I've seen it all now!

[XmisterIS]

Big, fat, waddling woman ... doing a paper round this morning ... by CAR ... drive to one front door, stop, waddle out, post paper through letter box, drive 20ft to next front door, waddle out, etc ...

I have seen her before too - she lives not 5 minutes bike ride from my road! How long is a paper round? Probably 3 or 4 miles in an urban area? Beggars belief really!

 

[iAmiAdam]

Christ, Sadly I can fully believe it too.

 

[eldudino]

Any chance of a video?

Does she leave the car running while she does it too?

 

[XmisterIS]

Any chance of a video?

Lol! I'm afraid I don't have the equipment!

Does she leave the car running while she does it too?

Yes she does! I wonder if wage from paper round minus cost of petrol means that she just about breaks even ...

 

[CharlieB]

Yes she does! I wonder if wage from paper round minus cost of petrol means that she just about breaks even ...

You should get in, drive it 100 yds down the road while she's dropping off a paper just to annoy her.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

or walk behind playing a tuba…

 

[fossyant]

I've seen parents drive their kids round a paper round FFS. When I was a lad, a bike was essential for my round as it covered all the roads outlying the 'walkable rounds' - for my additional miles (probably about 5 miles a day) I was paid the princely sum of an extra 10p per week.

 

[NormanD]

I've seen the same guy a few times reverse onto the public footpath  then continue 5 yards to post a letter in a post box without leaving the car, I regularly see a few mums drop their kids off at school (60 yards away) and they live around the corner from it, 3 to 4 minute walk max,  then go back home with the car! ... some people!

 

[summerdays]

Look at it this way ... she must be getting some exercise (more than normal for her) walking up their garden paths

 

[fossyant]

It's the same folk that spend ages getting a parking spot as close as possible to the front door of the supermarket. I've usually parked up, somewhere where it's easy to get out of the car park, and walked in the store before they have got out of their car.

 

[Renard]

She's probably doing it for her kid.

 

[ChrisKH]

She's probably doing it for her kid.

Exactly. I've seen it several times before. Last time was in a Volvo. In her pink and white spotted pyjamas.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I've seen our paper boy being chauffeured around in a Mercedes Benz saloon, mind you it is posh here!

 

[Fnaar]

or walk behind playing a tuba…

 

[Headgardener]

My brother took my nephew round his paper round in his car when he had overslept and it took them ten minutes longer to do the round than normal.