WEBVTT - The Art of Asking for a Discount #018 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:02.520 Welcome to How the Money. I'm Joel and I am 0:00:02.560 --> 0:00:05.480 Matt and today we're talking about the art of asking 0:00:05.519 --> 0:00:19.080 for a discount. All right, man, that's right. Coming up 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:20.919 on the show, we're going to talk about why you 0:00:20.960 --> 0:00:23.680 should ask for a discount, why it's hard for some 0:00:23.720 --> 0:00:25.880 people to ask for a discount, and then we're gonna 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:28.200 go through step by step how to ask for a 0:00:28.240 --> 0:00:30.880 discount it can be so hard. But first I wanted 0:00:30.920 --> 0:00:34.760 to thank everyone that listens. 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All right, Matt, real quick, I wanted to 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:18.840 tell you about this really cool website that one of 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:21.960 my co workers sent my way because she knows I 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:24.800 love saving money and I love Kraft Beer. And there's 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:29.800 this really cool website called secret hopper dot com and 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:34.320 it is what it sounds like. It is secret shopping. Yeah, 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:37.000 and so if you go to secret hopper dot com, 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:41.120 you can sign up to be a secret shopper at breweries. 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:44.039 And essentially what what you're doing is the brewery is 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:46.680 you know, they don't know that you're a secret shopper, 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:50.040 and you go into the brewery and you order some beers, 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:52.560 you try them out, and then you write a report 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:55.680 about what your experience was like, and you get your 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:58.720 beers reimbursed by secret hopper dot com. Yeah, not just 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:00.720 the beers too, but it's about like the space and 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:03.760 like the tasting room and just like the whole experience. Yeah. Yeah, 0:02:03.800 --> 0:02:06.000 So it's a really cool idea. I love what they're doing. 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:08.640 If you like free beer, if you like saving money 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:11.520 and you don't mind, and who doesn't, right, Yeah, So 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:14.079 I mean if you're listening to this podcast, those things 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:17.280 probably all kind of get your radar buzzing. Uh. And 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:20.000 so Secret Hoppers a really cool site. Um. Sadly they're 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:23.880 not available in Atlanta right now, so I couldn't take advantage, um, 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:26.680 but definitely something I would be interested if they were 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:29.440 available in my town. So go to secret hopper dot 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:30.679 com if you want to check that out. I just 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:32.679 thought that was neat and that the people that listen 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:36.440 to this podcast in particular would kind of gravitate towards 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:39.640 hopefully you're listening to this though. We want to be 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:43.680 Secret Hoppers in Atlanta because we're already there anyways. Yeah, 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:46.240 we're going to be drinking the beer we're going to 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:48.800 be drinking in the space, so like, yeah, pay us 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:51.000 to do it. We'll we'll definitely take that job, gladly 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:52.919 do it. Something that's kind of related and I guess 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:54.919 to what we're talking about, Asking for a Discount, which 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:59.040 is a podcast episode that aired years ago now, and 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:02.399 funny enough and I both have listened to it, we've 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:04.720 never talked about it. It's of this American Life episode 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:06.880 and I forget what the episode is called, but it is. 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:09.639 I think they called the good Guy disc Yeah, yeah, 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:12.200 that's what I was gonna say, something along like good guy, 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:14.880 good guy discount, something like that, but which I had 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:17.560 already kind of been fascinating. Yeah, I've already been implumenting 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:19.840 like a lot of these strategies in my life before 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:22.600 I heard that. But and I listened to that episode 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:25.480 and I enjoyed it, But I also think, uh, that concept, 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:28.160 I think what we've gotten here is is different than 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:29.919 the way they approached it there, and and I think 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:32.799 there are some ways that in that episode, essentially his 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:37.520 premise was asking people for the quote unquote good guy discount, 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:41.040 and that felt like a little awkward to me because 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:42.280 he said that people would just kind of look at 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:44.800 him and be like huh yeah, and he'd be like, well, 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:46.720 you know, I'm a good guy, Like you're a guy, 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:49.040 good guy, let's can I get the good guy discount? 