Equine eats: horse-riding Chinese man incurs wrath of food delivery platform despite warm welcome on streets of Sydney
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A Chinese-Australian man who plied his trade on horseback has been banned by a food delivery platform despite his unusual service being warmly welcomed by the community in which he works.
A short video of 23-year-old Stanley Chen wearing an Uber Eats jacket and carrying a delivery backpack as he rides a black horse through the streets of suburban eastern Sydney has gone viral online.
The clip was viewed 3 million times in the four days after it was uploaded by a pedestrian on the social media app TikTok in the middle of April, according to the news outlet 7News.
“Definitely a lot of head turns. A lot of dropped jaws and people wanting to pat the horse as well,” Chen was quoted as saying about the response of people he met.
However, despite the popularity of his equine delivery system, Chen had his access to the Uber Eats platform blocked.