Like any other food delivery man, Mr Kamas Mohd carries an insulated bag and constantly checks his mobile phone for orders.
Mr Kamas, 46, suffered a spinal cord injury from a workplace accident in 1996 and is paralysed from the waist down, goes about his daily delivery rounds on a motorised wheelchair with a bag buckled to the back of his seat and a phone strapped to his thigh.
But he stresses that he is not slower than anyone else – he can fulfil a delivery order within the same timeframe of 35 minutes.
The para-athlete, who represented Singapore at the 2015 Asean Para Games in wheelchair basketball, signed on to become an UberEats delivery partner in May. Since then, he has been earning about $400 a week.
So far, customers’ reactions to his work have been favourable. Most times, when people see him in his wheelchair, they are either surprised or amazed, he said. Some even tip him generously for his service, he added.
A few months ago, Mr Kamas’ story made the rounds on social media after he was featured on Stomp. A customer had praised him for travelling 2.5km on his wheelchair to her home in Stirling Road.
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Source: The Straits Times, 6 September 2017