12:39:18 GMT
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Post by amom23 on Oct 4, 2020 13:05:37 GMT
Sorry, but I can't imagine yelling that you are eating to someone knocking on your door. Everyone seems to eat at random times so I don't instantly consider it rude of the person who was knocking. My guess is your neighbors took their basket of goodies and moved on to a friendlier house.
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Post by greendragonlady on Oct 4, 2020 13:24:31 GMT
You sound pretty rude, I would have not wanted to leave it there either after being yelled at and the bag ignored by someone who saw it sitting there. I hope it found a new loving family! Oh, wait are you suggesting the person that dropped it off changed their mind and took it back? I guess I’m confused too. OP, what is your assessment of what happened? That's what I was thinking too. If I saw someone open the door, look at it, then close the door, I would think they didn't want it.
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StephDRebel
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Post by StephDRebel on Oct 4, 2020 13:58:31 GMT
I would have watched, heard you, and taken my stuff back too.
I probably would have mumbled "sorry we ruined your night fun sucker." As I was going back up your driveway and waiting for you to yell again.
Any idea who they were?
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 4, 2020 14:08:36 GMT
The thing is, it’s sort of like May Day baskets where it’s supposed to be anonymous who is giving the treats. The person drops the stuff, rings the bell, dashes off hoping to NOT be caught dropping it off. They aren’t supposed to hang around to watch the person come to the door, so I don’t think it likely that it was the droppers taking the stuff back, regardless of someone yelling out that they’re eating dinner. My guess is that someone else happened by, saw the stuff out on the porch looking like something fun and took it. I’m sorry you missed out on your treats.
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Post by malibou on Oct 4, 2020 14:53:59 GMT
I'll admit to being completely confused here. In my world, booing has a completely different meaning. I understand about leaving a delivery on the doorstep, but please can you explain what you mean by booers and unbooed? It's a neighbourhood thing around Halloween. You make up a couple of treat bags and enclose a note instructing them to do the same. There is a little ghost enclosed as well. You enjoy your treat, make up 2 bags to pass along and hang the ghost on your front door so people know your house has already received a treat - or was booed. The idea is to have a little ghost on each door of your neighbourhood. Oh, and drop off is supposed to be anonymous, Ding Dong Ditch style.
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Post by tryingtobewise on Oct 4, 2020 15:25:30 GMT
I find your responses to be very odd. I can’t imagine yelling “we’re eating”, opening the door and leaving the stuff... just weird.
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Post by myshelly on Oct 4, 2020 15:26:39 GMT
You sound...really rude.
If you didn’t want to answer the door, don’t answer it.
No need to yell or open the door and reject the gift.
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Post by Zee on Oct 4, 2020 15:26:54 GMT
We just sat down to eat. Doorbell rang, ignored it. Then knock on the door. DD looked out the window and saw basket of stuff and came back to table to eat. Another knock on the door. I yelled we're eating. DH got up and opened door and then closed it. He saw the bag of stuff, left it where it was. After eating, I went to get stuff on porch and it was gone. Guess we'll have a great nickname from our neighbors (based on the other thread). Lol The Funsuckers
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peaname
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Post by peaname on Oct 4, 2020 15:35:33 GMT
When I was a kid dinner time was sacred. The phone or door would go unanswered. I've told my kids, just because someone rings my doorbell or calls the phone doesn't mean I have to answer. If they're home alone or if someone doesn't look right I ignore it too. There are some who would say ringing the bell between 5-7pm is rude.
Also if I'm givings someone a gift it would take a lot for me to change my mind and keep it since a gift is given freely without expectation of a certain response or reciprocation.
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Post by Zee on Oct 4, 2020 15:41:37 GMT
When I was a kid dinner time was sacred. The phone or door would go unanswered. I've told my kids, just because someone rings my doorbell or calls the phone doesn't mean I have to answer. If they're home alone or if someone doesn't look right I ignore it too. There are some who would say ringing the bell between 5-7pm is rude. Also if I'm givings someone a gift it would take a lot for me to change my mind and keep it since a gift is given freely without expectation of a certain response or reciprocation. So if you would yell at someone and then get up from your sacred dinner during the sacred hours of 5-7pm, see the gift, and shut the door on it, that would just be your normal behavior and not considered rude? In addition to the Funsuckers we now have The Keepers of the Sacred Dining Hours, Hostile To All Who Leave Gifts Between 5 and 7. It's an exclusive society.
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Post by myshelly on Oct 4, 2020 15:43:34 GMT
When I was a kid dinner time was sacred. The phone or door would go unanswered. I've told my kids, just because someone rings my doorbell or calls the phone doesn't mean I have to answer. If they're home alone or if someone doesn't look right I ignore it too. There are some who would say ringing the bell between 5-7pm is rude. Also if I'm givings someone a gift it would take a lot for me to change my mind and keep it since a gift is given freely without expectation of a certain response or reciprocation. It’s totally fine to not answer the door during dinner. You just sit at the table and keep eating. That’s not what OP did.
