Speaker A

Oh, it is your friend, japanese tyrant. Please enjoy this game, sensei. Arigato Gozaima.
Speaker B

I don't want to get too impolitic. I don't care one way or the other. If you're vote different, Democrat or Republican or whatever.
Speaker C

I'm voting third party.
Speaker B

That works, too.
Speaker D

The very pole thing to do.
Speaker B

There is a clip of a Washington Post journalist asking the White House press secretary if the White House is planning on doing anything about or to try to stop an interview that Elon Musk had with Donald Trump. I thought that that was absolutely insane. Insane that a Washington Post journalist, a member of the White House press secretary, or a press like staff was openly asking, hey, will you guys suppress these people's speech? We don't like it. We don't like what they're gonna say. It's just gonna be a whole bunch.
Speaker C

Of critical for someone of the press to try and censor the press. Like, you know, like, that seems.
Speaker B

It blows my mind that we're at that point in this country.
Speaker C

Really?
Speaker B

You're surprised that it's just so blatant. I'm not surprised that it happens. I know it happens. It happens on both sides.
Speaker C

But, I mean, look what we've been leading up to for the past several years. Like, oh, I'm offended. That's hate speech. Yeah, everybody changed their speech to fit my personal fucking whatever. No, it's bullshit. That's the civilization we're living in, and it's stupid.
Speaker D

It's only going to get worse.
Speaker C

Yeah, of course.
Speaker B

It really is.
Speaker C

Censorship of the media will be next, which we're already fucking halfway there, so let's keep going. Fuck it.
Speaker B

But there was that, and there was also Harris just. Just now finally came out with a campaign policy, and it was, word for word, carbon copy of a campaign policy from Trump, like, months ago. It was about not tipping or not charging tax on tips for, like, hospitality workers.
Speaker C

Amazing.
Speaker B

And people.
Speaker C

How about making wherever people don't have to rely on fucking tips to live? That would be great.
Speaker B

Cultures. Yeah, I hate. I just. I don't understand why it's accepted, but it's whatever. If you want to give a tip, that's one thing. But to make it to where servers.
Speaker C

Only make $2 an hour?
Speaker B

Yeah, that's stupid. That's just stupid.
Speaker D

True.
Speaker B

But it's like, those poor souls.
Speaker C

Let me give them a penny farthing so they don't starve this week.
Speaker B

Oh, God. The worst jobs in the world. The worst jobs that we have potentially that are. That are air conditioned. I'll say that. And we're like, just to cover taxes, but.
Speaker D

I don't know. Yeah, you know. You know, I don't care about none of. I don't believe any political stuff is real. So I just, like. Everything is gonna get worse.
Speaker B

All just made up.
Speaker C

Yeah, it's all made up.
Speaker A

It's all rigged.
Speaker B

I just wanted to bring that up.
Speaker C

Because one step away from the worst political system. Like, we're one. What was that Kevin Bacon thing? Removed away from fascism.
Speaker B

Degrees of separation.
Speaker C

We're one degree of separation from fascism. Fascism. You only get the choice of one leader here. We have two choices.
Speaker A

All right, so enough of the politics crap. We're going to start with a good old dubby. Strawberry banana.
Speaker C

Here we go. Fucking lovely. Oh, my skin's crawling.
Speaker A

Actually pretty damn good.
Speaker C

We're not sponsored, are we?
Speaker B

Shut up, Gene.
Speaker D

Okay, who's Gene?
Speaker A

And so far, no aftertaste. So, yeah, I say a cat. That one's good.
Speaker B

No, my roomba. His name is Gene from the show Bob's burgers, because he eats everything that.
Speaker D

Sucks and he is left.
Speaker C

That's terrible. Rosie is right there.
Speaker B

What flavor was that again? W what? Banana. What?
Speaker A

It's strawberry banana. Can drink strawberry banana. And here is the mango orange cream.
Speaker D

This episode sucks.
Speaker C

Yeah, so far.
Speaker A

Nope. Nope.
Speaker B

No on the cream.
Speaker A

Yep.
Speaker B

No, no cream for you.
Speaker A

No cream. No cream. The strawberry banana one is actually pretty good, though.
Speaker C

Amazing.
Speaker B

I probably wouldn't have tried that one, to be honest.
Speaker A

There, I've done it. I meant to do that last episode like I promised the episode prior, but.
Speaker B

Would you give Dubby the seal of approval?
Speaker C

The fish seal approval?
Speaker A

Strawberry banana? Sure.
Speaker C

Are we even sponsored by.
Speaker A

These people pay shipping on it, but yeah, it's pretty good.
Speaker B

What'd you say, Paul?
Speaker C

Are we even sponsored or supported or anything?
Speaker B

That's kind of what we were doing. We're sussing out if it was something we wanted to support or push.
Speaker C

Okay. Because, I mean, we're pushing it now, essentially. It's like, oh, that's good.
Speaker B

I mean, Frank could have just shit all over it.
Speaker C

That's like a free commercial.
Speaker B

Yeah.
Speaker A

All right, what is the. What is the promo code for them.
Speaker B

To kettle of fish. There you go. 10% off. There you go. Cool.
Speaker A

There. All right, dubby, buy it or don't.
Speaker C

The best ad ever. Raid shadow. It downloaded or don't. I don't care.
Speaker B

Raid Shadow Legends. Oh, my God.
Speaker C

You think we'll ever be such big, like, sellouts that we'll do a raid shadow legends. Advertisement not at all.
Speaker B

Absolutely not.
Speaker C

I can't wait.
Speaker A

We'll be so big that they put our asses in the game.
Speaker C

Yeah, I hope so. Like Ronda Rousey. That'd be great.
Speaker B

Was Ronda Rousey in?
Speaker C

Yes, she was.
Speaker A

Yes.
Speaker C

Oh, she did a whole commercial where she kicked down like the fucking headquarters door and it was like, put me in the game. Yeah, that happened. That's awesome. Tyler would have a hammer as a weapon in the game.
Speaker B

Nice.
Speaker D

What the fuck are we talking about?
Speaker C

I don't know, man. I fucking. I'm trying to make any kind of enjoyment out of what's happening right now.
Speaker B

