The Two Sides of Singapore, As Seen By A Food Delivery Rider
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bilbolaggings
cosmopolitan malay
Been doing food delivery for a good two years now and what he says is accurate. The class divide really shocked me a bit. I grew up middle class for the most part but lived in a rental flat for a while. So I'm no stranger to seeing poverty but haven't seen the lives of the wealthy first hand, other than a short stint of serving Ang Mos sparkling water and $7 tiny coffees in Tanglin.
Once I was doing deliveries in Sembawang, sent an order to one of those new rental flats that have been built there in a "ghetto" on the edge of the estate. It was scorching hot at 12pm so I decided to take a rest under the void deck. Sat on a bench, 5 minutes later a barefoot kid around 8 years old came up to me and asked "Abang ada duit tak?" (do you have any money?). Told him no and he said "Dua dolar pon takda?"($2 also don't have?). He then walked away leaving me questioning which country I'm in. I've seen this happen in neighbouring countries but never here. I didn't give him any money because I know that there's a chance his parents got him to do it, and will take the money.
A year ago I started doing delivery in more "atas" neighbourhoods, Serangoon, Kovan and Bartley. They're not Bukit Timah or River Valley but there's still a good number of landed houses and nice condos. Demand was so much better there and people ordered ridiculously small or pricy orders. I once delivered to a house with 2 Rolls Royces, a Bentley and 2 helpers. First thought was "Damn, people actually live like this?".
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https://www.ricemedia.co/culture-people-two-sides-singapore-food-delivery-rider/
Visitor comments on Sg Reddit :
bilbolaggings
cosmopolitan malay
Been doing food delivery for a good two years now and what he says is accurate. The class divide really shocked me a bit. I grew up middle class for the most part but lived in a rental flat for a while. So I'm no stranger to seeing poverty but haven't seen the lives of the wealthy first hand, other than a short stint of serving Ang Mos sparkling water and $7 tiny coffees in Tanglin.
Once I was doing deliveries in Sembawang, sent an order to one of those new rental flats that have been built there in a "ghetto" on the edge of the estate. It was scorching hot at 12pm so I decided to take a rest under the void deck. Sat on a bench, 5 minutes later a barefoot kid around 8 years old came up to me and asked "Abang ada duit tak?" (do you have any money?). Told him no and he said "Dua dolar pon takda?"($2 also don't have?). He then walked away leaving me questioning which country I'm in. I've seen this happen in neighbouring countries but never here. I didn't give him any money because I know that there's a chance his parents got him to do it, and will take the money.
A year ago I started doing delivery in more "atas" neighbourhoods, Serangoon, Kovan and Bartley. They're not Bukit Timah or River Valley but there's still a good number of landed houses and nice condos. Demand was so much better there and people ordered ridiculously small or pricy orders. I once delivered to a house with 2 Rolls Royces, a Bentley and 2 helpers. First thought was "Damn, people actually live like this?".
