Shot Espresso a crossroad in people lives

Shot Espresso a crossroad in people lives

Two people ,same country ,almost same age ,different life paths ,I met Francesco and Danilo at my first cafe’ in London ,at the time just arrived in the big city from the peaceful New Zealand ,Shot Espresso was my first job and where I met those two friendly nice guys ,we all took different roads then and honestly I thought I would never hear from them ever again even if I knew that might happen like happened many times already to cross people lives after years and living in different countries ,the latest was actually in London few years later ,one of my colleagues quit and went to work for an other shop in north-west London ,we were good friends so a day I was off I went to visit him at work only to find out that the other Barista was a Brazilian girl that worked for me in Auckland at the time I managed Crema 21 and moved to UK with his boyfriend a couple of years beforehand ,obviously chance to meet those guys again was likely possible but I thought wouldn’t be their case ,as I said they were nice guys but different personalities and life goals ,Danilo all he wanted was just fun ,party ,sex ,drugs ,Francesco more mature for his age come to learn about coffee ,back to Italy he worked for his uncle’s cafe’ and even arrived 3rd in the Italian barista competition ,they had two different way to approach life and could be easily seen at work ,Francesco trying to improve his English and knowledge about coffee ,Danilo enjoying work in not a proper professional way but his great customer service skill made him been loved by all the clients ,what about me ?

I was there trying to save money to go back to New Zealand enjoying the laid back work place and making my way in that new life in a big ,busy city.