It's probably unwise to read too much into the offhand comment of one young woman, but the exchange I had with a convenience-store clerk the other day may suggest that millennials are not the news junkies that we old-timers are.
After putting air in our car's tires, I went into the store to buy The Boston Globe. It was about 9 a.m. Plopping the newspaper on the counter, I grabbed my wallet and pulled out some cash. As the clerk rang up my purchase, she looked me in the eye and said with a mischievous smile: "Just make sure you read it at night and not during the day."
Flummoxed, I asked the obvious question: "Why do you say that?"
"Because," she replied, "if you read it now instead of tonight you'll be consumed by negativity all day long."
After putting air in our car's tires, I went into the store to buy The Boston Globe. It was about 9 a.m. Plopping the newspaper on the counter, I grabbed my wallet and pulled out some cash. As the clerk rang up my purchase, she looked me in the eye and said with a mischievous smile: "Just make sure you read it at night and not during the day."
Flummoxed, I asked the obvious question: "Why do you say that?"
"Because," she replied, "if you read it now instead of tonight you'll be consumed by negativity all day long."
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