r/mildlyinfuriating • u/BulkheadRed • 1d ago

Winter is Coming Door-to-door salesman steps over the tape blocking off my freshly painted steps

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I spent over 20 hours prepping, sanding, and painting my front steps while the weather is still good before winter, including taking two afternoons off work to get the job done before it's too cold. I just finished the job this afternoon and the paint is still tacky.

There is a long strip of painters tape attached to a paint can very obviously blocking off the stairs when you're facing it.

I have NO Halloween decorations up yet either.

Edit: for everyone saying it's not enough or my tape job is shit, it's like a 45 degree angle across the steps, and it's not a construction zone, it's my house. If you walked up to a piece of tape blocking your path at a residence where you weren't invited, you would probably at least second guess whether you should be proceeding forward. Thankfully, it's mostly dry and there is no need for rework as far as I can tell. That's what makes it mildly infuriating. He COULD have done damage, but it doesn't look like he did.

Edit 2: this is also not a common occurrence. I get MAYBE one knock a month on my door unsolicited. It just unfortunately happened to be the one day I had painted. It wasn't an expected situation. This was a mere just in case measure. Small town Canada.

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u/Dat_Bokeh 1d ago

If you’re a door-to-door salesman and it’s dark out, then you’re an asshole.

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u/SkubEnjoyer 23h ago

If you’re a door-to-door salesman and it’s dark out, then you’re an asshole.

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u/BoDiddySauce 22h ago

If you're asshole

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u/tehpoorcollegegal 13h ago

100% lol I put in another reply somewhere that we hired someone who interviewed well but only had D2D experience - but he's super young, fresh out of school, so... we gave him a chance. Huge mistake. Super aggressive, ignores my coaching entirely, ignores his team, thinks he's hot shit, spends his breaks talking to his girlfriend on speaker throwing around slurs and vulgarities at top volume... Literally firing him tomorrow. Never again. Sorry future candidates, D2D experience will be an auto no from me from now on.

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u/clarkcox3 1d ago

Fair enough :)