Métro Poster Man

La grève continues but things are getting a little better. Our #8 métro line stayed open in the middle of the day today for the first time, rather than being open only during the morning and evening rush hours. However, sometimes we had to wait up to 30 minutes for a train to arrive-and you can imagine how packed the cars were when the métro did arrive.

Our first stop was the shop Merci.

The Gang at Merci (Photo Credit Jenny)

After Merci we took advantage of our long wait for the métro to watch the poster man hang a new poster for Uber Eats. He worked in sections. First he scraped off the old poster and let it fall to the ground. Then he'd put up a section and smooth it with a brush to get out any bubbles.

Scraping off the old poster

The Poster is up

Once he finished the poster, there was a strip along the bottom that the new poster did not cover. So he pulled out some plain white strips to add at the bottom.

Pulling out some white strips
to unfold

Adding a white strip along the bottom

He smoothed out the strips with his brush.

Using the brush to smooth

Smoothing it all out

Finally, he had to gather up the scraps of the old poster he had scraped off. Notice he forgot and left behind one of the strips of white paper he was putting along the bottom.

Gathering up the paper scraps

Tying up the paper scraps

He gathered up his ladder, bucket and paper and he was off in one fell swoop.

Gathering up his ladder and bucket

And he's off

Remember the piece of white paper he left behind? Jenny took it off before it dried and threw it away.  We didn't want his hard work to have any blemishes.

By the way, the poster advertises using Uber Eats to order a cheeseburger or "cheese" at 3 am.