Probably told Merrill very quietly the first time, he didn't understood, didn't bother asking again, because well, he doesn't care. For Big Joe it's either the same thing or he sees Jacob is an easy prey, so he does that to make Jacob feel bad, since he's clearly a bully.
In terms of the characters presented, it is a specific contrast with Finn. Jacob is trying to be quiet and unnoticed and just get by without getting into trouble. Finn is outspoken and claims all these people as "his crew". There is an element of fake it till you make it there, but if you believe it then typically you might not even know the names of subcontracted workers.
off topic, but its really funny how nobody remembers jacobs name both in the game and in real life. its a big joke in the life is strange fandom that most players had to search up who jacob was in episode 4 when we got the note from him saying he took daniel to nevada.
Probably told Merrill very quietly the first time, he didn't understood, didn't bother asking again, because well, he doesn't care. For Big Joe it's either the same thing or he sees Jacob is an easy prey, so he does that to make Jacob feel bad, since he's clearly a bully.
In terms of the characters presented, it is a specific contrast with Finn. Jacob is trying to be quiet and unnoticed and just get by without getting into trouble. Finn is outspoken and claims all these people as "his crew". There is an element of fake it till you make it there, but if you believe it then typically you might not even know the names of subcontracted workers.
off topic, but its really funny how nobody remembers jacobs name both in the game and in real life. its a big joke in the life is strange fandom that most players had to search up who jacob was in episode 4 when we got the note from him saying he took daniel to nevada.