Friday, July 23, 2010

The wise men of Gotham

Sometimes the Swiss legal system astonishes me: Yesterday the federal court (highest juridiction body of the country) decided that shops at gas stations are no longer allowed to sell certain groceries for 24 hours a day. This was to protect the staff so they don't have to work 24 hour shifts. The problem is that the gas stations are still allowed to sell gas 24 hours per day and to operate their Bistrot and Cafe corners. In other words they still sell sandwiches, bread, drinks and sweets. They are just not allowed to sell Spaghetti or Rice... So the staff will still have to work 24 hour shifts for the shops that stay open 24 hours a day. Makes a lot of sense, not so?

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