[This is the third in a series of five blogs in honor of my feature-length drama, Domino: Caught in the Crisis, which I have very recently completed.]
Francis owns and operates a small, very popular beauty shop in Jerez de la Frontera near the city´s central market. When I went to interview him, there were several customers but this was at the time of Feria, when “everyone” wants to get their hair done.
Before the crisis, when a special
event was going on, the wait could well be an hour and a half or two hours if
you didn´t have an appointment. On the
day I went, however, there was less than a 30 minute wait – the first effect I
noticed of the crisis.
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| Inside Francis Peluquero. Francis did not want any faces shown. |
Francis has been in business for over
20 years. He commented to me that things
are slower now than they have ever been.
Going to the beauty shop is not a necessity, like food, and that has
contributed to the downturn of his business.
People who before would come in twice a week now come in only once a
week, and so forth.
It´s been a long time since he was
able to go on a trip, or even take a vacation.
He has two young women working for him during busy times, such as during
the annual Feria, because his customers don´t like to be kept waiting and if he
doesn´t have the two young women, he won´t have any business at all. When there is no special event going on, he
is no longer able to have anyone help him out.
Francis believes it´s going to take a
long time for Spain to recover from the crisis.
He does not believe the government´s statement that things will start
getting better in another year. Beyond
that, he doesn´t want to speculate about what will happen in the future.
OUR NEXT POST will be about José Luis Delgado Herrapiscazo and his shop.
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