Since electricity supply was privatised in the 1990s, there have been persistent complaints that suppliers have employed salesmen who set out to trick customers on their doorsteps into switching from their existing gas or electricity firm.
It is hard to imagine that path leading anywhere other than across his doorstep and into the crib room, such is the pressure that is building.
After the investigation into her reporting was announced, Ms. Hill suddenly found herself hunted, with reporters from the tabloid press camped out at her doorstep, digging into her personal life and following her with cameras when she went shopping for groceries.
Tokyo's plan of conquering the Solomons at Australia's doorstep turned into a continuous retreat for the Japanese of which the defeat on Guadalcanal in early 1943 marked the beginning.
When I met with Rahman Branch, the new director of the Mayor's Office of African American Affairs, he recounted times when the nature of his previous job as a high school principal thrust him out of his office and onto the doorstep and into the homes of truant students to engage parents.
He stumbled on, resting briefly on doorsteps, sneaking into stores for a little warmth, and, finally, when his strength was at an end, when he was ready to lie down and die, instinct told him to return to his old building.
I could envision myself at their doorsteps, collapsing into a blubbering heap at their feet and causing them even more pain.
Alzheimer's arrives on the doorstep and turns into the visitor who won't go away.
But now the clamour of places such as Beirut and Baghdad has come to Laayoune's doorstep: indeed, right into its living rooms, 24 hours a day.Across the Arab world, the impact of the satellite dish has been profound.
But his decision to shoo police officers off the steps of St Paul's 12 days ago and support the peaceful anti-capitalist protest on his doorstep catapulted him into the media stratosphere.
