Men At Work Podcast - Assassinating Our Planet Fitness Membership

Episode Date: July 18, 2024

Kyle Pagan and Matt Peoples are at a Planet Fitness in Fishtown. We talk to a Commercial HVAC Specialist who tells us the cleanest and dirtiest restaurant kitchens, a physician's assistant in the Neuro ICU who talks to us about aneurysms and the dating pool around the city, a casino dealer from Kansas who wants to start preaching on YouTube, a guy in the military that says boot camp has changed for the worse, a coffee salesman who tells us why the bean price is rising, and an auto body technician who has worked on cars with bullet holes in them. Check out our sponsor Thrive Flower! Thrive sells real cannabis products outside of the medical system. They have 9 strains of flower, 6 strains of pre rolled joints, 4 strains of vapes, gummies, and lemonades. They are the first and only company offering same day cannabis delivery within Philly. Order your cannabis at https://thriveflower.com/ and it will be delivered in about an hour. Use code menatwork15 for 15% off orders. Simply choose “same day delivery” during checkout. This applies for Philly residents ONLY. About Us: The Men At Work Podcast asks one question: What do you do for work? After that the conversation flows from there. We’ve met substitute teachers, Bangladeshi t-shirt moguls, a real estate broker tight with LeBron James, and more. And we’ll record anywhere. Random sidewalks during an eclipse, a baseball game, a bar crawl, casino, and more. We like to find out what people do for a living. If you want us to come to your event email us at: [e-mail]

Are you aware how hard it is to cancel your Planet Fitness membership? What's the deal? What happens? It's easier to kill our maybe next president than it is to cancel your Planet Fitness membership. It is. Three, two, one. Welcome back to another episode of Men at Work podcast. I am your host, Kyle Pegg.

And as always, I am joined by Matt Peoples. We are down here in Fishtown at a Planet Fitness. Now, listen, okay, we're late on the podcast. We apologize. Had some tactical issues. We were outside the Dollar Tree. If you follow us on Instagram, you saw that. They called the cops on us and everything.

It was a great episode. It was going to be a great episode. Unfortunately, we didn't record probably legitimately like the last 70 minutes of it. Oh, my God. We ended up getting 18 minutes of content out of it, and we were there for probably almost two hours. So that's on us. Oh my God. We ended up getting 18 minutes of content out of it and we were there for probably almost two hours.

So that's on us. We beefed. If you wanted, if you do follow the Patreon men at work pod, Patreon slash men at work pod, you saw that we put out

a Patreon today. So that's how we kind of like held you guys over and everything. But we apologize. We apologize to the blue collar. Babies. And the white collar.

Criminals. You want to finish that one? Criminals. And the middle class. Mommies. Whoa. That was good. And one thing we also want to talk about is our boys at Thrive.

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Yeah, dude, are we ever. Like Kyle said, we did do an episode outside of a Dollar Tree. No specific Dollar Tree. I'm not going to lie to you guys. We love our listeners. We love to keep you guys entertained. For real, one of the best episodes we ever recorded and did not get a single solitary second. But yes, no, we're sorry about that.

The episode will be a little bit late. You'll be seeing it when you see it. But this one's going to be a banger, too, dude. We've been talking about a Planet Fitness or a gym episode for quite a while. Did you know, are you aware how hard it is to cancel your Planet Fitness membership? What's the deal? What happens? You have to either come in person um or do it by mail and even when you come in person it they will give you guff

oh my god i was watching this tiktok as we were like preparing for this and stuff some girl had to go to the crazy amount of a story of her entire family got food poisoning from a sushi restaurant. Her dad lost his leg. Her sister jumped off a cliff. And they're moving to Singapore at 2 in the morning the next day. So she has to cancel her membership. And she claims that that's the amount of crazy storytelling she had to go through to cancel her plan of fitness.

It's all in this TikTok. I watched it. It was insane. Is she just reciting a thousand ways to die by train? She went down in a jet farm. It's easier to kill our maybe next president than it is to cancel your plan of

fitness membership. It is. Look, that may be true, but I'll tell you, that's why you had to come to New Jersey. Phil Murphy, Governor Phil Murphy, has said, I swear to God, he has a statute near law that is stopping gyms from doing this. That's awesome. Isn't that unbelievable? That's amazing.

It got that bad that they had to make an actual law. I'm telling you. Yeah, the Planet Fitness, man, they don't mess around. They're insane. They're the... Gestapo? Gestapo? Gestapo, yeah. Can I ask you a question? Sure. Do you think there's any part of trump okay that's sad that he survived um i think the only way he would be sad and that's a that's a phenomenal it's a phenomenal question uh i think the only way he would be sad is because

he's probably like i would have been the best ghost wow and he just would have haunted biden for like like in his mind i think he's absolutely and, I would have been the best ghost. Wow. And he just would have haunted Biden for like... Like in his mind, I think he's absolutely... And I mean, really effectively, he has dominated life. He's a millionaire real estate mogul who became the... Billionaire, sorry. A billionaire real estate mogul who became the president of the biggest... I don't know why I just stuck up for Trump's net worth on that one.

I just did. I'm sorry. Billionaire. You've seen the tax documents. But yeah, I mean, I think he would just look at it in a way where he's like, I've dominated life so hard. I bet you I'd be the best dead guy. I'd be the best dead guy. So this is where I was kind of thinking of it when I was thinking of today. I was like, that guy is such an egomaniac that like all he cares about is his legacy. He wants his legacy for, you know, to live on past when he's when he's died.

Sure. You know, he wants to be considered one of the. Sure. He wants to be considered one of the best presidents. He wants to be considered one of the best casino operators of all time. He wants to be considered one of the best real estate moguls of all time. So, like, if he goes out on Saturday, he is not only the number one president in legendary status of all time, he might be the most legendary diplomat of all time. Like, he's already been the president. What else does he have to do? I agree. That's kind of what I'm saying. I think that's at the end. Of course, we're saying, thank God. Yeah, I don't think

anyone's like thinking that we're like, you know, off with his head. But I'm just saying, like, he's already been the president. All he can do over the next four years is is ruin his legacy. Yeah. Oh, you're looking at like kind of like a batman like uh you live long enough to see yourself turn to the villain type of thing well yeah kind of yeah i mean he really already became the villain and then he became like now he's like kind of a hero and now and then the next four years he'll probably become the villain again but it's also another thing um it's like he just got shot okay he's He's 78 years old. Yes and 48 hours later The Democrats are memeing him in the Republican National Convention for falling asleep during it's like what if your pop pop got shot?

Yeah, I mean That's a thing like it where I go back to like this whole Kendrick Lamar like he just opened up this like island of hate because it's just like the dude just got shot and people 48 hours are still making fun of it's like you're this guy's never going to win like you you're gonna deal with that bullshit and when you're on a diet of like soda and cheeseburgers yes and you're 78 years old how much fun is this really it's not like he's setting up for the future he doesn't give a fuck about maga and and the party so like i think like i i wouldn't be shocked if like when he sits when he sits up at night and he's in his bed by himself he's like god damn it two inches to the left and i'm one fucking and they're carving out granite on mount rushmore

i get that and i i think i overall agree with you i think you're just underestimating how much old people can hate shit to keep them alive like think about like your grandfather or something he's like if my neighbor doesn't cut his lawn, I'm going to bring a gun to his house. These guys... They are fighting death every single day. They have nothing else to do but to be upset about stuff. And I think that's the most invigorating thing

you can feel in life is just being angry about stuff. So maybe that's what he runs off of. Oh, 100%. He would Joe Pa in a second if he doesn't win. If he doesn't win this election, he's done. Joe Paterno stopped coaching Penn State dead two days later. True. So, yeah, we got a Joe Pah situation.

We got a Joe Pah situation on both our hands on each of them. Yeah, it's not the best. We're fucked, but things are not in great shape. But I will say, if we want to go with the analogy of Trump being the Batman, that's probably the funniest thing I can think of. That was a really good, insightful political conversation. I think people are actually going to be like, you know what? I can kind of see where they were going there.

So shout out to us on that one. Perhaps. I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I've been thinking about this a lot. I just keep, I mean, I'll make it dumb now because I keep thinking about Trump is the Batman and Joe Biden is the Joker. And it's not funny, but it makes me laugh in my head. There's nothing wrong with that. Whatever makes you laugh. Thanks for coming on.

I'm tired, man. Just got done work. What do you do for a living? Union HVAC mechanic. You're a Union HVAC guy. Shout the boys out. My boys? The number. Local 322.

New Jersey, actually. I'm chilling in Philly. How's the HVAC life treating you? Good. You gotta be busy. Summer's pretty hotVAC life treating you? Good, you know. You got to be busy. Summer's pretty hot. Yeah. But we never work too hard in the union, so.

Nice. I like that. I like a union guy who's actually real with himself. Yeah. The 15 smoke breaks you guys get must be awesome. I only smoke when I drink, so I don't normally smoke on the job. Probably. I was going to say, you're definitely doing both on the job, dude.

Yeah. Well, it's hot out. Have a beer, will you? The high life's whispering, dude. You are not exploiting your best loophole. Yeah. Probably. I was going to say, you're definitely doing both on the job, dude. Let's hot out. Have a beer, will you? The high life's whispered to you. You are not exploiting your best loophole. Yeah. Yeah.

I got to be good on camera. Yeah. Union life's good, though? Yeah, it's great. We get a lot of union guys and a lot of union guys follow us. So we really are

very pro-union on this pod. Absolutely. We talked to some private contractors and stuff and everything. What's your favorite part about HVAC? The bitches. Oh, yeah? Yeah. What have they been up to well i used to do uh refrigeration so like in the restaurants there's there was a lot of bitches a lot of servers and waitresses and

houses and galore yeah yeah we used to do the hooters and i'd be laying next to the refrigerator and the grease is on my face yeah as the bitches are walking by over top of me. That was fun. That's got to be tough when you're trying to impress a girl, right? The ladies are watching you manhandle that refrigerator. Right. As soon as that air, the cold air comes on and things shrivel up, does that kind of ruin the mood at all?

