Products considered non-essential banned from sale in a large supermarket in Nice, in November 2020. -

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  • The government is considering a third lockdown, which would again mean the closure of businesses considered non-essential

  • We asked our readers which businesses they consider essential

  • Hairdressers are largely ahead.

  • Parents want to be able to dress their children and anyone with a leisure activity that requires equipment would like to be able to keep buying it.

If the health defense council on Wednesday did not decide for an immediate re-containment, we will not cut it, listening to Gabriel Attal.

The government is studying "different scenarios", which range "from maintaining the current framework to very tight containment," said the government spokesperson, while specifying that "the maintenance of the current framework seems unlikely".

Without being in the secret of the gods (promised, we know nothing), we can imagine that like the last two times, so-called non-essential businesses will have to lower the curtain again.

But what is an essential trade?

We remember the controversy of last fall.

We asked our Internet users what is the most essential business for them, the one they find it most difficult to do without.

If you remember the appointment books stormed out of the first confinement, you will not be surprised by reading that the profession most cited in our call for testimonials was hairdressers.

“Considering what we have been going through for a year, they are not a luxury, but a necessity,” insists Isa.

Because “feeling beautiful in these tough times is very important for morale,” says Alyson.

Not to mention that their gestures are difficult to reproduce by neophytes.

"It's a hassle when they are closed, insists Angélique.

To hide our white hair, to cut the too long hair of our sons.

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"Boredom can be fatal for morale"

Speaking of children, they are at the center of the concerns of many parents, especially when it comes to clothing them.

"I would like all the facilities for children to remain open," Nacera hopes.

During the first confinement, my children quickly found themselves with too small or really damaged things.

So we order, the size is not the right one, we return, we place an order again, we return to La Poste.

Finally, risk-taking is not avoided much more than in stores.

"" I am pregnant, adds Manon.

We gradually buy all the equipment to welcome baby.

But if everything closes, it might get complicated.

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The essentiality of a business is very personal.

It depends on individual life and leisure.

“All the stores that sell products that allow entertainment are essential,” says Emma.

Boredom can be fatal for morale and our psychological state.

So everyone pleads for their own activity.

The readers are also campaigning for the maintenance of bookstores.

“I like to browse the shelves and let myself be tempted,” explains Caroline, not really convinced by the click and collect system.

For Martine, it's the creative hobby stores.

“I supply myself with canvas, paint and brushes.

Drawing and painting have become vital for me in this period when all places of culture are inaccessible.

The couturiers plead for haberdasheries and Jean-Louis for eyeglass stores, because "the only essential business in my eyes is the optician".

Hoping that this wit will leave you with a smile.

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