“I scoped the store for Martin, the twenty-one-year-old, pasty and pimply afternoon manager who, obviously impressed with my non-existent resume and sub-par interviewing skills, called me on Sunday to offer me a job. He was behind the counter when I walked over, gave him my best salute and said, “Hola, Señor Martino. Yo soy Layla Warren. Yo trabajo aquí.” I suppose I should mention here that Martin is not Latino at all, and I, obviously, only had the most rudimentary understanding ...of the Spanish language even after two years of having taken it as an elective. Martin looked at me as if he was sure I’d suffered a major head injury on my way to work that day, but proceeded to ask one of the other “associates” to mind the store while he dealt with me. First on the agenda was to take me into the back office so he could print me up a new nametag. While it was running through the laminator, he went to a storage locker and grabbed me a navy blue vest.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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