Dear Delivery Guy/Contractor/Whoever Comes to our Front Door:

We have a lovely long (although 1-car wide) driveway on the side of our house.
Leading from this driveway, we have a nice, gently curving paver walkway, flanked with lights and greenery and mulch. Pastoral, even.

So why does every mail carrier, UPS or FedEx guy, or contractor insist on parking (two tires on the grass) on the edge of the road and come stomping over our lawn to get to our front door???? If they feel it's an intrusion to park in our driveway, why can't they at least walk 10-feet to the driveway and come up the walkway?

Today, we had two guys doing an "audit" on the house in preparation for solar panels we'll have installed in the spring. Now granted, they had to get up on the roof. But, true to form, they stomped across the lawn into the house. Bringing mud on their boots with them. Nice, friendly, capable sort of guys. But geez. The mud.

It reminds me of the story I read (don't recall where...sorry) about the college campus that had a "problem" with students cutting across some plantings to get to the library (or cafeteria, or wherever). They put up signs. The signs were ignored. They tried shrubs. The students tore them up. They tried fencing. Knocked over. Finally, exasperated, they hired a landscaper to find a way to get students to not trample the plantings. The landscaper put down paving stones and created a walkway for the students. There. Problem solved. I feel like I need to do that down the middle of my front yard.