Re: The newspaper today
Like some of you, I had a route w/ our local. First couple of years, it was come home from school, fold the papers, stuff the bike saddle, and hit the road. Thanksgiving and Xmas, it took 2 trips. I kept it into my senior year in high school, and got to drive the route. Ended up giving the route to my mom, who picked up another one for extra cash. I enjoyed it most of the time, and liked most of my customers. Thing I hated about it was collections. Most folks were good, and I had some good tippers, especially with holidays, but there were several route customers who would not answer the door when I rang, and I could tell they were there. One of the worst was a guy who was an anchorman on the local television news. Really bad thing was, the station was owned by the paper.
Like some of you now, I just don't read it much anymore; in fact, we just let our sub go. Our local doesn't do a Sunday-only sub, and I get my news off the 'net. I'm probably going to go internet sub with them though. I do hate to see the trend, for those who are in the business, as it means job losses, and I've been on the wrong end of that myself. But, it's a natural progression, it seems, with the advent of the internet. I imagine there were similar responses when the press became widely available to make newspapers and journals, and town criers found themselves out of work.
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