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There's more to life than newspapers

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notedbiscuits · 04/09/2024 16:58

Visited a supermarket to get the tea, coffee, milk for work. Also had a lotto ticket which I got a lucky dip on it and got that done and went to the kiosk and purchased items there too. The supermarket didn't have its newspapers in. The constant whinging from customers in the few minutes was unbelievable. There is more to life than a bloody newspapers which are full of depressing stuff.

I don't have the time to read a newspaper and never read one cover to cover. Plus the format is outdated - 24 hour news channels, websites etc.

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Needmorelego · 04/09/2024 17:05

Some of the older generation still love their newspapers. It's part of their routine of getting up and going to get it.
Plus Radio Times on a Tuesday and Take a Break on Thursday.
Never mess with their routine. It's what keeps them going.
(light-hearted 🙂)

Sirzy · 04/09/2024 17:04

A lot of people a trip to go and get their paper is a part of their routine, the reason they get dressed and out of the house.

it may not be a big thing for you but that doesn’t mean it isn’t for others.

Thelnebriati · 04/09/2024 17:04

I would have felt sorry for the staff being moaned at for something thats not their fault.

ComtesseDeSpair · 04/09/2024 17:03

For a lot of people, especially older people, it’s part of a routine: going to the store to buy your newspaper and a pint of milk or whatever, coming home, reading the day’s news. And I’d counter that reading a static newspaper once per day is actually preferable to 24-hour rolling constantly updated online and TV news, if the argument is “news is relentlessly depressing.”

BIWI · 04/09/2024 16:59

Silly and ignorant thing to say.