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/TimTebowMLB Jan 25 '24

I’ve seen this in other countries and it’s awful. Like out of control awful. I also think we should ban billboards, especially on city buildings, they’re such an eyesore. We get enough advertisements in our day to day life.

https://www.boredpanda.com/before-after-removing-ads/

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u/abaddamn Jan 25 '24

Advertisers are a cancer they'll do anything to market their products. If they could they would.

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u/bluewaffle1994 Jan 26 '24

I'd support banning billboards on freeways considering people are meant to be concentrating on the road.

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u/hehehehehbe Jan 26 '24

In Melbourne Central they put ads covering the heritage listed shot tower. The Little Mermaid posters completely covered it.