1 00:00:02,023 --> 00:00:04,546 Speaker 1: Had you actually read the email, you would know that 2 00:00:04,567 --> 00:00:07,812 the podcast you are about to listen to could contain explicit 3 00:00:07,812 --> 00:00:09,814 language and offensive content. 4 00:00:09,814 --> 00:00:14,474 These HR experts' views are not representative of their past, 5 00:00:14,814 --> 00:00:16,480 present or future employers. 6 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,707 If you have ever heard my manager is unfair to me. 7 00:00:19,707 --> 00:00:24,722 I need you to reset my HR portal password, or Can I write 8 00:00:24,762 --> 00:00:26,548 up my employee for crying too much? 9 00:00:26,548 --> 00:00:28,900 Welcome to our little safe zone . 10 00:00:28,900 --> 00:00:31,862 Welcome to Jaded HR. 11 00:00:48,652 --> 00:00:51,255 Speaker 2: Welcome to Jaded HR, the podcast by two HR 12 00:00:51,274 --> 00:00:53,756 professionals who want to help you get through your workday by 13 00:00:53,795 --> 00:00:55,997 saying everything you're thinking, but say it out loud. 14 00:00:57,741 --> 00:00:59,125 Speaker 3: My name's Warren. 15 00:00:59,125 --> 00:00:59,567 I'm Cece. 16 00:01:00,899 --> 00:01:01,100 Speaker 2: All right. 17 00:01:01,100 --> 00:01:06,763 So we took a week off and I was by the way for the audience. 18 00:01:06,763 --> 00:01:07,685 This is take two. 19 00:01:07,685 --> 00:01:12,308 We had a little technical issue on my fault, so take week. 20 00:01:12,308 --> 00:01:13,569 So thank you very much. 21 00:01:13,569 --> 00:01:28,228 I love seeing things like that. 22 00:01:28,228 --> 00:01:31,460 People go into our back library and downloading things, or 23 00:01:31,802 --> 00:01:35,225 maybe you've shared it with a friend that decided to listen 24 00:01:35,245 --> 00:01:36,510 and download some episodes. 25 00:01:36,510 --> 00:01:38,486 So keep up the good work on that. 26 00:01:38,486 --> 00:01:42,626 I did not get a chance to look at if there were any new reviews 27 00:01:42,626 --> 00:01:46,302 , but please, if you do have a review, put it out there, let us 28 00:01:46,302 --> 00:01:46,563 know. 29 00:01:46,563 --> 00:01:47,427 I will read it. 30 00:01:47,427 --> 00:01:48,510 Good, bad, indifferent. 31 00:01:48,510 --> 00:01:51,802 So go to your favorite podcast player, preferably apples. 32 00:01:51,802 --> 00:01:52,463 They use the. 33 00:01:52,463 --> 00:01:55,891 They're the, the almighty of podcast reviews. 34 00:01:55,891 --> 00:01:58,548 But if you have something else, I'll try and find it there too. 35 00:01:58,548 --> 00:02:00,334 So I know good pods. 36 00:02:00,334 --> 00:02:02,200 We have a couple of pod friends . 37 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,906 There's a review on there and things but. 38 00:02:04,906 --> 00:02:07,873 But of course the world revolves around Apple. 39 00:02:09,122 --> 00:02:09,824 Speaker 3: Yes, it does. 40 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:12,326 Speaker 2: So I was on vacation. 41 00:02:12,539 --> 00:02:14,146 Speaker 3: I'm playing my Apple watch on the screen. 42 00:02:16,241 --> 00:02:19,651 Speaker 2: Yeah, I've only had one Apple product in my life. 43 00:02:19,651 --> 00:02:24,062 But yeah, we took the week off as I was on vacation and I went 44 00:02:24,102 --> 00:02:26,330 to Costa Rica and had just an incredible time. 45 00:02:26,330 --> 00:02:29,586 Everything was so great, Everything was nearly perfect. 46 00:02:29,586 --> 00:02:33,149 I got a couple of stories, I think, out of it from people 47 00:02:33,210 --> 00:02:36,526 watching, essentially, and I really couldn't ask for anything 48 00:02:36,526 --> 00:02:36,768 better. 49 00:02:36,768 --> 00:02:40,463 It all went perfectly the activities, the weather, the 50 00:02:40,524 --> 00:02:44,781 excursions, the people we met, everything it was just. 51 00:02:44,781 --> 00:02:46,929 It was all perfect. 52 00:02:46,929 --> 00:02:49,262 I would have liked to see more wildlife, but you can't really 53 00:02:49,322 --> 00:02:52,091 pick and choose when animals appear. 54 00:02:52,091 --> 00:02:55,669 We did get to see everybody wants to see a sloth when you go 55 00:02:55,669 --> 00:02:59,370 to Costa Rica and we got to see more than our share of sloths 56 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:01,266 and for me, I like snakes. 57 00:03:01,266 --> 00:03:05,890 So I got to see the most venomous snake in Costa Rica and 58 00:03:05,890 --> 00:03:09,989 I forget its name, but I guess it's a relative of a rattlesnake 59 00:03:09,989 --> 00:03:12,247 , and we saw it from the safety of our van. 60 00:03:12,247 --> 00:03:14,481 How? 61 00:03:14,502 --> 00:03:14,965 Speaker 3: venomous. 62 00:03:14,965 --> 00:03:15,728 Are we talking? 63 00:03:16,330 --> 00:03:16,532 Speaker 2: Huh. 64 00:03:17,381 --> 00:03:18,725 Speaker 3: How venomous are we talking? 65 00:03:18,826 --> 00:03:19,408 Speaker 2: I don't know. 66 00:03:19,408 --> 00:03:23,560 But the other venomous snake we saw was called eyelash viper 67 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,449 and if you check those out online they're really cool 68 00:03:26,489 --> 00:03:28,306 looking and they're not that big . 69 00:03:28,306 --> 00:03:29,806 They're like a foot or two long . 70 00:03:29,806 --> 00:03:34,632 But we were getting this close to it and it didn't care. 71 00:03:34,632 --> 00:03:38,028 It really just it was chill, it didn't care, got some good 72 00:03:38,090 --> 00:03:38,758 pictures of that. 73 00:03:38,758 --> 00:03:43,040 I only got to do the red-eyed green tree frog I forget what 74 00:03:43,100 --> 00:03:44,925 its name is the green tree frog-eyed green tree frog. 75 00:03:44,944 --> 00:03:46,247 I forget what its name is, the green tree frog, I think, but I 76 00:03:46,268 --> 00:03:49,234 wanted to see other frogs, like the poison dart frog, the blue 77 00:03:49,274 --> 00:03:53,284 jean frog, and I made a list of all these animals I I was hoping 78 00:03:53,284 --> 00:03:53,705 to see. 79 00:03:53,705 --> 00:03:54,848 We saw monkeys. 80 00:03:54,848 --> 00:03:58,604 We saw howler monkeys and the white face monkeys and and 81 00:03:58,644 --> 00:03:59,284 crocodiles. 82 00:03:59,284 --> 00:04:01,409 We saw crocodiles and things like that. 83 00:04:01,409 --> 00:04:03,580 So it was, the wildlife was really good. 84 00:04:03,580 --> 00:04:04,723 I didn't see a toucan. 85 00:04:04,723 --> 00:04:05,985 I wanted to to see a toucan. 86 00:04:05,985 --> 00:04:09,592 We saw all sorts of other birds , but nothing really. 87 00:04:09,592 --> 00:04:17,812 You know, no Froot Loops or anything like that. 88 00:04:17,812 --> 00:04:20,017 That's awesome, though, like. 89 00:04:20,057 --> 00:04:22,603 Speaker 3: I'm so jealous hearing about this experience. 90 00:04:22,663 --> 00:04:22,884 Speaker 2: It was. 91 00:04:22,884 --> 00:04:23,726 It was great. 92 00:04:23,726 --> 00:04:25,711 I can't wait to go on our next vacation. 93 00:04:25,711 --> 00:04:28,185 My wife and I are already starting to think about where 94 00:04:28,206 --> 00:04:29,588 we're going next year. 95 00:04:29,588 --> 00:04:30,630 So cool. 96 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,651 And for those of you who are like me, speak very, very little 97 00:04:35,651 --> 00:04:38,107 Spanish, it is so American friendly. 98 00:04:38,107 --> 00:04:42,514 I had one person I interacted with who spoke the amount of 99 00:04:42,814 --> 00:04:46,146 English that I speak Spanish, and we were able to get my Uber 100 00:04:46,166 --> 00:04:46,990 driver one day. 101 00:04:46,990 --> 00:04:50,846 He didn't speak much English, I didn't speak much Spanish, but 102 00:04:50,865 --> 00:04:52,091 we got through and I got. 103 00:04:52,091 --> 00:04:55,365 We actually were able to converse at a very minimal level 104 00:04:55,365 --> 00:04:55,906 , but it was. 105 00:04:55,906 --> 00:04:56,589 It worked. 106 00:04:56,589 --> 00:04:59,807 So, if you're like me, costa Rica is a very native English 107 00:04:59,867 --> 00:05:04,732 speaker friendly area to go to, and even not in, as we were on a 108 00:05:04,732 --> 00:05:06,860 resort and we went to a tourist town. 109 00:05:06,860 --> 00:05:08,023 But also we went to. 110 00:05:08,023 --> 00:05:12,391 My wife and I went to a town called philadelphia, which 111 00:05:12,411 --> 00:05:17,829 spelled with f, not a ph, and it is not a touristy town, and 112 00:05:18,391 --> 00:05:21,819 still people there spoke beautiful english and things 113 00:05:21,879 --> 00:05:23,182 like that, and everybody was so nice it was. 114 00:05:23,182 --> 00:05:28,050 It was a great experience I love that so how about you? 115 00:05:28,170 --> 00:05:30,774 what did, what did you have for the last week? 116 00:05:32,103 --> 00:05:33,225 Speaker 3: nothing crazy. 117 00:05:33,225 --> 00:05:38,158 I mean, I was kind of in the I was trying to get this project 118 00:05:38,257 --> 00:05:40,884 over the finish line, which I think I did. 119 00:05:40,884 --> 00:05:42,968 It's tomorrow, so I think I did . 120 00:05:42,968 --> 00:05:47,963 Anyway, I'm doing an internal podcast, so for, like one of our 121 00:05:47,963 --> 00:05:52,653 learning initiatives, we're doing a podcast, so did that, 122 00:05:52,692 --> 00:05:54,463 and the first episode airs tomorrow. 123 00:05:54,463 --> 00:05:57,569 So the past, like week, has just been very work focused. 124 00:05:57,569 --> 00:06:02,706 And then we had a friend fly in though from Florida and he came 125 00:06:02,706 --> 00:06:05,653 like stayed with us and we like went to the pool and it was 126 00:06:05,692 --> 00:06:06,153 just fun. 127 00:06:06,153 --> 00:06:09,127 I want the baby, you know low key. 128 00:06:09,908 --> 00:06:11,973 Speaker 2: Nice, I really want a low key. 129 00:06:11,973 --> 00:06:14,600 I've just been so busy this whole summer. 130 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,351 Every weekend I've had something going on and up and 131 00:06:18,411 --> 00:06:22,201 through, like the third week of August, the third weekend of 132 00:06:22,322 --> 00:06:22,642 August. 133 00:06:22,642 --> 00:06:24,127 It's hard to believe it's almost August. 134 00:06:24,127 --> 00:06:26,853 I will launch this on Thursday. 135 00:06:26,853 --> 00:06:29,901 Most of you probably listened to it on Thursday or Friday and 136 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:30,603 that's August 1st. 137 00:06:30,603 --> 00:06:35,360 Crazy, the year is poof going by? 138 00:06:35,439 --> 00:06:38,661 I'm really not happy about it Next thing, you know, we'll be 139 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,245 talking about how instead of how hot it is, how cold it is and 140 00:06:42,266 --> 00:06:44,752 the snow and that sort of stuff again. 141 00:06:44,752 --> 00:06:49,807 So I'm sort of stressing about the holidays like, oh my god I 142 00:06:49,867 --> 00:06:53,814 did see a countdown to to christmas already on one of the 143 00:06:55,783 --> 00:07:00,230 social media sites, but I had to go to home depot the other day 144 00:07:00,492 --> 00:07:04,541 and they've got their halloween stuff already all out at Home 145 00:07:04,581 --> 00:07:07,605 Depot and HomeGoods has it out too. 146 00:07:07,605 --> 00:07:09,706 I'm like, really I don't like that. 147 00:07:09,706 --> 00:07:11,689 It's July and you're doing Halloween. 