To most of us that night in February 2018, it was the Beast from the East, but to one impatient householder waiting on his takeaway order, it was going to be the Feast from the East: a chicken jalfrezi with pilau rice, two naan bread and a side of pickles.
Not even the sight of the delivery driver who’d braved the heavy snow to bring it to him and was now shivering on his doorstep holding the precious food in his outstretched hands could melt his heart.
“If it’s cold, I ain’t paying,” he grumbled, taking the bag. As the man made to slam shut his front door, his wife and daughter appeared at his side and peered at the ashen-faced driver.
“Oh my God, that’s the man who rescued us just now when our car broke down in the snow!” exclaimed the woman.
“He picked us up and took us as close to home as he could before he had to make his next delivery,” said her daughter. “He’s a hero!”
Humbled by the driver’s act of kindness and shamed by his rudeness, the man began to apologise. Too late: like all the best heroes, the takeaway driver, Brian Loughans, hadn’t waited for thanks but instead was making his way back through the Arctic blizzard to his car, his mind set on ferrying another curry to a starving customer sprawled in front of their gas fire.
Happily, Brian’s dedication and Good Samaritan performance did not go unrewarded. Last December, at a glittering awards ceremony held at London’s Savoy Hotel, the 82-year-old beat five other finalists to be named Best Takeaway Delivery Driver in Britain.
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we need more of these
dedication to customer service is the way to get business, i do think though this guy deserves a slightly better car though if hes going to start travelling 100 miles plus!!
Clutch....
Seems not to bothered about slipping the Clutch either, but this job at his time of life is what keeps him going, I hope I’m like him in his approach to later life....
Peter Cavellini wrote:
Well, well, well...xxxx under another name...your comment on the Bernie story, 2 May 2020, feature a not dissimilar wish about your old age. Why wait, try to take his approach to life on board NOW. :)
One of the few...
There are Drivers like him up and down the Land, and like him at 82 keep him going, busy, something to do in there twilight years.