More Sassy Solicitors

We've had a flurry of door-to-door salesmen and such lately. I don't get it, given that the weather has now officially turned bad.

Last night, just as dinner was about ready, a guy came to the door. I opened the door and said hello, adding "...but I'm really not interested in anything right now, thanks."

He didn't respond right away, so I started to shut the door. I heard him mutter something. I wasn't sure what he said, but I was darn sure it was something harsh. I opened the door again and asked him if he had said something. He defiantly said, "Yeah, I said something."

"Was it kind?" I asked him.

"Were YOU kind?" he snapped.

"Well, yeah," I said. "All I said was that I don't want anything right now. I'm getting dinner ready and... I just don't want anything."

"Well," he snarled, "you've got your opinion and I've got mine!"

Are they not teaching them in door-to-door school that you have to learn to take "no" in stride? Jiminy. Do these sassy solicitors think "If I'm mean to them, they'll come around to my way of thinking and order some magazines"??

I just don't get it, man.