Dear guys who wanted to shovel my driveway,
Do I have a sign on my house saying “Please knock as loudly as possible until someone answers the door”? I’m sure I don’t and yet you pounded on my front door so hard, I thought you were banging on the metal garage door. My entire house echoed with your absurd knocking. And I was in bed.
Granted, it was after noon, but only by about 8 minutes. And I like to sleep in. A lot. If sleeping could be labelled as a hobby it would be my number one choice. I was snuggly and warm and had the day off of work. You probably didn’t know that. But knocking one is enough. I have already covered this. If no one answers, go away. Maybe I work nights and sleep during the day, it’s not unheard of.
Although I tried to ignore your pounding, it had woken me from a sound sleep, and I was grumpy. Maybe you started with the doorbell like that horrible woman from AT&T, I probably slept through it. But the pounding! That was something she could never manage. I started to think something terrible had happened. Maybe my husband got into an accident. Maybe he was being rushed to the hospital and one of his co-workers had stopped by to pick me up.
I threw on a sweatshirt and rushed to the side door. No one was there. I saw a guy in an old green pick up truck blocking the end of my driveway. I gave him a quizzical look and he motioned for you to come around from the front of the house.
“You want us to shovel your driveway?”
I took a second to reply, “No!” This is what all the noise was about!? I thought someone was bleeding all over my lawn and you wanted me to call the cops. It was about shoveling? You asked if I was sure and I said yes. Now go away. You gave me a look like I was a tiny woman and wouldn’t be able to shovel a driveway of this magnitude. You were kind of right, at the time of your soliciting we didn’t even own a shovel. But there was no way I was going to pay you to do the job.
Try handing out flier or business cards. If I want you I can call you. Don’t wake me up. That will get a “no” everytime.
Sincerely,
Kelly
