Why (oh why) are the phone companies still producing these and dumping them on thousands of doorsteps each year? At least Auckland's directories are half the size of Sydney's. Should save a few trees.
Unsurprisingly the people who sell the ads in Australia's Yellow Pages insist people still use them. Well honestly, really?
Fine. Keep the yellow ones then but ask before you deliver.
Surely the white pages are of no use to anyone? As a child I used to take great delight in scanning through the white pages on holiday and finding the handful of residents with my rather unusual surname. But that, as my son would say, was in the Olden Days.
This week's delivery is resting on the sideboard on the way from the front door to the recycling bin. I'm open to any ideas about what to do with them instead.
Oh, the frustration, Ann! I *hear* you. Every year, I ring up and place us on the 'don't deliver' list but they still come. Madness. J x
ReplyDeleteI used to think the same until my computer and internet was down and I needed to find a repair person pronto...the yellow pages came through with the goods. But it does take take up too much space for the rare few times I have needed it...xx
ReplyDeleteI know! When ours were delivered, I moved them from beside to the letterbox to the recycle bin about 2 metres away. They didn't even make it into the house. We have lots of books at work but most of us have declined them. I don't find the printed book very user friendly. It's useful if you want to find something alphabetically, but usually you want to find a company based on location. Trying to find a business in my suburb means that I have to skim all the entry locations before picking the right one. That's why the online version wins by miles.
ReplyDeleteI'll refrain from saying perhaps a nice knitted cover and they could function as a door stop :))
ReplyDeleteThe pages are great for starting the fire up in the winter. Also, did you know that if you put two white pages books together, page over page, nothing in this world will tear them apart. I know this because my 10 year old son watches Myth Busters. So there you go - something else you can do with phonebooks. LOL!
ReplyDeleteIn total agreement here. Felt guilt doing it but ours didn't make it into the house. They went straight into the blue bin. A terrible waste.
ReplyDeleteI still use my phones books *ducks*
ReplyDeleteYes, Telecom must be laughing all the way to the bank with the fortune they made from selling this business not so very long ago. I keep a white pages. Not often sure why. But the yellow goes straight to the recycle bin.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, they are a pain, but, like Anita I sometimes have to use them when the net is down. I know, very archaic! Some bright spark decided to make a glove box edition for our local area, the print is so small only very tiny elves can read it.
ReplyDeleteAmen to that!!
ReplyDeleteMine are still sitting beneath my postbox wrapped in plastic because just looking at them makes me so cross I cant bear to bring them into the house. What a waste of paper, of time and of money!