Literary Arts Magazine Spring 2010 | Page 29

The Metro Stations Starting Out On the Wrong Foot By Marvin Rivera I remember one of the most embarrassing moments happened on my first day in my job. It was my first day in the restaurant and the manager told me that one of your responsibilities is to give water to the customers, but they had two kinds of glasses: one for the water and one for the white wine. I put the water in the white wine glass. When the customer saw it he said something to me, but I couldn‟t understand anything. After the customer spoke with the manager and the manager explained the problem to me. It was so embarrassing. Teacher: Sheryl Sherwin Level 5 Afternoon Spring 2009 By Almaz Yohanns Weldesilassie I‟ll never forget the first time I took a metro in the U.S. I used to live in Maryland and I worked in DC on 9th and U Street. My friend gave me a ride for one week. After one week I wanted to go to work by myself. I took the metro from Silver Spring towards DC, but I forgot which metro station I should get off. At that time I didn‟t speak English. I got lost and I did- “At that time I didn‟t n‟t know what to do. After a few speak Engminutes I decided lish. I got lost to get off the and d