He didn’t even really take the time to think about it. When the announcement of the extension of the health pass fell, the decision of Patrice, restaurateur in the Strasbourg area, was taken. “My reaction was simple: I cut off the information and decided not to apply this ‘segregation'”, he says, installed on his terrace hidden by a wooden gate.
Three weeks later, his radical opinion has not changed. Like some of his colleagues, he will not apply the health pass, supposed to apply from August 9 to cafes, bars and restaurants, after its extension to public places accommodating more than 50 people. The Constitutional Council must still deliver its opinion on the bill on August 5.
Lack of staff
“I am not a policeman”, continues Patrice. “You sort people out, do you realize? You yes, you no, it’s not possible! It’s like I’m telling them ‘if you don’t earn more than 5,000 euros, you don’t come home’ . It’s total nonsense, we walk on the head. “
A health pass that Patrice refuses in principle, but also for lack of arms. “If in front of my door I have a car with five heavy men, do you think I’m going to stop them?”, the restaurateur gets carried away. “I don’t have time to do this, who’s going to cook my cordon bleu? I’m going to call the police, but they’re going to tell me that she doesn’t have time, that she has other things to do. if I’m ready to let in the barracks, I’ll do the same with the little grandma who wants to have fun. “
Ready to go “to jail”
Patrice also considers that all barrier gestures are well applied in his establishment, and that is enough.“We respected the more than a meter distance between the tables, we have the masks, the gel. Customers understand all that, even those who are vaccinated put on the mask when they move. We are super disciplined!”, recalls the restaurateur.
“If we solve the basic problem, by giving real concrete help to hospital staff, and if we see that it still does not work, then I will comply with the instructions for confinement, health pass, or even compulsory vaccination “, Patrice, restaurateur near Strasbourg
And it’s not the fine, up to 1,500 euros in the event of an inspection, that will deter him. “If from the 9th I am an outlaw and if the police come to give me a plum, I will take a lawyer. We will go to the fight”, says Patrice. “If I have to go to jail, I’ll go to jail. All this because I will have fed my fellow citizens. It’s complete delirium!“The restaurant owner will not require his staff to present a health pass, as required at the end of August.
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