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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Reasonably Shady, a production of the Black Effect

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<v Speaker 1>podcast Network and I Heart Radio. Welcome to an all

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<v Speaker 1>new episode of Reasonably Shady. I am Jazelle Briants, What's up?

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<v Speaker 1>What's Up? And I am Robin Dixon, and we are

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<v Speaker 1>so happy that you're here with us. Yes once again

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<v Speaker 1>and okay, so like, thank you so much again. We

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<v Speaker 1>have to always say for watching the Real Housewives of Potomac.

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<v Speaker 1>We are on Sunday nights at eight p m. Eastern

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<v Speaker 1>Standard Time on Bravo TV. Thank you for watching. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you, thank you. Ye it's kidd juicy, I mean

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<v Speaker 1>the juice is a spilling. Okay, all right, So as

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<v Speaker 1>per normal, we gotta give our reasonably shady moments of

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<v Speaker 1>the week. Okay, So, oh my gosh, moving, Oh my gosh,

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<v Speaker 1>this ring moving. Moving sucks. So my reasonably shading moment

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<v Speaker 1>just goes to the whole concept of moving, of packing, moving,

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<v Speaker 1>of unpacking. Like, what part do you of moving do

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<v Speaker 1>you think is the worst? I think the packing, not

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<v Speaker 1>the unpacking. No, No, because packing, like you can just

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<v Speaker 1>literally just grab stuff, throwing in boxes and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>kick the box up and whatever. But unpacking when you

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<v Speaker 1>have to try to figure out where the stuff is

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<v Speaker 1>going or you know what I'm saying, because it might not.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like the house you moved to is not the

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<v Speaker 1>same configuration. You might not have the same drawers or cabinets,

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<v Speaker 1>or you might realize I don't need this, or we

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<v Speaker 1>might say like okay, I don't want all this stuff. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>It's just so did you purge before you packed? Half

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<v Speaker 1>and half? So I packed my closet, like my personal stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>so I was I purged that stuff. But like I

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<v Speaker 1>and then moving, the shady part goes to my movers

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<v Speaker 1>call him out. I don't really want to call them out. Alright, fine,

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<v Speaker 1>we won't, but I paid for a pack and move,

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<v Speaker 1>like a full house pack and move, and the movers

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<v Speaker 1>show I was like three men and they were like,

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<v Speaker 1>um yeah, most people. Most people just their boxes are

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<v Speaker 1>already packed and we just picked their boxes up in

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<v Speaker 1>the little tracks like we've never packed a house before.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm like what what Okay, listen at that point

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<v Speaker 1>they need to be fired, right And I'm like what,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, w t F. So my you know, one

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<v Speaker 1>day moving job turned into a two day moving job

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<v Speaker 1>requiring too and it's so weird because I'm like, the

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<v Speaker 1>last time I moved, which was like four years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't like it wasn't this much. Okay, So what's

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<v Speaker 1>the So you came from what square footage and you

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<v Speaker 1>went to what square footage? Do you know that you know?

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<v Speaker 1>I really don't know. I think the townhouse was like

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<v Speaker 1>square feet and then my new house, you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>basement and all that is probably like five thousands square feet.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, so like so up to the east

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<v Speaker 1>side sky. But it was I mean at first, I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>why do I have so much stuff? Right? Why? Like

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean. It's like when when you

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<v Speaker 1>are unpacking, that's when you realize like how much stuff

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<v Speaker 1>you have and you don't need. I feel like i

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<v Speaker 1>could just literally like throw all the rest of the

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<v Speaker 1>boxes away and I would not miss anything. And I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure the boys have accumulated a lot of just stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>The boys, I mean me want like all of us.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just all right. Well, I was doing some traveling

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<v Speaker 1>over the past week or so, and I was in

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<v Speaker 1>Los Angeles, very excited. I took my kids there because

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<v Speaker 1>they had never been, and they were like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we need we want to go. We want to go

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<v Speaker 1>down Rodeo. We want to be in Beverly Hills, we

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<v Speaker 1>want to We're important. Anyway. My point is every restaurant

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<v Speaker 1>that I went to, and I went to some very

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<v Speaker 1>nice fine dining, so I would be chewing on my

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<v Speaker 1>last bite of food and they're ready to get you

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<v Speaker 1>out of there, and they were literally snatching up my

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<v Speaker 1>plate and they were like, okay, all right, bye bye,

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<v Speaker 1>like they were Every restaurant was snatching my plate up

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<v Speaker 1>and I was still chewing my last bite. L A restaurants,

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<v Speaker 1>y'all a shady. I don't know what is going on.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if y'all all have a mandate like

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<v Speaker 1>get people out, turntables over. I don't know what it is,

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<v Speaker 1>but goddamn it, let me eat my food and leave

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<v Speaker 1>my plate alone. Wow. Yeah, that's frustrating. I definitely feel

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<v Speaker 1>like the restaurant in the street with the pandemic is

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<v Speaker 1>just like jacked up because either they're short on workers

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<v Speaker 1>um or they're like trying to make up for lost

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<v Speaker 1>time and so everything is like super expensive. And then

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<v Speaker 1>like you said, they're like trying to get you in

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<v Speaker 1>and out. Yes, and I'm a black woman, I like

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<v Speaker 1>to like save all my food. So let me say that.

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<v Speaker 1>Did they even let you order dessert? One place? He

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<v Speaker 1>brought me the check before I ordered dessert, and to

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<v Speaker 1>know me as to know that I always ordered dessert.

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<v Speaker 1>Excuse you, sir, I need to see the dessert menu.

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<v Speaker 1>I am not done. She not done? Did you ask

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<v Speaker 1>them like, what is that with this? No? I just

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<v Speaker 1>you know you would have called them out, but it

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<v Speaker 1>was every restaurant. Every restaurant was like literally they weren't.

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<v Speaker 1>They weren't being rude about it. They were just snatching

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<v Speaker 1>my plate on my last bike. I think they're like, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>we're trying to get as many people in and out

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<v Speaker 1>and and what's every restaurant like Super booked Oka they

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<v Speaker 1>were crowded yea, yeah, they had people in there. So

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<v Speaker 1>I just I didn't like it. Um l a restaurants,

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<v Speaker 1>y'all are shod and leave me alone the end the end? Yes, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>but so much is happening in the world robbing since

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<v Speaker 1>we last chatted. I kind of wouldn't know because I've

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<v Speaker 1>been underboxes for test a couple of weeks. Okay, when

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<v Speaker 1>do you think you'll be done on patching? Okay? So

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<v Speaker 1>like to my liking, I need another full week, and

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<v Speaker 1>I like and I don't want to leave. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes it's like you move. First of all, moving is

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<v Speaker 1>like giving birth. So it's like you you know, when

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<v Speaker 1>you give birth, it's such a horrible, horrific experience, but

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<v Speaker 1>you do it again, like you know, you you kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like forget how bad it is and you do

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<v Speaker 1>it again. So I feel like moving is the same thing.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like, I know, moving sucks, but you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>chose to do it again. So anyway, but I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to leave, like I don't want to just like

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<v Speaker 1>I have a really big stoge room and I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to just like throw everything in the store room

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<v Speaker 1>and forget about it, like I want to get through

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<v Speaker 1>every single thing and put everything in its place. So

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna give myself another week, so I apologize, and look,

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<v Speaker 1>I have all these emails that have been neglected, and

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<v Speaker 1>I got some business I need to take care of.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably probably all right. Well, one thing that struck me,

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<v Speaker 1>um news wise was that you know, okay, you know

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<v Speaker 1>iced tea and cocoa, yes, like cocoa, saying she is

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<v Speaker 1>still breastfeeding her daughter. I saw that, and she's like

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<v Speaker 1>five five, Yes, she's five. So it sparked all of

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<v Speaker 1>this talk about like is this normal? Is this oh

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<v Speaker 1>what mom should be doing? Anyone saying that was normal?

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<v Speaker 1>But I don't think I didn't. God, I think it's crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>It's insane. If the baby can pull your titty out

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<v Speaker 1>your bra it's a problem. Yeah. And if she can

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<v Speaker 1>like run around and tell people I pulled mommys titty out,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I'm saying, It's like it is all

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<v Speaker 1>the way nasty. Now Icy did come out and say, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the way me and Coco live our lives

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<v Speaker 1>is not the way y'all might live your lives and

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<v Speaker 1>do not. Um, but I think that you're setting your

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<v Speaker 1>child up for let's see, um booby envy. Maybe. Now wait,

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<v Speaker 1>now why does she explain? Like why she alright, first

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<v Speaker 1>of all, like how often is it? Like, like why

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<v Speaker 1>do you continue to do that? Is it because like

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<v Speaker 1>it's a bonding thing. It's a bonding thing. Um, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean I think at some point, well, I mean it's

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<v Speaker 1>that's just that's just really weird. I think the daughter

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<v Speaker 1>eventually pretty soon will probably stop, you know what I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>Like on her own, I think, like not want it anymore?

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<v Speaker 1>And then how often do they do it? Is that

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<v Speaker 1>like bedtime? Is it did? After I saw the headline

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<v Speaker 1>and I read a little bit, I was disgusted, So

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<v Speaker 1>I don't I don't know that the particulars. And to

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<v Speaker 1>be honest, so this might be t m I but

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<v Speaker 1>like I breast fed for like, um six months my kids,

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<v Speaker 1>but like my boobs to me are like more of

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<v Speaker 1>a like a sexual thing, like for with you know,

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<v Speaker 1>with my partner, Like I prefer to leave them for him.

