Monday 1.30 p.m. I have just returned from Lidl at Bir id-Deheb.

I noticed that all the cashiers were standing, without any chairs. When I enquired about it they told me this was a punishment.

The reasonably short ones were level with the cash; the rather tall ones were bent over. Imagine a whole day standing up, in just one place with the added burden of some bending over. Is this the way to treat workers? Or are these workers now considered slaves? Is it a case for the health and safety officials to intervene and take action (fining the Lidl management) and, maybe, revising the “punishments” meant for these workers?

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