WDYM What Do You Mean?
WDYM What Do You Mean?
When Common Sense Goes Missing!
Picture this: navigating a workforce where common sense feels like a mythical creature and personal hygiene is an afterthought. Welcome to the WDYM podcast, where I, your host, unravel the quirks and frustrations of managing a younger generation that seems to have redefined workplace norms. We'll dive into the curious world of "taps"—short for "trifling ass people"—as I share tales from my managerial adventures as we explore the evolving attitudes and communication styles that sometimes leave managers scratching their heads.
And let's not forget the "WHPTs"—colleagues whose breath could knock you off your feet. With a blend of humor and insight, I discuss the impact of unreliable coworkers and highlight the critical importance of professionalism, education, and good hygiene in bridging the social divide caused by these "taps" and "WHPTs." Join me as we navigate these workplace dynamics with a dose of reality and a dash of humor, urging everyone to step up their game.
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you're listening to the wdym, the what do you mean? Podcast, hamilton's number one podcast. Now sit back and relax. Here's hamilton's own, michael gillespie, welcome. Hey, that was a little bit of a shocker. Welcome to the WDYM podcast. I'm your host, michael Gillespie. As Kobe said, hope everybody's doing good, hope everybody's doing well. Today I am, and I hope you are too.
Speaker 1:Today's episode is all about them taps. Now, if you're military, you may be thinking one way, right, as in something like this, which frankly means you are tapping out for the day. You are done, finito, finish, the day is over. Tap out that's what taps means to a veteran, or anything like that. This tap because T-A-P it stands for trifling ass people. Yes, I'm about to mark this as explicit because I'm using the word ass. Okay, so be prepared to hear tap. As opposed to the other word, tap means trifling ass people. So this episode I'm going to go over a couple of the taps that I've come across across my managerial career. I don't know what's going on with people as far as their mentality and everything, or who's raising these people, but when you unleash people in the public, you at least got to equip them with the basics. Now, they always say the term common sense is common, not anymore. Now I've learned that common sense is now a requirement for people that are not in my generation. I don't know what happened between the generation after me and a generation that's ahead of me, but something's been lost and I'm going to say common sense is the thing that's no longer common.
Speaker 1:Let's start with example number one. Example number one was a young lady. Let's call this young lady Sue. Sue was a server that I used to work with At one of my previous locations. Right, sue, young girl Like senior, junior, high school, whatever. She's coming there To work in my kitchen as a server. All she has to do is Deliver trays and see what the residents want, what our guests want, what everyone call them, and we move on. Sue, to say the least, sue was.
Speaker 1:Sue was not here to serve in dietary. She was not here to serve our residents. She was not. She was not. She had her own agenda and that's fine. You don't expect a 16, 17, 18 year old Young lady to Be like, hey, I want to be a server For the rest of my life and be having a lifestyle of tips. No, you don't expect that. So you know she's planning on moving on To nursing, which is fine, that is perfectly fine. If you have an agenda. You know a better agenda, then yes, go for it, I'm all for it. That's what we do here at this location that I was at.
Speaker 1:If you want to move forward with life, you got to have a goal. Yeah, you got to have some kind of goal, and culinary, wasn't it? And that's fine. You know that is a okay. That is called having a plan. Having a plan should be basic for anybody that has say it with me, common sense.
Speaker 1:So one night we're up in there and we're finishing the night and she's got Gotta roll silverware. I'm like, alright, hey, Sue, you might, you know. I say, hey, let me go ahead and help you get out of here. I'll help you roll the silverware, and after that you get off the clock, cause I think you're milking my clock that's what I'm saying to my head like you're milking my clock, you just here, but you don't take that long to roll some silverware. So we're rolling silverware and I'm like, hey, you know just chit chat, small chit chat, hey, how you doing? You know, blah, blah, blah.
Speaker 1:So I'm asking her like, so what are your future plans? Like, what do you plan on doing? You know what is your, what do you? I'm not saying it's the end game. What do you want to do? What do you want to do?