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<v Speaker 1>So I couldn't wait for my kids to get off

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<v Speaker 1>my boots, you know, because I felt it felt kind

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<v Speaker 1>of weird. I'm like, yeah, were my boobs, but this

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<v Speaker 1>for some you know, yeah that was that was for

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<v Speaker 1>daddy kids. Yes, So I couldn't wait for them together.

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<v Speaker 1>It was It was very painful for me to breastfeed,

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<v Speaker 1>like that whole latching on thing hurt so bad that

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, I don't want to do this. I remember,

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<v Speaker 1>I will never forget my mother. So I was trying

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<v Speaker 1>to breastfeed the twins so you can ima engine. I

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<v Speaker 1>had one on one breast and the other on the

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<v Speaker 1>other breast at the same time. Like football's and she

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<v Speaker 1>was like, um, and I think I was crying while

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<v Speaker 1>I was doing this, and she looks at me and

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<v Speaker 1>she's like, is this working for you? And I said no,

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<v Speaker 1>it's horrible. So she was like, we're done with this.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't do this right, So she literally like went to

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<v Speaker 1>the store got infamale or semilac whatever that stuff formula,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was it was it was a right, it was.

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<v Speaker 1>Girls are beautiful, smart, intelligent, athletic, you know, fully grown.

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<v Speaker 1>So I be. I mean, I know a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>women that is something that they feel pressured to do

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<v Speaker 1>is to breast feed because that's you know, that's the healthy,

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<v Speaker 1>natural thing to do. Um. But if you if it's

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<v Speaker 1>if it's difficult and it's causing you pain, I mean

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<v Speaker 1>there I think everyone's going to go through, like the

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<v Speaker 1>pain because there's like a rawness and all that. But

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<v Speaker 1>like if it's excruciating and uncomfortable, don't stress yourself, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>feat yourself up if you can't do it, and it's fine.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you can do it, like cocoa, I think

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen months is to cut off. Eighteen months to two years,

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<v Speaker 1>that's to cut off. Yes, okay, so I I was.

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<v Speaker 1>I was on the Twitter, not the Twitter. I was

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<v Speaker 1>on the Instagram, and I saw Lallapalooza right, and I

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<v Speaker 1>saw like the festival music festival. It was a big

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<v Speaker 1>music festival in Chicago. It was like two people. And

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<v Speaker 1>so I was as I was watching it, watching the

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<v Speaker 1>clips from and I was like, clearly this was like

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<v Speaker 1>I'm thinking this was like two three years ago. No,

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<v Speaker 1>this was like the other day and and like rolling

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<v Speaker 1>out loud and all these what happened to the COVID,

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<v Speaker 1>y'all forgot COVID exists? They forgot. But I was actually

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<v Speaker 1>all my way here and I've heard a news repoint

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<v Speaker 1>they said there's in Chicago there there are two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>plus COVID new COVID cases that they are linking to

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<v Speaker 1>Lalla Palosa. So imagine if they have those two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>that they are aware of, how many more there are

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<v Speaker 1>because people might be asymptom asymptomatic or something like yes.

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<v Speaker 1>And there was reported that was reporting on how they

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<v Speaker 1>were checking your quote vaccine vaccination car at the door

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<v Speaker 1>and it was like like you literally at the show

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<v Speaker 1>a piece like you could just show a white card,

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<v Speaker 1>just like a white pie. Just hold up a paper

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<v Speaker 1>and a and you got in right now. It was

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<v Speaker 1>outdoor though, right, yes, okay, I mean honestly I did.

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<v Speaker 1>So I went to Miami in the midst of moving.

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<v Speaker 1>I went to Miami last weekend and I you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we were down there, you know, walking around with that

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<v Speaker 1>our masks and stuff, and and at some point I'm like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>this is like not feeling right, you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, let me start putting my mask back on,

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<v Speaker 1>because you know, you hear about the cases creeping up,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm like, we're vaccinated, but we still don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to pass it on to other people who aren't. UM,

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<v Speaker 1>and it just started not feeling right. So hopefully people

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<v Speaker 1>kind of I know, we're all sick of the pandemic, um,

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<v Speaker 1>but hopefully we start taking it more a little more serious.

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<v Speaker 1>And these young people like the Lallapalooza, the rolling out loud,

0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:05.359
<v Speaker 1>we're rolling loud whatever, rolling whatever whatever that was. Think. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, y'all have to be very aware that like

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<v Speaker 1>this new variant is it seems like it is targeted

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<v Speaker 1>towards the young people. UM, So everybody has to be

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<v Speaker 1>very very careful. It's super contagious and then you know,

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<v Speaker 1>sadly we're hearing about people you know that we um

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<v Speaker 1>you know Candice's music producer who was not vaccinated and

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<v Speaker 1>passed away from rest in peace, Chuckie Thompson. It's it's

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<v Speaker 1>not gone, y'all. It's not it's not. One of my

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<v Speaker 1>line sisters is struggling right now. She's in the ICU. So, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you did. This is not the time to like let

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<v Speaker 1>go of our safety precautions vaccinated that. I've been asking

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<v Speaker 1>that and nobody wants to give me a straight answer.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm just gonna leave that alone. Okay. Now, we

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<v Speaker 1>have been traveling and I've been seeing I've been like

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<v Speaker 1>hyper aware of the people that have been acting crazy

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<v Speaker 1>on these airplanes. Okay, I don't understand. Okay, so this

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<v Speaker 1>is okay, So let's be clear. There are people on

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<v Speaker 1>airplanes that are losing their minds. The last report I

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<v Speaker 1>saw the man had to be duct taped to his seat.

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<v Speaker 1>Duct tape why because he was screaming and yelling, he

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<v Speaker 1>was going off. I think he hit a flight attendant.

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<v Speaker 1>He did something, and it was to the point where

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<v Speaker 1>the whole plane was like, yeah, duct tape his ass,

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<v Speaker 1>Like nobody wanted him like his mouth everything that though. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna tell you. Okay, So he was drunk. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So I feel like there should be a band of

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<v Speaker 1>alcohol in airports until people act like they got some sense. See,

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to say, I think it's because the

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<v Speaker 1>airplanes aren't serving alcohol anymore that people are acting crazy. No.

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<v Speaker 1>I was on the plane recently. I'm like, Dan, can

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<v Speaker 1>I get some fodka or something? And they're like no,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry what I wanted to be mad? I was

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<v Speaker 1>like no, so I wanted to bust the window open

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<v Speaker 1>because I couldn't get some alcohol. Like that's why people

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<v Speaker 1>are mad alcohol. And people are mad because they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to the Buffalo wing spot in the airport and they're

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<v Speaker 1>getting totally like hammered and getting on the plane. But

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<v Speaker 1>that's nothing new. That is nothing new, So why is it?

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<v Speaker 1>Like I don't know, I don't know, but I think

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<v Speaker 1>it was like did he not want to wear his

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<v Speaker 1>mask or something. It probably was that, like he didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have the little clip that I saw, he did not

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<v Speaker 1>have a mask on. It's probably what it was. They

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<v Speaker 1>probably like, sir, you need to wear a mask, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's like miss and then he's drunk. And then when

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<v Speaker 1>you're drunk like robbin, what did he says, you're infringing

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<v Speaker 1>with my freedom? Yes, but I was just so happy

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<v Speaker 1>that they don't. I didn't know they had duct tape

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<v Speaker 1>on planes all for the purposes of duct taking people

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<v Speaker 1>the seats. That's you just sit in there like stuck

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<v Speaker 1>and you're feeling like an asshole. Like you imagine, I

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<v Speaker 1>would literally be taking pictures of this person, like everyone,

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<v Speaker 1>this is the thing. Okay, So when someone acts up

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<v Speaker 1>on your next flight and their duct tape to the

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<v Speaker 1>to the seat, every person on place, your walk up

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<v Speaker 1>to the person and take a picture of them. Just

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<v Speaker 1>make him feel like a bigger asshole, right, like right,

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<v Speaker 1>take a selfie with him. Look at me at the asshole.

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<v Speaker 1>He was screaming that his parents had two million dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>My parents got two million dollars. Y'all can't do this

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<v Speaker 1>to me. Give me your money, right, Oh yes, we

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<v Speaker 1>can watch and change. That was a bad. So I

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<v Speaker 1>just want to ask for people to get themselves together

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<v Speaker 1>before they get them on these planes. And I want

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<v Speaker 1>the allowance to serve alcohol again, Yes, because I don't

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know about you robbing. But I don't sit

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<v Speaker 1>in the same cabin as my kids. My kids with

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<v Speaker 1>me and my children travel, they sit in a different

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<v Speaker 1>cabin than me, and so if they're back there, I

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<v Speaker 1>want to make sure a safe that they're okay yet

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<v Speaker 1>to my brother, we were when we were in Portland

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<v Speaker 1>and we were flying home at the same time, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was in first class and I bought my brother

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<v Speaker 1>a coach ticket, and he thought I was like the

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<v Speaker 1>worst person in the world. Know, It's like, you are

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<v Speaker 1>so me you. I'm like, I'm sorry, at least I

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<v Speaker 1>bought you as a ticket, right and if and if

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<v Speaker 1>he had a problem, he could upgrade his damn sound

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<v Speaker 1>right exactly. But he was so he was so salty.

