Seeing that Peking University master's graduate delivering food, I feel the real issue isn't about "wasting education" or personal freedom at all.

In 2023, 11.58 million graduates entered the market, yet the total new job creation target was only 12 million for the entire year. And that's not even counting the 500,000 mid-level talents that internet giants "returned" to society.

The current employment pool is like a pressure cooker. Mid-level professionals with 3-5 years of experience are lowering salaries to compete for positions. HR budgets are fixed, so they naturally prioritize those who can contribute immediately. Fresh graduates? Their resumes might not even get opened.

In this context, food delivery becomes appealing for one thing: "certainty" - a rare commodity. No interviews needed, no networking required. Compared to the despair of sending 200 resumes with no response, the immediate feedback of earning a few dollars per delivery is far more anxiety-soothing.

But here's what's truly critical: it shatters the implicit agreement that "education = returns."

When someone who's been filtered through twenty years of education discovers that the optimal solution is actually manual labor, what's the point of studying?