Retirees (and others): City Pulse needs delivery drivers

One effect of the pandemic has been an increase in retirements across age groups 55 and above.

But if you’re like me, retirement looks better in the abstract. For many of us of a certain age, inactivity and isolation concern us more than having additional free time. We want to keep busy and in touch with people. Not too busy. Not too in touch, maybe. Just enough to keep us sane.

If you’re looking for something more to do in retirement, how about considering being a driver for City Pulse? It means committing to several hours on Wednesdays and having a decent vehicle.

You’d be a very important behind-the-scenes part of our organization. You’ve no doubt read about the decline of print newspaper readership. Well, not our problem. Well, not our problem — in fact, the reverse: We cannot keep up with reader demand for the print edition. A big part of the challenge is finding reliable drivers just to keep us in our existing 300-plus locations. And with more drivers, we can grow that list. (Drivers are important spotters of new locations, by the way. So the more drivers we have, the more likely we will increase our pickup spots.)

As for pay, we offer 35 cents a mile and 70 cents a stop — but with a bonus pay check every three months for new drivers we sign up between now and Jan. 15.

You’d join our longtime driver Dave Fisher, who is still going strong at 80. Talk about a retiree on steroids: Following a career at Oldsmobile, Dave joined us as a driver; since then, he’s added a thriving lawn care and snow removal business.

Of course, not being retired is fine, too, if you want to drive for us.

Retired or not, if you’re interested, please contact Suzi Smith at suzi@lansingcitypulse.com and (517) 999-6704. Suzi is the one who worries every Wednesday morning whether the paper will get delivered, so rest assured she — and all of us at City Pulse — will be happy to hear from you.

Happy Holidays!

(Berl Schwartz, the editor & publisher of City Pulse, has delivered a few routes in his time. He hopes to never do it again, so please help.)