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<v Speaker 1>I was funny. Yeah, my kids don't know the difference,

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<v Speaker 1>so they just go right on back there and get

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<v Speaker 1>your life hilarious. We do have to shout out our

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<v Speaker 1>girl re Re also known as Rihanna, miss fenty Money

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<v Speaker 1>now bill money Bag. So I mean, how does I

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<v Speaker 1>just you know, when they did the headline that Rihanna

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<v Speaker 1>is now a billionaire, I wanted to know, like who

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<v Speaker 1>calculated the money? Like how does that go down? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>Because it's the same thing because you know, remember when

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<v Speaker 1>they said, um, Kylie Jenner was a billionaire, and then

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<v Speaker 1>they came back and was like, yeah, there was like no,

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<v Speaker 1>we fabricated. Yeah, they like took it back. So it's like, right,

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<v Speaker 1>what are they what are they basing that off of?

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's like the valuation. I don't. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>really think it's like, oh, she has a billion dollars

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<v Speaker 1>in her pocket, right, It's like the valuation of their

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<v Speaker 1>companies and the worth of their companies. So they're basing

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<v Speaker 1>it on, you know, whatever public information that companies of

0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:12.280
<v Speaker 1>that size have to disclose. It's her company of publicly

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<v Speaker 1>publicly traded company. Probably not, I don't, I doubt it,

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<v Speaker 1>but the matter of fact that she's gotten there, she's well,

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<v Speaker 1>how old is she thirty something something? Younger than us?

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<v Speaker 1>That's just black excellence, black girl magic. She's younger than

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<v Speaker 1>us and richer than us. And that's I guess that's

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<v Speaker 1>amazing because that's like, you know, I assume a bulk

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<v Speaker 1>of that came from the makeup and and from her

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<v Speaker 1>lingerie lingerie, But I think the makeup is what kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like drove the rest of everything, you know what

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<v Speaker 1>I mean? Like, so, I mean same thing. If you

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<v Speaker 1>look at Kylie Jenner, where where does she make her

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<v Speaker 1>money her makeup? Like that is? But everybody keep you know,

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<v Speaker 1>everybody for years has been like when is Rihanna coming

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<v Speaker 1>out with more music? Guess what? Guess what? She don't

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<v Speaker 1>have any to do that again in her life, right

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<v Speaker 1>because that is a grinds And you know, artist, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I correct me if I'm wrong someone. But I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like they make their money on tour more like that's

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<v Speaker 1>where they really make their bread. And I'm sorry, but

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<v Speaker 1>touring it looks exhausting to me, do you know? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta you gotta be in it right constantly on

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<v Speaker 1>the road, you know, Just it's exhausting, it's physically demanding,

0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:24.800
<v Speaker 1>it's it could be lonely, you know. So shoot, I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>If I'm Rihanna, Okay, I might make a song or two,

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<v Speaker 1>but I might not listen. If I'm Rihanna and I

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<v Speaker 1>got a billion in my pocket, I'm not. I'm sitting

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<v Speaker 1>on the couch, y'all. I'm here to tell you. Couch

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<v Speaker 1>is my name, my friend. I would I would love

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<v Speaker 1>to hear some new Rihanna music, though I know I

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<v Speaker 1>know re read if you don't mind. Um. Okay, So

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<v Speaker 1>someone is calling me to asked me to extend my

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<v Speaker 1>car warranty. Have you done that yet? Have you extendish

0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:51.760
<v Speaker 1>your car warranty? You know I haven't? Should I I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>make these people stop calling you? All right, Well, we

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<v Speaker 1>would like to share with you guys today on this

0:18:57.560 --> 0:19:00.520
<v Speaker 1>episode some you know we we have told you guys

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<v Speaker 1>a lot about our background, where we came from, all

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<v Speaker 1>that good stuff. But we've had Robin and I have

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<v Speaker 1>had so many jobs in our life and none of

0:19:10.720 --> 0:19:15.120
<v Speaker 1>it got us to where we are now. But this

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<v Speaker 1>episode is called jobs are Us? Okay, So Robin, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna let you start with with the job because I

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<v Speaker 1>think yours are a little bit more hilarious than my.

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<v Speaker 1>My minor straightforward Robin's are not okay, so gosh, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'd run down all of them. I mean, I don't know. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>So when I was in high school, you know, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>admit I didn't want for anything, like you know, my

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<v Speaker 1>parents gave me everything, a brand new car, I had

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<v Speaker 1>money in my pocket, clothes, whatever. But I decided, like, no,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to work, right, I mean, who like what

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I mean, I guess a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>teeny was Yes, I'm sure she gets everything from you. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>but she's working and can I just I don't mean

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<v Speaker 1>to interrupt you. She gave me her first paycheck and

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<v Speaker 1>she gave it to me to putting her a little

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<v Speaker 1>bank account, and it was like two hundred three two

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<v Speaker 1>three dollars or something. She was so excited and um,

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<v Speaker 1>she felt empowered, right, So it wasn't about the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that it was two hundred dollars, it was it was

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<v Speaker 1>about it was her. She worked for it, she earned it,

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<v Speaker 1>and it made her feel like she's growing up. Absolutely. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So I I chose to work on my own. My

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<v Speaker 1>parents didn't forced me to. I was just like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I want a job. So I worked. My first job

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<v Speaker 1>was at a cafe at a swimming pool. So it

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<v Speaker 1>was in the summertime, nice and I worked in the cafe.

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<v Speaker 1>I made burgers, wings, grilled chicken sandwiches, mazza relisted French

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<v Speaker 1>fries and I was it was so crazy because the

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<v Speaker 1>food was really good, like really really good. So I

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<v Speaker 1>worked so it was like you know, a little kitchen

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<v Speaker 1>job and we did it all from you know, opening

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<v Speaker 1>and closing and cleaning and cooking and nice and charges

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<v Speaker 1>and all that type of it was. It was hard work.

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<v Speaker 1>My cousin's husband owned a catering business at the time,

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<v Speaker 1>so he was kind of like behind, like the management

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<v Speaker 1>of it. So it was kind of good to like

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<v Speaker 1>work for a family member. But I had a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of responsibility and I kind of learned to cook. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh nice, you got some skills. So you were like

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<v Speaker 1>flipping burgers, flipping burgers. You were taking the chicken wings

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<v Speaker 1>and like putting them in the Yes, how old were you? Um?

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<v Speaker 1>I was in high school, so I probably was like

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<v Speaker 1>going into my senior year of high school the summertime,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what it was at a summer pool, like

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen yeah, okay, sixteen seventeen, Okay, that's the process. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>So that one was good, you know, that's just and

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<v Speaker 1>that really helped me appreciate how difficult it is to

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<v Speaker 1>work in a kitchen, you know, whether it's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>at McDonald's or at a five star restaurant, like, it's

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<v Speaker 1>that thing. It's hard work, yes, sign a gang. So

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<v Speaker 1>I definitely appreciated that. So then I worked at Northstrom. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>in the shoot apartment. Nice hard work. Okay, so the

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<v Speaker 1>women that come into their feet stay, you know, not

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<v Speaker 1>really know um and you know, and I would have

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<v Speaker 1>to do the whole like putting the shoes on the people.

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<v Speaker 1>Really yes, But in Nordstrom, I really appreciated my experience

0:22:15.920 --> 0:22:18.760
<v Speaker 1>at Nortrom because they're really big on customer service, at

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<v Speaker 1>least when I was there, and I just learned a

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<v Speaker 1>lot about dealing with customers going like above and beyond,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, so it's like okay, whenever, So first shoe,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like, okay, if someone asked for once, you you

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<v Speaker 1>go back and come back and bring them for yes,

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<v Speaker 1>or you know, when you're checking them out, like don't

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<v Speaker 1>hand in the bag across the counter. You gotta walk

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<v Speaker 1>around the counter and hand them the bag. Yeah, they

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<v Speaker 1>do do that. That's all we were We were taught

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<v Speaker 1>to do that. Yes, that's part of the customer service things.

