I was at my ex's yesterday doing a small project for her. I was in the living room when someone knocked on the front door. Most folks that come over go to the back door, so I knew this would likely be somone with an agenda or something to sell. I opened the door to a slightly past middle aged lady holding a clipboard and a pen. Uh-oh. "Can I help you?" She explained she was here regarding the new Giant Eagle grocery store that will be built nearby soon. "They want to have Sunday alcohol sales." she told me.

A few words of explanation. I don't drink very often, and I can't remember the last time I actually went into a store and bought any beer, wine, or any other adult beverages. However, I despise the door to door political types. I decided to test this woman out.

"Good!" I said. The look on her face told me this was NOT what she was hoping to hear. "Well, we'd like to get it on the ballot so people in the area can vote on it." "Really," I said, "so what is the stance of the people you represent, what's your opinion?"

"Uh, we just want to get it on the ballot, so the public can vote." She's not liking this, but I am. "Look, I don't appreciate you dodging the question I asked. You want me to sign your petition, but won't tell me where you stand or how you feel this would affect you or our neighborhood."

She's completely flustered now. "Well, I'm from Columbus..."

"Then you don't have a dog in this fight. Good day."

Just another reason for me to dislike politicians and their ilk. This woman drove two hours north to try to influence
opinion in a neighborhood she knew nothing about. One wonders how many people fell for her line of BS. I'd like to think not many, but I'm not counting on it.

Well, whether or not you agree with her politics, the fact that they're trying to get something important on the ballot so that the public can have its fair say is really admirable. From your story (granted I wasn't there), it seems as though she was less interested in making you believe that Sunday alcohol sales are the devil's part-time job and more interested in giving the public a say in whether or not Sunday alcohol sales are the devil's part-time job. I would personally have shook that woman's hand and thanked her for helping the cause of democracy. Of course, we're all different people, so I'm not downgrading your opinion, just offering one of my own.

See, she had to drive two hours to do this. They couldn't find people locally? Also, the fact she wouldn't answer my question regarding what stance she represented., and whom she represented. If you have a side, be up front about it. I wouldn't applaud her for trying to weasel out of the question asked and for trying to get me to sign something without being upfront about what I would be signing. I did also ask het how the issue would be worded, and she danced around that too. Had she been honest and forthright, I would've said no thank you and been done in 10 seconds, instead of the two minutes of my life she wasted.

She was a hired petition taker. Where she lived and her opinion of it did not matter. It was her job. They hire people for that work. The hirees are not asked their opinion of the petitions they are to read a sales pitch and get signatures. That is it. She was doing her job.

That said I do not answer my door to anyone who comes to the door that I do not know. I do not like solicitors.