Unexpected visitors!

[supernova]

Wow! OK, first off, I startle easily. I'm still trying to calm down! :scared:

So, I'm sitting here in the office drinking lemonade, reading DU, listening to Food TV in the background. I'm still in my nightgown. Then I hear:

HELLO! HELLO! I jump out of my skin and run to the voice! A woman from my church drops by OUT OF THE BLUE wanting to know if she can put a pie in my fridge for a few hours? :wtf: (Background: I know her well; she's an old friend of my mother's.)

I said "I really wish you would have called." That's really all I could spit out, I was literally so SURPRISED to see ANYONE right now. And I don't live in a neighborhood where we all walk in and out of each other's houses, so I'm not used to it.

Anyway, I didn't take the pie and the whole thing lasted less than five minutes.

I don't mind being helpful. I just would have preferred a call first.

And here's the rant: What make others think that because you are single and live alone that they can just wallk in on you at any time?!? What's up with that?

[Bunny]

1. Why did she want to put a pie in your fridge for a few hours?

:shrug:

[supernova]

2. She was out and about

in town and lives even further out than I do. I was closer.

But I was just too startled to even think, properly.

[Misunderestimator]

10. Maybe she was trying to hide her stash.

[supernova]

12. LOL!

:spray: Good one, Misunderestimator. :thumbsup:

This is especially funny, because this person thinks she's something of a freeper.

[mark11727]

13. That's just what I thought until I got your post.

Hee!

[BlondieK143]

3. She just walked into your house??

Are you kidding me?? Even family doesn't even do that to me!

[supernova]

4. Yes, well,

I have a sort of sun room. That door serves as my main door. The door to the house is the next door inside that room. I had the house door open.

But it's really open because this house is kinda dark and it lets it more light.

I should really get a door bell. :dunce:

[BlondieK143]

5. Yes, that would be a good idea!

But :thumbsup: for still being in your PJs!

[supernova]

6. Ha Ha

My hair's a rat's nest too. :D I haven't done a darn thing since I got up.

[DebJ]

7. ha ha! I'd NEVER walk in on a single person! Married with kids,

yep..nothing going on in such a place that I'd be afraid to walk in on....but a SINGLE person? Scary....never know what I'd see!

[supernova]

8. I mean, geesh, I could have been

69ing some guy on the couch!

And for the record, I don't go over to other people's houses WITHOUT calling first... for that very reason. I don't expect to be treated any differently.

[skygazer]

9. I absolutely HATE drop ins

I don't care if you're married, single or living with six roommates and a golden retriever, I will not drop in on you ever and i ask the same of others. My home is my sanctuary and I would prefer only to have company if I invite it. Maybe I sound like a crusty curmudgeon (oh, come to think of it, I guess I am) but to me it's just common courtesy to call ahead. Especially in this day when virtually everyone has a cell phone - it's not like it's inconvenient to call.

[supernova]

11. I agree with you

My home is my sanctuary...

I feel the same way. I'm usually delighted to help out... if I just know a little in advance. I really startle and any lound noises, especially loud voices.

It's something of a personality clash between us. She's very gregarious and community-minded, and something of a busybody, too. And I'm the exact opposite.

[tjdee]

14. Same here--sometimes I don't even answer the door.

Unexpected, to me, usually means not wanted...i.e., Jehovah's Witnesses, my nosy neighbor who asks people for rides every day for every little excursion, etc.

I *HATE* that.

Just call! So many people have cell phones now, it really shouldn't be that difficult.

[Lavender Brown]

15. That's obnoxious

I don't even like when family members do that.

[supernova]

16. Me either

And in my family, we don't. We call first.

She means well, but yes, this was obnoxious.

[obxhead]

17. ya know its funny.

my front door stays unlocked unless i'm sleeping. i expect my friends to walk in without knocking because i hate the "cop knock" on the door. guess i've had too many cops knock on my door because of a-hole neighbors that can make all the noise when ever thay want to, but i can't. sometimes i get an advanced call, but not often.

[Misunderestimator]

19. What's your address?

:D :bounce:

[obxhead]

20. rrriiiighhhhttt!

the policy is for known friends only. ya try that and i don't know ya and....

[Hugin]

18. Darn... Thought this might be about UFOs.

Only pie.

[supernova]

21. Hee Hee

Well, pie pans did serve as UFOs once. ;-)