F**king work with me here

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kingston_123

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Tickets of Andrew and Samantha got robbed by a woman. Andrew asks ticket seller an another ticket to which he wants to pay later.

Andrew: I know it's no good, okay? But what would you do?
Ticket Seller: No option. No possibility.
Andrew: No option? If you were in my situation, what would you do?
Ticket Seller: Get the money and pay.
Andrew: F**king work with me here, man.

What is the meaning of "work with me here"?
Source: Monsters 2010
 
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Andrew is asking the ticket seller to be flexible and to help him a bit.
 
Kingston, you are aware of all the worst obscenities in the language and are smart enough to know that gratuitous swearing by characters in the dialogues you quote has no effect on the meaning of the phrases you are asking about.

Please omit such offensive words entirely in future posts.
 
But use * in my thread.
 
Kingston, you are aware of all the worst obscenities in the language and are smart enough to know that gratuitous swearing by characters in the dialogues you quote has no effect on the meaning of the phrases you are asking about.
I think the obscenity in this dialog significantly changed its meaning. As a commenter on the other forum pointed out, it's an intensifier that also adds a threatening element to the speech.
 
Also posted here.


Kingston: Please do not post the same question simultaneously to more than one forum. Doing so wastes our valuable time. Instead, post your question to one forum and wait for replies. If you're not satisfied with those replies, you can try another forum, but please indicate in your thread that you've already asked the same question elsewhere (provide a link), and outline why you were not satisfied with the answers you received already.
 
Andrew and Samantha's tickets got stolen by a woman. Andrew asks the ticket seller for another ticket, which he wants to pay for later.

Andrew: I know it's no good, okay? But what would you do?
Ticket Seller: No option. No possibility.
Andrew: No option? If you were in my situation, what would you do?
Ticket Seller: Get the money and pay.
Andrew: F**king work with me here, man.

What is the meaning of "work with me here"?
Source: Monsters 2010

It means cooperate, be helpful, help me solve this.

Andrew and Samantha were robbed. The tickets were stolen.
 
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