During the weekend, the classic question arose at family dinners and together with friends: what do we ask? But the answer was marked by doubt: in the city of Buenos Aires, delivery applications are suspended and many Buenos Aires are dispensing with a young woman - although quickly adopted - custom 4.0.On Friday, Judge Roberto Gallardo, in charge of the Court of Contentious Administrative and Tax Fair No. 2, ordered the temporary cessation of the activity due to non-compliance with judicial decisions.The measure was requested by the Trade Union Association of Motorcyclists Messengers and Services (Asimm) and allows the Police to seize the goods transported by all employees of the three firms until they "fully respect the legal and judicial requirements."While the Platform Personnel Association (APP), a group that was born among Rappi cyclists, points out "the only result of the ban is more clandestinity and more precariousness." And they added: "It is not the solution to our claims. We want labor rights and leave us without work."Another garrison was added to the dish of job insecurity: the crack, in the middle of the electoral campaign, spiced up the discussion about these new forms of work. In fact, Gallardo is credited with sympathy with Kirchnerism.In the last hours, the head of Buenos Aires Government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, strongly criticized the magistrate and defended the service provided by delivery companies."One thing is that we work to see how these new options that appear with technology are regulated, but another is to ban it and leave a line of people on the street, just with the need for work," he questioned.In this sense, several businesses surveyed by iProUP account for low sales and the presence of fewer cyclists in their premises since the measure was imposed, who in addition to losing deals are the most affected in the case of being reached by the police inspection.NosediveAccording to the delivery companies, there are about 12,000 affiliated stores and more than 20,000 delivery companies that use their services in the Federal Capital. The vast majority of these stores did not have their own motorcycle and based their business on these new services, while the rest added to the applications to reach more customers.According to the survey conducted by iProUP, since the decision of Justice lowered at least 40% the orders made through the app. And in some shops, practically, the shipments were null through these platforms."There are not so many distributors. Orders dropped 40% and 45% of our business is through the app," they say to iProUP from a local in My Neighborhood, a hamburger chain with a strong activity in Glovo and whose expansion of Branches was based on the application.In this way, the store dispatches about 100 orders - which increases to 150 on weekends - average, which were reduced to about 60. A trend that was repeated in other gastronomic chains.From the Sushi Club branch in Palermo, they assure iProUP that "the orders were lowered by at least 40%" over the weekend and they add that since they have only one motorcycle of their own, "people prefer not to place the order because of the delay."A competitor, also from the Palermo neighborhood, confirms the 40% decline over the weekend and adds that the figure climbed to 65% on Monday and Tuesday."We are complicated because the apps serve us. Before we reached customers of up to 15 blocks and we delivered it in 40 minutes. Now, with a Rappi we can send it as soon as it leaves and we go further," they point out from the premises.For its part, the Kentucky pizzeria in Palermo Hollywood estimates that the number of orders "fell between 40% or 50%." And they emphasize that in other places of the chain the same thing happened. His competitor and neighbor opposite, Bakano, accuses a 40% decline.Another item that saw their deals "frozen" was the ice cream parlors. The premises of Pérsicco de Parque Las Heras confirms to iProUP a drop that is around 50%. "On average, we have 25 orders per day. And yesterday (Monday) we had none," they add.The same happened with Tino, an emblematic artisan ice cream shop in the Centennial Park area, which combines its own bikes with the OrdersYa service. "It fell by half, about 30 orders per day now we have about 15 through the app," they say from the store.But in other businesses, the decline was even more pronounced. The Palermo Premium Cachito grill, confides to iProUP that they are almost not receiving orders through the applications after the judicial suspension."It went down a lot. As a reference, we had 20 orders per day, now we have 2 or 3. Since the ruling was announced, the demand comes like this every day," they complete from the premises.According to industry sources consulted by iProUP, in these four days since the measure is in force, between 30,000 and 40,000 shipments were lost which, considering an average ticket of $ 500, would be equivalent to a reduction in billing of up to $ 20 million. To this must be added $ 2 million that did not go to the pockets of the dealers in commissions.Delivery men in the spotlightFrom APP, the union for platform workers that brings together the riders of Rappi, Glovo and OrdersYa, ensure that the ruling hit the streets hard."There were fewer dealers who took to the streets for fear of having their things taken out. For example, in various parts of the city, the police stop them and squat their backpacks," they detail iProUP from the entity.In that sense, they stress that "they are chasing them a lot." That led many distributors to choose to go to work without the uniforms of these companies, to avoid being identified.The City Police, meanwhile, confirmed to iProUP that the operations are being carried out "so that the police deployment is not altered so as not to affect the security of the neighbors."Strictly speaking, there are 6 points in the Capital where you bet every day, from 11 to 14 and from 20 to 24, the time slots of highest delivery demand.The authorities have the order to identify them and check that they have a helmet on, a refractory vest, the fixed box to the motorcycle or bike and not a backpack and have a sanitary pad.According to the agency, "they are identified and the box with food is kidnapped, but they are not stopped."Gallardo's ruling also puts a barrier to payments. The magistrate ordered Visa, Mastercard, Orange Card and American Express Argentina to arrange for the immediate suspension and blocking of their operations with delivery apps.For now, payments are still standing. For Rappi only, the cards represent 60% of your total billing; However, the three "big ones" of the delivery are prepared to operate 100% with cash if the situation requires it.With respect to the shops, the lawyer Solana de Diego affirms to iProUP that this measure represents a lost profit for the restaurants. "These services allow the promotion of SMEs, small businesses and businesses that had to close but use the app to continue selling," he says.According to labor lawyer Juan Carlos Cerutti, merchants "can be presented in the file through a chamber that groups them and claim as third parties the damage that is causing them and propose a different measure."Likewise, De Diego remarks that "there are three independent persons, who have no employment but commercial ties", so he criticizes that "an administrative judge comes who has no power to determine what he arranged to stop working and that the police chase riders as if they were criminals. "At this point, Cerutti tells iProUP that "cyclists transport food in a legal and massive way, without having the bromatological care imposed by the city, which is what Gallardo does" and adds: "I don't know if he has the competence to the Police check if they have ART or security elements. "As they do on board their bicycles, the delivery men face another obstacle to overcome: judicial matters. And they hope that - with the same speed of their deals - a new labor legislation will arrive that will rescue them from the legal vacuum of their activity.