148 00:07:12,509 --> 00:07:14,791 Speaker 3: Yeah, we went to the liquor store the other day and 149 00:07:14,911 --> 00:07:17,074 they had pumpkin beer out already. 150 00:07:17,074 --> 00:07:19,935 I'm like it's July, yeah. 151 00:07:21,779 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 2: Slow down. 152 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,403 Yeah, that's one thing. 153 00:07:25,403 --> 00:07:33,029 I drink local beers in Costa Rica, the Imperial one as the 154 00:07:33,310 --> 00:07:34,451 big name brand. 155 00:07:34,451 --> 00:07:35,732 It's pretty good. 156 00:07:35,732 --> 00:07:40,016 I couldn't distinguish it from that and say I don't even know 157 00:07:40,036 --> 00:07:43,139 what type it was supposed to be, if it was a lager or not, I 158 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:43,480 think it was. 159 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:46,949 Then they had a brand named pilsner which was like five, 160 00:07:47,709 --> 00:07:51,699 five, no, five percent alcohol and it was that was actually my 161 00:07:51,759 --> 00:07:52,281 favorite beer. 162 00:07:52,300 --> 00:07:55,952 Then on one of my the tour guides, we were talking about 163 00:07:56,012 --> 00:07:57,117 drinks and stuff like that. 164 00:07:57,117 --> 00:08:01,886 So we're on the excursion and you have a driver and there's 165 00:08:01,906 --> 00:08:05,913 only like 10 people in the van, a driver, the tour guide and 166 00:08:06,434 --> 00:08:09,584 we're talking about drinks, and he just pulls over, has us go to 167 00:08:09,584 --> 00:08:14,622 this convenience store in the middle of nowhere seemingly, and 168 00:08:14,622 --> 00:08:18,103 he's talking about different drinks and I went in. 169 00:08:18,103 --> 00:08:21,110 I got a Cuba Libre, which is a canned rum and Coke. 170 00:08:21,110 --> 00:08:24,026 It wasn't that good. 171 00:08:24,026 --> 00:08:27,541 It wasn't Coke, it was a cola, it was like it was your generic 172 00:08:27,562 --> 00:08:31,269 cola versus a coke and I don't know I didn't care for it. 173 00:08:31,269 --> 00:08:34,845 It was only eight percent, so it it left more of a bite than 174 00:08:34,904 --> 00:08:37,289 most eight percent drinks. 175 00:08:37,289 --> 00:08:40,302 I think would leave a bite, but it was good and, like someone 176 00:08:40,322 --> 00:08:43,086 else got this cucumber or sprit which they just loved. 177 00:08:43,106 --> 00:08:47,014 They said they're going to take a 12-pack back to America with 178 00:08:47,073 --> 00:08:47,254 them. 179 00:08:47,254 --> 00:08:51,490 So yeah, that was a little fun little side adventure that we 180 00:08:51,549 --> 00:08:59,423 did so well, the one thing that, because we didn't record, we 181 00:08:59,482 --> 00:09:03,385 missed out on being sort of on top of the story was the 182 00:09:03,426 --> 00:09:08,590 Coldplay Kiss Cam, and I saw the article like I forget the day 183 00:09:08,629 --> 00:09:10,907 after it happened and I sent you the link immediately and said 184 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:12,024 we've got to talk about this. 185 00:09:12,024 --> 00:09:17,493 But then I had no idea it was going to blow up the way it did. 186 00:09:17,493 --> 00:09:22,725 And I will tell you also in Costa Rica, like my Spanish is 187 00:09:23,125 --> 00:09:28,330 very, very poor, I'm like a pre-kindergarten vocabulary 188 00:09:28,389 --> 00:09:29,533 level or something like that. 189 00:09:30,682 --> 00:09:34,682 But I'm sitting there waiting in line for the restaurant and 190 00:09:34,984 --> 00:09:38,019 someone beside me is on one of the social media networks and 191 00:09:39,403 --> 00:09:42,101 they're seeing the thing about the Kiss Cam and they're talking 192 00:09:42,101 --> 00:09:44,610 about it in Spanish and things like that. 193 00:09:44,610 --> 00:09:49,167 I'm like, oh my gosh, this is like got worldwide appeal on 194 00:09:49,187 --> 00:09:53,052 that's awesome this cam and it, yeah. 195 00:09:53,052 --> 00:09:56,325 So what I? 196 00:09:56,325 --> 00:09:59,072 I don't want to cut, I halfway, don't want to cover it too much 197 00:09:59,072 --> 00:10:02,346 because it's it's been, it's been covered, it's been covered, 198 00:10:02,346 --> 00:10:05,312 it's been covered, it's been covered, it's been covered. 199 00:10:07,261 --> 00:10:13,533 Speaker 3: I just want to say like I feel bad for the families 200 00:10:13,533 --> 00:10:19,392 and this was very entertaining. 201 00:10:19,392 --> 00:10:21,446 Both things can be true. 202 00:10:22,369 --> 00:10:22,629 Speaker 2: Yes. 203 00:10:23,620 --> 00:10:26,861 Speaker 3: But I was just so. 204 00:10:26,861 --> 00:10:30,663 It took me a couple days Because I'm like ha ha, like the 205 00:10:30,663 --> 00:10:34,952 CEO and the CHRO are like messing around. 206 00:10:34,952 --> 00:10:39,282 And now they got busted in the most ridiculous way and oh, 207 00:10:39,341 --> 00:10:41,009 Chris Martin even called it out. 208 00:10:41,220 --> 00:10:42,485 Speaker 2: I thought that was hilarious. 209 00:10:44,081 --> 00:10:45,089 Speaker 3: Like all these things . 210 00:10:45,089 --> 00:10:48,664 It took me a solid couple days and I'm embarrassed to admit 211 00:10:48,705 --> 00:10:48,924 this. 212 00:10:48,924 --> 00:10:52,681 It was like all of a sudden I like popped out of bed in a cold 213 00:10:52,681 --> 00:10:54,083 sweat or something and I was. 214 00:10:54,083 --> 00:10:58,993 I just said, oh my god, the power dynamic it's, it's her 215 00:10:59,072 --> 00:10:59,573 boss. 216 00:10:59,573 --> 00:11:03,245 And then from there on out, I was like that makes it even more 217 00:11:03,245 --> 00:11:03,765 layered. 218 00:11:04,587 --> 00:11:06,711 Speaker 2: If they just gave each other a little peck? 219 00:11:06,711 --> 00:11:09,274 No, the world would never know. 220 00:11:09,274 --> 00:11:12,027 Their spouses would never know. 221 00:11:12,027 --> 00:11:14,442 No, whatever happened. 222 00:11:14,442 --> 00:11:17,250 I don't know where the concert was Was it in Vegas? 223 00:11:17,250 --> 00:11:19,249 Whatever happened at the Coldplay concert would have 224 00:11:19,288 --> 00:11:21,238 stayed at the Coldplay concert. 225 00:11:21,238 --> 00:11:23,729 Right, it was their reaction. 226 00:11:23,729 --> 00:11:28,505 It's not like they're putting it on cnn at that point. 227 00:11:28,505 --> 00:11:32,356 It probably made its way onto cnn at some point and actually I 228 00:11:32,356 --> 00:11:38,009 read that the man, what is his name, andy byron, is now 229 00:11:38,730 --> 00:11:42,102 contemplating suing coldplay over to kiss cam and he might 230 00:11:42,182 --> 00:11:43,966 actually have some legal ground. 231 00:11:44,067 --> 00:11:46,201 I'm like dude, you got busted. 232 00:11:46,201 --> 00:11:50,528 It's not cold place fault so reddit went deep. 233 00:11:50,649 --> 00:11:53,961 Speaker 3: Apparently I don't know if he has a case, I think 234 00:11:53,980 --> 00:11:58,910 he's just talking big, but apparently, like in fine print, 235 00:11:59,390 --> 00:12:03,466 there's an agreement that by attending the concert, like 236 00:12:03,485 --> 00:12:06,679 you're forgo, like you're giving them the permissions to like, 237 00:12:06,740 --> 00:12:09,746 record and use commercially and yada, yada. 238 00:12:09,746 --> 00:12:13,421 So yeah, I don't think there's not, there's not a lawsuit there 239 00:12:13,421 --> 00:12:13,861 at all. 240 00:12:14,022 --> 00:12:18,269 Speaker 2: Like, dude, you got caught, you got caught, just 241 00:12:18,330 --> 00:12:23,951 take the l and slink away and the thing is he's not gonna be 242 00:12:23,991 --> 00:12:28,006 able to get another job and, honestly, neither is she and I. 243 00:12:28,006 --> 00:12:31,538 I saw something on social media and it might have been from 244 00:12:31,859 --> 00:12:33,984 something like a tmz or something like that, but she was 245 00:12:33,984 --> 00:12:37,110 spotted the other day not wearing her wedding ring. 246 00:12:37,110 --> 00:12:42,427 So, yeah, so yeah yeah, it's, that's just. 247 00:12:43,128 --> 00:12:44,249 But was their reaction? 248 00:12:44,249 --> 00:12:48,174 But the power dynamic you mentioned of the two people in a 249 00:12:48,174 --> 00:12:53,379 company that should know better is the, the director of HR, the 250 00:12:53,379 --> 00:12:55,865 chief people officer and the CEO. 251 00:12:55,865 --> 00:12:58,650 You, you have to, you have to. 252 00:12:58,650 --> 00:13:04,225 You know, of all the people, those are the two that should 253 00:13:04,267 --> 00:13:06,591 not be having this issue with. 254 00:13:06,591 --> 00:13:11,423 So, yeah, that was interesting and they're getting roasted 255 00:13:11,644 --> 00:13:15,653 every which way on every social media site, everything like that 256 00:13:15,653 --> 00:13:15,653 . 257 00:13:15,653 --> 00:13:18,144 But I got this from? 258 00:13:18,144 --> 00:13:21,873 Was it Yahoo News? 259 00:13:21,873 --> 00:13:22,541 I didn't get the. 260 00:13:22,541 --> 00:13:23,883 I didn't take the. 261 00:13:23,883 --> 00:13:28,770 Usually I like to give credit to it, but it says Cabot, his HR 262 00:13:28,770 --> 00:13:30,754 chief, joined the company only months ago. 263 00:13:30,754 --> 00:13:32,643 So this is a. 264 00:13:32,643 --> 00:13:36,152 You know, somebody moved very quickly in this. 265 00:13:37,100 --> 00:13:38,486 Speaker 3: Or it's been happening before. 266 00:13:38,980 --> 00:13:41,461 Speaker 2: Or maybe he brought her in, Maybe they had a prior 267 00:13:41,900 --> 00:13:42,341 thing going on. 268 00:13:42,341 --> 00:13:43,942 Maybe they had a prior thing going on, but her LinkedIn 269 00:13:44,022 --> 00:13:47,062 profile she describes herself as someone who, quote wins the 270 00:13:47,104 --> 00:13:51,625 trust of employees of all levels , from the CEO to managers and 271 00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:52,306 assistants. 272 00:13:52,985 --> 00:13:54,105 Speaker 3: Winning trust, all right. 273 00:13:54,966 --> 00:14:03,230 Speaker 2: And you know, like I said, I do feel for the families 274 00:14:03,230 --> 00:14:07,392 , but all the ridicule that happens here is only going to 275 00:14:07,432 --> 00:14:10,312 get their spouses more money in the divorce. 276 00:14:10,312 --> 00:14:13,955 You know the humiliation factor and whatever. 277 00:14:13,955 --> 00:14:17,275 Yeah, it's going to be interesting. 278 00:14:17,275 --> 00:14:18,456 Now I saw something. 279 00:14:18,456 --> 00:14:22,817 Now Gwyneth Paltrow is now a spokesperson for the company, or 280 00:14:22,817 --> 00:14:23,519 something like that. 281 00:14:23,599 --> 00:14:26,202 Speaker 3: I'm like so they hired her, I think they hired 282 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:26,240 her. 283 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:27,705 I'm like, so they, they hired her, I think they hired her. 284 00:14:27,705 --> 00:14:29,379 I'm afraid to say anything. 