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Originally Posted by dradernh
13; throwing a paper route after school let out.
How did your route manager's bosses handle who paid for the papers delivered to deadbeats?
My paper made me pay for the cost of those papers. I stopped throwing after having too many of those "customers".
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I was basically an independent contractor. Collection was my problem. My dad went with me to a couple of deadbeats. No threats, just an empassioned, "why would you cheat a kid"? I remember most paid then. The few who didn't, I stopped delivering.
My route manager got into the habit of shorting me on the quantity of papers I needed for the size of my route. I learned that he stocked the local machines too, so when he would short me I'd go to a machine, pay for one and take the number I needed. I tried the official channels, calling his boss at the newspaper, but that seldom worked.