Noreen Manvell

How Corporate

October 1, 2008 on 10:58 am | In Work |

On Sunday we spent the entire day taking apart the coin mechanisms of every paper rack and inserting little brackets to make the adjustment necessary to change the price of the papers. For the past 12 years the local daily paper has been 50 cents and the USA Today newspapers have been 75 cents for as long as I can remember.

But as of September 29 the price of the local daily went up to 75 cents. So all the vending racks had to be switched by Monday morning. That was a joy filled day fighting with 105 racks spread out all over Williamson County.

Then, today we got an email that says the size of the newspaper is about to get smaller. They are going to print on smaller sheets of paper, about an inch less on each side.

All I could think was, “How corporate. Raise the price and give them less!”