I'm sure every neighborhood has one....
Colorful, almost successful , never a failure, likeable guy - a Mr In-Between
Ever present smile, affable... available for work at the snap of your fingers.
Nekko... is mine.
Nekko goes off/on drinking
which coincides with his philandering
which coincides with whether his wife is living in or out
which coincides with his church attendance
Great guy...we're all sympathetic....there but for the Grace of God....
Recently, he got new work and announced he would never work in the sun again.... nunca
A restaurant job,,, cutting something.... he was thrilled
rarely, he gets full time work.
Mr Part Time is what he is..... like Terry Thomas
so busy doing little things , he has no time for full time....
We have taken to calling him ...Sr Chef....
I asked recently about the indoor job
Oh no.... he says... that work is for women....mujeres !!
A life shift - I sense
Since my main man is off sick that week , I ask if he remembers how to use a machete
Si - Si - y el trimmer tambien.... he replies confidently
I comment that he's getting a bit blanco with no sun.... would he work outside if I gave him work in the shade??
Si - Si -- again he answers
I even throw in a breeze to sweeten the deal
You see ---
in this current time of abstinence, he has acquired a new moto... a slick one
must be making those daily payments... resonsibilidades he has now.... a new thing for him
He does my work as asked and does it well... 500 pesos/daily
a week or so later,
we need to strengthen our fence line
Nekko... ayuda por favor
he calculates 150 posts needed....
OK -- where will we get them?
I'm on it... Nekko says
Sure enough... 1 day later , we have the location of where to cut our posts
Odd thing about RD...
you want those posts and are actually cleaning up a man's fence line by cutting them
yet the owner charges for that knowing you have the need of those posts - which are otherwise garbage
500 pesos again for that cutting privilege .... forestry rights it's considered I rationalize
They arrive this morning to start.
In less than 4 hrs, he and the other man have cut those posts and arranged for a truck to deliver to them to my fence.
They spread the load along the work line and took off for lunch
Lazy goddam Dominicans -- huh ?? (as many here say)
You just need to know what you're doing and with whom you're dealing with
Living here can be so easy some days.....baffles me.
I'm still looking for that best worker.... I hear about him all the time - in glowing terms
Manuel..... Manuel Labor...
If anybody sees him - have him contact me
Colorful, almost successful , never a failure, likeable guy - a Mr In-Between
Ever present smile, affable... available for work at the snap of your fingers.
Nekko... is mine.
Nekko goes off/on drinking
which coincides with his philandering
which coincides with whether his wife is living in or out
which coincides with his church attendance
Great guy...we're all sympathetic....there but for the Grace of God....
Recently, he got new work and announced he would never work in the sun again.... nunca
A restaurant job,,, cutting something.... he was thrilled
rarely, he gets full time work.
Mr Part Time is what he is..... like Terry Thomas
so busy doing little things , he has no time for full time....
We have taken to calling him ...Sr Chef....
I asked recently about the indoor job
Oh no.... he says... that work is for women....mujeres !!
A life shift - I sense
Since my main man is off sick that week , I ask if he remembers how to use a machete
Si - Si - y el trimmer tambien.... he replies confidently
I comment that he's getting a bit blanco with no sun.... would he work outside if I gave him work in the shade??
Si - Si -- again he answers
I even throw in a breeze to sweeten the deal
You see ---
in this current time of abstinence, he has acquired a new moto... a slick one
must be making those daily payments... resonsibilidades he has now.... a new thing for him
He does my work as asked and does it well... 500 pesos/daily
a week or so later,
we need to strengthen our fence line
Nekko... ayuda por favor
he calculates 150 posts needed....
OK -- where will we get them?
I'm on it... Nekko says
Sure enough... 1 day later , we have the location of where to cut our posts
Odd thing about RD...
you want those posts and are actually cleaning up a man's fence line by cutting them
yet the owner charges for that knowing you have the need of those posts - which are otherwise garbage
500 pesos again for that cutting privilege .... forestry rights it's considered I rationalize
They arrive this morning to start.
In less than 4 hrs, he and the other man have cut those posts and arranged for a truck to deliver to them to my fence.
They spread the load along the work line and took off for lunch
Lazy goddam Dominicans -- huh ?? (as many here say)
You just need to know what you're doing and with whom you're dealing with
Living here can be so easy some days.....baffles me.
I'm still looking for that best worker.... I hear about him all the time - in glowing terms
Manuel..... Manuel Labor...
If anybody sees him - have him contact me