Published 12:42 IST, June 8th 2020
Romanian cobbler comes up with size 75 shoes to ensure social distancing amid COVID
As the world continues to accept living with the pandemic, bizarre ideas & creations to implement social distancing continue to emerge from across the globe
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As the world continues to accept living with the COVID-19 pandemic, bizarre ideas and creations to implement social distancing continue to emerge from across the globe. In one such amusing invention, a Romanian cobbler designed shoes of size 75 in order to prevent people from walking too close to each other.
Grigore Lup, the Romanian shoemaker behind this invention hails from the Transylvanian city of Cluj. According to him, these long-nosed shoes being dubbed as 'Pinocchio shoes' would help maintain social distancing between people. Available in European size 75, these shoes which look more like scuba-diving fins will ensure a gap of at least one-and-a-half meter between people. People took to Twitter amused over this bizarre creation asking if it would be even possible to walk in such shoes.
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Here are some of the reactions
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Such quirky creations seem to be popping up from across the globe. With many countries easing lockdown restrictions, schools, restaurants and authorities in other public places are coming up with innovative ideas to implement social distancing. Recently, a café in Germany reportedly handed out hats with swimming pool foam noodles taped atop them to make sure visitors maintained a safe distance between each other. On similar lines, a restaurant in Amsterdam, Netherlands has introduced ‘quarantine greenhouses’ so as to enable customers to maintain social distancing.
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12:42 IST, June 8th 2020