Food deliveries are bigger than ever, but some customers don''t take their purchases seriously. For delivery riders, nothing is worse than a diner who won''t collect their delivery or pay for their purchase. One rider who works in Taoyuan and New Taipei has a strategy to deal with such tricky customers. And everyone in the community is quick to hear about it. He takes out a megaphone to cajole the obstinate customer out of the house.
This delivery rider has come a long way in the rain to get a meal to the customer. Now she won''t answer the phone or take delivery. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
He sings through the megaphone, and catches the attention of the passerby who filmed this clip. You can hear the camera holder laughing. But his best trick is still to come.
He starts to sing the Huang Pin-yuan Mandopop classic, "How Can You Allow Me to Be In Sorrow?" reinterpreted as the wail of a frustrated deliveryman. When the customer emerges, it is with red ears.
Security guard
They came out back just before. He needed to collect the money so that''s why he couldn''t make contact. So he had to use the megaphone and shout out his name, and then sing a song. Maybe he''s used to it. He said he''s done it before with customers he couldn''t find or who didn''t appear.
The rider is famous in both Linkou District, New Taipei, as well as in Guishan District, Taoyuan. He takes his megaphone wherever he goes, and his dulcet tones are heard all over the area.
The clip has found lots of fans online. "Wow, is this a Foodpanda delivery or a borough chief?" said one commenter. Another said they want to get a delivery from him. But others thought the performance might disturb the community. We managed to speak to the delivery rider himself, and found out where he got the idea.
Voice of delivery rider
My inspiration comes from the political campaign trucks. The next second you have to run to catch a leaflet. That''s why they do it.
The singing delivery rider has polarized responses. His controversial tactics amuse some, and irk others. But for the man himself, so long as it works, that''s what matters.
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