How do locals know which market vendor loves their job?
Enthusiasm is difficult to fake for thirty years.
Locals notice passion through enthusiasm, patience, curiosity, and the way vendors speak about their products even after many years.
Two vendors sell exactly the same fruit.
One weighs it.
The other tells you where it came from, why this season is special, and which variety tastes sweeter.
The hidden mechanism is emotional investment. People who genuinely enjoy their work keep discovering small reasons to care.
Customers feel that difference immediately.
People often think expertise creates passion.
More often, passion creates expertise and quietly keeps it alive.
