Pizzaboys trough the pandemic
A San Andreas News article
Date: Saturday, 23/05/2020
Tags: Daily, Pandemic, Food
Disclaimer: This article shouldn't represent a source of advice or a potential job opportunity with respect to the material presented. Everything stated in this article is not to be considered as potential investment advice.
Underrated Citizens?
After 5 months of living reluctantly with the pandemic, which has made its dangerous path into millions of innocent people and indirectly to all of the inhabitants of Earth, things have changed for everyone. We still haven't found a way to get back to our normal comfortable routine, nor have we found a way to live without fearing this virus.Despite the fact that many citizens have begun to leave their homes again, usually for work issues, the great majority of us still is locked inside. The luckiest people people are doing telework, while the rest feel trapped; many civilians indeed feel the pandemic economically, too. Many have lost their job, which can't be done within a house's four walls. A lot of people have lately visited the Los Santos Charity for first time to get a bag of groceries, out of economic necessity.
People working in public services right now are humans who to be considered pillars of the society: despite the fact that they are in a serious risk of getting sick due to the virus, they are still here, doing their duty, working more for the same amount of cash at the end of the month. Heroes, in one word.
The Capone Pizzeria. Photograph by Hlias Papas
We have searched this answer in one of the most direct and effective way: volunteering.
Our colleague, Hlias, had the brilliant idea of taking up service at Capone Pizzeria, the biggest pizzeria throughout the state of San Andreas.
After loading the bike, the pizzaboy sets off for deliveries. Photo by Hlias Papas
After the unintended Italian gaffe, he set off and started his journey across the city.
While he was gone bringing food, I had the luck of finding a runner who had to deliver another pizza, and so I had the chance to ask him a couple of questions.
Q: How's things working as a courier, these days?
A: It's a part time job that is easy to do, but quite stressful at times, since time is my worst enemy here.
I just have to do deliveries with my faggio, a customer will give me his address and I will drop his pizza in there.
Q: Do you get paid well in this circumstance?
A: Our industry is having a big success these days, especially now in the pandemic. Every one wants deliveries so I always have a job and get paid well enough.
Q: One last question, what did you think about the bonus issued by the government, which doubled the income from the deliveries?
A: I think that it was absolutely necessary, people right now should be at home, but I want to do anything to help in these difficult times. A double payment is as much of a big help for me as the help I provide to people right now.
Right after answering the last question, he has quickly added that "The quicker he gets the pizza to the destination, the higher is the tip", so we let him go on his way on the tweaked-up scooter.
We would have also liked to have a talk with the first citizen, Simon Walker, but he stated that the job he has to do as the Major is extremely important these days, and he couldn't arrange anything with us.
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Credits
Special thanks to @Hlias Papas , @Benjamin Miah , @tyrone howard. , @John Strickland for providing media support, such as acting, and taking photos.
Proofread by John Strickland.