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calimacA friend asks about doorbells and whether she should get one for her house.
Doorbells are the mischief.
1. You come up to the house. You ring the doorbell, you don't hear a thing. The occupant opens the door to greet you. Lesson: Functioning doorbells can't always be heard from outside the house.
2. You come up to the house. You ring the doorbell, you don't hear a thing. Nothing happens. You remember Lesson 1. You ring again.
You inform them that their doorbell appears to be broken.
Response:
Doorbells are the mischief.
1. You come up to the house. You ring the doorbell, you don't hear a thing. The occupant opens the door to greet you. Lesson: Functioning doorbells can't always be heard from outside the house.
2. You come up to the house. You ring the doorbell, you don't hear a thing. Nothing happens. You remember Lesson 1. You ring again.
2a. The occupant opens the door; they were just slow responding or were where they couldn't hear it the first time.2 cont'd. Nothing happens. You knock on the door, once or maybe twice, loudly.
2b. Still nothing happens. Nobody is home.2 cont'd. The occupant opens the door.
You inform them that their doorbell appears to be broken.
Response:
A. "Really? I didn't know."3. You come up to the house. Worn out by repetitions of scenario 2, possibly even at the same house, you ignore the doorbell and knock at the door. The occupant opens the door, and says:
B. "Oh yeah, it's been broken for a while."Unspoken reply: "How the heck was I supposed to know that?"
"Why didn't you ring the doorbell?"4. VERY RARE. You come up to the door. The doorbell has tape over it with a piece of paper reading "Doorbell broken" on it.Unspoken reply: *deep sigh*
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Date: 2009-04-15 05:51 pm (UTC)