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Welcome to Obscura, where we shine a light on the dark. ... Listener, today's episode deals with the weight of consequences.

When I was a young man, we're talking 18 years old.

I remember I worked for 7-Eleven.

At the time, I had moved to a new area from the Orlando area to the Tampa area.

I was about halfway through 18, and I needed a job when I got there, and I got hired at 7-Eleven.

Right away, I didn't love the job.

My manager was a bit of a jerk and super hard on the new people.

So he got right to pushing a lot of things on me all at once without very much training.

Now, I just accepted that.

I was like, okay, that's fine.

I need the job.

I need the money, new area, figuring things out.

And so I pushed onward and I took the brunt of abuse at work whenever my manager would get mad, snap at me, whatever.

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