People still buy newspapers. As long as they remain cheaper than drop cloths.

True story.

A guy asks if he can cut in front of me in the grocery checkout line. He’s just buying a newspaper. I notice he’s not buying the paper I work for, so I say, “Sure, if you buy the other paper instead of that one. I work for the Palm Beach Post.”

He looks at me blankly.

I say, “Oh, go ahead. It’s not like we really compete with them anymore anyway.”

He pays for the paper and thanks me. On his way out he turns back and says, “I’m not going to read it. I’m just using it for painting.”