Thoughts About People Standing in the Street
This is at an intersection not far from my neighborhood.
Here’s what’s going on in the picture:
A pan handler stands at the red dot, holding a sign asking for a little help.
Hispanic laborers sit at the blue dot waiting for someone to come in a truck to ask them to do some labor.
And at the green dot, a sign spinner holds a sign for gold in exchange for cash.
At this one corner, we have three different kinds of people: someone no longer looking for a job, a group of people looking for a job and guy who has a job.
Does the sign spinner hate that he has to spin signs and would rather get money directly by holding another cardboard sign instead?
Do the Hispanic day laborers envy the sign spinner for having a steady job?
I’m not sure who the homeless guy is jealous of, but I’m sure he’s jealous of one of the other two, at least.
This is like a game of employment Rock Paper Scissors.
