boingboing rssfeedsspamassassintaintorg url httpboingboingnet85494359 date supplied amazing story dabba wallahs indias 112yearold mealdelivery system outdoes fedex using pictograms bicycles largely illiterate wellcompensated deliverypeople part tiffin distribution process every day meals picked commuters homes mumbai long commuters left work delivered time picked delivered home commuters return tiffin carrier painted top number symbols identify carrier picked originating destination stations address delivered tiffin carriers picked taken nearest railway station sorted according destination station destination station unloaded dabba wallahs resorted time according street address floor 80 kg crates carriers carried dabba wallahs heads handwagons cycles delivered 1230 pm picked 130 pm returned came system relies multiple relays dabba wallahs single tiffin box may change hands three times journey home office link1 discuss2 _thanks tom_ 1 httpinnewsyahoocom020920431vfdwhtml 2 httpwwwquicktopiccomboinghh96nazc8ptyq thu 26 sep 2002 151143 0000 dabba wallahs indias mealdelivery fedex