>You think it's fucking easy You try living on five or six days a month.I don’t get it. Why didn’t he just get a second job?
SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER
>>215158721Longshoremen are parasites. Their job is the equivalent of digging a ditch with a spoon instead of a shovel (automation). Their unions should all be broken up
>>215158721because his gf had perfect titties and he just couldn't let go off them
he was a wigger and a class traitor, a nepobaby propped up by his unc death to trade unions
>season 4 shows naymond playing halo on his xbox>season 2 has the guy that goes on to play master chiefthe halo-the wire pipeline goes pretty deep when you think about it
>>215159295He wasn’t as much as a wigger as the white corner boys
>>215158721lazy polack
>>215159277fpbp
>>215159382you'd be late for work too
>>215158721Longshoreman work is allocated based on seniority. This was in the 90s, well before electronic scheduling systems. If you wanted to work the docks on any particular day, you did it the old fashioned way - by physically going into the union hall and sitting your ass down. Depending on how many ships came in every morning, the port tells the foreman how many guys are needed, and they dispatch that many guys from the union hall in order of most senior to least. If you worked that day, you got paid, and if you didn't, you didn't get paid. This worked okay for many decades, because the demand for dockworker labor was pretty constant and aside from your first year or two where you're still learning the ropes anyways, you could expect to get work every day you wanted to work. But it was difficult to be available for a second job because you didn't know what days you would get work and what days you wouldn't, and if you didn't show up a certain amount of days a month, you lost your seniority. The problem in the Wire was that that the way of life that had lasted for centuries where dockwork could sustain whole communities was dying, because better port technology and containerization meant you could load and unload ships faster and with far fewer guys needed. The ship owners wanted to load and unload at the modernized ports because it was cheaper and faster, so the ports that didn't modernize lost traffic. Basically, it was a no-win situation for the workers.
>>215159671Could always pick up hrs at Mickey Ds is all I’m sayin
>>215159671i never realized why it didn't make sense until you explained why it made sense
>>215159213Of course my horse!
>>215159671>But it was difficult to be available for a second job because you didn't know what days you would get work and what days you wouldn't, and if you didn't show up a certain amount of days a month, you lost your seniority.Just show up a certain amount of days and work the other job the other days.
>>215158721i would pay him to have sex with me
>>215161041you think they're letting people keep seniority if they're only showing up half the month?
>>215158721Working five or six days a month sounds super comfy
>>215158721JOHNHALO
>>215158721>Season 2 takes place in June 2003>US invades Iraq in March 2003Why didn't he join the military? Wasn't everyone doing that back then?
>>215161486I think the enlistment surge was immediately after 9/11
>>215161219to get those five or six days you need to show up to the union hall for 21-25 days of the month with your dick in your hand, with no idea if you'll work those days or not, is the point.
>>215161577>pick up a 2nd job with a shift that starts at 5pm
>>215159671>If you wanted to work the docks on any particular day, you did it the old fashioned way - by physically going into the union hall and sitting your ass down. That's literally still how it works for us at at the LA/LB port, as a casual at least. I am able to get a second job though, because you only have to work a handful of days out of the year to keep the casual card. I have no idea how the actual union thing works, because I won't get in for at least another 3 more years.
>>215159366Wtf are you talking about retard? Halo hasn't been adopted yet
>>215161629>oops sorry i can't show up i got a day offloading freight>okay don't bother coming back then
>>215161769I’m sure the Union rules ends the workday at 3:30. Plenty of time.
>>215161769There is both day and night shifts.
>>215161769so find another job
>>215158721Coz every one of those characters in that season is a degenerate retard.I hate season 2 so much it's unreal because i hate all of those useless alcoholic idiots.
>>215159295>death to trade unions No. I don't think so. But you're welcome to suck corporate cock all by yourself.My union boys would actually beat you to death which is how I know you've never worked a day in your life.
>>215162169Union would throw you under the bus for a dollar Hope you dont find that out the hard way
>>215159295>wigger Lmao he literally has a scene where he tells the White drug dealer that he’s a fucking embarrassment for being a wigger
>>215162169huh? you know he hasn't worked a day in his life because your union buddies would kill him? what are you talking about man, this is complete nonsense
>>215163082He’s like DeAngelo is to the projects nigs, but they’re both nigs all the same
>>215162169wow your "union boys" sound very mature and mentally sound. I'm glad they're all being propped up by a corrupt organization that is gatekeeping your profession.
>>215161883>why'd you get fired from mcdonalds?>had to take a union shift>... okay we'll get back to you
>>215162169why do sissies love being findommed by higher ups so much?
>>215159366nigger consoleshit
>>215158721Because you need to show up or be ready in case they need you.
>>215159213Why are all these 99% people posting like 1% people?What the fuck?
>>21516323499% people are usually pretty dumb.
>>215163228Most of the guys are underworked, couldn't they get someone else?
>>215159671Fuck the "workers". I'm for supporting billionaires and CEOs as if someday I'm going to be one.
>>215163278I support billionaires and CEOs because they’re simply better people than deadbeat normalfaggot niggers. I know I’ll never be one.
>>215158787In a cargo box?
>>215163256they get the most senior person who shows up. people who don't show up most of the month lose seniority.
>>215163321Then you're just doing it against your own best interest for spite? Because you hate yourself? It doesn't make any sense. But then again, you're quite ignorant. You have a very simplified left vs. right binary thinking system and you're stuck siding with the billionaires you idolize and will never be even as it leaves you with less.Nice sacrifice you're making, dumbshit. You REALLY care.
>>215163345Freedom isn't free! It costs foaks like yaew an' me!
>>215163345>it’s not in your best interestrino!!!!!scarcity ended a long time ago. Your interest is what you make of it. I myself don’t really care if I have lots of money and things, material possessions are not my jam.
>>215163394Yes, when you live with your mom and have no responsibilities, it's easy to side with big bad billionaires just for "the lulz". Congratulations on being a big boy with your big boy rebellion.
>>215163411my mom is dead
>>215163345I just wanted to add in trans btw
>>215163531It’s weird but I can’t picture a terminally online leftist that ISNT some flavor of transgender at this point
>>215163164just don't say you got fired retard
>>215163611you haven't been able to hide a job history for over 20 years
>>215163623 this show was 22 years ago
>>215163623maybe if you're 80 iq
>>215163566careful there, anon, having trouble picturing reality is a sign that you might be a terminally online leftist yourself.
>>215163654and what does "over" mean?
>>215163416That explains why she was so quiet last night
>>215162110Frank Sobotka would have gotten away with it but he was sunk due to circumstances out of his control.
>>215160717theres a whole scene dedicated to that. maybe next time dont browse your phone when watching
>>215164278there is not a scene that does a breakdown of union seniority structure and how it is maintained.
>>215161629The only way this could be feasible is if you work for a relative or a friend who understands your situation and is OK with their job being your backup option. Most corporate wageslave bosses (even at shit tier jobs like McDonalds and Shart Mart) demand you are available whenever they need you, no matter how inconsistent their hours are.
He should have become a digital nomad
>>215164569>t. I know, since I’ve never had a job.Half the time at these places you literally have to beg for more hours
>>215158721He did though, dealing drugs is a job.
>>215164569Do jobless tankie NEETs truly think all work is fascism? People often show up to shit tier jobs on drugs and hrs late. They don’t have high expectations.
Nico from the docks
