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Schnell Household and dishes
Schloss strasse, 26
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Already
some months before the change we had to operate a new
labeling with DM and euros; it was for us an enormous
work because our registering of goods on computer only
dates back to three years and goods not changed since
this date were not able to benefit from a double labeling
printed by computer.
For the invoicing no problem because our programs on the
computer are updated regularly.
We were afraid that the first weeks should be very
problematic because it seemed indispensable to have two
cashes in order to permit to the customers to pay in DM
or in euros while returning them only euros.
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We are
agreeably surprised seeing that almost all the customers
pay exclusively with euros which gets our task much
easier.
We had few tourists which means that we did not take much
advantage of the fact that our nearby countries also have
the euro as the currency.
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Ruth Laser
Pupil (15 years old)
Grenzweg 12
Untermünkheim |
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To me the passage to the
euro does not mean much, except that the prices of the
canteen and at the baker seem reduced to half. I am not
enthousiastic over this change and I shall certainly need
a whole year to become used to it. The only interesting
thing is about the holidays in France : no more need
to change ! |
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Michael Rauscher
Model maker in a publishing house ( 39 years old)
Vienna |
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There is always an
important celebration in Vienna for the New Year. This
year, monuments were in the colours of the euro. During
the concert of the New Year, which is broadcast in almost
all the countries, there was a gigantic logo of a Euro in
yellow and blue flowers. It was magnificent! |
Like in France, several
politicians went to buy flowers for their wives but they
did not blunder like Jospin who believed that one
baguette was worth 8 euros!
To simplify the task, I went to the bank on Wednesday
morning to change all my schillings against euros but I
was not the only one to have had this idea. The paper on
which are printed notes is very thin, in my opinion it is
very fast going to get damaged. On the other hand, the
idea to put into relief the amount of notes for the blind
is excellent. As far as coins are concerned, for us, it
is a disaster. We rarely had any before and I am going to
have to buy a purse. I am not nostalgic of the schilling
but it is an example in smaller of the DM: a very stable
and useful currency in the nearby countries. The
Austrians were rather proud of it... |
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François Thonnard
Relations customers in a bank ( 27 years old)
Brussels |
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For New
Year's Eve I was with friends in Liège. At midnight I
went out to get some money to show to them. It was all
the same a historic moment! We were a little
disappointed. It is a little like " dunk money
"! That morning, in shops, it was boring. I went to
buy cigarettes. A package is worth 3,10 euros. So I gave
a 50 note and 10 cents of euros. The storekeeper began to
convert in Belgian francs. It was quite hard for me to
convince him to give me the change in euros.
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| An image marked people:
Didier Reynders, Minister of finances, was called in the
street by a tramp who asked him if he had 1000 francs .
He took advantage of it to tell her that he didn't have
1000 francs but tightened her a 5-euro note. The woman
did not look much convinced. I believe that the Belgians
feel strongly European and doubtless more concerned than
the big countries. The passage to the euro is a strong
sign. Now we can't get back any more ! |
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Arnau Coma
Student and musician in bassoon ( 22 years old)
Barcelona |
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On
Wednesday morning in shops, everybody was talking about
that. The storekeepers complain not to be helped enough
by banks and find that the period of double traffic of
pesetas and euros, which is of 2 months in Spain, is too
long. Perhaps we should have done like the Germans with
their Big Bang.
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| I saw quite
a lot of my fellow countrymen arriving with big banknotes
for small amounts just to get the change in euros and
avoid queuing up at the bank. As for notes, they look so
new that I do not even dare to put them in my pocket for
fear of creasing them! I did not have this kind of
scruples with pesetas. For me, I shall feel more European
when I have euro coins of the other countries in my
pockets: that will mean that money circulates! |
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