Newspaper Delivery Person

I've tried tipping to improve my service (which is still sporadic) - anyone else remember when there were paperboys instead of meth addicts delivering the news?

You always gotta give them a little something for Christmas! I think about 1/10 the yearly subscription price is nice. Think about it. They are up at terrible hours and get you your paper by about 6:00 a.m.

Every Christmas.

Back in the day when it was a kid on a bike I could see giving a tip. These days it adults in cars or vans and I pay for my paper a year inadvance so why should I tip.

As a newspaper carrier myself, i got a kick out of reading sfalconer, and tracy0021's comments. Its these types of people that make our lives on the routes more miserable. I deliver a newspaper for a company that has a strict reputation for customer service. Wherever a customer wants the paper, they will get it. It can be on a front porch, back porch, in a side door,in a front door, and in a paper box. This used to be a normal routine for the youth carriers everyday because the routes were smaller back then. The old youth routes had an average of about 40 papers daily, and 75 on Sunday. The adult routes now have an average of 100 or more daily, and 150 or more on Sunday. Today, the adult carrier throws most of the newspapers on the porches, or in the driveways to make the route less time consuming. However, their is still some customers that are very stubborn, and like their newspaper delivered to special locations on the route. These are the customers that make the job harder for u... Read more

on occasion at Christmas if they leave an address. and if they have been dependable. our latest person I have never seen him but he has our paper waiting on our porch every morning no matter how nasty the weather. so we sent him a tip at Christmas. cannot afford a lot but sent a little something.