Canary Wharf Chris

Chris wouldn't have his picture taken, which is why Sophie did this beautiful drawing of him. As someone who was there, I can confirm that it is a pretty good likeness.

We lunched with Chris in Cafe Nerro in Canary Wharf. Panini, coffee and cake. Yum.

We hit Canary Wharf hoping to get a banker. So we were 2 girls jollying round canary wharf approaching men, asking if they were bankers and then asking them to lunch with us. We realised, after 2 rejections, that we looked like a couple of extremely unsubtle gold diggers.

Chris isn't a banker. He is an in house doctor for a bank. So there are no excuses for not coming into work. Chris' insight into bankers? If you are a banker you love stress. Otherwise you wouldn't do it.

So less about banking, more about Chris...

I would say our conversation could be divided into two halves. Polite. And Paranormal.

In the polite half we chatted about banking, hobbies, being a doctor and his kids and stuff.

The paranormal half was much more interesting. And came later, after he had loosened up a bit.

Beneath Chris's respectable, stuffyish, scientific exterior, lies a man who believes he has a guardian angel. He doesn't know who, but he believes it is a child who died young.

Chris is a man who has premonitions. He describes this as having 'a strong sense of something happening, which makes him feel unsettled, on edge or uncomfortable.' Then something happens, and the feeling goes away. He cannot predict exactly what will happen. An example he gave was one morning when he woke with a strong feeling that someone would die. Later that day a random person on the street collapsed in front of him. And he resuscitated them. He said this modestly; he had a premonition and saved a life. I think that this is wonderful.

Chris believes that most people have this ability. But that not everyone will give their psychic senses time or acknowledge them.

I think Chris enjoyed talking with us about his senses and feelings. I sense that he doesn't talk about this part of himself much. I think that the anonymity of canary wharf cafe nerro and two probing strangers revealed a side of him that few probably see. Which is likely the reason why he didn't want us to take a picture of him. Or give us his full name.



Chris did allow us to take a picture of his shoes!

And what lovely shoes they are.

Chris left us with some words of wisdom on how to have a happy marriage. So if you are married or thinking about it, maybe you can learn something from Chris here.

Never give up (if it's right). Marriage is hard because at the end of the day you are an individual. Trust to give each other freedom. Let each other be an individual. It's worth it to have a soul mate. There are different kinds of attraction. Marry someone you want to share things with. Too many people expect the 'he's fit' stage to last for more than 5 minutes. You don't know until you have experienced different relationships. Don't get married until you are 30. Like music you can love a song and 6 months later you think, why did I like that?
But there are some songs you never got bored of.
Like Bob Dylan's Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands.
If you've got a minute, why don't you Spottify this track and give a thought to Chris.
Amazing bloke found in the driest of places.


Can you see the light at the end of the tunnel?