Well, let's get into what you were asking about.
Speaker C

You're talking about.
Speaker B

You asked if there was a metal condition, medical condition.
Speaker C

Well, I mean, he was poke.
Speaker B

Or. You always think you can unreal realistically do better than people with years of training and experience.
Speaker C

Yeah, it's called ego.
Speaker D

That's not. That's not what I was saying. Just to be clear.
Speaker C

Delusionary ego. But that's not what Tyler was saying. No, but that's what I was saying.
Speaker D

Okay.
Speaker C

Tyler was going on about how everybody before you was terrible.
Speaker B

Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker D

Everybody thinks that way, right? Like if some guy's coming in to fix a sink or something, he's gonna look at it and be like, oh, my God. What hack job did this fucking work? Meanwhile, the guy before him came in to install this thing and went, man, whoever installed these pipes is such a fucking idiot. Jesus. Like, that's the infinite cycle. Really.
Speaker C

It's called new boyfriend syndrome. It's like, man, the guy who worked on these pipes last was awful.
Speaker A

I've seen the opposite, though.
Speaker B

Really?
Speaker A

Well, it's obviously rare, but I have seen the opposite.
Speaker C

Man, I love that manager that was here before me.
Speaker A

No, a case of like guys going into a crawl space, for instance. And he's admiring how they did the.
Speaker B

Lining and stuff.
Speaker A

He was so impressed by it, he had to record it.
Speaker D

So, I mean, that's really cool. And that's somebody being honest as well.
Speaker A

Somebody else would post about, oh, man, look at this guy's wiring job. This is awesome.
Speaker C

Do you think that, like the. The opposite, like, what Tyler's talking about comes from like, just a place of wanting to feel better about yourself? It's like, man, that guy sucked. I'm going to do way better. Like, it's like. It's like lifting your own ego.
Speaker A

It's like almost like a defense mechanism, you know? Like putting someone else down will help your business out, you know? Some places, it's like in campaigning or something, you know, you're. You're going to try to put down the opponent just so you can get ahead. Not everybody does it, obviously. I mean, to me, the people who don't do it and do their jobs are more admirable.
Speaker C

But, like, this used to be Mike's used cars. Now it's not because Mike sucks come.
Speaker A

Down, but occasionally, you know, you get something that is shit and you do want to complain about it because it's the reason you're there.
Speaker C

I feel like that's human nature, to just complain to anyone willing to listen. Like at some level, everybody wants to complain about something that's bothering them.
Speaker A

You more than most.
Speaker C

Oh, yeah. No, I am very vocal with it.
Speaker D

I was about to say, I try not to hate the world, ever. I really try not to.
Speaker C

Yeah. See, me and Tyler, I think it.
Speaker D

Only harms you to complain.
Speaker A

Generally speaking, I've made a conscious effort recently to not complain as much. And if I feel particularly down and out, I just avoid talking altogether.
Speaker C

I often have to remind those around me. Like Felicity, for instance. It's like, if I'm complaining, it doesn't mean I'm necessarily having a bad time. It's just my brain is not holding those words back because there's too much going on upstairs already, so it's just falling out.
Speaker B

Word vomit.
Speaker C

Yeah. It's like, oh, my feet are killing me. But it's like I'm having a good time. I'm serious.
Speaker D

I wish I could abduct you for three months, Paul, and I put you through a mental boot camp. You'd come out like a warrior. You'd be incredible.
Speaker C

But. And then sometimes I complain just because people piss me off. Like, ah, you ran that red light, you fuck, and complain about the whole policing system in this town.
Speaker A

Honestly, Tyler, after that three months, I think you'd be homicidal.
Speaker D

Well, it would be. I think worst case scenario would be the unstoppable force versus immovable object.
Speaker A

We probably lie. You're homicidal.
Speaker C

So again, three months later, just sitting on your couch like, hey, Tyler, you got any grapes? My mouth's really dry.
Speaker D

Yeah. At the end of the three months, they go, how'd it go? Tyler and I go, I'm getting back into drinking so hard.
Speaker A

You start talking to Rob's therapist, who's like, totally swole now.
Speaker B

Yeah, that's right, from the binders.
Speaker A

From the binders, yeah.
Speaker B

Paul. There's no subtitle, it's just, Paul.
Speaker D

I.
Speaker C

Feel bad for your therapist? Is that why that meeting went on for so long the other day? You're like, I'll be right back, I've got a meeting with my therapist. And then it just went, aw, it was an hour. I never saw you again that day.
Speaker B

I came back and you had disappeared.
Speaker C

I think I had to take a shit. I don't remember.
Speaker D

And you know, with Paul's diet, shits take about 37 hours. And they're a battle only at work.
Speaker C

Because I want to write out the clock.
Speaker B

The, um, the thing that you mentioned, Tyler, about the, the professional setting, it quickly reminded me, every year, every year around this time of year, the July and August, we get a new class of residents and you know, they're all fresh out of med school. They're doctorate of medicine still is nice and crispy. Every one of them comes in and they're like, I know exactly what the fuck is going on. And it's the worst time ever to be on the receiving end of their bullshit orders. Really. It really is. It's terrible. Like, I get shocked. Pikachu face. Real life. So often when I tell them, hey, this shit that you ordered is like, you know, wrong for XYZ reasons. And they're shocked because they're wrong. And they're also shocked because I'm telling them that they're wrong, but I know they're wrong. And it's like. I don't know. Especially in like my hospital. It is a teaching hospital. It is associated with a college of medicine, but it is also a level one trauma center. So we actually do see like the worst of the worst patients. And it's like you can tell pretty quick when somebody is just not going to make it. If their ego is too big, the head's too big, and they can't take constructive criticism. Yeah, there are. There, yeah, they move on fairly quickly. But like these two months is very, very trying. Like there's so much stress. So much stress. Yeah, basically when you mentioned it, that's what reminded me of that. It also reminded me because I mentioned the personal side or social side as well as professional. It reminded me of like going over for D and D sessions with Frank. Now every time I go to play D and D with somebody, I'm comparing that DM to Frank and sorry, not sorry. That's. That's a hard standard, man. I know. I don't think, Paul, you ever played a with Frank, but you guys always.
Speaker C

