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Vauxhall Bus Station. London. UK. April 14, 2020.Bus driver Jacqi Rhoden ."I am going into my 9th year driving buses.I love the job, but it does have its tedious moments. The worst thing is confrontations with one of two controllers, most of them are fine. Its an attitude problem -they look down on drivers, we are just doing our job and I dont like being talked down to. We are the eyes of the road, we should be listened to, wes hould be working as a team. ..The virus is very scary to be working during these times. Some days we are given wipes, and gels or if they are in stock rubber gloves, but I bring my own. Protective materials are available ‘if its there'- but really it should be a standard thing enforced every day. ..Since Monday ( April 20) they have enforced using the back door only, but that should have been from the start. Its taken deaths for them to open their eyes- its not a joke this is really happening...I dont think we are being told the full picture here about drivers deaths, its a guessing game - a stat is thrown out there and it becomes like Chinese whispers , its never the full 100% truth...(Talking about Stockwell garage) Its like a family- everyone is made to feel welcome there, its a good multi-cultural garage. I just ove the environment, staff from other garage when they come to do overtime all say its a really different atmosphere, nobody feels excluded, its all nationalities- African, Polish, Pakistani, Irish , Jamaican- all nationalities and everyone is made to feel welcome there."..General Intro Text:.There were 2.2 billion journeys on London's buses in the year to March 2019, far more than the 1.37 billion in the same period on the London Underground. Although service frequencies have been substantially cut during the pandemic, London's bus network still reaches further than other modes of public transport into the peripheral estates that house many critical workers. ..Yet drivers faced management's reluctance to make changes i (KEYSTONE/VII Photo/Seamus Murphy)