After writing a tribute to New York City's valiant sanitation men, I now turn my attention to another criminally unappreciated sector of New York City workers: the deli girl. Specifically, the sullen, overly-tanned, skimpily-dressed, Blackberrying girl who grudgingly works the summer-break shift as a favor to her Uncle Frank. These young women power this great city!
They hate working at the deli. They hate you. They just want to be at the beach.
Last week I went to my local Brooklyn...
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