Door to Door Salesmen

Door to door sales people
So as some of you may know, I have had quite a few experiences with door to door sales people in America. I’ve had great conversation and interesting times with the vacuum salespeople, the magazine salespeople, and even the food ones. When the seasons are right there has always been more than my share of people who pick up leaves, and kids who shovel snow.
Here, just like anywhere else there are door to door salespeople. Usually they are kids though. The kids come by to sell the fish they or their fathers fished for that day. (Which means daily you can get fresh fish, or octopus right to your door.) Kids also come around to see the fresh cocoa that they picked from a tree, grounded and then roasted the beans. (Which means amazing fresh hot Samoan cocoa, or koko esi….yummm.) They also come by to pick up trash in yards for extra cash.
Raking the leaves is a lot different than in America as the leaves from the breadfruit trees and gigantic. So rakes are not necessary, you can just use your hands to pick up the leaves by themselves as they are the size of my body.
When we are on the bus at one of the bus shelters or the wharf, people come around the windows of the bus to sell different things. Drinks, pies, chips and meat cakes are all sold.
It is always entertaining to see what the next person will try to sell me.