Think I did, but I never did. Nobody ever invited me to any outside of work, honestly.
Speaker B

It was nobody like, exceptional.
Speaker A

By the time we started playing. I don't think you were at GameStop at that time.
Speaker C

I might have moved to Pennsylvania.
Speaker B

Oh, you were in Pennsylvania.
Speaker D

That's right.
Speaker B

Yeah.
Speaker C

No, nobody ever. Tyler actually was the only one to ask me to hang out at outside of work. That was the only person. Was that true? Yeah, it's very true.
Speaker B

Oh, yeah, I guess so.
Speaker D

I remember. Rob, you remember we used to go to mellow mushroom and get tanked on the fucking Scooby snack drinks. Remember that shit?
Speaker B

I did forget about that. But I do vividly remember going over to your house, you eating the sim tray from my vita and just, like, spitting it across the kitchen floor for some reason.
Speaker C

What the fuck?
Speaker D

That rocks. That's the ultimate disrespect. Fuck your Vita tray.
Speaker C

The only.
Speaker B

That's also the first place I ever smoked a hookah, and that was awesome. Guys, I have to say, there's been some issues to come up in my life that I'm kind of proud of how I'm handling it, but also hate how I'm handling it.
Speaker D

Okay, hit us. What's going on?
Speaker B

Like, it's all right. Growing up, my mom and dad were always like, you should think before you speak kind of shit. And I was like, all right, cool. I feel like I've gotten better at that. Not me, but not surprised at all.
Speaker C

Yay.
Speaker B

But I've been trying to evaluate, like, if I bring this up, what's really the outcome? Like, what. What is it going to be beneficial? It's something that's, like an argument or whatever.
Speaker D

That's a good thing to bring up. Yeah.
Speaker B

Or a good way to think. Like, so. Hmm. Trying to think of a situation that's similar but not exact.
Speaker C

I can't do that.
Speaker B

Let's just. Let's just say. Let's just say Paul does something that just, like, really, really pisses me off. Right.
Speaker D

I can't imagine a hard hypothetical to engage with, but I'll try and do my best.
Speaker C

It's happened a few times already.
Speaker D

I don't think I remember any.
Speaker B

But let's say he's not wrong, and I'm not necessarily wrong. It's just. It's something that happened. It can't be undone, but it's something that kind of still, like, gets under my skin. Look. Like, I think about it, and I'm like, oh, it really pisses me off.
Speaker C

His wife became a zombie, and I had to kill her because he wasn't going to do it.
Speaker B

Exactly. Exactly. But it's like, taking that moment to thinking about that and just going like, okay, if I bring this up to Paul, if I say, hey, man, you remember this thing you did six months ago or whatever really pissed me off?
Speaker D

Six months?
Speaker C

You remember killing my wife?
Speaker B

Yes, exactly.
Speaker C

The apocalypse, Robert. Not really, but go on.
Speaker B

Hey, man, I can hold a grudge. I'm just saying. But it's like really thinking about it, like, okay, if I bring this up, what will it accomplish?
Speaker C

You gotta have courage sometimes you gotta say what's on your mind.
Speaker B

It's not a question of having courage or not. It's a. It really is a question of like, is this going to be a constructive conversation or not? Am I doing this just to be an asshole and making somebody feel bad?
Speaker C

See, now that's different. But if you wanting to communicate with somebody, like something that's genuinely bothering you, you don't want to live with the regret of not saying anything later.
Speaker B

So maybe this is going to get into something I wasn't expecting. So the thing is, is that like, there's literally nothing that can be done. It had to deal with like an event that has passed and is not ever going to come back around again.
Speaker C

Right.
Speaker B

I feel like bringing it up will serve no purpose except making that person feel bad.
Speaker C

Oh, wow. That's. Why are you trying to make somebody feel bad?
Speaker B

Exactly. That's why I have it. But it's like, it's something that has been kind of like under my skin. Something I've been trying to work on, something I'm kind of proud of and also that I hate.
Speaker C

But I think. I think, like other.
Speaker A

Now you gotta tell us.
Speaker C

I think it depends on the situation, though. Cause like I said, like, you also don't want to like, hold stuff back from people to maintain like healthy relationships and communicate and everything. But. But if it's just meant to cause harm, then fucking.
Speaker B

Yeah, I mean, that's what I'm saying. Like, I don't see any gentlemen, really.
Speaker C

You've always been a fat, stupid bitch.
Speaker D

Pause this.
Speaker C

Like that.
Speaker D

Pause this. Frank, I would like you to read out my gift message for the podcast, please.
Speaker A

Or it is your friend, japanese tiger son. Please enjoy this game.
Speaker C

Amazing.
Speaker D

I bought Frank a game on steam.
Speaker A

Yes, that's gonna be a fun one.
Speaker B

That's the cold open.
Speaker D

Yeah, I support that. So, Rob, being somebody. Being somebody that used to be really aggro and would pick fights all the time and would argue all the time and would get into heated discussions, and now it's pretty hard to move me the last time I got moved was my dad said something about how he beat me in an arm wrestle two years ago, and I was like, dad, I'd snap you in half. Now. Let's do it. He actually got under my skin there. But in general, very, very, very hard to bother. Now Paul can do it sometimes, too.
Speaker C

Yay.
Speaker D

I try to think, like, okay, if I bring this up, is there a chance this person could change from it? But then I have to go, okay, is it worth that? Like, is it, is it worth this person changing? Like, does it even matter? Does it, would it even fucking change anything? Like, yeah, it's. I really almost never, ever, ever, like, there's nothing that anybody could say politically that I would engage with anymore. That's just. It doesn't happen. So at the office, like, they'll say, whatever. I don't. It doesn't. Nothing, zero.
Speaker B

I just don't care. A really good point.
Speaker D

Yeah, because it's not going to change anybody. Fine.
Speaker C

If added input adds zero to anything, then also it helps.
Speaker D

It helps being kind of a. Kind of a conspiracy guy, because, like, you try to tell somebody about how tap water might be fucking with their hormones or making them sick, and, you know, they'll slap you in the face, kick in the balls, and tell you to kill yourself. So that very quickly teaches you to just kind of hold your tongue. And if people care, you can always.
Speaker C

