She said, he said, she said, he apologized

I received this very courteous note from Sherri with regard to our spurious remarks about Mighty Mike.

She took the time to do this, and I think it only fair that we all know this.

We owe the lady an apology.
She wrote:

"I have been extremely bothered all day by the responses I received to my posting on the dr1.com site. I somehow feel the need to defend myself. While on vacation I had the opportunity to meet many Dominicans. One specific one was planning on coming to Canada sometime before September. His hopes were to find work and be able to stay here. Although I am not aware of the legalities of such a move I did agree that if I could be of assistance in helping procure legal employment I would. Upon my return I told a few friends of the situation and they were quite interested in the prospect of possibly having an employee who speaks so many languages. One specific situation had just come forth that would require a multi-linguistic individual in approximately one month. I did not wish to jeopardize any current employment for the individual in question so I chose to be somewhat discreet. My mistake. The responses were disgustingly suggestive as if somehow someone else knew everything that was supposedly going on or had gone on. The presumptions made about my character were hurtful. I did not post requesting my values and morals to be scrutinized, only if anyone could get in touch with this individual so I may see if he is truly interested in obtaining employment here. Why I feel the need to defend myself is somewhat of a mystery. The two of you had included your e-mail addresses so I took the opportunity to clear this much up without putting myself out there for further insults. I will certainly think twice about helping someone the next time.

Thanks for your time.

I answered:
Dear Sherri: We see so many of these posts that we jumped--no, we LEAPED--to the obviously wrong conclusion, hence my second post. I apologize. But I am pretty sure that you can forget about getting this guy a job in Canada. The red tape will weigh you down. I wish you well.

But, hey, that moniker he sported was just too good to be true! You have to grin, at least a little, if you think of it that way--which we all did.

Again my sincerest apologies, and if you should venture up this way on your next trip, I would be pleased to have you here at the house for food & drink with the Hillbillies.

Cordially,

Hillbilly

I also appologize to you for my misunderstanding. I am just wondering if you were so interested in him contacting you then why didn't you just pickup the phone and called him to let him know about the job oppenings? why ask anyone else to contact him to contact you?
Anyway, most of those guys would love to leave the island for a better life. most of activity staff make anywhere from 3000 - 5 thousand pesos a month. The managers make more, but a whole lot more.
Anyhow, like hillbily said, it seems like an impossible task to get a visa for him.
Finally, I am sorry, if i misunderstood you in your search and support for super Mike.
have a nice day.

BIG DIFFERENCE

In the States, often someone with multi-lingual abilities can get labor certification if he's not displacing an American worker and if the company is willing to sponsor him/her. A good Immigration Lawyer can get through the 'red tape'.