HR BESTIES - HR Besties Happy Hour - Stressed Spelled Backwards is Desserts

Episode Date: August 23, 2024

Welcome back to another Happy Hour, Besties! We’re sure as hell glad it’s Friday. In this Happy Hour: College football FTC updates Very demure, very mindful Leigh's dream HR Tech, here we co...me! Your To-Do List: Grab merch, submit Questions & Comments, and make sure that you’re the first to know about our In-Person Meetings (events!) at https://www.hrbesties.com. Follow your Besties across the socials and check out our resumes here: https://www.hrbesties.com/about.  We look forward to seeing you in our next meeting - don’t worry, we’ll have a hard stop! Yours in Business + Bullsh*t,  Leigh, Jamie & Ashley Follow Bestie Leigh! https://www.tiktok.com/@hrmanifesto https://www.instagram.com/hrmanifesto https://www.hrmanifesto.com Follow Bestie Ashley! https://www.tiktok.com/@managermethod  https://www.instagram.com/managermethod https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyherd/ https://managermethod.com Follow Bestie Jamie! https://www.millennialmisery.com/ Humorous Resources: Instagram • YouTube • Threads • Facebook • X Millennial Misery: Instagram • Threads • Facebook • X Horrendous HR: Instagram • Threads • Facebook Tune in to “HR Besties,” a business, work and management podcast hosted by Leigh Elena Henderson (HRManifesto), Ashley Herd (ManagerMethod) and Jamie Jackson (Humorous_Resources), where we navigate the labyrinth of corporate culture, from cringe corporate speak to toxic leadership. Whether you’re in Human Resources or not, corporate or small business, we offer sneak peeks into surviving work, hiring strategies, and making the employee experience better for all. Tune in for real talk on employee engagement, green flags in the workplace, and how to turn red flags into real change. Don't miss our chats about leadership, career coaching, and takes from work travel and watercooler gossip. Get new episodes every Wednesday and Friday, follow us on socials for the latest updates, and join us at our virtual happy hours to share your HR stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Hello besties. Happy Friday. It's happy hour. Look at this. We have a happy Friday for this happy hour Friday. Yeah. You can't see this listeners, but Jamie's got her Tennessee orange. I've got my UK blue and Lee's got her I hate sports Navy. Right. I was like, I don't know what this represents. Do you watch college football, Lee? Yes. Who do you root for? I went to A&M.
Starting point is 00:00:37 Oh, right. I guess A&M. Yeah. So it's all maroon. I look great in maroon. I couldn't wear that color. Like it wouldn't look good. That's how I chose the school. I got a full ride there and went to the University of Texas Austin and I just
Starting point is 00:00:51 don't look good in orange. Okay. I look great in orange. You do. You do. You do. Like it suits you. It clashes with my eyes. It doesn't work. So was that shallow? They're both free. Who cares? No. Yeah. I was like, mine was not. Well, well, I'd go naked to college for free. Well, the Pell Grant did help. So it helps to be poor. No, I love my orange and I love, and actually that's why I wore it because 10 days till kickoff. I know it's sneaking up on us. I'm so excited. Yeah, I do love college football Saturdays. That's a thing.
