Today we had a presentation on implementing Dabbawallah system in Chennai...went on very well..had got an A grade..but the matter of contention is this...
our strategy for transporting the lunch carriers to the nearest Railway station is through Bicycles, and the people who do this would be house maids in the particular locality, say for example for customers in Tambharam , the pereson in charge of that area would be a women who works as house maids in that area..thus she would know the area very well and would be having good contacts also.
Now there was a issue with women having to pedal a cycle with weight at the back...people in the class felt that women cannot pedal with heavy weight at the back. Actually, even if you assume that the tiffin boxes are going to weigh a Kg, then even with the target of 20 boxes per women, it would amount to just 20 Kgs.I felt that there shouldnot be difficulty pedaling 20 Kgs weight. Most people would have pedalled with their freinds, who would weigh around 50 Kgs.But the issue according to them was that there is difference in the effort required to pedal a human and a material of equal weight. This point I didnt agree...there can be no difference in effort when you have the same weight at the back.If at all, this can be the riders illusion and nothing else...now how does that sound?