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Old 02-02-2019, 05:34 PM
 
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I'm considering a route sales job in this area and worried I'm gonna get eaten alive, being that I'm a white dude. LOL I'll be mostly dealing with store managers from 5am-1pm. How are the people in this area? Anyone live in this area?
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Old 02-02-2019, 06:00 PM
 
Location: Illinois
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I'm considering a route sales job in this area and worried I'm gonna get eaten alive, being that I'm a white dude. LOL I'll be mostly dealing with store managers from 5am-1pm. How are the people in this area? Anyone live in this area?
What do you mean by "eaten alive?"
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Old 02-02-2019, 10:41 PM
 
Location: West Seattle
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I used to work in Cicero. You'll be fine, just take the same precautions walking around at night that you would in any other inner-ring suburb. Berwyn I think is almost half white, and Cicero still has a lot of old-school Czechs.
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Old 02-03-2019, 09:23 AM
 
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What do you mean by "eaten alive?"
Maybe, eaten alive is the wrong word. I guess feeling unwelcome, constant trash talking in Spanish right in front of me. I'm gonna take a drive there and check it out.

I lived in Bolingbrook growing up, so I'm used to diverse towns, but Cicero is like 80 percent Hispanic, so I'm guessing Spanish is mostly spoken. Maybe I'm wrong.
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Old 02-03-2019, 10:32 AM
 
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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noelgallagher2k, with all due respect, please bear in mind that perhaps just because someone is speaking Spanish in front of you, it nowhere nearly indicates they are "trash talking in Spanish right in front of you." Think about ANYwhere you go. How many times do you hear people speaking ENGLISH to each other right in front of you, yet they probably are not even talking anything remotely related to you!... Something to think about, Sir.- Sincerely, Master Jay in Milwaukee
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Old 02-03-2019, 02:13 PM
 
Location: Illinois
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Maybe, eaten alive is the wrong word. I guess feeling unwelcome, constant trash talking in Spanish right in front of me. I'm gonna take a drive there and check it out.

I lived in Bolingbrook growing up, so I'm used to diverse towns, but Cicero is like 80 percent Hispanic, so I'm guessing Spanish is mostly spoken. Maybe I'm wrong.
You have to learn to care less about what other people are saying and thinking. It's not healthy.
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Old 02-03-2019, 07:22 PM
 
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Maybe, eaten alive is the wrong word. I guess feeling unwelcome, constant trash talking in Spanish right in front of me. I'm gonna take a drive there and check it out.

I lived in Bolingbrook growing up, so I'm used to diverse towns, but Cicero is like 80 percent Hispanic, so I'm guessing Spanish is mostly spoken. Maybe I'm wrong.
This is mostly an issue with your ego and nothing to do with anyone trash talking LOL.
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Old 02-04-2019, 05:56 AM
 
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Hiruko, I agree. Sometimes it's best to take some guidance from Frozen: Let it go. Let it goooooooo.- Have a great day, all!- Master Jay in Milwaukee
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Old 02-04-2019, 06:18 AM
 
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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damba, both direct AND thought provoking, Sir!- Master Jay in Milwaukee
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Old 02-04-2019, 07:44 AM
 
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damba, both direct AND thought provoking, Sir!- Master Jay in Milwaukee
You are kinder and more patient than I, Master Jay. It always bothers me greatly to hear complaints about anyone speaking Spanish (or any other language, frankly) in this day and age, especially in a huge city like Chicago. Cheers.
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