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<v Speaker 1>So so working in or from almost spoiled me when

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<v Speaker 1>I would go to other stores because I'm looking for

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<v Speaker 1>that same type of customer service and you're not getting it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not getting it. And if I go to a

0:23:00.560 --> 0:23:03.320
<v Speaker 1>northstroom and like the sales people don't walk up to

0:23:03.359 --> 0:23:05.160
<v Speaker 1>me and say like hi. So first of all, they're like, okay,

0:23:05.160 --> 0:23:07.239
<v Speaker 1>if someone comes in your department, walk out to them

0:23:07.240 --> 0:23:10.119
<v Speaker 1>and say hi, could I help you? Walk away? Like So,

0:23:10.240 --> 0:23:13.359
<v Speaker 1>I'm as a customer who has worked at North Room,

0:23:13.400 --> 0:23:16.560
<v Speaker 1>when I walk into a North Room, I'm expecting the

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<v Speaker 1>salesperson to greet me, like right away. I'm expecting them

0:23:20.200 --> 0:23:22.320
<v Speaker 1>to like walk around the counter to hand me my bag,

0:23:22.359 --> 0:23:25.359
<v Speaker 1>like I'm expecting the stuff. So I will now today

0:23:25.400 --> 0:23:28.119
<v Speaker 1>as a shopper, if I walk into a section in

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<v Speaker 1>North Room and they don't greet me, I'm taking my

0:23:30.560 --> 0:23:33.080
<v Speaker 1>purchase to the next part, Like I'm going to walk across,

0:23:33.480 --> 0:23:36.240
<v Speaker 1>you know, to another department and I'm just waiting whoever

0:23:36.320 --> 0:23:38.800
<v Speaker 1>the salesperson is that's going to like, you know, go

0:23:38.840 --> 0:23:40.080
<v Speaker 1>out of their way to say hi, do we then

0:23:40.119 --> 0:23:42.320
<v Speaker 1>you get my sale. I'm just but I'm sure you

0:23:42.320 --> 0:23:43.920
<v Speaker 1>don't have that problem now, I mean, you're you walk

0:23:43.960 --> 0:23:46.960
<v Speaker 1>in as Robin Dixon and it's not an issue. I

0:23:46.960 --> 0:23:49.399
<v Speaker 1>mean I still see it. I Mean I'm like always

0:23:49.440 --> 0:23:51.800
<v Speaker 1>amazed that like people who really just want to stand

0:23:51.840 --> 0:23:55.520
<v Speaker 1>behind the counter and not do their job, you know,

0:23:56.119 --> 0:23:59.600
<v Speaker 1>but working in the shoe department at North Room So

0:23:59.640 --> 0:24:03.680
<v Speaker 1>I work in Towson Town Center and the shoot department

0:24:03.720 --> 0:24:05.919
<v Speaker 1>was two levels, so it was like you had to

0:24:05.920 --> 0:24:12.240
<v Speaker 1>go upstairs, up and down. I literally I would come

0:24:12.240 --> 0:24:14.960
<v Speaker 1>home from work and I'm like, I'd work that job

0:24:16.200 --> 0:24:19.360
<v Speaker 1>mostly throughout my time in college. I can't remember how

0:24:19.400 --> 0:24:23.359
<v Speaker 1>many different years, at least like over the course of

0:24:23.359 --> 0:24:26.719
<v Speaker 1>probably three or four years. Oh, I felt like an

0:24:26.760 --> 0:24:29.119
<v Speaker 1>old person, Like I was literally a college student and

0:24:29.160 --> 0:24:32.240
<v Speaker 1>I was literally because you had to walk up and

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<v Speaker 1>down the stairs. It was it was work NonStop, back

0:24:36.160 --> 0:24:39.520
<v Speaker 1>and forth, up and down all around. That was hard work.

0:24:41.040 --> 0:24:43.239
<v Speaker 1>Um let's see. So I worked, so that was like

0:24:43.520 --> 0:24:49.960
<v Speaker 1>all throughout college. Um. Then I would say my first

0:24:50.200 --> 0:24:54.560
<v Speaker 1>job out of college was for Otis Elevator. What the

0:24:54.600 --> 0:24:57.560
<v Speaker 1>hell is that Otis Elevator. Yeah, when you get on

0:24:57.560 --> 0:24:59.800
<v Speaker 1>the elevator, you look down and says Otis, Like, all

0:24:59.840 --> 0:25:03.520
<v Speaker 1>the are you selling elevators? What are you talking about?

0:25:03.920 --> 0:25:07.560
<v Speaker 1>This is ridiculous, right right, that's real cute, right. I

0:25:07.600 --> 0:25:09.280
<v Speaker 1>mean I had a I saw, I had a business degree.

0:25:09.359 --> 0:25:12.239
<v Speaker 1>So my I was working in the sales department for

0:25:12.280 --> 0:25:15.639
<v Speaker 1>the maintenance plan of elevators. So like you know, they

0:25:15.680 --> 0:25:18.800
<v Speaker 1>sell like service plans, you know, they like, okay, if

0:25:18.800 --> 0:25:21.920
<v Speaker 1>you have an elevator, you wanted to be serviced every

0:25:21.960 --> 0:25:25.240
<v Speaker 1>you know, quarter or whatever. So I worked in that department.

0:25:26.119 --> 0:25:28.800
<v Speaker 1>Now this was I can't remember what year it was,

0:25:29.440 --> 0:25:34.000
<v Speaker 1>but I didn't really enjoy that job. Okay, okay, and

0:25:34.359 --> 0:25:37.960
<v Speaker 1>Aliyah died in a plane crash. Okay, and like the

0:25:38.040 --> 0:25:40.080
<v Speaker 1>next day I went back to work and I was like,

0:25:40.840 --> 0:25:43.320
<v Speaker 1>um Alia died in a plane plane crash, and life

0:25:43.359 --> 0:25:49.800
<v Speaker 1>is too short. I quit, Like you should just told

0:25:49.800 --> 0:25:53.280
<v Speaker 1>them that you quit. Not blame it on Aliyah, who

0:25:53.320 --> 0:25:56.760
<v Speaker 1>you don't know and her death, this is the worst.

0:25:57.000 --> 0:25:59.560
<v Speaker 1>But I was so like I was distraught by her

0:25:59.760 --> 0:26:04.399
<v Speaker 1>her death, like like I was so messed up from that,

0:26:04.480 --> 0:26:06.600
<v Speaker 1>and it was like damn because she's she pretty much

0:26:06.600 --> 0:26:10.000
<v Speaker 1>were like the same age and so seeing her, she

0:26:10.080 --> 0:26:12.720
<v Speaker 1>was so beautiful, so talented, and just seeing her gone

0:26:12.720 --> 0:26:14.760
<v Speaker 1>like that, like it was just like I just really,

0:26:14.800 --> 0:26:16.399
<v Speaker 1>I'm like life is too short, Like I'm not I

0:26:16.440 --> 0:26:19.640
<v Speaker 1>cannot sit here, life is too short. I cannot work

0:26:19.680 --> 0:26:22.120
<v Speaker 1>for y'all normal because I really don't like this job.

0:26:22.280 --> 0:26:23.760
<v Speaker 1>I hate this job, but I'm not going to do

0:26:23.880 --> 0:26:27.119
<v Speaker 1>something that I hate. Okay. That was like Jesus Christ

0:26:27.240 --> 0:26:31.840
<v Speaker 1>was about nine months. I stayed it for nine months. Okay, okay,

0:26:31.920 --> 0:26:33.960
<v Speaker 1>then did you get a job after that? Well? I

0:26:34.000 --> 0:26:36.280
<v Speaker 1>worked for my mom. Okay, very good. And your mom

0:26:36.320 --> 0:26:39.040
<v Speaker 1>has that printing Yeah, so my mom has her own business.

0:26:39.119 --> 0:26:42.959
<v Speaker 1>She does like printing promotional products, anything that's like you know,

0:26:43.280 --> 0:26:48.000
<v Speaker 1>printed um banners, programs, inc. Pins. You know, anytime you

0:26:48.040 --> 0:26:49.840
<v Speaker 1>have like you know, you go to a bank and

0:26:49.920 --> 0:26:51.639
<v Speaker 1>the bank the name of the bank is on a

0:26:51.680 --> 0:26:53.800
<v Speaker 1>pen like stuff like that. Yes, if you ever need

0:26:54.440 --> 0:26:57.480
<v Speaker 1>you know, this is like a collecial. Yes, a plug

0:26:57.520 --> 0:26:59.920
<v Speaker 1>for my mom if you ever need a printed material

0:27:00.440 --> 0:27:05.200
<v Speaker 1>to promote your business, your church, whatever, your organization. How

0:27:05.240 --> 0:27:07.680
<v Speaker 1>at my mama? Yes, what's the name of the business.

0:27:07.720 --> 0:27:10.600
<v Speaker 1>So the name of the business is Specialty Marketing and Printing.

0:27:11.359 --> 0:27:14.399
<v Speaker 1>And what is her Instagram page? I'm just sending on

0:27:14.520 --> 0:27:17.160
<v Speaker 1>to her instagram? Well, I mean g G. Bragg at

0:27:17.200 --> 0:27:20.840
<v Speaker 1>gg Bragg is her Instagram page? Is my mama? How

0:27:20.840 --> 0:27:24.760
<v Speaker 1>about at mrs Bragg? Yes, who is no nonsense out

0:27:24.800 --> 0:27:27.960
<v Speaker 1>here in these streets? Okay, so we're we're gonna we're

0:27:27.960 --> 0:27:32.720
<v Speaker 1>gonna find out your favorite job. Favorite let's hone this

0:27:32.840 --> 0:27:36.560
<v Speaker 1>in gosh, I mean okay, so all right, I work

0:27:36.600 --> 0:27:38.439
<v Speaker 1>for mom. I like working for my mom because I

0:27:38.440 --> 0:27:42.400
<v Speaker 1>can do what I want, clearly. But she didn't really

0:27:42.400 --> 0:27:46.959
<v Speaker 1>pay me that much. So she gave birth to you.

0:27:47.040 --> 0:27:49.560
<v Speaker 1>That was payment enough. That's what I tell my kids.

