Ordinary Tuesdays · No. 13

Observe and Report and Chokeholds

Capability is not jurisdiction. Sometimes the work is knowing which job is yours.

One of Paolo’s first jobs in the United States came with a uniform and a deceptively simple instruction: observe and report. A story about helping, overstepping, and learning what a situation actually asks of you before deciding what you can do.

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Paolo Cruz writes Ordinary Tuesdays.

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