I don't normally get hard at work, to be honest. Not even the hooters? Unless I'm really hungover. Sure. Got it. Sometimes I'll get a random would you mind walking us through that logic i don't know it's something in the brain i thought i thought alcohol thinned the blood now it thickens it apparently so next day though

when it's almost out of the system got it something's going on up there got it i don't know what it is so while you're laying pipe you're trying to lay pipe. Fuck yeah. Nice. I love it. Pipe fitter all the way. I love it, dude. What other restaurants do you enjoy going to? I assume you're PJ Willahan's galore out there, probably a little Ruby Tuesdays and Applebee's. Are there any ones that like you step in and the kitchen is just absolutely gross that you're like, buddy, don't ever. Yeah.

Which ones are usually? TGI Fridays. Really? Yeah. One of the worst. Dude, they have great potato skins though. Yeah. Their Jack Daniel's steak sauce is fire. It worst. Dude, they have great potato skins though. Yeah, their Jack Daniel's

steak sauce is fire. It is so good, dude. It's so good. Ever since we were kids, probably. Yeah, but the TGI Fridays, is it just multiple ones or have you been to just one? To average, you know, like overall, TGI, the worst. Really? What have you seen?

I've seen steaks so old and moldy in the bottom of the region that it looked like a shriveled up vagina or something. Oh, my gosh. Yeah. Holy shit. So you work at these TGI Fridays, and then you go drink there and hang out after? Or what's the deal with it? I'm assuming they see you and your crew walking, and they're like, good God, I wish it was Thursday.

Dude, by the way, this guy's got sick fucking teeth. The union does pay. You do have gorgeous teeth. That's a great health benefit for the union. You have truly gorgeous teeth. They're not as white as I wish they would be right now. Are you serious? Dude, they look great.

Yeah, really. Thank you. Would you mind smiling at that camera right there? Yeah. How's it going? Holy shit. Your health benefit is awesome at the union. Yeah, man.

Much better than those scabs. You know, they don't get much. Are those real or are those, what are they called? Not dentures but um veneers veneers are those veneers yeah no they're real they're real real i swear to god good lord above braces man i don't mean to keep hitting on you and everything but you might have the literal best teeth we've ever seen in union person history that's really kind i appreciate it you guys have nice hair and i hope when i go gray all right we're gonna blow each other

handsome like yours. Would that be the first blowjob he's gone behind a refrigerator? Probably the 11th. And I'm in for it now. What what's the you know, I said the worst. What's the best restaurant kitchen you think you've ever been in? Who's constantly clean? I mean, honestly, like the Panera breads are usually pretty good the chick flies pretty good

PJ Willans are nice nice oh PJ Willans are nice yeah wow that surprises me they got some of the best chicks though yeah that's one of the ones that I really like because like Hooters isn't like the big thing anymore like when we were growing up in the 90s early 2000s like Hooters was like the big restaurant if you really wanted to get a hard-on and everything. Now I feel like then it was the Tilt-A-Kilt for a little bit. Do you remember Tilt-A-Kilt? Of course. Yeah.

I saw one in King of Pressure before. Yeah, there's none left. I never went there, though. Yeah, I didn't really ever go either. And then it kind of just morphed into like, all right, we actually have to put some kind of apparel on our waitresses. I agree. I think the Hooters have certainly fallen off. I think it's kind of embarrassing to have huge boobs at this point.

No, no, no, no, no, no. That is... In this economy, I think it's pretty ridiculous to have huge naps. Sidney Sweeney is the hottest thing going right now. I got a lot of opinions on Sid Dogg. I can't really... You think it's more... You think we're in a boob era or you think we're in an ass era?

I think I see more fake boobs these days and I don't like fake boobs okay I'm not a no disrespect to women you know don't let that cloud your judgment whatever you know makes them feel happy about themselves but I would prefer if they were all natural well I just say this because like as a as a boob guy growing up I was always criticized for not being an ass guy right so I feel like now boobs are becoming big because i can't go you know on twitter without every fourth post being a sydney sweeney you know meme you're a career boob guy i was ever always been a boob guy that is see once again see you see what is my bullies coming up again in my in my later life i agree though trying to criticize me ass is is

always the way but why can't i just like what I like? You can. You can. You like Jack Daniel's sauce? Yeah. Yeah, but I mean liking Jack Daniel's sauce doesn't make you gay. Liking boobs is... Alright, let's explore this. How does liking boobs make me gay? You know what boobs are kind of like? What? Mantids. A lot of people

are saying this. Boobs are the new mantids. From what I'm hearing. I've never heard that before. They're shaped in a totally... They're orbed. Don't you dare say orbed in front of me dude it's 5 p.m i can't hear orbs quite yet anyway let's get back to the year of course i'll tell you what though i'm about to go into the planet fitness year are you and uh what what day is it today leg arm uh boo butt it's it's uh i always run because i drink so much beer that i just have to try and keep the belly got it down so it's always like uh i always run because i drink so much beer that i just have to try and

keep the belly got it down so it's always like a calorie fight oh i'm always curious about dudes who can throw down beers if you're if you tell people man i really got after it last night it was just beers and it's like a thursday friday saturday what is the number what's like a actual number that's a reasonable thing to say like hey i, I got after last night? Oh, on a weekday before work, man. Like after it for me would be like 15. Yeah. Okay. That's fair.

Yeah. For like waking up early in the morning. Yeah, that's after. What time are you waking up? I got to be at work at like seven. That's insane. God damn, you're an absolute terminator. That's impressive.

Yeah, so 15 hertz. I've been there, yeah. Because you get a 12 pack and then you have three sitting there and you go. Yeah. so 15 hertz. I've been there, yeah. Oh, got it. Because you get a 12-pack and then you have three sitting in there and you go. Yeah. It's usually how it goes, of course. You have like 12 Bud Lights and there's like three miscellaneous and you're like, I fucking hate my mom so much, I'll have a couple of these. Yeah.

Oh, man. How long have you been union? About almost six years now. Yeah? Yep. Best thing ever. Really? Yeah, and the trades, it's union or nothing.

I mean, you're either union or you're in your own business. Okay. There's no room for scabs. Yeah, you've mentioned scabs a couple times. You really don't like scabs? Yeah, I don't. Because I wish that they would have a better life for themselves. And for that, you're a scab.

What's for people who don't know, like, what is a scab? Pretty much rip them off throw them in the trash you know they're better off being a nobody got it and these are the people that like people will hire a temporary a lot of times illegally or outside of the union to build buildings like houses and stuff sure do shitty work um don't follow safe working conditions uh safety practices and uh you know just take the work from uh the union men but i can count on you to do it all by the book oh yeah that's just a question yeah yeah all the time i like that why because you read a certain book

that the uh these guys didn't just because i'm union you just got to take my word for it that's how it works yeah okay okay awesome yeah it's pretty reasonable yeah this is reasonable you gotta hit me i'm kind of flustered that's just right got it um you got anything else maddie no i think that was pretty uh everything i need to know we'll talk more about the boob and butt situation later but yeah definitely this was a pleasure this was thank you how many miles we going in there probably like a mile and a half i just as you're in and out you're here for 13 minutes two mile and a half and then and then uh then i'll do some arms a tenth of a mile for every beer drank you're making me feel better no no no technically you did a mile and a half you can drink 15 beers yeah yeah maybe i'll do two miles today. I like that. I like that. For that 15th or... I like that.

I mean, we'll probably be here when you leave, so if you want to stop and give a post-game report, by all means. Oh, man, I don't know. I might be a little nervous. I'm still a little nervous right now.

You're great. That's a lot of fun. I can tell you're a little nervous. Yeah, I'm a little nervous. Yeah. I mean, it's funny. When you're in the car, you know, it's like, oh, yeah,

I'd love to be on this pod. Then you get under the bright lights and the camera and the sun. I'm always up for anything. I like it. But I'm'd love to be on this pod then you're getting under the bright lights and the camera and they're in the sun i'm always up for anything i like it um but i'm still gonna be nervous doing it probably yeah this was great this was fun appreciate it yeah brother man you guys have fun a lot of fun man cool you hear us yeah sick isn't it okay yeah yeah yeah i don't have a lot of slack i gotta really get sorry yeah yeah we'll get comfortable together in this 90-degree day. Yeah.

Which actually is kind of like a cold front because it's only 89 today. It's like the nicest it's been in a week. Truly, yeah. You walk outside and you're like walking through air. If air could be any denser, it's insane. You could swim. Yeah. I will say it's been brutal.

At my job, I take a lot of work naps and my air conditioning doesn't work. So I've been sleeping in a 102-degree car for an for an hour every lunch break that's what we do for a living what do you do for a living? I feel like you just can't leave it at that. Work naps? I can't even believe it. What do you do? If I told you we work for the government would you be shocked that he takes work naps? No. It's like the Union they get 15 breaks.

Okay and they have feelings too so I hear you. Okay. Whatever you can do. Of course. Work naps. Yes absolutely. Who are we here with? What's your name? I'm Alex. Alex. Oh you're just gonna go around the work naps. Yeah, that's fine. Alex, we can talk about that later. We'll get there. Yeah, of course. Alex, how are you? I'm Kyle.

This is Matt. And what do you do for a living? I don't take naps. I am a physician assistant. I work in a neuro ICU at University of Pennsylvania Hospital. Can't take naps because people start dying. Yeah. Well, the work nap was just a joke. That's just to keep the conversation going. You didn't hear that from me. So did I hear you work with babies?

