In yet another story of essential workers being treated poorly, CNN reports that Miami-Dade County bus driver Miakeya Rolle was spat on when she told a passenger she should be wearing a mask.
According to the report, Rolle told a homeless woman she should be using a protective mask, and the woman responded by spitting on her and fleeing the bus. The incident reportedly took place on April 19.
It falls in line with a shooting at a McDonald’s and the shooting death of a Family Dollar Store security guard after coronavirus-safety related disputes.
Rolle told CNN she cleaned herself with Clorox wipes and hand sanitizer, and, when home, undressed outside and threw her uniform in the garbage.
But, she said, she hasn’t been able to get a good night’s rest since and hasn’t returned to work.
“That’s how I feed my family. But as of right now, I can’t do it,” she told CNN. “I’ve never had anything like that happen to me. I’m about to lose my mind.”
According to the report, Rolle’s story highlights new stresses and challenges the nation’s mass transit drivers face during the pandemic.
“I wake up every morning and if I don’t have a report of a fatality it’s like a good morning,” John Samuelsen, international president of the Transport Workers Union, told CNN Business. “That’s how crazy this is.”
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