#726 Soul City Gazette Profile: Crash Jenkins, Last of the Chronic Crashers- Toure
Many disgruntled workers have said it, or wished it: “I’ll never drag myself out of bed to race to some thankless job to slave under some merciless massa. That’s pain, man. I’d rather get hit by a Mack truck.” Koko Jenkins kept to that thought seriously and became a professional car crash victim. He’s been collecting settlement checks since he was a teenager. Now at forty, he’s the last of he breed. He’s injured, slothful, but at least he isn’t a working stiff.
The way he figures it, life is pain no matter what. But if you can choose a moment of a lot of pain, or a whole life of pain, there’s no choice—get hit, collect money, than sit in from of the TV the rest of the year.
Notable Passage: “Plan when and how you’re going to take your pain and you’re winning.”
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