April showers bring out tree blossoms...and bike messengers who are just slightly less miserable because it is raining instead of snowing. Weather is probably just one of the many reasons bike messengers have such a high turnover rate. On the New York Bike Messenger Association website, Hermes says, "After someone starts messengering they will quickly find out if they're cut out for it. Hence, probably MOST people who start quit after 3 or 4 weeks. If they make it past 3 months or so, they will probably be at it for a few years. Very few messengers are 'career' messengers. Most find that messengering is something they only want to, and CAN do for a short period of time, say 3-4 years. There are a few that have been messengering 20 or more years. They are scary people."
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