Originally Posted by Robbie

crockett, I didn't lead a "sheltered life"

I was a professional musician touring the country for over 20 years before I got into the adult industry.

We played 7 days a week, drove long hours between gigs, slept 4 to a shitty motel room every night, lived off bologna sandwiches and paid ourselves $200 a week each after expenses. (5 man band, 3 man road crew, agency taking 15% off the top, gasoline for a 24 foot equipment truck and a band van, and motel rooms in every town).

I KNOW how to live on a little bit of money when I had to. I had a vision and a dream and I pursued it.

When I got older and realized that wasn't going to work...I decided to make a shit ton of money.
And so I did.

I am a driven person in whatever I do. If I worked at Walmart, I would make myself the best employee there. I'd get to work early and leave late. I would hustle all day long instead of relaxing when I had the chance.
I would ask management to give me MORE responsibility.

And over time I would move up the ladder.

It's not that hard to figure out. If you are simply unable to get a better education on your own...Walmart (or any other employer) is always happy to have a dedicated employee who goes above and beyond the norm.

And then you get trained to move up the ladder.

It's an old way of doing things. And it is the right way to do things.

If I hire someone, it's because I have a task that needs to be done...and they need a job.

It's not my responsibility to be their daddy and raise them like my own kids. It's not my "job" to hand them a "living wage".
It's their "job" to EARN a living wage and make themselves valuable.