Ordering food online has become one of the most convenient and hassle free options. With just a few taps and clicks, your favorite dishes are packaged and delivered to your doorstep. Although we have several apps and websites that place online food ordering at our fingertips, not many of us know what goes on behind the scenes. The plight of delivery agents – working day and night to make a living together – has been exposed several times on social media. Another such incident recently surfaced on Twitter, which was told by user Aditya Sharma. The 18-year-old shared the test of a Zomato delivery agent on the micro-blogging platform, and it went viral. Take a look:
Today I got my order on time and to my surprise the delivery boy was on cycle this time. Today the temperature of my city is around 42 degree Celsius, in this scorching heat of Rajasthan, he placed my order on time.
If I asked for some information about him then 1/ pic.twitter.com/wZjHdIzI8z— Aditya Sharma (@Adityaaa_Sharma) 11 April 2022
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Sharma wrote on Twitter how he had ordered food from Zomato and it was delivered perfectly on time, but he was surprised to see the delivery agent riding a bicycle in the scorching heat. This concerns Sharma, especially since he lives in Rajasthan, where rising temperatures often cross 40 degrees. Celsius or more. Further inquiry revealed that the agent, Durga Meena, was 31 years old and had been delivering for the past four months. A commerce graduate, Meena wanted to pursue further studies but took up a job due to her financial condition.
Delivery agent Durga Meena manages to do around 10-12 deliveries in a day and earns Rs 10,000 per month. He was trying to save money for a bike and sought help from Twitter user Sharma to make a down payment of Rs. 75 thousand for the same. Sharma then appealed to fellow Twitter users to come forward and contribute. good reason,
There was a flurry of support for the crowdfunding for delivery agent Durga Meena. The tweet went viral within a day, garnering over 65k likes and thousands of retweets and comments. Twitter users not only managed to raise the amount for the down payment but also raised a much higher figure of Rs. 1.4 lakhs. Help and money kept pouring in and the Zomato delivery agent finally got his bike thanks to the internet help, Take a look:
Thank you all ️????
Bike delivered in less than 24 hours
Still people are requesting not to send money
fundraising stop
She is very happy now???? pic.twitter.com/KhQp92OmtV— Aditya Sharma (@Adityaaa_Sharma) 12 April 2022
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It shows how the power of social media can be harnessed and put into something productive too! what did you think of viral story, Tell us in the comments below.
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