Peters, dressed in jeans, a faded denim shirt, Asics sneakers and a fleece vest with “Dairyland Home Service - Garry” stitched across the chest, is the only person in line at a St. Milkman Garry Peters works his (very early) route in the south part of Winnipeg on a Monday morning. and says, ‘Honey, we’re out of milk,’ that’s when you really appreciate a milkman service.” But I’ll tell you this: when it’s 40 below in the middle of January and your wife turns to you at 10 p.m. “It’s a convenience, for sure, because obviously nobody needs a milkman in this day and age. “That doesn’t surprise me because whenever I tell somebody what I do for a living, their immediate reaction is ‘People still do that?’” says Garry Peters, one of three independent contractors who distribute Dairyland products to addresses in and around Winnipeg in the wee hours of the morning, Monday to Friday. While submissions ranged from elevator operator to meter reader to (gulp) newspaper reporter, the profession that came out on top was milkman. This article was published (2417 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.Ī Seattle news agency conducted a survey recently, asking respondents to vote for the occupation they considered to be most obsolete. Free Press 101: How we practise journalism.
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