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Mitsos Goes to Jail

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9/15/19

On my last visit to Aliveri, September 2019, I stop by Konstandina and Mitsos’s house. They meet me at the gate with bad news: Mitsos has just been arrested for driving without a diploma, a license. “Ah bad, bad news,” he tells me. He plies me with his most compelling charms of persuasion: sad, pleading eyes, then a gesture to his family. Implication: what will become of them all? Can I help him out with 300 euros? Otherwise, he is doomed to 30 days in jail.

Later, after taking photos around Aliveri, I stop by their house, this time with a round of freshly made iced coffees. Mitsos is gone, I imagine trying to round up 300 euros. I ask Konstandina if she is okay. Mitsos in jail for a month? She seems  calm and non-plussed and merely shrugs her shoulders. We continue sipping coffee and she chats with two neighbors who have dropped by. Mitsos in jail—it is probably not the first time.

Mitsos Goes to Jail

1 min read


9/15/19

On my last visit to Aliveri, September 2019, I stop by Konstandina and Mitsos’s house. They meet me at the gate with bad news: Mitsos has just been arrested for driving without a diploma, a license. “Ah bad, bad news,” he tells me. He plies me with his most compelling charms of persuasion: sad, pleading eyes, then a gesture to his family. Implication: what will become of them all? Can I help him out with 300 euros? Otherwise, he is doomed to 30 days in jail.

Later, after taking photos around Aliveri, I stop by their house, this time with a round of freshly made iced coffees. Mitsos is gone, I imagine trying to round up 300 euros. I ask Konstandina if she is okay. Mitsos in jail for a month? She seems  calm and non-plussed and merely shrugs her shoulders. We continue sipping coffee and she chats with two neighbors who have dropped by. Mitsos in jail—it is probably not the first time.

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