No, neuro. So brain. Okay. I don't do kids. Got it. So just older people. Yeah. More dementia

or more like brain surgery? So specifically, I do a lot of brain bleeds. I do brain tumors and strokes. Can I ask you a question? There's one thing that freaks me the fuck out

and it's that one that like you can die like an aneurysm in the aneurysm. Yeah. You can just die anytime. My bread and butter. That's sick.

Really? That's sickening. Yeah. Like I could just, I could be sleeping, having the greatest dream in the world and all of a sudden dead.

Yeah. And my girlfriend and fiance has to wake up and find me. Yeah. I see that all the time. Well, you can get screening and you can also do things to prevent that. Like, people that get them most frequently are smokers, people who have, like, polycystic kidney disease.

If you have, like, family members that have had aneurysms, that kind of thing. What about guys who drink an insane amount of energy drinks? Oof. Oh, no. Is that bad? Yeah. Oh. So you've had like a real quick just if i can interject because that same guy what if he rests up in a crv that's 104 degrees

how are you taking so much energy drinks and also napping how does that go together because i'm gonna go to bed tonight at 3 a.m that's really it's it's kind of a snake eating itself and you know the snake is totally stuffed he's full it's it's all in his brain that he actually needs this okay so is that is that it like that can be a leading factor like the caffeine intake and those attitude drinks they do have some level of correlation or is it not necessarily not so not to aneurysms which we were talking about yes but like it has a lot of cardiac like heart effects which we're seeing now it's like still being studied because we really haven't taken this much like energy drinks protein shakes shakes, caffeine intake in the past. So like since COVID, we've been doing a lot more research because we're seeing heart problems in younger people.

You know what? Half our listeners are going to be like the Vax. Do you deal with that on a lot? Do you still deal with it like the whole? No, it's like old news now. It is pretty funny that there's guys out there, younger guys out there, who have like 19 Red Bulls, and they're like, I think it's the vaccine. I'll bet you it's not, brother. No, every time a celebrity dies, they're like, vaxxed? No, it's so crazy.

Now you got hit by a bus. Was he vaxxed or not? Yeah. It is funny. We don't know anything. We don't know any of the answers to any of that. Of course. Sure.

Good. Well, I like that. Yeah. know any of the answers to any of course sure good well i like that yeah um so so how are our how are our brains cognitively have you been studying um through social apps like tiktok like is brain rot like a real thing i mean that's not something that i have any expertise in just what i have experienced is like yeah we're all like a lot dumber because we just do this all okay so you're more getting the patient after something happens yeah so i only work in the icu so i only see you like right away

when you're critically ill do all the things to save your life and then once you get better like the happy part of medicine i'm like okay well now you don't need the icu anymore you can leave sure can i ask you a personal question i guess so that's what i'm here for um are you do you feel like you're a little fucked up, a little destigmatized? Oh, for sure. I work in health care, so immediately that's a red flag. Like everybody in health care is super fucked up. Does it affect anything like relationships or friendships? I'm single, 30. So, yeah, I'd say so.

Keep going, sister. Thank you. Someone's out there. Yeah. How's the how's the dating pool? And because, I mean, there's a lot of nurses around here. A lot of I mean, we're a huge health care. It. A lot of, I mean, we're a huge healthcare. That's all right. It's fine. We're a huge healthcare capital here in Philadelphia. How's the dating scene?

Well, I just moved here, actually, because I moved from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, so two hours north. Thought the dating scene there was rough. Well, yeah. Came here. It's still rough. So you guys are like the main kind of shot caller on the floor, I assume, when you're working? Or is there a lot of interfacing with the doctor as well? It kind of depends where you're at, where I'm at right now.

I have a lot of autonomy, but I work really well with the doctors. If I need anything, they're right there for me. But they're kind of like, get me if you need me. And then I'll kind of like let you do your thing. Okay. Can we go back to the dating pool for a second? We were really interrupted by these cars. So obviously the dating pool, unless I guess you're like working in the coal mines in bethlehem like

there's not really anything else right you guys have like roads and and i do have sheets up there not a lot maybe like one per okay yeah um i think it's just tough because everybody's like nobody wants to put the work in now oh like you'll just swipe and find someone better if you don't like one thing about one person. It's true. It's fair. There's got to be a surge, though, in Bethlehem. During Christmas time, there's not a lot of love in the air.

It's a beautiful place during Christmas time. We were just on a Hallmark movie, you'd think. But I didn't find it. How's the dating pool here? Not great. Yeah, I can see that. Do you try to stay away from people that work in the same industry as you? I will not. I always say, like, don't shit where you eat. So I'm not dating anybody at work. No, I can see that. Do you try to stay away from people that work in the same industry as you? I will not. I always say, like, don't shit where you eat.

So I'm not dating anybody at work. No, I feel that. You bet. You've never heard that? No, of course. Yeah, I thought that was medical advice. I'm sorry. That's a doctor's opinion.

I don't know why that reaction just came out of his mouth. I'm an idiot. I heard a doctor say something silly and it made me giggle. I'm sorry. I'm 14 years old. Imagine when the doctor has to cup his hands on his balls and ask him to cough twice. Yeah.

Well, I'm going to not imagine that, because, anyway. Yeah, we went on a weird journey there. Welcome to the podcast. You're talking to two guys who are sitting outside of Planet Fitness right now. True. In 90-degree heat.

You couldn't have asked me on my way into the workout when I looked better? You were like on the way out, sweaty. No, we must have just missed you. We like authenticism on this podcast. Your authentic self. We keep getting off the dating conversation. So you, you, you, I know you're trying to get off it. Like he's trying to get off the naps at work. Um, so nobody in the industry. No. Have you had success with any industry in Philadelphia? All right. Well, I actually have a wild story. So I've had a really rough time dating and I went on a family vacation last month to Alaska. And my dad was like, hey, I ran into your ex-boyfriend from high school's dad.

He said my ex-boyfriend lives in Alaska. Hit him up. Let's see if we can get dinner. Grab dinner. I went super well. He ended up crashing the family vacation, went on like four day, like whole day trips with us. And then when I was leaving, he was like, hey, you're the one that got away. Like, if you'd consider it, I'd love to take you out on a date in Philly. So last weekend he came to Philly, took me on a date and then bought me tickets to go back to Alaska next week. So I'm going to Alaska.

Holy shit. That wasn't crazy. That's a love story. You are from Bethlehem. You're shitting so far away from where you eat. Dude, Alaska. That's crazy. You're going to marry an Inuit. Yeah, that's a hallmark. You are from Bethlehem. I know, yeah. You're shitting so far away from where you eat. So far. That's crazy. So far.

You're going to marry an Inuit. Yeah. Holy shit. Alaskan wedding. You guys can come. Sweet. We would love to be there. We'd love to do it

when it's like 24 hours of light. Which is right now. Yeah. So it's gorgeous there. Sweet. July is like the best month to go to Alaska.

She had to go all the way across the country to find love. Yeah, that's how shit the dating world is here. You'd like go like knocking on the doorstep of Russia to go find love. That had to go all the way across the country to find love. Yeah, that's how shit the dating world is here. You'd like go like, you'd like knocking on the doorstep of Russia to go find love.

That's insane. Pretty much. That is, I mean, you're in a city where there's two million people and you're like, I got to go to a state where there's 36 people

to find who I really need to be with. Yeah, it's real rough up there. That's the right move. Yeah, it's awesome. Do you ever worry and consider that you might have to like live in Alaska? No, I said that right away.

I was like, dude, man, I worked so hard to get where I am in my career. I'm really thriving at the top of all my dreams. You're coming here if we're making it serious. And he said, okay. Nice. An agreeable guy.

I imagine they have hospitals in Alaska? They do, yeah. But it's really outdated stuff and if anything's too serious, they immediately fly you to Seattle. No kidding. Oh my God. Don't get a brain bleed in Anchorage. Yeah, no aneurysms. Yeah.

Damn. Can you believe that? I mean, that's kind of, that's a bit of a Hallmark movie in itself. I know. Yeah. I'm trying to think of the title of the movie as we have a conversation. You guys want to? What are the most, what are the most brain injuries you see from like scooters, bikes,

like what accidents? I still think it's car accidents okay i still think that's the top um is there anything that shock you that people come in for more than more than once atvs here in philly that shit's crazy yeah yeah oh they get hit all the time we have a lot of scooter accidents like the electric scooters are nuts yeah yeah i know in like austin texas like a lot of like the dental um the dentists like they make their bucks off of people flying over handlebars. Yeah, true.

Yeah. By the way, the Hallmark movie is called I'll Ask You to Love to Marry Me. Let's do that again. Because that was really good off the tongue. But you, but you, ready? Like, ha ha ha, okay, go. We're having fun. Now, the Hallmark movie we were talking about, it's going to be I'll Ask You to Love.

Jesus Christ, dude. Quit freaking me up. It's getting worse. I'm sorry. Somebody's going to take a lot of naps today. I'm not enough. Someone's brain's not working. No, but very seriously.

Did you try to see if he has a brain bleed? Yeah, I was trying to. I think it's happening right now. The monsters are catching up. No, the Hallmark movie, dude, it's I'll ask you to marry me. Oh, clever. Wow. That was quick.

I'm actually pretty impressed. We're keeping all three of those in. After he had a stroke, real good stuff. Well, the follow-up was that it borders Russia. So I thought it was Russian to love you. But we'll go with Alice going to marry me. Oh, both good. Dude. Hey, man, I got useful skills.

Like thinking of Hallmark movies and parking lots. You can make the hashtag for our wedding. I would love to. Absolutely. I love that. I love that. Anything else we should know or people should know that they'd be interested in about your life, your job?

