I was talking to a gardener who works for my neighbor. I was curious how much he charges, because I am sure he is getting paid cash and contributes nothing to this country. He spoke only Spanish. Anyway, the thing that caught my attention is that he referred to my neighbor as his "patron", an old feudal word that the peasants would use to refer to the lord of the manor or the owner of a factory. I was surprised that he would still feel himself a peasant and that the guy that hired him as an independent contractor to work on his yard is a "patron".
We don't need this in our country. Can you imagine any American at any point in history referring to an employer this way? It's why we are indomitable, or used to be.
“El patron” means “the boss”. If I hire someone to do yard work, I’m not his boss, I’m his customer. It’s a business transaction, no more that that.
Strange.....