[justjim]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by tomwed

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]

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]

Originally Posted by willie72

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]

Originally Posted by willie72

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]

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).