Newspaper Peddlers Rant
Why do the local free newspapers (Dose, 24, Metro) have hawkers (peddlers) handing out the papers all over?
First of all, I find it annoying to have to dodge the usual assortment of beggars and people with papers/flyers every morning, and dodging a bunch of people handing out newspapers as well just adds to the hassle. But beyond my annoyance at having people sticking papers in my face as I walk to work, as well as adding to an already congested sidewalk or building entrance, what does this accomplish?
Do they really think that they are providing a service, when the newspaper boxes, chalked full of these papers, are only another foot away? Do they think that employing these jobless morons by making them stand outside like idiots for hours a day is actually helping them? Do they think that by forcing the papers into our hands we will actually read the crap and mindless rumors they print? Do they believe that a "friendly person" handing out the papers so you don't have to exert any energy to pick one up yourself will increase the value added for the end customer? OR... are they just on drugs? I think the latter.
These newspaper hawks have not only cluttered the streets with themselves, but with the abandoned papers that people leave lying around. You can't step aboard the skytrain without stepping or sitting on massive amounts of discarded morning papers now. Yet translink apparently doesn't mind the access garbage, then again do the translink executives actually ride the skytrian themselves? Doubtful.
If someone wants a stupid paper, let them expend the additional 2.5 seconds to pick one up themselves out of the numerous paper boxes around the city. Then there will be less thrown away newspapers on the ground and less annoyance for those who are actually trying to get to work.
First of all, I find it annoying to have to dodge the usual assortment of beggars and people with papers/flyers every morning, and dodging a bunch of people handing out newspapers as well just adds to the hassle. But beyond my annoyance at having people sticking papers in my face as I walk to work, as well as adding to an already congested sidewalk or building entrance, what does this accomplish?
Do they really think that they are providing a service, when the newspaper boxes, chalked full of these papers, are only another foot away? Do they think that employing these jobless morons by making them stand outside like idiots for hours a day is actually helping them? Do they think that by forcing the papers into our hands we will actually read the crap and mindless rumors they print? Do they believe that a "friendly person" handing out the papers so you don't have to exert any energy to pick one up yourself will increase the value added for the end customer? OR... are they just on drugs? I think the latter.
These newspaper hawks have not only cluttered the streets with themselves, but with the abandoned papers that people leave lying around. You can't step aboard the skytrain without stepping or sitting on massive amounts of discarded morning papers now. Yet translink apparently doesn't mind the access garbage, then again do the translink executives actually ride the skytrian themselves? Doubtful.
If someone wants a stupid paper, let them expend the additional 2.5 seconds to pick one up themselves out of the numerous paper boxes around the city. Then there will be less thrown away newspapers on the ground and less annoyance for those who are actually trying to get to work.
posted by Jeremy at
1:34 PM
2 Comments:
let's make an analogy to the internet and blogs... what is with these people and their blogs always writing and giving is the links to read... can't we just look at newspaper sites and do our own reading?
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Anonymous, at 5:39 PM
The obvious difference is that the people who give you a link to their blog are most often your friends, and ignoring an instant message is a lot easier than avoiding dozens of over-anxious paper-peddlers.
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Anonymous, at 12:46 PM
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