I delivered flyers, and the Herald and then the Sun. I liked the Sun for delivery because they didn’t have a Saturday paper back then; at least you got one day to sleep in! Paper delivery wasn’t great though. At that point you have this kid who’s like 13-14 collecting, and I feel like I didn’t make as much as I should have. Sometimes I couldn’t get people at home, sometimes they’d be home and not have cash or all that stuff. I guess the plus was if you wanted to do something that night you could run out and try to collect from a house or two and have some cash, but that wasn’t a huge benefit to me.
Fun fact: I was nominated as paper boy of the year one year. I honestly can’t recall winning, so I probably didn’t.
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