Morning Newspaper delivery RANT
@lookatdesktop (27129)
Dallas, Texas
November 11, 2018 6:16pm CST
Got a Newspaper subscription delievery for Sundays and Wednesdays.
Yea. We got a new subscription to Dallas Morning News home delivery for only 20 bucks for 13 weeks, Sundays and Wednesdays. My wife asked if it would be possible to have the paper put on the front porch as she has trouble walking and would like to be able to get the newspaper that way. Well, the lady was nice and said, Yes, that is no problem.
Last night we both woke up to the loud sound of something hitting and knocking over a tall clay vase of flowers on the front porch. I went out to look and yep, we got our first Sunday newspaper. Yea. But, the paper boy managed to knock over that vase and it had fallen down on one of the porch chairs, that fortunately caught it. If that vase had fallen all the way it would have broken up into pieces.
I will have to clear things up with the newspaper people by asking that they try not to throw the paper on the porch because the next time it might hit the front window and break a window glass.
Funny but the guy got out of his car, and instead of placing the paper on the porch or the steps, he stood away from our porch, took aim and scored 3 points by hitting the target, the clay vase on the porch that fell over and got nearly broken. 
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
12 Nov 18
I will do just that, calling Monday morning about it. 
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
12 Nov 18
OMG! That's not good at all. Sorry you got such bad luck and I understand why you stopped getting it. I will have to call them up and plead with them to just throw it in the freeking driveway, if that won't be TOO MUCH TROUBLE.
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
12 Nov 18
@cintol , I will have a talk with the paper people tomorrow. I can't have them breaking our windows next time. I got just a few days until the Wednesday paper gets thrown.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
12 Nov 18
@lookatdesktop Yeah, the carriers don't seem to care, half of them don't even stop the car on the way by, they just toss from the car windows on their way by.
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@ptrikha_2 (45454)
• India
12 Nov 18
Here also newspaper delivery boys throw newspapers by folding them with a rubber band and throwing like a missile, especially for individual houses.
Things are better for Apartment complexes where newspaper is put in front of each house.
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
12 Nov 18
Hmm. I think the paper boy needs to improve on his aim. He could easily just toss it on top of our house. 
@jstory07 (134388)
• Roseburg, Oregon
12 Nov 18
@lookatdesktop I just walk one half a block and buy a paper and walk back home.
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
12 Nov 18
@jstory07 , Lucky you. I have to walk a few miles to get a copy.
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
12 Nov 18
I hate driving all the way to get one and my wife likes reading it, I don't read the paper. Got plenty to read and watch online. I mean, I spend all the time on YouTube, myLot and Facebook these days. LOL
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@xander6464 (40858)
• Wapello, Iowa
12 Nov 18
At least the vase didn't break. That's a mini-miracle in itself.
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@xander6464 (40858)
• Wapello, Iowa
12 Nov 18
@lookatdesktop Did you move it to a safer spot?
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
12 Nov 18
Hell yea. It is funny that the chair caught it half way down. Man. That vase is not replaceable.
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
12 Nov 18
@xander6464 You know, I will do just that. It would be stupid if I did not in fact move it out of the path of that paper um person. LOL I could not get hold of them today as it has been a bit busy with visitors these past few days, from out of town and such. I might need to put up a large steel piece of sheet metal over the front window. Just kidding but it might require a large box with a sign over head that reads: PLEASE PUT PAPER IN BOX.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
12 Nov 18
The guy or girl! I’ve never seen him or her, places our paperat our front door on the door mat. Once in awhile he forgets us and Leo has to call the paper. They always send out another one later in the day. When we lived in a house the guy who delivered the paper always tossed it from the street but he never broke anything.
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
12 Nov 18
Lucky you. Me, not so lucky. Just the luck of the Irish I guess.
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@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
12 Nov 18
Well, hell if that is not some news that will wake you up the Russians are coming the Russians are coming. I make bad jokes and hope it stays there. 
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
12 Nov 18
PUTIN PUTIN FRIENDS WITH TRUMP, HICKORY DICKORY DOCKERY DUMP.
@wolfgirl569 (95015)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Nov 18
If we get the paper here it would be left by the mailbox. But with that kind of route I would complain before he does break something.
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
12 Nov 18
It's like he did it out of spite, with an attitude. I mean it was the first delivery day for us and not a good start in my opinion. Just cause we get a special promo going for 20 bucks for 13 weeks so maybe they think we should also get discount service also.
@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
12 Nov 18
Well, Greg mentioned the obvious, MOVE THAT VASE. and I will do that ASAP.
@hillhjill (23664)
• United States
12 Nov 18
I'm sorry to hear that and I know how it is as I did a paper route for a year, there were certain papers we could throw but there was nothing on the porch and others has a paper box to place it in out by the road.
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
12 Nov 18
Well, it's because our next door neighbor steels our papers all the time. We were getting a free paper called ALDIA and BRIEFING and they had stuff in Spanish and some coupons and so on. The neighbor always sneaks out in our front yard early to pick up ours on Wednesdays to get the coupons. So I really have to be on watch to make sure that don't happen with the paid for Morning Newspaper.
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
12 Nov 18
@hillhjill , That just shows that the paper boy can and should do a better job of it. Just don't care enough and has not enough pride in their job performance is all.
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@hillhjill (23664)
• United States
12 Nov 18
@lookatdesktop That suck when people do that, some of our customers we put in between the screen door and main door.
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