note left on
Damon's bike at Can Foods
How much longer are we going to be injured, i.e.
blown knees, killed by other's reckless driving and at the same
time accept low pay and no benefits? Let's face it we have a stressful,
dangerous job but we love our jobs and live with it. But does
that mean we have to love some of the unnecessary bullshit that
goes with it? NO.
This isn't whining. These are legitimate
questions that should be asked! And whereas I don't want to rain
on anyone's parade perhaps next championship maybe we could have
some relevant, informed speakers on unionization, labor law, and
starting your own business. To take a little more control of our
lives, perhaps in future issues these idea's can be addressed.
If you have any comments and/or expertise in these areas please
drop a line. And I've messengered in San Francisco, but I'm sure
these are issues which have floated around in all of the other
messenger Meccas. DV96
Sleep Deprivation = Fun
YayVOD made it to issue two and the third should come out in November or so. Help out and you can learn valuable skills that no one can take away from you!
Still determined not to cave into PC pressures, but I do feel obliged to reassure folks who aren't familiar with our ways that anything sounding overtly violent or hateful is actually a joke. SF bike messengers are a peaceful, gentle folkespecially Mack.
Since they probably won't print a letter to the Ed, I'll just throw my rant in here: The SF Weakly lifted some mess slang definitions I wrote for the CMWC guidebook and erroneously wrote: "The HANX n. a messenger gang named after Hank Remus, who was known for not bathing, drinking 40-ouncers on Shipley Alley, and OD'ing on heroin." That's not what I wrote or meant, so for the record: Hank Remus was a completely cool security guard at 901 Mission for years. He served in the Air Force, is a completely upstanding citizen, and would be horrified if he read that little type-o, which I hope he didn't.
America,
the Aggressive Literary Panhandler