Today, I worked til 11:30 pm. Suprisingly, it was one of my better days of work. I had very easy customers, good friends there, and not much time spent with some of the other associates who are not very nice people. Anyway, the reason I am writing is because I spent about a half hour talking to our sixty plus old maintenance worker, Adolfo. I spoke in Spanish to him and he spoke in English to me, really trying to learn about our life stories and tenses. Adolfo, is a native of Lima, Peru, who came to US seven years ago to afford tuition for his three daughters college tuitions.He came here because he had reached retirement age and could no longer work overtime which granted him the amount of three salaries verses one. He was a member of the Peruvian airforce, had trained in Paris, in French, to learn how to be a mechanic on military jets. Today, he is the hardest worker constantly working manual labor picking up trash and moving hangers. The worst part, is most people ignore or pretend not to see Adolfo. He works harder and is outwardly kind to everyone, and he is being taken advantage by those with no work ethic and very little education. Obviously, the American dream allows for him to be able to own a home and make more than he did in his own home country, to be able to afford three college tuitions. However, my recommendation from the week is to look beyond exteriors, and make the effort to get to know people, especially the numerous Spanish speakers in our area. It may just inspire you to make the most of our positions.