Hello kids, this is Risk!

The show where people tell true stories they never thought they'd dare to share.

I'm Kevin Allyson and every Thursday we release these special episodes that we're

calling classic risk singles.

Each of these episodes features just one story from years past.

If you're new to risk, you should know that the podcast can be very uncensored.

This week a story by the immensely talented David Montgomery, who has a brand new comedy

album out right now called Queen of Small Town Gossip.

Look that up on iTunes.

Here's David Montgomery now with a story that first appeared on the podcast in September

of 2015.

It's called Double Down.

The first few years after I graduated from college were pretty rough.

I was always on the hunt for a job professionally and money was always an issue.

I went to school for education.

I only found a part-time job in that field, which if you can imagine did not actually

pay the bills.

So I found myself waiting tables full time.

And it was hard to not take it personally.

It was wearing on myself a steam, not finding something in that field.

I felt like I needed a friend somebody that I could confide in without judgment and

vice versa.

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