285 00:14:29,379 --> 00:14:31,710 Is anything real or is it all AI anymore? 286 00:14:31,710 --> 00:14:35,705 But I did see the video and it was it's her. 287 00:14:35,705 --> 00:14:39,803 And she just starts explaining like oh, we're so glad that 288 00:14:39,844 --> 00:14:43,676 you're interested in this company and just has spikes and 289 00:14:44,177 --> 00:14:47,245 she kind of talks very tongue in cheek and cute about it. 290 00:14:47,245 --> 00:14:51,784 But it's just funny that it's her with the Chris Martin 291 00:14:52,004 --> 00:14:52,527 connection. 292 00:14:53,635 --> 00:14:55,403 Speaker 2: Oh, does she have a Chris Martin connection? 293 00:14:56,655 --> 00:14:57,419 Speaker 3: They used to be married. 294 00:14:57,615 --> 00:14:58,085 Speaker 2: Oh, okay, see, I never. 295 00:14:58,085 --> 00:14:58,594 I'm not good at any of that stuff, so that's funny. 296 00:14:58,594 --> 00:14:59,149 Oh, and does she have a chris martin connection? 297 00:14:59,149 --> 00:14:59,355 They used to be married. 298 00:14:59,355 --> 00:14:59,561 Oh, okay, see, I never. 299 00:14:59,561 --> 00:15:04,145 I'm not good at any of that stuff, so that's funny yeah yeah 300 00:15:04,145 --> 00:15:08,600 , and with paltrow she's a whole another type of special of her 301 00:15:08,721 --> 00:15:10,889 own in her you know what I'm saying? 302 00:15:11,250 --> 00:15:13,476 Speaker 3: I think it's, I think it's layered, because they were 303 00:15:13,476 --> 00:15:16,143 married and I think ch Martin cheated on her. 304 00:15:16,464 --> 00:15:17,004 Speaker 2: Oh really. 305 00:15:26,595 --> 00:15:28,256 So I think, that is like the real punchline in that PR thing. 306 00:15:28,256 --> 00:15:31,602 I've seen all the memes that are actually quite funny that 307 00:15:31,722 --> 00:15:35,408 you know Coldplay hasn't made a single in 20 years and they made 308 00:15:35,408 --> 00:15:36,230 two in one night. 309 00:15:36,230 --> 00:15:40,479 Oh my gosh, yeah hasn't made a single in 20 years and they made 310 00:15:40,479 --> 00:15:41,422 two in one night and things like that it was. 311 00:15:41,422 --> 00:15:43,187 Some of the memes were just either brutal or hilarious. 312 00:15:43,187 --> 00:15:47,716 And also when I was in costa rica, our tour guide, his 313 00:15:47,817 --> 00:15:53,547 facebook page, he took someone, made it the, the man holding a 314 00:15:53,606 --> 00:15:57,107 sloth, and then it said underneath reminder don't get uh 315 00:15:57,107 --> 00:16:00,100 , don't get caught touching the animals is apparently you can 316 00:16:00,140 --> 00:16:01,645 get fined or things like that. 317 00:16:01,645 --> 00:16:05,238 Before, but I it just seemed that people putting that 318 00:16:05,458 --> 00:16:09,285 everywhere on everything and then you know, mimicking the, 319 00:16:09,567 --> 00:16:14,341 the faces, putting in other people's faces, and they're like 320 00:16:14,341 --> 00:16:15,222 dwight and angela. 321 00:16:15,222 --> 00:16:16,946 I saw one that was Dwight and Angela. 322 00:16:17,067 --> 00:16:17,486 Speaker 1: So good. 323 00:16:17,847 --> 00:16:18,509 Speaker 2: And things like that. 324 00:16:18,509 --> 00:16:23,176 So it's yeah, this is going to live on for a little while until 325 00:16:23,176 --> 00:16:26,485 the next big thing sort of takes it off the front. 326 00:16:26,615 --> 00:16:28,802 Speaker 3: Honestly, it's kind of starting to cool down. 327 00:16:28,802 --> 00:16:32,157 I'm just nosy about what's happening next, but I think 328 00:16:32,177 --> 00:16:35,186 they're all slithering into the abyss. 329 00:16:35,774 --> 00:16:38,243 Speaker 2: And it's going to give the hr haters out there 330 00:16:38,322 --> 00:16:40,017 just another piece of ammunition . 331 00:16:40,017 --> 00:16:45,289 Yeah, they're going to dislike on hr4, so yeah it's. 332 00:16:45,730 --> 00:16:48,155 Speaker 3: I mean, that is, let's be honest she was very, 333 00:16:48,296 --> 00:16:50,938 very much biased to the corporate side. 334 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:56,424 Speaker 2: She was definitely there for the company took one 335 00:16:56,465 --> 00:16:59,268 for the tea, oh my gosh. 336 00:17:00,168 --> 00:17:01,951 Speaker 3: So uh, just messy, messy. 337 00:17:01,951 --> 00:17:03,616 Just don't be messy about it. 338 00:17:03,616 --> 00:17:08,066 You're not happy in your marriages, you just get a 339 00:17:08,105 --> 00:17:10,696 divorce and go your separate ways and then you do whatever 340 00:17:10,737 --> 00:17:11,117 you want. 341 00:17:11,117 --> 00:17:15,586 It's very weird, the whole behind people's backs very messy 342 00:17:15,586 --> 00:17:19,035 , and I'm like that's why I don't really feel bad that they 343 00:17:19,075 --> 00:17:22,963 got caught yeah, yeah, like all they had to do was give each 344 00:17:23,005 --> 00:17:24,307 other a little peck on the kiss camp. 345 00:17:24,776 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 2: Nobody would have ever known, it would have just 346 00:17:27,342 --> 00:17:27,942 disappeared. 347 00:17:27,942 --> 00:17:31,397 But to act that way, and then chris martin call them out and 348 00:17:31,417 --> 00:17:34,385 say something like uh, they're either camera shy or having an 349 00:17:34,425 --> 00:17:37,511 affair, or something like that, that just made it even better, 350 00:17:37,531 --> 00:17:37,994 apparently. 351 00:17:37,994 --> 00:17:42,785 And so, yeah, hr is going to take the lumps on this one for a 352 00:17:42,785 --> 00:17:44,327 little while at least. 353 00:17:44,327 --> 00:17:47,518 So, yeah, fun, fun, fun. 354 00:17:47,518 --> 00:17:53,482 But let's see here, okay, before I get to my other topic, 355 00:17:54,364 --> 00:17:59,890 this, the week before I went on vacation was a very unique week 356 00:18:00,230 --> 00:18:05,640 at work because we had more drop-in, unannounced solicitors 357 00:18:06,381 --> 00:18:10,729 at my office than I can remember . 358 00:18:10,729 --> 00:18:15,443 Actually, we have conference rooms in office, but they don't 359 00:18:15,483 --> 00:18:16,807 hold more than like a dozen people. 360 00:18:16,807 --> 00:18:20,316 So if we do something big, we just do it in the lobby, and we 361 00:18:20,336 --> 00:18:23,304 just happen to be doing my recruiter's five-year 362 00:18:23,344 --> 00:18:25,167 anniversary award plaque money. 363 00:18:25,167 --> 00:18:29,839 So we did that and we're all in there and the president of the 364 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:34,741 company is there and a copy machine salesperson comes to the 365 00:18:34,741 --> 00:18:37,669 door and it's a secure building , so they have to be buzzed in. 366 00:18:37,669 --> 00:18:45,558 And the person closest to the door, and it's a secure building 367 00:18:45,558 --> 00:18:46,201 , so they have to be buzzed in. 368 00:18:46,201 --> 00:18:47,384 And the person closest door was , of course, our president. 369 00:18:47,384 --> 00:18:48,268 You know he's like trying to be all cool. 370 00:18:48,268 --> 00:18:48,829 Oh, all this for me, you know. 371 00:18:48,829 --> 00:18:49,993 And he said, well, I'm with whatever copier company, nope, 372 00:18:50,013 --> 00:18:50,414 we're not interested. 373 00:18:50,414 --> 00:18:51,436 Thank you, goodbye. 374 00:18:51,436 --> 00:18:52,357 And it was. 375 00:18:52,357 --> 00:18:53,440 It was great. 376 00:18:53,859 --> 00:18:57,506 That's really the second time it happened. 377 00:18:57,506 --> 00:19:03,019 Our receptionist was out of the office and I just happened to 378 00:19:03,059 --> 00:19:06,488 be getting ready to start a meeting and I'm going to the 379 00:19:06,508 --> 00:19:10,383 conference room and somebody's at the door so I go into the 380 00:19:10,403 --> 00:19:14,198 door to answer it, and it just happened to be a payroll company 381 00:19:14,198 --> 00:19:15,461 doing door to door. 382 00:19:15,461 --> 00:19:16,143 I was like nope. 383 00:19:16,143 --> 00:19:18,516 I said first I said, well, he asked to speak. 384 00:19:18,516 --> 00:19:21,463 I was here, I wanted to speak to Warren and I said, well, I 385 00:19:21,523 --> 00:19:25,660 just happened to be Warren and I could see the name of the 386 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:27,063 payroll company on his shirt. 387 00:19:27,063 --> 00:19:29,976 I said, look, I'm getting ready to go in a meeting. 388 00:19:29,976 --> 00:19:34,424 I have zero interest in changing any payroll companies. 389 00:19:34,424 --> 00:19:39,016 And I said it's just not period going to happen. 390 00:19:39,016 --> 00:19:39,939 And I I said, but I've really got to go. 391 00:19:39,939 --> 00:19:41,585 And he handed me a card and gave me a lottery ticket, which 392 00:19:41,605 --> 00:19:45,046 I haven't scratched off yet, to see if I get anything out of it, 393 00:19:45,046 --> 00:19:47,855 but I just the drop in unannounced solicitors. 394 00:19:47,855 --> 00:19:51,864 I just that's such poor taste, I, I feel aggressive. 395 00:19:51,963 --> 00:19:52,786 Speaker 3: I don't like it. 396 00:19:52,786 --> 00:19:55,038 I don't like it when people come unannounced at my home oh 397 00:19:55,058 --> 00:19:56,325 yeah, text before you come over, but yeah, you're at work like 398 00:19:56,345 --> 00:19:58,051 it when people come unannounced at my home oh yeah, text before 399 00:19:58,093 --> 00:19:58,575 you come over. 400 00:19:58,575 --> 00:20:01,700 But even at work it's just so. 401 00:20:01,700 --> 00:20:05,448 You're going about your business, you're running into 402 00:20:05,488 --> 00:20:08,564 meetings, you're trying to, and someone just shows up and it's 403 00:20:08,584 --> 00:20:09,065 just rude. 404 00:20:09,575 --> 00:20:11,759 Speaker 2: I understand they're trying to do their job and 405 00:20:11,778 --> 00:20:16,166 that's what they do and things like that, but that just I have 406 00:20:16,247 --> 00:20:16,827 not seen. 407 00:20:16,827 --> 00:20:20,825 You know, aflac used to be the worst when it came to 408 00:20:20,845 --> 00:20:24,397 door-to-door sales business for at least HR-related stuff, and 409 00:20:24,417 --> 00:20:29,598 then some of the temp agencies followed behind Aflac and but I 410 00:20:29,638 --> 00:20:34,115 hadn't seen any in forever and I do our office manager. 411 00:20:34,115 --> 00:20:35,580 She sits at the front desk. 412 00:20:35,580 --> 00:20:38,821 I think she does a good job of shooting them down, so I don't 413 00:20:38,843 --> 00:20:39,202 even know. 414 00:20:39,202 --> 00:20:43,520 A lot of them come by, but she says it's been busier lately 415 00:20:43,682 --> 00:20:50,164 again Anyhow, and as you know, I deeply despise solicitors. 416 00:20:51,256 --> 00:20:53,429 Speaker 3: Oh, as your LinkedIn profile says, yes. 417 00:20:54,835 --> 00:20:58,098 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, so my my top. 418 00:20:58,098 --> 00:21:04,227 Another topic I had for today was some of my people watching 419 00:21:04,467 --> 00:21:07,951 experiences while I was in Costa Rica. 420 00:21:08,815 --> 00:21:11,357 Speaker 3: That is my all time favorite hobby. 