Delivery Driving: A Small Job With a Big Impact.

On August 25th, 2021, I signed up for a position as a Delivery Driver after having graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in English and Philosophy. Certainly not the biggest start to anybody with a degree, but considering I didn't have that big of a portfolio until recently, I needed to find a way to make income while also learning about the concept of a work ethic. To be quite honest, I was just happy enough to have a job for the very first time in my life. This restaurant was an admittedly small home café, but my co-workers at the time helped make the transition to a new job streamlined and yet pushed me to be the best I could be in the job.

Humble Beginnings

It certainly took me a while to get the ropes, considering I didn't just deliver, but also packed food and occasionally helped around the establishment. Still, after 7 months of work, it was around April where I gave my two-weeks notice to leave my position. Not out of any disagreement with my manager, but rather because I needed to focus entirely on a Content Writing Internship which I am as of now making progress in.

Overall, the job was only a small 7 months, and certainly nothing to write home about to a big company. It doesn't pay enough for a house, and certainly can be tedious driving food from place to place...right?

Well, that's where I was wrong at first.

The job called to me at a time when I felt I needed some form of structure and productivity in my life. A time where I felt I needed to make up for the lack of work I didn't have during my life.

The truth of the matter is, even a small job like Delivery Driving for a small restaurant can mean very much to an individual.

Why Delivery Gives Satisfaction

To put it in simple words, delivering grants one the satisfaction and challenges of working on a tight schedule and frame of time. It forces you to be much more productive and considerate of the customer receiving their order. This job makes me consider the human behind every customer I deliver, and more importantly the idea that despite my profession being a rather simple one, that it is still important for people to consider. Over the course of seven months, the job has provided to me what I like to refer to as a crash course in work-ethic and experience. However small it may be, I personally believe it has benefited from me as a job that I enjoy and respect.

Of course, to put it quite more simply, I also enjoyed a great amount of thw work due to my co-workers. The very important part of any job is whether or not you have a good staff that you work with. And this is what sold me on the job. For the most part, it has given me a bright support group, on top of co-workers urging me and pushing me to do the best while celebrating everybody's success at the same time. We're like a family, and quite honestly if it wasn't the case, I most likely would not have stayed in that job for as along as I did.

Which then begs the question. Why did I end up putting my two-weeks notice in?

To New Heights

It was around April of this year where I ended up landing an internship. The internship certainly had me excited for the new opportunity, but I also realized I wouldn't be able to do the Delivery Job fulltime forever if I have to juggle between that, school, and my internship at the same time. There is certainly no shame in needing to change your priorities, especially if you have ambitions for the future. I talked to my manager, then I talked to the owner of the home-café, and I put in my two-weeks notice. Over the course of those two weeks, I looked fondly back at the past 7 months and surprisingly enough was eager to continue with my internship.

Quite frankly, I feel glad to have been working as a Delivery Man for a while.

Patience, dedication, determination, and single-minded work ethic.

These lessons are timeless and can come from the humblest of jobs. Even something as small as delivering food to the old lady across the street.