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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Future-Ad-4753 on 2023-09-11 12:56:50.

So before you come after me with the torches and pitchforks please be aware that I did not just randomly pick out three old church ladies to berate.

After the worst of COVID ended and people started going out and doing stuff again I started getting a ridiculous amount of people showing up at my door trying to sell stuff to me.

These things included all sorts of different things.

It got to the point where I seldom had a week go by that I didn’t get somebody at my door at least 2-3 times a week.

I do not like people showing up at my house unannounced especially ones that I don’t know, and I work in the evening and into the night so I’m sleeping during the day, and these people always end up waking me up.

I got a couple of the basic no soliciting signs but people either weren’t seeing them or just outright chose to ignore them.

Finally about 6 months ago I had a huge sign made about 2 1/2 ft wide by 4 ft tall black background with red letters and stuck it on my front door. And this is what it reads.

ABSOLUTELY NO SOLICITATION

I WORK AT NIGHT SO IF YOU BANG ON MY DOOR RIGHT NOW YOU ARE GOING TO WAKE ME UP AND WILL NOT LIKE THE VERSION OF ME YOU MEET

I DON’T NEED MY TREES TRIMMED I CUT MY OWN GRASS I ALREADY HAVE INTERNET MY CAR IS NOT FOR SALE AND I AM NOT LOOKING TO FIND JESUS UNLESS YOU ARE FROM THE USPS, UPS, FEDEX, OR AMAZON

DO NOT BEAT ON MY DOOR!!!

This is worked fine until a few days ago,

For some extra context I was on day 18 of 21 straight at work (long story) and I had only went to bed about 2 hours earlier.

It’s about 9:30 a.m. and I hear somebody beating at my door, and the moment later they start ringing the doorbell.

I stumble out of bed put on just enough clothes to be decent and go look out the door to see three white haired old ladies that look to be in their '60s or '70s.

I opened the door looking what had to be half drunk and half crazed and clearly pissed and very bluntly asked them what they wanted.

The first words out of their mouth are something about being from some church and trying to spread the word of this or that, at this point I just very bluntly cut them off and tell them this.

So I’m going to assume that at least one of you ladies can read right? Don’t answer that, more of a rhetorical question. So here’s my question assuming that all three of you can read I’m wondering how you all missed this gigantic sign on my door that blatantly says absolutely no solicitation and specifically mentions your kind as I pointed at the part about not looking for Jesus.

To make a long story short I got very loud and frankly quite belligerent and yelled at them to get the hell off my porch and told them that I wasn’t looking to find Jesus but I was going to show them the devil if they ever beat on my door again.

One of them said they felt my attitude was uncalled for, and I told them that beating on my door when I had a sign clearly stating not to was uncalled for.

I’ve told this story to a few people and opinions have been very split about it.

AM I THE ASSHOLE?