Tikkabik

I only get the Sunday Globe delivered. I don't have the time or inclination to read a newspaper the rest of the week, and virtually the only reason I get the Sunday paper delivered is for the coupons. So the guy who delivers the newspapers, who kindly includes a pre-addressed envelope for gratuities in with the paper a few times a year, gets one chance a week to impress me with his professional skill.

Twice in the past month our newspaper delivery guy has totally effed up.

Three weeks ago he didn't bother to deliver the newspaper at all. And today, he delivered the newspaper, but only the first four sections.

I don't quite understand how it happened, because the first four sections (A, B, C and D) arrived in a neat bundle with a rubber band to hold them in place -- so it was quite clear that our newspaper delivery man thought this was a complete package.

And on any other day of the week, I could possibly understand the mistake -- because that's about the size of a regular weekday newspaper.

But the Sunday paper is different. It's larger -- considerably larger -- because it has extra sections for weekly op/ed pieces, for business and society pages that are only printed on Sunday. For Parade magazine. And for the onslaught of circulars and coupon sheets that really make the Sunday paper worth buying.

And these weren't there.

So I reported the paper as missing using the Globe's Web site, and I'm sure I'll be credited. But I'm still out this week's coupons, and that pisses me off. And after having gotten back from my father in law's annual Independence Day cookout (yes, a day early, I know) at 11:03 PM in the evening, it's too damn late and I'm too damn tired to go find one.