0:27:49.600 --> 0:27:52.760
<v Speaker 1>Y'all have food. I will be honest, Like, I liked

0:27:52.760 --> 0:27:57.160
<v Speaker 1>working in Nordstrom really, and I think that the fact

0:27:57.200 --> 0:27:59.720
<v Speaker 1>that I have an online business and you crims business

0:27:59.720 --> 0:28:02.040
<v Speaker 1>and I'm selling stuff, I think that like I think

0:28:02.040 --> 0:28:04.800
<v Speaker 1>it's like tied together. Like I like to sell stuff,

0:28:05.240 --> 0:28:07.600
<v Speaker 1>So I think that it once you get em balancet

0:28:07.640 --> 0:28:10.600
<v Speaker 1>your hats in north Stroom, that's like total full sure

0:28:10.760 --> 0:28:13.480
<v Speaker 1>is Yeah, so we got to make that happen. Yes, absolutely,

0:28:13.520 --> 0:28:16.600
<v Speaker 1>So none of your jobs prepared you for where you

0:28:16.640 --> 0:28:20.479
<v Speaker 1>are today. Um, I would say they all prepared me,

0:28:23.240 --> 0:28:27.120
<v Speaker 1>David didn't prepare you for the real house. While tell me, okay, no, no, no,

0:28:27.280 --> 0:28:29.960
<v Speaker 1>nothing prepared for that. I got like a couple more. Okay, alright,

0:28:30.000 --> 0:28:33.199
<v Speaker 1>go ahead, go ahead. I worked at under Armour. Okay

0:28:33.200 --> 0:28:36.000
<v Speaker 1>that I remember that, in the corporate office at under Armour.

0:28:36.480 --> 0:28:39.520
<v Speaker 1>And um, I'll tell you why I worked there. So

0:28:39.960 --> 0:28:42.560
<v Speaker 1>Woma was in the NBA. He played for the Wizards.

0:28:42.640 --> 0:28:46.200
<v Speaker 1>I really didn't need to work. But I wanted to work,

0:28:46.440 --> 0:28:47.800
<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean, And I wanted to get

0:28:47.880 --> 0:28:51.080
<v Speaker 1>like I needed like a break from him, you know,

0:28:51.920 --> 0:28:54.400
<v Speaker 1>a break from the boo. Yes, I just needed to

0:28:54.440 --> 0:28:58.760
<v Speaker 1>be like our house. I wasn't like always available, right,

0:28:58.800 --> 0:29:01.320
<v Speaker 1>So I went and got me a full time job

0:29:01.480 --> 0:29:04.800
<v Speaker 1>on the armor working in their sales department for like

0:29:04.840 --> 0:29:06.719
<v Speaker 1>their big box store. So like I would do like

0:29:06.840 --> 0:29:10.520
<v Speaker 1>the reporting for like, oh, how many units were sold

0:29:10.520 --> 0:29:15.200
<v Speaker 1>at Dicks. And the one thing that frustrated me about

0:29:15.200 --> 0:29:17.320
<v Speaker 1>that job, like I would do all the reporting. I

0:29:17.320 --> 0:29:19.880
<v Speaker 1>would gather the data and I would give it to like,

0:29:20.160 --> 0:29:22.440
<v Speaker 1>you know, the managers or whatever, and then they would

0:29:22.440 --> 0:29:24.840
<v Speaker 1>have these big meetings, big sales meetings, and they would

0:29:24.920 --> 0:29:28.080
<v Speaker 1>never include me, and I just I felt like, if

0:29:28.080 --> 0:29:31.160
<v Speaker 1>I'm putting these reports together, it would be nice to

0:29:31.160 --> 0:29:33.960
<v Speaker 1>know how they're being utilized, you know, and so that

0:29:34.080 --> 0:29:36.920
<v Speaker 1>I can you know, maybe improve upon the reports or

0:29:36.920 --> 0:29:40.400
<v Speaker 1>so I can learn something. And so, yeah, I quit

0:29:40.440 --> 0:29:44.400
<v Speaker 1>that job. Robin was not included in the meetings. So

0:29:44.480 --> 0:29:47.560
<v Speaker 1>she quit, y'all. This this is this is a recurring

0:29:47.600 --> 0:29:52.479
<v Speaker 1>theme here. That was like eight months. That's the one thing.

0:29:52.520 --> 0:29:55.040
<v Speaker 1>If I don't you, I didn't eight months. Okay, So

0:29:55.120 --> 0:29:57.680
<v Speaker 1>now eight nine months is like your threshold. After that,

0:29:57.680 --> 0:30:01.000
<v Speaker 1>that's when I'm like, it's not working right, right, right,

0:30:02.000 --> 0:30:04.720
<v Speaker 1>right exactly. So then I spent you know, we got married,

0:30:04.720 --> 0:30:07.320
<v Speaker 1>and I spent a number of years as a housewife.

0:30:07.960 --> 0:30:10.360
<v Speaker 1>I didn't work. I did Oh, this is probably my

0:30:10.360 --> 0:30:12.840
<v Speaker 1>favorite job working for the PR company. Yes, you know,

0:30:12.880 --> 0:30:15.920
<v Speaker 1>I did work on a contractual basis or a project

0:30:15.920 --> 0:30:19.360
<v Speaker 1>basis for a PR company, like doing event planning, which

0:30:19.400 --> 0:30:20.920
<v Speaker 1>was a lot of fun. Like that was probably like

0:30:21.000 --> 0:30:23.040
<v Speaker 1>that did not feel like work to me, but it

0:30:23.120 --> 0:30:25.680
<v Speaker 1>was a lot of work, you know. Yes, my friend

0:30:25.680 --> 0:30:32.840
<v Speaker 1>Aba owns a very like respectable, accomplished, successful PR agency,

0:30:32.920 --> 0:30:35.200
<v Speaker 1>luxury PR agency in d C. And so she would

0:30:35.240 --> 0:30:37.040
<v Speaker 1>have some of the most you know, top of the

0:30:37.080 --> 0:30:39.680
<v Speaker 1>line clients and we would throw some of the most

0:30:39.720 --> 0:30:42.760
<v Speaker 1>fabulous parties and stuff. So I but didn't invite me

0:30:42.800 --> 0:30:44.440
<v Speaker 1>to any of these parties. But that's not the point

0:30:44.480 --> 0:30:53.720
<v Speaker 1>of the story. Yes, okay, So do you feel like

0:30:54.600 --> 0:30:56.640
<v Speaker 1>all of that, all of the year jobs have taught

0:30:56.680 --> 0:30:59.680
<v Speaker 1>you something? Oh? Yeah, absolutely, I mean just from like

0:30:59.720 --> 0:31:02.920
<v Speaker 1>I said, from Norston with the customer service element, from

0:31:02.960 --> 0:31:05.920
<v Speaker 1>the jobs that I quit to know, like what didn't

0:31:05.960 --> 0:31:08.600
<v Speaker 1>work for me or what I would want more from

0:31:08.640 --> 0:31:13.200
<v Speaker 1>a job. The PR job, it's like you're balancing so

0:31:13.240 --> 0:31:16.240
<v Speaker 1>many moving parts at one time, working in events and

0:31:16.320 --> 0:31:20.320
<v Speaker 1>PR and having so many clients, and you know, I

0:31:20.360 --> 0:31:23.719
<v Speaker 1>remember one time I had like six major major events

0:31:23.720 --> 0:31:26.520
<v Speaker 1>in like the same month, and it was like I

0:31:26.560 --> 0:31:28.880
<v Speaker 1>was like pulling my hair out because it's just so

0:31:28.920 --> 0:31:32.960
<v Speaker 1>many moving parts. And so now it's like I'm more

0:31:33.080 --> 0:31:36.320
<v Speaker 1>like my own boss, but I am juggling so many

0:31:36.400 --> 0:31:39.240
<v Speaker 1>different things. But you've done that before, so you know

0:31:39.360 --> 0:31:43.200
<v Speaker 1>how to get that done right exactly. That's nice. My

0:31:43.280 --> 0:31:47.560
<v Speaker 1>dad told me, like I think I was like probably

0:31:47.600 --> 0:31:51.600
<v Speaker 1>a baby, that his money was his money, and um,

0:31:51.680 --> 0:31:53.560
<v Speaker 1>I didn't have any money until I got a job,

0:31:53.760 --> 0:31:56.000
<v Speaker 1>so um, I had to get up out there and

0:31:56.080 --> 0:31:58.960
<v Speaker 1>get like now, mind you, I don't want to like say,

0:31:59.000 --> 0:32:01.160
<v Speaker 1>my parents didn't like ted toe like give me everything

0:32:01.240 --> 0:32:04.520
<v Speaker 1>under the sun, similar to you. I like, you know,

0:32:04.520 --> 0:32:07.160
<v Speaker 1>I had everything I wanted, but my dad was like, yeah,

0:32:07.360 --> 0:32:12.280
<v Speaker 1>this is my money. So um. Which was fifteen. So

0:32:12.400 --> 0:32:14.080
<v Speaker 1>I decided to get a job at like fifteen. But

0:32:14.120 --> 0:32:16.360
<v Speaker 1>that was like the best thing he could have ever

0:32:16.480 --> 0:32:19.240
<v Speaker 1>like taught me. And I try to instill that in

0:32:19.320 --> 0:32:20.880
<v Speaker 1>my kids, but they'd be getting over I'd just be

0:32:20.880 --> 0:32:24.120
<v Speaker 1>behind him everything. Um but anyway, so at fifteen, I

0:32:24.160 --> 0:32:25.760
<v Speaker 1>went out and got a job at heart Ease. That

0:32:25.840 --> 0:32:28.760
<v Speaker 1>was my first job, best eating up in town, up

0:32:28.760 --> 0:32:31.360
<v Speaker 1>and down all around. I think that's the slogan. I

0:32:31.400 --> 0:32:34.400
<v Speaker 1>don't know I made that up. So um, they realized

0:32:34.440 --> 0:32:36.440
<v Speaker 1>I was fifteen, like after the first week and they

0:32:36.440 --> 0:32:38.520
<v Speaker 1>were like, girl, you're too young. You can't work here

0:32:38.520 --> 0:32:41.160
<v Speaker 1>because it was like some child labor law. I thought

0:32:41.240 --> 0:32:44.320
<v Speaker 1>I could. They were like your fire And I got

0:32:44.400 --> 0:32:46.960
<v Speaker 1>fired from my first job in like five days. Okay.

