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Short Story Just Lather That's All
As said by Julius Irving “Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.” In the short story “Just lather that's all,” by Hernando Tellez The barber acts a true professional and gives the enemy a good shave even though he didn't want to do it. Although the barber is a proud revolutionary, when the enemy walked into his barber shop he put his profession over everything and gave him a good shave. Furthermore, the barber also loves customer satisfaction as he made sure not to even mess up and not even make a small mistake. Lastly, the barber is proud of his profession as he keeps gloating about it throughout the story. Therefore in the story “Just lather that's all,” The barber is a hard worker

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