If there's a doorbell, why do people knock instead?!

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: Xstatic1

Originally posted by: Balt
Many doorbells do not even work.

yep...had to resort to knocking many-a-times.

I can't hear my doorbell when I'm blasting the TV with some movie or sports and people are over. Happened twice already. People ended up calling my cell.

 

[BigToque]

I always knock. It just seems more polite.

 

[Pepsi90919]

i've delivered pizzas.

30% of the time, the doorbell doesn't work

 

[cavemanmoron]

I normally knock, depending on how Loud I want to be;
I am sure I can make more noise, or less,
than most doorbells.

 

[Rubycon]

OMGJUSTLETEMINALREADY!!!

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
i've delivered pizzas.

30% of the time, the doorbell doesn't work

How exact is that figure? I'm going to need charts and graphs to back it up.

 

[EKKC]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
In our case, I think people don't see ours since they're kind of in an odd spot

i live in an apartment, i cant tell sometimes if i hear the bell , that if someone is downstairs asking to be let in or if they're outside my door

knocking actually helps me. unless some freak can knock so hard that it can be heard 3 floors up

 

[eplebnista]

We didn't have a doorbell for years and visitors just got used to knocking.

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
A knock is intrinsically safe. A doorbell could spark an explosion if there was gas leaking inside.

Awesome.

 

[CKent]

I may be a minority, but in every house I've lived in and every close relative's house I've been do, the doorbells have either not worked, not worked well or worked intermittently. I tend to knock, though I do it assertively, something you'll definitely hear.

 

[gamepad]

in soviet russia it's rude to ring

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Strangers ring bells... Friends knock.

 

[Midlander]

Knocking doesn't wake a sleeping baby. Doorbells might. :beer:

 

[dj2004]

Originally posted by: Midlander
Knocking doesn't wake a sleeping baby. Doorbells might. :beer:

Exactly. It's polite.