0:03:49.640 --> 0:03:52.960 And that just seems like an awkward woid over. Yeah, 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:57.080 it definitely seems a little more kitchy. Yeahah, And obviously 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:58.800 it fit well for what they're doing for the show, 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:01.400 So certainly we want to kind of address today we're 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:03.880 gonna talk about some of those things, but we're gonna 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:06.240 dive more into like the meat of ways to ask 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:08.800 for a discount to you. But it's a great podcast though, 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:11.760 This American Life. Give some other favorites that that you 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:14.160 listen to, oh Man, totally. I'll tell you a couple 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:16.240 of the ones I listened to, and and I'll be honest, 0:04:16.279 --> 0:04:19.120 I'm such a nerd. Most of them are personal financial related, 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:21.880 I really. I think the one I can't get enough of, 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:25.400 probably my favorite that I love listening to is How 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:28.280 I Built This with Guy Robs. Yeah, freaking love that one. 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:32.240 The guy Roses. Uh, he's everywhere. Yeah, I didn't really. 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:34.400 I mean, he's got so many shows now and he's 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:37.080 a baller. That's my favorite. And I think too, it's 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:40.359 it's in that sphere that I enjoy. But it feels 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:42.240 a bit of business, a little bit of like personal 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:45.159 story narrative. Yeah, it feels a little more like like 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:47.120 can't eating candy though that I can get It's like 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:49.200 I can get away with it. But because it's still 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:51.560 in my sphere, you know what I'm saying, Like, it's 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:55.159 not quite as like nuts and Bolts personal finance it 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:58.040 feels like it's a story. Guilty pleasure is because it's 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:00.760 a story. I I enjoy that a lot. Yeah, I 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:02.920 dig that one too. Something. I mean, I've been surprised 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:05.000 that some of the people he's he's had on where 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:06.279 I was like, I'm not going to be interested in 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:08.320 this one at all, and they're totally fascinating. You know, 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:11.880 the five Guys. Have you listened to five? Yes? That's uh. 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:14.960 He started out literally making burgers like in Philly or 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:17.680 something like somewhere up north with like his brothers. Yeah, 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:19.080 and he just didn't seem to have any interest in 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:20.800 it to a certain extent. Who I was. I thought 0:05:20.839 --> 0:05:23.200 it was amazing that he's gotten so far. He accidentally 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:26.640 became like the fastest growing burger place, you know, nationwide. 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:29.120 It's insane. It really is incredible, And there's so many 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:31.400 good stories like that. Do you ever listened to ninety 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:34.880 nine p I but I have friends are rape about it. Yeah, 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:37.440 it's worth worth checking out. I like that one. So. 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:39.400 So I used to be a designer, and so this 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.320 podcast is all about design and they look at all 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:45.760 sorts of design. So everything from some simple like a 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:47.960 product that you can hold and use every day to 0:05:48.080 --> 0:05:51.080 like cities and just everything, and they just really go 0:05:51.160 --> 0:05:53.720 into the history of it and talk about how it's 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:56.720 implemented and just yeah, I really dig it. It's kind 0:05:56.720 --> 0:06:00.080 of a nerdy design. It keeps me um connected of 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:03.480 my graphic design routes, and uh, yeah, I like it 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:05.880 all right, you have to check it out, Okay, I will. 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:08.000 I will. A couple of others that I'm into. I 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:11.920 really like Radical Personal Finance. Um, this guy Joshua does 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:14.839 that podcast, and he's he's really good, really smart guy. 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:17.640 Enjoy listening to him. Another one if you're into real 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:20.000 estate investing, Bigger Pockets. I don't listen to all of 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:22.320 the episodes of either of those, but I really like 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:24.520 kind of the direction they go in and what they're 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:26.520 talking about. Yeah, and every and I love to hear, 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:28.680 you know, real estate investing stories, how people are doing it, 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:30.320 how people are doing it differently than me, and I 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:33.120 can kind of implement some of those strategies into my life. Uh. 