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MS. GILMORE: Alejandro, your application looks excellent! ALEJANDRO: Thank you. MS. GILMORE: And your computer courses will definitely help you on the job. Alejandro, do you know La Adelita, the restaurant we own on 4th Street? ALEJANDRO: Of course. MS. GILMORE: I want to train you there first because it's less busy. Then soon, you can work at this restaurant. That is, of course, if you accept the job. Alejandro can't believe it. His face bursts into a smile. ALEJANDRO: Oh, yes. I will. I mean, I accept the job, Mrs. Gilmore. This is great. Thank you. MS. GILMORE: Wonderful! Will you be able to start in two weeks? ALEJANDRO: Two weeks? Really? Of course. MS. GILMORE: Great. Let's go see the restaurant. Alejandro and Ms. Gilmore are sitting at the table, Trung the busboy comes to the table. Thank you, Trung. Trung, I want you to meet our new assistant manager, Alejandro. TRUNG: Hey. LA ADELITA La Adelita is a quaint and colorful Mexican Restaurant. It's very busy. MS. GILMORE: Alejandro, as assistant manager, you will have many responsibilities. First, you'll have to read this pamphlet. She smiles, and shows him the "Job Safety" pamphlet. ALEJANDRO: (reading the title) "Job safety." Okay. Great. I will read it tonight. Ms. Gilmore extends her hand. MS. GILMORE: Welcome aboard, Alejandro, our new Assistant Manager! ALEJANDRO: Thanks. SOFIA, Alejandro's wife, is on the phone. SOFIA: OK. OK. Thank you for calling Doctor Pedroza. Yes, yes I will. OK, good bye. ALEJANDRO walks in the door. ALEJANDRO: Sofia! SOFIA: Hi. ALEJANDRO offers SOFIA a rose. ALEJANDRO: This is for you. ALEJANDRO: Guess what?! I'm going to be the new assistant manager of La Adelita! SOFIA: Thank you ALEJANDRO: Guess what?! I'm going to be the new assistant manager of La Adelita. She's a bit taken back. SOFIA: La Adelita? ALEJANDRO: Yes SOFIA: What? ALEJANDRO: I'll be in training there first. Then, when I'm ready, I'll go to Lozano's. SOFIA: Wait! La Adelita, Lazano's, I don't understand.. ALEJANDRO: They're owned by the same woman. She offered me the job today. Finally, it all hits her. She hugs her husband. SOFIA: That's great! ALEJANDRO: Oh, Sophia. I am so happy. I am going to be the new assistant manager. We're going to make more money. SOFIA: Yes, but Alejandro... ALEJANDRO: (not hearing Sofia) We're going to buy a new car. SOFIA: Alejandro... ALEJANDRO: And we're going to rent a bigger and better apartment. SOFIA: (interrupting) Alejandro! ALEJANDRO: What? SOFIA: We're -- we're going to have a baby. Alejandro stares at his wife. Slowly, a genuine look of happiness overtakes his face. ALEJANDRO: We're going to have a baby? SOFIA: Yes! ALEJANDRO: I'm going to be a father? Oh, Sofia. What a great day this is! Let's celebrate! SOFIA: Yes! I'm late. I have to go. ALEJANDRO: Oh, work...Tell them you're sick. SOFIA: You know I would love to do that. But I can't. I have to go. But we'll celebrate later. Bye. She heads out the door. Alejandro sits down, not knowing what to do with himself. He takes out the pamphlet and pages through it. After a moment he realizes he can't concentrate. ALEJANDRO: Job safety. I'm going to be a father. I'm going to start a new job. I will read this later. I'm going to celebrate now. He puts the pamphlet in his shirt pocket, and exits. Rick the bartender is wiping down the bar. Alejandro enters. He sits at the bar. ALEJANDRO: Hi Rick. RICK: Hey, Alejandro. How are you doing today? ALEJANDRO: Great. This is the happiest day of my life. I'm going to be the new assistant manager of La Adelita. And my wife is going to have a baby. RICK: Hey, congratulations. ALEJANDRO: Thanks. I want to celebrate. Give me your best. Rick's special lemonade. RICK: Rick's special it is. When do you start your new job? ALEJANDRO: In two weeks. I'm very excited. Except the owner gave me this silly thing to read. RICK: What is it? RICK (CONTINUED): Oh, job safety, huh? Yeah, I read something like this, too, when I started here. I learned a lot. ALEJANDRO: Really? RICK: Absolutely. I thought I knew everything about job safety, but I was wrong. ALEJANDRO: But what's so dangerous about working in a bar? RICK: Well, at work you can never be too careful. For example, I didn't know some cleaning chemicals can be dangerous. It's a good idea to wear gloves when cleaning. I also learned there's a wrong way and a right way to lift heavy objects. And I learned it's important to put up warning signs when mopping the floors. People can slip if they don't know the floor's wet. ALEJANDRO: Yeah, but isn't that pretty obvious? RICK: Yeah, you're right. But there can be some dangerous things on the job that you can't see or smell. Plus, if you're going to be assistant manager, you're responsible for making sure everyone follows safety codes. I think you should read that. ALEJANDRO: Hmmm. I guess you're right. Alejandro starts to read the pamphlet, interested in it.
