Carta a Anne, mi primera cliente

Querida Anne,

agradezco tanto el habernos encontrado y siento no tener tu dirección para hacerte llegar estas letras.

Eres una de esas maestras que tuve la suerte de encontrarme, ni siquiera sé si sueca o danesa con mas peso del que debías dijiste ser fisioterapeuta, viajabas sola y hablabas tanto.

En nuestro primer encuentro me regateabas el precio del masaje. Yo cobraba lo mismo que la otra masajista de la isla. Cuando llegué fui a presentarme y le dije que quería cobrar igual que ella la hora y media de masaje. El equivalente a 40€, creo.

Tú querías 25€. Por 25 no sé cuantos minutos te ofrecí. Pretendiste estirarlos me negué en redondo, aceptaste.

Oh Anne, bajo el árbol mas bonito que he visto nunca, mirando al mar, sobre la fina arena del Caribe…Al segundo pase que hice en tu espalda levantaste la cabeza y dijiste OK cuarenta euros hora y media.

Anne, aquel día fui feliz.

Letter to Anne, my first client

I thank you so much for finding each other, you are one of those teachers that I feel lucky to find

Dear Anne,
I thank you so much for finding each other and I’m sorry for not having your address to send you these letters.

You are one of those teachers that I feel lucky to find, I don’t even know if Swedish or Danish, with more weight than you should have, you said you were a physiotherapist, that you have traveled alone and that you used to talk so much.

In our first meeting you haggled over the price of massage. I was charging the same as the other masseuse on the island. When I arrived I went to introduce myself and I told her that I wanted to charge the same as her for an hour and a half of massage. The equivalent of 40€, I think.

You wanted 25€. For these 25 I don’t know how many minutes I offered you. You tried to stretch them, I refused, so you agreed.

Oh Anne, under the most beautiful tree I have ever seen, looking to the sea, on the fine sands of the Caribbean… On the second time I passed through your back you lifted your head and said it’s OK, forty euros for an hour and a half.

Anne, that day I was happy.