A fiery morning today at the market in via Quirra in Cagliari where the operators worked without air conditioning , a situation that ignited the spirits of the traders. However, this would not be a problem that has affected everyone but an inconvenience limited to the second floor of the structure , where the fruit and vegetable department, the butcher's shop and the various bakeries are located. "We're facing an unsustainable situation , on a red dot day like this we're gasping for air," complains an employee of box 50. But the breakdown - according to the operators - is nothing new. Certainly the temperatures of the last few days have not helped and have put the plants to the test, but «we've been like this for years. A few years ago they replaced the climate motors but the problem remained. Personally I can't breathe, I can't work serenely and customers complain», says Simona, who watches the situation worriedly from her stall 74.
And an "on-the-fly" purchase wouldn't be enough to understand how unmanageable the temperatures are inside the market because «you only realize it when you're here 8 hours. We are fine because we have refrigerated counters but our colleagues in the bakery die when the bread arrives in the morning», explain the employees of “La piccola salumeria”. "This morning at 7.10 it was 33 degrees here, then obviously things got worse," says Sergio Medas, representative of the market operators committee . «We are always in the same situation: instead of doing maintenance in the winter we arrive in the summer with water at our throats. Today we warned those responsible, from the various assessors to follow. We know that work has begun in San Benedetto – where they are in the same situation as us». Interventions which however, according to Medas, would not be sufficient. «They can't keep putting in “pieces”, after a few days we're back to the point again. We need a solution".
