Disappointed reader bids adieu to The Gazette

The Cedar Rapids Gazette is celebrating 140 years of service to the community. For approximately 50 of those years, we have been loyal subscribers. I enjoy reading the paper, I enjoy the feel of it in my hands, and the convenience of revisiting the articles time and again without the annoyances of signing in and remembering passwords required for the electronic versions.

Alas, times are changing, what used to be excellent customer service and a reliable daily delivery schedule is no more. Instead of being deliver to the doorstep, the paper is dropped somewhere around the street curb, if it is delivered at all, and it seems often the paper will not be there. Phone calls to customer service have become exercises in frustration, with service being replaced by annoyance. No, the paper cannot be brought out to you, we do not have the staff to do that. Subscribe on line, I really do not enjoy the electronic version. Subscribe by mail. Would not I be receiving old news, it’s enough to drive a person postal. And so, regretfully, it is probably time to say goodbye to The Gazette. Goodbye Mr. Dorman; Goodbye Ms. Cole, and goodbye to all the contributors. I have been entertained, informed, and inspired by your opinions, and will miss you all, but alas it is time to leave.

Paul Anderson

Cedar Rapids