No home for phone books
White Pages struggle to find a place in the streets of Sydney’s inner-west.
On the way to the train station,
Print21 online editor, Mitchell Jordan, noticed a new addition to the streets of Redfern that, days later, showed little sign of going anywhere.
Contrary to
Print21 publisher, Patrick Howard’s
experiences in the trendy eastern suburbs town of Elizabeth Bay, residents in the inner-west seem to have little interest in, or need for, phone books.
"I started to count the number of homes that hadn't bothered to pick up a
White Pages, and soon realised it was easier to count those who had!" Jordan said.
The people of Redfern have made their choice: phone books have been forced to take up squatter status. If anyone in the eastern ‘burbs missed out the first time, they know where to come.
Pictured: Plenty of phone books for everyone.
Pictured below: This householder doesn't appear to want to let the White Pages through the front door. They don't seem too fond of News Limited's free magazines, either.
UPDATE: Print21 cleans up the streets
After this story was published last Friday,
Print21 was contacted by Sensis, which owns White Pages, for details regarding the phone books in question. Needless to say, the photographed White Pages above were promptly removed and not visible when the online editor made his way home Friday afternoon.
According to a spokesman from Sensis, most directories in the Redfern area have been collected by residents. “As per our standard practice, our distributors will revisit areas within the next few weeks and pick up any unwanted books for redistribution in other areas,” said the spokesman.
Now, if only there was a similar way of getting rid of the rubbish on Redfern's streets.
Are there any clusters of uncollected phone books in your streets? Or have they all been snapped up?
Write to us and let us know. Photos are welcome.
Pictured below: All lined up, and nowhere to go (last week, anyway).
Pictured: Plenty of phone books for everyone.
Pictured below: This householder doesn't appear to want to let the White Pages through the front door. They don't seem too fond of News Limited's free magazines, either.
UPDATE: Print21 cleans up the streets
After this story was published last Friday, Print21 was contacted by Sensis, which owns White Pages, for details regarding the phone books in question. Needless to say, the photographed White Pages above were promptly removed and not visible when the online editor made his way home Friday afternoon.
According to a spokesman from Sensis, most directories in the Redfern area have been collected by residents. “As per our standard practice, our distributors will revisit areas within the next few weeks and pick up any unwanted books for redistribution in other areas,” said the spokesman.
Now, if only there was a similar way of getting rid of the rubbish on Redfern's streets.
Are there any clusters of uncollected phone books in your streets? Or have they all been snapped up? Write to us and let us know. Photos are welcome.
Pictured below: All lined up, and nowhere to go (last week, anyway).
