a) Had a scary old woman yelling at me that if I did that around here I'd be sued (NOT true, the stickers said no 'cold calling', that's knocking on doors to sell stuff. Also, I blame the guy who was delivering a parcel to her - he pointed me out, he betrayed me).
b) Had several dogs barking at me.
c) Had my hands through a letterbox in a dogs mouth. I didn't know I could move my hand so fast!
That's added to the normal difficulties of the job. So here's 10 ways to be nice to leaflet deliverers, many of them may also apply to other delivery people and posties.
1) Don't yell at us. We're just doing a job.
2) Put up a notice if your dog is likely to bite our hand. We like to be warned, and it's our own stupid fault at least if we ignore the sign.
3)If you have that furry stuff in your letterbox for insulation, how about making sure it isn't too thick, and that the hairs coming from the top and the hairs coming from the bottom don't cross over. It's really difficult to push through that stuff.
4) Try to avoid a low letterbox. After wandering around for hours, we really don't want to bend down.
5) If you have a small, yappy dog, DO NOT have a low letterbox. What are you, a masochist? Do you put the letterbox there just so our hands are at the right height for your dog?
6) If your drive is a really long trek/uphill/downhill, have you considered a letterbox by your gate on the street? Would make life a lot easier.
7) If you see us when we're delivering to our house, how about smiling, or taking the leaflet from us, and not making us feel like shit on your shoe?
8) Why have a drive that to get up someone has to walk up the street, then walk up the drive which is going back in the opposite direction, then back down the same drive? Or vice-versa from the other direction.
9) A little note for kids - if you see us out your window, ignore us, don't excitedly announce our presence to your parents, it makes us scared that they're going to emerge and yell abuse at us.
10) Remember: We're just doing a job, we are most likely broke, which would be why. No one likes lawyers, lots of people aren't fans of the police, but only a few nutjobs would want rid of either. Just bear in mind that we may or may not support the leaflets we are giving out, but that isn't the point - we're not the people advertising to you, we're just the people who gratefully accept money to pass around leaflets because they need it.
I realise doing this has made me even more jaded - now when I get someone being nice to me as I'm delivering, I'm shocked. So thanks to anyone who reads this, and thanks to everyone who's already nice to us.
Hx
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