Roy Blount Jr.
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And I would just sleep in bus stations and do stand-up, get back to Tallahassee on Monday, and go to Golden Corral that night, work, and just go to class the next three days. That was my life.
And I would just sleep in bus stations and do stand-up, get back to Tallahassee on Monday, and go to Golden Corral that night, work, and just go to class the next three days. That was my life.
I think that every American... should either serve in the military a year or the food service industry for three years. Those two.
I think that every American... should either serve in the military a year or the food service industry for three years. Those two.
I think that every American... should either serve in the military a year or the food service industry for three years. Those two.
Because especially the restaurant industry, because when you work in a restaurant, especially a midsize like that with a staff of about 40 to 50 back in front of house, that job, your first job as a teenager, that's the first time you encounter adults who don't give a shit about you. Most adults... I'm serious. Most adults in your life up until that point have a vested interest in you being okay.
Because especially the restaurant industry, because when you work in a restaurant, especially a midsize like that with a staff of about 40 to 50 back in front of house, that job, your first job as a teenager, that's the first time you encounter adults who don't give a shit about you. Most adults... I'm serious. Most adults in your life up until that point have a vested interest in you being okay.
Because especially the restaurant industry, because when you work in a restaurant, especially a midsize like that with a staff of about 40 to 50 back in front of house, that job, your first job as a teenager, that's the first time you encounter adults who don't give a shit about you. Most adults... I'm serious. Most adults in your life up until that point have a vested interest in you being okay.
But I worked with a dude we literally called Cocaine Mike. This is a man who's 39 and doesn't care what 18-year-old Roy and he's going to talk to you about life. And... I feel like it also introduces you to every type of American. I worked in North Florida.
But I worked with a dude we literally called Cocaine Mike. This is a man who's 39 and doesn't care what 18-year-old Roy and he's going to talk to you about life. And... I feel like it also introduces you to every type of American. I worked in North Florida.
But I worked with a dude we literally called Cocaine Mike. This is a man who's 39 and doesn't care what 18-year-old Roy and he's going to talk to you about life. And... I feel like it also introduces you to every type of American. I worked in North Florida.
So everything from white supremacists to nuns, to pastors, to gangbangers, to you meet literally every type of person and you have to figure out a way to connect with them. It's incredible. Hands down, the best life school I ever got was 213 and Hour in Tallahassee, Florida. Wow.
So everything from white supremacists to nuns, to pastors, to gangbangers, to you meet literally every type of person and you have to figure out a way to connect with them. It's incredible. Hands down, the best life school I ever got was 213 and Hour in Tallahassee, Florida. Wow.
So everything from white supremacists to nuns, to pastors, to gangbangers, to you meet literally every type of person and you have to figure out a way to connect with them. It's incredible. Hands down, the best life school I ever got was 213 and Hour in Tallahassee, Florida. Wow.
And those bastards have never reached out. You know how McDonald's reaches out to all of their, like, oh, this is Macy Gray. She, you, look at Macy Gray. Put on the apron. They never reach out. Really?
And those bastards have never reached out. You know how McDonald's reaches out to all of their, like, oh, this is Macy Gray. She, you, look at Macy Gray. Put on the apron. They never reach out. Really?
And those bastards have never reached out. You know how McDonald's reaches out to all of their, like, oh, this is Macy Gray. She, you, look at Macy Gray. Put on the apron. They never reach out. Really?
I don't know where Cocaine Mike is, but I sure hope that prison has NPR.
I don't know where Cocaine Mike is, but I sure hope that prison has NPR.
I don't know where Cocaine Mike is, but I sure hope that prison has NPR.