3. Longshoreman
Remember The Wire? The second season focuses on Pulaski and his crew, a group of longshoremen colluding with criminals in smuggling, well, everything from cars to drugs and people through Baltimore Harbor. Apparently, in real life, longshoremen make so much money legally that they hardly need to bother with all that illegal stuff. Granted, Baltimore Harbor is a far cry from New York, New Jersey, and Houston, but even in those smaller ports dock workers can make a decent living. In huge harbors like those three, they easily make $100,000 a year. Risking such a job, not to mention freedom, by getting involved with criminal activity seems pretty stupid. Then again, there’s that saying about the universe and human stupidity.
