Courier Exchange Blog

Hello, my sweethearts!

Guess who just came in from another ex-haus-ting day of courier work? That’s right – your Aunt Gertie! And now that the cat is fed, a little snack prepared, my feet up on the coffee table and the laptop on my, well, lap, we’re free to have our little weekly chat. Isn’t that great?

Hello, my dears!

(And you really are dears, if my inbox this past week is anything to go by!)

Now, for a little context, those of you who were reading last week witnessed old Auntie Gertie standing up for her new colleagues and going on a rant about respecting people who work owner driver jobs. I guess I am relatively new to this Internet thing, even after four years.

Hello, darlings.

I’m afraid today, I am going to be on my soapbox a little. I’ve been extremely positive this month, what with the good news about Stevie’s new company and everything, but there’s something I have to get off my chest this time around. It’s not even aimed at you in particular, it’s just a general gripe I have now that I’ve worked as a courier for a little while.

Hello darlings!

Well, I told you on the last post to stay tuned, and here’s why – more exciting news from Camp Gertie! I was really having to hold back not to spill the beans last time, but Stevie had asked me to wait until he had finished sorting out a couple of things, so I had to curb my enthusiasm. Now, however, I can say it – Stevie has opened his own delivery service!

Hello, dears.

Well...this is it. Four years after I started this blog, and about three and a half years after I first started noticing that many of my readers were in the delivery and haulage industry, I am finally taking up courier work. Yes, that’s right – Aunt Gertie is one of you now!

Hello, my dears!

Well, it’s that time of year again! The sun is out, the birds are tweeting (in the old-fashioned sense, not that thing you youngsters do on the Internet) and spring is officially here! Hopefully the worst of this year’s weather is behind us, although with April coming up one can never be sure...

Hello, my darlings!

Well – wasn’t that quite the surprise! I always expect a lot of participation whenever I launch one of these fan-interaction thingies, but if you’ve read any of the ones I’ve published in the past, you know I usually have lots of opposite points of view to compare to make the debate interesting.

Hello dears!

Whoo! We made it through that spell of bad weather at long last, didn’t we? I must confess, while it was going on, I feared for the safety of some of you – I do hope your employers did not force you to do any courier work during that week when Old Albion turned into a gigantic pond! (For those of you who are self-employed, I hope you did not have the ‘brilliant’ idea of going on any delivery runs, either – safety first, my dears!)

Hello my dears!

This is one of those very, very rare posts where we have a change of plans (mostly because there is no plan to begin with, but there you have it!). The thing is, as eagle-eyed viewers might have spotted at the end of the last post, I was planning to do a fan interaction segment, where we discussed the importance of road safety for both corporate and self employed courier jobs. But as I was getting ready to start fielding your entries (which I was sure would be plenty, and were!) I got a very kind offer that I could not refuse.

Hello, my dears!

Well, it’s time for that kind of post we have to do from time to time - the one where we have a serious conversation, you know? Yes, yes, I know, my dears. But there are important issues that need to be addressed – and some of them concern you, too. So bear with me, okay? Who knows, at the end of the article, you may even be writing in to thank me for talking about this!