Kuphela eNew York
I-NEW YORK - "Umfana onesisindo esingamakhilogremu angu-280 uhambe lapha ephethe isibhamu esisodwa," kusho uMarine Corps Recruiter Staff Sgt. UMarco Cordero. "Wahlala phansi futhi akavumanga ukuhamba," kusho uCordero. "Wayelokhu ekhuluma ngokuthi 'u-50 Cent wangempela,' nokuthi kufanele ahlehlise amaphoyisa isikhashana." Ngakho-ke, omunye wabaqashi abavela eSiteshini Sokuqashwa Kwezempi eWestern Square, NY, waphuma ngaphandle kwesiteshi sokuqasha futhi wangena emgwaqweni esiteshini samaphoyisa.
Njengoba amaphoyisa ayezungeze lesi siteshi futhi ebamba isivakashi-isibhamu, uCordero wayengeke asize kodwa azicabange yena, "... kuphela eNew York."
Kutholakala enhliziyweni yeNew York City, i-Times Square Armed Forces Recruiting Station ayikho ngempela "usuku" olujwayelekile. Indawo yayo kanye nokwaziswa okwenza kube yinye yezabelo ezinomsebenzi ezithakazelisayo kunazo zonke eManzini Corps.
I-Times Square ngokwayo yakha ngendawo ye Broadway intersecting 7th Avenue phakathi kweNtshonalanga 42 no-47th Streets, nakuba igama lisebenza nakwezinye izindawo ezungezile. Isiteshi sihlala esiqhingini esincane se-traffic phakathi kwe-Broadway ne-7th Ave., futhi sinombono omuhle kakhulu wezingxabano ezifana ne-Times Square.
"Ayikho indawo engcono yokusebenza," kusho umthombo waseBrooklyn u-Gunnery Sgt. Alexander Kitsakos. I-Kitsakos i-Centurion ephindwe kabili (ngaphezu kuka-200 enlistees), futhi wasebenza ku-Extended Active Duty njengomqashi e-Times Square kusukela ngo-1995 kuya ku-1997.
"Yimizila yezwe kanye nesiteshi sokuqashelwa esidume kakhulu ezweni."
AmaMarines amele i-Corps e-Times Square kusukela isakhiwo sivuliwe ngo-1946. I-Corps iyaqaphela ukuthi ubani onika lowo mthwalo wemfanelo kuwo. "Uhlobo lomuntu esiyibeke e-Times Square lufanele lube luhle," kusho uSgt.
Maj. Fenton Reese, Ukuqasha Station eNew York. "Kufanele ube nesimo sengqondo esifanele ngempela nesithombe esihle."
"Isithombe siyinto yonke," kusho uReese. "Abaqashi babheka okuhle-kodwa [i-Times Square] sidinga i-razor-sharp marine futhi engakwazi ukubhekana nomphakathi," esho. "Kukhona abantu abavela kuzo zonke izinhlanga kanye nezizwe, futhi kuyashesha kakhulu. Sidinga abeManine abangakwazi ukuxhumana nabo bonke."
I-Cordero imele i-Corps iminyaka emibili. Ngomunye wabadlali base-Marine Corps sika-"Recruiter of the Year" wesihloko ngaphansi kwesibhande sakhe, wenze ingxenye yakhe yokukhuluma. "Kumelwe ubhekane nabantu abaningi lapha, abanezici eziningi nezizinda ezahlukene," kusho uCordero. "Ngifunde indlela yokubhekana nazo zonke."
Ukuhlukahluka kubangelwa ukuthi akubona bonke abafakizicelo abavela endaweni eseduze. "Izivumelwano [ze-Times Square] zivela kuzo zonke izindawo," kusho u-Staff Sgt. U-Amanda Hay, i-RS Ummeli Wokukhangisa Nezindaba Zomphakathi eNew York. "Kukhona izivumelwano ezimbalwa ezivela e-Times Square empeleni ezivela eMidthtan midtown."
Isibhedlela saseBrooklyn uPavel Sanchez ungomunye wabafakizicelo abaningi abasuka kwelinye ibhuloho abaya e-Times Square. "Umngane wami wangitshela ngesiteshi ... ngakho nganquma ukuphuma lapha," esho.
USanchez ujoyine uhlelo lokungeniswa okulindelekile ngoJanuwari, futhi ushiya ikamu le-boot ngoMashi.
