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PCIntern

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Wed Oct 30, 2024, 06:18 PM Oct 2024

Here's some interesting good news: [View all]

On Wednesdays I practice in what is essentially a Medicaid office which is very rewarding in many ways. I don’t know ten words of Spanish and 80% of the clientele are native speakers and many essentially know no English. Both my staff members are bilingual and we do great.

My receptionist/ business manager hails from Puerto Rico and we talk politics quite often because she’s one of us. So I came in this morning, put my stuff down and said “Whoeee…I can only imagine how you were feeling about your favorite ( ) person in the whole world.” Her reply was “Everyone I know, no matter what Central American or South American country they’re from is saying : ‘We are all Puerto Ricans now.”

Solidarity.

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Good for her! And thank you for letting us know, my dear PCIntern. nt CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2024 #1
Beautiful !!! fierywoman Oct 2024 #2
It must be the straw that broke the camel's back because this behavior has been nonstop since 2015 and mucifer Oct 2024 #3
Excellent. May it continue to spread. yorkster Oct 2024 #4
Thanks for helping. Used to do some work with dentists that do a lot of Medicaid work. Silent Type Oct 2024 #5
All true and you're welcome... PCIntern Oct 2024 #6
To paraphrase John F. Kennedy usonian Oct 2024 #7
I'll take two. 3Hotdogs Oct 2024 #8
What does Chingatmaga mean in english please? Urban dictionary did not help irisblue Oct 2024 #10
From spanishtogo app... dchill Oct 2024 #11
Thank you. Welp today I learned. irisblue Oct 2024 #14
I think Codifer Oct 2024 #18
In the good old days, it was Chinga la migra (Immigration) usonian Oct 2024 #21
Cabron tax! Ramsey Barner Oct 2024 #30
Ich bin ein Puerto Rican! GopherGal Oct 2024 #33
What I don't get .... maggots don't like people from Latin America. 3Hotdogs Oct 2024 #9
Not that this explains all of it soldierant Oct 2024 #16
Especially in the last few decades markodochartaigh Oct 2024 #20
Oh yeah, that wouldn't help at all. soldierant Oct 2024 #34
In part. carpetbagger Oct 2024 #29
Seems he's trying to rectify that happenstance. dchill Oct 2024 #19
Yeah.... progressoid Oct 2024 #31
That's so cool! ananda Oct 2024 #12
Yes indeed! calimary Oct 2024 #13
Beautiful! H2O Man Oct 2024 #15
Everything Trump touches dies... Joinfortmill Oct 2024 #17
Nice! Evolve Dammit Oct 2024 #22
FORMIDABLE!!!!! Mme. Defarge Oct 2024 #23
I have lived in Santa Fe, NM, for some 15 years now. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2024 #24
Lucky you. What a wonderful place to live. efhmc Oct 2024 #26
Yes, I am lucky. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2024 #27
Nice: We are all Puerto Ricans now. Hieronymus Phact Oct 2024 #25
"We're all Puerto Ricans Now" Tee-shirts should be available as Kamala Harris Merchandise! SupportSanity Oct 2024 #28
That is awesome wendyb-NC Oct 2024 #32
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