Working at Haagen-Dazs in Georgetown, Washington DC on Wisconsin Avenue in 1981 as a head manager at $3.75-$4.00 per hour while working 40-60 hours per week with a small apartment shared with a friend, a small record collection, and an ailing VW automobile represented what seemed like the permanently limited future of a minimum wage worker

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Henry Rollins

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The last straight job I had was 1981 head manager of a haagen-dazs in Georgetown in Washington DC on Wisconsin Avenue making three seventy five an hour four dollars an hour working 40 to 60 hours a week

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Henry Rollins: The One Decision that Changed My Life Forever | Big ThinkBig Think
Created: 8/13/2026, 9:50:09 AM

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