Your prose is much better than your poetry. This is extremely well written and slightly touching.

I know you wanted me to review something, but I may or may not have accidently x'd out the link. so i'll review this 'cause i already read it slash know it's good.
What I like most about it is how it's like a slice of real life...this waiter's story is not unique and not uncommon, but it still bites deep.

...yay.

(In response to your previous review): I liked this. Whether or not life is ok for some people in Mexico, for this man it was hard, and it is awesome that the author cared enough about this guy's life to write this essay. Besides, the waiter in the story himself said that "not many people care what life is like for us here". Not enough people ask.

(as to the essay): I thought this was well written. You have a great narrative style that makes it a pleasant read and your incorporation of humour and your own voice made it very personal. Only one typo I saw, presumably "...as entirely in Spanish" was meant to read "was entirely in Spanish" but I can forgive that, because it's a typo not a spelling or grammatical error! lol And everyone is prone to typos (for some reason I have been tying "enjoyed" as "ejoyed" recently. Bizarre. I've done it more than once too...)

Anways, good work, I really ENJOYED this. (At least I did it right this time!)

the coffee fiend

This makes me laugh. Sorry, Mexico's not really like that. At least most of Mexico isn't. It's hard to live in some places, I suppose, but don't think you gained any particularly Mexican insight. Tiny hovel-restaurants? Jesus. I'll bet you can find as many of those in Arkansas, if you bother to look.

Sorry, I'm just a bit offended at this characterization.