I’m pretty rural (have been for a few years now). I don’t often get anyone at the door. When I do it’s usually my neighbour or the postie. Or the landlord. In the last place it was the laird! Or the police… the last place I had double patio doors that looked out on the front door so I’d usually see them coming anyways.
If it’s late I’ll do a quick check to see who it is first.
It could be someone in trouble or need of help so I’d like to think I’d always answer it.
In the past I’ve ignored what were obviously cold callers/chuggers as well, why waste their time (or mine)…
One of the benefits of having supremely crap broadband service is that I’m on 4g wifi thing so don’t have (or need) a landline. The last place was in a mobile black spot and couldn’t get mobile signal (until I changed provider) so had to keep (and answer) the landline as it could’ve been my folks/an emergency…