0:32:47.080 --> 0:32:51.600
<v Speaker 1>So then um, I worked at chest Peake Bay seafood House,

0:32:52.200 --> 0:32:55.160
<v Speaker 1>which was like all you can eat spot. So it

0:32:55.240 --> 0:32:57.480
<v Speaker 1>was like they don't have these anymore, I don't think,

0:32:57.480 --> 0:32:59.200
<v Speaker 1>but like you pay a certain price and you can

0:32:59.240 --> 0:33:01.840
<v Speaker 1>get everything on the in you and so like you

0:33:01.880 --> 0:33:04.320
<v Speaker 1>had the waitress has to like run back to the

0:33:04.480 --> 0:33:07.120
<v Speaker 1>to the kitchen every eight seconds. Oh my god. And

0:33:07.240 --> 0:33:09.320
<v Speaker 1>people used to ask me, like, our your shoes comfortable

0:33:09.320 --> 0:33:12.280
<v Speaker 1>because you're gonna be running the night gairl are yousues comfortable?

0:33:12.600 --> 0:33:14.320
<v Speaker 1>I said, now I can't do this. I quick right

0:33:15.360 --> 0:33:21.160
<v Speaker 1>after that was about four days okay. So then I

0:33:21.200 --> 0:33:25.080
<v Speaker 1>started working for Postal Pizza, which was like equivalent to

0:33:25.160 --> 0:33:29.120
<v Speaker 1>like a domino. Okay. So I was the girl that

0:33:29.160 --> 0:33:31.800
<v Speaker 1>answered the phone. I was like, hello, Postal Pizza, can

0:33:31.840 --> 0:33:36.040
<v Speaker 1>I help you please? And I would take their order okay, okay,

0:33:36.160 --> 0:33:38.000
<v Speaker 1>and then the drivers will come and get the pizza

0:33:38.040 --> 0:33:40.840
<v Speaker 1>and drive it out. So I would literally have five

0:33:40.880 --> 0:33:42.360
<v Speaker 1>phones in front of me and they would all be

0:33:42.400 --> 0:33:44.120
<v Speaker 1>ringing at the same time, and I was the only

0:33:44.120 --> 0:33:46.680
<v Speaker 1>girl there to answer, and I'd be like, Postal Pizza,

0:33:46.720 --> 0:33:48.720
<v Speaker 1>can you hold on please click pst Pizza? What you

0:33:48.760 --> 0:33:52.560
<v Speaker 1>need post Pizza? Postal Pizza. It was a mess. So

0:33:52.640 --> 0:33:55.960
<v Speaker 1>sometimes my dad would like prank me. He would call

0:33:56.440 --> 0:34:02.080
<v Speaker 1>and he'd be like he talked real slowly, Giselle, she'll Dad,

0:34:02.640 --> 0:34:05.840
<v Speaker 1>So I've been on a hole for thirty five minutes

0:34:06.800 --> 0:34:09.319
<v Speaker 1>and I don't understand why I have to wait this long.

0:34:09.960 --> 0:34:14.040
<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, Dad, leave me alone, Leave me alone. Yeah,

0:34:14.160 --> 0:34:15.719
<v Speaker 1>he was like, I just wanted to hear you say

0:34:15.719 --> 0:34:20.320
<v Speaker 1>supposed to pizza. Gne please. My dad is the worst, Okay.

0:34:20.719 --> 0:34:24.960
<v Speaker 1>So I stayed there like throughout high school and and

0:34:25.040 --> 0:34:26.520
<v Speaker 1>out there, you know, and if I had to leave

0:34:26.560 --> 0:34:28.040
<v Speaker 1>for a month and come back. They would let me

0:34:28.120 --> 0:34:30.680
<v Speaker 1>do it. They were like cool. Then I worked at

0:34:30.719 --> 0:34:33.879
<v Speaker 1>Bridges Great Outdoors for Women. Remember Bridges. Bridges was like

0:34:34.440 --> 0:34:37.799
<v Speaker 1>a clothing store and they had several lines, so like

0:34:37.840 --> 0:34:40.839
<v Speaker 1>there was the Bridges for Men, which was like high end,

0:34:41.560 --> 0:34:46.160
<v Speaker 1>and then they had the Great Outdoors, which was like polo,

0:34:46.280 --> 0:34:48.719
<v Speaker 1>and then they had the women's line. And I worked

0:34:48.719 --> 0:34:50.240
<v Speaker 1>at that store and they were like, oh my gosh,

0:34:50.239 --> 0:34:52.440
<v Speaker 1>you're amazing. Can you like not go to college and

0:34:52.440 --> 0:34:56.720
<v Speaker 1>like stay here and run run this little store? No, bitches.

0:34:56.880 --> 0:34:59.640
<v Speaker 1>I got an education, I got to get like no,

0:35:00.680 --> 0:35:04.120
<v Speaker 1>but they also let me like come back for college

0:35:04.239 --> 0:35:07.360
<v Speaker 1>and work there like over um Christmas break and you know,

0:35:07.400 --> 0:35:11.719
<v Speaker 1>whenever I had breaks. Okay. So then my dad was

0:35:11.760 --> 0:35:13.520
<v Speaker 1>like all right, Gezel. You know he thought I was

0:35:13.520 --> 0:35:16.279
<v Speaker 1>going to be like, um super smart and um be

0:35:16.400 --> 0:35:18.120
<v Speaker 1>like a doctor or something. I don't know what do

0:35:18.160 --> 0:35:21.040
<v Speaker 1>you So he was like, I'm gonna get yourself some internships. Okay.

0:35:21.120 --> 0:35:23.239
<v Speaker 1>So one of the internships was when I told you

0:35:23.280 --> 0:35:28.440
<v Speaker 1>all before I was doing autopsies yeah, on dead bodies,

0:35:28.480 --> 0:35:30.480
<v Speaker 1>which was insane, Like why am I doing this? Like

0:35:31.120 --> 0:35:34.160
<v Speaker 1>this is this is not even fit. I am like

0:35:34.400 --> 0:35:38.480
<v Speaker 1>a cute girl. Okay, what am I doing cutting up bodies? Okay?

0:35:38.520 --> 0:35:40.960
<v Speaker 1>That was a hot mess. Um, So I stopped doing that.

0:35:41.120 --> 0:35:44.319
<v Speaker 1>And then eventually when I got out of college, I

0:35:44.400 --> 0:35:49.000
<v Speaker 1>worked for the Double A CP and I started doing

0:35:49.000 --> 0:35:53.680
<v Speaker 1>their events. So I like you, I understand like how

0:35:53.760 --> 0:35:57.440
<v Speaker 1>you have eight hundred balls in the air for events,

0:35:57.520 --> 0:36:00.160
<v Speaker 1>but they all like have to come together and it's

0:36:00.160 --> 0:36:02.280
<v Speaker 1>not like it's hard, but you have to do everything

0:36:02.680 --> 0:36:05.200
<v Speaker 1>or else the whole thing to fall apart. Yeah, it's

0:36:05.200 --> 0:36:06.560
<v Speaker 1>a lot. And so then that's where I got to

0:36:06.600 --> 0:36:10.839
<v Speaker 1>meet like President Clinton and Hillary Clinton, and because we

0:36:10.880 --> 0:36:15.239
<v Speaker 1>I had to interface with politicians and corporations and it

0:36:15.320 --> 0:36:17.040
<v Speaker 1>was like that was a great job, Like I love

0:36:17.120 --> 0:36:19.800
<v Speaker 1>that job and it was like not work for me exactly,

0:36:19.960 --> 0:36:23.279
<v Speaker 1>so that that was fantastic. And then I um did

0:36:23.280 --> 0:36:27.920
<v Speaker 1>pharmaceutical sales. Okay, so I was like paid drug dealer.

0:36:28.080 --> 0:36:31.439
<v Speaker 1>Oh and those doctors love to see you in the door.

0:36:31.680 --> 0:36:34.120
<v Speaker 1>There was like zails here is that this is a thing.

0:36:34.200 --> 0:36:37.440
<v Speaker 1>All of the pharmaceutical sales reps are good looking, all

0:36:37.480 --> 0:36:40.600
<v Speaker 1>of them, like p that's I think the criteria. Yes,

0:36:40.920 --> 0:36:42.920
<v Speaker 1>and I'm gonna pay you well. We got paid well,

0:36:43.000 --> 0:36:46.799
<v Speaker 1>like our car um things aren't like they used to be,

0:36:46.800 --> 0:36:49.040
<v Speaker 1>because like I used to be able to take my doctor,

0:36:49.120 --> 0:36:51.880
<v Speaker 1>like one I had a doctor. She was like real crazy.

