This episode is about $40. And what $40 can do when it's spent the right way.

Me and Bundy had landed at the Superdome. Fitz Electric had the job. The Gen. Foreman — big Cajun man, thick accent — took one look at us, grinned like he'd won at the casino, and walked us all the way up to the top of that building. By the time we reached the rafters, he was shaking like a leaf. Heights weren't his thing. Ours was fine. He pointed at the conduit run — roof to ground — and said: "I got the perfect job for y'all."

So for days, me and Bundy were up in those rafters like two rats in a maze. Hot. High. And too far from a bathroom. Above us, about 40 non-union roofers were up there fixing the dome in August heat.

One day we asked to use their bathroom. They said yes. Simple as that — a barn was born.

A couple days later, Bundy tapped me on the shoulder. "Gator. I need $40." I didn't ask why. I handed it over. Because Bundy was family, and family don't need to explain.

He came back with two coolers full of ice, Cokes, and ice cream bars. Walked over to those roofers and just gave it all away. All 40 of them. August heat on top of the Superdome. They came around like kids at Christmas.

A few days later, we needed a transformer lifted from the ground all the way to the roof. Nearly impossible for two men. We asked the roofers.

They didn't hesitate.

$40 worth of ice cream bought us a bathroom, a crew, and a transformer lift we couldn't have done alone. Kindness compounds. In this trade, it always comes back around.