I worked for a cable company in my late teens/early twenties, believe it or not, I was made foreman, driving a van around with about a dozen Mexicans digging trenches to bury underground coax cable. On our first dig at lunch time, several came to me handing me money, I pushed back the money, apparently the foreman(s) before me were extorting money from these guys. No one ever told me they were Illegals but none spoke English and I would see different workers a lot and I was the only Dig Crew.
Anyway, they worked Hard, very Hard...no standing around. I have found this to be the case over the many years I have worked with them, around them in various jobs...
Have to share, I was not one to point them to a dig area and sit in the Van, I was young, had energy, anyway, I challenged one about my age to a Dig-Off
Not only did he dig twice as far as me, he also dug twice as deep too, lolWhat was sad is several would skip lunch, not having brought their own lunch like others, I often would go buy their lunch. This was the early 80s, if Immigration was a problem, I did not know about...
