His colleagues gathered around me smiling and speaking too rapidly in Spanish for me to understand. He yelled out 'trabajo' to his friends, thinking that I was offering work. When I told him he had difficult work, he misunderstood what I was saying. He said 10 hours a day, seven days a week. In Spanish, I asked the man who handed me a card how long he had to stand out there. I passed by a group of people speaking Spanish in the street while they were handing out cards advertising 'escorts.' Each card featured a different young woman.

I instantly became the most popular attraction on the Las Vegas Strip.