Sell Out: Part Two

[Fiction] From Simon Rich’s serialized novella for The New Yorker: A pickler strikes out on his own:

“Simon refills his coffee vat and smirks.

“‘Who’s going to hire you? You’ve got no education, no experience, no skills.’

“‘Simon,’ Claire says. ‘That’s rude.’

“‘It’s not rude,’ he says. ‘It’s realistic. I mean, for God’s sake, Hersch, you barely even know how to speak English.’

“My face begins suddenly to burn. It is painful to hear my great-great-grandson say these things. I know I am not so clever. I did not go to kindergarten like a fancy man. But I have always worked my best. I am not as worthless as he says.”

Author: Simon Rich
Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jan 30, 2013
Length: 17 minutes (4,383 words)
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