“I worked for 10 years at Walmart. I started in loss prevention dressed as a bum and followed shoplifters around and tried to bust them for stealing. We had tried to confront them outside of the store so they would be charged for misdemeanor larceny and possession of stolen goods because misdemeanor larceny washed in a courtroom. People got mad when you caught them outside. I hurt my shoulder because a couple of crackheads were walking out with stolen TVs. I tried to wrestle one of them down and dislocated my left shoulder. I have had severe damage ever since. I was phased out of that job and got a job as an administrator for the eye doctor. I had started songwriting, so I transferred to Nashville. The vision center was the only place with Internet access and I worked on my MySpace page instead of doing my job.”
“Martin Harley is the reason I resigned from Walmart. I came home one day and he was sitting on my couch. He booked it through Air BnB and we hit it off. Six months later he invited me over to support his solo tour. I put together a run from Charlotte to New York, via Amtrak, flew to England and toured with Martin. But Walmart wouldn’t approve my two-month leave of absence. I turned 30 on a train from Richmond to Philly to New York after I quit.
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