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Original poster

To think I have alot more to worry about than a sodding kleanezee booklet.

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McNewPants2013 · 21/08/2013 21:39

I have a lot to do in the day, I wake up at 5am for work start at 7am till 3pm. Then it the usual housework dinner spending time with DC and DH.

I tend to take them out everyday, so normally home for 6:30ish then it bedtime routine ect.

Just had a knock on the door waking DD up all for a sodding kleanezee booklet ( she said this is the 4th time she has called)

Aibu to think you don't knock people door this time of night.

Hope DD goes back to sleep soon.

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McNewPants2013 · 21/08/2013 23:10

Next time I will leave it on the door step that the dog next door will rip to pieces.

When the person knocks I will say I left it on the door but the dog got hold of it.

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cricketballs · 21/08/2013 23:20

McNew - is it really that difficult to leave it on the step? You should really talk to your neighbour about the dog rather than cost someone who is trying to earn a living money.

LazyMonkeyButler · 21/08/2013 23:26

It doesn't have to be a doorstep. It can be a windowsill, behind a plant pot, tucked behind a drainpipe. Trust me, the reps get very adept at spotting the sodding things from a mile away!

houseofpain · 21/08/2013 23:27

I think the point some people are making is that in some chaotic households the catalogues do sometimes get lost, binned by accident. I don't see why my polite note asking them not to leave catalogues gets a 'fuck you' reply stuck on my door. I have done similar work and yes, it's soul-destroying but you also learn that it is very intrusive and there are better ways of dealing with people when you're actually interrupting them in their own time, in their own space.

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McNewPants2013 · 21/08/2013 23:29

Why should I prevent a dog coming into my garden of a neighbour ( who is also a friend) because of a booklet.

It's my garden and I have no problem with the dog coming in the garden.

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loopydoo · 21/08/2013 23:31

If you didn't ask for the booklet, then she shouldn't have a go at you for not handing it back. Avon are the same...I chased the last woman who delivered mine up the road..told her I was allergic to everything and didnt need to order again. She looked offended but I don't care!!

cory · 21/08/2013 23:32

Either you put it back outside straightaway so it sits outside in the rain getting tatty for a week, or else you have to keep track of it and remember exactly which catalogue among all the junk you get has to be kept aside and be ready for exactly which day. Which is more work and effort than I want to spend on this.

Yes, I appreciate that somebody paid money for it, but I never agreed to look after it for them. I don't go shoving my possessions into the arms of random strangers and tell them they have to look after them for me until next Thursday or I shall be back to rant at them.

And I do have a sign up on my door specifically making it clear that I do not want catalogues.

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McNewPants2013 · 21/08/2013 23:34

I have just put a sign up.

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whiteandyellowiris · 21/08/2013 23:37

oh ive been bollocked by the kleenesy person before for throwing it out

Wallison · 21/08/2013 23:40

Sales jobs like this are notoriously low-paid and Keeneaze people have to shell out their own money for every catalogue they distribute. I appreciate that it can be an onerous task to pick up the catalogue and put it on your doorstep, but believe me they are under a lot more stress than you are re the damn thing, so just maybe have a bit of compassion and fellow-feeling, eh?

ChippingInHopHopHop · 21/08/2013 23:42

I have no problem with them dropping the book off.

I have no problem with them calling back for it.

I would have a huge problem with them knocking for it at that time of night (and my front door is currently still wide open as it is everynight until winter) - so it's not that I am 'scared' of opening the door, it's just bloody rude.

I would have a really big problem with anyone getting shirty about me not leaving it out/throwing it away/not being in or anything else. They have left it on my doorstep - unsolicited. What happens to it after that is up to me not them. Now, because I'm a nice person (and don't have next doors dog in my garden) I leave it out for them - but they would get the sharp end of my tongue if they started telling me off if I didn't.

