'#02 - Bicycle Food Delivery & Interview (9 Food Panda deliveries by Ping)'

'Watch me join Ping, a 46 year old Malaysia, who earns money by doing food delivery by bicycle for 2-hours around lunch. I hopped on my Brompton and rode with Ping for 1½ hours to learn about how it is to do Food Panda delivery by bicycle :-)   I ask Ping questions about his reasons for choosing the bicycle as a means of transport in his daily life. His answers are:  Question 1: “Why did you decide to do food delivery by bicycle?” The good thing about Food Panda is that you get to exercise a bit, and if you like bicycling, you get paid for it. My previous job was as tourist guide before the Covid-19 pandemic halted all tourism.  Question 2: “What does your family think about you bicycling for work?” They worry about my safety, but I assure them that I only bicycle on safe roads.  Question 3: “How much to you earn from Food Panda food delivery?” Most riders get paid RM4.50 per food delivery. But good performers earn RM5.00. During my 2-hour lunch shift (noon – 2 pm), I normally do 8-9 deliveries. Today, I earned about RM40 (USD10) for 2-hours work.  - - -  Video highlights: 0:00 Interview question overview 0:49 How I met Ping 1:15 First food pick up :-) 3:51 Jalan Rozario (keep right!) 4:27 Filtering across the wide Jalan Tun Sambanthan 4:38 Bicycling up the ramp to KL Sentral (central train station) 6:53 Parking bicycles at KL Sentral 8:50 Using the MySejahtera app for Covid-19 contact tracing scanning when entering all buildings/restaurants/shops 9:30 Ping explaining why it is practical to use a cheap bicycle for Food Panda deliveries 11:23 First food delivery 11:53 Next food delivery is walking distance (Nu Sentral) 12:49 Ping tells how he got into bicycle food delivery (Food Panda). Previously, he worked in news paper distribution and then as a tourist guide. 14:34 Entering Nu Sentral Shopping mall 15:15 Ping explains why he prefers to do just the noon – 2 pm food delivery shift 15:46 Ping explains what he likes about bicycle food delivery, namely earning money while doing what you like, aka bicycling 16:26 Ping explains how he “re-discovered” bicycling about 10 years ago 20:24 Ping explains about his 6 bicycles, four of which are folding bicycles 23:04 Ping explains about how a fixed gear bicycle (fixie) was not good for his knees 23:45 Picking up food from restaurant 24:05 Ping explaining about the Food Panda app, which seems very user-friendly 24:39 Covid-19 temperature scanning. Persons above 37.5 degC will not be let in 26:07 Ping explains about his preferred food delivery shift and his preferred area (Brickfields and Bangsar); in other areas the roads a not bicycle-friendly and dangerous/almost impossible to cross. 28:55 Alarm by Food Panda app telling Ping to speed up his delivery 30:09 Ping explains how enjoys being brought to new places 30:53 Telling Ping about the famous and gruesome murder scene in Bangsar of Maria Theresa, cut into pieces and put in a trunk (1975) 34:09 Ping telling why he tries to avoid doing deliveries to Midvalley shopping mall 35:04 Ping explaining about the Food Panda rating system, and why you should try to stay above 90% rating for better payment/incentives 37:19 Back on the bicycles again. I’m telling Ping about my 3 bicycles 37:45 Ping clearly impressed that I own the Proton T-Bolt mountain bike (a collector’s item) 38:58 Filtering across the busy Jalan Tun Sambanthan 40:18 Picking up food from Chennai Spice restaurant @ Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur 41:41 The shortest delivery ever!  [ha, ha, good fun  

Tags: Food , Malaysia , bicycle , kuala lumpur , food delivery , foodpanda , food panda , Brickfields , Bangsar , Brompton , bicycle food delivery , bicycle worker

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