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Yesterday the government approved the use of QR codes for non-essential stores. Though it probably won't be implemented until the 15th. I can understand it, since the Dutch are stubborn and have a hard time following the rules. But it will cause a lot of stress. To be honest, I rather have a lockdown where we have to close the store again.
Since Saturday we have new rules. Non-essential businesses have to be closed between 5pm and 5am. So on weekdays we have to close an hour early, on Saturdays we already close at 5pm. The government refers to it as a "night lockdown", I'm not expecting it to help much.
I'm currently not liking to work. Too much stress. We constantly have to remind people of the rules; not park their bikes in front of the store (so there's space for people to wait outside), for customers to put their masks on and keep their distance from each other and asking people to wait outside when we've reached the maximum number of customers. All these rules are posted multiple times btw. At the end of some days I get annoyed with myself and I feel like a huge nag.
Last Saturday we had a customer shouting when we asked for proof of her not being able to wear a mask. Which is something we have to do by law (a lot of people who say they can't wear a mask don't have proof). When we asked her to leave she accused us of excluding her just because she can't wear a mask. No, we asked her to leave because of her behaviour. Luckily other customers agreed with us. The government has decided that if someone doesn't wear a mask in a store the store can get a warning, a €4000 fine or get closed for a period of time. The person not wearing the mask (unless they have proof the can't wear one) gets off free.
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