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Also, isn't someone from the government supposed to be in charge of this? Shouldn't they be out there finding out what's happening? It seems odd that no one h
by Natsu 5y ago
Also, isn't someone from the government supposed to be in charge of this? Shouldn't they be out there finding out what's happening?
It seems odd that no one has tried this, yet as someone who has worked in a factory, I can easily believe that the absentee managers have no idea what the hell actually goes on among the workers.
You need to spend significant actual time, to the point of working actual shifts, to get a clear picture of things sometimes. People have weird and wrong notions of what efficiencies matter sometimes, for example. Shaving a second off an action repeated thousands of times daily matters, shaving a minute off of a rare task that's not even done every day matters far less in comparison.
- aerosmile 5y agoI am sure you noticed that Ryan gently exposed those in charge of not doing enough by repeating the ship captain's comments that Ryan's team was the first to ask to get a tour of the port from the ocean side. Granted, perhaps those in charge have their own boats or are using helicopters, but the lack of action does make me wonder.
- labster 5y agoRyan probably understands freight and logistics better than the government decision-makers. Regulatory bodies don’t often think in terms of changing the laws, and have narrower scopes. I bet the Long Beach zoning commission never even realized that they could be causing the backup, because the 2-high policy has worked fine for years. In a democracy, we are the government. People who know how to fix problems need to engage with their representatives, not just hope they’ll figure out freight logistics problems because they have a law degree.
- ajmurmann 5y agoFunny enough this is supposed to be the good side for lobbying. Politicians need input from people on the ground in industry.
- Camillo 5y agoLet's not forget the media. Renting a boat and talking to people at the port to see what's going on should be right up an investigative journalist's alley. The Silicon Valley guy is doing the job of not just one power center, but two.
- Kye 5y agoPerhaps the fourth estate needs the microphones currently stuck on a ship somewhere.
- redis_mlc 5y agoThe MSM largely is a coverup for the Biden administration, so you're not going to see much in the way of investigative journalism until after the 2022 mid-terms. :) Proof of this is that Pelosi made a mistake recently and publicly asked the MSM "to sell the budget bills." Note that cnn.com is half-accurate since Sept. 1 because the Afghanistan debacle and plunging ratings jarred them into some factual reporting. In the meantime, you can watch Fox and Sky Australia, and NTD media (all on YT.)
- Robotbeat 5y agoTemporary logistics czar. 1 year term, with the second half being transition to normal.
- AvocadoPanic 5y agoHe's been on maternity leave.