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justjim 09-25-2014 02:28 PM
I learn what it was like to go to work every day and found out what a commitment delivering newspapers was in a smal Midwest town of 5,000 people.

JerryP 09-25-2014 03:11 PM
Delivered the LI Press in the ENY section of Brooklyn, learned to always; lock bike before going into apartment buildings, beware of dogs, new scripts meant rewards and of course collection day which was Friday was the best day of the week.

tomwed 09-25-2014 03:25 PM
OK---Am I the only rotten apple who that turned in phoney orders? Sometimes my boss was pressured by his boss for new orders. He pressured us to go canvassing. It was a cold sell. Sometimes I would cancel one of my old customers and then turn in a phoney new order for a prize. The prize was usually a trip to Palisades Amusement Park. A few weeks later I would cancel the phoney order and put back into the system the old customer. Everybody was happy. That 's how things worked in Jersey. That's what I learned. :)

willie72 09-25-2014 04:10 PM
As a papergirl, I learned never to give chocolate covered cherries as a Christmas gift. You get way tooooo many. Give a gift of money.

bkcunningham1 09-25-2014 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by tomwed (Post 943218)
I could name many lessons I learned.

But one lesson I learned is how other people live. I would collect on Friday night and Saturday morning. If it was cold out, people would invite me in. I could smell their houses and apartments. See if they were the neat and tidy type. Until I was a paperboy, I didn't think anyone put on their pajamas until it was time to go to bed. I also thought the first thing people did in the morning was get dressed. I was wrong about that too.

I never met any papergirls, so no offense meant.

ps I delivered the Jersey Journal.
I love everyone's stories. What a good idea for an interesting and enjoyable thread. I hope the Daily Sun picks up on this thread and turns it into a feature story.

Did you know that 'paperboy' is now slang for someone who reads paper books instead of ebooks?

Cisco Kid 09-25-2014 05:17 PM
That You Can Never Get Up Too Early To Start Your Day.
Today Started @ 4AM.
I always get a jump start on my work to be done.

tomwed 09-25-2014 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by willie72 (Post 943751)
As a papergirl, I learned never to give chocolate covered cherries as a Christmas gift. You get way tooooo many. Give a gift of money.
If it wasn't for Christmas tips I would have quit 100 times each year. Everyone would hang in there for the one dollar in an envelope, once a year. That was our Christmas bonus.
Another lesson, I suppose.

tomwed 09-25-2014 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by willie72 (Post 943751)
As a papergirl, I learned never to give chocolate covered cherries as a Christmas gift. You get way tooooo many. Give a gift of money.
You are the first papergirl I met. You must have been pretty tough. As you know, you can miss school if you are sick, but the papers must be delivered.

pookieroo 09-25-2014 10:18 PM
I learned to sing Christmas Carols while waiting for my payments on the porch at Christmas time. Get em in the mood, you know? Also, don't throw a Sunday too far, it might just bounce and go through the glass of the storm door (it did, and aside from costing a fortune, made one hell of a noise).


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