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Originally Posted by ken0042
All of these are recent examples from my house:
It could be a neighbour trying to be neighbourly. "Hey- I see you are starting your fence and we have some leftover wood. Do you want it?
I had a neighbour kid ask if I mind if he uses my basketball net at the end of the driveway.
It could be scouts selling popcorn.
It could be a hockey team doing a bottle drive.
With the latter two, when I was a kid trying to fundraise it was often disheartening to be told no, to have doors slammed, etc. I made a promise to my older self to try and help out if I could. I think the value to society for the latter examples out weighs the telling the door to door salesman that I'm not interested.
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For some reason my wife has a habit of leaving the garage door open after she parks, must happen once every 2 weeks. Generally that knock on the door is my neighbor telling me he just ran in to close our overhead door.
About 1-2 times a week it is a kid in the nieghborhood knocking to ask if they can go outback on the rink, or asking if my kid(s) want to hang out.
Also, I like my neighbors/neighborhood, so I might be an exception.