Speaker 1:Well, I really like nursing and I want to be a nurse. So that's, that's. That is great. I don't know about how you'd go about doing pus, blood and poop. That's it Pus, blood and poop. That's why I'm not in the nursing field. I can't handle those three. And you know, nursing you got a chance to run into those three. It's nasty, disgusting. I don't can't be involved. And it's weird because, like yo, I could carve a bird like no other, but if I see blood, pus or poop now that's where I'm at I can't handle it.
Speaker 1:So Sue was like yeah, you know, I really want to get into nursing. You know, this is why I'm here, that's what I want to do. I said that's great, I'm so glad because, you know, after you spend some amount of time here in the culinary, this facility will help you get into nursing. She's like oh, you know, that's great, that's why I'm doing it, that's why I'm here and everything. So I'm like, yeah, that's cool. So I'll go rolling back to silverware and everything.
Speaker 1:It says, oh, and I want to be a stripper. And I was like I'm rolling silver and I just drop, drop the line, the role that I'm having. I'm like what did he say? What did you say? She's like, yeah, I want to be a stripper. I'm like, oh, wow, like you're too young to be saying that, let alone. You're talking to your supervisor, your boss, and you're telling me you want to be a stripper.
Speaker 1:Like, look, I'm not hating on the idea. I mean, that's what you want to do, do you at the end. But how do you go from polar opposites of wanting to wipe booty and deal with the blood, pus and poop to being on a pole at 11, 12 o'clock at night? And she had like, guess what, I can do both. I'm like word. She's like, yeah, I can do both. I'm like word. She's like, yeah, I could do both. I could help in people at the hospital and at night I could be the same nurse on a pole. And I'm thinking to myself this is the craziest but nice idea I've ever heard. It's calm. Is this common sense? No, it's not. I'm pretty sure you'll make more money being a nurse than being a stripper. But hey, I'm not here to dash people's dreams. All I'm doing is looking at you, looking across the way and looking at Sue. I'm like, okay, sue, let's get back to the civil war, because you have overloaded my brain. Get back to the civil war because you have overloaded my brain and therefore I'm gonna have to tap you and call you a tap, because this is ridiculous, trifling ass people. Needless to say that I think she's still in the career field and more power to you, sue. Hope everything goes well with all you and your future endeavors.
Speaker 1:Another person, let's call this young person, troy. Troy, again, was a server, young server, all energetic. When we did the interview process, he was just energy, energy, like pure, untapped energy. And so he does the interview process and he eventually comes on. He comes on, he goes to my building and I thought it was weird at first because when I was told he was coming to my building, it seemed like it was like a snicker Okay, michael, you're going to get Troy. Troy is an energy, energy person, full of energy, and he's coming to your building. I said, great, cool, whatever. So he comes to my building and he's with his mother.
Speaker 1:So I'm like, okay, a little weird, like why would his mom Come Again, common sense. Common sense says if you're Going for a job, you don't bring your mama right. That's just something wrong. But I digress, I didn't go there yet. I'm just looking at Troy and say, okay, this is what you're going to be doing. Go down this hallway, go down this hallway, deliver food, come back and we wash dishes and then we repeat the cycle for breakfast, lunch and dinner right. So I'm like, okay, his. And then we repeat the cycle for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Right. So I'm like, ok, his mom verified everything. So what will you have Troy doing? I said, ok, I just repeat myself We'll go down the hallway. You want to deliver food here? Deliver food here, come back, wash dishes, and that's it. What I just said sounded like say it with me, common sense, that's what I'm looking for, common sense.
Speaker 1:So, as he's working, he's he's he's working, energetic, being full of energy, and I was like that's what I like and everything's cool. He's working hard, said, just tell me what to do and I'll do it. And I said, okay. So I said go back there and wash dishes. He went back there, washed dishes. I said, okay, this, this dude knows what he's doing. Okay, this is great. He takes orders very well, almost too well.
Speaker 1:Again, let this thing called common sense comes in when it comes to telling teenagers or young adults what to do. Usually you get a little slack with it, like I don't want to do that, put yourself on the way, I don't want to do that. Where's your? Put yourself on the way, I don't want to do that. That's the attitude you normally get when it comes to young adults. But he was all energetic and everything go go, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, real cool, until we got a late.
