Uber driver this morning told me he arrived in the UK from Ethiopia 14 years ago. What surprised you most, I asked. ‘All the food! In Tesco’s in Earls Court! And people were politely taking it to the checkout! People are so polite here!’ #perspective
So we talked about his boyhood in Tigré province. ‘You know why we’re good at running? Because the nearest village is miles away, and if you don’t run with a message for your uncle you get a slap!’
‘I ran a marathon when I got here. In 3 hours 15’ When he finishes his shift, he told me, he was off to his second job at the post office.
His grandad is 95 and still farms in Ethiopia. ‘He says our bodies are built for work’
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