Comments on: Just Be Nice

By: Aloha guy

Aloha guy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:46:40 +0000

Here is the ultimate example of “being nice.” http://tinyurl.com/ot8qab

By: Lestie

Lestie — Sun, 31 May 2009 19:07:47 +0000

Hello there all!
A flyer is like a delete button, you can use it or not.

I take flyers always, they tell a lot, inform, make offers, introduce stuff, spark ideas, new products, new services, new boys on the block as it were … there is no harm and a retailer or anyone can learn a lot about what’s going on in the area - and all given for free. Easy market research I would say as well. no harm in smiling as you take one either, never hurts. Many of the flyer companies here try to use the backs of the messages with useful info like a calendar for how many shopping days left before Christmas, or the bus times, emergency telephone numbers, pizza delivery contacts, how to change a tyre, once I even got a great recipe for a tunabake I still use today. No harm done as I said, just don’t litter on the way home!

Cheers
Lestie
Jo’burg.

By: Runwayy

Runwayy — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:05:03 +0000

The people who do this are many times homeless and this is their only source of income. Or, perhaps they have criminal records, or are some kind of substance abuser, and they do this instead of steal. They get paid by how many fliers they are actually able to put into the hands of people, and by depending on what increased percentage of people actually come to the venue or store, they may even get a bonus. If their business doesn’t do any business, they get nothing. If they pay some guy forty dollars to stand there and pass those things out, and it brings in a higher percentage of business than if they don’t, then it is worth it to them.

Personally, sometimes I take them, sometimes I don’t. At least it is an honest living, and they don’t like doing it any more than you like them for it. Just be grateful it isn’t you, count your blessings and say thank you or thanks but no thanks. It’s better than begging.

By: Aloha guy

Aloha guy — Sun, 31 May 2009 02:53:41 +0000

WOW; listen to the anger here…

By: vidsolve

vidsolve — Sun, 31 May 2009 02:36:34 +0000

Sorry but the flyer form of marketing sucks no matter how you dice it. the marketers choose to do their miserable style of marketing, and the workers choose to do the job. they are both irritating. its not a matter of aloha or loving Gods children. i dont hate the people, i absolutely dispise what they choose to do. we all choose what we do. anyone out there feel good about harrasing people with flyiers? i am ok with kiosks where folks can go up on their own free will and get info, but i dont like my free will of walking down the sidewalk peacefully being violated. nothing to do with aloha. choose a more righteous line of work. we all know what responsibility for choices means, right? lets not sugar coat things. i mght love everyone, but i dont sit back and condone the cow murderers, which are legal and have right to do their cruel deeds. you need to see things as they are without losing your equilibrium, but you also need to call a spade a spade.

By: Reality Check

Reality Check — Sat, 30 May 2009 06:11:32 +0000

All People??? What are you nuts? What about murderers, rapists and robbers? Should we be nice to them too? This goody two shoes crap is just that, and you know it.

By: Arthur Patty

Arthur Patty — Sat, 30 May 2009 06:06:14 +0000

I get it; there’s no downside to being nice to people; all people. I am going to work on this. I don’t want to tell my age, but I will say that I have lived long enough to have made this discovery before. Thanks.

By: mismo

mismo — Sat, 30 May 2009 06:04:50 +0000

wow! you people on oahu sound like mainlanders! so glad i stay big island where our ‘flyer’ people all have names and are part of our ohana. aloha is the love of god. it is for everyone.

By: UH Student 101

UH Student 101 — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:29:06 +0000

Yes Richard it is a little deep, but not that deep. I don’t think anyone likes being hassled on the sidewalk, and I must say that as often as I go to Waikiki I never feel “hassled” by the people handing out flyers. In fact, most of them are pretty considerate and sensitive.
If there is someone to attack here, it’s the companies that have chosen this form of marketing, not the people they hire. I’m actually more turned off by the street “musicians” that do invade my space. I don’t go to Waikiki to listen to some dude pounding on his snare drum. THAT is a violation of “Aloha.”

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:13:26 +0000

This is an interesting topic - as I think about it, it gets just a little deep. But, I must admit, I appreciated the specifics and practicalities of what vidsolve posted.

However, aloha guy, I really do get your point. Well taken.

Continuing with the flyer people and the specific situation they create, I will not be convinced otherwise, the flyer people make a walk along the street unpleasant (or maybe I should say “less pleasant”). Period. And, the behavior/activity that they engage in should not be encouraged. Visitors (and anybody else for that matter) should not have to face harassment.

Is there such a thing as “tough Aloha?” If not, maybe we can create it.

As Ron has written, EVERYBODY deserves to succeed and sometimes people need to be released so that they can go on to find success. The act of not taking a flyer from someone might not be exactly firing them, but it could be a little less inappropriate encouragement and may make his/her transition to success quicker.