Speaker 1:We got a late resident, we got this late resident. This resident was like I'm, you know, we the nurses, come back and like, oh, he hasn't ate. He didn't eat at the other location and he's hungry. I said, okay, great, troy, go get this man's order. Says no problem, boss, got it.
Speaker 1:Darts away, comes back and he gives me the ticket of what this, what the guy wants. So I'm looking at the ticket and I look at it. I'm like yo, this dude's funny, right, this dude is funny. This is so funny. What are you talking about? I'm looking around talking to another server. This dude is so funny. What are you talking about, mike? I said, look, he's playing around and just, you know not spelling things right on purpose, and he's making it hard for me. What are you talking about? Like, look at the way he spelled hamburger, he didn't spell it right. French fries, he didn't spell it right. Coca-cola or Coke, he didn't spell that right either. I'm like, okay, maybe because you know, end of the day, he's just trying to get the order in, just so we can, you know, make it, put it back out and keep it moving.
Speaker 1:The next day I had him take orders again and almost 75, 80% of the orders were wrong. So I'm like, hold on, what's, what's something's wrong? What's going on? I don't understand. Like, why? Why is? Why is he doing this wrong? I don't understand. So he goes on, orders are all messed up, orders are jacked up again and people are getting angry. They're getting angry. Like what's going on? Everybody, everybody, everybody's angry at the kids. Like why is this orders wrong? Why is this orders wrong? Like I don't know. Like, like, why is? Why is this happening? So I go and ask him, say, hey, sir, um, is there a reason? Why are you submitting tickets wrong? And you know everything comes back and it's not right and he's just cool with it, like, yeah, I can't read. I'm like, what, what did he say? Did he just say he couldn't read? I'm like, okay, hold on hold, on, hold on hold on hold on.
Speaker 1:Reading is fundamental. I thought when you fill out an application, you have to read to, like you know hey name, you have to read that so you can put that down on a piece of paper. Why is troy doing this and this? Like I was like, hey, troy, are you in school? He's like, yeah, I'm in school, it's okay, okay. So why can't you read? So I'll go back to my boss, that boss. Why can't you know he's here and he can't read right? So I said I didn't, I didn't know that, I didn't know that. Wait, wait, how did he get past the screening process If you couldn't read? He said, well, I guess nobody asked. So nobody, nobody asked. So do you understand? This is a liability if he can't read that this person is diabetic or is this person that's to count as carbs or anything like that. It's important that he can read, and this is the first time that I experienced where common sense is no longer common.
Speaker 1:How did you send this individual out without the ability to read? Now, after this junction I pulled him off. I said I pulled him off the floor and I said, look bro. I said I can't have you here. I can't have you here no offense to anything, you know, but would you be okay with doing something else, like doing something else other than serving? And he credit to Troy. Troy was just a team player, he's like absolutely. I said cool. So we eventually moved him to another job and he was fine, perfectly fine. But again, ladies and gentlemen, gentlemen, common sense is no longer common.
Speaker 1:That's example two, another one, this one I call e w h p t's. The w h p t's do you know? Those letters produced the most breath action. Let's do it real quick. See, did you feel all the breath that was coming out of your mouth?
Speaker 1:The WHPTs is what I call people that got funky breath. Yep, whpts All that breath action. You know this is what's bad. Right, it's early in the morning and I got people in my face like good morning, chef. What are you doing today? How about some pancakes and toast? Did you get? I got all the WHPT I can handle. Your breath is funky now.
Speaker 1:Sometimes I leave the house to go grab. Like let's just say I go grab donuts, right, I go grab donuts for my family. You know how much talking I do. I'm very minimum with my talking, let alone in somebody's face. Right, because I know I got the WHPTs, I got funky breath. So it's mostly like, yeah, man, I got it. I'm far back. Yeah, I understand, my WHPT is not in your face, but I've been having Lately. I have people who wake up in your face, but I've been having lately.
