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For God’s sake, open up, the tradesmen are praying

“Self-employed people are people who are not afraid to take risks. But they simply could not count on such effects. They are all the more annoyed that some regulations are missing
logic. Why could dogs be groomed, but not their owners? ”Asks Josef Jaroš, the leader of the project We support the craft of the Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Tradesmen of the Czech Republic.

The government will decide tomorrow on the possible opening of shops and restaurants on Monday and the relaxation of other measures against the spread of coronavirus. “It is unfortunate that the government will decide again from day to day,” thinks Lenka Homolková, a hairdresser from Kostelec nad Černými lesy.

When she had to close her business during the spring wave of the pandemic, she only found out about it from a police patrol.

Let’s go twelve, it’ll be a piece of cake

hairdresser from Černošice

Now he is worried about what it will be like with the opening, when the Minister of Health Jan Blatný himself (for YES) announced on Thursday evening that the opening is fifty to fifty. And no one will estimate for how long and whether the third wave of bans will not come in a moment.

“I’ve already prepared things for Christmas at home, because when it opens, there will be such a rush that I won’t be able to pursue anything. Let’s go twelve, it’ll be a piece of cake. The bosses call me more and more clients, they are already desperate, they need a haircut, “says hairdresser Míša from Černošice.

When it opens, the pubs are also watching with tension. Almost 90 percent of pubs and restaurants will start operating as soon as the government allows them, according to a survey of Plzeňský Prazdroj on a sample of 8,200 companies. Two percent of pubs will probably remain closed permanently, some want to postpone the opening until they can offer services without restrictions.

A large part of the pubs used the closure of operations to modify interiors or to prepare novelties in the offer. “We feel a great determination from the interviews with the pubs,” confirms Tomáš Mráz, Sales Director of Plzeňský Prazdroj.

People now have to make do with dispensers. They often have no place to eat lunch.

Photo: Petr Hloušek, Právo

“I’m looking forward to opening more than Christmas. And I know from the people who come to us for a draft beer in the dispensing window that they enjoy even more than we do, “says Simon Balonek, a tap restaurant at U Kruhu Prague. They adapted the toilets, laid a new floor at the bar, oiled the beams of the historic ceiling, painted in the outdoor garden.

“Guests are already making non-binding reservations for December, even though they know that nothing is final,” says Yvona Schulzová from Radegastovna Aura in Ostrava. Here they bought new dishes. In the Tusto restaurant in Brno, they newly pulled chairs and painted tables.
According to Prazdroj’s spokesman Zdeněk Kovář, pubs and restaurants have prepared disinfection at entrances and toilets, they will regularly treat tables and disinfect interiors, they will thoroughly clean glass, dishes and technology.

It does not seem fair to me that it is only on Sunday that they decide whether to let us open on Monday or not

bookstore owner

“The final cleaning of the beer pipes will be carried out before opening so that the beer line is in the best condition and customers receive fresh beer,” he assures.

The owner of the Leamos bookstore in Leamos, Zuzana Drhličková, is also determined to open it on Monday. “It will not be easy because we are still concentrating
For processing orders remotely, we have books delivered in piles for the e-shop. But we are able to prepare over the weekend, “she told Práva.

She is annoyed that the government is letting small businesses live in insecurity. “It doesn’t seem fair to me that they will decide on Sunday whether to let us open on Monday or not. If we knew it on Wednesday or Thursday, it would be much easier for us, “she added.

Betting companies, for example, are also ready for the possible opening of their branches on Monday. If the government decides on Sunday to move to the third level in the anti-epidemic system (PES), they will open an overwhelming majority.

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