ace in the hole

Recently my co worker threatened me, tells me to lift a shit load of bags or just fuck off. This is how it is at jfk, there's something upwards of ten thousand bags to move a day, and they have to get it done or there will be hell to pay. so a lot of these guys in this dead end job are insane. just like in the military, money can be a great motivator, convincing these guys to move mountains for their bosses so they don't starve to death.

modern day slavery.

i thought about it for a second actually, I could probably find a better job anyway, that'd be a good idea instead of risking life and limb in the bowls of an airline. sigh, i don't know, don't have a problem getting the job done and going home, but these fucks are out of their minds having no where else to turn for money, so they lash out at me. i'm amused really... more than frightened. I KNOW i have a bunch of aces in the hole.

first is that they need me, all this 'fuck off' stuff and yet i still get scheduled again and again for piers and arrivals. it's like being in school though and some of the students suck up to the teacher more, same shit, some of the guys whine to the supervisor if they don't get what they want. and teh super obliges them because it's his ass if the job goes undone.

too bad they really can't afford to just throw us baggage guys away so easily. so i have to laugh at it when they try to threaten us with a firing. it'd really be more of a favor.

then it hits me, they hope to stick you in a corner in college too. learn and study and shit or we'll kill you. interesting, albeit fruitless. why would you destroy the people who are going to be worth millions to you. come on, we're not idiots.

i know this now, didn't back in the day, but yeah, the rich need the poor, they won't lift a finger against them because it'll only hurt themselves.

if i get fired, so what. there are thousands of companies looking for a guy like me, go right ahead. i actually have tsa on the backburner. their hiring process just takes a billion years...

you want to kill me... good luck, who is going to take care of your daughter, marry her, all that traditional garbage.

i... rule... the... world... asshole.