Just when you think your job is bad….

June 8th, 2004 · No Comments

I had the following IM conversation recently with a buddy of mine in the Dominican Republic. He’d had a tough morning dealing with a major corporation that doesn’t seem to ever pay on time. For those of us in the journalism and media business, that is a very, very common theme. Well, Enrique had had enough and was ready to pursue other career opportunities. The following is the translated conversation.

ER: I’m leaving my journalism jobs and I’m going to the beach to be a “saltipanky”, one of those guys that has sex with men or women. Hey, they pay those people immediatetly. That’s more than I can say for some of my employers right now. And, these guys get paid a lot. And, in Euros and Dollars.

CM: I’ve never heard about those kinds of people just hanging out around Dominican beaches.

ER: Yeah, they are “port rats.”

CM: So, you’re gonna have sex with dudes? You truly are gay.

ER: With men, women, dogs, cats, snakes, rats. I’ll have sex with them all. I don’t care. They’ll all pay me more than journalism.

CM: Wouldn’t it be hard to have sex with snakes?

ER: Don’t care because I can guarantee they pay better than some of the crap I’ve done recently.

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