A Bengaluru delivery executive for Zomato went viral for trying something quite a bit unusual and sweet in trying to land an internship during summer. Accompanying an order of food was a handwritten application note for an internship in marketing, impressing quite a lot of people on social media.
The customer, Nikhil C, a Bengaluru-based solutions engineer posted a picture of the note on LinkedIn after finding it stuffed into his food order. He and his colleague Yash Kondewar had ordered food during a late work night at Shopflo.
It was a late night at work at shopflo when my colleague Yash Kondewar and I had ordered food from Zomato, just trying to navigate through a long night. But with the food arrived a handwritten note from the delivery partner,” Nikhil posted.
The handwritten note was brief but forceful. The delivery partner identified himself as a college student looking for a marketing internship, not sales. “I am a college student seeking a summer internship in marketing (NOT sales). Do contact me,” the note said, followed by a phone number. On the other hand, he even apologized for his “awful handwriting.”
Nikhil was touched by the initiative of the agent. “That note struck me. Among the chaos of deliveries, this individual took a chance at connecting – handwritten, bold, and optimistic,” he posted. “It made me remember how opportunities do not always present themselves in formal ways – sometimes, they’re jotted down on paper in the midst of a delivery route.”
The post inspired admiration on many online. “It takes tons of courage to do the ‘not so obvious thing’ and put yourself in a vulnerable spot (at least in your mind). Hope they found the internship,” commented one person.
Another penned, “Being a college student myself, this actually really motivated me. It’s not very easy to expose yourself like that, let alone in such a non-traditional manner. Huge respect to the delivery partner for being so bold and innovative!”
Interestingly enough, an individual named Karan Andani posted a comment on the post afterwards, claiming he was the one who wrote the note.
