In praise of delivery drivers – those unsung, everyday heroes

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In praise of delivery drivers – those unsung, everyday heroes
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A delivery tossed through a first-floor window hit the headlines this week, but meanwhile many drivers’ acts of derring do are going unheralded

Delivery drivers get a bad rap. OK, yes, they leave packages in the strangest places: in bins, under parked cars, with “neighbours” who live several miles away. They throw them over fences into gardens or, in the case of one driver in Leicestershire this week, through an open upstairs window. But everyone knows that is because they are so short of time and so badly paid they have to take shortcuts. Blame the system, not the driver.

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