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Social media post on Mastodon by Dan Moren.

It reads, “ My son just got me out of talking to a door-to-door cable salesman so I guess parenthood was all worth it.”

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[–] noseatbelt@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Have you tried just looking young? My sister answered the door (of the house she owned) and it was some sales person who asked her if her parents were home. She said no and closed the door.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Doesn’t work. My teen had the opposite. Despite insisting he was just a kid, they still tried to sell him solar power panels. He’s a good kid though: he knew not to bother me