Grabbing love
For Nur Atiqah Mazlan, 30, and Mohd Afandi Mat Saat, 32, it was GrabFood that brought them together.
Atiqah pointed out that technically, they first crossed paths while working for competitor UberEats. In April last year, they bumped into each other three times in a day: first while delivering food to a condominium in Segambut, then while waiting at a riders’ pit-stop, and in the evening while picking up food in Bangsar.
“It felt like a sign,” she said, though they didn’t make a connection beyond trading polite greetings.
However, UberEats ceased operations in Malaysia shortly thereafter, prompting them to switch to GrabFood. By coincidence, they were added into the same work chat group by the Grab administrators.
In the group, Afandi posted about getting into an accident but not wanting to go to the hospital due to his fear of getting stitched up and being rendered unable to work.
Atiqah reached out to him privately, meaning to scold him for such reckless behaviour, but then noticed his profile photo seemed familiar. Remembering the time they met before, the two started chatting and hit it off.
Being busy riders, the couple didn’t have time to go to the movies or karaoke like other couples, instead making time to hang out at the same pit-stops to chat between food orders.
“I wasn’t looking to find a partner, I just wanted to work. While some of the riders (can be) quite naughty, being married but still wanting to get to know me, he’s the one that really looked out for me,” she revealed, adding that some of the other riders also poked fun of them for being a cute couple.
After getting to know each other for two months, the couple decided to take the plunge and got engaged last August. They also set a target for each partner to raise RM5,000 in five months for their wedding, but ended up exceeding their goal. Though both admit to being workaholics, they did take time off for their honeymoon, going to Langkawi for four days and three nights.
Part of the money raised also went to their pre-wedding photoshoot. As a nod to how they met, Atiqah chose to go with green-hued wedding outfits.
When their wedding photographer found out about their meet cute, he suggested they take it one step further and use their GrabFood delivery bags and motorcycles as props.
Now married, Atiqah has slowed down on her deliveries, taking more days off, though Affandi continues to ride full time.