On the morning of the 15th, the Federation of Food and Hope Stores and the National Federation of Billiard Leaders held a meeting in front of the Democratic Party to urge the right to live, and appealed, “We want to live like humans,” saying, “Stop forced to sacrifice without justification.” Due to social distancing, it was impossible to meet more than 10 people, so 8 to 9 members attended this event in accordance with the quarantine guidelines.
The Food and Hope Store Association said, “We have kept the business limit at 9 p.m. in the hope that the people will return to their daily lives as soon as possible. However, I am desperate about the continued business restrictions. Shopping malls, hypermarkets, and amusement parks still have a lot of people.”
In fact, according to data released by Seoul city in November last year, among 2514 cases of COVID-19 group infection that occurred from August 12 to November 20 last year, group infection at religious facilities accounted for 36%, followed by workplace infection 22% and nursing care. Facilities and hospitals were 14%. General restaurants and cafes accounted for only 6%.
They said, “How long should we sacrifice only self-employed people and shed blood tears?” He added, “The actual business hours of the pub is from 8 p.m., but to close it at 9 o’clock, is it to be open for only one hour a day?
Lee Yeon-hee, who runs a pub in Incheon, said, “I sold 42,000 won a day yesterday,” and “Sales dropped by 90%. Even if it is in business, it is in the same state as it was not.”
The Federation of Food and Hope Stores urged the government to provide realistic compensation, saying, “The order of compulsory force without compensation is unconstitutional,” and “the 2 million won subsidy is not even a month’s rent.”
Some self-employed people lay on the floor with white cloth to express themselves in extreme situations. There was also a performance of stepping on the clock pointing to 9 o’clock, the business time limit.
The National Federation of Billiards Leaders, which held a series of meetings, appeared in mourning clothes and then expressed a picture of young jeong through paper with chrysanthemum flowers and’indoor sports’ written on the pool table, reminiscent of a funeral home. Some members put chrysanthemum flowers on the pool table and performed a funeral performance.
In a statement, they said, “The billiard room is classified as an indoor sports facility, so even though it is not a high-risk facility, we faced difficulties in making a living due to the total ban on indoor sports facilities in the metropolitan area.” “If this situation continues without promise (financial) It is difficult to deal with.”
They argue that the billiard room is about 1.7m wide and 3.1m long (about 6 tables for 4 people in the restaurant), and the game is played one by one at a time, so it is possible to keep a distance higher than the government’s quarantine guidelines. did. In addition, the billiard manager said, “The weekly business hours are from 6 pm to after midnight,” and said, “The business restrictions after 9 pm are the same as the ban on gatherings.”
The association of billiards clubs demanded, “Please adjust the operating hours according to the situation of each industry.” Yang Hyun-soo, who runs a billiards room in Incheon, said, “I hope that the business restrictions will be lifted even from 12:00 pm to midnight even if the billiard room is not open due to the nature of the billiard room business.”
He also criticized that the government’s support for support was at an unreasonable level. Yang said, “A month’s rental fee, maintenance fee, and consumables combined will cost 6 million won a month.” “I couldn’t operate properly for more than three months, but 3 million won in support is less than rent.”
Yang said, “It has been two months since the rent and administrative expenses have been pushed down, but the loans have already been received and loans are no longer available.”
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