So, The Herald decided to gift us on Christmas Day with news that we subscribers will no longer receive our “daily” paper at our front door (“End of an era for The Daily Herald’s Sunday edition,” The Herald, Dec. 25.) Kind of a Grinch-like present if you ask me!
I feel for the nice carrier I’ve known for years. Sasha was a hard worker handling four routes! What happens to him and the other carriers? Herald writer Janice Podsada said in Sunday’s article that “no Herald employees have been laid off due to the change.” What about those loyal paper carriers? Their jobs are gone, right? Ironically, the Dec. 26 plastic paper-holding sleeve advertises: “GOOD HOURS. GOOD PAY. GOOD TIMES. Earn up to $1,100 a month as a NEWSCARRIER.” That must have stung to The Herald carriers who delivered it.
No more Sunday paper. No more Monday, unless a person wants to read it online. I wonder how many people mid-70s and older even have or use a computer? Don’t get me started on apps! Reading the paper on a cell phone wouldn’t be enjoyable at all.
So our -seven-day Daily Herald will now become a five-day paper. Is there a refund on our subscription price for two fewer days?
As you researched the change from current carrier model to the postal service, did you learn that postal carriers are also overworked and hard to find? My mailman in Mukilteo has two routes and often we don’t get our mail until 8 or 9 p.m.! So much for enjoying the morning news with a cup of coffee! And reliability with the post office is a laugh, especially in December! I sent a package out of state on Dec. 12 (priority) and it has yet to arrive. A friend in Maryland sent me a letter 11 days ago and it hasn’t gotten here, either. Here I could count on Sasha almost always to deliver my daily paper to my front door each morning. We’ll see on the postal service idea.
Hmmm. Will the large weekend paper even fit in the mailbox?
Susan Davison
Mukilteo
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