From 9：00 pm to 12：00 pm, it will become the third peak of takeaway orders. Takeaway riders： not afraid to stay up late
Li Laijin is on his way to deliver takeout.
This summer, the number of takeaway orders in Beijing at night has increased by 60% compared with last year. According to data, Changping Huojiaying and Fengtai Minute Temple ranked first and second in the ranking of the most active business districts at night. In addition, in Yanqing District and Huairou District, the number of late-night barbecue orders increased by more than 4 times year-on-year. Behind the surge in the number of orders is every "on-time delivery" of the takeaway brothers. From 9:00 pm to 12:00 pm is the peak period of night takeaway orders. They shuttle through the streets and alleys, adding "dynamic beauty" to the night Beijing.
Delivery riders haunt at night "with additional subsidies and no one grabs orders"
"Ding Ding", at 10:59 pm, Li Laijin, who was born in 1996, received a new order.
From the "7-11" convenience store on Xierqi West Road to the "Contemporary City Home" community about 1.2 kilometers away, the system recommends that riders be delivered within 28 minutes.
"Hello sir, sorry for the long wait." After 20 minutes, Li Laijin completed the delivery, which was 8 minutes faster than the time suggested by the system. He just pressed the button to confirm "delivery completed", and the "ding ding" sounded, and the new order came again. Between 9:00 and 12:00 that night, Li Laijin sent out a total of 6 orders.
According to data from a takeaway platform, the number of late-night takeout riders born in the 1990s has increased by more than 60% compared with last year. Li Laijin is one of them. The site where Li Laijin works is located in Zhongguancun Software Park. During the day, orders are mostly concentrated in Internet companies, and most of the night orders come from residential areas near Huilongguan.
Gu Xiaofang, a 32-year-old female rider at the Wangjing shopping district, also likes to work at night. Gu Xiaofang’s site is divided into three groups. Her group has more than 30 people, and there are six or seven people who work night shifts every day.
"There are subsidies, there are few riders, and no one grabs orders at night." This is the main reason why Li Laijin and Gu Xiaofang like to work at night. According to Li Laijin, at the software park distribution station, the courier earns 10 yuan for delivering an order during the day, and there is a subsidy of 2 yuan for each order at night. At Wangjing Station, where Gu Xiaofang is located, in addition to the subsidy for each order, he can get an additional 20 yuan per night. In Gu Xiaofang’s view, the evening is the third time with higher income after the two dining peaks at noon and evening.
Mr. Jia, a 31-year-old father of two, runs more night shifts than other riders at the station. "If you run a dozen or so, you can earn 20 yuan more," Mr. Jia said. "I take the initiative to work the night shift until 12 o’clock every day."
According to reports, this year, Jia Shaoke has completed a total of 7,923 orders, with an average of 34 orders per day. The rider level has reached Gold 1, and the next promotion level is the most advanced king.
Order remarks are varied "Delivery of takeout and handwritten sweet words"
Many people like to write notes when ordering. Statistics from a takeaway platform show that from the beginning of 2019 to August 5, among late-night orders between 9 pm and 5 am, riders received more than 560,000 notes asking to buy cigarettes on their behalf. The request to throw garbage on their behalf ranked second, with 9,397; the third order note was somewhat unexpected, asking riders to "draw a picture". In addition, the number of messages asking riders to play games, dance, and tell jokes followed closely, with 4,595, 966, and 722, respectively.
Among the orders received by Li Laijin and Gu Xiaofang, buying cigarettes and snacks on behalf of others is the most common. Li Laijin said that he once visited five convenience stores to help customers buy "Yoyo Mei". He also added WeChat with customers to determine the brand type through video communication.
What impressed Li Laijin the most was that he once copied more than 100 words of "sweet words" for a customer and sent it with the takeaway. As for the customer’s note request, Gu Xiaofang said, "The company does not have a clear rule that must be met, but we can help with everything we can, and it is easy to do."
There is no shortcut to more work and more "I want to be the webmaster of the takeaway station in the future"
When it comes to the difficulty of delivering food, it has to be said that traveling in bad weather, about which the riders "love and hate".
Delivered in bad weather at night, an order can earn about 13 yuan, which is 30% higher than the usual day. And when it comes to windy and rainy weather, takeaway orders also increase.
Li Laijin recalled that there was a drizzle that night on August 20, and he delivered 11 orders within two and a half hours, nearly double the number of orders from the previous day.
After the early morning, the order interval was relatively long, and the riders began to gather together to chat. Whether the new number of kilometers ran broke the record, and whoever rose to a new high on the rider’s single king list could make them chat in full swing.
Due to the long-term exposure to the sun, Li Laijin’s skin was dark, in sharp contrast to his original skin tone. "The wind and the sun are a little old, but I’m still young." Li Laijin quipped.
Li Laijin became a delivery rider two years ago. In his opinion, this industry is more work and more money. You can earn as much money as you run as many orders, and there are no other shortcuts. "You can get as much as you do in this industry." He likes this. "As long as I have orders, I can work harder and harder, and I am not afraid to stay up late." Li Laijin said he will continue to work in this industry. "I want to be a delivery station manager in the future."
As soon as Li Laijin finished speaking, a "ding ding ding" prompted him: "You have a new takeaway order, please deal with it in time". Then, he quickly got on the electric car and drove into the night. Text/This reporter, Zhu Jianyong, trainee reporter, Han Qian, intern, Zhang Yujie, Zhu Yadi
Photography/Our reporter, Zhu Jianyong, coordinator/Sun Huili