Когда началась пандемия, нас сократили на работе. Тогда я устроился ночным перегонщиком в каршеринг. Забираешь машину, привозишь на мойку, получаешь 130 рублей. Я отработал две недели, а мне не заплатили. Решил уволиться. Только через два месяца получил заработанные деньги.
Курьером я работаю с апреля, когда началась пандемия. У курьера пересечение с клиентом минимальное: отдал заказ и ушел. Иногда по лицу человека видишь, что тебя ждали с нетерпением, хоть никто и не признается, что голодный. Иногда из лифта выходишь, а тебе уже дверь открывают, чтобы побыстрее забрать заказ. Или едешь, а тебе уже звонят и говорят: «Мы вас очень ждем!».
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I have been married for 12 years, no children. I was born in Moscow in a kommunalka on Begovaya, and then my parents got a flat on Kozhukhovskaya. The four of us lived there together with my sister. My education was in geodesy and law at a non-state university. I have never worked in my profession. All my life in commerce. For about 12 years I sold beer in a shopping centre, then I changed many professions. I really liked being a system administrator. But working with people is much harder than being a courier.
When the pandemic started, I got laid off from my jobs. Then I got a job as a carshare driver at night. You pick up the car, bring it to the car wash, and you get 130 roubles. I worked for a fortnight and didn't get paid. I decided to quit my job. Only two months later did I get the money I had earned.
I had been working as a courier since April, when the pandemic started. A courier has minimal contact with the customer: you give the order and leave. Sometimes you can see on the person's face that they were waiting impatiently for you, even though no one will admit they are hungry. Sometimes you get out of the lift and they open the door to get your order quickly. Or you're on your way and they call you and say, "We're waiting for you!