It must be really hard work being a baker, it's very labour intensive and you sell each item pretty cheaply. I guess it's hard to make money. I'm always so happy in France to see every village having it's own bakery which is always busy. Even in the UK we have a great scene in village bakeries making cakes, bread and sausage rolls and pies and pasties. It's one of the finer things in life :-)
Exactly, we like to jokes that it was set us apart from the barbarian.
A lot of excellent memory are associated with bakery. Late at night / super early. Bringing croissant to a new girl that spend the night. Tea with grandma…. You name it.
And joke aside, in France a village goes to another category when the last boulangerie close.
Their is bread in the US, you find good bakery. But the posh and exclusive aspect of it ruins it for me. I’m not driving 15min to buy a 4$ baguettes.
And yes. It’s a taxing job. You are out of synch with normal people.
Right now baker are suffering greatly from increased energy prices. I hope we put them on full life support of cash if needed. That’s worth it.