Just found out this morning that since 3 weeks I'm brushing my teeth with professional toothpaste. It's just written there...but I never read it. My first worry was if I am professional enough then to use it. Do I have the needed competences? But it was my dentist who said I should use it and she is professional. She has a lot of certificates on her wall. She also makes long phone-calls when working with her machines in my mouth which then again maybe is less professional but then I always just look at her impressive wall for reassurance.
I was there to have my teeth checked and cleaned, both with good results. But then on the end she started to write prescriptions for toothpaste and special mouth wash fluid stuff. She never did that before. One thing she made clear: I had to get it at the pharmacy at the other side of the street. I pointed out that this was a pharmacy for animals but then she explained that since a week this was a new pharmacy owned by her husband. Although this then again sounded not really professional I decided to support the family initiative and took my prescription to her husband who was already waiting for me because his wife informed him about my visit by phone. He was very proud of the new shop and showed me around. And to be honest: it looked good..I would say even professional. The price for the toothpaste and the fluid was 13.60 but I only had to pay 11.00. Not sure if that is professional but we know each other for some years so...
In our village we have this kind of system with prices: the professional price and the price for locals. The last one being lower. I pay 5 euro for my pizza at the pizzeria round the corner where others pay 6. But a very professional pizzeria! The place if crowded with all the evidence of prices they won all over Italy for the best pizza. Their name is 'Number One', although they cannot really pronounce that. Their pizza is anyway delicious!
In my Italian identity card it says I'm an 'educatore'. They gave me that because I didn't want them to write insegnante (teacher). But I don't have any proof for that. Not any certificate says that I'm an educator. The same goes for 'trainer'. I just tell everybody I am one but it's just an invention. Never took any examination. I just do it. Professionally? Well...anyway with professional cleaned teeth!!
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
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