I have people approach me on the street trying to give me literature all the time. Sometimes I take it, sometimes I don't. It accounts for a few seconds of my day whenever it happens. Can't imagine why it would be such a pain to anyone.
If only it took just a few seconds, ...I wouldn't have a problem with it.
Maybe the fact that many Americans are armed might account for why it takes only a few seconds where you are.
Same with JWs. They have tagged my house because my daughter was too chicken to tell them she wasn't interested (even though my wife later said so), but if you tell them you're not interested they usually don't come back. At least for a while. Even if they do, how long does it take to tell them you're not interested?
Some of the ones in my neighbourhood don't take no for an answer. Last year I was walking into a store and there were a bunch of them in the parking lot. One of the women approached me wanting to give me all this literature. I said "No Thank You" and kept on walking. This bitch wouldn't take no for an answer. She looked at me incredulously and asked "Don't you want to know about Jesus?" I said "If and when I do, I'll go to church. NO THANK YOU!" The woman kept following me asking "What do you have against Jesus?" "Aren't you afraid of going to hell?" "Hell is a very real place you know." etc., etc., etc., The bitch followed me all the way to the bakery berating me the whole time. I was this close to slugging her when the guy from the hairdressing salon piped up saying "I want one of those". She latched onto him in a heartbeat. The ones up here are real aggressive, and don't take no for an answer.
And getting upset because someone wants to pray for you? I'm not even sure how to address that one.
When you tell them to leave you alone and they insist on not only praying for you, but that YOU also participate in those prayers... and then they start talking in tongues?!!! Man, ...get me the fvck outta there!
The ones that really piss me off tho, are those who impose on your friendship to ram their religion, their views and their MO's down your throat. They demand accountability for the books you read, insist on sending you volumes of religious material you don't want, and get pissed off because you refuse to read them. They make their mission to convert you to their brand of religiosity before they meet their makers, ...and if their days are numbered, ...they turn the pressure on even more. If you haven't figured it out by now, ...I'm talking about a personal experience that is trying the hell outta my patience! I'll calm down in a few days... but in the meantime... heaven help the next fvcker who approaches me in a parking lot or at my front door. They'll get the brunt of the frustration I've kept from expressing to the evangelical who drives me frikkin nuts!