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• WORKINGWORLDMYWORKINGL1FE

PATRICK LlRON

Auchwenndaswasser,indasertaucht,ofteisigist:Der

AusternzuchterausderNormandieliebtseinenBeruf.Mit

dem43-jährigenFranzosensprachSUECUWNAN. -m-

Currentjob:Ifarm~inBlainville-sur-Meronrhe

NormandycoasrandseUrherninParis.Ihaveamnd

doseroehe EiffelTowerund a lorofforeignersbuy

fromme.IopenrheoystcrsundsQueezea bitoflemon

juiceonthern.It'sa veryFrenehsortoffasrfood!Ialso

deliver[0restaurants.Imeeta11kindsofpeopleinthis

businessbecauscoystersaresomethingspecial.

Ageandfamily:I'm 43 yearsold::l.Odscparared.Ihave

nvochildrcn.

a jobwitha langtradition.Farmerslikemchavesold

fresboystcrsfromsrandsinParissincethedaysofLouis

XIV!

Favouritepartofthejob:Thatit hastodowithrheseal

Also, rvalue my freedom and independcncc. I like

beingmyownboss.

Leastfavouritepartofthejob:Workingincoldwcather.

Thisyear,especially,wehad:1verycoldwinter.

Themostdiffieultpartofthejob:Travellingberween

Blainville·sur-MerandParis.It should takefourhours,

butinthcwinrer,ifthete'ssnowonrheroads,it can

ra.keuptu 22 hours.

Skills needed: Oneneedspeoplcskills todeal wich

manydicncsararinle,alsopacienccandthcabilityro

workhard.Thehoursarelongandic'sphysical1yhard

work,too.IneedtOspcakEnglish,asa lotofforeign-

crsvisitrhisarea::mdsomcofthemspeakEnglishhut

nOlFrcnch.

Languages spoken: Frcllch, Englishand ehat ofthc

oYStersr

Ambition;Totraveltheworld.

Main interestoutsidework:Myfriends.andfamily,I:S·

pecial1ymyehildren.

Strangestexperienee:Iolleegotreallycoldinthesea

whiJe.d..iring,andsrnrtedtOfeclreallystrange.Irwasa

birlikethedisoriemation[hardeep-seadiversget,bur

Iwasn'tverydeep.1'11neverforgetthefeeling.

Horne: Bbinvillc-sur-Mer,Narmandy,France.

Pay:Ieamabour€3,OOOinagaodmamh.

Workinghours:We1l,it depends,burabourrenhoursa
day.rspendfourdaysa weekinNormandyandthen
thrccdaysinParis.Oysterfarmingis hardwork!\Y!eget
rheoyster1aIYat:fromtheAtlanticcoastandtheneul-
rivatethemfor 18 monrhstutwOyears.Westorethem
innerbagsrharhangfromrabieswhieharecoveredaI
hj~htide.Asrhqgro\',wechangethcbagsandsortthe
oysrersaccordingtosae.Twomonchsbeforecollecrion,
we~rheoysrerstothesunandthenplacethern
backinehesea.Thisstrengthcnsthemusde.sbenveen
thcEhdh,.firm.s.the&mandgivesthemrheirwonder-
fulraste.

Holidays:I takeabolltnvucothreeweeksa year.Thc
niecthingis thariristotallymydecisionhowmuchhol-
idayI tllke.

Reasonsforehoosingthisjob: BeeauseI likeje!Ir'sa
familybusiness- mybrorheralsoworkcdinit.Ir'salso

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