When it rains, our main concern is to keep our client's pamphlets dry. To this end, each of our leaflet distributors carries with him a raincoat which he can immediately deploy when rain threatens.
It took quite a search to find just the right kind of raincoat for the job. The first requirement was that it had to cover not only the distributor, but also the backpack in which he carries the leaflets. Furthermore, it had to cover the flyers that he is holding in his had, ready to insert into the next letter box. These requirements disqualified most standard rain gear, and we narrowed our search down to poncho type raincoats.
Most of the ones we tried turned out to be too small. Others, even if they were big enough, had the tendency to blow up in the wind, exposing our clients' pamphlets to the rain.
Finally, we found the perfect poncho: it is large enough to cover the bag, the distributor and the pamphlets in his hands, and it also has a wide "sleeve" - more like a slit in the poncho, through which he can put an arm through to keep the poncho down when the wind threatens to blow it up. It this way, our distributors are able to keep the flyers bone dry in most types of weather.
When it rains too hard to keep the pamphlets completely dry, our distributors are instructed to find shelter, and to wait for the rain to pass. Only occasionally, perhaps once or twice a year has it rained so much that we have had to cancel the day's distribution.
It took quite a search to find just the right kind of raincoat for the job. The first requirement was that it had to cover not only the distributor, but also the backpack in which he carries the leaflets. Furthermore, it had to cover the flyers that he is holding in his had, ready to insert into the next letter box. These requirements disqualified most standard rain gear, and we narrowed our search down to poncho type raincoats.
Most of the ones we tried turned out to be too small. Others, even if they were big enough, had the tendency to blow up in the wind, exposing our clients' pamphlets to the rain.
Finally, we found the perfect poncho: it is large enough to cover the bag, the distributor and the pamphlets in his hands, and it also has a wide "sleeve" - more like a slit in the poncho, through which he can put an arm through to keep the poncho down when the wind threatens to blow it up. It this way, our distributors are able to keep the flyers bone dry in most types of weather.
When it rains too hard to keep the pamphlets completely dry, our distributors are instructed to find shelter, and to wait for the rain to pass. Only occasionally, perhaps once or twice a year has it rained so much that we have had to cancel the day's distribution.