I-Marine Corps akuyona yedwa ekhona yokuqasha esigcawini. Isiteshi esiphezulu esingu-520-square-feet sisekhaya lomqashi ovela e-Army, Navy, nase-Air Force. I-recruiter ngayinye ine-cubicle eyodwa, ehambisana nendawo yokugezela encane ngemuva kwesiteshi, cishe sonke isiteshi sinendawo. Isiteshi, abaqashi ababiza ngokuthi "idokodo," savuselelwa ngo-1998 futhi savuselelwa kabusha ngo-1999. Kwaphela iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-50 ngaphambi kokunikezelwa kabusha, abaqashi babengenalo ngisho nokugeza.
"Kwadingeka wenze abangane ngokushesha ukuze usebenzise indlu yokugezela," kusho uKokakos, owashiya ngaphambi nje kokulungiswa kabusha. Yena kanye nabanye abaqashi bazenzela abangane endaweni yaseshashalazini eseduze futhi bahamba behamba phansi ebhokisini ukuze basebenzise indlu yokudlela lapho.
Kodwa, ezinye izinto azikaze zishintshe. "Abaqashi [kuzo zonke izinsizakalo] basebenza ndawonye," esho. "Uma omunye wabaqashi efaka isicelo, omunye umqashi uzosiza uma umqashi wakhe engekho."
Ngemuva kweminyaka eyisikhombisa uKikakos esebenza esiteshini, uCordero uthe ukusebenzisana phakathi kwamasevisi kuyisici esivelele sokusebenza lapho. "Yini eyenza lokhu kujabulise ukuthi sonke sihambisana," kusho iWashington Heights, NY, ozalwa khona. "Uma ngingekho futhi othile engena ukuze afunde kabanzi mayelana namaMarines, khona-ke noma ngubani ohlala lapha uzohlala phansi akhulume naye ngamaMarines."
"Sonke sisegumbini elilodwa lapha, futhi sisebenzelana nsuku zonke," kusho i-Army Staff Sgt. Dennis Kelly. "Kulula ukusebenzisana ndawonye."
Bobabili bayaqaphela ukuthi ukusebenzisana okufanayo kungase kungasebenzi kwezinye iziteshi zokuqasha, kodwa kusebenza kahle kubo. Bonke abane abaqashile esiteshini samancane se-Times Square bathola iziqu ze "Recruiter of the Year".
Ukusebenza esiteshini esaziwa kakhulu kunamaphesenti aphezulu. "Ukubonakala kwababhalisi abavela emphakathini kokubili kuhle nokubi," kusho uHay. Abaculi bomculo abadumile, amamodeli kanye nabalingisi bavakashela isiteshi esingaziwa. "Ngisho noP.Daddy wayelapha ehlangene nathi esiteshini ngolunye usuku," kusho uKelly.
Ezinye izivakashi zamukelekile kangako. Ababhikishi be-Anti-war bahlose isiteshi esikhathini esidlule. "Ababhikishi abakuthinti ngempela abaqashi ... kungumsebenzi nje kuphela," kusho uHay.
Eqinisweni, imibhikisho inikeza ithuba lokuba abaqashi babonise ukuthi bahlobana kangakanani nabantu abahlukene. Phakathi nokuphikisana okunye, "abantu bazinikele ezitokisini," kusho uCordero. "Ngako-ke, lapho bebanjwe ngesandla, ngiphuma nginikela ibhizinisini lebhizinisi esandleni sabo samahhala."
Ngokwezibalo zokusebenza ze-RS New York, i-RS inesivumelwano sabasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-1 300 ngonyaka odlule wezimali. "Ingxenye enkulu [yalezi zinkontileka] ivela eManhattan," kusho uReese. "Asikwazanga ukusekela umsebenzi wethu ngaphandle kweManhattan."
Indawo esiteshini ehlangene nomsebenzi onzima ihlinzeka lezo zinombolo. "Kukhona imoto eminingi njalo lapho," kusho i-Kitsakos. "Ukuhlanganisa ama-walk-ins enokuningi okuhle, okudala, indawo ehamba phambili ingenza umqeqeshi aphumelele ngokuncintisana."
Izinto ezifanayo ezingenza usuku luphumelele futhi zakha isimo esikhulu. "Kufana neWall Street lapha ngezinye izikhathi," kusho uCordero. "Kuningi okumele ukwenze esikhathini esincane kangaka."
Ama-Marines azimisele ukubhekana nokucindezeleka kokuqasha e-Times Square, uH Hay uthi inselele ibalulekile. "Abaqashi bathola isimo esiningi se-VIP nokuvakashelwa kubantu abadumile. Ngangithi i-Times Square yindawo enhle kunazo zonke ukuba ibe njengoManzi."