Six months of looking for a job had made me an expert at picking out the people who, like me, were hurrying up to wait — in somebody's outer anything for a chance to make it through their inner doors to prove that you could type two words a minute, or not drool on your blouse while answering difficult questions about your middle initial and date of birth.


Mama Day (1988)

Gloria Naylor Quotes

Six months of looking for a job had made me an expert at picking out the people who, like me, were hurrying up to wait — in somebody's outer...

Six months of looking for a job had made me an expert at picking out the people who, like me, were hurrying up to wait — in somebody's outer...

Six months of looking for a job had made me an expert at picking out the people who, like me, were hurrying up to wait — in somebody's outer...

Six months of looking for a job had made me an expert at picking out the people who, like me, were hurrying up to wait — in somebody's outer...