2023-07-04 14:31:54
“When my son found out, he was in tears. Olivier, manager of a small transport company which employs three people, is still “in shock”. Of the almost new bus he bought in 2019, there is nothing left. Everything was reduced to ashes overnight from Thursday to Friday in Guyancourt, following the urban violence that erupted after the death of Nahel in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine). Except that this bus was Olivier’s working tool, the only bus he had to transport tourists, cruise companies and companies.
Like any manager of a very small business (TPE), Olivier works hard to make his small business work. “I’ve always managed on my own in life, it’s been fifteen years since I set up this company, I don’t count my hours, I get up at 5 in the morning, I give priority to my staff and my expenses today, it’s been months that I don’t pay myself any salary and to learn that my equipment is being destroyed, it’s a shame! »
On a business trip at the time of the events, the father of the family can benefit from the support of his relatives who did not hesitate to launch a kitty on Leetchi. The objective is to amortize the deductible of 6,000 euros requested by his insurance, surprising when we know that the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, has called for a rapid payment of compensation with a reduction of deductibles as much as possible.
“I worked a lifetime to build something”
“If young people express their anger, okay. But we, business leaders, we have nothing to do with it, ”says this resident of Guyancourt, who still has a loan of 300,000 euros on his back for this vehicle.
“We suffered the Covid, we held on. We suffered the stoppage of international tourism, we held on. We started since last year to resume the activity by accepting a maximum of contracts to get our heads out of the water and here we are setting fire to my bus, ”whispers the boss of Altesse Limousines.
The latter can always have his 20-seater minibus but not enough to ensure all the contracts signed. “For now, I have no solution. I filed a complaint to hope for compensation and I took a lawyer to negotiate the end of the monthly credit payments but it is very complicated, very complicated, comments the manager. I worked a lifetime to build something and today everything is destroyed. It hurts my heart. »
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