Oh god, paper routes! I had one when I was 10-11. It was great money for that age - about $200 per month, in the early 90s. My papers were dropped off really

Oh god, paper routes! I had one when I was 10-11. It was great money for that age - about $200 per month, in the early 90s. My papers were dropped off really early, and I had to be there for them - alone - around 4am. And my route was about half a mile away from my house. I got chased by a dog a couple times. One time it bit and punctured my tire. I flipped my bike with all the papers in it a couple of times. Some older kids dropped by once - I was afraid they were gonna fuck with me, but instead they just asked me to scream some stuff. And of course collecting. I got chased off by a couple dogs then too. Come to think of it, maybe I should be more afraid of dogs than people. Eventually I got a route for the apartments that were across the street from my house. That was a much nicer experience. More money, less distance, less area to cover, and no dogs.