Not your life. No. Where do you get the most interesting thing that can happen in your life? It's so boring. I don't know. And I don't know what I'm doing. So I feel the most interesting thing that can happen in your life. It's so boring. I don't know. I don't know what I'm doing, so I feel like I am not justified to give advice to anybody.

Don't say that. Don't say that. Don't say that. You know what you're doing at work. Yeah, that's for sure. I can save your life. Can I give you any other advice? Why not?

That's pretty good. That's good enough. Fair trade. Actually, honestly, I think that trumps a lot of things. Saving my life over giving me fucking advice that I'm going to forget about in two minutes.

Fair. Also, just learn for yourself. We all have different experiences. I like that. Very nice. Oh, my God. So next time my fiance yells at me for watching Joe Rogan, I'm learning for myself. I think that kind of helps. I was watching Alex Jones the other day. I was like, well, I'm learning for myself.

Yeah, of course. And the Hallmark movie. I'll ask you to marry me. All right. There he is. Eighth try. Thank you so much for coming on. That was a lot of fun. What a day. We're a podcast called Men at Work. We ask people what they do for a living. Oh, really?

You're drinking a C4? I am. You going in, or is this a post-workout C4? I'm going in. Nice. Now, let me ask you this. Are you the red Power Ranger dressed off-duty right now? This is pretty sick, dude.

I like the fit. Yeah. Pick up the mic. Didn't mean to demand you like that, but I... I'm good, dude. Nice you coming on. So, what's your first name? name is chance chance yes sir little rapper you get that fucking all the time yeah yeah that's right so i'm my name's kyle so i get the south park cow all the time so you know i just wanted to give it back to someone for once uh what do you do for a living i work at a casino nice what do you do there i'm a

dealer oh i was gonna say pit boss with those arms. I was. Before. Oh, really? Yeah, I moved here from Kansas. Sweet. I was a pit boss there when I moved here and I couldn't do it. Make more money as a dealer. Got it. What was the issue with being a pit boss? Were there a lot of just run-ins? Well, I got in a car wreck

so I could have worked a 4 a.m. shift and been a pit boss, but me and my girlfriend share a car since I don't have money anymore. So she goes to work in the morning. You're welcome. Share a car with my girlfriend, too. Totally fine. She saved money, that's for sure.

It really is awesome. So where do you work? If you don't mind me asking, do you work at River, Sugar House, where you at around here? I work at Parks. Parks. Yeah. Got it. Awesome.

I like that casino. Horses. Yeah. They do have horse races. It's nice in there, too. Awesome. I like that casino. Horses. Yeah, they do have horse races. It's nice in there, too. What's your favorite thing about being a dealer? Are you good at catching people counting cards? Oh, yeah, it's pretty obvious

when people do it, for the most part, because they just have irregular bets and they will just bet a lot and they go straight back to the minimum or whatever. Sorry, you're our second casino dealer we talked to, but I think he worked at, not at Park. He worked at Harris.

He worked at Harris, that's right. And I think as people who aren't really gamblers, we all think counting cards is the most insane thing, and then you're the second person to be like, it's not that crazy. It's not, it's really not. It's like a couple math problems in here. You just have to add like one and then subtract one or add nothing.

Just like a face cards, you add one. Yeah. Like a high or a seven to king, I guess. And then there's a space where it's zero and like two to five to subtract. I mean, you just want a high number. Got it. So we did get comments, though, about the last guy that we had on that was a dealer. He came and kind of said similar things as you, that it's pretty easy to spot.

And a lot of the comments were like, they think it's easy to spot, but they don't really know what they're doing. Do you get a lot of it? You think so? Just overall, it just cannot be contested? Yeah, well, as a pit boss, too, I've noticed it. I've had to tell other people, and then they watch them. And then it's obvious, and then people will get like, you can't play anymore. Either you can't play anymore, or it's a certain bet that you can make.

People still break in hands when they catch card counters? That'd be cool, though. I feel like Kansas, they would. I feel like Philadelphia, they would. No, they just ban them. Okay. Yeah. They can play anything but blackjack or just have a standard bet where they can't move.

Is there a difference between Kansas casinos and Pennsylvania casinos that you've noticed? No, not really. It's the same thing everywhere you go. It's a casino. Clientele maybe a little different? Yeah, people up here are ruder. We just tell it to you like it is. We're stern.

It's not like, yes sir, no sir. I mean, in a casino anyway, people are still not very happy with you when you take their money. So, no matter what, you're not going to please them. You can give them thousands of dollars. They're still just going to be mad when they lose it all because they can't go home. So, you're saying that people in the Northeast are much ruder than the people from where you're from? Yeah, I feel like back in Kansas, it's just people are more slow-paced, calm, you know? Is that a good thing, though?

Did it bother you? I think so. Oh, really? No? Yeah. It's not... Everybody's just not are more slower paced, calm, you know. Is that a good thing, though? Did it bother you? I think so. Oh, really now? Yeah. It's not, everybody's just not in a hurry. Like up here, you know, people are driving like crazy and shit. Always in. That's one thing.

Yeah. Yeah. But I mean, you walk into a. It's like, they're just more on edge. Yeah, we are on edge. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, a Prozac prescription would be awesome for the city. One design. Everybody gets it. A Prozac prescription Would be awesome for the city Just one giant Just like a large plane That just drops a giant nuke of Prozac Over the city of Philadelphia Would actually not be Would actually not be the worst Because I'm on edge right now Just like interviewing you

And I try not to be But I'm on edge It's just natural It's a rat race Zadak has not found its way down there Do you guys do a lot of interviews? Yeah, this is about our 16th episode. Okay.

Do you usually do that out in front of the Planet Fitness? So every time we do an interview, we try to find the worst fucking part of the street to interview guys and bother them before the gym. Yeah. So that's kind of our goal. You win. Huh? You win.

Yeah, for sure. I mean, you're right here. Everybody pulls up going to the gym right here. So, I mean, honestly, it's a good spot to- It's a good spot, It's a good spot. We're honestly shocked. Like, no one hasn't made the wrong turn. And like that guy was texting on his phone and easily just killed our cameraman.

Yeah, I pulled in. I was like, what the hell are these guys doing? I'm just going to go walk over here and see what's up. I like that. Yeah. Which I feel like, you know, like, and don't think it's the wrong way. Like, hey, see, like you from Wichita, Kansas. Like, I don't think you guys would like more shy away from this kind of platform.

But you kind of came right up to us. Yeah. How long have you been here? Me? I've been here since November. OK, so Wichita, Kansas. I don't think you guys would more shy away from this kind of platform, but you kind of came right up to us. Yeah. How long have you been here? Me? I've been here since November. Okay, so you're new, too. I've been kind of just outgoing my whole life. I don't really.

I'll walk up to anybody and talk to them. Sure. Shouldn't be afraid to do that, right? I didn't think you guys were going to murder me or anything. Not yet, no. It's on camera. Yeah, we're working on it. We're going to buddy up for a little bit.

I guess it makes sense that there's kind of a stereotype of you know northeast that we're kind of uh a little aggressive and we kind of look at like a like a southerner like a midwestern or you guys are kind of just like these slow you know not mentally i'm sure you're you're going to an airport i go to like jackson hartfield in atlanta and i can't stand you guys because it's just like you walk so goddamn slow yeah there's a i drive really fast so i fit that fitting up here with that so like people back there drive real slow yeah they're real slow man don't bother the hell out of me yeah what do you guys yell when you're like driving by like somebody's slow and you're like you goddamn yankees or whatever we can't say that on camera

okay i'm sorry to piece this together a little bit people are a little bit faster up north do you plan on staying in like the casino, or do you want to get out? I'd rather not, honestly. Why not? Because I don't like gambling. It's a fair reason to get out. Really? It's a waste of money.

Yeah, it's awful. It's got to be sad really seeing it in person. Yeah, people ruin their lives in there. I never thought gambling addiction was a real thing until I worked in a casino. I'm like, this is a problem. People are here every single day. They don't ever go home. They don't see their families.

I don't even know how these people make that money. It's pension. A lot of it's pension. I just don't get it. A lot of it's scamming and a lot of it's pension. It's bad. And I don't really want to be a part of it at all. Do they seem happy, though, while they're there in the moment?

No, they don't. No, they don't. They seem distraught the whole time. You've never been to a casino when the sun was up heavy. No, I'm usually blacked out. I go do one thing of roulette, and then I have to leave. It's sad, man. It's a lot of people just hitting the slots.

Especially on their slot machines. Yeah. Like hitting the slots with oxygen tanks next to them and stuff. It's crazy. I can't smoke in there anymore, so that's a good thing. People are blowing themselves up. Yeah, but I don't know. I've been trying to figure out what I want to do, but I know the casino is not it. Throw some stuff out there. Maybe someone will see this. Who's a recruiter? i don't know i've been trying to figure out what i want to do but i know the casino is not it throw some stuff out there maybe someone will see this who's a recruiter i don't

know i'm really i want to get on youtube honestly but do it my platform i feel like wouldn't get a lot of views because i'm just super religious and i would just talk about you know god and stuff what are you talking about you you come from like the Bible thumping capital of the world. I mean, have you ever seen the 700 level on those like three in the morning shows? That dude's worth like 700 million. The country living now is just too far gone. Nah, dude, your guy's going into office. He's going to be great.

You guys are going to be Bible riding for the next fucking four years. It would be nice. But after that, what's going to happen? Who cares? It might be over. You could have a huge platform of people that you just made into followers and stuff, and then they'll follow you wherever they... Dude, we've been following some...