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:35.919 And then I really love long form interviews. I've just 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:38.200 always been a fan. I don't know if I'm allowed 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:40.360 to say that. I used to like Charlie Rose because 0:06:40.960 --> 0:06:42.760 he's kind of disgraced now at this point, but I 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:45.880 loved his show. That was like my favorite. And Joe 0:06:45.960 --> 0:06:48.320 Rogan is kind of doing that in podcast and everyone 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:51.600 knows that he's got essentially the number one or two 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:54.400 most listen to podcasts out there. But he does really 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:58.679 great long form two three, sometimes longer our interviews with people. 0:06:59.040 --> 0:07:01.240 Some of those are in saying I'm just like, how 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:03.919 can you just keep going? Yeah, but some of the 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:06.760 people are incredible. I again another one. I don't listen 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:08.479 to all of them, but if there's an interesting person 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:12.440 on their compelling, compelling individual, I totally willing to give 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:14.840 two and a half hours of my time. Maybe I 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:18.000 should listen to more of like the Personal Finance podcast, 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:21.400 considering that's kind of what we do. But really the 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:24.720 like the most personal money like Personal Finance and Money 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:27.840 I kind of get, is like the MPR Planet Money, 0:07:27.880 --> 0:07:30.200 and I'm pretty religious about it that I really like them. 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:33.880 I literally listened to every single one, even though it's 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:36.240 like NPR, it's a kind of sterile, it's kind of 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:39.239 cleaned up, sanitize. Maybe when they're they're not drinking booze 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:41.200 on those, I mean, I guess occasionally there was that 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:43.760 one about vodka. Yes, oh my gosh, maybe we should 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:45.120 link to them one because that was a man I 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:48.120 thought that was an amazing and amazing story. And then 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:50.840 one of my other favorites, Actually, I listened to a 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:54.600 bunch of h Atlanta United Soccer podcast. Oh yeah, yeah, 0:07:54.760 --> 0:07:56.080 like a bunch. I don't know if we've talked about 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:58.000 how many I listened to you, but you you listened 0:07:58.000 --> 0:07:59.720 to like at least two. How many do you listen to? 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:01.680 War now? O'm oh my gosh, I'm trying to cut 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:03.960 one of them out, but two of my favorite hosts 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:06.040 on one of them actually just started a new one. 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:09.400 It's called Unrelegated H A t L. I believe they've 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:13.160 only released one episode, but I listened to it, and 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:15.640 it's gonna be good. It's like right in the sort 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:17.840 of vein that I want to hear stuff talked about 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:19.520 where it's it's not too technical, where it's just a 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:22.559 bunch of like dudes that played soccer in high school 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:24.320 and are now kind of like you know that coach 0:08:24.360 --> 0:08:26.640 as well, Like they don't get super technical, they keep 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:28.320 it light, but at the same time they hit all 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:30.000 the good good knowledge I want to I want to 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:33.480 hear discussed sort of like maybe we do with personal finance. 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:34.880 I don't know, Yeah, I know. I mean I think 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:36.880 we aim to be and I don't know that we've 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:38.679 really told our listeners. It's like we aim to be 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:40.719 that place kind of in the middle. Like I think 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:43.240 there's people out there that have personal finance podcasts that 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:46.560 are like super hardcore, and then there's other people that 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:50.360 are completely just winging it. Uh, And I think you 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:54.360 and I were sitting around literally drinking beers on the couch. Yeah, 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:56.160 just like happened to toss on microphone in their la 0:08:56.360 --> 0:08:58.760 or something like that. And we want to be really 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:02.120 intentional here out what we're talking about and the points 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:05.120 that we're making their well thought through their their planned 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:07.440 these podcasts. We discuss what we're gonna talk about, and 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:09.880 we're very intentional about you know, what makes it in 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:14.640 and what doesn't into this podcast. But we're also two 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:17.760 thirty something dudes with a lot of other things going 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:20.160 on in our lives. So we want this podcast to 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:23.160 be kind of that blend between getting all the facts 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.160 that you need most of the facts at least. Yeah, 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:27.240 we're gonna give you some of the facts and then 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:29.920 some of that kind of relational and yeah, like we're 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:31.880 kind of just hanging out having beers and talking money. 