when i was on the picket line in 2022, we got a lot of angry drivers. i always struggled with talking to them because, like, whenever someone is vehemently anti-union all i wanna say is "cope and seethe about us bitch". however one time, someone further down the traffic jam we were causing was screaming mad, and the nerdiest ginger dude i have seen, wearing that orange hi-vis vest, walked down the road to her car and struck up a convo with her. a group of 5-10 of us picket-walkers all watched in awe as the driver slowly went from spitting and swearing at us to laughing and shaking the hand of the guy as we let the cars go by. i never got his name but i think about that 20 charisma motherfucker every week of my life. i wish i had even an ounce of his sociability