Starting point is 00:01:28 Me too. I actually love because I'm a big NFL girly too. I love football in general, but I actually love this time of year because my weekend outfits are predetermined. So on Saturday, it's going to be orange and then on Sunday, it's going to be Titan something, Titans blue. So I don't ever have to think about it. I'm excited for that personally because I will say, Jamie, I don't go on social media that much on the weekends,
Starting point is 00:01:51 but I look at your stories to see you floating in the pool during the summer and I feel like my pumpkin spice latte equivalent is going to be you switching to football season. Yes, yes. And well, in the pool still up. And so we will watch football from the pool. What? Yeah. Yeah. And actually, matter of fact, this weekend, we're putting up our water slide. Yes. A couple of years ago, we purchased basically like a commercial water
Starting point is 00:02:18 for our kids. And it has been the best purchase because we put it up almost every weekend. I mean, I would say every other weekend. And yes, and all the neighborhood kids come over and they play on our water side. But I will like, we have a TV out back, I'll put on the TV and like be going down the water slide watching football. I'm not kidding. It's very redneck, but I love it. It is joyful. It is absolutely joyful, which, spoiler alert, listen till the end to hear more about the HR besties and finding joy at work, which we'll be talking about. But
Starting point is 00:02:51 more notably, guys, let's stop talking about fun subjects because I have put your work hat on, put your umbrella to the side and all eyes on me, Jamie and Lee. So we talked about the FTC's non-compete ban in the US and those globally listening. You will not have to listen to this much more because this week the US non-compete ban was struck down by a Texas court and that applied nationwide. So that means it will not take effect on September 4th and now the courts will go and do their thing and these lawyers will be billing a lot of expensive money. These rules came out in April when I was on my cruise.
Starting point is 00:03:29 So I made a video, I think we've talked about this, like, ha-ca, ha-ca, in the background. I'm trying to do it with some broke-ass cruise ship Wi-Fi. Well, of course, I land for a work trip and I get a text from the lovely Michelle Strohero, if you're ever looking for an employment attorney for your business, Michelle Strohero is amazing. So shout out to her. But she texted, was like, Hey, this just came out and sent me the decision because she knows I've been tracking it. And I was like, Oh, but I was in the car with two people because I'm working. I'm doing some work with others to do like a series of presentations and management training. And I was like, guys, I gotta make a video.
Starting point is 00:04:06 I'm on there. And so they were laughing. They're like, wait, is it, and afterwards, I recorded and I had to re-record, so I heard my like, ah, I can't, I can't, all the gremlin curse at myself, you're the worst. You know, like, and so I recorded and they were laughing. They're like, I kind of wanted to duck my head behind you
Starting point is 00:04:22 and be like, hee hee, and like make noises. They're like, but then we thought you'd get mad. I'm like, I don't care. But anyway, so I did do a three minute breakdown on it. So we'll stop here. But the FTC ban was halted. So breaking news. And I was appreciative of your breaking news because I immediately went and canceled the meeting that I had set up with our general counsel about that we were
Starting point is 00:04:45 going to discuss and further what actions we needed to take for September 4th. And also, I had put an entire, this is so silly, I had blocked my calendar for all of September 4th. I went ahead and deleted that too. Well, to keep it blocked, don't... I know, I would have kept that. I'm like, let's not get crazy, you know. I'm very busy doing non-compete stuff.
Starting point is 00:05:09 Very busy. Oh, good. Yeah. So those, all those employees that got very excited that you're non-compete. It really is. I mean, honestly, when this came out three years ago and how it came out is Biden had told the FTC to put this rule out, a number of people, including myself, was like, there's no way this ever gets across as an FTC rule. All paths lead to either an election and a new candidate coming in and being like,
Starting point is 00:05:29 we're not gonna do this, or the Supreme Court saying, you're not gonna do this. That was really the speculation. And so, as I saw people really excited about non-competes being illegal, like, you know, you gotta be careful. Can't give people specific advice, although everyone wants it, it's not socials.
Starting point is 00:05:43 But, you know, trying to temper down and saying, I think personally there's a very low likelihood this ever happens. So now states will just be kind of doing their own thing. So it's a blanket of where you live depends on what happens and all the fun. So that's next steps? Yeah, likely. So like New York, for example, has kind of like New York non-competes are a thing in New York.
Starting point is 00:06:04 There's some intricacies. But so I would imagine states like in New York that are the more employee friendly states may really make that push to make them. Yeah. And so you see it, but it's hard for, I know it's hard for HR who's like, well, what applies where and employees the like? What it means? What if I move here? Does that mean?
