During the coronavirus pandemic, most ride-hailing apps were suspended as per the enhanced community quarantine guidelines. In spite of this, the ride-hailing app Angkas is still providing service during the coronavirus outbreak. But this time, instead of offering rides, they are offering to buy goods and groceries for the people who can't get out of home.
By doing this, Angkas is not only suffering from a massive loss of profit, but they are also risking the lives of their driver for the sake of other people's service. At this time, you would think that people will appreciate Angkas' service. Unfortunately, that's not always the case.
Earlier this week, an Angkas driver gained the sympathy of the people on social media after a failed order. On a Facebook post, a concerned citizen shared the heartbreaking incident that happened to this Angkas driver, which resulted in him losing almost Php 7,000.
According to the post, the Angkas driver bought Php 7000-worth of medicines and groceries at Mercury Drug Store.
Since the order was cash-on-delivery, the driver will be receiving the payment after delivering it to the customer. However, after he was done with the purchase, the customer canceled the order!
This left the Angkas driver with more than Php7000-worth of goods that nobody wants to buy. In the photos, you can see the disappointment of the driver, who had no idea how he was going to take the items back. He tried to return it to Mercury drug, but due to their policies, they can no longer refund the items.
As expected, many netizens were enraged with the customer who canceled the order. Some are even calling for a permanent ban to customers who cancel orders, in order to save the time and effort of our Angkas drivers.
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