Sorry, I don't take this the wrong way. Some figment of the imagination in the sky for 2,000, 5,000 millions of years now. So it's kind of like, what do you mean they won't follow? Yeah, you're right. You just got to do it, honestly. I don't mean to yell at you. Sorry. No, you're good.

Just pass it. I know the hardest part is just taking action. People can sit around and talk about stuff all day long but it won't amount to anything unless you just start here's an idea just sit outside the planet fitness and just start talking into a microphone and just getting all your followers over here see that's the hardest part because you know you got to find stuff to talk about you got you got to know what to talk about you can't just sit out there and just repeat the same things over and over again. Nobody's going to listen to you. Well, if you had to sell somebody on the J-Man, what would be your go-to?

Like if you had to give a quick pitch, like the elevator pitch about Jesus and the Lord above, how are you hitting like somebody our age? Because I imagine we're all around the same age. He loves you. He wants the best for you. He created you. And he wants to see you live an amazing life. You're going to have to come with a little more conviction than that.

I went to Catholic school. I've heard that for 15 years. Well, then you should know, then. I'm not a Catholic anymore. I don't go to church. I'm not Catholic either. Catholic, that doesn't make, I don't know. All you guys' rituals and stuff you do, it just doesn't make sense to me.

Rituals, wow. I don't know. We're like witches. Yeah, I see them. I mean, they're not called rituals, but I don't know. It's strange to me. So are you like a Baptist or Christian baptist or christian just a follower of jesus christ brother that's a pretty that's cool that's like that's all you need to be you don't need to have put religion so like you don't like are you like so obviously growing up we were both college school kids

and we grew up like you're banished to hell if you don't go to church once a week. Yeah. I think I'm doing okay. Yeah, you're probably doing all right. I don't think that's... And I feel like you live that you're just like a Christian, so you don't live with that kind of... I'm trying to think of it. Overarching guilt.

Yeah, guilt. We call it Catholic guilt. Well, sin is guilt, you know? Yeah. Once you get closer to God, you start to see that there's a lot of wrong things in the world that you shouldn't do. And I just changed a lot of things in my life because I just felt bad because I don't want to make God, like, upset with me. So you just got to find what makes you happy without doing anything wrong. So is there a gray area of things that are wrong?

Do you drink at all? No. Nothing? I don't drink. I don't do any drugs. Caffeine's a drug. It is a drug, and I have my Zin right here, too. And a Mark Lusinski up here, too, dude.

Yeah. I mean, I have my vices, but I try to do as best I can, you know? Yeah, like rip his in while you're sitting at church. And you work at a casino. Again, I'm not trying to pile on your vices. That's why I'm part of it. I don't want to be part of it because it's not a good environment. And I wish my girlfriend would stop calling me, honestly.

I'm trying to have a conversation here. Yeah, dude. I mean, I understand. And I don't know if you're in it for the money and stuff, but like... No, not really. I just want to spread God's word. I want people to be saved, honestly. Like shit, dude.

Like, yeah, you might start a YouTube channel and you might get like 15 views for like the first couple of years and stuff. Right. And you might have to like branch out to like, you know, because let's call it spade to spade. All those rich pastors and stuff, they've got some entertainment factor to them. Yeah. For real. It's not supposed to be like that anymore, though.

There's a private jet. Yeah. It's not about entertainment. It's supposed to be about God. So as long as you do it for the love of the game, just start a YouTube channel and just start preaching. For sure. Yeah. And obviously we can go around anywhere the fuck we want to you can go out anywhere the fuck we want to i'd rather listen to you than listen to the crazy person at the nfl draft who always holds like the big signs

that are like yeah you know you masturbate you're going to hell no see that guy sucks and people say like you can't who are you actually jerks that sauce who are you to say that you're going to hell you know you don't have that right only god knows and you know even if people sin everybody sins we're not perfect so like you know if you lie as a sin if you're you know being gay is a sin you know if you cheat that's a sin but there are sins that are worse than others but you know god will forgive you And you just have to turn away and try to be better and repent. Could be a double negative. Is your cathedral

the Planet Fitness right now? Yeah, bro. Love it. I come in here. I don't go to church, actually. You go to the cathedral of Planet Fitness. Yep.

It's all up in here. I love it. I like that. I think people would be more open to any type of religion if you told me I didn't have to go and sit and watch an old person just bellyache for an hour. Yeah, you don't have to at all.

About a book that's 15 million years old. I've always said I don't want to go watch a guy's career. I want it to be a guy who is doing it because he has this like very strong yearning towards his faith I don't want to watch a guy who's like, you know, the fucking raises in the Catholic churches here only 6% annually It's gone. It's like well, I lost me a little bit if I'm gonna watch some guy's career He better be able to 360 dunk. Yeah, that's what I'm saying You might want to look at a Baptist church. Okay. All right. All right. I won't elaborate. I like that.

I like that. I like where your head's at. But yes, if there was an extreme talent for most of the pastors, I would be a little more engaged. But I do agree with you that just being, practicing your faith from your own kind of perspective seems like the better option than, you know. Well, dude, I love that you, you came down and you sat down. I know we talked a little bit, I know the podcast is usually what we talk about with people, what they do for a living and stuff.

But maybe there's like a fucking, I don't know, maybe we got a preacher or forward preacher that, you know, listens to us, that loves us, that loves our preaching. Yeah.

Yeah. We're kind of just giving a homily every single episode. Yeah. In a lot of ways we are. Yeah, I guess so. I guess we kind of start with,

you know, it's kind of funny. I was talking to my niece last weekend. Every homily. Well, yeah. I better get back in there. Yeah, dude, absolutely.

What do you got today? What are you crushing? Chest. Little chest day? Yeah day yeah of course it's that day man at work right yep yes sir awesome you guys keep doing the lord's work yes man thank you for hanging out you want to come on yeah isn't it hear yourself i hear myself that's me nice i'm in there now dude yeah all right we're in what's up what's your name danny danny what are you doing for a living uh i'm actually in the military i'm in the army i can see that yeah those are some military tats so i appreciate it very nice thank you for your service oh no thank you for the support thank you for the support those are some sick tats oh i appreciate it man um so essentially like i just

came down to South Jersey. Well, I work out of South Jersey. I came to Philly towards the end of November. Yeah. So I'm fairly new here. Are military guys allowed to work out at Planet Fitness? Nah. Hey, like, contrary to popular belief. That's pretty good.

It's convenient to me because, like, as a man that moves around a lot, like, I'm in different towns and I'm like, shit need i need a fucking gym to go to and i'm not there's so many gyms that charge like 40 bucks for a fucking day i'm like yo no am i allowed to curse by the way yeah of course okay i just asked the question all right yeah yeah so essentially like that's that's i was like nah let me just do planning i get like a universal membership and like i'm good to go so shout out to planning for that and a lot of military guys probably go to planet fitness right yeah probably like whether they like to say oh you probably won't see you probably won't see those those top tier guys they got their own facility so it's like yeah you're not gonna see that too often i mean i imagine i hopefully they really shouldn't be charging just work in there be like

i'm in the military and be like please come in for free dude right right oh so a question for you guys like how long has this podcast been up for you're on episode 16 oh shit okay nice nice you guys usually like uh weekly release or every wednesday every wednesday except for this week because we forgot to record the audio oh nice nice because we're not trained i did the same probably so i really can't talk shit about that but well no i feel like if you went through basic training and survived basic training you'd know when to be able to push a record button all right basic training is not really what it used to be anymore guys but i mean that's just that's just that's just the reality of it i don't know i mean i think it's as the

world changes like obviously um the demographics of people that join also change like obviously we're not as great as the people in world war ii that's that's obvious to tell sure uh different times different times different needs yeah i mean because we have more resources for sure but let's say we had the same resources as them. We might not. We might be either at the same level or even lower. So if the guys at World War II had TikTok, do they win? The memes would have gone crazy for sure. I think I would have been sick.

The next World War, oh man, the meme fest is going to be insane. I hope I'm still alive to see all that. But yeah, we'll see. We'll see what happens. It is a good way of like TikTok to get information. You can like watch a training video and below, have like a guy playing Minecraft so you can be, you know, distracted while reading stuff at the same time. Right.

Right. TikTok resource. Not a bad idea. I'll be honest with you. You would have drafted me at 18. We would lost. We would have lost the war. Yeah, I would not.

I don't think I would help right now or anytime between 18 and right now. You would have stormed into Normandy and jump off a plane. Oh my God, dude, man. Or even jump off somewhere else. You land in a tree, you get stuck there. It's like, okay,

what do I do from here? I'd be doggy paddling in the ocean. Yes. But please, for the love of God, don't shoot me. I'd be the only one to ask for noodles when we come off the boat. Yeah.

So do you guys, you guys just choose a random location to set up or do you guys just say, no, we actually recorded every planet footness. That's our, that's our goal. We want to record it. Every planet.

That's a pretty, uh, no, every planet is in the world okay no i'm just kidding we do we just uh we just record forever you know we're like yeah like a general place like we've done like uh i think enough planet fitness has probably been the best um in terms like foot traffic and people like that want to come on yeah okay yeah yeah i'm not gonna lie i thought like when i was uh driving by and i saw this i'm like oh is this one of the guys that like likes debate people about like politics i'm like i actually want to listen to this because i i mean i have really no real bias or attention like i'm not gonna get nitty-picky about it but i like to hear the arguments on both sides it's just entertainment to me so when you came over you thought we're gonna ask you like uh abortion is gay prove me wrong so i actually thought one of you guys was like it was like one host one one uh guest already i thought that was

the host i think with the guests when you i'm not i thought you were the guest for a second you know man in a lot of ways i feel that way too dude it's no insult to that but like that was just like the first five seconds i saw you guys and i had to come up this ramp so i'm like oh yeah in that line yeah, you mentioned that. What are certain things? No, that's totally fine. It doesn't bother me at all, dude. Yep.

