When Amelia Perrin was in the queue at Pret during lockdown last year, she was humiliated by a stranger for clearing her throat.
The man, who assumed she had coronavirus, shouted at her to ‘get away’ in front of other customers, which almost brought her to tears.
While she hasn’t experienced many confrontations since leaving school, it is one instance where she felt unable to explain herself, and instead, apologised.
