Demand for a pre-Saturday appointment at hair salons in Thessaloniki is high. It was preceded by the announcement of the new measures that require a rapid test to enter the specific stores. The increased demand for appointments is easily explained since Thessaloniki and Northern Greece generally have some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country.
According to thesstoday.gr, large waiting lists have been created in hairdressers in Thessaloniki by unvaccinated people who wish to make an appointment before Saturday, in order to-escape – even temporarily – the exit of the rapid test.
At the barber shop of Giannis Kottoulas that is housed on Delphi, after yesterday’s announcements of Thanos Plevris for the new measures that will be valid from Saturday, at least 30 people called to make an appointment on Thursday and Friday!
“The phone has not stopped ringing since yesterday afternoon. They took at least 30 people to make an appointment, most of them because they want to “prevent” the implementation of the measure “, the owner of the company stressed in ThessToday.gr, explaining at the same time that some were worried that the hairdressers-barbershops would be closed altogether.
Divert to answer all calls
A similar picture is presented in the business of Giannis Myronidis, on Voulgari Street, who explains to ThessToday.gr that he has diverted the store’s phone to his mobile phone, in order to cope with the appointments requested by customers for these days. “From yesterday afternoon until night, the phone rings incessantly from customers who want to make an appointment before Saturday.
“Apart from our regular customers, people who were outside our clientele are also calling, who are probably looking to make an appointment as soon as possible,” he said.
“Metro – tombstone”
Speaking to thesstoday.gr, president of the Association of Hairdressers and Barbers of Thessaloniki, Pavlos Kolovos describes the “tombstone” characterizes the new measure that provides entry with rapid test in hairdressers.
He states that he will revive the phenomenon with the. Suitcase and the illegal provision of services at home. “This measure is the worst for our industry. It is a measure that essentially closes us and forces all clients to go to the homes of itinerant hairdressers.
“Who will pay for a rapid test to get a haircut?” He asked, referring to the “tombstone of our businesses”.
In fact, Mr. Kolovos points out the fact that no corresponding measures were taken for the supermarkets or the churches, on the contrary, the political decisions concern companies that were “hit” more during the first and the second lockdown. “They leave the supermarkets that have huge turnovers every day and punish the hairdressers. It is unacceptable”.
Source: thesstoday.gr
