The Easter Bunny better be careful about leaving gifts at some front doors…
At 10:20 AM I spotted some fresh and muddy footprints leading to and from my front porch. There were some papers wedged in between my double doors, so I opened the door to check it out. As soon as I did the papers flew down onto the front porch amidst more muddy footprints.
First, I picked up the papers, which I could now see were advertising literature, and set them aside for a moment. Next I got the garden hose to wash away the muddy footprints in hopes that anyone entering the house through the front door would not track in that dirt. A little bit of time and water was consumed to do that. I wondered how some of the elderly people in our neighborhood, some of who use walkers, deal with cleaning up this stuff. Seems pretty inconsiderate to me.
Then I turned to the literature. Bobby Florentz, Handyman and Problem Solver, will handle most miscellaneous home repair jobs. No mention of whether this fellow is licensed to do the kitchen and bath renovations, hot water heater installation, tile installation, and various other tasks Mr. Florentz says he can do.
Then there was Medina Tree Service. His literature does tout a license of some kind, and besides tree trimming he does all kinds of landscaping work. Right behind his literature was Antonio Tree Service. This literature is almost a duplication of that for Medina, the other tree service. Then there was a piece of literature from Skylar carpet cleaning – perhaps this service anticipated the muddy footprints that the person who wedges literature between my doors leaves.
So, these are the unsolicited business opportunities found on my front porch today. I understand the courts have ruled that homeowners cannot stop the delivery of such literature to their front steps, so I am stuck with the reality. If only these “entrepreneurs” included an address on their literature. That way I could mail it back to them with the message that you know what will freeze over before I or my neighbors call upon them to do any work for us. Maybe there should be a law requiring that all such literature include the address of the business so I might reciprocate.
You can report the business to your city hall. While cities cannot stop the flyers, they almost always require a local business license. Cities welcome the opportunity to charge and fine business whenever they can. This might be one time that city bureaucracy works in you favor….