Well, that's a first!

[layla]

Mormon missionaries at the door! XD I told them they were very brave to drive down a half-mile-long driveway and knock on the door of a house that positively screams "crazy Alaska woods people", complete with barking dogs. And they were polite; we chatted a bit, I explained that I'm an atheist and not interested, and they were nice about it, so -- bonus points for that. I'm still slightly amazed that they actually braved our middle-of-nowhereness; in the four years we've lived here, it's the first time anyone has showed up at the door who wasn't a delivery/service person or someone who knew us already and had been given detailed directions to get here.

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[ldragoon.livejournal.com]

Those are some determined Mormons. Hee! At least they were nice about the whole thing. :)

[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

Maybe natural selection in Alaska favors polite missionaries, since you never know when someone is going to answer the door with a shotgun. *g* At any rate, most of the Mormons I've met have been very nice and not at all pushy. (And we have a ton of Mormons, too. Alaska apparently counts as "overseas" for mission purposes, which means a lot of young people opt to come up here for their Church service -- at least that's what a Mormon co-worker of mine once told me.)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Aww!

We have Jehovah's Witnesses running about Kyoto, they all speak quite good English. (My sister made the mistake of having a polite conversation with one, though, and for a while they kept turning up at our door weekly asking for her. My suggestion was to hang a giant graphic slash manip near our door, so they'd realize we were already too steeped in corruption to be saved XP) Mormons are even nicer about it, in my experience (it's a crazy cult, but every Mormon I've ever met has been a sweet and pleasant person, and not pushy in their evangelism, other than the whole door-to-door thing...)

[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

HA! I love your solution. XD I agree, most of the Mormons I've met have been very nice, pleasant, laid-back people. I've also worked with several Jehovah's Witnesses, and they were very nice and pleasant, too. I've experienced WAY more pushiness from the Baptist and evangelical-fundie types that I know; I actually had to cut off a friendship with one woman a little while back, though she was otherwise a nice and likable person, because every single conversation with her turned to asking me when I was going to accept Jesus as my savior, and I started getting the impression that she was mostly spending time with me in the hopes of saving my poor heathen soul, as opposed to actually wanting to be friends with me the way that I am...

[allanh.livejournal.com]

1. Did you ask why they weren't wearing their bear helmets?

2. An ex of mine (6'5", pierced in multiple places) used to answer his door naked whenever he saw missionaries waiting. He'd start playing with one of his nipple rings, and ask the missionaries if they wanted to come in and uh, Talk.

None were willing to venture past the threshold. Can't imagine why.

[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

eeheeheeeheee ... oh god.

Sadly, for me, I suspect that technique wouldn't quite have the desired effect.

I haven't got the balls for it. ;p

[allanh.livejournal.com]

[groan] Ooooh, I should have seen that one coming.

Er, so to speak.