Would you open door to strangers?

United States
June 12, 2010 12:04pm CST
Well, in recent days, crimes are everywhere, and I just won't want to risk to be nice to open door to someone I don't know. On the past few weeks, I saw people driving around my neighborhood a lot, and I don't know what they are up to. Some people might be sales people, and occasionally, they knock on my door, or ring the bell in attempt to sale something. I just don't want to open my door to them, nonetheless, I don't know who they are. So, I just pretend not to be home at the moment. On Saturday morning, usually the church people might want to pass out their new booklet around the neighborhood, but I still not want to open my door. So, would you open your door to those strangers, like salesperson, or church members etc......?
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14 responses
• Philippines
12 Jun 10
I wouldn't open my door to strangers. I only open my door to opportunities.
• United States
12 Jun 10
It is a nice way for to say something like that.
@karlle (221)
13 Jun 10
If someone's knocking at my door, I'll try to talk to them and not let them go in and at the same time, I need to be alert because it might be a hustler. But there are also times I just pretend that there's no one at home so that person will just leave :)
• Philippines
13 Jun 10
I won't open the door to strangers or to anyone that I don't know of with the increase of crimes on the papers today. It would be better to always think of your safety first. Maybe I can talk to them while they are outside and I am in the inside but not really letting them inside the house or even inside the gate.
• Philippines
13 Jun 10
I rarely do it and my family is so wary of accepting strangers. i may be able to help them to go in another shelter but not to sleep in my house. Since i heard many stories where a stranger kill the whole family and that is something I do not like to happen to my family. So I would not rally trust strangers and that is why they are so called such names. it is better to have precaution most o the times for the protection of your loved ones.
• Pakistan
13 Jun 10
according to me ..i would not open the door if i dont know d person!! id rather look at him frm d door eye to check if im aquaintd to him in anyway or i may ask him dat whos he without opening the door n thn il dcyd whetherx hex sum1 fr whom i shld open d door or not cz deze dayx crime rate is really high n i dont want to take any sorta risks.
• Estonia
13 Jun 10
Certainly not, no no.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
12 Jun 10
Hi, kingparker. No, I would not open the door for strangers. If I am not expecting someones arrival, then I will not open my door. I will talk to them through the door. I don't trust no one! I am very cautious. I am so glad that my husband has put the bolt lock on the door. I don't have to worry about anyone breaking in. People are very dirty and strange. My door stays closed..
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
12 Jun 10
If I am home alone late at night, I don't open the door, but when my husband and I are both here we usually open the door. We live in a small village in the countryside and relatively few strangers knock on other door, but it happens every once in a while. We usually open the door when we see some sales people, because we have been sales people ourselves. We used to work for the Danish lung association and we walked around from door to door. Many people were nice to us and when sales people knock on our door, we also want to be nice to them. We don't always buy something, but we can at least listen to them before we decide if we want to buy something or not.
@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
13 Jun 10
If I don't know about them or my family doesn't know about them, I'm not answering the door. I have a way to protect myself if need be but I'd rather avoid using it if I can. There are a lot of shifty slime bags wandering my neighborhood these days.
@Ladyslipper (1327)
• Philippines
13 Jun 10
Hi Kingparker, Just like you I would not open my door to strangers. There's a lot of crazy people nowadays and I don't want to take the risk specially that I have an 8 month old son plus I'm pregnant. It's better to be safe.
• China
12 Jun 10
Well i always open a door when any stranger knock my door. Though i know it could be dangerous. But when i am alone in the home then at first who are in the outside and confirm with him that there some reason to come our home then i open the door. But carefully.
• United States
13 Jun 10
No one could get in to my house without been photographed by security cameras that I have all over the place. So uninvited people I advice you to stay at least 300 feets away from my house other wise you picture will be forwarded to Interpol, KGB and all other agencies LOL
@chanlot (189)
• Indonesia
13 Jun 10
um .... maybe in my place in the environmental conditions are different from you, because in lingkundan I live is very safe and has never happened and the very rare crime in my place, so there is no reason for me to not open the door for guests, although she was not familiar to me.
@nurenu (3)
• India
12 Jun 10
In my viewpoint the point is not that there might be some risk associated with it. But I should say that we have become so internal in our daily life that we do not really bother the trend that might be at stake if we keep ourselves worried with the mishappenings all the time.We should be more prepared to face the proceedings than being so introvert and excusing the situation, it might just be good as long as they simply roam around the street , but some day or the other they might just force their way into our home and then what might we be left with as an option ? Will we still surrender ? Better fear the lord and none , that alone is the decider of our whereabouts.And take action against the miscreants , may be we get left alone in the begining but slowly followers will come behind. That was how the Indian Independence was fought.