Christmasparty, feb'04, Dublin

february 2004

At Cyclone’s headquarter in Dublin, one showed us the new cycle
courier dispatching room and we got invited to join the couriers
christmas party. So we were happy and looked forward to meet our
friends from ECMC2002 again at this event and to make pictures
to provide them with a christmas present.

But then:
We came to the partyplace and got asked at the door for our
invitation. As we explained the doormen we would not have a written
one but there would be several people inside knowing us, one of
the doormen went for a manager. I do not know if it was the pub’s
or Cyclone’s manager but a man came and told us there would
nobody be in here who is knowing us. Wherever he could be
that sure - i do not know. As we asked the doormen if one of us
could go in for a minute to see, we were told that this would not
be possible and that we should better go now.

This is not at all messengerlike. I have never even heared from
a messenger party where foreign cycle couriers who wanted to say
hello got locked out.
This sucks.

Even though we had more than one verbal invitation, we left there
my name and mobile-phonenumber and went away looking for a
frendlier place to spend the few hours before we had to leave
Dublin by nightlink.
Finally we ended at a birthday party where we had a lot of fun.

We go to Dublin at least once a year as we love the place and the
people. But as one is apparently not welcome as a messenger at
messenger parties in Dublin, we will not even try to go to that
kind of event next time when in Dublin.
We allways thought that one important part in messenger spirit
is that we are one big family all over the world. Now we learned
that this spirit seems to be lost not in the single Dublin courier
riders but in the staff there.

So we hope to meet the messengers from Dublin soon again but we
will not count on invitations or promises again as we are really
very disapionted.

Sorry,
still with love,
Roli413 from Veloblitz Zurich and Andreas CH.