Free lounge opens for city's delivery riders

Xu Wei
Food delivery staff can put their feet up at a new rest area at the Bund Finance Center. Water, snacks and books are provided.
Xu Wei

Online delivery platform Ele.me and the Bund Finance Center have cooperated to open a lounge especially for the city’s delivery riders, the first of its kind in a local shopping mall. 

From 10am to 10pm every day, the lounge offers delivery riders free water, snacks and smartphone battery charging service. More than 200 books are also available to read.

Free lounge opens for citys delivery riders
Ti Gong

The lounge offers delivery drivers free water, snacks and battery charging service.

According to Wang Bin, an official with the Bund Finance Center, the lounge is open to all delivery staff in the city, as well as security guards and sanitation workers in the neighborhood.

“We hope to provide more care and warmth for this group,” said Wang. “During the Mid-Autumn Festival, our center handed out 400 mooncakes to delivery riders, many of whom missed family reunions in hometowns because of their work.”

Yang Cai, an official with Ele.me, said that delivery riders also have the chance to showcase their talents in photography, literature and art at the lounge.

Photos taken by delivery rider Zhao Bin are now displayed at the lounge. Zhao, a native of Henan Province, has been working in Wuhan for more than two years. While on the job, he recorded many interesting stories and heart-warming scenes with his camera.

Free lounge opens for citys delivery riders
Ti Gong

Photos taken by delivery rider Zhao Bin are displayed at the lounge.


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