‘Hardest working food delivery driver’ in China dispatches 65 meals over a 17-hour shift but only eats once a day
- Punishing daily schedule exposed after delivery man identified as close Covid-19 contact
- 30-something worker shuns proper meal breaks to deliver 1,500 food orders a month
A food delivery worker in central China has been dubbed “the most diligent employee” after it was revealed that he works a 17-hour day, completes almost four deliveries an hour, takes minimal rest and eats just one meal per shift.
The man’s gruelling work schedule was exposed online as part of an epidemiological investigation report by the coronavirus control and prevention department in Dingxiang county of Shanxi province.
Investigators zeroed in on the delivery worker and the details of his daily routine after he was identified as a close contact of a Covid-19 patient. The authorities then urged the public to make a report if they had come into contact with him.
On November 2, the worker, surnamed Zhang, started to work at 6:20 am and finished at 10:53 pm.
He completed 65 food delivery orders, spent 10 minutes eating a meal and just a few minutes to complete a nucleic acid test, Red Star News reported.
The local authorities made details of his punishing work schedule public in order to track down people who had come into contact with Zhang so they could be prepared for home monitoring.
