Yesterday a middle school kid came selling stuff for some school function. The wife and I were both home. Course we wanted to participate since our kids did the same thing in our neighbor when in school.
In the old days, I would have invited him in while my wife reviewed the purchase options from his catalog. Instead, I had him sit on the porch while my wife thumbed thru the catalog in our study to find something to order from the kid.
Sadly, this is where we are today in our society. Not knowing the kid nor his parents, I just couldn’t risk inviting him in. Sound un-neighborly? You know it was. But this is where we are.
To be honest, I don’t know that I would ever have invited the kid in. Without anything in particular in mind, I’d have felt some unease in the situation.