Tony Bonfiglio
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I still can't understand black people.
They'd be like, hey, man, so I was telling you, my damn boss, I'm there.
I'd be like, yeah, yeah, real motherfucker.
Well, then I went, my father got me into the printing union, the Amalgamated Lithographers of America Local 1.
And I did that for about four years.
But I took the fire department test when I was 18.
I was 19 and like 78.
And was that part of school you had to take it?
No, my neighbor came over and he came in our back door with an application.
Thank God Johnny saved my life.
Gives me the application.
He says, you'll never get rich on this job, but it'll put a roof over your head and food on your table.
So I'm sitting at my kitchen table.
I'm like, okay, Johnny, thanks.
I had no idea it was going to be the biggest career move of my life.
Yeah, what made him even come over there and do that, I wonder?
I guess he knew I was going nowhere because he was my neighbor and they saw us all hanging out all the time.