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I had a visit a couple of weeks ago right before school started from two eastern European guys trying to sell me education materials for my kids. From what it looked like to me they were cruising the neighborhood scooping out which houses had toys and such around the yard. I scared the $hit out of them because I was inside my shop when they knocked on my door I stepped out behind them and asked them their business. I cut them off and told them that whatever they were selling that we didn’t want any and they had best be on their way. Guy shook my hand and it was like shaking hands with a two year old kid. Made my skin crawl. Wife asked me why I didn’t invite them inside and I had to sit her down and explain to her about child abduction and slavery and the tactics they used to scope out peoples homes. She said I was just being paranoid. Sometimes the job of being a vigilant dad is a thankless one.

It’s ok to be a vigilant dad. That’s our job.

Good work,btw, I’d have done the same thing.

Mrs WBill gets on me occasionally for not being nicer to salespeople. “Get lost”, approximately, is as friendly as I get and it goes downhill from there.

Whoa...I'm up here in PA. Had something similar. Some late 20-something with a thick hispanic accent going by the name of Miguel was selling educational materials out my way, lets just say you don't wind up in my area by accident, only with intent. At any rate, he pulls into my drive in a suped up Subaru (looked like a wrx "street ready" with all the work) and rev's the thing before shutting it down. I've never seen him or his car before so I grab my piece before answering the door. He proceeds to lay a line of bullshit on me about selling educational material and keeps trying to get himself invited into my home. I informed Miguel he was in the wrong area to come around un-announced and as he started to interrupt me, well, he figured out real quick I had my piece. I grabbed his plates / make-model, etc.. But after hearing your story, the plates were probably not his anyway.

Here I felt like I over-reacted the day after, seems this trend is picking up steam now. Young Miguel wasn't up to much good, that much I know from experience.

Sometimes the job of being a vigilant dad is a thankless one.

True dat!

Sometimes the job of being a vigilant ~~dad~~ AMERICAN is a thankless one.