Jehovah's Witnesses or anyone trying to convert me to a specific religion. I consider myself more of a spirtual person and don't adhere to one specific faith. A couple I knew actually put a sign on their door stating it was a Christian household and for Jehovah's to stay away. My grandfather would always have me lock the door if he saw them in the neighborhood. They actually came up to me when I was tending to my grandmother's grave and tried to do their recruiting. I was furious.
Bigots of course. Unfortunately there's one that rides the same bus I do in the mornings. He's been thrown off the bus in the past for outbursts and bad behavior, specifically towards a former bus driver that is white, married to a black man, and has kids. He'll sometimes wear homemade buttons with ultra-conservative, inflammatory messages on them. He's been known to make degrading remarks about people of color. I and another woman who rides with me refers to him as "the bigot." The sad thing is that he appears to be homeless, and he doesn't have good hygiene, wearing the same soiled pants everyday and one time the odor was so bad many people on the bus complained to the driver. I don't think he has any family or anyone around to help him out. I just try to avoid making eye contact, and don't speak to him.
Before I moved into my apartment, I used to get bombarded by home improvement companies - doors, windows, siding. Young guys would come to the door and try to get me to do free estimates. I'd always turn them down, because I was planning to sell the home, and I couldn't afford any of that. I'm sure they saw my house and thought, "yeah, it needs everything!" I never saw them come to any other homes in the neighborhood, just mine. It got so annoying, especially when I had two in the same week come to the door!
I also avoid people selling beauty products in kiosks at the mall. My local mall had one and the salespeople tried to stop you from walking away by coming up to you and getting you to have them rub lotion on your hands. I told them I couldn't use just anything with fragrance because of my eczema and I had to stick to certain products, which is true.
Then there are the diet pill/program peddlers ---Herbalife (do they even still sell that?) and their counterparts. Yes, I'm fat, but that doesn't mean I'm always dieting or want to diet, and I'm very leery of products which promise weight loss just by taking a pill or a supplement. There can be too many side effects.
If people want to talk to me about their kids, spouses, celebrities, and other fluff, I'll listen, say the usual non-offensive things, then I'm on my way. It doesn't happen a lot which is good, most of my friends are my age or older, with adult kids. So I get to hear about grandkids and great-grandkids!
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