* soy-lidarity
* Comment Time Aug 7th 2007

"Anyone know if CitySpr*nt in London are as bad as here in Brum? I got paid by mileage and would get sent as far as 22 miles (one way) for one drop, and an average drop would be about 7 miles. I'd always have to ride back to the centre with my bag empty, which obviously seriously limited my capacity to earn anything. I got hit by a car on the way back from the 22 mile drop and got my whole guarantee taken away for that week for taking the next day off. I didn't once hit my retainer for the day, and the most I earnt was £35 and that day I did 60 miles. Even when I had a guarantee I've never been paid properly, and am having trouble getting the money I am owed. Lots of inexplicable "charges" have been docked from my already measley pay checques. I finally told them to fuck off when they tried to tell me that I was taking money out of their pockets for not hitting my retainer so I would have to work an 2 extra hours a day for the same shit money."

Well, when that questionnaire was first written (sometime in 1990?), one of the questions was:

Wardour Street is a one way street. In which direction?

There were 10 questions, but it has been changed at least once, because the crib-sheet circulated amongst most messenger in London.

Whats the smallest street in central london?

name all the river thames bridges from west to east?

where is petty france?

where is the russian embassy?

i remember the questions were something like this, but that was a long time ago

there was a question about the undershaft in ec3, but im f**ked if i can remember

now that would be petty.....france!

I like the question "What is the speed limit on Hungerford Bridge?" though obviously nobody at City Sprint would have the initiative to come up with that.
I assume the manual still contains the infamous "DO NOT USE YOUR INITIATIVE!" instruction.

That,my friend,is the most insightful post on the forum.