On Thu, 26 May 2005 12:26:46 +0900, "Sigi Rindler"
<srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote:

> The Watchtower person was a slightly different matter though - she
>> apparently had been particularly selected for her English-speaking
>> skills ("My name is Takahashi ..."). It was only the inertia of the
>> door which limited my reaction time to 2 seconds.
>>
>
>If you spend 3 seconds more, it could even be a very polite event...:-)
>I say either "kekko desu", or tell them that this place is an office. Works 
>like a charm! 

Why would I want to be polite?

This was a repeat offender - I had been accosted more than once (on
the street and on my doorstep) by the same woman.

The only way to stop her coming back was to develop a consistent
door-in-her-face habit. Hence the 2 seconds ...

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