421 00:21:12,919 --> 00:21:15,500 Speaker 2: My wife and I lived in the DC area. 422 00:21:15,500 --> 00:21:17,143 This was before children time. 423 00:21:17,143 --> 00:21:21,006 We would actually take our bikes, put them on the metro 424 00:21:21,046 --> 00:21:25,470 drive into the downtown mall area of DC just to ride our 425 00:21:25,509 --> 00:21:27,612 bikes around and people watch. 426 00:21:27,612 --> 00:21:29,441 This was pre-9-11. 427 00:21:29,441 --> 00:21:31,603 You could ride your bike pretty much anywhere. 428 00:21:31,603 --> 00:21:34,787 At that time there always seemed to be protests at the 429 00:21:34,826 --> 00:21:37,617 International Monetary Fund building so we'd always make 430 00:21:37,657 --> 00:21:41,396 sure that was on our route and things like that and just the 431 00:21:41,436 --> 00:21:46,188 people watching was very much top notch in the DC downtown DC 432 00:21:46,307 --> 00:21:46,528 area. 433 00:21:47,214 --> 00:21:51,157 But now you know, living in the sticks there's not as much, but 434 00:21:51,417 --> 00:21:54,065 going on vacation, there's always something going on for 435 00:21:54,105 --> 00:21:54,727 people watching. 436 00:21:54,727 --> 00:21:59,969 But this vacation offered me some really eye-openers. 437 00:21:59,969 --> 00:22:01,479 I'm gonna try some of them. 438 00:22:01,479 --> 00:22:03,183 I'm not gonna be able to relate to hr, I just think they're 439 00:22:03,203 --> 00:22:04,656 funny as hell and I want to share the story. 440 00:22:04,656 --> 00:22:05,799 A couple of them. 441 00:22:05,799 --> 00:22:10,256 I want to relate to hr in some way, but here's the the most 442 00:22:10,336 --> 00:22:14,181 disturbing people watching uh, my wife and I experience and I 443 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,684 can't relate it to HR, so this is just a funny story. 444 00:22:18,605 --> 00:22:21,910 So all the beaches in Costa Rica are public. 445 00:22:21,910 --> 00:22:23,010 There's no private beaches. 446 00:22:23,010 --> 00:22:27,578 Your resort doesn't have its own private beach or anything 447 00:22:27,618 --> 00:22:30,266 like that, but the beach that my resort is on only has two 448 00:22:30,346 --> 00:22:34,255 entrances the resort entrance and a public entrance which is 449 00:22:34,275 --> 00:22:35,576 50 yards north of the resort entrance and a public entrance 450 00:22:35,596 --> 00:22:37,618 which is 50 yards north of the resort entrance. 451 00:22:37,618 --> 00:22:42,002 So my wife and I, you go down and we got our place on the 452 00:22:42,022 --> 00:22:43,365 beach and it's a wide-open beach . 453 00:22:43,365 --> 00:22:44,405 There's not that many people. 454 00:22:44,405 --> 00:22:49,691 We went like 100 yards away from the resort entrance, the 455 00:22:49,711 --> 00:22:54,416 main entrance, to get away from people, just be able to sit 456 00:22:54,438 --> 00:22:55,861 there and enjoy ourselves and have some drinks and watch the 457 00:22:55,961 --> 00:22:56,943 ocean and things like that. 458 00:22:56,943 --> 00:22:59,951 Go swimming, enjoy ourselves and have some drinks and watch 459 00:22:59,991 --> 00:23:00,913 the ocean and things like that. 460 00:23:00,913 --> 00:23:01,255 Go swimming. 461 00:23:07,134 --> 00:23:08,799 Well, a couple comes and so we're a hundred yards from the 462 00:23:08,819 --> 00:23:11,406 main entrance, we're probably 50 yards from the next closest 463 00:23:11,426 --> 00:23:13,874 group of people, and then there's hundreds and hundreds of 464 00:23:13,874 --> 00:23:15,077 miles, like in North Carolina. 465 00:23:15,077 --> 00:23:15,961 The beach goes on forever. 466 00:23:15,961 --> 00:23:19,237 There's rocks and cliffs and things, but it goes on for 467 00:23:19,257 --> 00:23:21,940 several hundred yards beyond us where there's absolutely nobody. 468 00:23:21,940 --> 00:23:27,939 But this couple comes and, I kid you not, they're like 20 469 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:37,375 feet in front of us and it's a male and female and they are 470 00:23:37,797 --> 00:23:44,257 she's like directing the guy to take these pics and she's like I 471 00:23:44,257 --> 00:23:51,371 mean they no nudity, but she was making some very sultry type 472 00:23:51,371 --> 00:23:54,457 positions and facial expressions and she took, like, 473 00:23:54,498 --> 00:23:57,546 the bikini top off and was covering herself and doing these 474 00:23:57,546 --> 00:24:01,778 little positions and she's directing the guy who's taking 475 00:24:01,798 --> 00:24:03,616 the pictures oh, get higher, get lower. 476 00:24:03,616 --> 00:24:05,798 She was not wearing a thong. 477 00:24:06,741 --> 00:24:10,528 But she pulled her whole bikini bottom straight up her ass to 478 00:24:10,630 --> 00:24:11,798 make herself have a thong. 479 00:24:11,798 --> 00:24:14,569 And she's like getting on her all fours once again, bathing 480 00:24:14,630 --> 00:24:17,103 suit, bikini undone and covering with one hand. 481 00:24:17,103 --> 00:24:20,559 And she's telling get behind me , get this angle, get that. 482 00:24:20,559 --> 00:24:24,307 And she's going to town and my wife and i're like looking at 483 00:24:24,327 --> 00:24:27,541 our which she could have gone another 100 yards this way, we 484 00:24:27,582 --> 00:24:28,945 would have never seen them. 485 00:24:28,945 --> 00:24:32,880 But and they had to know we're there, we're 20 feet from them 486 00:24:33,540 --> 00:24:39,592 and she's just going on and on directing him and and so on, so 487 00:24:39,652 --> 00:24:41,796 forth, and it was just, it was awkward for us. 488 00:24:41,796 --> 00:24:45,064 Like we're on our towels sitting here on the beach, are 489 00:24:45,084 --> 00:24:49,200 we going to get up and leave, or it was just, it was just 490 00:24:49,259 --> 00:24:54,189 incredibly uncomfortable, it was it was just like over, just jaw 491 00:24:54,189 --> 00:24:56,621 dropped there and I feel 492 00:24:56,641 --> 00:25:00,393 Speaker 3: like for minutes I feel like this is a real life 493 00:25:00,413 --> 00:25:00,894 situation. 494 00:25:00,894 --> 00:25:04,282 Um, I don't know if you've ever been on the reddit instagram 495 00:25:04,303 --> 00:25:07,779 versus real life or instagram versus reality or something and 496 00:25:07,839 --> 00:25:12,251 it's like I wonder what her final instagram or tiktoks were 497 00:25:12,593 --> 00:25:15,901 like the fully edited one, versus what you were seeing, the 498 00:25:15,901 --> 00:25:18,406 chaotic behind the scenes that was to get there. 499 00:25:19,315 --> 00:25:23,226 Speaker 2: And I will say and I'm not trying to be mean I 500 00:25:23,306 --> 00:25:27,636 think the man might have had some developmental disabilities, 501 00:25:27,636 --> 00:25:31,544 judging by some of his mannerisms and behaviors and 502 00:25:31,624 --> 00:25:32,384 things like this. 503 00:25:32,384 --> 00:25:37,021 And anyways, my wife and I we didn't know what type of 504 00:25:37,082 --> 00:25:37,964 relationship they had. 505 00:25:37,964 --> 00:25:39,721 She was obviously older than him. 506 00:25:39,721 --> 00:25:41,818 We didn't know if it was one of those whatever you call it 507 00:25:42,259 --> 00:25:45,506 spring winter relationships or you know where there's a big age 508 00:25:45,506 --> 00:25:47,308 difference or anything like that. 509 00:25:47,308 --> 00:25:55,242 So well, the next night they're sitting near us at dinner on 510 00:25:55,263 --> 00:25:59,107 the resort and we paid for. 511 00:25:59,107 --> 00:26:02,692 They had three levels of I don't know what you. 512 00:26:02,692 --> 00:26:05,259 They have standard, deluxe and VIP. 513 00:26:05,259 --> 00:26:08,948 We got the deluxe, so we got preferred seating in the 514 00:26:09,015 --> 00:26:11,280 restaurants and things like that , which was actually great. 515 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:15,661 But we got to sit outside on the patio and for dinner at this 516 00:26:15,661 --> 00:26:18,907 restaurant but they were like on the other side of the wall 517 00:26:19,055 --> 00:26:20,258 and window from us. 518 00:26:21,099 --> 00:26:26,873 So the first thing that happens as they sit down, the lady gets 519 00:26:27,314 --> 00:26:28,836 extremely rude with the waiter. 520 00:26:28,836 --> 00:26:31,443 And she had the same waiter we had and he was fabulous. 521 00:26:31,443 --> 00:26:32,145 He was awesome. 522 00:26:32,145 --> 00:26:35,586 I had no complaints with any of the service I received anywhere 523 00:26:35,586 --> 00:26:37,936 the whole time, but he was absolutely fabulous. 524 00:26:37,936 --> 00:26:40,406 But she just says and when he comes to take her order. 525 00:26:40,406 --> 00:26:43,278 Well, I didn't bring my glasses , so you're just going to have 526 00:26:43,298 --> 00:26:44,721 to read the whole menu to me. 527 00:26:45,502 --> 00:26:48,218 And my wife and I sort of looked at each other and like, yeah, 528 00:26:48,238 --> 00:26:52,424 you can do something rather than this. 529 00:26:52,424 --> 00:26:54,288 And he played. 530 00:26:54,288 --> 00:26:57,740 He was very, and because it's all inclusive, you don't there's 531 00:26:57,740 --> 00:27:01,942 no tips or anything like that, and in Costa Rica tips are built 532 00:27:01,942 --> 00:27:02,483 into your bill. 533 00:27:02,483 --> 00:27:06,040 Anyways, when we went off the resort to go to dinner, I 534 00:27:06,101 --> 00:27:09,346 actually wanted to give the waiter a better tip than the 535 00:27:09,445 --> 00:27:11,809 inclusive one, but it didn't even give me the option. 536 00:27:11,809 --> 00:27:15,218 There was no option to give him and I didn't have any cash, 537 00:27:15,578 --> 00:27:20,220 either Costa Rican or US, on me at the time, so I did kind of 538 00:27:20,259 --> 00:27:23,682 feel bad, but anyways, I was like that man deserves a bigger 539 00:27:24,124 --> 00:27:25,375 tip from her In some way. 540 00:27:25,375 --> 00:27:28,705 She was just so rude and what have you? 541 00:27:28,705 --> 00:27:32,743 Well, later in the meal we discovered their relationship 542 00:27:32,784 --> 00:27:39,401 was mother-son and she, oh yeah, and she, oh yeah, and she. 543 00:27:39,623 --> 00:27:41,616 Speaker 3: Oh, he was taking the pictures of his mom. 544 00:27:41,636 --> 00:27:43,141 Speaker 2: He was taking the pictures of his mom. 545 00:27:43,942 --> 00:27:44,344 Speaker 3: Oh no. 546 00:27:45,116 --> 00:27:46,065 Speaker 2: Well, there's the twist, yeah. 547 00:27:46,991 --> 00:27:47,957 Speaker 3: It took me a second. 548 00:27:49,211 --> 00:27:51,900 Speaker 2: It was a mother-son and we figured it out. 549 00:27:51,900 --> 00:27:55,519 Now the restaurant is a small restaurant. 550 00:27:55,519 --> 00:28:00,833 It has maybe 12 tables in it, not a huge restaurant, so you 551 00:28:00,854 --> 00:28:02,759 can hear everything that's going on in there. 552 00:28:02,759 --> 00:28:05,077 She yells at this. 553 00:28:05,077 --> 00:28:07,276 He has to be over 18. 