I was out running a few errands last Saturday. There’s nothing
really unusual about that; it’s a common fate of most of us on our days off.
However, when I turned back up my driveway later that morning, I couldn’t help
but notice a newspaper on the ground by my front door.
“Strange,” I thought. “I don’t subscribe to our local
pseudo-news rag. What’s that doing here? Must be a new guy on the route.”
As I thought about this further, and wondered why I was now
getting slightly ticked about the situation, I suddenly had an epiphany. It
occurred to me that it wasn’t really a case of it lying on the ground, not half
a foot in front of an otherwise perfectly good mailbox that bothered me (all
though that in and of itself revealed something of the laziness of its earlier
carrier). No, what really struck me as funny, in a sad sort of way, was the
fact that there is a little sign immediately above my mailbox, which clearly
stated,
No
Flyers
Newspapers
Solicitation
I couldn’t help but wonder as to which part of that sign the
newspaper carrier couldn’t understand. Here was free Saturday edition of our
local newspaper, clearly labeled as being a “Complimentary Copy,” and thus obviously
designed to boost their subscriber levels. Here was something being offered
gratuitously, obviously aimed toward those who are at least semi-educated and
who aren’t illiterate, being delivered by someone who apparently can’t read.
How ironic!
Or am I missing something here? Hmm.
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