Just say something crazy. When people start talking about politics, too, though, it's like they're talking about Donald Trump with all the haters, and they're like, what's your opinion? It's like, well, they're both lizard people, so it doesn't really matter.
Speaker D

Well, I think in general, it's. It's the most important to be likable and to be liked in any kind of professional field. That's like, the number one thing that will get you anywhere is if people like you. So if. If somebody's like, if two co workers are, they get tied up to it wise. Like, people really get into political stuff and then they're like, what does Tyler think?
Speaker B

I don't know.
Speaker D

He doesn't. I don't think he gives a show at all. Tyler, do you care? No, I don't care. God, who cares?
Speaker B

That's good, huh?
Speaker C

And then you buy everybody a birthday cake and they love you forever.
Speaker D

Yeah, basically.
Speaker C

Yeah, because everybody loves cake.
Speaker D

And typically, if somebody's being an asshole, um, you don't have to engage with them. Most people, if you. If you notice that somebody's an asshole, so does everybody else.
Speaker C

So that's. I can take away from that because I've been holding my tongue in a lot of situations because, one, I'm on the lowest end rung of the ladder at work, so I have no place to say fucking anything. Yeah, but, like, there are times where, like, the, the sassy gay manager we have will go off the rails on people. Like. Cause he's in a bad mood. Because, you know, gay guys, they get in a mood and they start fucking taking it out on everyone. And that's, that's not bigotry. That's just a true fact.
Speaker D

Well, Paul, that's simply because they have the energy of a woman, which is very unstable and emotional.
Speaker C

So, but, so, like, you'll be going off on somebody. Oh, yeah. And, uh, it's like, I feel like I should say something like, whoa, come on, man. But I also know that, like, I really shouldn't say anything because, one, it's not going to improve anything. It's going to make things worse. And two, that throws me in the line of fire, which I just kind of want to sit here and do my job and not be bothered with all this dramatic bullshit that's going on. Or, like, if a customer out front is going, like, just fucking ape shit on one of the reception people, and it's like, I feel the need to step in because I used to be in management positions, but now that I'm not, I'm like, I should stay out of this because I'm going to make it worse. And so I can see that's the.
Speaker D

Type of people I try to surround myself with, too. At wise, we use something called slack, which is basically like work discord, and if some big change gets rolled out or something, that sucks. The most recent one I can think of is, hey, we're going to start. You guys are gonna have to start taking phone calls on the weekends. So, like, phone calls on the weekends are possible now. And I went, okay, that's the way it is.
Speaker C

Like, complaining about. That's not gonna change.
Speaker D

What am I gonna do? Who cares?
Speaker B

And I can go, but I'd still.
Speaker D

Do it, but, yeah, who cares, though? That's your, that's the life. That's the timeline you're in now is that there's like, okay, that, that is.
Speaker B

Something that I have also tried to. Because I would be that person to react to be like, this is, this is fucking awful. This is terrible. Like, I do that at work, you know, comes across, and I'm just like, this is fucking bullshit, you know, it's like, but I'm there to do a job, and the job has said that this is the job I need to do.
Speaker D

Yeah.
Speaker B

Like, it. I really do need to just take. Take the time to breathe.
Speaker C

And I'll always, like, annoyed complain about stuff, but I'll never, like, angry complain. Like, it's like, man, that sucks. I don't want to have to do that. And I'm still going to do it because it's my job to do it. Like, I'm like, all right, whatever. Fucking. I'm not going to, like, half ass it.
Speaker D

It will get easier over time. It's not like a night or day thing. It's just kind of like, the amount of stuff that gets to you gets less and less and less over time. There was a. There was a phone call I had, I think, two days ago with some woman who was so fucking stupid. I don't know how she's alive. I'm being. I'm being serious. I don't know how she didn't just walk in front of a semi at, like, 34. And most of the phone calls that I do on wise, like, my average phone call handling times, like, four minutes. Get in. What's your issue? Got it. All right, we're out.
Speaker C

God, I wish.
Speaker D

And this woman that I was on the phone. I was on the phone with her for 14 minutes, and I caught myself a couple times starting to get mad because I had already answered her question, or. Or she wasn't understanding what I was saying, or she was taking so fucking long to get her sentence out. And I went, hey, it's not worth my emotional state changing. It's not worth my blood pressure going up. There's nothing I can do to change this woman. This is the hand I was dealt. It's all good. Doesn't matter. And I was able to kind of regulate and, like, bring myself back down, but, like, old Tyler would have been like, oh, I hate this stupid bitch. I want to shoot her to the head, but it's just not. It's not worth it, Mandy.
Speaker A

Well, I can. I can say with the experience, the older you get, the less fucks you have. I mean, it's just true.
Speaker C

Very true.
Speaker A

Shit. Shit. Just. If it's not like hitting you in the face, it doesn't fucking matter.
Speaker D

That's what she said.
Speaker A

Really don't care at all.
Speaker C

Yeah, but when it's a ladder about to hit you in the face, then you get fired from Gamestop. So. Yay. Personal problems.
Speaker D

Yeah. Frank, you've always kind of had a cool demeanor about you. I would say it is.
Speaker C

Unless you were sitting on that damn ladder.
Speaker D

Or you took a pre order item for battlefield when he explicitly told you not to.
Speaker B

Wait, what?
Speaker D

Yeah, I remember there was one time, I think it was Battlefield three, and they sent us this box of fucking sick ass shit, dude. It was like, name tags and pins and something else. Some other cool shit. And I remember I was working with Frank. This was piece of shit 18 year old Tyler. Okay, so you can't hold this. I also feel bad about it, but I was like, frank, this shit rocks, dude. This is for us. And he's like, well, no, no. Like, I'm going to give it out at the midnight. And I went, why? We would love this shit. And he was like, cause it'll drive up pre orders. And it's like a cool thing. And I went, yeah, but, like, we would all want this. And he was like, no, no, no. We're just gonna give it away at the midnight. And then, like, the next time I worked with, I think Paul and Robin went, guys, check it out. We got some pre order shit.
Speaker B

