Does anyone understand the great stupidity of queuing up in front of a money changer and exchanging 2 leva for a euro, when this is done automatically on your own accounts and free of charge in every bank after January 1? And depositing money into the bank is free, precisely in connection with the euro.
Is the "hoarded" money of the terribly poor Bulgarians so immense that they dare not enter a banking institution? Do Bulgarians in families hide money from each other so much that they cannot divide the amount hidden in secret pockets between several adults and thus deposit it into accounts?
Apparently, the best thing that has happened in Bulgaria at this stage is that deeply hidden money has been taken out - in the last few weeks before the new currency, 2.9 billion leva were deposited in banks, and deposits exceed 100 billion leva. Separately, there is the surge in the purchase of properties, the price of which has jumped by 15% this year alone and an unspecified amount of money was laundered in them.
And against this background, some people want to lose their available leva at any cost by buying euros from a change shop?!
Another report from yesterday showed long lines of people rushing to pay utility bills. I haven't paid a bill at a cash register since 2002, when everything could already be paid online. If we don't count some elderly people who have problems with online payments, what are the young people doing in the queues?
No wonder there was another protest against the euro yesterday: the lack of basic literacy was the great hope of all the political leaders who were tearing their shirts with their teeth and longing for a referendum. And yesterday, despite another attempt by a sorry reporter from BNT to explain how worried people in some village are, a sweet old man put the finishing touches: "We haven't seen the euro, but it will appear in a few days."