Before anyone gets me wrong on what I am about to say, let me assure them: I DON'T HATE MESICANS! What I hate is the fact that I was raised in a small town in Maryland and was never offered Spanish as a second language. I could learn French. Big deal. I lived on the southern side of the Mason/Dixon Line! Pennsylvania has acres and acres of fruit trees that draw Mexican migrant workers to them every year. What good would French do me? If I spoke French to any of the workers stocking up on rice and beans in the local grocery they would've thought I was an idiot!
What I hate is that I'm 50, unemployed, in bad health with no medical.dental insurance and I can't get a job at a laundromat less than a block away because I don't speak Spanish. Never mind that the owner is as white as I am. This is freakin' Texas and since I don't speak Spanish, I don't qualify for that low level, minimum wage job!!! And to ad insult to injury, I went to do my laundry today and wanted to cash in 90 cents worth of silver coins and 10 lowly pennies for the drier. The older Hispanic lady who speaks VERY LITTLE ENGLISH, tells me the owner does not allow them to accept pennies. PENNIES!!! Legal "in God we trust" American tender! What does he want? Peso?!!! Give me a break! It's bad enough that I've asked for a packet of salt at the local McDonalds and had another English challenged clerk give me salso! Now American money is no good at a laundromat?!?!?
