Dear dimwit on the phone

I just do as I'm told, man.

I can see your point too; we just always include a kids' grade in everything we write.

 

Ahh, OK.

I just immediately think of my mindset at that time in the real world.

 

I only include it in a story if there's a reason, such as one poster said when they talked about "freshman so-and-so coming through in the clutch" or "senior so-and-so showed why he's being recruited by multiple colleges..."

 

Lately, i've written a student's class quite a bit, but with season previews I figure it's information people would like to know.

 

I agree that in season previews, they make a lot more sense. However, I don't usually use them in gamers unless I feel it's warranted.

 

So this is the sports department.

Stop calling here to suspend your subscription while you're on vacation. Please don't call here to order a "prescription," as you called it. And stop leaving me voicemails at 6 a.m. because the paperboy left your paper in the bushes again.

We print the number to call for that stuff in the paper every day.

 

Is your number one off from circulation or something? Or maybe the calls automatically forward to you if someone isn't there...? That seems bizarre that you're getting so many circulation-related calls.

 

I get one of these at least once a month, either live or via voicemail, mostly from people so flustered by our voicemail system they'll respond to the first option available. Most folks are polite enough when I explain they have the wrong department and I'll transfer them to the right one. With some of the dimwits, though, I've been tempted to say, "Do you want your paperboy to write this story on Podunk High football? I don't know how to do a vacation stop!"

 

Please.

We all know the paperboy has his own blog anyway.

 

Yeah, I get a few of those, too.

 

When we were a p.m., we got a bunch early in the morning -- before office hours. It was like the bags were packed, the motor was running and the absolute last thing they thought of before vacation was to stop the paper.

 

I'm happy to forward all the prescription orders I can get.