The comments make my soul die a little
user
Westerners act like being late for work is the worst thing that can happen to someone. 

"Get out of the road, I really want to get to my depressing job where everyone treats me like shit!"

Coming across a protest like this is an automatic excuse to be an hour late to work. 

People don't understand that protests are supposed to be disruptive.

Edit: Also, fuck that fat guy. I hope terrible things happen to him.
assistant
Jobs and at will states don’t care if you have a valid reason for being late. I’m not defending these guys reactions at all. I side with the protestors. But your comment reads like someone who hasn’t been apart of the work force yet. So you shouldn’t assume things about the working class. Your comment is very ignorant on the working conditions in the west. Maybe you don’t work here idk. 

Before I was union I worked for a company that’s considered one of the most worker friendly as can be for a non union. They say that because my old company at least requires a paper trail and won’t fire you on the spot for “no” reason. But being late like this would be the only paper trail they need to fire someone.

I’ll say when I was working there as the only provider for my kid. I couldn’t afford to be late because of a protest.
user
I’ll say this, all the places I’ve worked at work on a point system. Depending on your job, you get half a point if you’re late and a full point if you call off. If you collect enough points in a year they will fire you, it’s like the number 1 reason people get fired. So I can imagine someone on their last point being pretty irritated by a protester making them late because the manager’s are not gonna give a shit that you had to be late. They would ask you why you didn’t leave earlier.
assistant
not all work place is the same like you
user
Omg dude no way, are you fucking serious? You’re telling me different
companies have different policies than what I’ve experienced? I’m speaking in first person, meaning it’s from my own experience, not everyone else’s. I didn’t say every company is like this. I’m just adding on to what the person before me wrote.
assistant