Starting point is 00:06:22 And like consultant attorney, again, people like I make $36,800 a year, and now I'm supposed to go pay an employment attorney? And it's just, it's hard to not have predictability. But that's corporate America and non-corporate working America. Right. That keeps us busy. Sure does. For sure.
Starting point is 00:06:42 You can hear me talk. I saw that, and I was like, oh, I can't wait for happy hour now. The ladies, Lee and Jamie love talking about law. Yay. Yay. I know. FTC stuff. Fun. Did you see? I didn't.
Starting point is 00:06:57 I shielded my eyes from seeing another article. But it is funny because much like I've been doing content, so I feel compelled to like, hey, I've talked about this, make a video. Like law firms, like, oh, they're like, I'm sure everybody had theirs kind of teed up, like, yeah, the first to like hit post. It's a big competition. Go back to school with Rogers and get Canada's fastest and most reliable internet. Perfect for streaming lectures all day or binging TV shows all night. Save up to $20 per month on Rogers Internet.
Starting point is 00:07:30 Visit Rogers.com for details. We got you, Rogers. Well, what else is going on this week? Jamie, when you show up for work, do you show up? Our demure friend? Yeah, I'm demure and mindful. Very cutesy. Yeah, so obviously this past, what, probably two weeks, God, maybe even three at this point, because Jules put out that video on the 5th of August. You know, the big viral sensation was Demure, mindful, corporate girlies. Lee, had you seen this? Still haven't seen it.
Starting point is 00:08:03 I had not seen it. I kept seeing Demure, and I was like, what is, what, why is everyone saying this? I figured it came from- I love the word. All things TikTok. But- Yes, of course. I was like, what is this? So if you haven't seen it, go search it. Because I- Yeah, the original video is hilarious.
Starting point is 00:08:17 Can you do a quick recap for those who haven't seen it yet? So essentially it is, she's talking about her makeup and she says, I do a quick crease, very demure, very mindful. So she's talking about like how her makeup is for the office. And I actually used it in a presentation this week at work. So very long story short, we're having a all hands meeting where literally everyone from across the United States, because we're all remote, are getting together at one central location. And I was asked to do a piece on dress code.
Starting point is 00:08:53 And y'all know my thoughts on dress code. I hate dress codes. Unfortunately they are necessary. So I made sure that not only did I add funny pictures of celebrities, but I also used Demure and Mindful. And thank God that people got it because I was like, this might be a complete flop. But I was lucky and the chat was going wild with like gifts of very Demure, very Mindful, very cutesy.
Starting point is 00:09:18 So I was like, thank God. It was funny. And some of it was about like how she's like how I show up for the for work how I interview is how I show up for the job. Some of y'all be like interview and then you switch it up and I've heard had some like legit conversations like this week on this work trip. Someone brought it up and they're like I feel like you kind of got to ease your personality in over time.
Starting point is 00:09:40 Yeah. So so it's funny that you say that because I like, you know, the big thing was code switching. I don't do that. And I don't think anyone should. Now, granted, there are going to be some workplaces that do not suit you. And, you know, they will try to turn down your brightness or your personality. But I, fuck that shit. I'm going to be me. And I, unfortunately, I'm me 100% of the time. And I, unfortunately, I'm me 100% of the time, but I'm lucky that I'm in a very comfortable place at my current job and I'm allowed to be myself. And so that's, I mean, even being asked to present the, you know,
Starting point is 00:10:17 the dress code, knowing that I would be making silly jokes and using silly pictures because they know me. But yeah, I want people to be authentically themselves. But yeah, I actually got to do an article. I'm not sure when it will come out for Market Watch, for Market Watch. And she specifically asked me about, I don't know if you guys have seen the TikTok, but there's a, she was so adorable, but she showed up to an interview with shorts on. And she had on like a cute little cardigan set, but she had on shorts. And so I think she was expecting the comments of TikTok to be in her favor, but they actually weren't. Overwhelmingly. Yeah. I mean, they were all like, girl, come on, you don't wear shorts to an interview. And I
Starting point is 00:10:59 actually, I want to side with the company on this because the company actually said, hey, girl, do you want to go home and change? And then we'll do your interview? Or do you want to reschedule? And so they end up rescheduling, which that was amazing. They used that as a learning opportunity for her, you know, because she's Gen Z and she didn't know that. So in this interview, though, I mentioned that I think it's, it's hard for Gen Z. I mean, look, I even had a learning curve coming out of college, though we were dressed like HR professionals in the club. Like, before, right?
