I dont answer the door to strangers when my husband isnt home. Of course there are exceptions. When my husband is home, we usually allow the children to give the money.
However, 2 nights ago, after a particularly grueling day and my husband had to be up really early the next morning, we went to sleep by 9:30. Now i dont care if in your house you stay up until 12AM or later, there is a certain time that you just dont visit/call people after. Anyway, a short while later, the bell rings, not just one time, not twice…I jumped out of bed so that my husband wouldnt be woken up, thinking it was probably an emergency if someone is coming at such a late hour. And what do you know?! A meshulach! I calmly told him that now was not a good time (over the intercom) and good night. Meshulachim should go to a ‘meshulachim etiquette’ course.