If you begrudge picking up coffee for your coworkers while you’re already at Starbucks, you’ll appreciate this woman going above and beyond to deliver her colleagues’ lunch on time. Or rather, down and beyond. Wan Tiandi is the logistics director for Wansheng Ordovician park in Chongqing, in China’s Sichuan province. And if that sounds like a desk job that mainly involves spreadsheets, think again. One of Wan’s jobs is to make sure the 200 employees at the park get their lunch — and since they aren’t allowed to leave their posts, that means delivering it herself.
Which sounds okay, except as AsiaOne reports, it takes over 90 minutes to drive down to them, and some of the employees work at sites that are only accessible by narrow mountainous roads, which means the lunch is cold by the time it gets there. We’re talking really big mountains here. So instead, she takes the quick route: every lunchtime, she bungee jumps nearly 1,000 ft off the top of the mountain, with their lunch strapped to her waist!
Watch Wan in action:
[fm_youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT9B-jXpObw"]This isn’t the first innovative combination of food and bungee jumping. Witness the most extreme biscuit dunk on record:
[fm_youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSjFVH2Zc5E"]For some people though, lunch is their extreme sport.
I'm an extreme adrenaline junkie. I don't skydive, ride a BMX or do MMA. I like to eat a large meal from @tacobell for lunch, when I have a 3 hour meeting right afterwards.
— Dad Life (@Dadbrolife1) June 24, 2019
As anyone who has ever been both hangry and lazy knows, people who deliver food, no matter what the elements throw at them, are true heroes.
They’re out in the heat, when the rest of us are hugging the A/C:
Today’s weather is killing me. Pretty bad haze, scorching hot sun. Thank god for food delivery service. You guys are hero!
— Syamila Othman (@SyamilaOthman) March 20, 2019
They’re out in the rain…
Food delivery guys are the real MVPs during #MumbaiRains.
— Royden L. Gomes (@EkOldMonk) June 28, 2019
…while some people are watching from their balconies:
Flash flood. Food delivery guys have to jump those big puddles! Fun to watch from the shelter of my balcony! #abstorm pic.twitter.com/GOvDlxVIc7
— Catherine Kaye (@Catherine_YYC) June 28, 2019
They’re even out in the snow:
The hero that works during snow storm; food delivery guy
— peni. (@peniko) January 7, 2017
And blizzards:
We followed a pizza delivery guy through a blizzard. pic.twitter.com/cdAtjxkpW2
— VICE Video (@VICE_Video) January 4, 2018
And like other emergency services (well, food emergencies…) they’ll even tackle storms:
While everyone gives first responders credit for their work during a storm, let's not forget to thank the silent heroes; Chinese food delivery guys and liquor store clerks who stay open to keep us buzzed and full while everyone else runs home from work.
— Joe Coletta (@joe_coletta) March 21, 2018
Even really bad storms:
I remember being in Manhattan during Hurricane Irene, and reporter on TV was trying to interview a Chinese food delivery guy going by - asking if he was concerned for his safety.
— Nadia Daeng Rée 🧨 (she/her) (@NadiaDaeng) January 7, 2018
His response was a priceless look of - I do not have time for you. I got these deliveries to make.
They come through when you need them most:
And for some, it’s not just food delivery that makes us love them. There are some really heroic delivery people out there, transporting people to the hospital:
😇 “Food delivery guy delivers ailing Nebraska veteran to emergency room” #hero https://t.co/SHwpZZERVP
— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) October 27, 2018
Shielding the most vulnerable from the rain:
Food delivery man takes off his own raincoat to shield baby from the rain pic.twitter.com/jGwn5qEDCF
— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) April 16, 2018
And pulling people from burning buildings:
Food delivery guys are heroes too. https://t.co/a54OMESy6f
— Pancham Endlaw (@endlaw) December 24, 2018
Take this opportunity to pay tribute to the people who bring you your food, no matter what:
Safe travels to you all!