Loud paper boy

[billharnois.livejournal.com]

Am I the only one who gets woken up every morning by the paper boy near Rogers Ave/Kidder between 5-6am? He drives around our neighborhood all morning and his car really needs a muffler. It's very loud and has a deep sound that you can hear from far away.

I got up this morning to confirm which paper it is, so I could call and complain. I saw him on Pearson and I think it's the Boston Globe, but I'm not positive.

Comments

[davis-denizen.livejournal.com]

In my neighborhood there are two delivery vehicles, one for the Globe/Times/Journal and one for the Herald. Both are new-looking SUVs, which leads me to conclude that I am in the wrong business (if paper delivery is so lucrative). Whatever happened to the little kids walking around the neighborhood with the canvas bag over their shoulder delivering papers?

[larksdream]

They bought themselves SUVs with the medical damages they won for their permanent spine problems.

[lena-a-mermaid.livejournal.com]

The Boston Globe stopped having kids deliver the paper quite a few years ago. I believe among the concerns were liability for kids getting injured or going to strangers' houses and being kidnapped. A bit of overkill perhaps, but now its all done by adults.