Cancelled Internet, former provider sent salesperson

Hello friends,

My spouse and I are new mennonites, and while our church does not have any strict lifestyle guidelines, we decided to cancel our internet because of a few reasons:

1. We don't want to pay for it anymore
2. The internet is great in small doses, which means we don't need very much of it
3. Too much internet makes us feel spiritually sick, which also means we don't need very much of it

It took a few months to cancel, because the provider kept giving us free internet and we held onto it but kept it unplugged. The addictive nature of the internet would creep back in and we'd be hooked again. Then we'd unplug it again. It became less fun to have the free internet, so I called again and said "Listen, we really just don't want it anymore. Please cancel it. We don't like it." and they finally obliged.

A few days later, a woman with a tablet from the internet provider came to our house to try and "get us back" from a competing internet provider. We told her we didn't switch, just cancelled. "You use your phones exclusively?" "No, we just don't use the internet. Do you want to meet our rabbits?" So we showed her our rabbits and sent her on her way.

We think that we will now be visited by the internet provider periodically, and we will continue to show them God's love and our rabbits until they get the picture.

I don't have problems with solicitors though if I did it would be easy to say I am not interested.  Please don't drop by again.

If that didn't work I would tell them all about how great permaculture is.

Some talking points about permaculture:

Permaculture is the concept of utilizing land, resources, people, and the environment in a manner that doesn't produce any waste

Permaculture encourages the use of closed-loop systems seen in nature.

Central to permaculture are the three ethics: Earth care,   People care, and Fair share.

By now I bet the solicitors are long gone.

Carmen Cullen wrote:"No, we just don't use the internet. Do you want to meet our rabbits?" So we showed her our rabbits and sent her on her way.

This is pure genius.  

I think we all need our own version of "Do you want to meet our rabbits?" that we can use any time unwanted visitors show up.

I think mine might be "Would you like to see how the GAMCOD bed is getting along?" and then I can either bore them senseless or convert them to a whole new way of life.

Worth a shot anyway, and it's better than having to listen to their drivel...

I try to take a empathetic worker based view when I have the majority of solicitors hit my door.

People peddling products are more then likely in an entry level job just trying to put food on the table. That doesn't mean I'm going to pity them and try and be charitable by buying whatever they are selling. I too try to minimize my rudeness but as well as appreciate the worth of my own time.

I think my saving grace is my 'vicious' sounding hound that batters the door anytime someone knocks on it. The uninvited guest doesn't have to know that the minute they cross the threshold she will scamper away being the scared frail thing that she is but that initial growl fest tends to keep conversations short.

Maybe I should get a dozen of Paul's best selling books and try to counter sell next time someone tries to sell vacuums at my door?