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:33.680 I mean essentially that's how I mean, that's how this 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:35.920 whole thing started, right because we would sit around and 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:38.040 drink beers and talk about money in personal finance and 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:40.760 real estate and investing, and there are some numbers you 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:42.480 need to know, but then there are other things that 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:46.240 can be left to to other people to explain exactly. Yeah, 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:48.640 so that beings said, we appreciate you guys listening, and 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:53.120 that'll be it. False. Let's get to beer. Oh man, 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:55.640 I'm so excited about these beers. So once you get 0:09:55.720 --> 0:10:00.280 started cracking these open. Jill brought a bunch of beers 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:02.720 back from France on that trip he went on, and 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:06.400 I'm super stoked to try some of these craft French 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:09.079 beers that are going in the direction of craft beer, 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:11.080 like like they're in the States, but obviously they're from 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:16.000 a different country. So yeah, today we're gonna try to beers. 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:18.240 And what are these called? Man, Please tell me they're 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:21.240 not in French, because you're gonna slaughter the hell out 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:24.560 of him. That's the interesting thing about these the French 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:26.680 beers and and from some of the styles I was 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:30.320 seeing over there, they're very much trying to be like 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:32.959 American craft beer. Like the styles that they're going for, 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:35.480 the kind of absurdity of some of the some of 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:37.960 the names and some of the combos. They're really trying 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:40.360 to go big like some of the American craft beers. 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:43.320 It seems like really pushing the boundaries. Well that's because 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:45.400 when when you think of European beers, what do you 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:47.400 think of? You think of these old school for the 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:51.040 most part, right old school pilseners and loggers that have 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:55.520 been around for centuries, I mean literally right centuries. Oh yeah, totally. 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:57.280 And when you think of like French styles, I guess 0:10:57.320 --> 0:10:59.960 you normally assume like a French farmhouse kind of style, 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:03.800 like a season something kind of rustic at table beer. 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:07.319 And so the two beers I've chosen for tonight out 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:09.520 of the beer trade I did, And if you want 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:11.360 to see how many beers and what beers I got, 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:14.160 check out our Instagram page and we posted a picture 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:16.640 of kind of my beer hall from France. But the 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:21.880 two beers tonight are a vanilla milkshake I p a 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:26.280 from a brewery called Man that sounds awesome as ammut 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:33.680 I believe, and then a probably throw an accident on 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:37.520 in there. Yeah, right, and then an Imperial berlinervice made 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:42.920 with Heller tau Blanc. Nice, very good jos maybe from 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:46.679 a brewery called Ponting. Can you read my daughter's madeline? Next? 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:49.160 I feel like you can get all the all the 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:51.440 accents just right. I'll put your kids to sleep. Man, 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:54.040 what is an Imperial berlinervice? I'm excited. I don't think 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:56.320 I've ever had an Imperial burllinervice. And by the way, 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:57.840 the label on this one's really cool. We'll have a 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:00.000 picture up at our websites. You can see the labe 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:04.680 on that Imperial Berliner. It's just so so cool. Yeah. 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:07.000 And the reason Matt I chose the first one that 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:10.360 we're gonna drink, which is the Imperial Berliner with white grapes, 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:12.680 I thought this one might have like kind of the 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:15.160 most wine resemblance, and coming from France, where do they 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:17.200 specialize in wine, I kind of wanted to bring back 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:19.680 a beer that had some of those kind of wine 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:23.120 notes going on, and this one totally does. Yeah, man, 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:26.280 it's totally does. This is really really good. It's probably 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:29.120 the most wine like beer I've ever had. Ye, Like 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:30.920 I can, I mean, I can picture the grapes like 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:35.560 as I'm drinking. Yeah, yeah, white grapes. Yeah, that's delicious. Uh. 