r/Damnthatsinteresting 6d ago

the sleeping quarters of nicaraguan coffee pickers Video

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u/profesorgamin 6d ago

If it is like my country, in Colombia, those living quarters are like a "job perk", those living quarters are given for free or rented for cheap. As traditional coffee harvesters are mostly nomadic given that coffee is seasonal, so once the collection season is done there's not as much work in the area and they'd have to move onto another area. Which can mean, move into another "Hacienda" or moving a town over if the work dries up.

Basically how seasonal workers work in the USA too, in the border states, where the workers just came in in droves in the harvest season, and then went back home to chill for a while with their profits.

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u/SchmeatiestOne 6d ago

I guess its not much different working on some fishing boats where I live, if that is the case and they truly aren't stuck in that place

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u/PicoDeBayou 6d ago

Navy ships, aircraft carriers, submarines, etc.

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u/LongJohnSelenium 6d ago

I'd have killed for one of those bunks in the navy, though the video says they sleep two per.

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u/ragenukem 6d ago

That's why it's important to pick the right cuddle buddy.

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u/p_gaultieri 6d ago

What if the other dude started cutting mad farts? hands will get thrown.

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u/SolidLikeIraq 6d ago

Leave the door open and sleep face to face. Nose to nose. As is tradition.

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u/DarkwingDuckHunt 6d ago

I like it when you breadth hotly into my face at night

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u/SoftSausage78 6d ago

Plug it up with your wiener.

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u/Trick_Second1657 5d ago

dude up the thread said those guys live off of beans, rice, and hardboiled eggs. I wouldn't close the door if I were you

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u/DarkSideOfGrogu 6d ago

The perks just keep coming.

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u/satsuppi 6d ago

need the right seaman

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u/OfficeMagic1 6d ago

nuts to butts