Congratulations.
frank theriault wrote:
Well, it's official.
Frankie's no longer a bike messenger <audible gasps from the audience>.
He's a bike messenger dispatcher.
I've actually been a back-up dispatcher for many years, but not at the
company I currently work for. When I heard that our dispatcher's
leaving, I told them I'm interested, they had me up for an interview,
put me on the board for a day, and hired me.
I've been "in training" for a couple of days, will continue that next
week, and as of the 15th, I'll be the full time bike dispatcher for my
company (which is one of the better courier companies in town).
It will be a bit more money than my best days on the road to start
off, but the best part of it is that I don't have to ride winters
anymore.
The office is about 10 km from my house, so I still get to have a good
ride there and back on good weather days (including winter, if it's
dry and not too cold), but when the weather hoovers, I can subway/bus
it there. Hopefully, riding daily and going on longer road rides on
weekends will allow me to keep my svelt figure (and avoid that
annoying middle-age spread <LOL>)
Down side is longer hours and fairly high pressure, but I'm happy to
make the trade-off. The other downside is that I can't go to my lab
on the way home, because I work to 6pm, and he closes then. I have to
do all my photo-stuff on Saturdays now...
I may go out to celebrate tonight!
cheers,
frank
--
When you're worried or in doubt,
Run in circles, (scream and shout).