0:36:51.920 --> 0:36:53.839
<v Speaker 1>She was like, let's go to the strip club, right.

0:36:53.920 --> 0:36:57.719
<v Speaker 1>I used to take her to the strip club. I'll

0:36:57.719 --> 0:37:02.719
<v Speaker 1>probably get me or the fece men there was men dance.

0:37:02.880 --> 0:37:04.520
<v Speaker 1>I would take her to the strip club. And at

0:37:04.560 --> 0:37:08.080
<v Speaker 1>the strip club, you could get a receipt. Because I

0:37:08.080 --> 0:37:10.400
<v Speaker 1>wouldn't want to get reimbursed. You can get a receipt

0:37:10.440 --> 0:37:13.920
<v Speaker 1>that's blank, so at the top it doesn't say it's

0:37:13.960 --> 0:37:18.279
<v Speaker 1>it's very generic. What the name is like restaurant exactly,

0:37:18.680 --> 0:37:21.640
<v Speaker 1>and then you know that way. And because clearly I'm

0:37:21.640 --> 0:37:24.640
<v Speaker 1>not the only person get trying to get reimbursed, and

0:37:24.680 --> 0:37:27.279
<v Speaker 1>they've done this before, they know how to do this.

0:37:27.320 --> 0:37:31.000
<v Speaker 1>So I would ask for the special receipt, and um,

0:37:31.280 --> 0:37:33.839
<v Speaker 1>they knew exactly what I was talking about. And I

0:37:33.920 --> 0:37:36.760
<v Speaker 1>used to take doctor. That was her name. I shouldn't

0:37:36.800 --> 0:37:38.279
<v Speaker 1>make that. Shouldn't have said that. It was a lot

0:37:38.280 --> 0:37:40.160
<v Speaker 1>of doctor. Yeah, we would go to the strip club.

0:37:40.200 --> 0:37:42.680
<v Speaker 1>We would have a ball. Okay, I'd be like, Drake

0:37:42.760 --> 0:37:45.880
<v Speaker 1>saw me where to strip us that let's get the dollars.

0:37:45.920 --> 0:37:47.719
<v Speaker 1>Let's make it rain. This is before to make it rain.

0:37:47.760 --> 0:37:49.760
<v Speaker 1>So you're the reason they cut back on that, because

0:37:49.760 --> 0:37:51.640
<v Speaker 1>I know they cut all that mess back. Oh they

0:37:51.640 --> 0:37:54.359
<v Speaker 1>don't do that anymore. Yeah, this I was a pharmaceutical

0:37:54.440 --> 0:37:56.600
<v Speaker 1>rap in the good old days when you could literally

0:37:57.280 --> 0:38:01.200
<v Speaker 1>like take your doctor anywhere and it was fine. You can,

0:38:01.239 --> 0:38:04.000
<v Speaker 1>you can just like write it off. So they quit

0:38:04.080 --> 0:38:06.520
<v Speaker 1>that because I I ruined it for everyone. I had

0:38:06.520 --> 0:38:10.320
<v Speaker 1>a job running um like the meetings, the dinner meetings

0:38:10.400 --> 0:38:14.960
<v Speaker 1>for pharmaceutical um companies. Yes, and they hired out. They

0:38:15.040 --> 0:38:18.080
<v Speaker 1>hired this company that I worked for for compliance reasons

0:38:18.320 --> 0:38:21.480
<v Speaker 1>because the reps would be like so out of control.

0:38:21.560 --> 0:38:24.719
<v Speaker 1>So I would be there um just kind of like

0:38:24.800 --> 0:38:29.279
<v Speaker 1>making sure everything was above board. Oh wow, it was

0:38:29.360 --> 0:38:31.200
<v Speaker 1>like the wild wild West back then. But if you

0:38:31.280 --> 0:38:34.120
<v Speaker 1>knew a drug wrap and let's say you needed drugs, right,

0:38:35.040 --> 0:38:37.560
<v Speaker 1>you know, over the counter drugs, you would just you

0:38:37.600 --> 0:38:40.080
<v Speaker 1>would swap out like he had. I was orthor McNeil.

0:38:40.120 --> 0:38:41.719
<v Speaker 1>If you had a five A rap, you swap out

0:38:41.760 --> 0:38:44.439
<v Speaker 1>some drugs. I saw birth control pills. Everybody was looking

0:38:44.440 --> 0:38:46.840
<v Speaker 1>for me because everybody wanted birth control pills for their girlfriend.

0:38:47.160 --> 0:38:50.839
<v Speaker 1>So you know, it was definitely wrong what we were

0:38:50.880 --> 0:38:53.680
<v Speaker 1>doing right, but we have fun. Yes, yeah, y'all ruined.

0:38:53.800 --> 0:38:56.799
<v Speaker 1>Y'all ruined it for everybody. Y'all have ruined it. Now

0:38:56.840 --> 0:39:00.840
<v Speaker 1>they're like so strict, so you can't you can't do anything.

0:39:00.960 --> 0:39:03.160
<v Speaker 1>And then I got married and I helped my husband

0:39:03.200 --> 0:39:06.000
<v Speaker 1>build his business, which was you know, the church. And

0:39:06.040 --> 0:39:10.680
<v Speaker 1>then um My last like job that I really liked

0:39:10.840 --> 0:39:14.719
<v Speaker 1>was when I was making like cookies and cupcakes. I

0:39:14.760 --> 0:39:18.960
<v Speaker 1>had sweetches out. It was such a a little bakery

0:39:19.080 --> 0:39:23.080
<v Speaker 1>at the spot or something. Yes, I would sell it

0:39:23.120 --> 0:39:30.280
<v Speaker 1>at um Lord, I forgot the Timothy Dean Timothy Dean, Yes, yes,

0:39:30.480 --> 0:39:33.840
<v Speaker 1>and I was Timothy Dean had a has a bistro

0:39:34.120 --> 0:39:36.799
<v Speaker 1>and I would sell like the cupcakes and cookies at

0:39:36.800 --> 0:39:39.040
<v Speaker 1>the b stro So I would make everything there. It's

0:39:39.160 --> 0:39:42.600
<v Speaker 1>very labor intensive, but I loved it. Yes, I feel

0:39:42.600 --> 0:39:44.560
<v Speaker 1>like you should get back into that. I think so too,

0:39:44.560 --> 0:39:47.439
<v Speaker 1>when I get a little bit more time on my hands. Yes, yes,

0:39:47.600 --> 0:39:52.760
<v Speaker 1>but I can say that all of that helped form

0:39:52.800 --> 0:39:55.440
<v Speaker 1>who I am today. I really got to thank my

0:39:55.520 --> 0:39:57.840
<v Speaker 1>dad because my dad was like I didn't get it

0:39:57.880 --> 0:40:00.560
<v Speaker 1>at the time, but he wanted to make sure that

0:40:00.640 --> 0:40:03.279
<v Speaker 1>I had all of these things under my belt. It's

0:40:03.400 --> 0:40:08.040
<v Speaker 1>just like resources that I can pull from, and now

0:40:08.120 --> 0:40:09.640
<v Speaker 1>I know I can do anything. I can do any

0:40:09.719 --> 0:40:13.439
<v Speaker 1>job that you give me, because I've done a million things. Absolutely.

0:40:13.840 --> 0:40:16.760
<v Speaker 1>I want to talk about side hustles that I picked

0:40:16.840 --> 0:40:20.440
<v Speaker 1>up because and this might be helpful for people listening,

0:40:20.440 --> 0:40:23.080
<v Speaker 1>like if you're looking for some extra money, because I

0:40:23.080 --> 0:40:25.279
<v Speaker 1>definitely went through a time when I literally had like

0:40:25.360 --> 0:40:27.960
<v Speaker 1>fifty million side hustles because you know, while and I

0:40:27.960 --> 0:40:30.799
<v Speaker 1>were going through our financial troubles and I was just

0:40:30.800 --> 0:40:32.760
<v Speaker 1>trying to find any of every way to make money.

0:40:32.800 --> 0:40:38.080
<v Speaker 1>So one of them was, um focus groups. What is that?

