LJ Idol Week 8: Manny

Weekdays were made for work, for school, and for helping his mother around the house. Weekdays meant Manny wore slacks and button down shirts, because one button out of place meant Manny would get called into his supervisor's office, even though everyone else at work wore jeans and t-shirts. Weekdays meant he was Manuel, pronounced man-you-el, because one slip of his accent and he would go from Manuel, voted employee of the month three months in a row, to Manny, the Mexican from the Bronx.

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