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:38.400 And I know that even in the United States right now, 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:41.320 that's this is a style that's kind of becoming popular. 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:44.520 Firestone Walker and some other breweries are starting to kind 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:47.880 of especially California breweries, starting to brew hybrid beers, so 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:51.040 they're this mix between beer and wine, and so I'm 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:53.760 definitely interested to try more of those kind of beers. 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:56.840 This one seems very much like that in that vein, 0:12:57.120 --> 0:12:59.560 and it's delicious. I think it's just because of the grapes, 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:02.239 Like it's making me think a little bit about like muscadines, 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:05.320 like musk muscadine wine, a little bit like sweetness. Yeah. 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:07.640 Like it's just got that sort of thick skin kind 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:09.600 of grape piness to it. You know what I'm saying. 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:13.160 I think the best word is mustiness. It's got that 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:16.000 great mustiness to it. Yeah, I'm with you. This is 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:18.600 really good man. Thanks for bringing this back. I like 0:13:18.679 --> 0:13:20.559 your thoughts, you like with your heads that bringing back 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:23.760 something that's kind of like whin ish. Yeah, I figured 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:26.360 I had to. I had some great wine while while 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.160 I was there. I know the French microbrewers are doing 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:31.640 a lot of things that try to resemble American beers, 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:34.160 but I wanted to bring something back that felt kind 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:37.520 of uniquely French. Yeah. Yeah, and so that this one 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:40.600 definitely does that. So now onto the vanilla milkshake. I 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:43.320 p a, Yeah, take a little slip your water, cleanse 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:46.160 that palett. Yeah, two beers at the same time. Oh man, 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:48.839 this smells nice and yeah, a little funky. Yeah, that's 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:52.720 definitely got lacto smoothness combined with a little bit of funk. Yeah, 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:55.280 Brett funk too. Man, this is does it say it's 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:58.000 specifically Brett. I don't know, Matt, I can't read French. 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:02.920 I'm looking for words that look like they might say Brett. Yeah, 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:05.680 it's got It's definitely got that funk level going uh 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:08.480 and that kind of smooth lactose, a little bit of 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:11.920 vanilla in there. Definitely not as hoppy or fruity as 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:13.839 some of the milkshake I pa s that I've had 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:16.280 here in the States. Yeah. Man, it's almost got this 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:19.040 herbal sort of quality, like less fruit less hot, definitely 0:14:19.080 --> 0:14:24.240 less hot I mean, it's kind of almost a misnomer. Yeah, 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:26.120 oh man, Yeah, some of those beers we've had that 0:14:26.120 --> 0:14:28.400 are like confused with tea. I'm yeah, I'm with you. 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:30.080 It's got a little bit of that t vibe and 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:32.240 and it's good. I like, I like some beers with 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:34.920 tea in them. Um, that's a style. I think I've 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:37.960 only had two or three of uh, But this one 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:40.520 it's not build like that, So I'm not sure if 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:43.320 that's like what they're going for on purpose. And this 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:45.520 is definitely interesting. I don't think I've ever had a 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:48.440 beer that tasted quite like this, but I will, but 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:50.480 I will. I will say it's also like it though. Yeah, 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:52.840 it's good, but it's also not my favorite. Yeah, I 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:54.680 wouldn't be like, oh, you gotta go get a bottle 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:59.520 of that, Whereas the the Imperial, the Imperial Berlinervice, that's 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:02.400 freaking fantastic. I'd say you definitely need to try that. Well, dude, 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:04.400 thanks so much for bringing these over. You know what, 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:07.160 that's one of my favorite things about craft beer is 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:10.640 sharing it with friends that appreciate it. There's something really 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:14.880 great about having a conversation over beer, enjoying it together. 