Two minutes with Danny Katz: Small talk at the deli? I’m not buying it
Many of us modern shoppers are just like you: we prefer fast, efficient, non-chatty shopping where the transaction is 100 per cent contactless – both in payment and eye direction. But let’s stop for a moment and think about this deli woman, standing behind her counter from morning ’til closing time, bored and tired, keeping herself alert by whipping herself with sticks of Polish cabanossi.
That’s why I suggest you stick with this local place and make a tiny effort with the shopkeeper: ask her about her day, comment on the weather, crack a gag about the shaved salami and how there’s nothing worse than getting a mouthful of salami hair … then be on your way. You’ll get a few chocolate treats for your kids and you’ll bring a little smile to her prosciutto-shaped lips, a blush to her taramasalata-pink cheeks, and her eyes will twinkle like kalamata olives, black and pitted, at $28.
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