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Home Depot in LA installs noise machines that ‘penetrate bones’ to deter day laborers
(www.theguardian.com)
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And how common do you think this hiring people on the hardware store parking lot practise is, globally speaking? Can you name some countries where you know this is a thing, or where you've seen people hang around the parking lot, waiting to be hired?
Hardware store specifically? Which is not what your original comment said: parking lot.
Yeah: China. India. From basic web searches those appear to be parking lots and transit stations. They gather in mass to be picked up for day labor. Construction, warehouse work, etc.
BASIC INTERNET SEARCHING
Just admit you don’t know anything outside of Finland.
I mean I've only visited 15 countries and worked in 4. What would I know. You've what, searched this thing so I assume this is new knowledgw to you too that it happens elsewhere. And here you are shitting on me for not knowing this is a thing. That's funny.
You visited 15 countries and worked in four yet you didn’t pay attention to anything while you were there outside of your own little bubble. That’s funny. Then when you are presented with the idea of day laborers, it’s something you can’t possibly fucking understand, and you dismiss the wealth of information online, falling back to your experience must be the only experience.
That’s not just funny, that’s hilarious.
I'm sure you know those countries hire people from the parking lots better than someone who lived and worked there, despite not knowing even which countries I'm talking about. I think that says it all, really.
Right. Your experience is limited, as you said. I’m glad we agree. Goodbye
I mean I hadn't heard of the practice of hiring people from parking lots, yeah. That was sorta the whole reason I asked the comment section about it. But you are assuming everywhere must have the practice and people not knowing about it must be rich, not realizing not everywhere has that practice. (I mean tbh pretty sure you just assumed I was American, because of course)
I had limited experience and asked about it, you came in hot calling me names because you didn't know better.