Last modified on Tue 9 Mar 2021 13.26 EST
The bus driver, south of England
There’s a feeling that we’re being left out to dry
Passenger behaviour is getting worse as people get vaccinated. There are more people travelling because they think they’re safe now. One colleague was running late on his bus route recently; we [bus drivers] haven’t been running late for six months because there’ve been so few passengers
. After NHS and emergency services, people like ourselves and those in essential retail should be prioritised for a vaccine. There’s a feeling that we’re being left out to dry.
I’ve been sobbing in my cab
It used to feel good being “essential”, and I took pride in my work during the first lockdown, as scary as it was to be out driving. But this lockdown feels a lot more selfish, less caring of others. There are several passengers travelling multiple times of the day to go one or two stops, or travelling for 90 mins down to the seafront to walk around the block for seven minutes to then go straight back. The amount of people still travelling for no reason led one of my colleagues to ask: “Do you ever look a passenger in the eye and wonder if they are going to be your killer?”
Last modified on Thu 21 Jan 2021 23.36 EST
British shoppers who bought items from European websites are facing post-Brexit demands of more than £100 in import duties that must be paid before parcel firms will deliver the items.
Despite claims by Boris Johnson that there would be tariff-free trade after the Brexit transition period ended on 31 December, consumers who bought items from EU websites are being chased for import duties, VAT and admin fees â which, they say, render the purchase uneconomic.
Lisa Walpole, from Norfolk, has been told she must pay £121 to the parcels firm UPS for a £236 clothes order she made from the Norwegian website Onepiece.com, which specialises in premium jumpsuits. At the time of the order the company had promised free international delivery.