Re: Re: Doorphone to Mobile Phone

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

>
>How do you word it when you answer the door via the mobile? I'm never
>quite sure what to say since you don't want to admit you're not in,
>but similarly I don't want to sound a ponce by saying "oh if
you're
>only X I can't be bothered to answer the door to you".
>

I find, on balance, that I generally tend to prefer to tell them that I'm
not in, 'cos as you say, the alternative is to let them think that you just
can't be arsed to answer the door to them. Plus they still don't
>really<
know if that's the truth - speaking to the occupant whilst stood at the
front door would tend to sow the seed of doubt in most people...  I also
tend to think that if the caller is a "chancer" just trying to
"case the
joint", then observing such a sophisticated security system in action
would
very likely deter 99.99% of them from thinking about doing my place
over....


>To that extent unless I'm expecting a gadget parcel to be delivered I
>often ignore the call nowadays. Plus it doesn't help that most people
>can't work out the white box with a button on it *is* the doorbell.
>Most people seem to prefer trying to put their knuckles through the
>window instead...
>

That's why I put a "normal" doorbell button in the
"normal" place, wired
back to a Comfort input, with the doorbell response assigned to it, so for
all intents and purposes, it is exactly the same as pressing the button on
the doorstation. This was one thing that SWMBO insisted upon..

Paul G.

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