WIBU to cut up or deface this betterware catalogue?

[Famzilla]

Yeah I know they need to make a living.

BUT

I have a sign on my gate saying no unaddressed mail or cold callers. I also have a sign practically begging people not to put anything unnecessary through the door as the noisy German shepherd will bark which wakes the baby up.

DD is 6mo and an awful sleeper, have tried everything and am now on "wait for it to pass". Had literally managed to get her to sleep by walking around with her in the sling for 45 minutes when some arsehole opens the gate and pops a fucking betterware catalogue through the door. The dog barks, the baby screams and we're at square one again.

I know there are much better problems in the world, but there is no way you could miss the signs. Honestly. If I had caught them they probably would have been terrified by my rage.

Bigger not better problems, sorry.

Get a mail box and seal the letterbox. It's the best thing I ever bought.

stick up a note asking them to call in for the catalogue and let the dog out?? may put them off calling again!

• joking! - and wouldn't work if the baby was asleep anyway!

Prop it up your window bound and gagged.

Prop it up your window bound and gagged.

Id put it out on the front step with a note attached.

Ohhh I like the bound and gagged idea.

In a dark moment I actually contemplated writing in the order section that I had wiped my arse with 10 separate pages.

How irritating. I know that frustration. In my case, it was my grannie's regular (unannounced) visits to my house when ds was a non sleeping pain in the arse baby.

t was always when I had just got him off to sleep and her knocking on the door, followed by her 'Just going to say hello to the baby' and, of course, the baby would wake up and I would just want to kill Grannie.

Bless her - she was lovely, really. I miss her. But I don't miss the crying and screaming her visits induced and that was just me

Oh you are so not being unreasonable.

I am in the same position. Napping baby, barking dog. Baby obviously wakes, and then refuses to go back to sleep, utter fucking nightmare as then he is knackered and grumpy as fuck until the next nap cycle 3 fucking hours then.

WAH!

I'd kill the bastards. I think you are being far too lenient. I'd have gone out after them ranting and raving .

Alternatively, make a massive order, like £££'s worth. Then return it all for your money back.

OHMYFUCKINGHELL.

It just happened here. Literally, as I posted.

Fucking twatting cunting pizza menu. I'm on slimming world anyway, I don't want your fucking take away menu!

Dog barked, but baby seems to have settled back to sleep. THANK FUCK.

And we had the worst ever nap this morning which was a 2 hour screamathon for 20 minutes of sleep in the end.

YANBU.
We get 3 kleeneaze catalogues a month, from 3 different people. We also get 2 Betterware a month. That is on top of the daily takeaway leaflets, 3 times a week charity bags and taxi leaflets.

I have been known to chase one of the Kleeneaze man down the road saying "excuse me, you left your crap in my door!" - and it worked for bout 2 months before he started up again.
I have left nice notes in the past, which never work.
I am at my wits end with them to be honest.

They never get catalogues back if they put them through my letter box. I am not contract bound to return litter as far as I am aware.

That is really annoying, I know that they have to make a living bit seriously they should get a job with a company whose whole success depends on finding idiots willing to pay for marketing materials read signs on doors.

An external mailbox would be good, not suitable for all houses though.

I would hang the better ware catalogue around its neck with a noose and hang it up in your hallway window shining a light on it and leave a sign saying 'the next one is for the FUNERAL PYRE' but I suppose if you did that you would have worried PCSOs knocking at the door investigating your state of mind which would also wake the baby, so don't do that.

Just sling the thing in the recycling and shake your fist at the next one who darkens your door.

Gah. Whose whole success does NOT depend on finding willing idiots to pay money for marketing materials.

Or draw willies on all the plastic jugs.

Oh don't listen to me I am an idiot.

the only thing that stopped those catalogues was a combination of letting thekids play with them, and then returning the tattered remnants, or being very efficient and leaving them outside to be picked up as soon as they arrived. second option used when more likely to rain. plastic bag removed in case children got hold of it.

I had explained repeatedly I didn't want them. much credit to Avon woman who actually asked if we'd be interested and accepted the answer no, and made a note in her book so we never got another catalogue.

this is the one advantage of living in a flat with an entry system!

Complain to Betterware, they're violating the rules of their trade body, since the DMA require it to be followed.

Of course I doubt they'll do anything but unless people actually complain and fail to get any resolution, there's no chance of actual legal enforcement to come in because we'll all be told how great self regulation is working.

Can you do origami?

Fashion all of the pages into woodland creatures and arrange them artistically in a hedge.

I might just answer the door when they come to collect it and plead ignorance. Something along the lines of "but why would I have a betterware catalogue to return when these signs clearly say not to put your tat through my letterbox?" And then just do the creepy head tilt stare whilst the dog huffs in the background.

I caught a bloke shoving a pizza menu through yesterday, the door was locked and I couldn't find the keys quick enough but I did manage to get a "can't you read the fucking signs???" and grabbed his fingers as he tried to slip it through the letterbox.

Sleep deprivation has ruined me.

Leave it outside with a note saying future ones will be destroyed.

I remember being sworn at and called a liar in a drive by fashion by some dip shit Betterware catalogue man because apparently I hadn't put his shit book out for him to collect. I distinctly remember I had, and told his daughter (5/6 year who he sent to the door). He got angry and after his rant through his car window drove off and skidded around the corner down the street .

Then the arse wipe had the audacity to post another catalogue through my door in which I wrote a massive long letter telling him he was an utter prick for swearing at me infront of his daughter and my dd and not to post his shit through my letterbox ever again.

Now I get an old woman posting it and she's woken DS up a few times during the day. I don't have the heart to tell her to get lost.

So, yanbu!

I'm amazed at the number of people who think they should return them under any situation!

I don't get them anymore
IF I get one I Sellotape a note saying 'I don't want this. Don't deliver again' and leave it on the front porch.

We have a basket by the door for umbrellas, shopping bags, scarves etc and DH generally chucks catalogues & stuff in there - I just checked and we have 2 Betterware, 2 Kleeneezee and 3 Avon catalogues in there, plus 26 charity bags....