OOPS – The director of the Duralex factory wanted to prove the quality of his dishes this Thursday morning live on BFM. Failed, three glasses broke on the ground in front of the cameras
They are known to be unbreakable. And the boss of the factory that produces the famous Duralex glasses, in Loiret, wanted to prove it, live on TV. But everything did not go as planned, as evidenced by the sequence broadcast this Thursday morning on BFMTV and which has caused a lot of reaction since.
In the middle of a report aimed at showing the revival of the glassworks, which became a cooperative and participatory company (Scop) at the end of July, the journalist and his interlocutor launch into a demonstration. With protective glasses on his nose, the director François Marciano throws a glass on the factory floor… which shatters instantly. Second attempt, the second breaks. Same fate for the third, before the journalist returns the air, half-laughing, half-embarrassed.
Enough to tarnish the image of the famous brand, which has been overwhelmed by orders in recent weeks? Nothing is less certain since a new sequence, filmed an hour later in an office with three other glasses thrown on the floor, was this time conclusive. “We had taken glasses from the crash test room that had already been e(…) - 20minutes
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