I guess? I’ve seen it at multiple Home Depot’s in Georgia, Florida, Washington state, Texas, Louisiana, and Nevada. Which are also the only states I’ve gone to Home Depot’s in
Edit: maybe it’s time of day? They are usually all hired out by 9-10am
Seriously asking because now I’m intrigued. What does the scenario look like and how does it work? Are there dudes just literally loitering infront of the store? What do the contractors hiring them do, say what they’re looking for and the workers sort it out who goes or is the contractor treating it like a line up of hookers and picking the one thst looks most hard working lol. Why wouldn’t the people looking for work just post fliers instead of wasting the time standing there? I’ve definitely seen that at some hardware stores. Usually mom and pop local shops where they’ll have a corkboard for handymen to hang flyers on.
So firstly yes, dudes are just hanging out in front of the store, folks approach them, usually say something like “Trabajo? Tres workers?” or “Looking for a few workers for the day” And wait for a response, I assume a price is negotiated somehow but I’ve not heard that bit.
As far as flyers, most if not all of these folks are undocumented migrants, if they have a phone line it’s not a permanent one, and they also don’t want immigration enforcement to be able to trace them that way. You show up to Home Depot, get work and pay for the day and then move to the next job. Much less risk of being identified by the government.
As far as wasting time, from their perspective it’s a waste of time to be waiting around for a phone call when they could be at the spot where the contractor is going to be anyways for supplies
It was a thing, briefly I think. It might still happen some places. I haven’t seen anybody hanging out in a HD lot for probably 20 years now. When I lived in TX the local HD usually had a half-dozen guys give or take for hire for odd jobs.
Does this really happen at Home Depots? Or is this all derived from the family guy scene?
It absolute does
So other just doesn’t happen at any of the home depots I have gone to across 7 states and untold amount of towns in each state? Lol
I guess? I’ve seen it at multiple Home Depot’s in Georgia, Florida, Washington state, Texas, Louisiana, and Nevada. Which are also the only states I’ve gone to Home Depot’s in
Edit: maybe it’s time of day? They are usually all hired out by 9-10am
Seriously asking because now I’m intrigued. What does the scenario look like and how does it work? Are there dudes just literally loitering infront of the store? What do the contractors hiring them do, say what they’re looking for and the workers sort it out who goes or is the contractor treating it like a line up of hookers and picking the one thst looks most hard working lol. Why wouldn’t the people looking for work just post fliers instead of wasting the time standing there? I’ve definitely seen that at some hardware stores. Usually mom and pop local shops where they’ll have a corkboard for handymen to hang flyers on.
So firstly yes, dudes are just hanging out in front of the store, folks approach them, usually say something like “Trabajo? Tres workers?” or “Looking for a few workers for the day” And wait for a response, I assume a price is negotiated somehow but I’ve not heard that bit.
As far as flyers, most if not all of these folks are undocumented migrants, if they have a phone line it’s not a permanent one, and they also don’t want immigration enforcement to be able to trace them that way. You show up to Home Depot, get work and pay for the day and then move to the next job. Much less risk of being identified by the government.
As far as wasting time, from their perspective it’s a waste of time to be waiting around for a phone call when they could be at the spot where the contractor is going to be anyways for supplies
It was a thing, briefly I think. It might still happen some places. I haven’t seen anybody hanging out in a HD lot for probably 20 years now. When I lived in TX the local HD usually had a half-dozen guys give or take for hire for odd jobs.