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There is a fair chance our government is going to require non essential shops to check the corona pass of customer, so that only vaccinated, recovered or tested customers can come in.
This will mean for our little store that we have to work with a closed door and customers have to ring a doorbell so we can come and check their code. Because it just isn't practical for one of us to stand outside/at the door all day to check QR codes.
We have an outside door, then a small entry way and then the shop door. When the shop's open the outside door is open. Currently there is no lock on the shop door. I'm all for putting a simple slide on the shop door, so we open and close it if a customer wants to enter and exit. The local hardware store has those for a couple of Euros. But my father wants to do it the hard way. Last night he was talking about a lock that will automatically lock when you close the door (it has push bars, not a handle). So when a customer exits the store they can unlock the lock themselves and it was lock when it's closed.
Knowing my father he will now have decided he wants a system that we can push a button to unlock the door (though we still have to go to the door to check the QR code).
Which is all nice, but it's a lot more expensive and more difficult to install. Plus you get the situation that when a customer enters or exits another customer might try to slip in before the door closes/locks. If one of us is at the door that's more easily preventable than when we're at the counter. Chances are we will end up with the outside door closed and we still have to go open it for customers (when you close it you need a key to open it from the outside).
On the one hand I can understand why the government wants to implement this measure. On the other hand I'm not looking forward to the inevitable discussion and arguments. It's already difficult enough to get the customers to stay 1.5 meters apart and wear their face mask (properly).
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