0:40:38.160 --> 0:40:41.279
<v Speaker 1>Focus groups? Like? There are you can sign up for

0:40:41.400 --> 0:40:44.400
<v Speaker 1>focus groups. I literally got paid and this is like

0:40:44.480 --> 0:40:47.319
<v Speaker 1>you know, I got paid like two dollars for someone

0:40:47.360 --> 0:40:49.439
<v Speaker 1>to come and watch you make a salad because like,

0:40:49.880 --> 0:40:51.719
<v Speaker 1>you know, they're doing their research. So this is so

0:40:51.880 --> 0:40:56.160
<v Speaker 1>companies have focus groups to do research on like consumer

0:40:56.239 --> 0:40:59.680
<v Speaker 1>behavior or never heard of this? Yeah, girl, So if

0:40:59.719 --> 0:41:02.960
<v Speaker 1>you're looking at like I still I keep unsubscribing to

0:41:03.000 --> 0:41:06.040
<v Speaker 1>these emails, but I still get the emails of you know,

0:41:06.080 --> 0:41:09.160
<v Speaker 1>these companies that are looking for people to participate in

0:41:09.200 --> 0:41:12.640
<v Speaker 1>their focus group about yes yes, yes, yes yes, Okay

0:41:12.680 --> 0:41:14.799
<v Speaker 1>now I know exactly what you're talking about, right, so

0:41:15.000 --> 0:41:17.359
<v Speaker 1>they can figure out the best way to sell their

0:41:17.360 --> 0:41:20.000
<v Speaker 1>products exactly. Yes, whatever it is. Yeah, I would do

0:41:20.080 --> 0:41:22.360
<v Speaker 1>multiple focus groups. You know, you get a quick hundred

0:41:22.560 --> 0:41:25.560
<v Speaker 1>hundred dollars here, two hundred there, you know. So for

0:41:25.560 --> 0:41:28.440
<v Speaker 1>for people who are like you know, trying to find

0:41:28.719 --> 0:41:31.600
<v Speaker 1>you know, little small ways to make extra money, just

0:41:31.640 --> 0:41:35.240
<v Speaker 1>google focus groups. Like and you were selling your clothes,

0:41:35.440 --> 0:41:39.880
<v Speaker 1>not selling your clothes, but you were doing so assignment. Well, okay, eBay,

0:41:39.880 --> 0:41:42.600
<v Speaker 1>I had a I had a boom in eBay business.

0:41:42.640 --> 0:41:45.080
<v Speaker 1>We sold I had want We had so much Louis

0:41:45.120 --> 0:41:47.759
<v Speaker 1>Vuitton luggage. And the good thing about that stuff is

0:41:47.800 --> 0:41:50.560
<v Speaker 1>that it holds its value, you know. So I made

0:41:50.560 --> 0:41:53.040
<v Speaker 1>a lot of money on eBay. So but even not

0:41:53.120 --> 0:41:54.879
<v Speaker 1>even you know, you don't have to just sell like

0:41:55.280 --> 0:41:58.239
<v Speaker 1>you know, designer stuff on eBay or consignment places. You

0:41:58.239 --> 0:42:03.040
<v Speaker 1>can sell like little Nike, your your kids, it's closed whatever, shoes, everything,

0:42:03.120 --> 0:42:05.600
<v Speaker 1>So that right there is a hustle in itself. Yes,

0:42:05.880 --> 0:42:10.000
<v Speaker 1>another one. My friend Carly and I okay, Carl, Carly

0:42:10.120 --> 0:42:14.480
<v Speaker 1>is always here with us, Okay. Now she's director of Operations,

0:42:14.040 --> 0:42:17.240
<v Speaker 1>Yes she has a title. She demanded to get a title.

0:42:17.280 --> 0:42:21.680
<v Speaker 1>She's the director of operations. And don't you get it twisted? Okay, yes,

0:42:21.760 --> 0:42:24.879
<v Speaker 1>what about Carly? So Carly and I we sold jewelry.

0:42:25.160 --> 0:42:28.880
<v Speaker 1>Oh yes, yes, and we literally have it. Like we

0:42:28.880 --> 0:42:32.000
<v Speaker 1>we would go to the jewelry shows and buy jewelry

0:42:32.000 --> 0:42:35.320
<v Speaker 1>from different jewelry vendors, and we would host jewelry parties.

0:42:36.440 --> 0:42:38.160
<v Speaker 1>So or we will go, you know, if there's like

0:42:38.200 --> 0:42:40.680
<v Speaker 1>an event, we would get a tape me because I've

0:42:40.680 --> 0:42:42.840
<v Speaker 1>never been invited to a jewelry party. I guess you

0:42:42.960 --> 0:42:46.880
<v Speaker 1>know what we may not have been. This is rude.

0:42:47.160 --> 0:42:49.839
<v Speaker 1>I don't know, I don't know. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

0:42:49.840 --> 0:42:52.560
<v Speaker 1>Maybe maybe maybe I thought you weren't interested in that.

0:42:52.840 --> 0:42:56.200
<v Speaker 1>You know what the fashion jewelry. Me and Robin are

0:42:56.239 --> 0:42:59.280
<v Speaker 1>breaking up. You know, it's like a little forty Robbin

0:42:59.360 --> 0:43:03.320
<v Speaker 1>is shady. But I'm telling you those type of businesses

0:43:03.360 --> 0:43:06.279
<v Speaker 1>if you can like so jewelry. I honestly there's times

0:43:06.320 --> 0:43:08.680
<v Speaker 1>when I'm like, I wanna, you know, have a jewelry website.

0:43:08.719 --> 0:43:11.160
<v Speaker 1>I want to like start selling jewelry again, because that

0:43:11.320 --> 0:43:14.239
<v Speaker 1>is like such an easy sell. Like we would go

0:43:14.320 --> 0:43:16.480
<v Speaker 1>to a jewelry party and make like two dollars and

0:43:16.520 --> 0:43:20.839
<v Speaker 1>one night. Yes, yes it was. Let's start this back

0:43:20.920 --> 0:43:25.279
<v Speaker 1>up again. I want my cut. I want it right.

0:43:25.360 --> 0:43:26.960
<v Speaker 1>So if it's so, we you know, we would be

0:43:27.040 --> 0:43:29.480
<v Speaker 1>vendors at events and stuff like that. That was actually

0:43:29.560 --> 0:43:32.600
<v Speaker 1>I've really enjoyed that. So I like to sell stuff.

0:43:32.640 --> 0:43:35.680
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, so don't be surprised if I sell jewelry

0:43:35.680 --> 0:43:38.080
<v Speaker 1>one day. But I'll be doing it too with Robin.

0:43:38.120 --> 0:43:41.920
<v Speaker 1>Rom ain't gonna cut me out of this. This is

0:43:41.920 --> 0:43:44.120
<v Speaker 1>good stuff, all right. So I so the I guess

0:43:44.120 --> 0:43:46.319
<v Speaker 1>the purpose and the what we really want to get

0:43:46.360 --> 0:43:49.839
<v Speaker 1>across to you guys is that whatever your job is today, like,

0:43:49.880 --> 0:43:52.560
<v Speaker 1>you never know what tomorrow is gonna bring to you.

0:43:52.560 --> 0:43:55.160
<v Speaker 1>You never know if this you might hate it and

0:43:55.239 --> 0:43:57.680
<v Speaker 1>quit it in nine months like Robin does, but that

0:43:57.920 --> 0:44:01.239
<v Speaker 1>still is gonna give you some umpen in a toolbox

0:44:01.600 --> 0:44:04.960
<v Speaker 1>for like the next job exactly exactly. Or you know,

0:44:05.000 --> 0:44:07.040
<v Speaker 1>you can have a job that you love but it's

0:44:07.080 --> 0:44:09.160
<v Speaker 1>like running you rag it, which is fine because you

0:44:09.200 --> 0:44:11.919
<v Speaker 1>love it, but you're still growing from it. I always say,

0:44:11.920 --> 0:44:14.239
<v Speaker 1>I always think, like you know, when there's jobs that

0:44:14.280 --> 0:44:16.880
<v Speaker 1>you love, maybe at some point figure out how you

0:44:16.920 --> 0:44:19.440
<v Speaker 1>can venture out and be your own boss doing that,

0:44:19.560 --> 0:44:22.280
<v Speaker 1>you know, if you're working for a company, really like it. Um,

0:44:22.320 --> 0:44:24.720
<v Speaker 1>I think the next step up is to like venture

0:44:24.760 --> 0:44:26.879
<v Speaker 1>out and be your own boss. I got one more job.

0:44:26.920 --> 0:44:30.880
<v Speaker 1>I worked for our house furniture for like two weeks.

0:44:31.640 --> 0:44:33.239
<v Speaker 1>I was as I'm mad at there might not because

0:44:33.239 --> 0:44:37.360
<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm still waiting for me to come. The furniture

0:44:37.400 --> 0:44:38.840
<v Speaker 1>is beautiful. I worked there for two weeks, like I

0:44:38.960 --> 0:44:41.640
<v Speaker 1>like it, literally like two weeks of training, and then

0:44:41.680 --> 0:44:43.280
<v Speaker 1>we started filming the real house. I was of atomic

0:44:43.360 --> 0:44:46.640
<v Speaker 1>and I was like, oh I quit. I was like,

0:44:46.680 --> 0:44:48.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm busy, and at the same time I was working

0:44:48.640 --> 0:44:51.960
<v Speaker 1>my pr event job. I was doing my like I

0:44:52.000 --> 0:44:57.120
<v Speaker 1>would get my huston clearly us clearly. So sorry our

0:44:57.120 --> 0:45:00.520
<v Speaker 1>house for quitting after two weeks of training. And I

0:45:00.560 --> 0:45:03.000
<v Speaker 1>guess that's the purpose of our story. Get your hustle

0:45:03.120 --> 0:45:07.360
<v Speaker 1>on word. Yes, yes, yes, so that is our episode today,

0:45:08.000 --> 0:45:11.719
<v Speaker 1>and don't ever forget to either be reasonable or be shady. Yes,

0:45:11.800 --> 0:45:13.920
<v Speaker 1>and share with us, you know, some of your hustles,

0:45:13.920 --> 0:45:15.839
<v Speaker 1>your side hustles, because we would like to share them

0:45:15.880 --> 0:45:17.880
<v Speaker 1>with the listeners. And you know, we if you have

0:45:17.880 --> 0:45:22.560
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