It is well known but terribly simplistic: there are the “manuals” and the “intellectuals”. David Djaïz, 31, enarque and normalien, ranks among the intellectuals. If proof is needed, his ability to ride a bicycle is limited. Thus, the evening of our meeting, he arrives 30 minutes late, limping with one leg, oscillating between apologies and vociferations against a driver:
“There is a kind of anarchy in traffic. People no longer respect the prerogatives of others. ”
We had other bird names in mind, but the thirty-something is polite. He opened a room in a fashionable restaurant in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, of which he knew the owner. Deemed "
good student
", this choice of place more "
bamboche
" than "
school bench ”
astonishes, but yes, the man perhaps wants to surprise.
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