554 00:28:07,276 --> 00:28:09,458 It was an adults-only resort. 555 00:28:09,458 --> 00:28:10,932 But he goes. 556 00:28:10,932 --> 00:28:13,532 Stop being such a dumb ass like your father. 557 00:28:13,532 --> 00:28:16,221 I'm like oh, yells at him. 558 00:28:16,221 --> 00:28:18,328 I couldn't hear anything he said or did. 559 00:28:18,328 --> 00:28:19,775 I don't know what caused that. 560 00:28:19,775 --> 00:28:22,385 I was like that's where we learned what the relationship 561 00:28:22,425 --> 00:28:25,913 was and my wife like oh my god, we kind of thought it was, but 562 00:28:26,494 --> 00:28:31,262 judging by the pictures, I thought okay, maybe it's a big 563 00:28:31,383 --> 00:28:32,424 age discrepancy. 564 00:28:33,269 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 3: It sounds super healthy yeah. 565 00:28:36,930 --> 00:28:39,378 Speaker 2: Well, so that night goes. 566 00:28:39,378 --> 00:28:43,817 Then a third night we're waiting for our reservation at 567 00:28:43,877 --> 00:28:48,775 the resort steakhouse and we're just sitting fully dressed in 568 00:28:48,855 --> 00:28:54,432 our street clothes at the pool, people watching and things, and 569 00:28:54,653 --> 00:28:55,115 they come. 570 00:28:55,115 --> 00:28:57,340 As we're sitting there, they come to get in the pool. 571 00:28:57,340 --> 00:29:01,951 It's like nighttime, it's starting to get dark, and what 572 00:29:02,012 --> 00:29:02,875 happens in the pool? 573 00:29:02,875 --> 00:29:08,634 She's asking him to take more pictures and she's like you know 574 00:29:08,634 --> 00:29:11,422 , at dark the pool has lights and she's getting in front of it 575 00:29:11,422 --> 00:29:14,058 and she's like make sure you get my boobs. 576 00:29:14,058 --> 00:29:18,461 And then I was floating and like get my ass too. 577 00:29:18,461 --> 00:29:21,605 And she's talking to her son in this way. 578 00:29:21,630 --> 00:29:24,839 Speaker 1: I'm like if this is what they're doing out here. 579 00:29:26,073 --> 00:29:27,498 Speaker 2: I don't want to know what's going on in that. 580 00:29:27,498 --> 00:29:30,075 I wanted to like, like I said, I think the boy was 581 00:29:30,839 --> 00:29:33,010 developmentally disabled in some way. 582 00:29:33,010 --> 00:29:38,663 Just observationally, he didn't seem all the way there and I'm 583 00:29:38,682 --> 00:29:39,042 like what? 584 00:29:39,063 --> 00:29:44,383 the hell's going on dynamic yeah , that was, I was someone. 585 00:29:44,383 --> 00:29:47,250 Is this something we should be reporting to somebody? 586 00:29:47,250 --> 00:29:50,576 Because it was weird and it's just that. 587 00:29:50,576 --> 00:29:55,084 Oh, it was weird and we like, if we saw them, we sort of 588 00:29:55,230 --> 00:29:56,473 started heading the other way. 589 00:29:56,473 --> 00:29:59,300 We didn't have any other dinner reservations at the same time 590 00:29:59,342 --> 00:30:01,935 they did, thankfully, and things like that. 591 00:30:01,935 --> 00:30:03,580 That was, that was real weird. 592 00:30:04,182 --> 00:30:08,532 Also at the resort, the, the people in the room next to us. 593 00:30:08,532 --> 00:30:09,634 My wife gets mad at me. 594 00:30:09,634 --> 00:30:13,142 There's a redeveloping trend in a lot of the stories of my wife 595 00:30:13,142 --> 00:30:13,884 getting mad at me. 596 00:30:13,884 --> 00:30:18,721 But I call people that are my kids' age and younger, little 597 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,976 boys, little girls, and obviously they're over 18 if 598 00:30:22,016 --> 00:30:23,380 they're at this resort and things. 599 00:30:23,380 --> 00:30:27,338 But the people and I call them little boy and little girl in 600 00:30:27,358 --> 00:30:29,502 the room next to us, they look like they're 15. 601 00:30:29,502 --> 00:30:31,592 I wouldn't have believed that they were 18. 602 00:30:31,592 --> 00:30:33,933 Girl in the room next to us they looked like they were 15. 603 00:30:33,933 --> 00:30:35,515 I wouldn't have believed that they were 18. 604 00:30:35,515 --> 00:30:37,376 But anyways, they were there and they're very young. 605 00:30:37,376 --> 00:30:40,578 They were actually in the pool enjoying the pool. 606 00:30:40,578 --> 00:30:43,942 They're in the pool too and they're walking around together 607 00:30:44,423 --> 00:30:46,825 and this guy comes up and he starts to talk to him. 608 00:30:46,825 --> 00:30:51,750 I don't know, it didn't seem like they knew him before and 609 00:30:51,769 --> 00:30:52,873 you could see they're trying to get away. 610 00:30:52,873 --> 00:30:54,557 They're sort of scooting backwards trying to get away and 611 00:30:54,557 --> 00:30:55,500 he's following. 612 00:30:55,500 --> 00:30:59,675 They did like a whole circle around the pool. 613 00:30:59,675 --> 00:31:03,604 Then they get out of the pool and said well, we have to go, 614 00:31:03,869 --> 00:31:05,193 we'll talk to you later. 615 00:31:05,193 --> 00:31:07,378 And I was like he seemed like a stalker. 616 00:31:07,378 --> 00:31:09,722 Part of me wanted to ask him is everything okay? 617 00:31:09,722 --> 00:31:11,503 Do you need help in any way? 618 00:31:11,503 --> 00:31:15,433 I didn't, because they seemed to get out of the pool and sort 619 00:31:15,473 --> 00:31:17,232 of got out of the area quickly. 620 00:31:17,232 --> 00:31:19,114 But that is another thing. 621 00:31:19,114 --> 00:31:20,218 But those are the two stories. 622 00:31:20,258 --> 00:31:25,594 I can't really relate to HR, but I got two people watching 623 00:31:25,654 --> 00:31:25,996 stories. 624 00:31:25,996 --> 00:31:32,836 I can definitely relate to HR and I did two different 625 00:31:32,875 --> 00:31:35,682 excursions while we were in Costa Rica. 626 00:31:35,682 --> 00:31:40,617 The first excursion, the first day, my wife and I being in our 627 00:31:40,678 --> 00:31:45,632 50s we were the youngest people on this excursion and there were 628 00:31:45,632 --> 00:31:48,960 some very interesting other people on this excursion. 629 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:52,692 It's only a group of 10 people is the maximum size of these 630 00:31:53,133 --> 00:31:56,159 excursions, so it was a small group of people. 631 00:31:56,159 --> 00:31:59,152 You're in a van going from place to place together, so 632 00:31:59,192 --> 00:32:02,945 you're on the van, probably a total of three, maybe as many 633 00:32:03,026 --> 00:32:06,596 four hours together as you're going place to place and things 634 00:32:06,615 --> 00:32:06,916 like that. 635 00:32:06,916 --> 00:32:09,652 And the tour guides were awesome and they would sort of 636 00:32:10,133 --> 00:32:12,934 you know, do hey, where are you from and what do you do for a 637 00:32:12,974 --> 00:32:13,257 living? 638 00:32:13,257 --> 00:32:13,880 Why are you here? 639 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,011 What do you want to do in Costa Rica, what brought you to Costa 640 00:32:16,011 --> 00:32:16,795 Rica, and things like that. 641 00:32:16,795 --> 00:32:19,002 So we got to know people. 642 00:32:19,002 --> 00:32:23,318 We had some very interesting people One guy who claimed he's 643 00:32:23,358 --> 00:32:23,799 a lawyer. 644 00:32:24,201 --> 00:32:27,191 He said he did real estate and criminal defense and I was like 645 00:32:27,211 --> 00:32:30,057 that's a weird combination but I wouldn't let him get me out of 646 00:32:30,097 --> 00:32:32,462 a parking ticket or close on a dog house for me. 647 00:32:32,462 --> 00:32:32,932 He was. 648 00:32:32,932 --> 00:32:35,630 He was a very interesting person. 649 00:32:35,630 --> 00:32:40,961 And another another gentleman was just one of the excursion we 650 00:32:40,961 --> 00:32:41,262 were on. 651 00:32:41,262 --> 00:32:44,436 The main event of the excursion was a river cruise to see 652 00:32:44,518 --> 00:32:49,336 wildlife up and down the river and he was nearly in tears 653 00:32:49,395 --> 00:32:52,992 because the boat we were on did not have life vests and he 654 00:32:53,073 --> 00:32:58,438 wanted a life vest and he was literally on the verge of tears 655 00:32:58,597 --> 00:33:01,463 about not having a life vest and it's the law, it's the law, 656 00:33:01,523 --> 00:33:01,784 it's the law. 657 00:33:01,784 --> 00:33:03,836 And I was waiting for a very interesting lawyer friend to 658 00:33:03,855 --> 00:33:07,797 chime in then and I'm like you got to remember you're in Costa 659 00:33:07,817 --> 00:33:13,340 Rica, not the United States, and take a ferry across. 660 00:33:13,340 --> 00:33:15,596 We've got ferries in my area. 661 00:33:15,596 --> 00:33:19,380 You don't have to put on a vest to go on the ferry and things 662 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:19,740 like that. 663 00:33:19,740 --> 00:33:23,039 But anyways, he'd been getting on my nerves before that point. 664 00:33:23,109 --> 00:33:26,467 Speaker 3: Wait, was he upset that you weren't being handed 665 00:33:26,547 --> 00:33:27,029 life vests? 666 00:33:27,069 --> 00:33:29,393 Speaker 2: No, there were no life vests on the boat, that at 667 00:33:29,432 --> 00:33:30,115 least you could see. 668 00:33:30,115 --> 00:33:36,362 But he wanted to be wearing one and anyways, and I said well, 669 00:33:36,402 --> 00:33:37,644 why don't we find you a life vest? 670 00:33:37,644 --> 00:33:41,298 That way, if the boat goes over , you can be floating crocodile 671 00:33:41,338 --> 00:33:43,553 food, while my wife and I safely swim away. 672 00:33:44,074 --> 00:33:45,798 And my wife punched me in the ribs. 673 00:33:45,798 --> 00:33:49,794 I probably still have a bruise from that one because I was just 674 00:33:49,794 --> 00:33:51,017 sick of him by then. 675 00:33:51,017 --> 00:33:52,559 So, like, not that. 676 00:33:52,559 --> 00:33:56,215 Much later the the cruise boat pulls up, we're on the side of 677 00:33:56,236 --> 00:33:59,611 the river, five feet from a crocodile that's sunning on the 678 00:33:59,750 --> 00:34:02,577 on the bank, and we're all taking pictures and ooh, and 679 00:34:02,637 --> 00:34:03,199 things like that. 680 00:34:03,199 --> 00:34:04,221 And he goes on. 681 00:34:04,221 --> 00:34:07,159 Oh, I think this is a doll, this isn't alive, it's not 682 00:34:07,239 --> 00:34:07,701 moving. 683 00:34:07,701 --> 00:34:11,514 And the tour guide is like, oh well, they're cold-blooded and 684 00:34:11,916 --> 00:34:14,855 they, after they eat, they need to sit on the sun to help them 685 00:34:14,896 --> 00:34:15,297 digest. 686 00:34:15,297 --> 00:34:17,521 Yada, yada, yada and things like that. 687 00:34:17,521 --> 00:34:19,976 Then, all of a sudden, the crocodile decided he didn't want 688 00:34:19,976 --> 00:34:22,711 to be near the boat anymore and he turned around and slid back 689 00:34:22,751 --> 00:34:23,072 in the river. 690 00:34:23,072 --> 00:34:28,492 This man practically shit himself trying to get out of it 691 00:34:28,532 --> 00:34:31,436 was just so crazy and so ridiculous. 692 00:34:31,436 --> 00:34:34,980 And the lawyer person wanting to ask you know, where are the 693 00:34:35,019 --> 00:34:35,760 hippopotamus? 