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We Now Know Truckers and Stock Boys Are Vital, Hollywood Is Not
Breitbart ^ | March 21,2020 | JOHN NOLTE

Posted on 03/21/2020 5:32:03 PM PDT by Hojczyk

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To: Hojczyk
Hollywood is America's enemy.
21 posted on 03/21/2020 6:06:26 PM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Lord loves a working man.


22 posted on 03/21/2020 6:08:09 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Hojczyk
So I walked into Caraluzzi's supermarket in Bethel, CT early this morning and every single aisle had boxes on the floor with stockboys (and girls) loading up the shelves with product.

I walked out of there with everything I needed for the coming quarantine. Including toilet paper. Trucks were lined up outside for their turn at the loading docks.

So yes, stockboys and truckers way more important than Hollywood "stars".

23 posted on 03/21/2020 6:09:54 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (Trump (859); Slow Joe (527); Commie (476); Fake Indian (48); Drunken Weld (1))
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To: Salvavida

Thank you for your service!

We are with you!!!!


24 posted on 03/21/2020 6:10:02 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: dfwgator
My Grandpaw used to say......
The dirtier the hands
The cleaner the money
25 posted on 03/21/2020 6:11:13 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: RightField

Thank you for this info!

And thank your b-i-l for his service!

We are all in this war together!


26 posted on 03/21/2020 6:11:43 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: Hojczyk

in my county in sf bay, one needs a letter (specifying the business is essential) to continue to operate a business. i wonder if hollywood studios are in operation, and if so then do they have letters from the state that they are essential...


27 posted on 03/21/2020 6:14:52 PM PDT by SteveH (intentionally blank)
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To: WildHighlander57
And the fast food workers want $15/hour for unskilled labor, which actually matches the exact industry standard for a trucker hourly pay when he is detained, breakdown, or performing company work where miles are not involved.

So a McDonald's teenager wants the same as my pay, and my schooling starts at 5K and takes no less than 2 years experience......and I don't get to see my family but twice a month.

Yay justice!

28 posted on 03/21/2020 6:15:04 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: miserare

+1


29 posted on 03/21/2020 6:16:36 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: Sacajaweau

Ditto. Aldi’s delivery is awesome.


30 posted on 03/21/2020 6:18:25 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: cyclotic

My husband is a Tech II. Diagnoses all the issues with the tractors, trailers, refrigerated units, etc. and tells the young guys what needs to be fixed.

His toolbox is so big, it takes 3 men to move it (even on casters). He has thousands of dollars in tools to fix just about anything that hauls produce.

Unlike Cher, Babs, and Whoopie, he is essential.

My son was working part-time at Market Street when a customer, who was impressed with his performance and dedication, offered him a part-time position for an oil investment company. He liked going to work in a suit and making good money part-time, but when things started shutting down, the office closed and only the senior execs were able to work from home.

Now he’s back at the supermarket and they are thrilled to have him.

I manage a high rise condominium. I cannot work from home. My board considers me essential.

Thankfully, we are all still employed.


31 posted on 03/21/2020 6:19:37 PM PDT by TheWriterTX (Trust not in earthly princes....)
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To: Hojczyk

Yeah, but apparently it’s cheaper to replace them than protect them.

That’s why Amazon and Kroger have raised wages by 2 bucks an hour, and are advertising to hire thousands more employees, but literally nothing is being done to protect these workers.


32 posted on 03/21/2020 6:26:18 PM PDT by BusterDog
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To: Hojczyk

Don’t forget the Fork Lift Operators and warehouse workers who pick the orders and load the trucks!


33 posted on 03/21/2020 6:28:36 PM PDT by EC Washington
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To: southernindymom

2010 version of true grit is excellent


34 posted on 03/21/2020 6:31:09 PM PDT by mel (There are only 2 races decent and undecent people)
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To: southernindymom

I once was a “Bundle Boy” in a sewing factory in rural PA., keeping the ladies on the sewing machines supplied with work in progress. Years later, as a Mfg. Engr. at a Fortune 500 Co., I conversed with the V.P. of Sales who was of Italian origin. He said, “Never be ashamed of where you came from. My father, fresh off the boat from Italy, worked in a sewing factory in Chicago, sewing pockets into overcoats. God Bless America!”


35 posted on 03/21/2020 6:33:19 PM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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To: NFHale

Grew up in Pittsburgh which was very blue collar at the time. Grandfather was a pharmacist who owned his own store. Worked 70+ hour weeks. Had a heart attack and died when my dad was 13. Grandmother had a stroke and died soon afterwards. My dad came up hard.


36 posted on 03/21/2020 6:39:57 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Hojczyk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40-Hour_Week


37 posted on 03/21/2020 6:41:28 PM PDT by US Navy Vet (Trump Train!!!)
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To: NFHale

Many of us are thankful that we were raised by parents who were of the “Greatest Generation”. ( father-US Navy Pacific Theater 4 yrs, mother-stateside trauma nurse, and at 97 still thinks she is) I just pray I have instilled the values in my son they beat into my head and I thank them for it.


38 posted on 03/21/2020 6:45:39 PM PDT by cork (gun control, proper grip, stance and target picture)
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To: Hojczyk
On the other hand, Hollywood does a lot for our balance of trade.

While we need truckers, if they're taking Chinese products to stores, they can't claim as much.

39 posted on 03/21/2020 6:48:13 PM PDT by x
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To: cork

“...I just pray I have instilled the values in my son they beat into my head and I thank them for it....”

You did. They listen. Even when you think they didn’t, they did.

Mine sure did.


40 posted on 03/21/2020 6:49:23 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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