woah!

This afternoon I answered the door to a man holding a clipboard. He was looking down at the clipboard when I opened the door and when he looked up, he had a shocked expression on his face and actually stepped back! He said something like "Japanese is bad, isn't it?.....something.....newspaper....I'm very sorry....excuse me..." I've had a few people (mostly Jehovah's Witnesses) ring my doorbell who are surprised to see a foreigner on the other side of the door. I use this to my advantage, of course, and have an easy out. Although I did have a persistent telemarketer once who tried to speak English and asked me if my husband was home. Oh the awkwardness that is my life...