As a paperboy in the early 70s in suburban Chicago, I was expected not only to put the paper on the stoop, but also to put it on the side of the door which opened. As I recall, the Suburban News was actually rubberbanded to the door handle! Nowadays, an adult drives by in the wee hours of the morning and flings the paper out of the car window. I never see it delivered, but would love to know just how fast they're driving because my paper is actually on the drive about 50% of the time, or maybe a bit more. It's not uncommon, though, especially on rainy or snowy days, to find my paper in the swale along the road, soaking wet. Just getting TO the newspaper can be a messy proposition on many days.
Countless phone calls to the Trib's call center have proven to be fruitless and frustrating to boot. Please, can't I speak to anyone based here in Chicagoland, or at least the Western Hemisphere? The same delivery person is responsible for my Aurora Beacon News, which I get on a daily basis. I don't know why, but it's the Tribune's poor delivery that gets my blood boiling. Today, I had no Chicago Tribune, but my Beacon was delivered, unbelievably, across the road on the shoulder near the cornfield. A new record.
I'll always try to include the driveway in the photo. Occasionally, I may include a photo of the paper itself.
I was so amused by last Friday's delivery that I took the photo below. It was just tonight that I decided to act upon my idea to create this blog, so I'm already missing Sunday and Monday. I just found Monday's paper this morning (Tuesday), in the grass just outside the culvert beside my drive.
Anyway, here we go. August 6th, 2010. It had rained heavily the day before and rainwater remained in the swale. You can see it just beyond the newspapers in the grass.
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| This delivery was so far from my drive, it's hard to see the papers lying in the grass. About 20 feet. |
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