Good. So I can't think of it. Basic training. Basic training. What are the big differences that you're seeing now versus, I guess, stories you hear from guys that have been there for a while? I mean, basic training, like in general, the military changes like every every year. So like my basic training is probably some baby shit compared to people 10 years ago or 15 years ago, 20 years ago. You know, like I said, different different generations, different people.

Is it like the presidential fitness test where it's like, you know, maybe back in the day we were running a mile and a half and now they're only running a mile. And in a certain time, are they doing less push-ups nowadays less cardio i think that's across like any branch of the military like lowering fitness standards i mean the marines have been pretty pretty good at keeping their their standards diligently from what i've read but other than that i think other branches are kind of like because as you know like we're in a crisis of where we're not getting too many people in the military oh really yeah so not a lot of people want to serve so you know or not a lot of people are qualified so it's like where we're not getting too many people in the military. So yeah, so not a lot of people want to serve. So, you know, or not a lot of people are qualified. So it's like either they're not fit enough, they're not, um, they're not healthy, you know, like, you know, just really

nitpicking who we could pick. So I think that really affected a lot of the recruiting, but yeah, I mean, it's like a crisis across the entire DOD. So is it a lack of, do you think it's a lack of interest or you think it's a lack of interest or is it more so a lack of like we're seeing, you know, high levels of chronic illnesses and stuff where they can't be accepted? Like what do you think it is? We also grew up with war like on our phones. Right.

So we definitely, like I saw like a lot of the, you can just go watch Ukraine versus Russia right now. Right. Which is insane. It's literally just interest too. Like people don't really want to serve nowadays. I mean, it's it's one of those things that we got until like the politics is just crazy, like the shift, like people are more, quote unquote, woke. So it's like, you know, you have one side is like, why would I serve this country when, you know, we're letting like, for example, genocide happen?

But I'm not saying that's occurring. But what is occurring over there is obviously very sad. Um, and then you have the other side is like, well, you know, my, my thing, my big thing of like, if not me, who like someone has to do it, like someone has to serve. So, and I kind of just raised my right hand and take that oath. And, um, I mean, it's been good to me. I mean, the army, the army has given me everything I have in my life. So it's, it's been doing me wonders. I appreciate it.

So, I mean, for each their own. I didn't have any family legacy in the military, so I didn't have really any. I didn't have any influences to join. I kind of just went in my own will and did it and stuck to it. What was your why? I'm not going to lie. Like, I don't really think I had a why at the time. Like, I really didn't have any motivation to even go to college after high school um I kind of just figured the military was like kind of interesting to me I'm like oh why

not like I was always a part of like some type of sports team I like the camaraderie being with a group so I was like I think the military could do that and then like I love being fit or active so I knew the military was big on that so like I think I fit right in why not I mean it was a pretty uh secure plan for me and um I mean I wish I could tell you why i had a why i mean when i was going through the ringer biggest thing i was telling myself just don't quit like yeah it's not like you don't quit that's why i think you're wired differently than like a lot of people yeah i don't quit i quit like you know i go to the gym like every day i do like 10 push-ups and i'm like the quickest way the quickest way out of any boot camp in any military is literally just don't quit because the moment you quit or you actually say like you don't want

to do it anymore you don't do it you're held there longer than what you should be so yeah because they literally they're not going to just ship you home today you quit or the week after there was literally some people who quit in my basic training and i didn't see them leave until i left so imagine and imagine you quit like week two. Now you're there for like eight weeks just doing like bullshit tasks, like chores for like the drill sergeants or whatever they want you to do. So it's like you could avoid it. So you still have to stay if you bail.

You still have to stay. That's what I'm saying. The best way to get through basic training nice and quick is just go through it. Finish it. I don't know. Wow. Tell me about what the menial tasks I got to do for the drill sergeant. It could get stupid.

Like, you could mop the concrete while it's raining or something. Like, it could get that stupid. But how do you, if you, I guess my question goes, if you've quit, how can they enforce you to do that? They're saying they're putting,

we're putting you up, you have to do it kind of thing? It's not like a gun to your head, like you're not going anywhere, but it's like, hey, hey man, we're processing your paperwork to leave, like you know obviously i have to go through so many chains i was like are we really processing the paperwork i don't know i'm not on that side of the realm sure that's above my pay grade so i don't know what really happens but

all i've seen from my experience is like the people who quit were literally there a little longer or if not the same amount of time as we were there so it's like i can't imagine just like and not not only that but it's like i don't know like how do you deal with that feeling of just like i should just i gave up yeah yeah i should just stop with this because that's a lot of time to yourself would you think sure reflect i'm pretty sure a lot of them regretted eventually like i should have just stayed in the in the game but if you quit can you can you try to re-enlist at another time or is it on that's that's a good question if time goes by for a little bit, maybe. I don't ever, I don't think I've ever heard a story about someone who did that.

Yeah, I don't think I've ever heard a story of anyone who did that before. What was the hardest thing about bootcamp? The hardest thing, hardest thing. There were some times where, especially towards like the last week, it's like the culmination of what everything you learn. And then're out there in the field whether it's like a forest usually a forest type of environment you're in the woods and then like you're literally up for not hours at a day like at a night so it's like really you're not supposed to fall asleep either like you're either pulling guard or security what we like to call security and you're literally there

like like i remember i was in a foxhole, which is basically a dug-in position in the ground, and I'm literally, like, maybe chest deep in it. And at the time, it was really cold. Like, it was freezing. So I think what helped me stay up was the fact that I was freezing. I was literally shivering. But at the same time, like, when I would pull security and I had my rifle, this is, like, very common,

you would just, like, have that rifle nice and tucked and then, like, have your helmet touch the sights a little bit so it looks like you're like aiming and kind of like just like observing but you close those eyes it's still you're sleeping you're dead asleep and you can't really tell from a distance it really looks like oh this man's pulling like security but drill sergeants know they know the game they're not new to this so like they'll fuck with you like they'll like probably like kick your rifle and then like you just stumble like oh shit and then they know like oh no you fell asleep one time i fell asleep i was doing the whole trick and uh the juror sergeant literally just came up and just grabbed my rifle as he walked by and i'm just there like oh shit

i went i went back to go get my weapon and they literally gave me like this big uh twig or this stick and he was like that's your rifle from now on and i'm gave me like this big uh twig or this stick and he was like that's your rifle from now on and i'm like i with this big like i'm like roger roger sorry and then so when we were in contact we had to make make believe like you know gun sounds i'm like pew pew pew with my stick so it's like oh wow i'm doing some real good out here you know my parents probably think i'm out here with like a m16 just like slaying dummy rounds or something. But little did they know I was like slinging a twig for a day. So like you're back in the backyard as a kid. Yeah.

Yeah. I'll tell you what, man. I could do I could never do that sleeping trick. I'm a big twitcher when I sleep. If I try to lean with my hand there, I'm shooting by accident multiple times. Yeah. Luckily, it's nothing. Luckily, like you don't have like live rounds or blanks loaded.

And so like but like but like yeah it's just uh the whole concept of it because like man if you're falling asleep at a time where you're not really good put through the shit and nothing's really ringing off then like how can they really trust you when you know it's the real shit you know you need to stay up but yeah man no i really appreciate it thank you for your service yeah seriously no i appreciate this more guys yeah dude thank you so much man appreciate it as well, guys. Yeah, dude. Thank you so much, man. Appreciate it. Can I ask you something? Please. Does there sound like there's any animosity on this podcast? With who? Just feel like there's any animosity in the air?

Shouldn't be. Just make sure. Should be just two good pals. Because I don't either. And none of the pals screwed up multiple hangout plans on a weekend. So I don't personally have any idea. No, I don't think there's any no i don't think you know there's any animosity i think we're kind of riffing pretty well right now but i mean i just say

if there was any animosity it would probably be from sunday well kyle i'll tell you what i have no idea what you're speaking on but uh hopefully you figure it out so luckily enough i like matt lucky for him anyway that i like matt that i do like enjoying hanging out with matt so when matt calls me about something or text me about something, you know, I want to, you know, we want to go play basketball at Sunday at four. Sure. Because a couple of comics are playing. I agree. Because you know what?

I like hanging out with you. I think we can build stories that help the pod and everything and, you know, build a little bit of little chemistry, a little camaraderie and stuff. Sunday at four to play basketball is, first of all, an insane time to play basketball. First and foremost, what else are you doing? Nothing. True. I'm not doing anything. So we get to the game.

Yes. Yes. And it's fun. By the way, you get to the game. Everybody's excited. Great game. You're excited. Yeah.

I was so ready to play. All of a sudden, a lightning bolt strike is basically over our heads. And I'm the tallest guy on the court. So I immediately get off. I immediately scramble. Had nobody there to back me up. Just saying. So I go sit in an alcove and wait out the storm. I will, if I get, like you said, I can

interject throughout. Kyle says I'm the tallest person on this court. Meanwhile, there's a 10-foot rim, 11-foot fence. There's a baseball diamond with a 13-foot fence. Kyle's like, I better hit the road, Jack. Who knows what could happen to me? You know what it is, dude? You're lightning stingy.

Yeah, I guess so. I guess so. But I didn't get mad. Rain comes down. Lightning comes down. You guys end up joining me in the alcove. I never even get a shot up. I didn't even get to play knockout.

You guys played knockout without me. You act like we told you to leave. You willingly walked away. You played knockout without me, all right? I went to the car for one second to get something, and you played knockout without me. Did you get an invite? Yeah, I got an invite. I also got another invite.

And that's why I wasn't mad at you, because I got another invite. I got an invite to a nice show. Because we like hanging out A really, really cool 10 o'clock PM show on a Sunday By the way, you comedians do the weirdest times Yes 10 o'clock show And who was going to be on the show?

