Days, Knights, and Weekends—these walking escorts have you covered

Mar 28, 2012 12 years ago

by Rosa Ziegler

I’d heard rumor of the UCD walking escort service, but this is the first time I’ve actually given it a try. When I called they asked for my location, destination, first name, and phone number, and in just a few minutes my knight with shining bicycle had arrived.

We talked about UPenn, Drexel, how University City has changed over the past 10 years, and the futility of making life plans. Seriously, for ten blocks that conversation was deep. These escorts are good people. He didn’t even laugh at me for calling an escort to take me the ten blocks between my friends’ apartment and my own.

Next time I’m walking home from school I’ll definitely flag one of these guys down. I asked if his job was more pleasant when the weather’s nice, and, to my surprise, he didn’t seem to think so. Repositioning himself between me and traffic (Who says chivalry is dead?) he responded that it didn’t matter what the weather was. If people are going to be out and about, UCD needs to be there to make sure people feel safe. The moral of the story—you don’t have to do it alone. They just made number five on my speed dial. Their number is 215-898-9255.