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Post by padresfan619 on Oct 4, 2020 15:45:48 GMT
I don’t understand the yelling or getting up, opening the door and seeing the gift and shutting the door without taking the stuff in. If you didn’t want to be bothered during dinner time just ignore the door. If I had been at the door and heard someone yelling I may even get concerned and stick around to see if everything is ok. They probably did the same, saw your husband ignore the gift and decided to take it to a different neighbor.
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ashley
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Post by ashley on Oct 4, 2020 15:50:38 GMT
I’d take my gift back too if someone was so rude as to yell “I’m eating!” at me when I tried to deliver it.
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Post by 950nancy on Oct 4, 2020 15:51:25 GMT
When I was a kid dinner time was sacred. The phone or door would go unanswered. I've told my kids, just because someone rings my doorbell or calls the phone doesn't mean I have to answer. If they're home alone or if someone doesn't look right I ignore it too. There are some who would say ringing the bell between 5-7pm is rude. Also if I'm givings someone a gift it would take a lot for me to change my mind and keep it since a gift is given freely without expectation of a certain response or reciprocation. Perhaps in the 70s when people were a little more on the same schedule, it might not have happened that often, but I wouldn't say it would have been rude to ring a doorbell. And 5-7 was the time when all of the telemarketers called in the evening because they knew you would more likely be home.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 4, 2020 16:02:09 GMT
I’d take my gift back too if someone was so rude as to yell “I’m eating!” at me when I tried to deliver it. It’s like May Day baskets. You don’t wait at the door for someone to come. You put the gift there, ring the bell and leave quickly. If the droppers are doing it right, they wouldn’t even hear the OP yelling because ideally they would be out of sight and gone by the time the person came to the door.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 4, 2020 16:04:00 GMT
All I can say is that I’m glad we have cameras on every door of our house. There would be no mystery if that happened here.
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ashley
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Post by ashley on Oct 4, 2020 16:05:21 GMT
I’d take my gift back too if someone was so rude as to yell “I’m eating!” at me when I tried to deliver it. It’s like May Day baskets. You don’t wait at the door for someone to come. You put the gift there, ring the bell and leave quickly. If the droppers are doing it right, they wouldn’t even hear the OP yelling because ideally they would be out of sight and gone by the time the person came to the door. I understand the concept, but the OP seems to believe the deliverer took the basket back, so I was going with that.
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Post by Zee on Oct 4, 2020 16:07:22 GMT
I’d take my gift back too if someone was so rude as to yell “I’m eating!” at me when I tried to deliver it. It’s like May Day baskets. You don’t wait at the door for someone to come. You put the gift there, ring the bell and leave quickly. If the droppers are doing it right, they wouldn’t even hear the OP yelling because ideally they would be out of sight and gone by the time the person came to the door. Yet, it seems they DID wait to see if anyone took the gift. When it obviously was not wanted, they decided to move on to another house.
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amom23
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Post by amom23 on Oct 4, 2020 16:12:32 GMT
The thing is, it’s sort of like May Day baskets where it’s supposed to be anonymous who is giving the treats. The person drops the stuff, rings the bell, dashes off hoping to NOT be caught dropping it off. They aren’t supposed to hang around to watch the person come to the door, so I don’t think it likely that it was the droppers taking the stuff back, regardless of someone yelling out that they’re eating dinner. My guess is that someone else happened by, saw the stuff out on the porch looking like something fun and took it. I’m sorry you missed out on your treats. Like seriously how many people are randomly walking down a residential sidewalk in the evening and would go pick up the package on somebody's doorstep? No doubt the neighbors were peeking to see the reaction to their gift. If I were them I'd have snatched it back up and re-gifted to another home too.
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JustTricia
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Post by JustTricia on Oct 4, 2020 16:14:03 GMT
I understand why people are saying yelling at the door and opening then closing it is rude.
Having said that, I also find it rude (with the exception of an emergency) to ring a doorbell and when no one answers to knock and then knock again. Ring the doorbell and then knock to make sure, okay. But then knock again so much later that her daughter had time to get up from the table, check the door, and get back to the table again, nope.
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Post by cindytred on Oct 4, 2020 17:06:17 GMT
When my kids were young and we boo'd our neighbors, we didn't stick around long enough to hear them yell anything or see if they opened the door. Son would ring the door bell and race back to the car laughing and we would zoom away.
When we would get boo'd by our neighbors it was so exciting. Even though it was that time of year - we never expected it - so when we opened the door and found the treats it was thrilling for all of us.
I miss those days. I should start it here in my apartment complex for the little kids this year.
Cindy
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