I got a job building laminated counter tops. I am half of the white population at work, and the only person that doesn't speak Spanish. I have become racist. I would rather work with these guys that I work with than white people. The language barrier makes speaking more direct. It has created paranoia for me though. I always see the other workers talking together in Spanish and laughing. I am fairly paranoid when it comes to people watching me work, but when they are not speaking English I imagine the horrible things they are saying. Today I was accidentally shot with a nail in the stomach, but it didn't puncture. I have been building tops with incredible efficiency. Today alone I built somewhere near 35 tops at least. It is incredible what one can do when they have good machinery.
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I get paranoid when students in my class are smiling. I always check my zipper.
I'm glad you have a job you like. Maybe you should learn Spanish but not tell them so you can find out if they are really talking about you.
Who shot you in the stomach with a nail?
I bet they aren't talking about you. I would never dare talk about someone just in case they understood some of what I was saying. You never know.
To relieve your paranoia you need to learn one good sentence in Spanish and say it to them one day. You then need to quickly walk away so they don't try to continue the conversation in Spanish. That will teach them.
Glad you got a job.
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