23rd June 2010, 12:30 PM
gonetopot Wrote:On a less official basis it always helps to have an official looking business card with your name and company on it to hand to anybody who asks about who you are and what you are doing when conducting a site walk over or photographic survey. Especially if your site is anywhere near a school (I thought I was going to get chased with pitchforks... and I had ID and permission to be there)...
Wearing an official-looking (and clean!) yellow vest at all times seems to avoid most of those tricky conversations anyway - people just assume you're from the council. From long experience it seems to reduce those interactions with interested/nosey/irate locals by around 90% although it can result in wierd complaints about bin collections etc.