ive been a messenger for a while and i still enjoy it. i make above average money doing it. i read this thread a day ago and thought a lot about this today while working. heres a few things to add..

- no matter how fast you are or how many alleycats youve won or how many worlds youve competed in, youre still a delivery boy. as far as most of our society is concerned, youre not much higher up on the ladder than a pizza delivery boy. the majority of companies who employ messengers are owned and run by scumbags who really dont care about you or give a **** who they have delivering what, as long as its there when it needs to.. they still get their cut. if you're in a serious accident and all by yourself with your radio, they'd sooner dispatch another biker to come rescue youre packages than call for an ambulance.

- for every lightening fast, alleycat champion, cycling-nut messenger in a given city theres a dozen junkies, a dozen ex convicts and a dozen skitzos and other various wingnuts who work as messengers because its the only job they can find that provides a livable income. and for every 21 year old art student who takes a couple semesters off school to live out some fantasy, theres a dude gettin drunk in the park everyday after work whos suddenly found himself 35 years old with 2 kids, no other career options and absolutely no way of making a decent living aside from riding his bike. all im sayin here is that there is really nothing glamorous about the job other than what you might make it to be in your head or what a couple of really cheesy messenger documentaries make it seem.