A Day without Immigrants

[pax 0]

huh? what did kaydee say? i have him on ignore

Don't we all.

[almaty 19]

huh? what did kaydee say? i have him on ignore

Don't we all.

[noemij 0]

Well what I've heard (from e-mails, talking with friends, etc) is that there is a call for all immigrants (Latino/Hispanic in particular) to observe the May 1 boycot, regardless of legal status....

[Mirorgate 0]

huh? what did kaydee say? i have him on ignore

Don't we all.

Nah.... I dont.. else how can they be ridiculed mercilessly later on?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Well what I've heard (from e-mails, talking with friends, etc) is that there is a call for all immigrants (Latino/Hispanic in particular) to observe the May 1 boycot, regardless of legal status....

My wife and I, both legal immigrants, will not participate in this nonsense. None of the legal immigrants that I know will do so. Why would a legal immigrant want to be lumped in with the illegal crowd?

We're going to our favorite Mexican restaurant for some Fajitas and Margaritas instead.

[Traviesa 0]

Well what I've heard (from e-mails, talking with friends, etc) is that there is a call for all immigrants (Latino/Hispanic in particular) to observe the May 1 boycot, regardless of legal status....

My wife and I, both legal immigrants, will not participate in this nonsense. None of the legal immigrants that I know will do so. Why would a legal immigrant want to be lumped in with the illegal crowd?

We're going to our favorite Mexican restaurant for some Fajitas and Margaritas instead.

The illegal server thanks you for your tip!!!

[noemij 0]

Well what I've heard (from e-mails, talking with friends, etc) is that there is a call for all immigrants (Latino/Hispanic in particular) to observe the May 1 boycot, regardless of legal status....

My wife and I, both legal immigrants, will not participate in this nonsense. None of the legal immigrants that I know will do so. Why would a legal immigrant want to be lumped in with the illegal crowd?

We're going to our favorite Mexican restaurant for some Fajitas and Margaritas instead.

Oh you're bad

I am both Hispanic and a legal immigrant and I will not participate in this either.....but you know, a lot of legal immigrants did participate in the protests...

[Mirorgate 0]

Well what I've heard (from e-mails, talking with friends, etc) is that there is a call for all immigrants (Latino/Hispanic in particular) to observe the May 1 boycot, regardless of legal status....

My wife and I, both legal immigrants, will not participate in this nonsense. None of the legal immigrants that I know will do so. Why would a legal immigrant want to be lumped in with the illegal crowd?

We're going to our favorite Mexican restaurant for some Fajitas and Margaritas instead.

The illegal server thanks you for your tip!!!

Nah... they're on strike. It's the teenage kid from down the street.

[Traviesa 0]

Well what I've heard (from e-mails, talking with friends, etc) is that there is a call for all immigrants (Latino/Hispanic in particular) to observe the May 1 boycot, regardless of legal status....

My wife and I, both legal immigrants, will not participate in this nonsense. None of the legal immigrants that I know will do so. Why would a legal immigrant want to be lumped in with the illegal crowd?

We're going to our favorite Mexican restaurant for some Fajitas and Margaritas instead.

The illegal server thanks you for your tip!!!

Nah... they're on strike. It's the teenage kid from down the street.

The type that serve in the restaurants...are not the type to go on strike. And the teenage kid from down the street couldn't (and doesn't want to) hack it.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

...the teenage kid from down the street couldn't (and doesn't want to) hack it.

Time for a little regional perspective, Melissa.

I live in the New Jersey 'burbs and it is my unscientific opinion that we don't have as many illegal immigrants out here as they do in, say, SoCal.

I eat out a lot. Most servers I ever run into have American accents. White, black..mostly. Some Latino. But almost all young and almost always with a clear, crisp, intelligible American accent. Most likely NOT someone who ran/swam/flew/crawled across the border a few years ago.

ALL of those kids qualify, in my mind, as the teenage kid down the street.

So don't tell me they can't hack it. I know they can. It's in regions where the labor market has been flooded with illegals that teenage American kids no longer participate in the market.

[Traviesa 0]

...the teenage kid from down the street couldn't (and doesn't want to) hack it.

Time for a little regional perspective, Melissa.

I live in the New Jersey 'burbs and it is my unscientific opinion that we don't have as many illegal immigrants out here as they do in, say, SoCal.

I eat out a lot. Most servers I ever run into have American accents. White, black..mostly. Some Latino. But almost all young and almost always with a clear, crisp, intelligible American accent. Most likely NOT someone who ran/swam/flew/crawled across the border a few years ago.

ALL of those kids qualify, in my mind, as the teenage kid down the street.

So don't tell me they can't hack it. I know they can. It's in regions where the labor market has been flooded with illegals that teenage American kids no longer participate in the market.

Most servers you come across probably don't work 10-12 hour days and have to carry 5 drinks in one hand without a tray or 7 SCORCHING plates on their outstretched arm and endure burn after burn on a daily basis. Trust me, they can't hack it.

[Sister Fracas 5]

oh good grief...

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Most servers you come across probably don't work 10-12 hour days and have to carry 5 drinks in one hand without a tray or 7 SCORCHING plates on their outstretched arm and endure burn after burn on a daily basis. Trust me, they can't hack it.

Bullsh!t. My sister did, for three years during college.

And I happen to know a server at our local Friendly's. You just described her, too.

Melissa, these lies you seem to believe were created by illegal immigration apologists. American teenagers are capable of a lot more than you give them credit for.

If you don't believe me, check out the average age of the average U.S. soldier in Iraq. They are just a few years older than a high school kid, and they may have bad management ( ) but no one can say they're lazy and not willing to work hard.

Edited April 25, 2006 by Agent Smith

[Traviesa 0]

oh good grief...

Well that's the way it is. I'm sure Rebecca could tell you-she's been to El Ranchero. She's definitely seen them running through with the plates stacked up their arm.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I'm so glad to have learned that our teenagers ain't worth ####### in the job market. Whenever I saw any of them work hard, I am sure they just did that for me to skew my opinion. Or maybe it was all an optical illusion to begin with.

Geez, there are hard working Americans of all ages out there. Millions of them.