Q: Sex?

A: Only Once, in …

He walked in with a folder under his arm. The officer behind the desk greeted him, pointed at the old chair, “please sit down.” The man seemed frightened, looking at the walls, scanning every item until his eyes froze on the American flag framed on the wall behind the officer. He kept staring, frozen, and still frightened.

Officer started losing his patience, “sir, I need your application and the documents listed on the letter.” He suddenly snapped out of it, “yes, I do” he said with a heavy accent. Then, he offered the folder to the officer.

“No, sir, I only need what I told you, you can keep the folder,” officer said. The man smiled and stayed still. The officer repeated himself, this time a little ticked off, and kept looking at him. He pulled the folder back, and the officer repeated himself saying every word very slowly, yet you could hear the anger. The man seemed terrified; the officer’s “help” wasn’t really helping. Although the officer’s angry tone didn’t help the man’s anxiety, it surely nailed the point. He pulled the papers, and handed them to the officer.

The officer put his glasses on and glanced at every page of the application. Where is your documentation? “I need the Approval letter,” the officer asked. Then the officer noticed the man’s puzzled face, and said, “I need THE LETTER FROM THE IMMIGRATION OFFICE.” As much as the officer wasn’t having a good day, you could see the glow in the man’s eyes; he got it! He pulled the letter from the folder and handed it to the officer. The officer started taking notes: Employment Visa, Physical Therapist, sponsored by Medi Cent of PT Medical Center, requesting October 2015 through September 2018. “So ,you are a physical therapist,” the officer said.

“I’m going through the application with you, and I want you to pay attention and answer the questions. Do you understand?” officer said. The man replied, “yes.”

The officer started going through the questions from the top of application and the man was trying so hard to pay attention and not to goof it up.

Officer started: “Today’s date?” — Man: “July 8, 2015.”

“your full name?” —Man: …….

“Your date of birth?” —Man: “ January 6, 1958; I am 57.”

The officer’s eyes were popping out and said: “Sex?”

Before he says another word, the man replied with his heavy accent “Only once in the neighbor’s backyard.”

And you’re going to be a physical therapist? The officer thought with a broken heart.