Lapo forgets his keys

On a rainy morning I got to school early in order to get online. As I approached, I noticed that the usual office people were milling about outside. Then I noticed that the huge door was still shut and locked. An elegantly dressed elderly gentleman provided me with a running commentary, in impeccable Italian. “It’s raining you see, “ he said. “And so the school is locked when it rains?” I ask. “No,” he chuckles. “It’s October and it starts raining a lot more in October”. I wonder why he is telling me this and I still can’t see the relation between rain and the door. Lapo, the Assistant Director of the school, is looking up and down the street. The elegant man keeps talking about the rain and how we need it, it is part of the cycle. Then he throws in that Lapo has forgotten his keys at home. And now he is looking for the person who usually comes in after him who definitely has keys. Still no one with keys shows up and Lapo slowly heads farther up the street searching and disappears around the corner. The gentleman keeps talking about rain and keys, keys and rain. Then a good while later, Lapo comes back with the key man. He found him in the Caffe up the street and so they had a coffee together. Did I mention it was raining?