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Author	Torran_Toi
Comment	> Why are we waiting for the government to announce closures of things rather than just stopping doing them? Money. I can't speak for every industry, but for us taxi drivers the situation is fucking horrible. Until I actually get sick or until the government officially tell me to stay off work, I need to keep on working or I won't qualify for financial assistance. I have big weekly bills to cover (weekly taxi rent of £165) and have been told by the rental people that I can only get 2 weeks free by using up my usual holiday allowance if I need to self isolate (give the car back for 2 weeks). This means I need to use the allowance carefully. I can't use it in advance of getting sick because it won't be there if I actually do get sick later on. Being self employed, I'll only qualify for peanuts and the amount being given does not cover the weekly rent. So, I'm going to need the SSP or whatever just to live (food and things) while using my 2 weeks holiday allowance on the car rent. So, the way things are, taxi drivers need to keep transporting people in a 4 foot wide hot-box, hoping they don't catch it, but full well knowing that catching it is probably inevitable. We need to keep chugging on until we get it or be told to self isolate or we go bust. I'd love to be able to just take myself off the road until it's all over. Not just for my own health, but for everybody that gets in the car. Taxis will be spreading this virus about. We just can't afford to do that though. Unless the government comes out and says they will pay our bills, then out to work we go.
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Created	Sat 14th Mar 2020 8:17pm
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> Why are we waiting for the government to announce closures of things rather than just stopping doing them?

Money. I can't speak for every industry, but for us taxi drivers the situation is fucking horrible.

Until I actually get sick or until the government officially tell me to stay off work, I need to keep on working or I won't qualify for financial assistance. I have big weekly bills to cover (weekly taxi rent of £165) and have been told by the rental people that I can only get 2 weeks free by using up my usual holiday allowance if I need to self isolate (give the car back for 2 weeks). This means I need to use the allowance carefully. I can't use it in advance of getting sick because it won't be there if I actually do get sick later on.

Being self employed, I'll only qualify for peanuts and the amount being given does not cover the weekly rent. So, I'm going to need the SSP or whatever just to live (food and things) while using my 2 weeks holiday allowance on the car rent.

So, the way things are, taxi drivers need to keep transporting people in a 4 foot wide hot-box, hoping they don't catch it, but full well knowing that catching it is probably inevitable. We need to keep chugging on until we get it or be told to self isolate or we go bust.

I'd love to be able to just take myself off the road until it's all over. Not just for my own health, but for everybody that gets in the car. Taxis will be spreading this virus about. We just can't afford to do that though. Unless the government comes out and says they will pay our bills, then out to work we go.