Send Your Workaholic Friend To France Because A Baker Just Got Fined ₹2.3 Lakh For Working Too Much

Growing up, my father always fed me with the mantra- ‘work hard and reap the rewards.’ He would say that there is no shortcut to hard work. So I put in all my efforts and gave in even more than was expected from me. Well, it can’t be a bad thing can it? Sadly, not for this guy!

A baker in France, Cédric Vaivre was fined for being a workaholic. He kept his bakery open for all seven days of the week in the summer of 2017. However, to his shock was fined a little over Rs. 2,30,000 for this.

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Yes, I’ll let you process that. He was fined €3,000 for basically working too hard. What even?!

Vaivre is a baker from a small town of Lusigny-sur-Barse in northeastern France and according to Indian Express, the town has a law that imposes a weekly day off for all the workers.

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However, during the summers the place gets an influx of tourists. This is all thanks to the lakes nearby in the picturesque Orient Forest Regional Nature Park. To feed the tourists, the baker felt it wrong to keep his shop shut. Well, that and the fact that he wanted to make the best out of a profitable situation.

Even though the locals of the town loved Vaivre’s service, the authorities imposed a fine on him as he didn’t follow the rules. He does realise that he broke the law, but he didn’t expect to be paying such a hefty price for it, literally!

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He hopes that the fine will be reduced or cancelled. Reportedly, Lusigny’s Mayor Christian Branle and residents of the town have come together to fight against the verdict and have started a petition as well.

Talking about the incident, Mayor Branle said,

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“Let’s have some common sense, we’re in a small rural community with no other baker. Furthermore, his business is critical to the important tourist trade.”

So dear workaholics, next time you want to do overtime and come to the workplace on Sundays, think about the guy who got fined two lakh for working too much! Maybe that’ll keep you out of office for a while!

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