http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24065878"He works for an oil company," Fillipo explained to me, "he basically has a girl in every country but it's cheap for him because he only stays two nights in each place so he doesn't need to buy presents and dinners."
I patted his shoulder comfortingly.
"So you've just the one girl?" I asked him sympathetically.
"Yeah," he muttered, "I don't get paid much so…"
He looked miserably into the distance.
"But at Christmas, maybe I'll get a bonus?" he said hopefully.