694 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:36,782 Where are the tigers? 695 00:34:36,782 --> 00:34:39,905 I'm like we're in Costa Rica, there's no hippopotamus. 696 00:34:41,510 --> 00:34:42,534 Speaker 3: Now I know from watching Narcos You're an old 697 00:34:42,574 --> 00:34:42,835 man. 698 00:34:42,996 --> 00:34:46,295 Speaker 2: Yeah, from being in Narcos watching Narcos, I know 699 00:34:46,335 --> 00:34:49,882 there are hippopotamus in Colombia, thanks to Juan Pablo 700 00:34:50,342 --> 00:34:56,172 Sandoval, but I don't think there are any hippos in the 701 00:34:56,192 --> 00:34:56,652 river in Costa Rica. 702 00:34:56,652 --> 00:34:59,777 But my point, to tie this back to HR in some random, strange 703 00:34:59,856 --> 00:35:05,204 way the quality of the group you're around really impacts 704 00:35:05,244 --> 00:35:06,206 your experience. 705 00:35:06,206 --> 00:35:09,376 We got everything we wanted out of the tour. 706 00:35:09,376 --> 00:35:13,659 We saw monkeys, we saw crocodiles, we saw, we saw the 707 00:35:13,710 --> 00:35:16,456 jesus christ lizard now, he wasn't running across the water 708 00:35:16,518 --> 00:35:18,851 or anything like that, but we saw one I don't know what you're 709 00:35:18,851 --> 00:35:19,193 talking about. 710 00:35:19,233 --> 00:35:21,199 Speaker 3: Now I'm like the what and I'm like, oh, the little, 711 00:35:21,913 --> 00:35:23,079 yeah, he runs across the water. 712 00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:25,309 Speaker 2: We saw him sitting on the shore and the boat driver 713 00:35:25,791 --> 00:35:29,117 stopped and was trying to like rev up the engine of the boat to 714 00:35:29,117 --> 00:35:32,304 sort of scare him to see if he would run across the water. 715 00:35:32,304 --> 00:35:33,072 He wasn't doing it. 716 00:35:33,072 --> 00:35:36,596 He wasn't having any part of it , but we got to see that. 717 00:35:36,596 --> 00:35:39,811 But that excursion we had a great time still and none of 718 00:35:39,831 --> 00:35:41,543 these people were going to ruin it for us. 719 00:35:41,543 --> 00:35:48,471 But the next day we went on a volcano and rainforest tour and 720 00:35:48,992 --> 00:35:54,550 we were a different group and in that group. 721 00:35:54,570 --> 00:35:56,333 We were probably the oldest my wife and I of people there, but 722 00:35:56,853 --> 00:36:00,960 it was a cool, fun group, a lot of interaction, a lot of fun. 723 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:01,902 Uh it was. 724 00:36:01,902 --> 00:36:07,840 It was night and day difference and the experience was better. 725 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:12,177 Going through the rainforest tour, we got to see a few snakes 726 00:36:12,177 --> 00:36:15,077 which I love snakes and we got to see the sloths. 727 00:36:15,077 --> 00:36:18,940 We saw plenty and plenty of sloths and then some birds. 728 00:36:18,940 --> 00:36:21,137 I didn't get to see a toucan our entire trip. 729 00:36:21,137 --> 00:36:25,496 I really wanted to see a toucan , but being with that group was 730 00:36:25,556 --> 00:36:27,201 just such a night and day difference. 731 00:36:27,349 --> 00:36:31,304 They were fun and jovial and they were making fun of me as I 732 00:36:31,344 --> 00:36:31,485 was. 733 00:36:31,485 --> 00:36:34,835 I was like getting close to the snakes and like you can have 734 00:36:34,956 --> 00:36:37,809 all the snake pictures you want and get a up, because I don't 735 00:36:37,829 --> 00:36:39,534 know that, yeah, this one's poisonous but it's not 736 00:36:39,574 --> 00:36:43,295 aggressive, and I'm looking at it and and the tour guides, yeah 737 00:36:43,295 --> 00:36:44,862 , you can get close, you can even get closer. 738 00:36:44,862 --> 00:36:49,115 I'm like I'm, I'm at my comfort level now of this snake and 739 00:36:49,496 --> 00:36:50,759 that was the eyelash viper. 740 00:36:50,759 --> 00:36:53,652 And then the other one I don't remember its name but it's the 741 00:36:53,692 --> 00:36:57,019 most poisonous snake in costa rica and it was about five feet 742 00:36:57,081 --> 00:36:57,280 long. 743 00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:00,918 But we saw it from the comfort of our, our van, and they 744 00:37:00,938 --> 00:37:01,539 started making money. 745 00:37:01,559 --> 00:37:02,829 You want to get out and play with this one? 746 00:37:02,829 --> 00:37:05,152 I'm like, no, I'll keep my distance. 747 00:37:05,152 --> 00:37:08,617 It right here, as I was really into the, the snakes we saw, but 748 00:37:08,617 --> 00:37:14,686 you know, everything else being the same, the, the, the, the 749 00:37:14,829 --> 00:37:17,358 group of people, and it has nothing to do with their age. 750 00:37:17,358 --> 00:37:22,619 I was just deprecating that I was the youngest in one group 751 00:37:22,679 --> 00:37:25,103 and the oldest in the other group, but it was. 752 00:37:27,472 --> 00:37:29,054 it's like a work group essentially. 753 00:37:29,054 --> 00:37:31,177 You spent especially the second day. 754 00:37:31,177 --> 00:37:35,061 It was a two and a half hour drive each way to. 755 00:37:35,061 --> 00:37:38,885 So we were staying in the northwest corner of Costa Rica 756 00:37:38,989 --> 00:37:42,431 and we were going basically to the northeast corner, and so 757 00:37:42,793 --> 00:37:44,719 it's like four plus hour drive. 758 00:37:45,070 --> 00:37:48,052 You're in the van with these people and you know you're 759 00:37:48,072 --> 00:37:50,882 stopping here and there and doing some other things before 760 00:37:50,902 --> 00:37:52,288 that, but it was you get to know these people and doing some 761 00:37:52,307 --> 00:37:52,789 other things before that. 762 00:37:52,789 --> 00:37:55,456 It was you get to know these people and it was a much better 763 00:37:55,516 --> 00:37:56,016 environment. 764 00:37:56,016 --> 00:37:59,255 You know, even if we now I don't think my wife would have 765 00:37:59,275 --> 00:38:00,715 been happy if we didn't see any sloths. 766 00:38:00,715 --> 00:38:03,110 That's half the reason she wanted to go to Costa Rica was 767 00:38:03,130 --> 00:38:07,257 to see sloths, but we saw sloths in mass. 768 00:38:07,659 --> 00:38:11,117 I love it, yeah, and it was great. 769 00:38:11,117 --> 00:38:15,934 So the group dynamic really made the difference and tying 770 00:38:15,954 --> 00:38:16,858 that back to HR. 771 00:38:16,858 --> 00:38:22,224 But the other people watching event I had well, yeah, the only 772 00:38:22,224 --> 00:38:26,940 other one I'm going to talk about is flying back on Sunday 773 00:38:27,099 --> 00:38:27,400 evening. 774 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:32,583 Everything in the southeast was like thunderstorms everywhere. 775 00:38:32,583 --> 00:38:35,920 Our, our pilot told us as we're flying back, so I had to fly 776 00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:37,306 through the main hub of baltimore. 777 00:38:37,306 --> 00:38:38,873 Uh, hey, we're taking a different route. 778 00:38:38,873 --> 00:38:40,619 It's going to take us 20 minutes longer, we're going to 779 00:38:40,639 --> 00:38:42,775 be 20 minutes delayed, but we're going to be avoiding all these 780 00:38:42,815 --> 00:38:45,610 storms and turbulence and everybody will have a better 781 00:38:45,670 --> 00:38:45,931 ride. 782 00:38:45,931 --> 00:38:50,117 So we did that, and I was mentioning even coming from 783 00:38:50,137 --> 00:38:50,858 costa rica. 784 00:38:50,858 --> 00:38:53,101 We almost made it. 785 00:38:53,101 --> 00:38:56,833 I'm a nerd when I'm on a plane and my another thing my wife 786 00:38:56,875 --> 00:39:00,590 hates about me I like have my google maps open the entire time 787 00:39:00,590 --> 00:39:03,579 so I can see exactly where we are, and so trying to look out 788 00:39:03,619 --> 00:39:05,510 the window oh yeah, look at the wind. 789 00:39:06,090 --> 00:39:07,793 We flew going down. 790 00:39:07,793 --> 00:39:11,320 We actually flew coming out of Baltimore down to Costa Rica 791 00:39:11,661 --> 00:39:15,373 directly over Greenville, north Carolina, and from 36,000 feet. 792 00:39:15,373 --> 00:39:18,059 I also have my app on my watch that tells us our altitude and 793 00:39:18,079 --> 00:39:19,382 all that other fun stuff. 794 00:39:19,469 --> 00:39:22,853 My hiking app does that and I was like, oh, we're about, 795 00:39:23,215 --> 00:39:25,019 between Google Maps and everything, we're about to fly 796 00:39:25,039 --> 00:39:25,521 over Greenville. 797 00:39:25,521 --> 00:39:28,197 So I'm like, oh my gosh, there's Dowdy Ficklin Stadium 798 00:39:28,217 --> 00:39:30,222 where the ECU Pirates play football. 799 00:39:30,222 --> 00:39:38,596 So I got a picture of it from 36 000 feet, but anyways, that 800 00:39:38,615 --> 00:39:38,956 was the way down. 801 00:39:38,956 --> 00:39:40,322 On the way back our flight we were about 20 minutes late, like 802 00:39:40,322 --> 00:39:41,023 the pilot said, getting there. 803 00:39:41,023 --> 00:39:43,532 But we get to baltimore and my return flight to norfolk, 804 00:39:43,574 --> 00:39:46,304 virginia beach, uh, had been delayed because of the 805 00:39:46,364 --> 00:39:49,114 thunderstorms in the area, and okay, fine. 806 00:39:49,114 --> 00:39:53,588 And each time it got delayed, our gate changed, so we're at 807 00:39:53,748 --> 00:39:54,391 whatever gate. 808 00:39:54,391 --> 00:39:57,583 And then they say the flight's being delayed by an hour and a 809 00:39:57,643 --> 00:40:00,594 half and now you'll be catching it at this time at this gate. 810 00:40:00,594 --> 00:40:03,708 So like the whole group sort of gets up and meanders over 811 00:40:03,728 --> 00:40:06,213 together and our flight got delayed twice. 812 00:40:06,213 --> 00:40:11,702 But while we're waiting the second time, some flights across 813 00:40:11,702 --> 00:40:15,170 from us, across the corridor from us, got canceled and this 814 00:40:15,492 --> 00:40:22,047 one dude just completely lost his shit in the airport yelling 815 00:40:22,128 --> 00:40:22,630 and cussing. 816 00:40:22,690 --> 00:40:23,733 Speaker 3: What's in that airport that people forget how 817 00:40:23,773 --> 00:40:24,797 to behave like humans? 818 00:40:25,931 --> 00:40:26,875 Speaker 2: Oh, the airplane too. 819 00:40:26,875 --> 00:40:30,501 Oh, okay, I'm going to tell this story too. 820 00:40:30,501 --> 00:40:34,112 It's not HR related, but to the point, security had to come and 821 00:40:34,112 --> 00:40:39,282 escort him away and I'm just like he was just yelling and 822 00:40:39,322 --> 00:40:43,858 cussing, like, like I almost said, little girls don't would 823 00:40:43,918 --> 00:40:44,278 hate me. 824 00:40:44,278 --> 00:40:47,170 But the lady at the at the ticket counter, the gate there, 825 00:40:47,572 --> 00:40:49,418 she has zero control of the weather. 