ThOsE gOoD oLd DaYs

When Joe mentioned that he had used to deliver newspapers I started thinking about my last summer. I did the same job for some weeks in Dunaújváros. Actually it was my sister's part-time job for three months but sometimes she tired of doing this. So I undertook to supply her place.

She said that it won't be easy. I had to wake up at 4 am from Monday to Saturday. (Fortunately we had no newspapers on Sunday.) So after getting up so early I had to accept the pack and check it. That was the easiest part. Then I had to tear about. I had to deliver 43 kinds of newspapers in about 30 streets by 7 o'clock. That sounds much harder then it is. Only 9 of them are daily papers. The others are weekly or monthly. All in all it wasn't as bad as I thought it first.

However I had to learn some things. First of all that's not a disadvantage if you have a good sense of direction. Sometimes I have lost my way but I have always found it back. Anyway it's not a bad idea to follow your list. Believe me that the worst thing is when there is one paper left in your bag. Then the only thing you can do is to keep it for yourself and wait for the call which says that someone is missing his/her newspaper. I also had to learn which key of the huge bunch of keys opens which door. And I had lots of code numbers for the other stairways too. But it's not so hard to get the hang of this job soon if you have a good memory and you are creative.

Sometimes one of my friends came with me so it wasn't boring. We always had a good time during earning money and spent our days in my sister's flat while she was on holiday. We often recall that good old days.:]