Oh, I do remember that, because I remember looking into the drawer going like, oh, this is actually really cool, these dog tags and shit.
Speaker C

So. So what's funny about that?
Speaker D

Frank got very mad.
Speaker C

I don't know if I remembered that. But what's funny is we did get. I don't sure if it was Frank and Heather or just Heather or who all was involved in this.
Speaker A

We did get tags.
Speaker C

Custom dog tags I still have with our name.
Speaker D

I've got it right here, right next to me.
Speaker C

Yeah, I just pulled mine out of my lunchbox.
Speaker A

Heather made him for us.
Speaker C

Yeah, it had a gamer tag. Oh, maybe it was for battlefield four.
Speaker D

Shaft length as well on there.
Speaker A

That was probably one of the cooler gifts I've ever gotten as a manager.
Speaker C

You still have it?
Speaker A

Oh, yeah.
Speaker D

Yeah, that rocks. That's so cool. Yo, we should all wear them for the hundredth.
Speaker C

For the hundred. Oh, man, my gamertag back then was horrible. I don't like this. It's got x's in it. It's terrible.
Speaker D

What was your thing? It was like xx chike 2014 or something.
Speaker B

Yeah, that's exactly right.
Speaker C

Xx. I hate all jews. He's jewish. He's jewish.
Speaker D

Paul is jewish.
Speaker C

We got a. Oops, sorry.
Speaker D

Nice Paul. He's dropped my skittles.
Speaker C

It's not my skittles. I just. I found all my little dog tags and stuff in there.
Speaker B

Hmm.
Speaker C

There's a bunch of stuff. Bunch of old pre order bonuses and.
Speaker B

Shit you would keep.
Speaker A

I have a box of fidget spinners that were never given away. They're still in my garage. Oh, I guess for pes. Soccer.
Speaker C

Nice.
Speaker D

It just finished. For a soccer.
Speaker A

Soccer pre order. It made no sense.
Speaker D

Well, you got to be a retard to play a soccer game. You know what I'm saying?
Speaker B

We're going to disregard the fact that a soccer game is the most popular game title all the time.
Speaker D

Every FIFA, right?
Speaker B

Yeah.
Speaker C

I thought Madden was more popular than FifO's worldwide.
Speaker B

My dog.
Speaker D

Do you guys have a FIFA?
Speaker B

Yeah, it's on that p three.
Speaker C

P three.
Speaker D

P three.
Speaker A

Or the ebba.
Speaker C

Y'all got that? Lenore for the people.
Speaker B

Lenore.
Speaker A

Oh, man, that Lenore was fire, man.
Speaker D

Wouldn't they say GTAv as well or something?
Speaker B

Yes. Yes, gtav.
Speaker C

Sometimes they wouldn't say GTA or grand at all. It would be like, y'all got that theft auto?
Speaker D

Theft auto, man, that's fucking awesome.
Speaker C

Fucking hell, man. Yeah, probably my dude.
Speaker D

My favorite to this day was still the customers that would come in and walk up and earnestly ask you a question like, hey, which God of war do they put on the Xbox? And you go, oh, none of them.
Speaker C

It's a Sony exclusive.
Speaker D

And they go, nah, I've seen it on there. And they walk away and you go, okay, good luck.
Speaker C

The fucking ladies that come in, they want, like, Mario Kart on Xbox or some shit.
Speaker D

And they're convinced that you're lying to them.
Speaker A

Yeah, they swear that we're wrong, even though we're the ones that work in the video game store.
Speaker C

It's like, ma'am, I only work here all the time.
Speaker A

It's one thing if it was an obscure title, right? I would. I would freely admit, no, I didn't know that. But if I'm telling you no, it's never been or ever will be on this console. It is a Nintendo licensed product. Yeah. Oh, that's horseshit. You don't know what you're talking about.
Speaker D

Okay, rocks getting insane over a video game.
Speaker A

Why don't you go ahead and step over onto this side of the counter, then you do my job for me. I'll just click the check.
Speaker B

Tyler, do you have a favorite Karen moment from working against.
Speaker D

The one that comes to my mind is when I was working in the mall up here. And we fall under Hillsborough county pawn law. You can leave that in. That's fine. I just realized that was part of my address, but that's fine.
Speaker C

All of Florida.
Speaker D

So anytime. Anytime. A trade had to be done, we had to get out a pawn shop form. They had. They had to fill it out, and we had. We had to take their. Yeah, their thumbprint and their id and enter and all that shit, right?
Speaker C

Yep.
Speaker D

So he was trading in a 50.
Speaker B

Cent trade in or something?
Speaker D

Yeah, he's every trade in maybe $13 worth of games or whatever. And I was like, yeah, we got to do this and this. He was with his son, by the way, too, and he started being a real dickhead about it. And I was like, hey, it's. It's Hillsborough county pawn law. It's not us. And he's like, y'all need my shaft size, too? And I went, all right, man, take your shit and get out of. Fucking loser.
Speaker B

Yeah, nice.
Speaker C

Did you guys also have to take the picture, too, like, the little camera from the computer?
Speaker D

I think a neighboring store had to. But I never had to take a picture of the. Of the person, though.
Speaker C

Oh, no, we never did the person. We had to take a picture of all the trees.
Speaker D

Oh, yes.
Speaker C

Yes.
Speaker D

Yeah, we did. I would have to take the camera off the computer and angle it down. Fucking clown job.
Speaker C

It was awful.
Speaker B

That's weird.
Speaker C

Florida.
Speaker A

Florida always has more rules.
Speaker D

Well, I will say this, though. The cool. The one cool part about that is anytime we got a call, it's like, hey, somebody. Something got stolen. And we believe it may have been traded in at your store. Oh, yeah, come on up. They would come in, they would look at, like, everything that got traded in that day, and then they would, like, find it and then take the pawn form and go, all right, thanks. And then they already had all the info on the person, so they go, we're going to go arrest that guy. I was like, oh, shit. Have fun.
Speaker C

Well, that, and, you know, there's also, like, a two week hold on trades and stuff like that. So it's like, no way that it'll get mixed into the base inventory and nothing that'll affect our bottom line turn. So it was a lot.
Speaker B

