During the Spring Festival holiday, people who have been busy for a year press the pause button on their work and choose to go home for reunion or celebrate the new year locally. “Say it again after the new year” has become an online buzzword for a while.
This sentence is not so applicable to couriers. Even on New Year’s Eve, thousands of families are enjoying the time of family reunion, but many express brothers give up the opportunity to reunite with their families and continue to run through the streets of the city to deliver urgently needed packages for everyone.
At this moment, after finishing their last day’s work years ago, they also get together and share a different kind of reunion dinner.
Hebei little brother stays in Shanghai: the delivery volume is comparable to the “double 11”
The streets of Shanghai on New Year’s Eve are no longer crowded and flowing.
Yto Express Group Co.Ltd(600233) Guo Haoqiang, a courier at Tongji Branch in Yangpu, Shanghai, has just finished a day’s delivery and is ready to rush back to the branch.
He told reporters that according to practice, under the organization of the person in charge of the network, the colleagues left on duty should have a new year’s Eve dinner together.
“Originally, I planned to take a day off for the Spring Festival this year, but I didn’t expect to stick to it until the end.” Guo Haoqiang told reporters that he had not returned to his hometown in Hengshui, Hebei Province for the Spring Festival for 8 years. Since January 23, other express colleagues in Guo Haoqiang’s region have begun to take leave one after another. During the Spring Festival holiday, all their express mails will be sent to Guo Haoqiang’s express station for unified delivery.
As a result, Guo Haoqiang’s daily express delivery volume is 70% more than usual, which is comparable to that in the peak season of “double 11”. So these days, he started working from 4 a.m. to 1 p.m. and slept on the couch in the post station.
In fact, Guo Haoqiang’s home is only 800 meters away from his post station. He said that he would get up at 4 o’clock the next morning and sleep for two or three hours when he came home. He felt there was no need to toss around, and he didn’t want to wake up his sleeping wife and children.
His wife can’t help complaining, “the wives of other couriers are far away from home. They can go back and have a look during the new year. I’m right next to you, and it’s hard to see them during the new year.”
“Since you have chosen to do this business, you should take the responsibility”. Over the years, Guo Haoqiang has always used this sentence to comfort his wife and inspire himself.
the outlet boss racked his brains to warm the little brother: someone took the little brother home or secretly sent gifts to his family
When they came to the outlet, other colleagues also finished their day’s work and came back one after another. Those who came back first went into the kitchen to help cook. For a time, the sound of laughter, chopping board and stir frying were intertwined, which was not lively.
Guo Haoqiang said that it has been the tradition of outlets for many years that the couriers left on duty for the new year get together for new year’s Eve dinner. If everyone is willing to have dinner outside this year’s restaurant, the latter will prepare two meals together. If everyone is willing to have dinner outside this year’s restaurant. “You can’t go back to your hometown. The network is our home. Of course, you should be lively in your own home during the new year.”
Guo Haoqiang also said that in addition to the new year’s Eve dinner, red envelopes, new year goods and other benefits have not been less in recent years.
“For our employees, he is the boss at work and the big brother in private.” Speaking of Cheng Xie, the person in charge of the network, Guo Haoqiang was full of praise. “The new year’s goods have long been secretly sent back to our hometown. If the hometown people hadn’t called and said that they had received them, I wouldn’t know.”
Everyone talked about their wishes and plans for the new year. Guo Haoqiang said that of course, he wanted to spend more time with his family in the new year. He postponed his trip to the aquarium for several years and hoped to find a chance to make up for the children.
Like Guo Haoqiang, there are also children from Yto Express Group Co.Ltd(600233) Beijing Tianning Temple network who gather at the network for new year’s Eve dinner. On New Year’s Eve, after finishing their work, everyone came to the home of Gao orange, the person in charge of the network, to make a “reunion dinner” together.
Gao orange, the person in charge of the network, said that the network has arranged six people on duty this Spring Festival. “These days, we can get together to drink tea, play poker and celebrate the festival together in the afternoon after we finish sending pieces every morning.”
Gao Cheng, whose hometown is in Hubei, hasn’t seen his wife and children for a year. Although he has been separated from his family for a long time, Gao orange decided to stay on duty this year. “The first-line brothers have worked hard for a year, so if they can rest, they can rest more, so we will start with the managers on duty during the Spring Festival.”
“For the colleagues who stay on duty, we should also find ways to make them feel the warmth of home.” Gao Cheng said.
During the dinner, Gao Cheng asked about the new year’s wishes of his colleagues. Many people said they wanted to make more money and create a better life for their families.
“I’m the same. I want to take you to do better in the new year,” Gao said. “Of course, next year I also hope to meet more with my family and have a new year’s Eve dinner with my family.”
