Did the paper route. Made about $15 a week. Blew most of it on pinball and pizza in a day.
Came home in the winter with practically frost bitten fingers after morning delivery. Put the fingers under cold water to warm them up.
Spent a whole day on Saturday assembling the Sunday paper. They were so heavy had to make two trips to deliver all on Sunday.
Many people wouldn’t come to the door once a week when I would go to collect the $2.5 for a week of delivery. Eventually I forced most of those nasty ones to quit the delivery service by throwing their papers at their door from 20 feet away instead of sticking it through the slot.
By the time it landed on their doorstep, it looked more like a bob smith porn mag after he had fapped all over it.
My best customer was a lovely black woman. She always paid on time and was my best tipper. She got her papers first and always in pristine condition.
The school of hard knocks.