What about you?
Speaker D

Very extensive.
Speaker A

What about me what? Karen moment.
Speaker B

You have a favorite Karen moment?
Speaker A

Well, not one that really stands out, but I do remember this one mom who stayed in her car and her kids come in to try to buy a mature rated title. I was like, I'm sorry, I can't sell you this game. So they had to go bring her mom in, and she's like, anytime they want to buy a mature rated game, you could just sell it to them. I was like, no, ma'am. I cannot remember that lady. It's like, this is just so inconvenient. It's like, ma'am, it's my job. And unless you want to pay for my house, I have to do this because I could be fired for selling a mature game to a kid. I don't care if you give your permission, you're out in the car. I need you to come in on camera and say yes. Plain and simple. She didn't do it after that. She was always, you know, Huffy and puffy.
Speaker D

Every time.
Speaker C

I have a good story.
Speaker A

Come in.
Speaker D

I have a good story. Can I tell one more?
Speaker A

Yeah, sure.
Speaker B

Go for it.
Speaker C

So this was one.
Speaker D

Do you guys remember the. Paul, you might have to help me out. The. Was it called the Nes Mini? Yeah, the classic thing with like 20 loaded. Okay, so these were, these were. I don't remember if you could do pre orders for them or whatever. It was the day of their launch, right? And I was at the mall, and I worked with this little republican woman named Megan. She fucking rocked, man. She was like 85 pounds tiny. She's very pretty, very sweet, but she did not take any bullshit at all. And we had the gate down of the store, right? So, like, they could see, and they could see what we were doing. Like, we're getting all the systems ready and stuff. And Megan goes out there and she's like, scanning people's receipts for the pre orders and stuff and like, talking to them. And this one mom was like, hey, I want to get one for my son, which is right here with me. And I want to get one more for our daughter who's away in college. And Megan was like, ma'am, I'm sorry, we can't do that. They're limited to one per customer. And she was like, well, it's not one per customer. It's going to a totally different place. And she said, I know, but I would just have to believe you. And I can't do that. It's store policy. They have to be one per customer. And so the lady didn't say anything. Megan keeps going down the line, scanning, scanning, and then as she's coming back, the lady goes, I think it's fucking ridiculous that you won't sell me a second one. It's not like I'm trying to buy five. And Megan goes, you can have one or you can have none. You let me know. She didn't say shit. And Megan walked back in, and I heard that. I overheard it. I went, God, Megan, you fucking rule, dude.
Speaker B

Amazing.
Speaker D

That was such a good story.
Speaker C

Well, as, like, a private business, you have the right to refuse service to anyone.
Speaker D

So, yeah, she could just tell her to fuck off.
Speaker C

Yeah. When I found out I could do that at toys R us. Oh, fucking amazing. Yeah.
Speaker A

The ones that would make a big production out of not getting their way just made me want to make sure they didn't get their way.
Speaker B

Yeah, exactly. I don't understand why people take that route. Like, never once have I been like, you know what? I'm going to unleash all of my anger on this customer service rep.
Speaker D

I've never done that.
Speaker C

I can't imagine why anyone would want to.
Speaker B

Do you really think you're going to get the best possible service out of this person by belittling them?
Speaker C

Maybe if I get spit in your food.
Speaker B

Yeah. I will never understand it.
Speaker D

What's your Karen story, Rob?
Speaker B

The one that comes to mind for me is I screwed up. A customer's the age old thing that everyone at GameStop does where put the wrong. You forget to put the disk in. Oh, you forgot to put it in.
Speaker D

Yeah, we did do that a couple times.
Speaker B

Yeah. And it wasn't that bad.
Speaker C

Everybody did.
Speaker B

I was working with somebody. It might have been. I don't think it was either of you guys. But anyway. Anyways, I clock out to get on my lunch, and as I'm walking out the door to go to Publix to get my box of liquid that Tyler liked to point out, the customer came back in.
Speaker D

Robert just can't seem to lose any weight. He's got fucking 185oz of sweet tea.
Speaker C

Every day that he drinks a fucking 16 ounce water bottle.
Speaker D

Total mystery. Robert's doing very good. I'm very proud of him.
Speaker C

Yeah.
Speaker B

I mean, it was always funny whenever you would point out the box of liquid, but anyway, it's like, literally a half gallon of tea.
Speaker C

There's that one guy with Brett Kreisner or whatever. He carries around like a gallon container of Kool Aid.
Speaker B

With a Kool aid. Yeah.
Speaker D

In the morning. Like a psychopath in the morning.
Speaker B

Yeah. So I go to leave, and this customer is coming back. She's like, hey, you forgot to put the disc in. And I was like, oh, sorry. And there was a little bit of a line. This was like a Saturday. I don't remember if it was a holiday or whatever, but, you know, like 1015 people or whatever in line. It was a pretty good. Anyways, so I go behind the counter, and I go to pull the disc, because I already knew I had done it because the disc was, like, outd. And as I'm doing that, probably, I don't know, mid thirties, early forties. White lady, kind of tall and blonde. Halfway, maybe two thirds the way down the line. Excuse me. We were in line first.
Speaker C

Yeah, me too.
Speaker B

It was one of the few times where I was just enraged to the 10th degree. I'm like, I'm on my break, and I am helping this lady out because I screwed up.
Speaker A

No, we. We put her in her place after that.
Speaker B

Yeah.
Speaker C

Was I there? Because this sounds super familiar.
Speaker A

Yeah. Thank you very much.
Speaker C

Because I think the three of us working, that was when we had that third monitor over there that wasn't really used for anything.
Speaker B

Yeah. The ladder just leaned up against.
Speaker C

And so some people thought that was a register. And it's like.
Speaker B

No, yeah.
Speaker C

Oh, okay.
Speaker B

God.
Speaker C

Yeah, I remember that.
Speaker B

That lady.
Speaker C

I'm sorry, Rob. I'm sorry you had to go through.
Speaker B

I also did technical support for at. And t is like, Internet service for the long. For a long time. And I remember one guy having issues and not understanding what I was trying to tell him to the point where it made him so frustrated that he threw the phone against the wall. And of course, I hear all the crashing and banging and all this stuff. And then I hear him yelling in the distance. You see that, Robert? You made me break my phone.
Speaker D

