The Boston Now is one of those daily newspapers passed out around town. It competes with the Metro (the other daily newspaper). Anyway, makers of the Boston Now and the Metro feel that their circulation is higher if they hire people to stand at the train stops and busy corners to literally hand out the free paper. I guess people are more likely to take it from someone who is shoving it at them, than to open the box and get one for themselves. (I don't usually read them, A picks one up out of the box every morning for the sudoku puzzles).
When I get to Park Street, and I walk through Downtown Crossing, there's one gentlemen who's always calling out "Boston Now. Get your Boston Now. Have a cup of coffee and sit down with your Boston Now. Boston Now." His voice has become a morning comfort, if you will, part of the routine.
Today, he had quite a compelling argument: "Boston Now. $1,000 can be yours. Just pick up a Boston Now. Find the clues. Solve the clues. $1,000 is yours. Take the day off work."
I almost took him up on the offer.
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