Only when the wheels keep turning can money come in little by little. This “hard money” way makes taxi drivers like putting on “red dance shoes”, and they can’t stop on the road. It has been estimated that the working hours of taxi drivers are 585 working days a year (220 working days per year for ordinary employees except for normal holidays). Taxi drivers have to work for more than two and a half years for others. Most taxi drivers suffer from various degrees of lumbar muscle strain, cervical spondylosis, stomach disease, prostate disease and other diseases. The investigation of relevant institutions shows that taxi drivers have become the main part of the sub-health population in China.
① “in the past, I didn’t get sick even if I drank raw water, but now I have diarrhea all the time”
Xiao Li, the driver of Nanjing Zhongbei company, said: “I have been driving for five years. In the past, I was a very strong young man. I ate a few pieces of fat meat every day, sometimes drank raw water when I was thirsty, and never got sick. Now I sit in the car for more than ten hours. My body is getting weaker and weaker, and I often have diarrhea. My waist circumference is twice as thick as in the past, but my legs are getting thinner and thinner. I get out of the car at home and float. I am too tired to say a word every day after I finish my shift. I usually rush to my mouth After a few bites of rice, he went to bed. I’ve had pain near my stomach and liver for a long time, and I don’t have time to go to the hospital for examination.
② “I always eat standing when I go home”
“People in our line of work should respond to that saying. Today they will ‘trade their lives for money’ and tomorrow they will ‘trade their lives for money’. You see, by 3:00 p.m., the steamed rice they bought this morning has not been eaten yet. If someone waves, they will never want to eat.” Lao Wang has been driving taxis for more than ten years. There are not many brothers who drive taxis at the same time with him in Nanjing until now, and many people have changed careers. In Lao Wang’s words, driving a taxi “is simply not a life for people.” I stay in the car all day, and I want to stand when I get off the car. Don’t be surprised, I always eat standing when I go home for dinner. When I have a high fever, I can’t stand it, so I go to a small hospital to hang water. During the day, the wheels of the car have to turn, because I have to pay to the company every day. ” Lao Wang said that taxi drivers are actually overdrawing their health. Most of them neglect exercise and need regular physical examination.
③ “when both husband and wife drive, the family becomes a dormitory”
When I interviewed Ms. Chen, it was late at night. When I came out of the newspaper office, I saw her car guarding at a junction. Ms. Chen’s skin is dark, and she is thin and small. “During a physical examination, the doctor said that Helicobacter pylori in my stomach exceeded the normal value by tens of times. Let me treat it quickly. How can I have time to rest?” Ms. Chen is very pleasant, “I usually have a little stomachache, and I don’t take it seriously. I didn’t expect that my stomach disease would be so serious. My husband drove a taxi for two years first. In order to pay off the loan for buying a car as soon as possible, he didn’t find a second driver. It didn’t take long for him to die, and his blood pressure also went up. Now I’ve also learned to drive, and my husband drives in shifts. My husband can’t bear to ‘carry’ me, so I drive the night shift. One day and one night, they can’t stay together and are tired. The children can’t care about me, Taken by parents, the home has become a dormitory. Every day before I leave the car, I have to prepare my husband’s dinner for the evening. After a busy day, I can make up for it by eating it at night. “
④ “as soon as it’s hot, I have a headache and feel my brain coming out.”
Mr. Song, who has 20 years of taxi driving experience, said that he suffered from stomach and respiratory diseases due to driving. Because he never ate on time and worked in the polluted air for a long time, his throat often felt uncomfortable, as well as stomach disease, back pain, prostatic hypertrophy and hemorrhoids. “I often feel hard to breathe, cough and headache when I soak in the exhaust gas of cars all over the street. However, in order to earn money, I drive for an average of 14 hours a day. I stay in a small car all day, and my lower body is exhausted. The doctor said that the problem of prostate gland is related to often holding back urine. In traffic jams, we can only hold back urine. We can’t find a toilet where we can park in the urban area, and we can’t stop where there is a toilet. In this way, the genitals are under pressure Yes, it causes prostate disease. In addition, I can’t eat and defecate normally because I always sit like this, and I have hemorrhoids. Many of our old drivers have this disease. We don’t have time to exercise. Maybe it’s related to our weak health awareness. Sometimes we get out of the car and do some simple stretching exercises after driving for a long time. When I came home from work, I either went down after dinner or found some old brothers to drink some wine to relieve their fatigue. I fell asleep watching the TV. To tell you the truth, due to fatigue, my wife and I seldom stay together, which makes her suspicious. “
⑤ “we have to repay, support our family, be careful not to be hit by people and cars on the road, and be punished by the traffic police… We are under great pressure”
I am 35 years old, Xiao Wang, a driver with “three highs”, said: “Young people like us, who started from scratch and have no one to subsidize, are under even greater pressure. First of all, they have to pay off the car, pay off the company’s’ rent ‘every day, and support their families. They are under great mental pressure and dare not get sick. The doctor writes a note and puts it in their pocket. Although my arms are big and round, my body is very weak. I was only 35 years old, and was found to have high blood pressure, high blood fat and high blood sugar. I make do with my breakfast and lunch every day, and return home from work in the evening, My wife cooked a table of good dishes and had a big appetite. Can you avoid getting sick after so much trouble? I don’t have time to go to the hospital for physical examination at ordinary times, because I am the pillar of my family, and I can only earn money desperately. Running on the road for many years, we can’t take care of our home at all, so most of the drivers’ families don’t go to work, and the burden of family is on our shoulders without turning back. “
⑥ “I climb the mountain every morning and then drive out”
This is one of the few drivers with exercise plans I met in the interview. He told me: “Two years ago, like all my peers, I put my daily income in the first place. Until one day, I was admitted to the hospital with hepatitis. I thought it must be because my body’s resistance dropped and I ate everywhere. Later, my brother who drove was young and ‘left’ gave me a lot of stimulation. I began to find a suitable exercise method. Every morning, I drove to the foot of Zijin Mountain and then began to spend half an hour climbing the mountain. I I can obviously feel much better now. I really want to say to my colleagues, don’t overdraw your health.
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