NOTHING WORSE THAN CLOSED SHOPS WHEN WE HAVE TOURISTS.

labour inspector following a check of my bakery this summer,” Vaivre reportedly told L’Est Eclair. “I am told that I will be fined because I was open seven days a week. My file was sent to the public prosecutor. Yet I only did my job.”

The BBC reports that Vaivre has elected not to pay the fine; a petition in his support has currently commanded more than 2,700 signatures. Lusigny-sur-Barse’s mayor, Christian Branle, is among the baker’s supporters. According to the BBC, he plans to speak with the government official who issued the fine.

“In a tourist area, it seems essential that we can have businesses open every day during the summer,” Branle reportedly said. “There is nothing worse than closed shops when there are tourists. You have to have some common sense.”