826 00:40:49,418 --> 00:40:54,934 And at the airport many of the arrival departure boards, they 827 00:40:54,994 --> 00:40:58,461 have weather maps of the whole country there and you can see 828 00:40:58,521 --> 00:41:01,817 the whole Southeast is lit up and there's more red and orange 829 00:41:01,896 --> 00:41:05,072 and there is green and yellow in a lot of these maps. 830 00:41:05,072 --> 00:41:07,016 And I was telling my wife, oh, our flight's going to get 831 00:41:07,038 --> 00:41:07,539 canceled too. 832 00:41:07,539 --> 00:41:11,940 Luckily for us it wasn't, but it was just severely, severely 833 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,217 delayed and we spent like six hours in the Baltimore airport 834 00:41:15,257 --> 00:41:17,871 versus like two, but it was. 835 00:41:17,871 --> 00:41:21,577 But like what? 836 00:41:21,577 --> 00:41:24,583 I leaving on the day I saw someone from work. 837 00:41:24,583 --> 00:41:27,318 She's actually taking the same plane from Norfolk, virginia 838 00:41:27,358 --> 00:41:27,599 Beach. 839 00:41:27,599 --> 00:41:33,471 I was to Baltimore but she was heading out elsewhere and we saw 840 00:41:33,471 --> 00:41:34,253 her in the airport. 841 00:41:34,293 --> 00:41:38,382 But what if you never I've been in airports and places you never 842 00:41:38,382 --> 00:41:39,150 think you're going to be like? 843 00:41:39,150 --> 00:41:42,539 I've been in Montana and oh, I'm running into somebody I know 844 00:41:42,539 --> 00:41:43,422 in an airport. 845 00:41:43,422 --> 00:41:47,418 What if you run into a coworker that just sees you losing your 846 00:41:47,458 --> 00:41:47,719 shit? 847 00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:49,822 I don't know, I would. 848 00:41:49,822 --> 00:41:52,972 I sort of think that person becomes unemployable at that 849 00:41:52,992 --> 00:41:54,356 point If you can't handle. 850 00:41:54,356 --> 00:41:58,050 I know flying and traveling is a stressful situation, 851 00:41:58,210 --> 00:42:02,204 especially for a lot of people, but you know, it's, it's life, 852 00:42:02,425 --> 00:42:04,755 you know, go to the ticket counter, get your voucher for a 853 00:42:04,795 --> 00:42:07,487 hotel and they'll get you on the flight sometime. 854 00:42:07,487 --> 00:42:09,092 Another flight sometime tomorrow. 855 00:42:09,092 --> 00:42:14,072 And yeah, yeah, life sucks sometimes but the lady at the 856 00:42:14,112 --> 00:42:16,077 ticket counter can't control that. 857 00:42:16,077 --> 00:42:18,969 The flight cancellation, the weather, anything like that, and 858 00:42:18,969 --> 00:42:21,936 to lose your shit like that was just so stupid. 859 00:42:21,936 --> 00:42:24,802 It's so stupid, but here's the story. 860 00:42:24,802 --> 00:42:27,134 I was not going to tell, but it popped my head. 861 00:42:27,134 --> 00:42:30,621 So the airport in costa rica we landed out it's liberia airport 862 00:42:30,621 --> 00:42:31,141 and it's a tiny airport. 863 00:42:31,141 --> 00:42:32,565 It's only got like six gates and one of them you actually 864 00:42:32,605 --> 00:42:33,106 have to popped my head. 865 00:42:33,126 --> 00:42:34,809 So the airport in Costa Rica we landed out it's Liberia Airport 866 00:42:36,050 --> 00:42:36,532 and it's a tiny airport. 867 00:42:36,532 --> 00:42:38,199 It's only got like six gates and one of them you actually 868 00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:39,605 have to walk out on the tarmac to get on and off your plane, 869 00:42:39,625 --> 00:42:40,206 which we didn't have to do. 870 00:42:40,206 --> 00:42:43,036 Thankfully it's only got one runway that doesn't have any 871 00:42:43,315 --> 00:42:44,780 separate taxiways or anything. 872 00:42:44,780 --> 00:42:47,630 So there's one runway where planes are both landing and 873 00:42:47,670 --> 00:42:51,614 taking off and there's no other taxiways or anything. 874 00:42:52,014 --> 00:42:56,039 So we're in line, so we're perpendicular to the runway now, 875 00:42:56,039 --> 00:42:59,322 waiting for other planes to land, and then the captain gets 876 00:42:59,402 --> 00:43:03,746 on the microphone and says unfortunately we're not going to 877 00:43:03,746 --> 00:43:07,313 be able to taxi for departure, we're going to have to miss our 878 00:43:07,333 --> 00:43:07,472 window. 879 00:43:07,472 --> 00:43:10,182 Somebody is in the laboratory and we cannot taxi with somebody 880 00:43:10,182 --> 00:43:11,226 in the laboratory. 881 00:43:11,226 --> 00:43:14,360 And I'm just like, because we're 90 degrees degrees, I can 882 00:43:14,380 --> 00:43:14,661 look at. 883 00:43:14,661 --> 00:43:16,690 I had a window seat, I could look out and I could see there's 884 00:43:16,690 --> 00:43:20,418 like four, when there's four airplanes waiting to depart 885 00:43:20,498 --> 00:43:21,119 behind us. 886 00:43:21,420 --> 00:43:25,478 So this person who couldn't hold their stuff together for to get 887 00:43:25,478 --> 00:43:28,929 into the air is not only delaying us, but they're 888 00:43:28,929 --> 00:43:30,518 delaying four other airplanes and I'm going to watch these 889 00:43:30,478 --> 00:43:31,239 other planes land. 890 00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:31,864 And it's not only delaying us, but they're delaying four other 891 00:43:31,824 --> 00:43:32,809 airplanes and I'm going to watch these other planes land and 892 00:43:32,829 --> 00:43:36,257 it's not like there's room for these other planes to pass us on 893 00:43:36,257 --> 00:43:40,304 the way to get onto the airfield. 894 00:43:40,304 --> 00:43:42,538 So that was something else. 895 00:43:42,538 --> 00:43:44,295 I'm going to tell them stories. 896 00:43:44,295 --> 00:43:47,994 I'll go ahead with one Our flight attendant who gave the 897 00:43:48,034 --> 00:43:48,655 announcements? 898 00:43:48,655 --> 00:43:54,072 It was Southwest Airlines was hilarious, going between 899 00:43:54,132 --> 00:43:54,996 Baltimore and Norfolk. 900 00:43:54,996 --> 00:43:59,574 It's a 25-minute flight and he says, because of the turbulence 901 00:43:59,956 --> 00:44:03,382 and the length of flight, we're not going to release the 902 00:44:03,543 --> 00:44:07,715 unbuckles, the laboratories will not be open, we're not doing 903 00:44:07,876 --> 00:44:09,740 refreshment services or anything like that. 904 00:44:10,311 --> 00:44:13,175 And he's doing it all funny, he is drop-. 905 00:44:13,175 --> 00:44:13,735 Hilarious. 906 00:44:13,735 --> 00:44:18,027 And he goes and if this, if this flight to norfolk should 907 00:44:18,068 --> 00:44:20,653 turn into a cruise, he says, girlfriend, I quit. 908 00:44:20,653 --> 00:44:24,762 But he says but the other flight attendants, they will 909 00:44:24,802 --> 00:44:27,759 assist you in getting the light vest from under your vest and 910 00:44:27,780 --> 00:44:28,260 things like that. 911 00:44:28,260 --> 00:44:31,333 And but also, when he was talking about the the 912 00:44:31,393 --> 00:44:34,074 laboratories being closed, he says so that means no getting 913 00:44:34,153 --> 00:44:35,880 naughty in the potty today, people. 914 00:44:36,490 --> 00:44:38,717 Speaker 3: No, getting naughty in the potty, what else? 915 00:44:39,751 --> 00:44:41,677 Speaker 2: He was saying so many oh. 916 00:44:41,677 --> 00:44:44,570 And he says, because of the short flight and everybody's 917 00:44:44,590 --> 00:44:47,193 going to need to remain buckled, he goes don't even bother 918 00:44:47,534 --> 00:44:48,900 pushing the blue light over your head. 919 00:44:48,900 --> 00:44:49,992 No, that no. 920 00:44:49,992 --> 00:44:52,851 Girlfriend quit last week and he was just going. 921 00:44:52,851 --> 00:44:55,860 I was almost in tears listening to him. 922 00:44:55,860 --> 00:44:58,731 You know, because I've everybody's heard the, the 923 00:44:58,771 --> 00:45:00,253 announcements a hundred times. 924 00:45:00,253 --> 00:45:04,202 And you know, don't put your mask on the baby first. 925 00:45:04,202 --> 00:45:05,934 You know everybody's heard this . 926 00:45:05,934 --> 00:45:08,101 He made it fun, he made it interesting. 927 00:45:08,101 --> 00:45:11,672 I just wonder how much southwest would condone. 928 00:45:11,672 --> 00:45:13,474 Oh, and as we were landing. 929 00:45:13,474 --> 00:45:18,039 We know you have lots of places to choose when you make your 930 00:45:18,079 --> 00:45:20,882 flight arrangements, but just remember Southwest is the 931 00:45:20,942 --> 00:45:25,166 airline that the only thing they love more than you is your 932 00:45:25,226 --> 00:45:25,487 money. 933 00:45:26,869 --> 00:45:30,273 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, and he was just going off and things 934 00:45:30,313 --> 00:45:31,856 like that he was. 935 00:45:32,255 --> 00:45:35,159 Speaker 2: he made you know after being in the airport it 936 00:45:35,179 --> 00:45:36,280 would end up being six hours. 937 00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:38,922 He made the 20 some odd minute flight. 938 00:45:38,922 --> 00:45:41,585 Just hilarious and great. 939 00:45:42,730 --> 00:45:43,070 Speaker 3: That's awesome. 940 00:45:43,070 --> 00:45:45,494 Well, southwest was the one that like, wasn't that the one? 941 00:45:45,494 --> 00:45:50,170 That big case study of like they had an employee do that and 942 00:45:50,170 --> 00:45:50,759 then they had some people. 943 00:45:50,759 --> 00:45:52,059 It was almost like this grassroots of they would just 944 00:45:51,996 --> 00:45:52,400 employee do that and then they had some people. 945 00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:55,157 It was almost like this grassroots of they would just 946 00:45:55,237 --> 00:45:58,143 have fun with those announcements and they were 947 00:45:58,222 --> 00:45:58,943 known for that. 948 00:45:58,943 --> 00:46:01,634 And then the was it corporate? 949 00:46:01,634 --> 00:46:08,264 Tried to like make it mandatory oh and that was like it lost 950 00:46:08,324 --> 00:46:10,996 the sauce when they tried to like mandate it. 951 00:46:11,016 --> 00:46:12,320 Speaker 2: Because some people can't do that. 952 00:46:13,170 --> 00:46:16,773 Speaker 3: Some people just can't, and it's fine, but yeah, 953 00:46:17,155 --> 00:46:18,519 they're kind of known for that. 954 00:46:19,311 --> 00:46:20,556 Speaker 2: See, I've flown Southwest. 955 00:46:20,556 --> 00:46:24,710 They're one of my first choices because of the cost and up 956 00:46:24,751 --> 00:46:27,891 until recently, you get two bags free and we booked our flight 957 00:46:27,911 --> 00:46:31,378 so we got our two bags free each and things like that. 958 00:46:31,378 --> 00:46:36,068 But another employment-related test People putting away and 959 00:46:36,128 --> 00:46:41,206 getting out their carry-on baggage oh my gosh, that's like 960 00:46:41,246 --> 00:46:43,315 an IQ test for people. 961 00:46:43,315 --> 00:46:46,193 It was very much frustrating to me. 962 00:46:46,193 --> 00:46:50,369 And oh, the girl crossed the aisle and once again she wasn't 963 00:46:50,389 --> 00:46:54,492 a little girl, but the guy taking his suitcase out, like 964 00:46:54,552 --> 00:46:57,197 lost control of it and smacked her in the head with it. 965 00:46:59,389 --> 00:47:02,197 And I was like don't be so stupid people. 