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he means "cool" people who deliver stuff to other people by bike.
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Wilmington, Delaware my hometown has them. My roommate is one actually and I've been offered it a few times but passed it up to remain at my current job. Theres 2 or 3 companies (all the court houses are here plus a lot of gigantic banks NATIONAL headquarters but the downtown itself is not very big). The one company actually has a fleet of Monocogs.
Oh and my roommate is paid hourly not per package |
Phoenix, AZ
Messengers: 0 Pedicabs: ~50 |
Originally Posted by AfterThisNap
Walla Walla
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Originally Posted by Avian
he means "cool" people who deliver stuff to other people by bike.
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Originally Posted by Natron
You do realize what bike couriers are paid, right? You don't just start off working for a big, top-paying service in NYC getting $3, $5, or $10 per delivery. I've talked to some here who said they had to start off working for a piece of crap company making $0.50 per delivery until they established a reputation and work history for themselves and could move on to something better.
I love riding bike around the city too but when it has been 16 degrees with an 8 degree windchill after a snowfall here and I see messengers at 7AM shivering at a traffic light so they can drop off their package, I don't envy them. I know it seems cool but... |
Originally Posted by Avian
he means "cool" people who deliver stuff to other people by bike.
To-may-to, To-mah-to. Let it drop, it was just a simple question. Mac |
The commercial spaces in the Albany area are too diffuse to allow messenging to thrive here. It's a nasty little rat's nest sprawling 20mi in every direction.
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I'm a In-House courier for a print shop in phila. I don't go "long" distances (30 city blocks maybe) but I do carry some heavy stuff sometimes. there is this one chinese guy that work for a place called JoJo (20th and chestnut). he work everyday, rain, wind, snow, hail, fire, godzillas, etc. he's like 60. Bike Food Delivery count in my book.
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Hartford, CT = 5 full time messengers
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I would say anuwhere there are courthouses and law offices
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Originally Posted by xkevinx
there is this one chinese guy that work for a place called JoJo (20th and chestnut). he work everyday, rain, wind, snow, hail, fire, godzillas, etc. he's like 60.
I just hate that 95% of the Chinese delivery guys in this city insist on riding in a wobbly zig-zag pattern down sidewalks. I got in an accidental game of chicken with one while I was on foot once because we kept trying to dodge each other in the same direction. Within a few feet of me, he grabbed the brakes, went over the front of the bike and flew past me and onto the sidewalk. Bah. |
Originally Posted by sac02
sigh... if you really want to define a messenger as anyone on a bike delivering anything to anyone, then yes a pizza delivery guy is a messenger. Not in my vernacular, though.
In my opinion: Pizza Delivery Boy: http://www.newtonpublicschools.com/E...zaDelivery.jpg Bike Messenger: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniont...-23bikexol.jpg Mac |
yup I would mash the pizza bike anyday but I just love bikes
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Originally Posted by sac02
sigh... if you really want to define a messenger as anyone on a bike delivering anything to anyone, then yes a pizza delivery guy is a messenger. Not in my vernacular, though.
In my opinion: Pizza Delivery Boy: http://www.newtonpublicschools.com/E...zaDelivery.jpg Mac badum ching. |
Santa Cruz has a co-op messenger company by the name of Ped-Ex.
Population: 55,000 Messengers: 5 They do alot of freight and delivery, but some rush legal as well. For this kind of info you can check out http://messengers.org/contacts/ for statistics and contact info worldwide. |
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