Fast track stamps and silk scarfs in Varanasi

A friendly post officer was waving at me at Varanasi post office to skip the long queue and come directly to him to buy my stamps from him at the desk. After putting the stamps on our post cards he stamped them and we were even invited to stamp by ourselves. After that he asked us if we now that in the muslim neighbourhood around the corner work 15000 people are weaving all Varanasi scarfs etc. He could give us an address to watch that. Ok, why not! He brought us even there 500 m, which surprised us (he was supposed to work ) and that over there opposite an old cinema is the entrance. He left us alone, we made one wrong turn, but suddently a friendly man showed up and again showed us the way. We saw some people weaving, he explained and told us he is a designer working with his friend in the weaving busines. The friend was not far away in a house, and suddently we were in room full of scarfs and other things and right in the middle of a intense sales promotion. The guy was even speaking German and showed us a reference letter from Germans who, surprise, surprise, also started at the post office.
We left without buying, not really scared but puzzled and impressed by this high level touting. We still are not sure if the first guy works in the post office at least he was behind the desks when we came back to look for him.