Jasmijn Hendriks (15) is no longer allowed to bake fries in her own fries stall De Vetkei in Stevensbeek. That was the outcome of a conversation between her father and the Labor Inspectorate on Thursday. “It is not what I had hoped, but I can live with it,” she said in Radio program Afslag Zuid.
The Labor Inspectorate came by after someone had a report about the stall. The message from the inspection was clear: if Jasmine does fry, a big fine can follow. “I am only allowed behind the chip shop when I am sixteen and that takes another two months. Very sour,” she says. Processing orders behind the cash register is also no longer possible. “That is not allowed either.”
Jasmijn does not blame the labor inspection. She thinks it is a shame that someone has reported her business. “Apparently that person wanted to stop me.” After the report, her father was called to go through the rules. “Then it soon became clear that I had to stop.”
“In two months I will be 16, I can’t wait.”
When the news became known on Thursday, the help from all sides flowed. “I received a lot of messages from people who offered to help in the chip shop. On Friday my father and brother jump in for frying and the cash register, while I am ready and packing the orders myself. That way I can keep the fries stall running.”
In two months, Jasmijn will be sixteen, and that is a reason for a double party because there are many rules. “I can’t wait,” she says. “Who knows, there may be a fries stall at the door on my birthday.”
The fries adventure started for Jasmijn when she saw a chip shop for sale in January. “I couldn’t ignore that opportunity.” The young entrepreneur had the idea to start something for herself for some time. “I have always been busy making money. It is written on my body. In the future I want to stay an entrepreneur, probably in the hospitality industry.”