Speaker 1:I have people who wake up in the morning, have WHPT all on my face and the breath is funky and I'm looking to myself like how or why have you left the house and you did not brush your teeth? Because it's clear as day, like this person did not brush your teeth Because it's clear as day, like this person did not brush their teeth and they're all on my face and I got to be nice about it Like, hi, chef, how are you doing? The breath hits my nose and immediately burns my two nostrils off. This is the third time I've changed my nostrils in the past three years. You get what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:Again, common sense has left the people because it's not common anymore. That's one of the things, like one of the checks, one of the five checks I have before I leave. Did I brush my teeth? Did I put my deodorant on? Do I got my keys, wallet and phone? That's the five checks I do. Did I brush my teeth? Do I got deodorant on? Do I got my keys? Money in the phone?
Speaker 1:Why are people all in the grills with the WHPTs? And it's like what do you do in those situations? Do you just actually call people out like, hey, bro, you got the WHPTs, you need to go Handle that. And most of the time they're already at work. So what do you do in those situations? I'm going to tell you what I would do. I would leave work to go handle that, because that is important to me and it should be important to everybody.
Speaker 1:Nobody wants somebody in their face With the WHPTs. That is the most. That is the. That just cuts conversation real fast. So is it offensive to hand somebody Some gum? Is it offensive to say, hey, look, bro, we got a problem because you left the house with the funky breath and you just all in my face saying good morning to me? I don't want to hear it. I don't care if you are young, middle age or old age. That is the number one priority. Don't be in my face with a hot breath. I can't, I can't deal with it. Before you leave your house, do your checks. Hey, did I do the breath check and then check your money, phone and keys? I thought that was common. I thought that was common sense by now, but it's not.
Speaker 1:Next, the next person on tap, the next people on tap are trifling workers. So one person that I was working with we used to work together a long time ago, long time ago. I'm at my job posting posts Like hey, anybody interested in a job got this easy job, come work with me, easy job, right. And my friend now just associate. I guess she's like, yeah, I'll come. I was like, cool, put her on, we're working together. And I'm finally like okay, now I got some more stability where I work at, so therefore I can work on policies, procedures, get all that done. But no, it doesn't happen Again.
Speaker 1:The thesis or the theme of this one, this TAP didn't want to work with me, no more. And that's cool. I'm cool with that. I'm cool with the decision hey, look, this isn't working for me. I can no longer be here, I'm going to go my way. I'm like all right, cool, I understand, perfectly understand.
Speaker 1:You know something comes up, or you know you're in a situation where you don't longer want to be here. That's fine, right. Or you know you're in a situation where you don't longer want to be here, that's fine, right. All I'm asking is hey, can I get, can I get two weeks out of you? Right, because standard protocol says let me get a two week notice. I, when I have left jobs, I get more than two weeks. You know why I care, I care about getting somebody else in. So therefore, hey, someone can take over or they have enough time to start looking, and everything.
Speaker 1:I asked her like, hey, can I get two weeks? She's immediately hit me with the nose the fastest one, the fastest one I've ever got. No, I said okay. So you know, I did my thing. I said look, this is how you're going to be and I brought you in. You're ruining my name, my reputation. I'm not going to associate with you. I ain't rolling with you. Okay, that's how you roll. That's not how I roll. And I, I brought your punk butt in here. So why are you being a tap? Why are you tapping on me right now? So I'm like you know what. So, just, you know, just associate with myself. I ain't messing with it.
Speaker 1:You know, whatever a couple like a month later she hits me up saying we need to talk. I said no, sir, no ma'am, no ham, no bacon. I won't be doing that, no way, you gonna do me dirty. And now you want to talk. So nah, we ain't, we ain't playing I don't know who. What kind of fool you think I am. But my comment I still have common sense. If you do me dirty, you think I'm gonna do you right. Nah, no, no, no, no. I hit her with the reverse, reverse, no, I said no, no, no, no, no, no, uh-uh, get out of here. I ain't talking to your punk butt. You did this, you did this, you did dirty to me. You want me to do right by you? Nah, nah, nah. You can't even give a brother two weeks so I can at least start the process. Nah, no, we good, we good. So let it, let it be known that. I let you know. Unfriend her, don't block this. That it's over. I ain't messing with that, I ain't. I ain't on that stuff. Tap, trifling ass people. I can't believe she did that.
