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High prices, daily recovery… “No delivery call for 1 hour”

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When Corona 19 was at its peak, there was a story that you could earn up to 10 million won per month if you worked as a delivery person.

But now it is a thing of the past.

This is because demand for delivery has plummeted since the corona quarantine was eased.

A material reporter came to meet the delivery drivers.

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Delivery motorbikes are on the side of the road.

Delivery drivers sit on benches waiting for calls to come, or lie on motorbikes.

Normally, it is early lunchtime when the call would have been received soon, but Mr. And has been waiting here for an hour.

“What do you do while killing time on your cell phone?”

In addition to the daily recovery of Corona 19, the burden of high prices and high delivery costs overlap, which has a great impact on the drop in delivery demand.

In fact, the number of users of major delivery apps, which surged during the spread of Corona 19, has now fallen below 30 million.

“Since there’s nothing to do, I’m just waiting on the street. It’s fine so far, but it’ll get worse if there’s more, so I’ll have to make other preparations.”

I am more worried about the future.

As the days get warmer and people become more active, the demand for delivery naturally decreases.

“I was earning about 3 million won a month, but then I lost about 500,000 to 1 million won. I think I’ll have to wait and see since the off-season starts from now. “

D, an office worker who performs as a side job to compensate for stock losses, is now thinking of giving up distribution.

“I felt that (income) dropped by almost half. There used to be a lot of people who used to walk, but now it’s almost impossible to find them.”

During the spread of COVID-19, the fast-growing delivery app industry is struggling.

Type of Yonhap News TV material. (sojay@yna.co.kr)

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