Back (2009)
“I see him sitting there with a mug of coffee and the newspaper. But the newspaper is folded on his lap. He doesn’t read it. He doesn’t go through the employment ads. He’s probably afraid that if he looks at the newspaper, he will miss Jojo.
People are watching. Quite a few people on my street work. Some, like my mother, work during the day. My mother is up at five thirty in the morning on workdays, getting mylunch ready before she leaves for the hospital, where she is a cleaner. She starts at s...even in the morning and finishes at three thirty. If they ask her to stay on for an extra shift or even a few extra hours, she always says yes. “It’s not like we don’t need the money,” she says.
Other people on the street work in the evening. Some work at night. And a lot of people don’t work at all—they’re too old or they’re sick or they got hurt and can’t work anymore. Some can’t find a job. Some have given up looking. Some, like me, are waiting for summer to end. I’d rather be working, but just try to find a job when you’ve got a cast on your foot, even a walking cast like mine, and you have to tell your boss that you can’t stand all day.MoreLess
People are watching. Quite a few people on my street work. Some, like my mother, work during the day. My mother is up at five thirty in the morning on workdays, getting mylunch ready before she leaves for the hospital, where she is a cleaner. She starts at s...even in the morning and finishes at three thirty. If they ask her to stay on for an extra shift or even a few extra hours, she always says yes. “It’s not like we don’t need the money,” she says.
Other people on the street work in the evening. Some work at night. And a lot of people don’t work at all—they’re too old or they’re sick or they got hurt and can’t work anymore. Some can’t find a job. Some have given up looking. Some, like me, are waiting for summer to end. I’d rather be working, but just try to find a job when you’ve got a cast on your foot, even a walking cast like mine, and you have to tell your boss that you can’t stand all day.MoreLess
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