In the past, one of the most common occupations was farming. When farmers leave their fields, they move to factories, work as security guards, work as janitors, or choose to open their own shops, become waiters, and so on. From one profession to diversity, society is full of diversity and vitality. However, now that society is facing the challenge of unemployment, the answer seems to be becoming more and more singular, and that is to deliver food. If the economy goes bankrupt, people will also choose the profession of food delivery. Even when wages can't keep up with expenses, people are looking for part-time food delivery, as if they are all moving closer to the same profession.
One day, I was hungry and ordered a takeout. When I opened the door, I was surprised to find that it was a female neighbor who lived downstairs who was delivering the food. She hurriedly dropped a sentence: "Remember the good reviews!" Then he hurried away. Another time, I called Didi Chuxing, and when I got in the car, I found out that the driver was Mr. Long, a neighbor who lived on the 28th floor. I remember that Mr. Long has always been a taste-conscious decorator and used to be responsible for the decoration design and construction of my home. I was surprised and started talking to him about the recent situation. He told me that fewer and fewer people are buying homes now, and the renovation industry has been affected as a result, and the business can only maintain one-third of what it used to be. He has three children and a mortgage of more than 10,000 yuan. In order to subsidize his family, he can only work part-time as a Didi driver, and his tone is full of helplessness and anxiety.
I suddenly realized that I was in a similar situation myself. The company I run has not had a stable income for nearly half a year, and the employees have left one after another, but I still run the company every day. This company has been in operation for nine years, but it is heavily in debt, so why should I stick to it? Is it to wait for a miracle to come? I had to make up my mind to shut down the company. Then I started thinking about what my friends around me were doing. Can I refer to their options to find a new way out? But the more I thought about it, the more uneasy I felt.
I have a friend who used to run an LED factory, but went bankrupt due to poor management, and then he tried to open a truck, but because he was sued, he lost all his bank cards and payment tools, and could not pay for the rental car, and finally the car was taken away, and his deposit and two months' rental fee were also in vain. Another friend used to run a bar, but now he can only try his hand at live streaming at home. He tried to do delivery, but was soon deterred by his experience. Once a bag of rice and two cases of beer, delivered to the 10th floor, there was no elevator to speak of. In the stairwell, he once broke down and cried, and after crying, he quit his job as a food delivery.
I looked back at some of my friends and found that after they lost their jobs or went bankrupt, most men chose to deliver food, while women devoted themselves more to their own fields. These friends used to work hard in different positions and different industries, but now they are all flooding into a limited number of occupations, and these occupations are relatively simple and repetitive. This made me wonder if the skills and creativity I had had been working on in these professions would fade away.
I once read a statistic that food delivery people work 15 hours a day in order to pick up and deliver food, and have little time and energy to think and learn about other things. So, I started to think that maybe I should also let go of my past stubbornness and go to the surrounding area to explore if there are some free, undisturbed places where I can set up a stall and do something?