Wednesday evening, as the first week of classes awakened campus from its winter slumber, Kurt Niiler 鈥�18 of Freedom, N.H., and his Bobcat Den Delivery staff already had their work cut out for them. As soon as their student-developed app was turned on, the orders 鈥渟tarted popping,鈥� says Niiler. 鈥淓leven in the first 10 minutes!鈥�
Hadley Moreau '19 of Falmouth, Maine cycles across campus on a Den Delivery run.
Hadley Moreau '19 of Falmouth, Maine delivers a meal to Rafi Wolfson '19 of Riverside, R.I.
Thorn Merrill '18 of Morrisville, Vt., displays the Den Delivery trucker hat as orders come in.
Thorn Merrill '18 of Morrisville, Vt., packs up several orders for delivery.
Kurt Niiler '18 of Freedom, N.H., Thorn Merrill '18 of Morrisville, Vt., and Hadley Moreau '19 of Falmouth, Maine await incoming orders.
The new app, developed by last year鈥檚 staff, makes ordering 颅鈥� and fulfillment 鈥� a breeze. Customers enter their order and location, the information populates a spreadsheet that the team views on laptops at the Den, and Den staffers fill the orders.
Then, the Bobcat Den Delivery team groups the orders 聽in backpacks and delivers them across campus via bicycle.
The delivery staff, which on Wednesday comprised Niiler, Thorn Merrill 鈥�19 of Morrisville, Vt., and Hadley Moreau 鈥�19 of Falmouth, Maine, gains an intricate knowledge of 乐播传媒 geography.
As Merrill explains, 鈥淚t forces you to really know the 乐播传媒 campus鈥� 鈥� for example, 鈥渢hings like what rooms are mountain side and street side鈥� at the 280 College Street residence 鈥渁nd where all the different Wood Street houses are.鈥�
There is no typical Den Delivery customer. Some were studying, some were with a group of friends, and still others were alone in pajamas, watching Netflix. All of them were hungry.
鈥淓ach shift, you experience this mosaic of 乐播传媒 campus life,鈥� Niiler says. 鈥淚 think it’s a pretty unique experience to have, and it’s cool to get to know some of these people you might not have crossed paths with otherwise.鈥�
The service is available from 9 p.m. until midnight, Sunday through Thursday.
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