Sevelen: Kiosk gets a new door

For about two weeks, the kiosk at the train station in Seiflin looked deserted. A defective roller shutter was to blame. The defect forced the kiosk attendant to serve her customers through the side door. The 57-year-old’s business has suffered greatly. I wrote Big losses. The Spaniard rented the booth from the SBB. The company was aware of the roller shutter problem, but according to the kiosk operator, not much had been done until recently.

Shortly after the kiosk operator contacted the media, SBB contacted her again. Suddenly everything went fast. Last Friday at the Sevelen booth was a New door installed. Now the kiosk operator can sell his wares as before. Business is slowly getting better again: “The regular customers have come back, and I don’t know if the other customers will come back,” says the Spaniard. The shutters are still out of order, which is baffling to customers. “People are still focused on roller blinds,” says the kiosk attendant.

Revival of kiosks

For about two weeks, the kiosk operator had to serve customers from the side door. Most people thought the booth was closed: “I’m transparent,” the Spaniard said for 20 minutes last week. Signage didn’t help draw people’s attention to the booth either. The 57-year-old was desperate and afraid of bankruptcy.

Due to a forced break, the 57-year-old now has to throw out some groceries. “A lot of merchandise broke down during those two weeks because I couldn’t sell anything.” Otherwise, the kiosk attendant is relieved and happy that a solution has been found: “I can’t complain, had it not been for the new door I would still be on the street.” Final adjustments will be made in the booth on Wednesday. The kiosk operator hopes everything will be back to normal after that.