I had the most terrible experience with driving miss Daisy in Vancouver yesterday. I needed a taxi for doctor appointment and I choose Driving Miss Daisy because I hoped that it would be safer than the regular ones. It turned out that it was worst. The lady driver was very nice and she was a very good driver. However she was completely unaware of the seriousity of Covid 19 and her responsibility as a professional.
She often put her mask under her nose in the car and constantly came too close to me despite my repeated request to stay away. She also insisted to follow me everywhere I went and then she dissappeared causing confusion. I fell when I was looking for her, injured my ancle, hurt my back and my one knee was bleeding causing an extra risk for Covid. I still have pain from neck to toe today and my knee is still hurting.
But the worst thing the driver did was taking the mask down because it made vapour in her eyeglasses. This problem had been solved one year ago when Covid had started. She has a wrong mask without a wire or she uses it in a wrong way putting other peoples lives at risk. There was a divider in the car but it had big holes and wouldnt prevent the virus coming from her nose to my face. If she has Covid 19, she sure gave it to me yesterday. I hope not.
The driving lady had very good intentions to help me but she unnecessarily came close to me. For example when I opened my door there she was waiting for me only one foot away, and when she dropped me off she put her head into the car to pick up my bags to help me while I was still sitting in the car. It was just too close. When I was leaving she wanted to give the bags into my hands. I had to tell her to leave the bags on the ground and back off which she did but most of the time there was only 3 feet between us. The driver never obeyed the six feet distance rule.
Today I am exhousted from the stress caused by the unprofessional and unsafe treatment by the driver and I am taking it easy because of the pain in my whole body. I am glad my bones are not brocken.
If there was no Covid, the driver would be wonderful, perfect for the job. Nice kind very helpful. But putting the mask down, coming constantly too close when it was not necessary and following me everywhere by close distance as if we were family members was extremely risky, stressful and annoying for me. read more