BERTRANGE — A store employee who has spent the last month being apathetic part-time has returned to full-time not giving a shit. “It took a few weeks to get back into the routine and remember how to show minimal interest in the petty concerns of those who enter these premises,” said Damien Sellier, who had […]
Luxembourg to install thousands of contactless auto-pay radars
In order to more quickly fill the nation’s depleted coffers and save drivers the trouble of having to make a bank transfer after getting a speeding ticket, dozens of radar units fixed with contactless payment terminals are being installed around Luxembourg. Thanks to new technology, the radar units will automatically deduct fines from the bank […]
Luxembourgish ultra-nationalists demand newcomers say ‘moien’ more often
A group of Luxembourgish ultra-nationalists gathered in the city center on Wednesday to demand that newcomers use the standard Luxembourgish greeting “moien” more frequently. “People move here and learn the word ‘moien’ and they use it like two, three times per week, just when they’re out shopping, really,” said organizer Marc Grosbous. “They should be […]
Cleaning lady, man with a van find each other
Saying they’d “been looking for each other for a long time,” a local cleaning lady and a man with a van have found one other. Their whirlwind relationship began on Tuesday, when Dorianne Longtemps, who works for a company based in Dudelange, posted on a Facebook expats page that she was looking for a man […]
5 ways to ensure social distancing in the office
With more office employees returning to work, employers are finding it difficult to ensure that everyone stays two meters from each other. Follow these five tips to make social distancing easy. Create divisions between employees We’re not talking about plastic partitions or other physical dividers. No, you need to create social divisions. There are many […]
Risk-loving mother books summer trip for family
A Luxembourg mother described by friends as a “risk-lover” and “the type of woman who’ll try the salsa first and ask if it’s spicy later” has booked an August trip for her and her two children. Despite not knowing if Europe will be in the middle of a second, third, or ninth wave of coronavirus […]
‘Apply hand sanitizer or I’ll crush you,’ says Luxembourg security guard using only his eyes
The thousands of security guards posted at shop entrances all across the Grand Duchy are warning customers that if they fail to apply hand sanitizer before entering, they will be destroyed, according to the security guards’ own hardened eyes. The guards, most of whom have shaved heads and nicknames like “Pitbull” and “Bone-breaker,” have developed […]