Brent Huff, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by John C. Worsencroft, October 20, 2009: Saving the Legacy tape no. IA-15, 17

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Br nt Huff t b r 200 I came back here. Enrolled at the U. I broke my wri t pretty quickly aft r getting home, mountain biking. So I didn't get to spend that summer rock climbing. JCW: What did you end up majoring in at the U? BH: Philosophy. The last class that I took in Kansas City was actually a 1010 and it was a really good professor. He just had us write maybe twenty short papers with the option of the ones that we kind of got into going on a little bit longer. He gave me feedback, "hey, you're good at this. What are you planning on doing?" So, of course, I decided I was going to do philosophy. JCW: So you ended up graduating with a Bachelor's of Philosophy? BH: Yes. I got my associate's there, finished my last two years here. It took me five semesters. Basically since then I've just been living in my condo, going to school. I didn't work for about a year because I'd saved up enough money that I didn't need to work. Then I got a job as a bellman at the Hilton. I got fired from there (laughs). JCW: For what? BH: Well, technically for stealing. But as far as a bellman's job, you just take, like if someone leaves things after a conference, you work for tips and you work for people giving you stuff. So basically after a conference someone left a gift basket. I checked and there was no guest for it, so I took it home. Then the guest called in and it was gone. They called me in the office. I told them, "Yeah, I took that home. I'm sorry. Can I replace it or something?" And they fired me. It's just one of those black and white ... that actually really, really bothered me because I'd never [unclear] on a job I've been fired from. It's hard to go from, you know in the military, you're in charge of people, you get things done, then to go to like this tipped position and get fired. It makes you feel like 54