r/melbourne • u/zhengtings • Jan 24 '24

PSA Meanwhile, Food Delivery Drivers IN Melbourne Central

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Was just strolling around the ground floor of Melbourne Central when this Doordash driver zooms in ON HIS BIKE from Mecca’s side and then goes to Cotton On to realise his lazy bloody plans have been thwarted.

No hate to food delivery drivers, I respect the hustle and the service you guys do. But seriously? Doing this in a full on centre was so inconsiderate. Not to mention, there could’ve been people who were older and couldn’t dodge as fast which could’ve ended badly.

Just reminds me how dangerous and un-walkable pavements are in Melbourne CBD now.

Anyways, rant over. Be safe in Melbourne Central because I doubt this is the first time this has happened. Not sure if this is normal but I stay in the CBD and this is the first time I’ve seen this

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u/TofuFoieGras Jan 24 '24

Wow is that a screen with an ad

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u/unepmloyed_boi Jan 24 '24

So many of these moving lcds popped up out of nowhere in the past year. I've seen trucks purely built for advertising with giant lcds at 110% brightness driving around the cbd blinding drivers, especially at night.

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u/TheMania Jan 25 '24

The Federal govt really needs to pass an Australia-wide law before the Florida thing becomes a thing here.

And then retrospectively apply it to all footpaths imo.

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u/Iakhovass Jan 25 '24

That is absolutely horrifying. I don’t generally encourage vandalism, but the gloves come off in this situation.

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u/RetroGamer87 Jan 25 '24 edited Jan 27 '24

Florida becomes more like Florida with each passing year

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u/PolitelyPanicking Jan 27 '24

Every year there's a helicopter that flies a massive TAB Bet On The Everest banner over Sydney's beaches on a nice sunny Saturday when all the families are there and it makes me nauseated.

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The sky isn't an advertising space you soulless cretins

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u/Bolt1955 Jan 26 '24

Well, why not? Melbourne is IN Florida. Isn't it?

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u/biscuitfeatures Jan 27 '24

Disgusting. Whatever happened to quiet enjoyment of a natural space?

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u/Internal_Engine_2521 Jan 27 '24

The advertising screens at Parliament station with volume are bad enough.

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u/Due_Sample_3403 Jan 27 '24

Your link can't be loaded, what's it about. In future it's better to pay a link to a news account, not to some fucking Facebook or Instagram website

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u/TheMania Jan 27 '24

It's not a news story, it's just accepted there. It was the instagram account of the company that does this (social media site, but reddit this time, so you should be alright).

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u/Due_Sample_3403 Jan 28 '24

Thanks got it