There's a new up-and-coming comedian Sinead Gillis or something like that Shane Gillis and Dan Soder, people I was getting a ticket to a Shane Gillis and Dan Soder, people. I was getting a ticket to a Shane Gillis and a Dan Soder show. It was kind of a private show a little bit. I think Joey DeRosa also came out, another Philadelphia comic. That wasn't even billed. And I was getting a private show where they were working on new material. And I was so fucking excited. I bragged to all my friends. I was like, dude, I'm the man. You suck. You've never seen Shane Gillis in a private show ever. Dude, a day after Trump gets shot too, like I hit,

I hit the, I hit the lottery. Sure. We get to the show and you know, apparently, you know, the cool guy comedians and everything, you actually had tickets. Yes. A lot of comedians don't have tickets. This is a little behind baseball. Correct me if if i'm wrong on this like you guys literally usually go to shows with big guys and stuff you'll stand in the back yeah helium's not big but you can stand on the wall and no one bothers you can watch you can watch the comics right so matt has tickets most of the comics there don't have tickets and stuff so the cool guy comics and everything they all sit out in the bar area before the uh before the show and they go, we'll let the host go on, do a couple. Okay, we'll let Joey DeRosa go on, do a couple and stuff.

We came here for gills, and we came here for soda. It gets to be around like 7.40. And now, mind you, it's probably the biggest touring comics right now in the entire country that are on stage, that are going. So we go on around 7.40. We go on around 7.40. We get down to the little podium, and the guy goes, we are at capacity. And you're like, I have tickets. And he goes, no, we are at capacity.

Like airplane stuff where airplanes sell out and they hope someone doesn't show up and we're all standby. They can pay off. Sure. And so what happens is old Kyle, who's just been so excited to see one of his idols. Uh-huh. Shit out of luck. Let's go drink with a bunch of asthmatic comics in the bar room. Hey, by the way, guys, we should mention this. If you want to go see fucking damsel in distress Kyle over here, God forbid, dude, one of his pals says, hey, let's play a little ball. It doesn't work out.

It's not easy being me. I say, hey, Kyle, why don't you bring your large long body over to shane gillis and we'll hang 10 there okay yeah okay we'll explain it explain it okay so what happened was i will give kyle a little bit of credit we did get to the show and a lot of times like he was saying you can go hang out in the back of the club though helium is the best club on planet earth truly it is the best club that's not just me saying that because i want to keep getting spots there but it is the best club it is it's run very well and uh a lot of times they're nice to us comics to let you kind of go like stand in the back of the room. But it was past capacity because two of the biggest comics right now were –

But this never went – you comics, man, are the most hilarious people in the world. Like I said, I thought the pickup game was going to be indoors. Turns out it's outdoors when there's a storm and it's 97 degrees out. I think I'm going to go see Dan Soder and Shane Gillis. Turns out we have to wait an hour, you know, get a couple drinks in us before we go

out there because, you know. This guy, dude, I'm telling you what, Kyle's living a double life because when I saw him that night, he said he was a little upset about not being able to get in. And then I said, Kyle, why don't we get a darn Miller light and a shot of Jameson he goes all right and boy oh boy uh like Mariah Carey the tune changed folks yeah what a trade-off Matt got me I got to get drunk with mad peoples instead of watching Shane Gillis and Dan Soder dude brand new material I will say I did feel I really thought we'd be able to get in there

because like I said a lot of times you can walk in. And I overheard another fellow Philly comedian, Naeem Ali, who opens for Shane Gillis. Naeem, one of the funniest guys. I heard him say, yeah, they're not letting anybody in. And Kyle hadn't heard it yet. And I heard it. And I went into full panic mode. So you knew once Naeem was allowed to get in, it was like, shit, out of luck.

Once I heard that, I started to really worry that you were going to kick me in the chicken McNuggets because I was like, we're not, there's no way we're getting in there. I'll be honest with you. Seeing the shame on your face

and knowing that you fucked up did make it a little bit easier to swallow. Sure. Yeah. So I, I wasn't actually as angry as,

as you'd think. And we did get to sit in the, in the hallway a little bit before the show. We went in and out, heard every fourth word. But you got the gist of it. Not bad. Yeah, you can put it together. Shane's got some good stuff coming up, I think, depending on how you...

Every fourth word I heard was great. Look, as men, we understood every fourth word that Shane said, just like my girlfriend goes and gets her nails done, and she understands every fourth word there. And these are the give and take of being men and women. But, you know, it was a good night all the same. We stayed out a little bit too late on a school night. I will say that. And we also might have been able to write off all our alcohol purchases.

I think we did actually negotiate a business deal with a bar to like actually do the podcast from there. So more to come. Hopefully that works. Yeah, more to come. Good times. You owe me though. I owe you.

Well, we'll see. You owe me, though. I owe you. Well, we'll see. You owe me. I think we owe each other. I think we owe our audience. How are you? We do a podcast where we ask people what they do for a living. We love to talk to sweaty messes. Two minutes, dude.

Three minutes. Whenever you want to leave, you can get up and walk away. Yep, don't have to tell us. Just talk about your job or what you do or where you went to school for or whatever. Don't need any names of the job. Don't need any last name for you. All right. There we go.

What's your first name? I'm Zach. Zach, nice to meet you. And what do you do for a living? I work for a coffee company. I do like sales administration and everything. Sweet. How's that?

It's not bad. I moved into that role about like a year ago. I was working on the production side of things for like a few years. That's that? It's not bad. I moved into that role about a year ago. I was working on the production side of things for a few years. What do you administrate sales-wise? I just help our wholesale clients with issues and stuff with their orders. And then help just regular customers too with anything that comes up. Because we're scaling up and stuff. So we just get more and more customers.

Congratulations, by the way. Oh, yeah. Thank you. What's up with the bean what's up what's up the bean the price of the bean the bean buddy talk to me about the price of the bean it's all dude i it has been no fluctuation since covid it has only gone up it's uh yeah now one of your sales are going up that's everything's going up man everything i don't know man the bean the bean and alcohol have been my two my two bum bums yeah Yeah, I mean, it's the only thing that I eat Who fucking cares No, I mean it's all it's kind of all dependent on like where it comes from So like we're getting from like Africa or getting from like South America Like you look at it like Southeast Asia and stuff to like all that's kind of like why it's gone

up is just because like those countries aren't doing well, you know, they got like civil wars going on, all this other stuff going on. So when that's going on, it's kind of like, like messes up everything. So I imagine that's a tough ask when there's like a coup going on in your country and you're like, but Americans need coffee in the morning. So I wonder this now. So when I go to Starbucks and they say they don't have cold brew just iced coffee is that your fault should i be mad at you is that part of the production i mean that's sometimes that's like cold brew takes time to produce so that's like you kind of have to like roast it and then you have to grind it and then you have to set it to so it like sits in the um because like cold brew will take like if i make

a batch myself at home that's gonna be like be an overnight thing. So it just takes longer for it to get the quality you want and stuff. I wasn't even aware of this. So if I have a shop that's selling me cold brew and upping the price over a nice coffee, are they jipping me, essentially? It depends. Sometimes it's kind of also dependent on competitors. We'll raise our prices if our competitors are raising prices. So it's kind of like that.

It is kind of dependent on places like Dunkin' or Starbucks that just buy up all the stuff. So it's mostly dependent on those bigger companies. I work for a smaller company. So yeah, we're trying to constantly just make money off what we can. But it's tough. Do you have any thoughts on the... And I don't know. Obviously, you're more in the wholesale industry and stuff. just like make money off what we can but it's it's tough so that's yeah do you have any thoughts on the and I don't know you know obviously you're more in the wholesale industry and stuff the warehouse game a lot of a lot of

unionizing in the coffee industry in Philadelphia definitely I've seen like a lot of coffee shops closed do you any thoughts on that yeah I mean I'm all for workers rights you know I think baristas definitely should be treated fairly. I think just customer service jobs in general should be treated fairly. So I have no problem with it. But I think that's like, cause I've seen unionizing at Trader Joe's,

like some of those other types of places. And I think it's common, I'm seeing a trend just in terms of customer service specifically. Cause there hasn't been much labor organization in that industry. Sure. I definitely get the Trader Joe's angle. And if you want to unionize at Whole Foods, I'm all for it. I mean, those are billion-dollar companies that should be able to pay you livable wages.

