“My first client, at the opening, was a gentleman who brought me seven watches to be repaired, all of which broke down during confinement”, laughs Jean-François Nilles, owner of the Orphéo jewelry store, instead in the woods. Even if the real reopening of all businesses will take place on Tuesday, May 12, a few brave men like him were able to activate their “metallic curtain” again yesterday. After fifty-five days, the mechanism, like the habits, was necessarily a bit seized, but a little elbow grease and it starts again. However, all of them had to put in place protocols to enforce barrier gestures and social distancing. The world before is not yet for tomorrow. Small stroll in the city center.
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“Don’t let customers hesitate to come back to us”
Sandrine Jean, the owner of Déli’S Café, in Capuchin, offers take-out: “Don’t let customers hesitate to come back to us. We are waiting for them, and we are ready to welcome them in the most secure way possible. “She says she injected” for almost € 1,000 in sanitary equipment. “
At the Leclerc Cultural Center, still at the Capuchins, it is not on the books that customers are thrown, but on the latest Switch console. “During confinement, it was offered for 100 € more on the internet,” says Sébastien Porzi, the new director, who is delighted that “90% of people come masked. ”
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A time to stay warm at home…
Estelle and Véronique were also hard at work this Monday in the Marionnaud des Capucins perfumery, where a customer journey was carried out, with the obligation to wash their hands with hydroalcoholic gel before entering. No question, however, to touch the products, which have been placed under a plastic film.
Tam, from Le Phénix restaurant, rue de Jemmapes, reopened yesterday, but only offers take-out meals. “During confinement, extramural people did not dare to move. Now, I hope they will come back. But frankly, today (yesterday), it’s too cold, it’s not a time to deconfinate, rather to stay at home, warm. »Chiche, shall we go back?
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