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A Tender Moment in the Projects
Who says New York is an unfriendly place?
Rush, rush, rush. Go, go, go. That’s how people who don’t live in New York see what some call the World’s Greatest City. To be fair, there is some truth in the characterization.
I live in a dog-eat-dog metropolis where the cost of living is in the stratosphere and skyrocketing daily. If we’re not traveling at warp speed, the world will leave us behind. Still, New York does have its tender moments. And one came my way in of all places, a NYCHA (New York City Housing authority) project on of all jobs, delivering food for DoorDash.
You’d think that the 17% of New Yorkers who live in public housing and subsist on some sort of government assistance wouldn’t have the funds to order food on today’s delivery apps. Presumably, tapping one’s phone for DoorDash or Uber Eats is a luxury for the middle and upper classes. But that’s not how it goes. Many of my deliveries go to the projects.
I’m not a fan of making deliveries to NYCHA housing. But the reasons aren’t what you’d think. No, I don’t feel threatened by the environment. And no, I don’t really care if the lobby and elevators are littered with candy wrappers and sticky with spilled soda.
My reasons for not preferring project deliveries has to do with economics. Most NYCHA…
