Once upon a time, I was a regular delivery person, non-essential. Like many American’s, I was doing delivers as a means to make a few extra dollars to help supplement my income while attending college, however, everything changed very suddenly. The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically altered much about daily life, including one of our most essential routines — gathering food.
Many restaurants continue to operate, offering to-go service only, and grocery stores are generally considered essential businesses and remain open. but in a public health emergency, accompanied by shelter-in-place orders and social distancing, it is no longer a simple feat to walk into these establishments at any time of day and buy a meal or the ingredients for one.
Meal and food delivery services thrive, however, and many of them have adjusted their policies and procedures to account for the coronavirus outbreak. So even if you can’t get to the food, you can often have the food brought to you, and that is how I became an essential worker.
Chapter 1 – “Doordash: Passage Side Pictures”
I had to change my original project because of the Coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19), hence, this is my new project, a photographic diary of life after the outbreak. I will be showing photos from my work, Doordash, I added photos of all the events that happens in just a few days in my busy life. All events can be seen through the lens of my camera, like getting my car washed because it is necessary for my job, or stopping for some quick photos… March 22, 2020- March 23, 2020
March 22 2020, I did Doordash for a few hours. The first photo is a view of a Doordash bag from Taste of India. The image is taken while waiting for the GPS map to load with the customer address. this order is from Sutter near highway 20 and I got paid $10.50.I took this image in the hotspot, at the Marysville’s Jack of the Box. I am waiting for the next customer to buy something from Doordash in this location in Yuba/Sutter CountiesThis photo is from Chipotle and a view of a bag on my passage side in my car. I had to pay for it and was reimbursed becasue it is not far from Chipotle in South Yuba City.After Sutter, I went back to Yuba City to get the next order at the hotspot by Panera Bread. It was from McDonalds at E St. in Marysville. I delivered the bag to South Marysville. It paid me $10.75.This image of a Doordash bag is from Burger King with a drink in cup holder. I picked the order up in Linda and delivered it to an apartment in Olivehust.
Chapter 2 – “Doordash: No-Contact Delivery”
Dasher’s leave those order at the customer’s door with no-contact.
On April 2, 2020, I picked up a food delivery from the Linda’s Walmart. I delivered it a few blocks away at the customer’s front door. it had 42 items in 8 bags and a 12 pack diet Dr. Pepper. This order had a no-contact order and i was paid $14.On March 27, right after the Taco Bell delivery, I got a order from Taste of India restaurant. I delivered the food near the Happy Park. What is interesting about this photo is the dog at the door near the window. It was watching me deliver the food. i never noticed the dog until the picture was developed. This has a no contact delivery and I was paid $8.50.On Friday March 27, 7 in the evening, I got a order from Taco Bell and delivered it in Yuba City near the Lincrest Middle School. This had a no-contact delivery and I was paid $8.75.Saturday April 4, around 7 pm, I got an order from Costa Vida Fresh Mexican Grill. I like the optical illusion that the porch light created on the wall dark show around the corner wall with the flower wealth hang on the door. This also had a no-contact delivery and I was paid $7.On April 2, about 2:30 in the afternoon, at the hotspot near the mall, I got an order from Red Robin Gourmet Burgers. The order was to be delivered to a apartment in Yuba City. This order has a no-contact order and I was paid $7.50
Chapter 3 – “Meet at Customer at the Door”
I took a portrait shot at the door with their order.
On April 8, I got order from Red Robin. While waiting for the order which took about 20 minutes, I figured how to text customer’s via the Doordash app, asking if I could take a picture of the person who order the food. Since the delivery address was not very far, I headed to the residence of Meghan. She was shy but took the picture. I got paid $6.75.On March 27, I got an order from Chipotle Fast Food Restaurant. I delivered the food to the Foodmax store in Linda. Both women ordered and they both work for the store, Checking into Cash. I got paid $6.75.After Panera Bread, I got an order quickly from the Dragon Inn Restaurant. The order was for Doris but Doris didn’t want her picture taken so her daughter volunteered to take the picture. This image shows her daughter ad grandson with the Dragon Inn package of syrup box. This order paid me 21 dollars.On March 27, about 1:22 in the afternoon, I got an order from McDonald. The order was to be delivered to a Harmony Health in Yuba City. I got there and ask her if I could take a quick picture. The woman was wearing a mask, face shield, gloves and cover suit. I gave her the McDonald’s bag and got paid $7.On April 8, in the late afternoon, I got order from Applebee. The man was holding the bag and he had his dog on a leash. The dog was pulling on his leash trying to move forward towards me because the dog wanted me to pet him. I got paid $9.On April 24 2020, at 1:37 in the afternoon, I decided to take an order from Pieology because it was close, 3 or 4 blocks away from my location. Robert is the customer and he got his 2-pizza box, goosey cheese stick box. He is a big looking guy in comfy clothes with slipper too.On April 9th, 2020, at 4:56 in the afternoon, I got an order from Chipotle and his order name was Kevin and he lives close to. I got to the front door and he was an elderly man, with big welcome sign. He is following the stay at home order. I got paid $8.
Chapter 4 – “Doordash Pick Up”
Yuba City Walmart was my last delivery for the day. I was in the parking lot, at the pickup only for Doordash, and in the number 1 reserved space which was closer to the store.At the Red Robin, I took a shot of the building with the siggn stating, “Pickup/Carside only.” I waited for an order and customers are require to wait in their cars and took a shot of the sign, “Burger KIng’s Home of the Whopper”Panera Bread’s Sign and pick-up only.“Drive thru open, Lobby closed becasue of the COVID-19Lumberjack Restaurant viewing the giant size sculpture.McDonald’s sign on the table that said, “Please do not use table becasue they to reduce spread from COVID_19.”This image was taken at the mall, near the hotspot by Panera Bread which had an empty parking lot. I liked the reflection of my car’s window of the Doordash’s bag. I am sitting in my car, as I often do, waiting for an order to be completed, and a text saying your order is ready to be picked up to come on my cell phone.
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