Need d-i-y help, use a Jehovah's Witness!

Actually, the local builders we use (when it's something high up, etc. and I'm not doing it) are a family of JWs.

So they do have day jobs then? ;-)

I have no issues about what they stand for etc, I just have issue with

I took a cold call the other day from a kitchens Co. I just said I wasn't interested in the 'special promotion' nor 'free kitchen' and to not phone me again. They phoned again 10 mins later and the Missus took it. When they wouldn't take no for a (polite) answer she asked them how they would like it if they were constantly bombarded (we aren't) with 'special offers' and 'promotions' and the lady said she wouldn't mind?! She wouldn't give us her home number for some reason though.

All the best ..

T i m

p.s. We are registered with al the MPS / TPS lists and they work very well. This call was actually on my VoIP line!

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I'd better not call then ...

Mary

You aren't *anyone* Mary ;-)

All the best ..

T i m

You say the nicest things :-)

I'll be round when you least expect it.

Mary

Good, that concrete won't mix itself!

All the best ..

T i m

Do they do live electrics?

Bzzzzttt... ;-)

In message , T i m writes

To get back to your original request in another thread

Have you tried Tilgear in Cuffley ?

They have an amazing range of tools

and to make it relevant to this thread ... they are Plymouth Bretheren

;-)

No I haven't but good thinking and worth a go Geoff. I don't know why but I don't feel that confident though. :-(

Yep, like the proverbial Aladdin's cave in there! And you don't see it all unless you stand in front of all the rotating displays long enough. [1]

Yep, and although they seem to have become a bit more 'Pro customer' of late (and accept credit cards) it's still a bit like you have stepped back in time to some degree.

Nice to see 'Nessie' still working in there though (their electro-mechanical stock retrieval system ... before anyone thinks I'm being rude about a staff member). ;-)

All the best ..

T i m

Naughty. ;-)

Here they would have to get past the bear traps and Raiders_of_the_lost_arc style defense systems first!

All the best ..

T i m

A bit like some of the posters in the dihydrogen monoxide thread ...

Have you seen how fast those halls of theirs go up? Amazing it is.

Si

In message , T i m wrote

The problem with the JWs is that they prey on the weak and vulnerable and they use the most effective method of exploiting this group in society by door to door calling.

Opposite my Mums was a fairy old / traditional church. It stood empty for a few years then got bulldozed.

Then this hall appeared as if overnight, they were all there, bricking walls or putting on the roof etc.

As you say, amazing, like the raising of the wooden barns you see them doing on the telly.

All the best ..

T i m

I bet they're careful not to cut themselves, though

Agreed, but I'm not sure that's much different from any cold calling though is it, be it to get you to vote a particular way, buy a kitchen, Sky TV or follow a particular 'god'?

They all get the same answer from us. ;-)

All the best ..

T i m

p.s. If I'm feeling particularly frisky I'll ask them in to help me slaughter the goat ready for the black mass (but that one is mainly for the JW's).

Any cold caller is usually going back up my path within 3 to 5 seconds of me opening the door. Without being shouted at or insulted. I just tell them that I don't buy or sell at my front door. JW's are as easy to spot as the Mormons.

Dave

I had a friend at university who could throw up to order. His party piece, when the JWs visited (by appointment) was to put some kind of foamy dessert with added red food colour in his mouth, get someone else to open the front door and then run down stairs screaming that he was the AntiChrist followed by puking. The red foam down his front and the barf on the doormat at their feet had a profound effect. For some reason, they didn't call after that.

I wonder if it would work with Sky installers?

Was that part of his training or just a sideline .... too many cold pizzas maybe?

;-)

No, I think it would take more than that with the ones we have had round here recently. "No thanks" caused much confusion for them, they couldn't see / understand why anyone wouldn't want their 'free box', special deals or whatever?

If they get too persistent I just set the Missus on them. ;-)

Her: "Right, what are you selling because whatever it is we don't want it, we aren't interested and I'm very busy, thank you, goodbye!"

All the best ..

T i m