Fresh Fruit Juice at your doorstep

Ahh, I love Singapore. And I can’t help but marvel at the ingeniousness of small entrepreneurs with nothing to lose and lots of energy to give.

Tonight my flatmate Basti and me tried out a new service, promoting itself as “fresh fruit juice at your doorstep within 5 min – free delivery”. Given that we live on the top floor of an apartment building on top of a hot humid jungle-covered hill, I thought this was a bit exaggerated.. but as the fresh juices cost the same as the (ridiculously) low prices of the food courts, we had nothing to lose. At 11pm we sent out an SMS with our order.

And yes, within minutes an Indian guy dressed in a dhoti stood in front of our door, with both our mango juices freshly prepared in a plastic bag container with the best straws I’ve seen on the island. And he wasn’t even breaking a sweat!

I seriously don’t know how he did it. He told us he came by bike up the hill.. holding the two plastic bags in one hand. For the nice reward of 1.50 SGD/juice. That’s what I call determination.

We figured we could in the future as well order juices for breakfast in the morning. It’s cheaper than buying good juice in the supermarket, more convenient than making it ourselves, and these guys start delivering at 6am! SMS template already saved, one per choice of juice.. hallelujah for good service!