Speaker 1:Another one, last one, brought this person in, right, I thought she was cool, you know. I thought she's like, hey, I really need a job. So if you really need a job, you know, and you're coming in on a recommendation, that's the thing. She was coming in on a recommendation. Hey, this one, she's a good worker, she's a good friend of mine, this is her, this is her, this is her job. This is perfect. Okay, bring her in. Let's just do the interview process.
Speaker 1:And during an interview was like five, maybe 10 minutes, maybe I should spend more time figure out if this person is a tap. Uh, you know, just say, how are you get some general sense of you, ask about your past experience, everything checked out. I was like, hey, look, these are the days you, I'm looking for. It was like a friday through monday type deal, maybe not on monday. She said she's cool, like a cool, I could do it. So, okay, right, she says she could do it, so I'm gonna hold her to it. Right, common sense, that's what I'm saying, just common sense.
Speaker 1:As as the world turns, as I say, as we're working together, she starts you know, hey, you gotta go, I can't come in today, can't come in today. She kept calling off. I'm like, all right, you know, things happen, I get it, things happen, I understand. It starts building up. So I'm like, all right, dang, how does this person come in on a recommendation and just don't want to work? I'm like, all right, you know, each his own. I'm going to try to be cool with it.
Speaker 1:And I'm just looking at the person who brought her in and I'm just looking at her like boy, I swear, as she's walking by. I'm like boy, I swear. I thought you said this individual was cool, like she could work. She's like she's just giving me that I don't know. So she keeps coming in and I look at her and she looks like death. I'm like, ugh, I'm going to just ignore it for now until she comes up and talks to me. I'm just like you came to work, you knew what you were coming into. I've already put some paperwork on her In your first 90 days. You're supposed to be impressive. I'm not impressed. Yeah, I understand.
Speaker 1:So she comes in looking like death one day. I'm like I said how you doing? She's like, oh, not feeling well. She's sounding all like this I'm not feeling well and I'm just mumbling, you know. And then, like an hour later, she's like can I go home? I'm just looking at her like yo, alright, whatever. So she goes home like cool, you know I ain't tripping, can I go home? I'm like I'm just looking at her like yo, all right, whatever. So she goes home Like cool, you know I ain't tripping, got enough servers.
Speaker 1:Just another point in the system, this one she keeps calling off time and time again. And on my weekend off I get a call. They're like, hey, homegirl didn't show up. I said what she said homegirl didn't show up. What do you mean? This hobo didn't show up. She said, yeah, she didn't show up. I said, all right, well, we got to do what we got to do. So eventually we asked her right.
Speaker 1:But it's just like, of all the things, common sense says two weeks. You just got to be professional with it and just say, hey, this ain't fitting for me, I can't do this, no more. I'm putting my two weeks in right. And the thing is that you only work two days, maybe three. What is two weeks going to burn? Hurt you when you're off most of the week anyway?
Speaker 1:Tap, that is a tap.
Speaker 1:All these people are taps, trifling Ass People. So where did common sense fall off at? That's the question that I got To that last person. I'm not done because now I'm angry. This is what it gets.
Speaker 1:If you see me or I see you, your ass better run. I'm not. If I see you again in these streets, it's on. Or I see you again in these streets, it's on. I am playing because you know I don't. I'm not well. I'm disappointed with taps and people that just don't have the common sense. I guess this is why there's a social divide among us people, especially here in America. I don't know, but yeah, be on the lookout for TAPS, boy that and the WHPTs I made that acronym up, but I follow it. I'll call somebody real quick. Be, watch out for taps, have common sense, pay attention in school and don't aim to be a stripper, please. Or if that's what you want to do, don't tell nobody. Is that not common sense? I'm your host of the WDYM. My name is Michael Gillespie. You watch out for these taps and brush your nasty teeth. I'm out. Girl Scout, boy Scout, peace.
