Never judge people by their face value! Some years ago when I was researching local traders, I was astonished to discover how many of them had many more strings to their bow than one might guess. Bookshop managers turned out to be furniture designers, a wallpaper shop was run by an ex-accountant who then became a psychotherapist, a gardener had been a tax inspector. And now there is the delicatessen owner who has a rare talent.
Out to buy some olives and Milano salami, there was a bit of a wait because il signore was finishing off a conversation with another customer. Not about Bel Paese or Prosciutto. No, about shares. About a particular share which he had decided was going to rise sharply. Our in-house financial risk taker, kept stumm, bought his delicatessen, drove home, picked up the phone, bought those shares and now has a smirk on his face, as the share goes up and up.
I no longer protest at more and more delicatessen fill the fridge!
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