We got a knock at our apartment door last evening. It's a man in a polo shirt, juggling some papers and a tablet.
He says the local newspaper is going to do a 16-week program having high schoolers deliver the newspaper over the holidays, and isn't it nice that we'll be getting free newspapers during that time, but he's going around asking for tips. Tips for this future program that hasn't started yet, because the high schoolers will deliver at 5:30am so they can't get tips then. Just $2 a week, he tells us, but would we like to pay now? It's only $32, he says. We can write a check or use debit.
I stared at him in stunned confusion. Then at BF, who shrugged at me. So I ask what high school is sponsoring this, thinking if it's real then I'll donate directly to the school. He assures me that it's a great program that all the high schools are doing, and if I don't believe him to look it up.
So we stare at him for a minute more, say no, and close the door while he knocks on my neighbor's.
Out of curiosity, I did try to look it up, and nada. What a weird way to try to get money.