Have you learnt the Quebecois phrase “Dépanneur”?
It’s from the verb dépanner that means ‘to repair’ or ‘to restore’, so a dépanneur is a handyman, and a dépanneuse is a tow truck. < Ahh, gender in French. Custom hey!
Round right here it additionally means ‘nook retailer’. I’m unsure in the event that they used to hold just a few {hardware} gadgets, however my guess is the that means is extra like “We’re right here to assist.”
This store is out of enterprise, and the flats upstairs are empty; the home windows are hung with plastic, however the hand-sawn picket signal continues to be up, with its classic Coca-Cola medallions. Was, these locations had been all around the island, providing the essential groceries: a can of ravioli or a field of cereal, or extra probably your sixer of beer, pack of cigs and diverse soiled magazines.
Today these outlets are giving technique to cafes and the occasional vape store. We all the time used to joke they had been backed by the mafia in order that they’d by no means exit of enterprise. I don’t know if the mafia is buying and selling up? or in the event that they’ve simply gone all in on street upkeep for his or her cash laundering.
In order that’s the type of little sketch I’m doing nowadays. About 5 inches excessive if that? Simply sitting in a again alley, chatting with a buddy from USK and having fun with the final days of summer season 🙂