That rocks.
Speaker C

That's pretty cool.
Speaker B

Yeah. Those are the two moments for me.
Speaker C

That's. That's cool, man.
Speaker D

Paul, what's yours?
Speaker C

I don't really have any.
Speaker B

I mean, Paul, you enrage people by default.
Speaker C

I have no doubt it's happened, but I don't think about it ever.
Speaker A

So Paul blacks out?
Speaker C

I believe.
Speaker B

I believe that you. And the way that you handle things like that and the way Tyler has.
Speaker A

Paul's Karen moment was the DA from Dawson.
Speaker B

Oh, yeah.
Speaker C

Fuck that guy. There are, like, moments like that, but it's not. I wouldn't consider them caring moments, but it's, like, people that just irritate me and I'm, like, having none of their shit. But so there's, like, that guy. Fuck him. Whatever. And threw away mine and Tyler's fucking subpoena.
Speaker D

Oh, yeah.
Speaker C

Tyler.
Speaker B

Give me that.
Speaker C

And just balled it up, threw it away in front of the guy. And you know what?
Speaker D

Suddenly his little papers lost all their powers when Paul fucking trashed them, which is incredible.
Speaker C

He fucking walked out. Check this out, bro.
Speaker D

Throw it away.
Speaker C

It's the most badass moment of my entire life. It was great. Those papers were when I worked at Toys R us. There were these teens, I guess. I don't know. They were fucking jumping up and knocking signage down that I just had my team fucking put up. It was eye fuming. I basically chased them out of the store with my clipboard in hand. I'm just like, fuck out of here. And they started making threats at me. And they were hanging out in the parking lot and talking shit in the parking lot and everything. So at the time, toys r us had to rely on mall security and stuff like that. So I had to, like, radio the mall security to come get these guys and just watch them being escorted. Fucking mall security. And I'm just waving from the window.
Speaker B

Wow.
Speaker C

And, you know, occasionally I would have inmates freak out in the. In the prison. They would do stupid shit, or I'd be losing my mind. Like that one time I threatened to throw a stapler at a guy because he was being racist. Yeah. I had a horrible headache because I quit soda cold turkey. So I'm sitting in my office rubbing my temples, and at some point I had picked up a stapler. And I don't even remember why I had done that. I know it was for paperwork, but I couldn't remember what. And this guy came in, he's like, yeah, mister Hara. I don't want to fucking deal with that lawyer that you gave me the information for yesterday because he's white, and I don't want a white lawyer. And I was like, talk about somebody.
Speaker B

Having trouble reading the room.
Speaker C

Yeah. I was like, first of all, I don't have to do that for you at all. I don't have to go out of my way and look up lawyer information. Second of all, you know I'm white. Yeah. And he just kept complaining. And I'm like, banging the stapler against my forehead at this point. And I'm like, if you don't get the fuck out of my office right now, I'm going to toss this at you as hard as I can go. And so I've had little moments like that where I'm just like, people irritate me to the point of I'm going to murder someone. I've since calmed down a lot off of that. Like, I'll get the occasional phone call where I work now, where they start bitching and complaining. I just had one the other day. He was like, this is very last notice for telling us our vaccines are out of date. I don't know if we'll be able to, but we already bought the plane tickets, so we'll have to board him. And I'm like, well, well, sir, it's not our responsibility to make sure your pet is vaccinated. Yeah, we're just calling as a courtesy to remind you that it's gone out of date. That's up to you. Now, you can call this place, or you can call this place and try to set up an appointment before the reservation. You got three days, and hopefully we'll see you then. Trying to shut them down. I'm just so blunt about it at this point that I'm just like, I don't care about being, like, super nice and convenient for everybody else. Like, oh, you poor thing. Well, let me take care of that for you. I'm like, no, it's your fault. You did this.
Speaker B

Yeah, people don't want to take responsibility, man. No, man, for their own decisions.
Speaker C

There's never been like a Karen moment where a customer comes in complaining so much that it's stuck in my brain, I guess.
Speaker D

Robert, I would like to suggest that we have a quick little five minute fitness addendum.
Speaker A

Addendum.
Speaker D

Okay, Paul, you can leave the room or kill yourself or whatever you want to do. Time to die.
Speaker C

I'll break my own neck.
Speaker D

That actually sounded pretty good. Wow, his bones sounded a lot like a water bottle, as expected.
Speaker C

Yeah, the water bottle, like, inflating again after twisting it.
Speaker D

The bones entity of like a lizard. So, rock, what is your favorite? Oh, did I get Paul with that one?
Speaker B

Sorry.
Speaker C

I was laughing while drinking water and it went up my nose.
Speaker B

And that show, it went everywhere.
Speaker D

Rob, what is your go to favorite exercise for chest? What's the one that you like the most that you're like? All right, I'm going to stick with this one because I'm trying a few different ones and I think I'm going to loop all the way back around to incline Dumbbell press. I think that's what I'm going to settle back on.
Speaker B

I really like the incline dumbbell press. I'm gonna throw a little curveball in here.
Speaker D

Uh oh.
Speaker B

I actually really like the, the machine, the one where you're sitting down and, I mean, it's inclined as well. But I feel like I get a better stretch on it because you don't have dumbbells that are in the way of the chest and it gets you back really, really far.
Speaker D

It's at an incline. Are you sure it's not like a flat press machine?
Speaker B

Yes, it is an incline.
Speaker D

Interesting. Is it plate loaded or is it got the little notches? Plate loaded. Meaning do you have to pick up, like, a 45 pound plate and put it on the machine.
Speaker B

Oh, yeah. No, no, no. I mean, I'm sure they have plate loaded versions, but.
Speaker D

Interesting. So planet fitness has like, an incline press machine that's just the little. You take the little pin out and put it in the heavier weights.
Speaker B

