For it transpired that he actually worked for an insurance company, and was able to pull some strings to arrange an excellent quotation for Ove.
Ove was skeptical at first. He asked again about the man’s credentials, which he was happy to reiterate.
He then spent a considerable amount of time negotiating a better price. “You’re a tough businessman,” said the man with the round face with a laugh.
Ove felt surprisingly proud when he heard this—“a tough businessman.”
The man then glanced at his watch, thanked Ove, and said he’d best be on his way.
As he left he gave Ove a piece of paper with his telephone number and said that he’d very much like to come by another day
and have some more coffee and talk some more about house renovation.
This was the first time anyone had ever expressed a wish to be Ove’s friend.
Ove paid the man with the round face the full year’s premium in cash. They shook hands.
The man with the round face never contacted him again. Ove tried to call him on one occasion but no one answered.
He felt a quick stab of disappointment but decided not to think about it again.
At least when salesmen called from other insurance companies he was able to say without any bad conscience that he was already insured.
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