I tried cigarette shorts rolled up from ash trays around the house. I would roll them in a brown paper bag and try to smoke it. It would burn the whole side of the brown paper bag and burn my throat. I was ten-years-old, what a bad decision to make. What was I thinking?
But then the next thing I knew, I was building my own store trying to sell snacks from the grocery stores on a shelf in my neighborhood alley way. I did make money but besides this, I was on the start of my store journey making money as a clerk in the alley. Wow.
So now, I’m 40-years-old and since 19 years of age, I’ve been working at numerous stores doing like three positions for one pay an hour. I really enjoyed all the different jobs, so by now I would say don’t try this but don’t smoke the bags of brown from grocery stores just trying to play store more likely to make a profit for the next steps in life.
Netina B. is a student within the Inside Out Program for West Chester University’s JRN399 course.