And I do think that if you do work at a local coffee shop, you should make a livable wage. I think everyone deserves the right to make a livable wage. I just think sometimes you have to be like, you know, when when we were growing up kind of coffee baristas were all like high school kids right everything like it was like it was like a summer job and everything and now i feel like people in like older people in 20s and out of college or you know with art degrees and stuff that like they're working there and they're like expecting to get a livable wage and this coffee shop has like one local shop or maybe two local shops. And it's like, you can't ask any coffee shop in my mind to pay you a livable wage, pay you

healthcare, pay you other benefits and stuff. And I've seen a couple of coffee shops in Philadelphia, unfortunately, have to close. Some beloved coffee shops. Right. Yeah. Yeah. No, definitely. Yeah. We've definitely felt the brunt of that. I mean, we offer- Oh, it actually affects you too. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, we've figured out a way like our owners have figured out a way to like offer health insurance benefits for all our baristas and stuff so like we're actually I think like in a decent spot with that we're figuring that stuff out I think but but yeah you're right I mean it's just cost I

don't know it's just like a lot it's a lot to run a business yeah so somebody involved in like you obviously know a lot about coffee yeah uh what are two drinks that you'll judge and say this guy or girl has no idea what they're ordering this is just a fad thing and then what are two drinks that you're like all right they know what's going on he's really like i'm scared of this so make sure he's asking for himself i mean i'll be honest i'm like i came into like the coffee industry just work at the warehouse so i don't even have barista experience or anything like that order. What's that? What's your order? I go with just like iced coffee. I just go with the basics like iced coffee I'll go with an espresso because that usually gives me like the baseline of like how like one if they can like pull a shot

Like correctly, you know like that. There's a technique to it. So you do judge a little bit you yeah I'm like at the base level you know like all the all the stuff with like when you're adding milk sugar like i don't know like syrups and all that type of stuff that's just kind of dependent on like the different people's like recipes and whatnot but um but i've like figured out like a way over the years thanks to like a lot of my co-workers and stuff like how to like judge like if this tastes off if this is just like too much water if it's not like fine enough grind like that type of stuff so um but but that's all kind of like in practice you know like you have to kind of keep up with that sort of thing i started on the bean i'm going to finish

on the bean yeah when's the price of the bean going back you know no that's real quick you said you're going to finish on the bean yeah okay and i'm gonna yeah yeah yeah i mean that's a tough one man it kind of depends on uh how the world goes i honestly like honestly i think coffee is really like touched how like the state of the world is and how all connected we all are yeah sick so yeah because it's like we're dependent on our the coffee farms in like columbia or like brazil and all that stuff so if like they're doing well, then we're probably not going to do well. What's the big, uh, being around here. What do you guys see mostly from what, what country? Uh, Brazil. Brazil is definitely like one of the biggest,

like a coffee, uh, importers. I'll be down there in early September. I'll make sure I talk to my people. Cool. Awesome. All right, man. We'll be lucky. I appreciate it. Thanks so much. I appreciate it. Cheers. Hey man, how are you? We do a, we do a podcast where we ask you what they do for a living. We just need three minutes. We need one more guest. Good man.

My man. You got a little blue collar ass job, too. I love that. What's up, man? Take it easy. I'm sweaty. Dude, three people sat on there are sweaty. Just take the mic for me.

Yeah, bro. Just spread over here. Get comfy. Get cozy. What's your first name? Armani. Armani? Oh, shit, like the clothing company.

Yeah. Nice. What do you do for a living? I'm an auto body technician. I work on cars, crash cars. I don't think we've ever had an auto body technician on, ever. I don't think so. Somehow, no, we haven't.

Damn. How's that? It's chilling. You good? Yeah, no, it's good money. Sweet. You good at it? Yeah.

Sweet. How long have you been doing it? I just probably, I'm about to say, what, 19 months? 18 months, 118 months. How'd you get good at it? Practice. I had a good trainer that taught me, you know, a good mentor that showed me the ropes around everything.

Okay. Now, let me ask you this. When I get my oil changed, is my air filter really that dirty? So, out-of-body technician, we don't really do mechanical stuff. We do more so, like, say this car right here, right next to us. Yeah, these things beat the shit. So, we'll, like, how the repair is right now, we'll take off that door skin and replace it. It's just we do work like that more so, more, so cosmetic and the way the car actually looks.

I think we actually took... Are you right there? No, I'm... No, no, we're right here, actually, right here. Caliber collision. No, I didn't take my shit to yours. I took my shit to the detailer right over here, and they did a really good job.

Yeah, yeah. Shout out to them. Yeah. We believe that people are becoming worse drivers. Oh, fuck yeah. So it's probably great it's probably great for you right you you curse in this pot yeah no yeah bro people are terrible terrible drivers especially in philadelphia terrible drivers so it's great for caliber collision yes hell yes hell yes do you do you see lately an uptick in cars are you guys like

are you guys like packed so during the summer we usually is our peak season where people mostly most likely get into a lot of accidents. It's around the summertime. People start driving crazy, start driving stupid, not paying attention. So that's better for us. Yeah. What's the most common fix you guys got to make? T-bones, maybe door skins.

Mostly it's T-bones and front end hits, I'll say. Yeah. And like side swipes and stuff like that. Yeah. It's also break-ins. We have been getting a lot of break-ins. Oh, really? Are break-ins down or break-ins up, you think?

I feel like during the pandemic, break-ins were hot. Yeah, probably were hot. To me, I'll say they're down. We haven't really been getting a lot of break-ins, but we do get them here and there. So I'll say, yeah, a lot of break-ins too. How are the labor parts? I know were like on back order for a while is that kind of picked back up or it's depending on like the make and model of the car and stuff like that uh some parts still be back ordered but like what for majority of it no not really not necessarily the only thing i've had issue with was like trying to get a new quarter

panel for one of the cars i was working on but besides that we really haven't had a like a major issue with back order parts that's good yeah so i'm guessing you probably have cars towed to the shop for the most part if it's yeah do you ever have the car get towed there and the person comes and they tell you what happened and then later in that day or the next day a cop shows up and they say hey we're investigating something that has to do has Has anything like that happened before? That necessarily, no. But something similar happened. We had a car come in with bullet holes on the side of it, on the right side.

And the cop said that if we find any bullets, put it in the bag and they'll come later and come grab it. But besides that, no, not really. Only had that one incident. How many bullet holes? It was, I think, about two or three on the side. I think, if I'm not mistaken, it was the front right door, the passenger door, and on the fender, too. Any blood? No, no blood.

I was surprised. What armored vehicle were you working on? It was... No, it wasn't an armored vehicle. It was an Alexis. It was an Alexis. Okay, shout out to Alexis. I was pretty surprised that the inner components didn't get damaged. I'm like, okay. It's kind of funny to think the guy brought it in.

He's like, yeah, I got T-bone. I think T-bone was coming after you. Holy shit. Oh, my God. That's crazy, man. Oh, fuck. I had a good question. I just lost it. So, y'all, what are y'all doing out here? What is this podcast about? Yeah, we just like to go to random spots.

Like, we've gone to, you know, farmer's markets, and we've gone to casinos and stuff. So, we just post up at, like, places where different types of people come in and out. So, we figured a gym kind of works because there's all sorts of folks that come in and out of here. And we just ask people what they do for a living, and then we just kind of shoot the shit. I feel it. I feel it. That's nice. What's your favorite collision favorite collision i'd say a minor one would be like a bumper job it's quick easy a lot subarus easiest bumpers to work on they're literally quick to take off and on god oh is that the easiest car typically subarus yeah wow um this is my question so i have my car

has been not totaled before but it has gotten I'm pretty sure like a drunk person hit a car. I was parallel parked. They hit into my car. So my car is pretty fucked up. Do you guys work with the tow truck drivers that sit outside and wait until you come to your car so that they know where to take the car so that. No, no, no, no, no, no no no no no no no no we don't really know i'm telling you this this this dude it happened overnight i come out at around seven in the morning they roughly said around two to three in the morning uh the accident happened so

this tow truck driver waited four hours for me because that's how they make their bones yeah to get to my car and be like hey you can't drive that i have to tow that yeah that's a scam a lot of you drivers be scammers i don't understand that so i always thought that like they worked with like the that's more so like like the mom and pop shops will do that well my company we have we're actually a big brand company that's uh nationwide so we won't do stuff like that okay that's more so like the mom and pop shops that i got deals with like the tow truck drivers and stuff he didn't take me to south ph the mom and pop shops that got deals with the tow truck drivers and stuff. He did take me to South Philly, so that does make sense.

They make commission on whatever car they take to a shop. They'll make a commission on that car off the insurance or through the shop, actually. We kind of found they were in cahoots with the PPA. The PPA and I think tow truck companies are really kind of in bed with each other. Do you ever work on PPA or government cars? No.

Good. I like that. Stand your ground. Please don't, dude. Please don't. They suck. They suck. Well, hey, man, I really appreciate you sitting down. Yeah, man, this is great.

Thank you. Thank you so much, man. Appreciate it, dude. Appreciate you, brother. Good luck with everything, man. Thank you. We really appreciate everybody. Thanks for staying with us because I don't think half of you know when we actually do

release the podcast, which I do actually love that. But I know some of you do reach out and say, where the fuck is the podcast? Which is fair. So we're sorry that we got this out a little bit late. Yeah. But we love you. And this will never happen again. Check out the Patreon, patreon.com slash man at work at pod. But shout out to the blue collar. Baby. And shout out to the middle class. And the white collar.

I'll add to what Kyle said. For sure, this will happen again at some point. Dude, we'll miss an episode sometime, but not anytime soon, dude. You can take that to the bank. Yeah. Blame Vito. He's the audio guy. True. It really kind of all comes back to Vito. We have been begging to get an episode done, and Vito goes, in due time, when I'm ready.

Yeah, yeah. When I'm ready to press the audio. Say, new haircut guy. You deserve to say something. Say something. Say one thing before I respond to that. I was kidding. We got a lot of people coming through today, I think, because after the gym, you feel real confident.

You know, you get that rush, that endorphins and all that so i think we just you know that flowed real good today thank you and are you what is this like jerry springer after the show and my rebuttal is their audio board is right here and i'm back there but who's the big red who pushes who so you go a little behind the scenes was he banished me from pushing the... So this happens before. We have not pushed the audio and we've had to record a bunch of stuff or cut out a bunch of stuff and everything. So one time we did it and immediately right there, Vito banned me from ever being allowed to push record ever again. Initially.

The initial record. Now, we had a dodgy episode. They were giving us problems. We didn't move the table like four times. Something happened. It's okay. It happens.

Shit happens, as they say. But yeah, we're back in action and I think we had a really good episode today. I think so. I think, well, thank you for saying that, Vito. But I think Vito's in a good mood

because he's done this before. This is usually a passion project where he'll stand in a gym parking lot and yell at women to come talk to him. Today, he's finally getting paid for it. So that's life full circle, ladies and gents. We'll talk to you guys.

Peace. Peace. See you.