A week ago I do morning walk with my N-95 mask, and stopping by to a Courier service outlet .
Staff are very busy separating piles of package at front of their office in between mini can cargo box carand blockung the enterance. Sweat are all over their face.
I ask them can I send a package to Tangerang city with detaild adress for @360bymiftah .
You will get surprise !
Please come back at 3 pm.
Somebody will get mad to get the answer, bust I just smile and I will come back at 3 pm.
How can a service business breaking their own promise, open at 8 am but can give service at 10 am.
For me as a Local Guides who have interest in Small Business, it is ok, but my awareness antennas is stretching up.
I come back to this courier outlet at 3 pm.
I should, walk with my side, trying to find a place for my food steps between piles of packages.
Need more than two minutes to reach the counter that equipped with monitor, keyboard, electronic scale with camera.
They give me a print out of peal sticker with barcode as a receipt.
I should struggling to get out from this courier service .
I start counting how many courier service outlet near my house, in distance of 1.4 km I found 7 courier service outlets :
- 4 Small Business offices with its core business is courier service
- 3 convenience store that have facility to do courier service.
Amaze that every 200 meters have an outlet of courier service.
I try to make small discussion with a three wheelers courier box driver.
He start to fill up his three wheelers courier box driver full and start delivery in his area, sometimes he should do overtime just in one route.
The other days I fell surprise when I met Post Man with full left and right terpauline bags, for years I saw Post man only sending paper mail, but know busy with packages too.
Motor bike courier with left and right full terpauline bags and until neck height pile packages.
The smallest outlet in my area is 2 m x 2 m space with a mechanical scale , stainless steel 30 cm ruler, log book, receipt with copany logo and pricing tabel matric base of three dimensional and weight.
Service may vary from Over night service, One day service and Standard.
On line shopping and My hometown authority state a Pembatasan Sosial Berskala besar (PSBB - Large scale Social Restriction), transition periode until 4th July 2020 instead if implementong COVID-19 pandemic. lockdown.
Make courier service became a new emerging small business opportunity, in my country Indonesia.
Small Business can be start as a franchise outlet and if have a big capital start with all infrasuctrure such as warehouse, motor bike, three wheelers courier box , mini va box, and recruit courier operator.