The amount of money here is quite small, and this may seem highly trivial, but two issues are at play:
1. The outrageous lies from a news organization that trumpets itself as the single best news source on the planet.
2. Inadequate credit given for non-delivery.
For the past few weeks, my Saturday/Sunday delivery of The New York Times has been missed. The drivers drive right on by, delivering ONLY to 7-day-a-week subscribers and missing the weekend-only subscribers, although the Times spends a fortune advertising for weekend-only business.
Each time I call, I get a different lie. The paper is out for delivery. The weather is bad (when it is dry and sunny). The delivery team is having car trouble. Today I heard the following: "Your newspaper will not be delivered today due to production difficulties." This is amazing, as ALL of my immediate neighbors who get 7-day service got their newspapers.
Each week that this occurs, we are promised delivery by 12:30, or 10:30, etc. And it NEVER, EVER happens.
To replace the paper, one must spend $2.00, the newsstand price, yet the company only gives you a $1.32 credit. This is after failing to deliver, brazenly lying about the reasons for non-delivery, and doing it week after week after week.
The principle at stake here is that the much-venerated "greatest newspaper in the world" lies and steals.
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