Gold Hat Permiso, teniente, me agarre mi sombrero? (Permission, Lieutenant, to grab my hat?) Fred C. Dobbs Can you help a fellow American down on his luck? Fred C. Dobbs If I was a native, I'd get me a can of shoe polish and I'd be in business. They'd never let a gringo. You can sit on a bench til you're three-quarters starved. You can beg from another gringo. You can even commit burglary. But try shining shoes in the street or peddling lemonade out of a bucket and your hash is settled. You'd never get another job from an American.