Today in Terrible Job Ideas

by B. Traven

“If I tell you, you’re not going to believe me,” Torres said. He was crying as he told them an incredible story about being recruited by the Defense Intelligence Agency to participate in a secret operation testing the security of Washington-area banks. He said he’d been assigned to rob a half-dozen banks over four days. And he told them about Theo, the man who hired him and gave all the orders — even though Torres had never met him.

Robbing banks for someone who says he’s a CIA officer.

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