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# Early Starts in the Delivery Service Industry
Posted by [Gertie](https://info.courierexchange.co.uk/news/author/gertie) on 20-Sep-2015 18:52:40
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Hello, darlings!
Well, here we are again, at the end of another month. They do just seem to fly by, don't they? I suppose it's because, here at Gertie's Cafe (both the real one and the one on the Internet) there's always something going on – I do like to keep myself busy!
Answers to Reader Interaction
This week I'm going to publish another round of answers to a fan-interaction question, which I asked last week. If you remember, I asked my readership how they had gotten their start as [delivery service](http://www.courierexchange.co.uk/courier-jobs.html) professionals – or, more specifically, what their first courier/delivery operation had been. The answers I got were predictably diverse, and I have had the usual hard time picking only a few to publish – but that's the kind of problem you won't catch me complaining about!
Here are my favourite answers for this week:
'My first delivery service experience was actually working for my Dad – who is also the person I 'caught the bug' from. I started working for him as a teenager, and only left when I had enough money saved up to start my own operation. Needless to say, he was dead proud!' - Mark, Berkshire
'I got my start doing delivery service for my village baker. This was back when grocery shops and such still had delivery boys, and I was the one who did that round my village, on my bike. I must have been about 12 or 13...ah, simpler times!' - Rob, Staffordshire.
'My 'formative period' for delivery service was working for a [large multi-national](http://www.ukessays.com/essays/employment/employee-training-practices-in-multinational-corporations.php) company. So yes, I got in at the deep end – and it was just as scary as you may be imagining it was. But I struggled through, and most of what I know today is due to that trial period – so I suppose it turned out for the best in the end!' – Lou, Cornwall.
This is what I love about my readership – no matter what the topic may be, there are always so many contrasting experiences and points of view. It really makes these answer posts interesting!
See you all next month!
Ta-ra!
Gertie x
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