Anyone worked as food deliveryman before

[Rathcycle]

My area in the south, the lift lobby can have 3 to 4 food delivery waiting for lift at peak hours. Biz is good. Always see tons of them in the lift.

 

[arsenalfc85]

My area in the south, the lift lobby can have 3 to 4 food delivery waiting for lift at peak hours. Biz is good. Always see tons of them in the lift.

You mean hdb block or office building

 

[arsenalfc85]

Peak hr easily $30 +/hr I full time rider

Peak is around what time? Lunch and dinner hours?

 

[Ethan_]

look at the delivery riders face, do they look happy?

from my experience, 80% have that unhappy and in-a-rush look, and they chain smoke probably to de-stress?

when i read online, i always see them complaining about the job and customers

Think that is the work face bah. Cannot be all the way smile to everyone one bah. Most people work in office also that kind of sian-ji-puah face.

Rush is definite one. Especially during peak hours. Especially when is doing it for living. As time is money. The more jobs can squeeze in per hour, the better the earning efficiency.

As for online complain, think its confirmation or selective bias bah. Most people its cause have some grievances want to let it out and find others like minded to share with, then go online to complain. The majority who are statisfied with things one just keep quiet enjoy it.

 

[arsenalfc85]

Can start as part time after work or weekend off days. See if ok with it or not. Sometime get crappy customers. But most of the time its quite solitude work.

Want better exercise effect use bicycle. No ebike. Ebike can see bbfa. But use bicycle one mostly are san-por.

Customers complain? Actually why they complain the deliverymen?

usually if they are not happy with orders should be the restaurant not the deliveryman.

anyway even if bad customer, it will just be Suay for that day. After that sayonara won’t have to see that customer again. Other jobs have to see the colleague or client that u don’t like many times a week

 

[Laguna123]

many rush here and there during peak hour to max their earning so don’t think no stress

 

[arsenalfc85]

many rush here and there during peak hour to max their earning so don’t think no stress

Most jobs also got stress

which job no stress de

 

[Rathcycle]

You mean hdb block or office building

Home. Residential apt condo.

 

[Ethan_]

Customers complain? Actually why they complain the deliverymen?

usually if they are not happy with orders should be the restaurant not the deliveryman.

anyway even if bad customer, it will just be Suay for that day. After that sayonara won’t have to see that customer again. Other jobs have to see the colleague or client that u don’t like many times a week

Most customers are that ignorance one bah, or maybe can't be bothered. They will look for the last person who handle their food. Even though that last person is not the cook in charge of quality and not the packer in charge of quantity.

That last person job simply is just to delivery the food in whatever condition received. Many customers tend don't have the brain to understand the delivery person is not the customer service, let alone complain centre.

So, quite common for delivery person to receive complain first from customer with their food quality or quantity. And the delivery person have to waste own earning precious time to advice the customer call the platform customer service or restaurant direct instead. Its not like the delivery can do anything about the food.

Yah, very seldom meet the same customer twice in this job. Whatever good or bad, come and go very fast. End of the day don't have to carry the emotional baggage home. Next day is another new day. Unlike quite some office work.

 

[buttbERry]

for me is a no

 

[toolbox03]

My area in the south, the lift lobby can have 3 to 4 food delivery waiting for lift at peak hours. Biz is good. Always see tons of them in the lift.

Is because lift is slow, not because good biz

Your lift serve how many unit per level?

 

[Ethan_]

mabbe chiu shld ask AI

cos like nowsaday

tiagong orlers veri low

Think not order low. Its money low. They keep reducing the payout while increasing the distance have to travel.

But have to see timing also. Certain time of the day no order means no order, cannot force it. Most people don't eat during those hours. But peak hours naturally more people eat, thus the order come more faster.

 

[Ethan_]

My area in the south, the lift lobby can have 3 to 4 food delivery waiting for lift at peak hours. Biz is good. Always see tons of them in the lift.

CBD? Think normal housing estate seldom can see more than two food delivery meet together same spot.

 

[Laguna123]

Most jobs also got stress

which job no stress de

Your 1st post said low stress and I don’t think so?

 

[Ethan_]

many rush here and there during peak hour to max their earning so don’t think no stress

Think got difference bah. Many rush is caused they own self wanted to, movtivated to, cause want to do more earn more. So, somewhat happy stress in hope of better earning perhaps.

But other jobs rush is caused the boss or work force them to, sometime tio-gan alot in the process also. No extra pay some more to see at the end. Thus sure less happy about it one.

Think if have a positive attutide about it. It can be quite a decent stress relieve of sort also. A reason some do it part time during their free time maybe. As don't have to care about anything during work, only care about getting the job done. Most other distracting thoughts get pushed to one side while on the job. Not to mention the physical workout giving out that feel good feeling after typical exercise.

 

[RadEoNic]

I did Lalamove during covid
Do for fun when free is ok
But if do for a living not so easy. Need to know how to pick and stack orders in a logical travel manner and such

 

[pohw0008]

Only if your house walking distance have alot of place to order food then can just wait at home..

 

[86technie]

I don't think it's low stress. Restaurant may prepare late, missing items. During peak timing customer may be inpatient, request unreasonable things.

Daytime is super hot. Need to protect from the sun, think of how to stay hydrated.

This, is it low stress?
Some platform will keep pushing you job to do, you cannot cancel too many.
A lot of factor like what you shared as well as platform when they assign you job.

 

[Ethan_]

Only if your house walking distance have alot of place to order food then can just wait at home..

As walker? Else if on vehicle, think generally if have shopping centre or cluster of them nearby, better to use that as base.

Cause away from shopping centre, due to makan places tend spread out more, most of the orders pick up tend are spread out further apart one. Have to waste more time traveling to pick up, which is on the delivery own money own time, not pay for or factor into the payout one.

So, want better efficiency, its better to use shopping centre as base. More of the pick up are closer, especially in stacked orders. Better saving in term of time.

 

[Ethan_]

This, is it low stress?
Some platform will keep pushing you job to do, you cannot cancel too many.
A lot of factor like what you shared as well as platform when they assign you job.

Think after awhile will get use to it one. Cannot do anything about it one just have to accept it and take it in the stride.

Cannot totally avoid, but think many old timers after a long while at it tend know how to mitigate more of it, know certain jobs what can do, certain jobs what cannot do. But different people have different preferences, so not all the same. Some good is others bad, some bad is others good.

The platform will not assign all the good lobang one. Much of time its a mix of good and bad. If all want to do the good one then who do the bad. But experienced delivery tend will selectively cancel or say no, to try maintain a decent average bah, base on their different preferences.

Cancel is can cancel, mostly. But have to affect own cancellation rate and impact the incentives lor. If hack care about the incentives, then cancellation is not much of a problem. But if care alot, then more stress lor, when have to grudgingly do it for fear of losing the incentives.