[Mr Bee]

Too as bottom of it is, I got asked to cover a paper round for a week, it's about 25 papers per day, I have only been doing it 2 days and I made loads of mistakes.

First mistake: Wrong houses delivered to.
Second: Wrong papers to houses.
Third: Missing houses out on the list.

I mean, I'm 14, how the **** do I make so many mistakes? I now have to walk it tomorrow with the papershop owner :\ Awkward silence I'm thinking.

So how can I do it so I don't completely c**k up!

Thanks, extremely, extremely embarrassed..

[Kennedy7697]

At least you have a paper round.

[Mr Bee]

(Original post by Kennedy7697)
At least you have a paper round.

I rather not have after the embarrassment I feel :L

[wateva]

how did you mess that up? lol. good luck when you get a real job.

[elia]

You don't have to do it mate, save the embarrassment and don't turn up tomorrow, make the owner do his own bastard papers.

[oyyoyy]

well, check and double check what youre doing, and concentrate! that's all i can say lol

[Bey Taco]

its okay, everyone makes mistakes. He will probably think you were trying to cheat by skipping houses rather than delivering to the wrong houses.

[dhanp79]

(Original post by Mr Bee)
Too as bottom of it is, I got asked to cover a paper round for a week, it's about 25 papers per day, I have only been doing it 2 days and I made loads of mistakes.

First mistake: Wrong houses delivered to.
Second: Wrong papers to houses.
Third: Missing houses out on the list.

I mean, I'm 14, how the **** do I make so many mistakes? I now have to walk it tomorrow with the papershop owner :\ Awkward silence I'm thinking.

So how can I do it so I don't completely c**k up!

Thanks, extremely, extremely embarrassed..

Well, unless you are visually impaired i would be pretty concerned. tbh i'd just give up at this point, not really much point turning up

[Clare~Bear]

Things like this happen.

last summer I had about 800 - 900 magazines to deliver each week. They went to every house in a given area, but the roads I had were a nightmare. They were soo twisty and windy with houses on paths coming off all over the place that you could get to from several other roads I sware I missed hosues out each week and gave other houses two sometimes! What I tried to do was only push them through the letterbox partially. Some would fall through if the hole was loose and some people would pull them through themselves. BUT many were still there when I'd arrived at the same round from a different angle, meaning I could see if I'd done a row or not

And I might add that I was 17 last summer when this happened! My boss did randomly ring people in my area to see if I'd delivered them. She never said anything to me, so I assume that I never missd out the houses she contacted, maybe I was just lucky.

[Mr Bee]

I just walked the roads I do! I got 2 roads muddled up and a couple of houses.

I'm actually really peed of though :L I guess it does happen, just got to move on :P

[noodles!]

Google Street View is your friend. Look through the route multiple times and familiarise yourself.

[Clare~Bear]

(Original post by noodles!)
Google Street View is your friend. Look through the route multiple times and familiarise yourself.

I tried this with mine, but it didn't work. Soo many of the houses are up footpaths that connect roads that they're not on it and it's often not even clear from the birdseye view which side the front door is on!

[ROYP]

at least it'll make a funny story to tell your kids. well it would, but what woman would want you after this?

[Mr Bee]

Some pretty funny comments here. I'm just not looking forward to making myself look a **** infront of the owner. Oh well, I find it rather quite hilarious!

[Rhi93]

Did the shop owner show you/get someone to show you round on the first day you were covering it? If you're asked to cover any more rounds in the future, this would be a good idea I still cover the odd paper round from time to time and miss out a house or something, it's no big deal also if you have a list of the houses and papers with you tick them off as you go along

[Mr Bee]

(Original post by Rhi93)
Did the shop owner show you/get someone to show you round on the first day you were covering it? If you're asked to cover any more rounds in the future, this would be a good idea I still cover the odd paper round from time to time and miss out a house or something, it's no big deal also if you have a list of the houses and papers with you tick them off as you go along

He did offer but because I'm such an utter tit, I said no. The worst thing is, it's the roads behind my house :\

[Megaross]

Well it's an obvious answer, you're dense.
You have to make a concious effort not to be.

[Pride]

oh well, you need to chill man, easy mistake to make

[Double Agent]

You're only covering it for a week, chill out mate.

[jamboogy]

Don't know if I find this funny cos it's actually funny, or if I'm just ridiculously jealous that you have a job.