rant · moment 14 of 17
In Defense of the La Quinta Job for America's Down-and-Out
from A Police State, Candace’s Lawsuit, & The La Quinta Promise | The Tim Dillon Show #458 · #458
11 min
He builds an extended riff arguing that La Quinta-style motel jobs exist precisely for the working poor and traumatized underclass of America, describing the seedy realities of motel rooms and arguing these jobs shouldn't be outsourced to remote foreign workers on iPads.
- Tim questions why people are mad about La Quinta job positions going to immigrants instead of Americans.
- Security at a bare-bones hotel is pointless—a minimum-wage worker won't save you from actual danger.
- These jobs should go to American dirtbags who need work: people with rough lives, neck tattoos, fresh out of rehab.
- La Quinta is part of the subterranean American economy designed for people having a rough go of it.
- Tim was broke and a drug addict in his mid-30s, living in that world with people who would never get much further.
- These people aren't starting apps or entrepreneurial ventures—they need jobs, period.
- La Quintas are where people go to smoke meth, crack, cheat on spouses, or conduct secret affairs.
- If you want to see real America, don't go to Manhattan or Beverly Hills—go to a La Quinta in Florida or the Carolinas.
- When you're flushed down by society, working at a chain hotel is one of the few dignified options available.
- The greatness of America is that traumatized and abused people can work in hotels and carry themselves heroically.
- Jesus said what you do for the least of us, you do for me—that's what America is supposed to be.