4730 divided by 11 hours comes to 430 元 per hour, keeping the currency notation used in the original. The deliveries went a little more smoothly than I had expected. Perhaps there was less traffic and most shops were still open, though plenty of shops were absolutely swamped.
The painful part was… the cold. Without gloves, my hands went numb in just five minutes. It was about 8–10 degrees outside, and by the time it dropped to 6 degrees I finally finished work… At 6 degrees, one pair of gloves was no longer enough to keep me warm.
If it is still 6 degrees tomorrow, I reckon I will need two pairs of gloves, two pairs of socks, two masks and rain trousers.
I had considered doing foodpanda deliveries, but the trip-bonus target was too difficult. I did try going online with foodpanda for half an hour twice during the day, but no orders meant no orders (shrug). The extra pay on individual foodpanda orders did look tempting, though!
As for tips, every tip I received today came after saying “Happy New Year”. Without that greeting, my tips today would have been zero…
It may be a little early for New Year greetings on the day before Lunar New Year’s Eve, but if I can receive red envelopes for five days, why settle for four? As a delivery rider, I still wish every day were New Year—hahahahaha.
I was actually tempted to add “Wishing you prosperity” after “Happy New Year”, because isn’t the next line “Now hand over the red envelope”?
But saying too much might sound as though I were asking for a red envelope!
