Get a good nights sleep before hand and think up answers to questions you may get asked.
Generally, you get up and get things sorted and attend to things and then its like a long jog, you never stop moving, but you make progress every minute and don't really have to look behind you.
Try out different 'patter' (talk/ spiel) and see what works, don't joke too much, and be educational without 'pushing' or giving out too much info.
Most people will be happy to find out a little bit so they can chat to friends about it in simple light helpfull interesting conversation.
Don't dwell on negative aspects such as pollution, but the positives like education and how recycling helps many people in different stages in life and their family's too.
By lunchtime you will have done a lot of work and achieved much, by the afternoon you will have your patter sorted to the word, by the second, with as much in there as possible while keeping their interest.
I volunteered at the gates of a festival once, 'greeting'.. I have never interacted with the general public in life before, ever, mostly doing manufacturing and fixing things in engineering.
By the end of the day I had my spiel right, with everything possible in one question/greeting.
They would look at me, crack up laughing and hand over tickets, pop truck latch, answer and ask the right questions and say
"You have been doing this all day haven't you?".
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