Letting Srangers Into Your House

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In itself, I globally don't mind having people in my house, whatever I know them or not, as long as they globally don't generate any trouble and mind their own business. The thing I can't stand is the kind of social interaction you are more or less automatically forced to endure when you are sharing physical space with someone. Especially when it's unexpected.

For example, a few months ago an elderly man I didn't know knocked at my door. He was my next door neighbour and he had accidentally locked himself out of his own house. He stayed for half an hour in my kitchen while waiting for the locksmith. I had no idea what to do, and I was extremely nervous and stressed. On the other hand, if the repairman is just in the next room repairing something, or my landlord comes in a few minutes to collect the rent at the time I was expecting him, I don't mind it at all.

If there's a stranger at my door, I just don't open it. I don't want to jeopardize my safety and well being.

I don't really like strangers coming in and it is not through a fear of being robbed or burgled but a fear that there could be some aspiphobic abuse or some allistic would see this as an opportunity to take advantage. I am aware there may be times when one may need a person to come round for maintenance such as a carpenter for some repairs or putting up a couple of shelves or an engineer or electrician to wire up something such as a cooker.