Foodpanda Redditer: Got my first loan shark harassment order yesterday.

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Got my first loan shark harassment order yesterday.​

Shocking

Been working as a delivery rider for awhile. Received a COD order with the instructions to whatsapp a given number upon arrival.

Person on the line asked to switch to a video call but didn't show his face. He asked me to knock on the door and this malay man came out. The loan shark then sent me a photo of an indian guy and told me to show it to the malay resident.

Malay resident says that he doesn't know who that person is and that he bought the house two years ago and is living alone. Loan shark wasn't too happy hearing that and says that he doesn't care and starts shouting at the malay man over my phone's loudspeaker. Loan shark doesn't believe anything and threatens to burn the house down and told me to make sure that the malay man keeps the photo and his phone number.

Alot of time had already passed and with Foodpanda's laggy app, lack of useful customer service agents and long wait times before being able to chat with one, I had to just mark the order as completed. $15 burn from my own wallet. That's the equivalent of 3 deliveries for me. I have sent in an appeal on the app together with a report but I don't have high hopes.

The malay man told me that it's happened a few times before, with the last being around the end of March and he showed me his police report.

Can't even have some peace trying to make a honest living.