It seems like we are having some kind of phone book war around here. I’ve thrown away a half dozen of these things since the first of the year, as I have the internet.
I got to thinking that throwing stuff in peoples’ yards is, well, littering, isn’t it? I don’t think AOL could hire people to toss their CDs in yards could they? OR samples of Red Bull, or manure, or whatever?
Do the phone book people have special permission, or is it just tolerated because some people want phone books?
I’m kinda wondering this myself. Between the internet and Google SMS*, I haven’t used a phone book in years. I could certainly do without having ~6 phone books dumped on me every year.
*-If you’re unfamiliar, check it out! It’s super helpful.
I used to get a CD from them about every 2 weeks or so. Before that, they were actual 3.5" floppy disks, which I would happily erase & re-use.
The neighborhood newspaper is delivered onto my porch every month, and many times that includes sample products. This past year I’ve gotten a book bag, samples of detergent, and a car litter bag.
I’ve often wondered this myself. Once when I was fourteen or so I grabbed the advertisement circular that had been thrown in my yard and tossed it back as the delivery truck came back up the road. I don’t think the guy noticed.
In 2005 my whole neighborhood received six phone books apiece for a different area code from a phone company that didn’t provide local service here. What a waste.
I don’t even have a telephone, and get these things. I used to throw them away all the time, too, because of the internet. That is, until the neighborhood lost electricity and I wasn’t able to call Edison. Even Goog411 let me down, and tried to connect me with any number of the dozens and dozens of Edison offices. It’s a lesson I should have remembered; back when my cable was having connectivity problems, I’d had no way to contact Comcast, because, well, I couldn’t get online. So, now I keep a phonebook handy just in case.