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My mom delivers papers for the New York Times. The pay is garbage but she is old and getting Social Security. She likes to drive around and people-watch. She is
by johnpowell 8y ago
My mom delivers papers for the New York Times. The pay is garbage but she is old and getting Social Security. She likes to drive around and people-watch. She is also on the route that mostly delivers to Starbucks, Safeway, the airport, 7/11, and Albertsons. It is the best route since you just drop 20 papers on the doorstep of a Starbucks.
She delivers about 500 papers a night. And she is just one of the 20+ drivers in our city of 180K people.
So people do still buy them.
- rsync 8y agoI buy the NYT from retail when I have the time and leisure to sit and read a newspaper. I like the fact that you can be in fairly provincial settings (small towns, etc.) but if there is a starbucks, the NYT will be for sale ... I note that it is frequently sold out at those starbucks locations (after lunch, at least) so it appears that others buy them there as well. FWIW, I am a sunday-only print version subscriber.