The Rising Cost of Gas Claims Another Victim: Scene Deliverymen
Billy Marshall: The One Nashville Resident Who Benefits From Higher Fuel Costs
Last night, NPR’s All Things Considered focused a large portion of its one-hour broadcast on the side effects of pricy crude. Mixed in among features on the shrinking margins for airlines and cruiseships was a minute-and-a-half long segment about a business dear to our hearts: Scene newsstand delivery.
Getting 80 pages of “Men Seeking Men” ads to far flung corners of Nashville takes a lot of driving. And that takes a lot of gas. So Scene deliverymen like Frank Saracino have been forced to adapt.
With his fuel costs at $300 per week and rising, Saracino has switched his schedule, delivering on Sundays and evenings to avoid traffic. And he’s consolidated with other deliverers to cut down on miles. Meaning there’s a good chance our babies are snuggling up against week-old copies of Auto Trader before reaching news stands, by far the greatest tragedy this global crisis has borne to date.
(To hear the NPR segment, just click here.)
