I ask if I can take a thank-you photo, since I’m making an album of all the thankees. Four of the guys—including Eric and Lee—say yes. But there’s another long-haired man sitting on a forklift. He waves me off. He’s not interested in being thanked. I’m not sure why. Maybe he thinks it’s condescending to be thanked. Maybe he just wants to be left alone to do his job. Maybe the other guys do as well but are too polite to say so.
