I Used to do That for a Living; Landing and Leaving 108 Jobs Introduction, Chapter 1, Chapter 2 | Page 36

Roger Scott Jackson

air conditioning, either. July, 1968. I remember a bank thermometer reading 114 degrees in
Abilene. It was one of the best days of my life.
All this stuff about my father is to show
where I picked up the notion that it was OK to
just up and quit your job at the drop of a pants.
He went out of his way to set himself up as my
example. It took me ‘til I was forty to get shed of
that burden. I might never have done so had I
not met Devin, a line cook where I was the maître d. Devin straightened me out.

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