Trials and tribulations of a catalogue deliverer..

davehills

I have been delivering catalogues for a well known furniture store. It doesn't pay much but I do it as my day job pays a pittance and I need to keep a roof over my families heads..

Most people I met whilst delivering are nice and I stop for a chat, but there are a fair number of people out there with a major axe to grind. I'd therefore like to put people straight on a few things...

1. Don't expect me to be psychic and know that you don't want a catalogue!

2. Just because you told a store assistant 7 years ago that you didn't want a catalogue doesn't mean that I have been told.

3. A "Save the Lifeboats" sticker does not tell me that you don't want a catalogue.

4. If you don't want a catalogue don't rush out of your house and hurl it at me across a busy road.

5. Just because I put a catalogue through your door doesn't make me a c*nt.

6. I did not steal your gnome three weeks ago, nor put dog sh*t on your front lawn. I'm not responsible for the recession, neither.

7. A "no salesmen" sign is not the same thing as a "no catalogues" sign.

8. Martin Lewis is not going to sue me for delivering a catalogue to you and I doubt he's a personal friend of yours.

9. Go ahead, call the police and tell them that I delivered a catalogue.

I could go on...

Thanks for listening. Have a nice day!

forgotmyname

If you dont want them do what i do. Pop them into an envelope of make an envelope from bits of other envelopes and post it back to them minus a stamp.

My local chinese must have been fuming when they paid the post office for a indian takeaway leaflet, Same for the Indian takeaway a nice Chinese leaflet.

Oops wrong envelope

Ste_C

forgotmyname wrote: »

If you dont want them do what i do. Pop them into an envelope of make an envelope from bits of other envelopes and post it back to them minus a stamp.

My local chinese must have been fuming when they paid the post office for a indian takeaway leaflet, Same for the Indian takeaway a nice Chinese leaflet.

Oops wrong envelope

Yes, shame on those people just trying to make a living.

How about not being such a cantakerous busy body and just put the leaflets in your bin and with the time saved maybe do something productive?

earthstorm

Ste_C wrote: »

Yes, shame on those people just trying to make a living.

How about not being such a cantakerous busy body and just put the leaflets in your bin and with the time saved maybe do something productive?

well if you are like what we get even though having a no leaflets sticker on the letter box flap and still get 20+ of takeaway leaflets through the letterbox clearly displaying their lack of being able to read english then why not post them back to them or collect them all up and visit their takeaway and dump all their leaflets just inside their door

davehills

forgotmyname wrote: »

If you dont want them do what i do. Pop them into an envelope of make an envelope from bits of other envelopes and post it back to them minus a stamp.

My local chinese must have been fuming when they paid the post office for a indian takeaway leaflet, Same for the Indian takeaway a nice Chinese leaflet.

Oops wrong envelope

Nah, I don't want them 'cos I get paid to deliver them..

bluenoseam

with #7 I'd say it's exactly the same thing, you're delivering something with the intention of generating sales from it - you might be the delivery method, but what you're delivering is unsolicited.

lemontart

I was thinking of putting a neon sign pointing to a certain box on my drive saying all charity bags, brochures etc here please, -

The said red bin being the recycling one. but I do not think some can read around our way as they have enough trouble noticing the massive mail box on wall outside there to save their fingers from my dogs stomachs.

eezer

Probably sound a bit hypocritical after having a go at cold callers on the other thread, but don't have a problem with junk mail. At least I'm not being disturbed and can simply bin it/put it on the fire if it's no use.

I quite like the endless charity sacks we get as it saves buying bin bags.

michaelvintner

davehills wrote: »

I have been delivering catalogues for a well known furniture store. It doesn't pay much but I do it as my day job pays a pittance and I need to keep a roof over my families heads..

Most people I met whilst delivering are nice and I stop for a chat, but there are a fair number of people out there with a major axe to grind. I'd therefore like to put people straight on a few things...

1. Don't expect me to be psychic and know that you don't want a catalogue!

2. Just because you told a store assistant 7 years ago that you didn't want a catalogue doesn't mean that I have been told.

3. A "Save the Lifeboats" sticker does not tell me that you don't want a catalogue.

4. If you don't want a catalogue don't rush out of your house and hurl it at me across a busy road.

5. Just because I put a catalogue through your door doesn't make me a c*nt.

6. I did not steal your gnome three weeks ago, nor put dog sh*t on your front lawn. I'm not responsible for the recession, neither.

7. A "no salesmen" sign is not the same thing as a "no catalogues" sign.

8. Martin Lewis is not going to sue me for delivering a catalogue to you and I doubt he's a personal friend of yours.

9. Go ahead, call the police and tell them that I delivered a catalogue.

I could go on...

Thanks for listening. Have a nice day!

Some people are just d*ckheads. If you're catalogue really bothered me that much the worst that would happen would be that I would say thank you and then file it in the bin.

In my younger days me and my brother were delivering flyers for a take away one bloke came out moaning how he did not want them. Guess who got about 40 of them thrown in his front garden.

earthstorm

michaelvintner wrote: »

In my younger days me and my brother were delivering flyers for a take away one bloke came out moaning how he did not want them. Guess who got about 40 of them thrown in his front garden.

A similar thing happen a few weeks ago in our street when a neighbour just calmly told the delivery guy if he could read the notice and gave him back his leaflet. The guy then just tipped his bag of leaflets and run off.
Little did the delivery guy know that it was a councillor that gave him back his leaflet. The outcome is that the takeaway has been stopped from door to door leaflet deliveries

Coopdivi

I'm going to have to disagree with you about number 5.