Thursday, January 28/2016

At Prinos greengrocer's. They always ask at the till whether we have a bonus card. We don't, but have shopped there for so many winters that it occurs to us that maybe we should. So inquire, and are duly given an application form. First boc for surname and second for first name. Third is for ID or passport number!! Can think of no conceivable legitimate reason for asking. Sheer nosiness? Bureaucratic habit? Same phenomenon at airport, where girls doing tourism surveys invariably ask so many intrusive questions that visitors refuse to complete the questionnaire. Shall not bother with bonus card application.

Maggi and I have late lunch special at Marzano's. Classier than most traditional Cypriot restaurants, but without their familial warmth and rough hospitality.