Yeah, let's see. I'm gonna look it up.
Speaker D

I do like a good incline press machine, Mandy.
Speaker B

So it's, it's honestly when I feel like I've been doing the dumbbell press and I'm just like, stagnant. Yeah, I will hit this up a couple weeks and then go back to the dumbbell and usually it feels better or I do. I do have a little increase somewhere.
Speaker D

Because I tried, as soon as I started the bulk, I tried conventional bench, and it's going great. I'm going up every single time, but I just don't like it much. I don't like benching. I'm putting up like 150 for six and stuff. So, like, my numbers are pretty good. I know that by the end of the year I could hit 185, but I was like, do I really give that much of a fuck at all? I was like, I think I would rather. I would care a lot more about how my chest looks versus going. Yeah, I bench 185 because nobody gives a shit until you bench 225 anyway, so. Yeah, so I was like, maybe I'll just ditch it and go back to dumbbells. Oh, let me see.
Speaker C

I, uh, I worked out this morning.
Speaker B

What'd you do this morning?
Speaker C

I just went outside and kind of.
Speaker B

Love how you sound all depressed.
Speaker D

I was like, I went outside, ambled for eleven minutes.
Speaker C

I did some jumping jacks and lifted some. Some dumbbells and that was it.
Speaker D

How did you lift the dumbbells? What did you do with them?
Speaker C

I curled, did some curls and that's about it. Meanwhile, I just trying to just, like, move, man. Like, I don't know. I'm not trying to. I also. My shoulder still hurts. I'm not trying to, like, over do anything with my shoulder packed in the fool.
Speaker D

So you like. Okay, so you like dumbbells. That makes sense. I think we go back to it. It's been months since I've done Dumbbell inclined dumbbell press.
Speaker C

I just got whatever's in my. On my back porch, there's like a kettlebell back there and some other stuff.
Speaker B

But there you go. There's cats. You could lift cats.
Speaker C

I could. There was. There was a point where I was like, what would you call it?
Speaker D

Gay?
Speaker C

Yeah, kind of, you know, like that. That thing when people like, pick up the fucking tractor tire and flip it. Oh, yeah, I was kind of doing that with the couch for a little while.
Speaker B

You were just flipping out? What?
Speaker C

Well, I was just kind of crossfit or lifting it up off the, like going down. Actually probably pretty good. It's almost like a deadlift and then deadlifting. Thank you.
Speaker D

Oh, but then you press it over your head.
Speaker C

Yeah, I push it up over my head and then bring it back.
Speaker D

That's actually probably a pretty solid workout.
Speaker B

Probably.
Speaker C

I mean, when you don't have access to workout equipment or can't afford a gym, I mean, you just kind of use what's around.
Speaker B

That's fair.
Speaker C

But once again, hurt my shoulder, so I'm trying to not go too far with things.
Speaker A

Post hole digger.
Speaker C

Yeah.
Speaker A

Chopping wood.
Speaker C

Yeah. Oh, man, I would love. I would love to chop wood. Chopping wood is my favorite, like outdoor activity.
Speaker D

Yeah, Rob, this machine rocks. This is like one of my favorite exercises too. It's really, really good.
Speaker C

Like when I, when I was younger, I loved when my grandfather was like, we need some wood chop for the fireplace. And I'm like, oh, fuck it. I got you, dog. He'd come out like 2 hours later, it'd be way too much cut. And he's like, what the fuck am I supposed to do with all this?
Speaker A

Burn it.
Speaker C

That's what I said.
Speaker B

We're gonna burn it.
Speaker C

I think I was more excited about burning it than I was.
Speaker B

Wow.
Speaker C

Either way, it got. It got done.
Speaker B

All right.
Speaker C

Yay. Podcast achieved.
Speaker B

Podcast achieved.
Speaker D

So I think the consensus is I need to have about six shots of vodka before we record so I can keep the energy. Energy up. Okay.
Speaker B

Yeah, there's that. And we had a pretty good umbrella subject last time too, so I felt.
Speaker C

I just kind of threw some shit out today, so, you know.
Speaker D

Yeah, we didn't prep title or titles subjects too well, I guess that is when speaking just the wrong word entirely.
Speaker C

Yeah, he dislikes it. Motherfucker.
Speaker D

Frank, are you up for scary game?
Speaker A

Yeah, I could.
Speaker C

Scary game time.
Speaker B

We should be.
Speaker C

You should be streaming this on twitch so people after the podcast could be like, oh, my God, do that would.
Speaker D

Be hard lives if we got that many listeners to where, like, we could be doing the podcast live from the.
Speaker C

Website kettle of Fish after hours.
Speaker D

And then like right after the. That would be sick. And then right after that, we jump over to twitch and everybody follows. Dude, that'd be heat. Now all we have to do is.
Speaker B

Be right there on YouTube, join our.
Speaker C

Discord and follow us for more information.
Speaker B

You totally can join the discord.
Speaker A

I mean, public one. They could always just. Yeah, like, follow our discord and we just stream it through discord.
Speaker C

True.
Speaker A

Like, we already do.
Speaker D

All we have to do is be likable. That's it. That's all we gotta do.
Speaker B

That's it. Instead of being a bunch of, you know, racist stroglodytes.
Speaker C

Dude, people listen for the racism.
Speaker B

If I'm.
Speaker C

If I'm not being racist, nobody's gonna listen.
Speaker B

Troglodyte is gonna be the episode title.
Speaker C

The troglodyte is gonna be the episode. That's amazing.
Speaker D

Or like japanese friends from Frank reading out the fucking game title.
Speaker B

No, I guess that is japanese friend, I guess. What about japanese troglodyte?
Speaker D

No, that's.
Speaker A

That's japanese troglodyte.
Speaker C

I don't think Japan goo.
Speaker B

Dai duh daiden. Uh, good. Goodbye, everybody.
Speaker C

Oh, yeah, I guess so, huh? I guess that's my job. Fine.
Speaker B

Well, you're terrible at reading cues.
Speaker C

I am. Goodbye, everybody.
Speaker D

Good to buy you. I'm not participating in any of that. I'm not. I'm staying out of that.
Speaker A

The one that started it.
Speaker D

I'm not affiliated with any of that.
Speaker C

Sayonara.
Speaker D

Sayonora, everyone.
Speaker A

Matani.