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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGerman cafe tells customers to wear pool noodles to enforce social distancing

Berlin (CNN)A cafe in Germany has celebrated its grand reopening to customers after lockdown by handing out pool noodles to maintain social distancing.
Last Saturday the owners of the Cafe Rothe in Schwerin -- a town in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's home state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania -- were allowed to reopen their doors to visitors after coronavirus restrictions were lifted.
While people enjoyed the company and the weather, the motto at the cafe was: "Keep the social distance."
Rather than using floor markings and perspex screens to keep people apart, the owners of the cafe distributed straw hats with two colorful swimming noodles attached to the top.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/15/europe/german-cafe-noodle-distancing-scli-intl-grm/index.html?utm_content=2020-05-15T19%3A51%3A02&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN
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German cafe tells customers to wear pool noodles to enforce social distancing (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
May 2020
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Laelth
(32,017 posts)1. Classic sign of the times.
Whatever works.
-Laelth
appalachiablue
(43,882 posts)2. How fun & glad to see the big disinfectant bottle & gloves
Hope this works
NY06DemSoc
(42 posts)3. Germans
Showing both respect for the rules and a bit of a sense of humor / humility. Very German.
meow2u3
(25,240 posts)4. Now that's a fashion statement!
cp
(8,135 posts)5. Funny and creative!
trof
(54,274 posts)6. Oh I'll kick that. Yes I will. &R
Who says Germans don't have a sense of humor?
SammyWinstonJack
(44,313 posts)7. Funny.
😁
Javaman
(65,133 posts)8. I want a pool noodle hat! Nt