966 00:47:02,197 --> 00:47:07,010 But yeah, I was just that that that annoys me people in their 967 00:47:07,050 --> 00:47:07,492 carry on. 968 00:47:07,492 --> 00:47:11,833 I don't, I carry my backpack as my personal item and I stow it 969 00:47:11,873 --> 00:47:15,856 under the seat and things like that and I check everything else 970 00:47:15,856 --> 00:47:15,856 . 971 00:47:15,856 --> 00:47:19,086 I don't want to deal with that, but it takes 10 minutes longer 972 00:47:19,106 --> 00:47:22,353 to get off the plane because all these intellectually challenged 973 00:47:22,353 --> 00:47:25,918 people getting their bags in and out of the carry-on. 974 00:47:26,119 --> 00:47:30,152 Speaker 3: See, there's a system you put the carry-on a couple 975 00:47:30,231 --> 00:47:34,869 seats before your seat and that way when you get out of your 976 00:47:34,949 --> 00:47:39,577 seat to exit the plane, it gives you room to take step, step, 977 00:47:40,097 --> 00:47:44,612 grab your bag and go, instead of if everybody put behind you and 978 00:47:44,612 --> 00:47:46,195 then you're holding up the line . 979 00:47:46,195 --> 00:47:47,177 It's very awkward. 980 00:47:47,177 --> 00:47:49,088 You got, that's my method. 981 00:47:49,728 --> 00:47:52,635 Speaker 2: Oh, I like that, If you are permitted to carry, 982 00:47:53,036 --> 00:48:00,545 carry on baggage my wife and I would we carry our book bags has 983 00:48:00,545 --> 00:48:02,887 a change of clothes, just in case our bag we make it and our 984 00:48:02,927 --> 00:48:03,431 bags don't. 985 00:48:03,525 --> 00:48:08,548 It has our phone chargers, it has snacks in it, it has just 986 00:48:08,588 --> 00:48:13,059 the bare minimum stuff you need if something were to to happen, 987 00:48:13,125 --> 00:48:13,766 but that's all. 988 00:48:13,766 --> 00:48:15,594 I've literally had this book bag. 989 00:48:15,594 --> 00:48:18,251 It's since before my daughter was born. 990 00:48:18,251 --> 00:48:22,793 I know I just remember having it up in DC before she was 991 00:48:22,835 --> 00:48:23,916 around and things like that. 992 00:48:23,916 --> 00:48:28,492 It's been everywhere with me and yeah, that's the way I 993 00:48:28,532 --> 00:48:29,094 prefer to travel. 994 00:48:29,094 --> 00:48:30,351 Just check the damn bag. 995 00:48:30,351 --> 00:48:33,572 I've never had one of my bags get lost. 996 00:48:33,572 --> 00:48:36,152 I hear horror stories about it happening. 997 00:48:36,152 --> 00:48:38,668 But, like I said, I've got a change of clothes, I've got my 998 00:48:38,708 --> 00:48:42,574 phone chargers, I've got the things I absolutely need are 999 00:48:42,795 --> 00:48:46,545 right there and the airline will get me my luggage tomorrow, 1000 00:48:46,684 --> 00:48:48,090 most likely if it were lost. 1001 00:48:48,291 --> 00:48:52,469 You know, I just don't see the need of of this. 1002 00:48:52,469 --> 00:48:55,523 So anyways, yeah, yeah. 1003 00:48:55,523 --> 00:49:01,045 So not a too much of an HR related episode, more more me 1004 00:49:01,065 --> 00:49:02,929 venting and telling stories than anything else. 1005 00:49:02,929 --> 00:49:07,900 But we did cover the cold pay, cold play, kiss cam. 1006 00:49:07,900 --> 00:49:09,784 So that yeah it. 1007 00:49:09,784 --> 00:49:12,489 It'll be interesting to see how this all plays out. 1008 00:49:12,489 --> 00:49:13,291 You know he was. 1009 00:49:13,291 --> 00:49:18,168 He resigned like the next day or day two after this. 1010 00:49:18,168 --> 00:49:21,726 I'm sure the board told him oh, by the way, you are resigning 1011 00:49:22,387 --> 00:49:22,788 yeah you're. 1012 00:49:22,867 --> 00:49:27,096 Speaker 3: You are resigning like we're telling you to leave, 1013 00:49:27,096 --> 00:49:30,146 but making you feel like you have a choice in the matter 1014 00:49:30,748 --> 00:49:36,057 exactly, and I'm sure the same went for the, the hr director, 1015 00:49:36,418 --> 00:49:41,836 I'm sure, officer she's dpl you know my opinion on hr titles are 1016 00:49:41,836 --> 00:49:42,907 are just useless. 1017 00:49:43,168 --> 00:49:45,856 Speaker 2: But anyways, yeah, I I do want to see what happens 1018 00:49:45,998 --> 00:49:48,626 with them and I know not that I'm going to pay that much 1019 00:49:48,666 --> 00:49:49,027 attention. 1020 00:49:49,027 --> 00:49:53,882 But if, if the ceo gets another job anywhere, he won't just 1021 00:49:53,902 --> 00:49:57,070 like that cole ceo who you know got busted cheating after only a 1022 00:49:57,070 --> 00:50:01,550 few months on the job as well and anyone's gonna be like, oh, 1023 00:50:01,610 --> 00:50:04,983 like I don't want to hear, like why should he get like fired for 1024 00:50:04,983 --> 00:50:05,925 his personal life or anything? 1025 00:50:06,487 --> 00:50:09,612 Speaker 3: now, that's your integrity if that's how you 1026 00:50:09,652 --> 00:50:10,034 behave. 1027 00:50:10,034 --> 00:50:14,489 If that's how you behave in your personal life, then how are 1028 00:50:14,489 --> 00:50:20,277 you behaving as the leader of a multimillion dollar, billion 1029 00:50:20,297 --> 00:50:21,599 dollar, whatever organization? 1030 00:50:23,467 --> 00:50:25,753 Speaker 2: And every article mentioned that they're both from 1031 00:50:25,753 --> 00:50:30,751 this company called Astronomer, so the company's name is 1032 00:50:31,132 --> 00:50:37,413 absolutely tied to the story, and so he made the company look 1033 00:50:37,534 --> 00:50:37,733 bad. 1034 00:50:37,733 --> 00:50:42,755 So, yeah, I just want to see more of the fallout of this. 1035 00:50:42,755 --> 00:50:45,793 And whether they ever get jobs, we'll probably never know. 1036 00:50:45,793 --> 00:50:49,773 And if this guy's lawsuit against Coldplay goes anywhere, 1037 00:50:50,233 --> 00:50:52,257 I really, really doubt it. 1038 00:50:53,447 --> 00:50:56,070 Speaker 3: I am sorry, sir, you are not a victim in this 1039 00:50:56,311 --> 00:50:56,914 situation. 1040 00:50:58,126 --> 00:50:59,050 Speaker 2: And then I see all the things. 1041 00:50:59,050 --> 00:51:02,072 Of course, I do feel bad for the other spouses and children 1042 00:51:02,092 --> 00:51:02,775 that are involved. 1043 00:51:02,815 --> 00:51:03,496 Speaker 1: Yeah, I do. 1044 00:51:03,985 --> 00:51:07,052 Speaker 2: But you know people are. 1045 00:51:07,052 --> 00:51:09,898 You need to stop sharing this video because there are children 1046 00:51:09,898 --> 00:51:10,378 involved. 1047 00:51:10,378 --> 00:51:14,528 I'm like, oh, you know it's out the door now you can't unring 1048 00:51:14,568 --> 00:51:15,090 that bell. 1049 00:51:15,090 --> 00:51:17,146 Yeah, so crazy, crazy stuff. 1050 00:51:17,146 --> 00:51:18,168 So let crazy stuff. 1051 00:51:18,168 --> 00:51:23,530 So, uh, let's see, in two weeks we'll have another episode and 1052 00:51:23,590 --> 00:51:28,686 at the end of August we will do a office for episode four, which 1053 00:51:28,686 --> 00:51:30,974 is gosh, what is that? 1054 00:51:30,974 --> 00:51:34,106 So it's a it's a hot girl Alliance. 1055 00:51:34,106 --> 00:51:37,489 Oh, the Alliance, the Alliance, yeah, it's the Alliance. 1056 00:51:37,489 --> 00:51:40,411 So, yeah, we'll have fun with that. 1057 00:51:40,411 --> 00:51:42,653 Yeah, that's going to be a good one. 1058 00:51:42,653 --> 00:51:46,396 So, anyhow and it sort of falls into what I was saying about 1059 00:51:46,456 --> 00:51:49,938 the team you're on and the group you're working with makes all 1060 00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:50,519 the difference. 1061 00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:51,800 Speaker 3: There you go. 1062 00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:52,742 That's a case study. 1063 00:51:53,101 --> 00:51:53,702 Speaker 2: A case study. 1064 00:51:53,702 --> 00:51:57,148 So anyways, so anyways. 1065 00:51:57,148 --> 00:51:59,472 Well, I do want to put out our thank yous to Hallie, the 1066 00:51:59,532 --> 00:52:03,119 original Jaded HR Rockstar, bill and Michael, who support us on 1067 00:52:03,139 --> 00:52:03,639 Patreon. 1068 00:52:03,639 --> 00:52:05,371 Follow the links in the show notes. 1069 00:52:05,371 --> 00:52:06,891 You can support us there too. 1070 00:52:06,891 --> 00:52:08,610 You can leave us a text. 1071 00:52:08,610 --> 00:52:10,672 There's a link to leave us a text. 1072 00:52:10,672 --> 00:52:12,931 I'd love to hear from you Get your ideas. 1073 00:52:12,931 --> 00:52:14,976 You think we suck, we think we're stupid. 1074 00:52:14,976 --> 00:52:16,525 You think you got an idea for a show. 1075 00:52:16,525 --> 00:52:17,447 You know that's. 1076 00:52:17,646 --> 00:52:18,827 Speaker 3: We're awesome. 1077 00:52:18,827 --> 00:52:20,949 Don't put those ideas in their head. 1078 00:52:21,731 --> 00:52:22,831 Speaker 2: That's how Cece and I met. 1079 00:52:22,831 --> 00:52:26,496 She contacted me some way once upon a time, but first time she 1080 00:52:26,516 --> 00:52:27,577 was a guest on the show. 1081 00:52:27,597 --> 00:52:29,197 Speaker 3: I was like oh okay, that's true. 1082 00:52:30,179 --> 00:52:32,001 Speaker 2: Get online with us and interact. 1083 00:52:32,021 --> 00:52:33,461 Speaker 3: Who knows what will happen, that is true. 1084 00:52:41,605 --> 00:52:42,748 Speaker 2: We should really capitalize more on that story. 1085 00:52:42,748 --> 00:52:44,173 I'm gonna have to dig up that email or dm or something is. 1086 00:52:44,173 --> 00:52:44,737 I don't delete anything. 1087 00:52:44,737 --> 00:52:46,001 I've got like a hundred thousand emails in my gmail 1088 00:52:46,041 --> 00:52:48,849 account and things like that, but it was just a call for 1089 00:52:48,909 --> 00:52:53,583 guests and I was like I'll be on and then that was it here we 1090 00:52:53,603 --> 00:52:53,664 are. 1091 00:52:53,704 --> 00:52:56,170 Speaker 3: Maybe we should do something like that again yeah, 1092 00:52:56,891 --> 00:52:57,672 so, but I'm. 1093 00:52:57,753 --> 00:52:59,697 Speaker 2: I don't want you to go anywhere as I've lost. 1094 00:52:59,818 --> 00:53:00,318 Speaker 3: No no. 1095 00:53:02,086 --> 00:53:02,911 Speaker 2: For good reasons. 1096 00:53:02,911 --> 00:53:04,351 Both of them were good reasons. 1097 00:53:04,351 --> 00:53:08,556 You know, having children and other responsibilities in life. 1098 00:53:08,556 --> 00:53:11,454 So, yeah, that's, that's good. 1099 00:53:11,454 --> 00:53:13,331 So, anyways, thank you to all of them. 1100 00:53:13,331 --> 00:53:16,311 Leave us a review, contact us on our social medias. 1101 00:53:16,311 --> 00:53:20,507 I'm not going to get any more active on social medias things 1102 00:53:20,527 --> 00:53:24,152 are about to start getting busy again, but maybe I'll try every 1103 00:53:24,233 --> 00:53:24,693 once in a while. 1104 00:53:26,311 --> 00:53:28,987 I don't know when we made our last, we'll do our best oh, the 1105 00:53:29,027 --> 00:53:31,628 underscore sort of does the theme song devil to devil, and 1106 00:53:31,688 --> 00:53:33,463 then I'll say, as always, I'm Warren. 1107 00:53:33,463 --> 00:53:37,967 I'm Cece and we're here helping you survive HR one. 1108 00:53:37,967 --> 00:53:39,652 What the fuck moment at a time.