Do you answer the phone/door if you don't know who it is?

yes during daylight hours. At night I look out the peephole first...

I think I'm belonging to the curios person. I like to know who is it. If I receive the phone from strange people, I will answer it and ask what he/she want. But I'm more careful with the strange people which come to my house. I won't open my door first, but I will ask him/her, what he/she need? Keep post happy myLotting...

i don't answer my phone or door if i don't know who it is or if the number does not look familiar. If i don't give my number to someone than i don't want them to have it. i don't really even like to talk on the phone, it's just something you have to have these days.

[i]Hi kimberly, I also don't answer unknown callers, I have tried in the past and it's hard to quit from a forceful salesperson..LOL! When I am along also, I don't open the door, I will check it and when I don't recognize the person, I will try my best not to make any sound! lOL![/i]

No, I don't. I don't even open the door to people I do know! But I'll blame that on how I was raised. LOL When I was growing up I was taught never to open the door for anyone, not even family members. If they weren't expected prior to my parents leaving, they weren't allowed to come in, plain and simple. It didn't matter who they were. It's funny, there was a time my sister and I were home alone. One of our cousins had just returned from Hawaii. He stopped off at our house to give us a gift from his trip. But when he knocked on the door my sister and I wouldn't open the door for him, though my sister did ask who it was. At first our cousin was upset that we wouldn't let him in, but he did finally understand why we wouldn't. So he asked if he could give it to us through a window instead. I didn't want to, but my sister (who is a couple of years older than I am) won out and opened the window due to the fact that our parents never said we can't open the window while they are gone. Not very smart of my sister, but nothing bad happened so it had a happy ending.

I really don't think about danger. I don't answer the phone if I can clearly see it is a telemarketer unless I am in the mood to deal with them which is almost NEVER. I actually have never spoken to even one person that did not get irritated with such calls. I do answer my door always. I absolutley feel instantly irritated if it is a salesperson or bible thumper. Now they are invading my personal space and not only that...they "think" they are right in doing so! I am always polite to them but I do not like the time it takes to decline them...don't like feeling "bad" for declining them....i get it, they are doing what they "think" they have to do. It is just a all around bad way to push a religion or a product. The nicer they are, the worse I feel when I send them on their way. Why in the world does anyone feel that it is right to just go up to someones door and interrupt their time and invade their space to peddle a product or a religion? Even if I see them coming and choose not to answer...I am not impressed with the interruption in whatever I am doing to just wait for them to go away. If a product such as Avon or a religion is what you are peddling...put your pamphlet in my mail box or mail slot and i will call you if interested.

I will answer the phone no matter who it is, but I will not answer the door unless I know who it is.

Not usually. I usually screen all my calls with the answering machine. I don't like talking on the phone so only do it if the person calling says its important, lol. As far as the door goes, I only answer people I know. No ifs ands or buts on that one!

well It depends on situation. Generally I do not receive unrecognized phones but yes I open door even if its a stranger...

I will always answer the phone whether I know the number or not. There's no harm in talking to someone. I won't always open the door though. I think it depends on whether I'm at home alone or whether my family are at home with me at the time they knock on the door.

Hi, I'm like you. I don't answer the phone if I don't recognize the number. I let the answering machine get it. As for answering the door, no to that too. I peek out the window and don't let them see me. Lucky for me tho, I don't have many people come to my door. I live off the main road and no one comes here. If they do, my dog barks at them.

I usually don't. Especially now days with ID caller, I never answer the phone unless it's someone I know. The doo, I hate to answer the door. Again, I usually don't but sometimes when I peek outside to see who it is and they see me...then I feel like I have to open it. It's usually a soliciter and I wish I hadn't opened the door.

I never answer the phone if it is not for me. Even if i know who it is and i know they are calling for someone else in my house i will take the phone take a message. i dont like answering the door either. we have a lot of kids that go house to house and sell things i never answer the door. part of that is because i have 3 dogs that are not trainned and love to rush the door if anyone knocks on it. they are old dogs so i cant teach them new tricks

I always do i dont really care who it could be or is. always nice to talk to people and maybe meet someone new. I dont usally answer the door cause they could come in and kill everyone if i dont no them. but the phone i really dont care cause nothing bad can happen on the phone.

If you live in a big city you may need a peep hole in your door! Caller ID allows us certain priviledges on answering the phone. As Far as I go, I live on family land- about 1/4 mile off the road and can see anyone that pulls into my yard way before they get here. I don't use caller ID. Once I read that strangers we entertain just might be angels... So, I choose to be open to the unknown and fear very few things.

I do not answer the phone if i dont know who it is. I usually answer the door because i cant see who is there before opening it. It may be someone that i know or not.

I dont answer the phone nor open the door unless i know the person. Not just because i am avoiding salespeople or some charity organization. But nowadays it is already dangerous to just open up the door when you dont know the person. Who knows he could be a thief or a killer. I always look at the window first and when i didnt know the person i ignore it. I dont wanna be in the situation where in your life is in danger because of being too nice to other people ,no one can tell a bad person from a good one by just looking at them.

if im with someone i'll look at our gate but now open the door.. it might be a bad person :)

I sometimes answer the phone but never the door if Im home alone. If my husband is home I will though.

If someone knocks on the door and I am not expecting anyone, more often then not, I will peek out a window and try to see who it is before I answer or ignore it. As far as the phone goes if I am not sure who it is I will actually answer the phone with my hand slightly over the receiver and say "hello" and if I do not immediately recognize the voice I will cover the receiver and pretend that I can not hear them. My time just seems too scarce to spend it talking to people I do not know or feel like dealing with.