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:17.640 And that's what we do here on the podcast. And man, 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:20.680 I love that because there's something great about drinking a 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:23.200 good beer by myself at home, but it's better when 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:25.360 it's shared. So plus the fact that you got this 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:28.120 when you're traveling too. It's kind of like buying a keepsake, 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:30.080 you know, like something, but instead we just get to 0:15:30.160 --> 0:15:33.200 drink it, you know, my favorite way, better than just 0:15:33.440 --> 0:15:35.400 sticking on your fridge. Right. Well, one of my favorite 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:38.160 things about traveling is when you book far enough in advance, 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:40.000 you have months and months and months to look forward 0:15:40.040 --> 0:15:43.200 to it, and then you get to enjoy the trip 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:46.040 itself and then hopefully, you know, you bring back some 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:48.600 sort of souvenir like this. Every time I pop a 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:50.680 bottle over the next over the course of the next 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:52.600 six months or a year, and like I told you, 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:54.800 I still have a bottle left from Amsterdam. Every time 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:58.000 I see that, you know, it takes you back. Yeah, 0:15:58.000 --> 0:15:59.920 it reminds me about the trip and that beer trade, 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:01.880 the people I met, and the fun I had. And 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:04.600 that's really fun to get to kind of relive, uh, 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:07.280 you know, relive that trip over and over as you 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:09.520 see those things or you know, that's why Emily and 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:11.320 I try to buy a piece of art from everywhere 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:15.400 we go, just a little reminder that token. Yeah, and 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:18.000 so every time we see it on our wall, reminded 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:21.000 that was that trip. And that's really fun. I love 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:24.040 having little reminders of the places that we've been. I'm 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:26.320 with you, man, I love it all right. Matt onto 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:29.240 the topic of hand the art of asking for a discount, 0:16:29.640 --> 0:16:31.360 and I have to confess before we get too far 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:35.640 into this, that I've kind of always enjoyed haggling, Like 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:39.800 I like flea markets, I like Craigslist, and I know 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:42.400 that that's probably a little odd. I don't think most 0:16:42.520 --> 0:16:45.120 so you've always been that way. Yeah, pretty much, I've 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:47.560 kind of always enjoyed ever since you're like a little kid. 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:49.920 You're kind of like into that and bartering or figuring 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:52.800 out a way to get something cheaper or just I 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:55.840 like talking with people, like pretty much anybody, and so 0:16:55.920 --> 0:16:57.200 that's just kind of a way that you talk with 0:16:57.240 --> 0:17:00.000 somebody as opposed to just paying the amount that that's requested. 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:03.160 Is working on the price. Having of you all wondered 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:06.119 if Joel likes talking to people, right, Yeah, but I 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:07.479 will say I think some of the things that we're 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:11.120 gonna share here. You don't have to be naturally inclined. Yeah, 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:13.359 you don't have to be extrovert, which is which is 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:15.119 what you are, right, So I think that has a 0:17:15.160 --> 0:17:17.280 lot to do with why obviously you like talking to people, 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:20.359 and I think that definitely translates into like haggling and 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:23.320 kind of trying to get a deal. I will say 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:27.359 I remember as a kid, my parents, especially my my dad, 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:30.439 asking for a discount, like at restaurants, and he's in 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:32.480 the military and so he would always ask for a 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:36.120 military discount, and I just remember as a kid hating that, 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:38.959 like I'm just sitting there. I'm just like, man, just 0:17:38.960 --> 0:17:43.000 just pay for it. And I think that's more of uh, 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:46.840 like an embarrassed middle school are But you're embarrassed about 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:49.119 everything in middle school, so yeah, you're going to be 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:51.639 about embarrassed about anything your parents, but that specifically, I 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:54.120 just I just remember that standing out, being like, man, 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:56.520 let's just pay for the full amount here, Like I'll 0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:58.159 just pitch in a few bucks, let's just do this 0:17:58.240 --> 0:18:02.639 and go. But now that I'm an adult, I'm like, nah, 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:05.959 that's my money. That being said, I didn't grow up 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:08.399 kind of with that mentality. It wasn't until I had 0:18:08.400 --> 0:18:10.520 my own money, my own job where yeah, I made 0:18:10.560 --> 0:18:12.439 that connection that this is my money and I need 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:14.479 to make sure that I'm making it stretch and go 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:16.160 as far as I wanted to. Well, I think that's 0:18:16.160 --> 0:18:18.399 probably the first point that we need to make is 0:18:18.400 --> 0:18:21.800 that whatever you're asking for a discount on, it's your money, 0:18:22.040 --> 0:18:24.560 and so if you don't ask for the discount, no 0:18:24.560 --> 0:18:26.720 one else is looking out for you. No one else 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:28.320 is going to make sure you get the right deal 0:18:28.440 --> 0:18:30.280 or you get the price that you want. And so 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:32.160 if you don't do it, no one else will. Whether 0:18:32.200 --> 0:18:34.159