Paris, 10 p.m., not a cat in the streets, curfew requires.
By bike or scooter, there are hardly any couriers that circulate at night.
Equipped with a dispensation recorded in their phone, all recognize, like Leon, 19, a student in social sciences and delivery man for UberEats, that "inevitably, we circulate better after 9 pm".
“As there are very few cars, there is no need to zigzag on a scooter between the vehicles, it is less dangerous.
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For the rest, the curfew does not really change the situation for these young deliverers of meals and food products remunerated "from 2.80 euros to 8 or 9 euros maximum per race, depending on the number of kilometers traveled", explains Romain , 22 years old, holder of a professional baccalaureate in electronics.
"Sunday, between 8 pm and 10 pm, I won 40 euros in 15 races"
By traveling the streets of the capital by electric bike seven days a week from 11 am to 2 pm and from 6 pm to midnight at a rate of "50 to 100 km per day", this young man staying with friends in Thiais (Val- de-Marne), declares to earn "from 1,200 to 2,000 euros per month".
And don't count on tips to save the day: “Customers donate very little, 5-6 euros per week maximum, and even less in the suburbs!
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Romain, bicycle courier, rue des Archives in Paris (4th arrondissement). LP / Philippe Baverel
From 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. this Monday, October 26, Romain only made two races, or a remuneration of 11 euros, which is displayed on his phone.
"There are few orders tonight because it's the end of the month," he said.
Working under the status of self-employed, all agree in saying, in unison with Leon, that "there are more orders on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening".
“Sunday, between 8 pm and 10 pm, I won 40 euros in 15 races in the 18th.
It was just spinning!
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If the curfew has not changed the vagaries of the difficult end of the month and the peak of weekend activity, the coronavirus has changed the relationship with customers who "open the door less easily, take the package with more precautions, ”observes Romain.
The epidemic has also changed the state of mind of couriers.
“I am very afraid of catching the virus.
I always wear the mask, which we pay out of pocket.
As soon as I leave the client's house, I run my hands with the hydroalcoholic gel that I always have with me.
And I take the stairs so I don't have to press the elevator button, ”says Bouakary, 32 years old.
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