On April 1, Vicente Cajuso, 73, lowered the barrier for the last time at Didasko, the stationery store he owned in an industrial estate in Maó. After having long considered the possibility of retiring due to his age and at a time when the business was increasing profits and revenue, he did so. While still considering it, he posted an advertisement on entrepreneurship websites and public administration programs to see if any Menorcans would take it, but he had no choice but to transfer the business to a Mallorcan company. "If I could have entrusted the stationery store to a Menorcan, I would have done it," he asserts. He also would have liked his children to continue with the "hard work" he did for 38 years, "as long as they liked the trade and it made them happy," he emphasizes with the sincerity of a father who wants the best for his children.