I know where I'd put the sign up Grin

cloudpuff · 21/08/2013 23:47

We have two bright visible sticker things on the door asking for no cold callers, junk mail, cataloguey, religious bodies etc, one is at eye level and the other on the letterbox, yet we still get at least half a dozen charity bags a week, generic junk mail delivered by the post man, dozens of pizza menus, salesmen etc I appreciate they are making a living but its annoying being interrupted from naps, cooking or whatever at any time of day, if its late then I don't think they can be surprised that people might be pissed off with them.

Wallison · 21/08/2013 23:48

I dunno, I just think if someone is having a shitter time than me re something then I can't find it in myself to get arsey about it. People are just trying to earn a crust, and it takes a fair bit of (traipsing around in all weathers) work to earn enough commission to pay out for missing catalogues. It's a soul-destroying life-sapping activity full of financial uncertainty. Handing back a catalogue, not so much.

Wallison · 21/08/2013 23:50
cory · 21/08/2013 23:53

They are under stress about this thing, yes, but the houseowner might well be under just as much stress or more about aspects of their life.

I really didn't appreciate it when we were going through a rough patch last year and I had to deal with everything falling apart and right in the middle of it somebody would knock on the door and moan at me for not having looked after their catalogue for them. Why couldn't they just respect the sign on the door?

littlemisssarcastic · 21/08/2013 23:54

I am laughing away at all of cory's posts. Grin

I have had a kleeneze magazine delivered last week. DD got hold of it and ripped it to shreds. DD handed me one small part which was a note that said 'Please do not throw this magazine away, I have paid for it and need it for further campaigns.'

I don't think the kleeneze person wants the scraps that are left. I have binned it. I have also drawn my curtains and double locked my front door. I do not want to face the annoyed kleeneze person. Blush

BillyGoatintheBuff · 21/08/2013 23:55

Do people really make a living selling these type of things?

Wallison · 21/08/2013 23:58

They try to make a living, BillyGoat, but they generally don't succeed. Or if they do, it's a 'head barely above water most of the time and generally sinking' type of living. And yes yes I know it can be extremely stressful being the homeowner in this situation - imagine! You have to pick up a catalogue, open your door and put it on the step! It could rob you of precious seconds out of your stressful day!

BillyGoatintheBuff · 21/08/2013 23:59

I think it's quickly becoming an outdated way of doing things. Most of these things are over priced and can be bought online and delivered much cheaper. It feels very 1980's ish way of doing business.

BillyGoatintheBuff · 22/08/2013 00:00

I should think by the time a kleeneze rep has done the ordering and then delivering it would be quite hard to earn money this way. and people wont do repeat orders of the product is rubbish.

Wallison · 22/08/2013 00:00

Oh and by the way, when you do this sort of work you are told to ignore all of the 'no cold callers/no catalogues/no flyers' signs.

cory · 22/08/2013 00:04

Wallison Wed 21-Aug-13 23:58:56
"And yes yes I know it can be extremely stressful being the homeowner in this situation - imagine! You have to pick up a catalogue, open your door and put it on the step! It could rob you of precious seconds out of your stressful day!"

It's not that, Wallison: it's having to remember that the Kleneeze person wants their catalogue put out next Thursday and the Avon person wants theirs on the Friday of the following week...and that they mustn't get lost in the meantime. Not everybody has a nice sheltered porch where catalogues can sit for a fortnight without coming to harm.

StuntGirl · 22/08/2013 00:05

I had absolutely no idea they paid for the catalogues themselves, and until now have always chucked them straight in the recycling.

I appreciate they're tryng to make a living but if you're going to chuck unsolicited mail through people's doors don't expect them to keep it safe until you return.

Gonna feel obligated to keep the fucking things now Angry

cloudpuff · 22/08/2013 00:08

I'd need to keep a diary to remember which days to put what's bags/catalogues ou, that's not meant in a sarcy way,

BillyGoatintheBuff · 22/08/2013 00:09

They really should put them in a ziplock sandwich bag