EXCLUSIVE Truth about your takeaway drivers. You thoughtlessly open your door to these masked strangers when they drop off your food - so SUE REID asked hers a simple question. What she found is deeply disquieting
What I found strange about the delivery bikers arriving at my door was that I could never see their faces.
They were invariably masked in motorbike helmets, with only their eyes showing and, apart from a Canadian girl who apologised for arriving late with my Thai takeaway, were all male and spoke very little English.
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