By Michel Outridge

ON any given day, rain or shine, newspaper vendor Jennifer Gulliver, who has been plying her trade for more than 20 years, is always on the job.This 52-year-old certainly enjoys her job, so much so she is well known for her pleasant personality and effervescent attitude and is always smiling.

Most of her time she spends walking to vend newspapers and is ever ready for a quick chat with her many friends along the way.

With all her children grown, Gulliver has the time to walk and sell newspapers in the city and does this from early morning until afternoon.

She told this newspaper that she used to take her three children to school, first by bus and then she used a bicycle, and after finishing her household chores and having nothing else to do, she decided to try newspaper vending.

She began 20 years ago and first bought the Chronicle newspaper, then purchased the others, and started to walk and sell in several city wards such as Alberttown, Queenstown and Bourda.

She is quite familiar with most newspaper vendors and describes the business as mostly lucrative, depending on how many people buy the newspapers to read.

She observed that despite the advent of online news, some people still prefer to buy the hard copy of the newspaper of their choice to read.

Gulliver said that over the years more youths have been purchasing newspapers to read and that is a clear indication that they have a willingness to learn.
She explained too that some people usually buy the newspapers to look at the classified advertisements, mostly looking for jobs.

This newspaper vendor is one of the friendliest people you can encounter and by talking to her, one can observe that she really likes what she does – to interact with people.

Gulliver was vending newspapers back in 2012 when she assisted a woman to deliver her baby in the compound of the GPHC as she was about to exit a vehicle, when the baby made its impromptu debut.

She was at the right place at the right time and managed to catch the baby before it hit the ground and the mother was so grateful.

This spritely woman who moves with the gait of a teenager, can be observed vending newspapers in most parts of the city. You probably have seen her before.