Two Coleman stoves, a cooler of Tillamook, and a hand-lettered sign that said GRILLED CHEESE $4 / $3 IF YOU'RE NICE. My margins were terrible and my volume was absurd.
The economics of the lot are real economics. You learn pricing psychology, cash handling, crowd flow, and how to read whether someone is about to be a problem — which, it turns out, is roughly the entire first semester of practicing law, just with more cheese.
I cleared enough over two summers to cover tuition and books for 1L. I told this to an interviewer at a firm once. He thought I was joking and then he didn't, and then he asked whether I still had the sign.
I do. It's framed in my office. It has grease on it.
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- Dev Ramanathan
My mom said almost the same thing and I've never forgiven her either.
- Otis Kingsley
The 'four guys who can't decide' line is going on a shirt.
- Gordon Deitrich
I was at that show. Section 108. I remember the exact moment you're describing.
- Cass Whitfield
Sending this to my brother, who has been trying to explain this band to me for a decade.
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