So to the right, you can see that we have about 2-3 feet to the left of my door. Not too shabby and this is one of the more typical locations for the paper. But I've found my paper on the narrow railing next to my door, leaning against the exterior of the apartment. I've seen it thrown far enough towards another door near me that I wasn't sure if it was actually my paper or not. And sometimes it's laying perfectly in front of my door.
I can hardly believe the guy is tossing the newspaper; the paper on the railing HAD to be intentional. Perhaps before I retrieved the paper, it fell to the apartment below. The resident below me, obviously knowing that I am a newspaper reader (no doubt he hears shouts of "We're paying for WHAT now?!?) decided to place it in that convenient spot for me to reach. Do I believe this? Not in the slightest.
I've seen my paper carrier before. Once. He appeared to be a tired, disheveled teenager just trying to do his job. That's what I thought at the time. But now that I think about it, he was kind of ghostly. Yes, that's it. Now that I look back on the whole thing, it seems like what I beheld was actually an apparition appearing in the form of a tired, disheveled teenager. And now it is playing tricks on my mind. Or worse yet, perhaps I'm like an animal to it. Zoos regularly hide treats for their more intelligent animals in different locations every day in order to prevent them from getting bored - is this what's happening to me?
In any case, I will start grading some of the newspaper landings. If sometime in the future, you just wish to see all the posts regarding newspapers, click here. Below is my first grading.
- Feet from door - 2 to 3
- Direction - ~2 o'clock
- Overall grade - C
- Comments - This is the most common throw I see; not too bad, but I don't like setting foot outside my door, so my laziness will result in a drop of one letter grade on this one. The second letter drop is from lack of creativity.
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