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Tagger, if it's the Enterprise you won't have any better luck with the kids. I get the Sunday Enterprise in a package deal with my Easton Journal and they can't get it delivered right ONE day a week. The 2nd week I was supposed to get it, it didn't show up, so I called the paper. The nice lady told me it would be delivered "right away". I still haven't received it and it's been 9 weeks. And they've missed 2 other weeks during that time.
On top of the spotty delivery, I get a letter stuck in the bag with my paper the week after my first "no paper" day. It's a full page hand written letter explaining that because I get the paper for "free", the kid would "appreciate me being generous" and sending him a tip in the pre-addressed envelope (with no postage) he included in the bag with the paper.
I called the paper and told them I wasn't going to tip some kid who delivers the paper only semi-regularly and then asks for money for his crappy service. Needless to say, I didn't get the paper the next Sunday.
I actually wrote the kid a nice letter explaining to him that when I was a kid, I didn't include self addressed envelopes with the weekly paper. In fact, I never asked for tips. If customers thought I did a good job, they'd give me one. I haven't sent it yet, but maybe I will now that I'm all riled up again. My paperboy sucks.
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