Supporters of ousted Market Basket CEO Arthur T. Demoulas picketed outside the company's third and final job fair Wednesday. It was the only job fair Market Basket held for members of the general public.

Many people crossed the picket line.

Would you walk through the sounds of people booing, shouting "loser," and "scab" to apply for a job?

Jeandri Lizardo saw the crowds outside the Market Basket distribution center in Andover and told her mom to keep driving. A little ways down the road they pulled over and 17-year-old Lizardo got out.

"Since I saw the angry mob over there I just snuck my way over here to go to the office,” she said.

Lizardo said she was “very afraid.”

But if the protestors saw her, they didn’t even try to speak to her directly. Lizardo says there were about five people inside applying for jobs. She wanted something like a cashier position. Lizardo says she’s got friends who work for Market Basket, and she feels bad about them losing their CEO, but:

“Well, I do need the job," she said. "And it was their decision to be angry.”

A few more people walked in like Lizardo, and there was a steady stream of cars entering — about one every few minutes. The company didn't respond to requests for comment about the exact number of applicants. Protestors limited themselves to heckling and some among them urged respectful behavior.

“They’re cutting people’s hours, you moron,” one protester yelled.

“Hey, you gotta handle yourself professionally,” replied another.

Still, the stream of people in was disheartening for Sandy Chaisson, who supervises bakeries for Market Basket. She's on vacation this week and joined the circle of picketers.

"It’s disappointing to see that there are people from the outside who are willing to come in," she said. "There’s not a lot you can do about it, but you have to stand by your convictions."

Chaisson says it might help to see the man they're fighting for — Arthur T. Demoulas, but she doesn't question his absence from the rallies and protests.

"We would love to see Artie T., but I don’t know that he can," Chaisson said. "He has been terminated, I don’t think he’s allowed on company property."

If Artie T. returns, the people who passed picketers to apply for jobs will have done it for nothing, says Market Basket mechanic Thayer Easton. They'll be within their 90-day trial period and could easily be tossed out, he says.

“I don’t hold as much against the general public coming, trying to get a job, they’re just trying to get a job," he said. "But they’ve got to understand that this is a family situation, and they’re not just going to walk in and get a job and if this all flips over next week, they’re not still going to be there.”

Easton says he and his colleagues at the Tewksbury Market Basket garage have been locked out, and it'll take the company considerable time to train replacements. And Easton says as Market Basket's expenses mount, so might the public's.

“The state’s going to have to start picking up some of this because it’ll be unemployment," he said.

If workers can qualify for unemployment, and it still isn't enough, some will have to pick up side jobs, Easton says, while they continue to picket across from company headquarters in Tewksbury.

“Every single day, we’ll be there,” Easton said.

Every single day, Easton says, until Arthur T. is restored as CEO.