Grumpy Crêpes seller: hardest job at the Kollwitzmarkt

Grumpy Crêpes seller: hardest job at the Kollwitzmarkt

rich parents who give the edge on Sundays, a former currywurst seller describes the scenery at the weekly market on Kollwitzplatz. In the midst of new people from Prenzlauer Berg and tourists, he stood and sold fries with truffle may and sparkling wine. The social hierarchies clearly revealed themselves, especially when a personal branding coach appeared in the general tone and expressed special wishes for his child.

The Prenzlinger seem to enjoy being able to put them in the place every week by subordinate market sellers. This ritual is reminiscent of a kind of masked ball tradition in feudalism, in which you can deliberately punish yourself for your intruder role in the once cool city of Berlin. It seems as if they were looking for a form of penance in the authentic Berlin snout.

The change to a new crepes seller, known as the Grumpy Crêpes seller, has changed the dynamics of the market. With his rough species, he attracts customers from Bremen and Tübingen who like to be challenged by him. The arguments with customers who miss the natural courtesy and respect have become a kind of attraction that attracts customers.

The scene on Kollwitzplatz shows a parallel world in which rich parents perform an elitist spectacle in the morning, only to later expose themselves in the playground with wine in the tower and unrestrained behavior. The Sunday market becomes a stage for narcissism and arrogance, which is replaced by a shrill carelessness when the masks fall.