On December 14th, Jinan ushered in heavy snow, and at 6 p.m., during the evening rush hour, snowflakes were falling, and the work of Meituan's delivery brother Huang Wei (pseudonym) was ushering in the busiest time of the day. After only three months of joining the company, he encountered two heavy snowfalls, and he was really distressed. In order to stand on the night shift, Huang Wei not only tied up thick knee pads, put on a raincoat, but also tied the car to block the wind, and then started the food delivery work.
At about 6 o'clock in the evening, according to the instructions of his mobile phone, Huang Wei entered the designated restaurant to pick up the food and began to run to the destination. The heavy snow is still not abating, and the snow on the street has not yet melted and is covered with fresh snow, and there are more people walking, and the snow has a tendency to freeze. For the sake of safety and to prevent the soup from overflowing, Huang Wei can only use his feet as brakes and ride very slowly.
Because the road was slippery, the cyclists on the streets were tacitly slowing down. "In rainy and snowy weather, overtime is the norm, and the platform has policy protection, and it will not deduct its own points. Huang Wei explained that in order to cope with the special weather in winter, Meituan Takeaway has launched an emergency mechanism of "severe cold protection", providing riders with assistance such as delivery time and overtime exemption in special weather scenarios such as heavy snowfall and strong winds, and dynamically adjusting the delivery radius to shorten the time that riders are exposed to the outdoors.
In rainy and snowy weather, customers also understand the difficulty of the takeaway brother, and many orders are remarked, such as "pay attention to safety", "don't worry", "hard work" and other words. "But in such a cold weather, customers also want to eat hot meals, so it is important to deliver takeaway to customers as soon as possible. Huang Wei said.
At about 7 o'clock in the evening, Huang Wei finally had a short rest, looked at today's delivery volume, and said helplessly: "Under normal circumstances, I can receive more than 80 orders a day, but the delivery is slow in rain and snow, and I only received more than 20 orders." Looking at the heavy snow and slippery ground outside the door, he told reporters that after a night of cold, the snow will freeze, and tomorrow will be a "tough battle".
Reporter: Li Qingbin Editor: Cao Mengjia Proofreader: Liu Tian