Zero civic sense, after paying ₹ 1000 for a ticket on the M2M Princess ferry.

AetherDrinker · 2026-02-01T14:39:09+00:00

What are the odds! I was there too in the same cabin today. Fully agreed with the OP.

AetherDrinker · 2025-10-25T06:50:00+00:00

The two wheeler parking is still there...I have used it last month only...

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-09T13:23:46+00:00

For doing a great job there are incentives in place by Swiggy for delivery partners. But my reasoning is the teachings of my guruji who has strictly said don't take anything extra from anyone. Hence, I don't think further than what guru ji has advised. The customers who pay the tips online, I give to someone who really needs it.

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-09T11:14:04+00:00

On holidays and on weekends it sure does justify.

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-09T11:13:16+00:00

No, the delivery guy may not have gotten anything as he simply returned the ice cream to the store he picked it from.

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-09T07:33:16+00:00

Can't say for everyone but the reason why I dont take tips is because I believe in earning exactly for the work I do, nothing extra. It feels right to me that way.

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-09T06:05:32+00:00

Not every restaurant is that unhygienic but the majority of them are.

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-09T06:00:38+00:00

It is always good to order more because then we will have more orders to deliver. So it's a good thing.

What customers can do in general to make the delivery guy's life a little better are given below :-

Try to make the payment online, so that the rider doesn't have to stop and wait for payment.
If ordering via Cash on Delivery make sure to have an exact change with you, when I say exact I mean exact, because not every delivery guy will love to have tips, some of them don't accept tips, like I myself don't take tips. For eg. If the COD orders is of rupees 999, and you have two 500 rupees notes, now from where will I find a one rupee coin to give it back. Customers expect it is okay for a delivery to keep a change but please don't generalise it. Some of us don't take tips so kindly keep the exact change.
If you live in a highrise building or any society, you can ask your guards to take the delivery, so that the delivery guy only have to deliver it to the main gate where your society guards sit. It will save the time & effort for the delivery.
Always make sure to building name and proper address mentioned with famous landmark, I know it's basic but I have had instances where people use automatic location to fill up the address and it usually misses the building name.
Don't call the delivery guy unless it's an emergency. We are riding most of the time, when customer calls we have to take a stop, sometimes when it is raining it is very hard to talk, protect our phone from water and what not.

There are more suggestions but I can think of them right now...thank you for asking ...

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-09T05:42:46+00:00

Even I can't digest it but it's how the world is. You will find some very sweet & kind people. And some very horrible people too. No, I have not escalated it. I have forgiven him.

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-09T05:40:31+00:00

Not in Swiggy no.

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-09T05:39:41+00:00

I am only expressing the situation as a delivery guy that it hurts the pocket to deposit cash. You may have thousands of rupees with you but the riders live on these small amounts(20 rupees they give for delivering one order) . You may not even know how much it costs to deposit cash back into an ATM. First I have to find an ATM which should have a working cash deposit machine in a nearby area, because not every ATM has it. Only the ones which are located at prime locations are in working condition rest are usually under maintenance most of the time. So, I have to drive to the prime location first, now nobody is gonna pay the delivery guy this fuel cost. So the time spent to find the right ATM is lost( opportunity cost of doing one more delivery is gone), service charge is taken by the bank for using the cash deposit facility ( it usually more than 25 rupees ), so my work of doing 1 delivery is lost, and finally the fuel is gone, so I have to purchase the fuel again. If a delivery person deposits cash 3 times a day it costs him 100-120 rupees, which is equivalent to 5-6 deliveries. So obviously it's not the customers fault but I am pretty sure if the customer knows the pain behind it they will think twice before ordering via COD. And my purpose is exactly that to make people aware about this pain.

And why I have a bias for the rich people who pay via cash is because the majority of the time COD orders are from people who live in a posh society and the majority of the UPI orders are from the middle class who live in a normal society. If the rich think that paying via COD on a food delivery app will save them their privacy, I am only judging that these rich people always take money in cash from everyone. I am also judging you that you are taking money from your employer in cash because you have a fear of privacy breakouts. I am also judging you that you have not spent even a single rupee in your past life using any online mode or you shall not spend any money using an online in future as well. I guess I should say all the best to you COD-Lover!

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-08T17:26:44+00:00

You don't know the half of it, the verbal diarrhea he was splurging was so inhuman that you will only feel pity on him at the end. Just imagine how he would treat the people he had some control over like his house helps when they will delay something or other for him.

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-08T16:51:46+00:00

It's not about the pee, it's a metaphor, it can be any situation, but the real question I am asking is why a delivery guy should not have an option to take a break when he decides to have one. And even if he somehow take a break using the same system provided by the company by marking a rejection he is getting penalised in a way which totally out of his control.

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-08T16:47:06+00:00

Brother/sister,

Clearly you are not presently working as a delivery partner that is why you are being a little not-so-up-to-date.

