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Aargau is taking action and introducing the strictest mask regime in Switzerland. From Tuesday at 6 pm, all visitors to the bar and club must wear a mask. Even sitting. “There is a very high risk of infection”, justified the decision of the doctor of the canton Yvonne Hummel (50).
But it’s not just the mask requirement that causes a stir. The number of guests in the bars and clubs was also limited to 50 people. BLICK went on a pub crawl at Baden AG on Tuesday evening and quickly realized: the new measures are not well received by the hosts. “We are very disappointed,” Christian Schneitter (34), managing director of Bar Laden 5, tells BLICK. He knows: “This has far-reaching consequences for us.”
“It’s just laughable”
Nicole Brack (44), boss of the Walter Bar, can only shake her head: “It is completely incomprehensible to me. Yes, just ridiculous. “What bothers them the most is the distinction between bar and restaurant.
Restaurants are excluded from the new regulation, as confirmed to VIEW by Michel Hassler, Head of Communication of the Department of Health and Social Affairs of the Canton of Aargau. “The new measures apply to bars and clubs. In restaurants no mask is required while seated. In the other establishments, which can be a cafeteria during the day and a bar at night, we have to look at the individual cases. The concepts are fluid in practice. “
Beizerin Brack cannot understand that. “We also serve food. Why are people allowed to sit and eat in the restaurant for hours and my guests have to put their masks back on after every sip of beer? “Now he is worried that customers will not come.
Annoying bar owner: “The mask requirement is ridiculous!”(01:33)
“I have to be able to get some fresh air”
The measures also aroused mixed feelings among his guests. “It is very difficult for me and not pleasant at all, I have to be able to breathe a little fresh air in between,” says Rrahim Istrefi (69). However, the retired restaurateur does not want to do without his wine. Like Marco Gamma, 66 years old. “I will definitely continue drinking beer. They always served me well in bars, if I had my beer at home now, I wouldn’t support them. “
The Benz couple from Wettingen AG aren’t a fan of fit, either. “It feels very strange. You can’t really enjoy it like that, ”says her husband Michael (56). And his wife Katharina (50) agrees: “It is a joke, it always hits the wrong person.”
Patrick Troxler (38) from Dättwil AG does not care about the mask requirement. “This is a bullshit!” He is the manager of a restaurant himself and finds it “absolutely incomprehensible” that two standards apply to bars and restaurants. Despite the new regulations, he remains in the Walter Bar without a mask and promises: “If you fine them, I will pay you!”
Troxler and Brack cannot speak well of GastroAargau president Bruno Lustenberger. “We support the measure because it is a critical point,” Lustenberger said after the authorities’ decision. “I don’t understand that. Actually, he should find solutions for us restaurateurs. I’m very disappointed with his statements,” says Nicole Brack. “It’s a really embarrassing story,” says Troxler.
“Better have a drink at home with friends”
Medical student Seline Schmid (22), for her part, fully understands the measure. I’m already happy about that. Since he still doesn’t know exactly where he’s infected, I think it’s good to play it safe. “However, going to the bar would be less fun under these circumstances, he says.” So I’d rather have a drink at home with my friends. current, I’d probably only go to a bar if there was something bigger to celebrate. “
Student Gian Schmid (27) will also move the party to his own four walls in the future. “I find the rule absurd because I can’t imagine how it should work in practice. I am absolutely in favor of taking action, but this is very difficult to implement. “
Engineer couple Patrick Sütterlin (33) and Layla Sadi (29) lost the will to celebrate a while ago. “We haven’t been to a bar in the last few weeks anyway. We no longer feel the need to do so. The mood is not the same, ”he says. However, it is not tragic for them that the canton has decided to toughen it up. “At first it is certainly uncomfortable and tedious to keep thinking about it. But if it’s for everyone’s safety, then you can stick with it, ”says his girlfriend.
