He found a deck of cards and started playing solitaire — or “patience” as it’s called throughout the U.K. It’s hard to take a subway ride or board a flight without noticing someone playing solitaire. Stefanie Jesney, 30, is a social media strategist in Toronto who learned how to play Solitaire from her mother when she was eight. “It’s a passive game that’s easy,” explains Albert Lau, a 33-year-old Private Equity VP, who grew up playing solitaire thanks to his grandfather. He doesn’t play Solitaire every day now.

Source: National Post October 22, 2019 16:52 UTC