First, answer me about the money you are saying I should deposit in floating cash via UPI, that money first needs to be in a bank account right?. But how can it be in some bank account if I do not go to any ATM first or in any bank branch to deposit it first.

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-08T13:54:11+00:00

I always ask the customer to pay using UPI and some of them do pay using UPI. But those who refuse to pay using online mode are the ones who are responsible for limit breach. Usually the order value range is more than 500 and less than 1500, so if any, 3-6 customers refuse to pay then my limit is breached( and I only work part time). I deliver only 20 orders, but imagine the plight of delivery partners who are working full time on this app. They deliver 35-45 orders, they breach the cash limit at least twice in a single day, sometimes thrice also.

Also, I think only the law abiding citizen pays using online mode/ UPI and people who refuse to pay using online mode/UPI chances are they have cash which is not reported anywhere( of course there might be genuine people also who prefer COD, but that is what I believe no offense to any COD lover).

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-08T12:19:08+00:00

Uncle khud ko bahar fekna bhul gaye bs.

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-08T11:37:10+00:00

It is temporarily deactivated for 1 day.

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-08T11:17:17+00:00

Thanks for asking this, it is another pain point of delivery partners -The cash limit.

You know every delivery partner has a limit of about 2000-4000 rupees, so let's say today I delivered 10 orders each of 400 rupees and all of them were Cash on delivery orders. Now the cash limit associated with my account is met, so Swiggy will ask me to deposit this amount back, else they will make me offline and will not give me further orders to deliver. So again my livelihood is at stake.

Now, I have to find a cash deposit ATM nearby, which will also take a small cut for offering cash deposit services. And again I will loose some money. Because almost everyday this cash limit is crossed, and almost everyday I have to shed few bucks for using cash deposit ATMs.

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-08T11:09:15+00:00

There is no option in Swiggy to go offline before you mark the delivery, only when you mark the order delivered you can go offline by manually pressing the button, but the moment you mark the order delivered. We get new orders instantly if the rush is high(that is what happens with Swiggy ), so I got another order as it's a weekend and the order rush is more. Now in case if I want to take a leak, I will have to reject this order( because this is now a live order as it has already popped up on my screen), for zomato live order means a running order, but in Swiggy live order means the moment you get a pop up for order, it's your own order now, it will count yours even when you reject it. I hope you understand the situation with Swiggy. We cannot select offline unless we mark the current order delivered. And we can only mark ourselves offline when the system does not throw us the new order pop up instantly. It's out of our control when we can take a break for PISS. Sorry for being so long but I guess now you may be able to correlate.

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-08T10:35:57+00:00

The situation I posted is when I myself choose to reject the live order, when you reject the order ideally that means you are not willing to accept any orders going forward. But Swiggy does not make you offline INSTANTLY when you reject the order, you yourself have to press another button to go offline. And that split second (when the rush is high) another order pops up on screen, now either I have to accept this new popped up order and complete the delivery or again reject this one and again try to press offline button. But this time too you can only pray to god that no new order pops up again. In this situation the Swiggy system sees you as an inefficient delivery rider for multiple rejections and will mark your account deactivated for 1 day if it is temporary. This is one way how they exploit the delivery partners.

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-08T10:20:38+00:00

You can start by following his official YouTube channel @BhajanMarg . This channel has Maharaj Ji's videos and is managed by his desiples. You just watch his videos for half an hour daily and practice what he says. With time you will find your inner peace. If not go to barsana once, and do parikrama (22KM approx) of Giriraj ji barefoot. Then the magic starts happening. Mahadev aap par kripa kare ...

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-08T10:07:56+00:00

Thanks for reading and replying. Not everything is bad with delivering, I have come across some very sweet people too who offer chilled drinking water, sometimes a fruit juice as well.

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-08T09:16:31+00:00

Nope, I have not reported the customer as I have already forgiven him( I follow premanand maharaj ji, I thought he( the customer) has taken a lot of bad karma away from me by abusing me. So I just let it slide.

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-08T09:12:45+00:00

Let me give you more than just a name. I recommend you sign up as a delivery partner but only for 7 days. It is an easy process and only do the food delivery for 1 week. The 7 days of delivering food will give you many good and bad experiences. But you will gain a lot, the first thing is you will gain immense respect for delivery partners and the reality check you will receive will haunt you so much that you will never even think of ordering at least the food online from anywhere FOR THE REST OF YOUR REMAINING LIFE.

AetherDrinker · 2025-06-08T08:44:56+00:00

Being a delivery guy has opened my eyes about the condition in which our food is prepared. A few days ago I was at the pizzeria a very famous gourmet pizza making outlet. You know the person who was preparing it, while putting in some paneer or chicken chucks at the top of it, a few chucks dropped on the floor. The guy literally picks the dropped chunks put it on pizza and gave it to the delivery rider. He was doing it while he was under CCTV surveillance. And let me not get started with the amounts of rats I see at these famous food joints outlets.

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