GagHalfrunt
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- Apr 19, 2001
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I purposely DON'T keep extra beer in the fridge just to discourage uninvited drop ins. I have a life and don't take kindly to being forced to entertain surprise "guests". People need to learn some manners so that they don't visit without an invitation.
ConstipatedVigilante
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- Feb 22, 2006
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I don't care if my brothers come by since we know each other so well that we don't even need to entertain each other. But I'd prefer if my friends gave me some notice beforehand, since I might be in the middle of something.
Ok, I'll stay off your lawn.
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Jeff7
Lifer
- Jan 4, 2001
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Same here. I think a week's notice might allow me enough time. Might.
Been in this place for over a year now, and I think I have yet to have any guests/friends/whatever over for a social visit.
I'd prefer advance warning though, even without the need to clean up all the junk everywhere. I really don't like unexpected changes of plans, even if I don't have any concrete plans. I find interruptions and surprises to be rather unpleasant.
I also never really had friends who were in close proximity. They or I would always need to arrange it with a parent to get transportation. And now in college, well, I can't really say that I've got any "close" friends here. Friends, yes, but I guess I've just never thought of socializing with them outside of time spent working on coursework. I'm really not sure what I'd want to do anyway. I don't care for movies (damn loud, lousy chairs, expensive, can't make fun of movies in theater), don't like bars or clubs, bowling is rather dull......and I don't really know what other social activities people typically do for fun.
Back home, my parents also always preferred to have some advance notice of visitors. Part of it might simply have been distance; it'd suck for someone to drive 20-40 miles for a visit only to find that we're not home.
Which brings up another question I was actually thinking about earler; I think I'll post a thread about it in awhile.
I wish more people would chill out and stop with the stupid call-ahead-and-plan-everything-far-in-advance bullshit. Dropping by a friend's place shouldn't be that big of a deal.
MotionMan
Lifer
- Jan 11, 2006
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If it is my wife's parents or my sister-in-law/brother-in-law, no call is necessary (only local family).
Anyone else, I appreciate a call.
Then again, people do not show up at my house just to hang out. There is usually a reason for them to come by so it has rarely been an issue.
MotionMan
Anyone else, I appreciate a call.
Then again, people do not show up at my house just to hang out. There is usually a reason for them to come by so it has rarely been an issue.
MotionMan
I hate anything that interrupts whatever I'm doing. I'm always doing something. If I'm not doing it with someone that always means that they are unwelcome at that particular time. Give me a ring and I may be able to slot you in, but otherwise leave me the hell alone.
Originally posted by: Nik
Way to blow shit out of proportion, bud.
Showing up to someone else's house unannounced is rude. Doing things last-minute is fun, but interrupting my man-time is not acceptable!
x10 - I plan my life for a reason. I might not have 30 spare minutes to hang out, so call first.
What I get from this thread is that for the people who it matters, they expect to have to entertain. When I have been in situations where people would drop by, I would not necessarily have to always be around them when they dropped by or when I dropped by. Like last place I was living I always walked in my buddies place because he had a better porch to smoke on and a couch I could read my books for class on, a lot of times I'd come over and he'd be in his room on the computer the entire time and we would barely speak. Other times I'd come over and we'd hang out, or vice versa.
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