i got plenty ...
but the one that stood out was the time we had a strike that was nationally mandated by the Teamsters Union office led by Junior Hoffa...
yeah the son of "that hoffa"
all i remember is being a 19 year old UPS truck reloader being "told" that it was my duty to take my azz down to union hall and vote YES in for the validation of the strike...
at first i was like ..fukk yall and that hoe azz strike mane
i was bout to turn 20 and celebrate the fact that i had just got my first apartment staying off campus and i had plans to get engaged to my girlfriend..
no kids..making decent bread...in college...i was living my BEST LIFE
plus I NEEDED MY JOB!!!...I DIDN'T WANT NO DAMN STRIKE
so anyway i walk in the union hall...and i swear it was one of the gloomiest places i ever seen in my life
just a few old white guys walking around not saying shyt.....so ain't said shyt to them either...
i just wanted to vote NO and get it over with....ASKED where the ballot box was and the guy pointed to this corner where this big fat italian looking dude was sitting in a folding chair that looked like it was about to collapse
and i swear it was like i was frozen....this dude had like the biggest revolver i ever seen on his hip....and he POINTED to that box like
VOTE HERE
right then and there...i realized it was in my best intrests to VOTE YES
im glad i did...because when they held the strike the following monday...
man it was scary...they terrorized all the dudes who voted NO and went back to work in defiance of the STRIKE calling them "scabs"..."puzzies"..."sell outs'....
it was surreal...
then to come home and see footage of the strike on CNN with a still photo they showed constantly of Union president Junior Hoffa kicking the living shyt outta some random scab
all i could think of was ...WHAT IN THE WORLD HAVE I GOT MYSELF INTO?!?!?