Baker from Saxony shocks with an election call on receipts!

Baker from Saxony shocks with an election call on receipts!

Lauba, Landkreis Görlitz, Deutschland - In Saxony, a baker from Lauba, Jan Mersiowsky, causes a stir with a provocative message on his receipts. "If you have not yet stabbed or run over, do you have the choice on Sunday! Is it going on or should it go uphill with Germany again?" - This drastic call has been emblazoned on the documents of his bakery in the district of Görlitz since February 19, 2025. The 59-year-old wanted to express his political frustrations in view of current acts of violence, including in Solingen, Magdeburg and Munich, as Exxpress.at . The master baker, who has been running his company for 33 years, sees the upcoming election for changes, even if he does not want to comment in more detail about the parties he supports.

radical voting calls on cash register items

Mersiowsky is not only with his radical action. Like t-online.de also use other companies to mobilize voters. For example, the Café Noir in Siegen had the message "Please choose ... but not the AfD" printed on its receipt and received a lot of encouragement and criticism. Similar political messages can also be found at the Olivier Caffé, Wolfsburg coffee roaster, where the customers are animated to vote with "Thank you not to choose the AfD!

The reactions to Mersiowsky's cash goals seem to be mostly positive, even if there were some negative feedback. The baker sees a serious challenge in the current security situation and the increased costs for materials and personnel and hopes for a political change. It remains to be seen whether the customers can actually be persuaded from the messages to another election behavior, but the attention for this unconventional calls for elections is already great.