Men Without Accounts
These are men who generally live on the streets (unhoused) and assist vendors in their work (with the exception of men who lay things out)
- Men without accounts
- DOORMEN: panhandlers outside banks and ATM machines
- never explicitly ask for money
- feel as though they are doing a service
- polite and gracious
- moved to written matter economy after Giulliani made this kind out work illegal
- SPOT HOLDER (competition for good table locations)
- cant maintain normal routine to have their own table
- often addicts
- think its degrading to look through trash
- consider themselves versatile
- consider begging an honest living-cant enter the formal economy
- Place Holder
- informal system governs property rights on the street
- may watch all night to ensure a coveted spot
- Table Watchers
- watch tables when vendors have to step away
- watch a second table (not allowed two)
- payment is often delayed, because they trust one another (may delay payment so they don't spend it on drugs)
- gives him a place to sit for awhile
- The Mover
- move goods to where they can be stored
- parking garage
- subway
- building they work at
- The Storage Provider
- provide places (above) where storage can be provided
- Men That "Lay Shit Out"
- sell whatever they can find illegally on the street
- pose a perceived threat to written matter vendors because their misbehavior can lead to the police coming in and enforcing the letter of the law
- incentive for vendors to SELF-REGULATE
- always watching for police
- people often walk down the sidewalk with goods, and have tabled vendors sell their stuff for a cut
- some goods are stolen, but not most
- make "some kind of money"
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