Ordering GrabFood delivery has become a part of life, and the service gets more popular when it’s been raining heavily, like during the past few weeks.
However, the parking facilities for delivery riders may sometimes be insufficient, leading to them having trouble finding spaces to stop for a while, especially when it’s raining.
One Grab delivery rider ended up getting wheel clamped at a Bishan condominium when he parked there illegally to fulfil an order.
Source: SG Road Vigilante on Facebook
He lost one day of earnings from the incident, he said.
According to a Facebook post by SG Road Vigilante, the incident happened on Tuesday (20 Dec) at about 7.45pm.
Source: SG Road Vigilante on Facebook
The delivery rider said he was sending food to a level 1 unit in Sky Vue, a striking condo in Bishan Central.
Source: CapitaLand
He indicated that the condo security had asked him to park in the rubbish bin area.
However, he didn’t follow this instruction, parking illegally instead as it was raining heavily.
After just 2 minutes away, he discovered that his motorbike had been wheel clamped.
From the photos shared, a note was left asking him to contact security to have it released.
Source: SG Road Vigilante on Facebook
It was also apparent that he’d parked at the letterbox area, where parking is generally not allowed.
The delivery rider said he had to pay a S$214 fee to have his motorbike released.
Source: Shin Min Daily News on Facebook
This meant that one day of his earnings was gone, he added.
He advised other riders to park in the rubbish bin area as instructed, no matter how heavy the rain was.
The delivery rider, Yan Huanbin, later told Shin Min Daily News that the rubbish bin area he was told to park was unsheltered from the rain.
The 20-year-old added that the customer’s food was packed in paper bags.
Thus, if the order had gotten wet, the food would also have been affected.
As the customer lived on level one, he decided to ride into the first-floor carpark and send it to them quickly.
However. he didn’t expect security to clamp his motorbike even after “just two minutes”.
Mr Yan told the paper that he earns about S$200 a day as a full-time Grab delivery rider.
He usually works from 6am to 9pm, though.
That day, he started work a bit later, so his earnings weren’t enough to cover the fine, he added.
However, he had no choice but to pay up as he still had other orders to fulfil.
That was his first time delivering to Sky Vue, and also his first time getting wheel clamped.
This isn’t the first time food delivery riders have faced the music due to parking offences.
In 2020, a FoodPanda delivery rider had his motorbike wheel clamped at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.
It was reportedly obstructing the entrance of the A&E department.
Considering how prevalent food delivery is in Singapore now, perhaps designated sheltered places could be arranged at premises across the country so riders can do their work safely and without compromising customers’ orders.
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Featured image adapted from SG Road Vigilante on Facebook.
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