Starting point is 00:11:33 That was our Gen. Elder Millennials already in business club clothes before we were out of college. Yeah, that's our Gen. That's our generation. Literally. Like, there was no day-to-night look. It was just day. Yes. We. Like, there was no day to night look.
Starting point is 00:11:45 It was just day. Yes. We used to, on our off Fridays, we would dress up as if we were going to work to go happy hour. Like black pants, showing your belly button, your belly button jewel, your anklet. No, pencil skirts and blazers. Oh, and especially like the miniature blazers. Pencil skirts.
Starting point is 00:12:02 Hello pencil skirts. Right. I mean, tight cardigans. I mean, come on, come on. But I was saying, I think COVID had something to do with that, right? Because like a lot of them were maybe in school when they graduated like COVID times. So they were all off camera or in a remote setting
Starting point is 00:12:20 and they just didn't have the same experience we did. And so they don't know what is business casual or dress appropriate for work. Cause I actually saw another TikTok of a girl also adorable. She was in a matching hot pink blazer and hot pink shorts, but she started the video off in her car. And she's like, I'm sure I'll get dress coded today. So she already knew, and of course she does in the video, she already knew, was her outfit
Starting point is 00:12:53 amazing? Yes. Do I wish I had her legs? Also, yes. But also, unfortunately, we have to have these things, you know, like dress codes. And I think Gen Z is at a disadvantage just of how with the pandemic and being remote and whatnot. So I like it's like a sugar baker. You know, like a teaching, a teaching moment is like, is that so. So with that one, tick tock, because I saw it on Instagram, I didn't see it on the TikTok. But I saw all the comments on that like, wow, like they were just like lightening her up. But someone said, but hey, the interview was virtual. And they asked her to stand up. Oh, it was? Is that true? I don't think
Starting point is 00:13:38 so. Because then I was like, no, no, no, then that's inappropriate. I don't think so from the video. No, I thought she said she went in. I was going to research that, air quotes, but I just, you know, I've totally forgot about it. I kept scrolling or whatever. I'll find it and we'll post it on our stories. But I'm pretty sure she said she showed up. But I could be I could be wrong. Right. Right. If that happened, she would have said that.
Starting point is 00:14:00 Oh, yeah. Then absolutely fucking not. Yeah. Like it was like another TikTok. Yeah. Like, you know, like she expanded. So I don't know. I don't know. Right. So but people were debating.
Starting point is 00:14:12 Well, it turns out that was actually a virtual interview and they asked her to stand up and I was like, Oh my God. Well, then that's crazy. Yeah. Don't do that. You stupid fuckers. Like, no, because like from the waist up, I even say that while I don't do orientation. Not me without pants interviewing, but with a jacket on.
Starting point is 00:14:28 I even say that, used to say that in my orientation. I don't have to do orientation anymore. But I used to say, I don't care what you look like from the waist down. You could be wearing, my joke was Elmo PJs, because it doesn't matter. That's a better joke than like wearing something else. Yeah, a diaper. Well, okay. That's a thong, edible undies.
Starting point is 00:14:50 Like an astronaut, a committed employee wearing the diaper all day. Nothing. Oh, yeah. But sometimes, no shit, sometimes you look at your calendar and you feel like that's necessary because you have eight hours of back-to-back calls and you're like, not only just lunch, when am I going to go to the bathroom? And then, because then you got it, when am I going to go to the bathroom? Because then you got it, you can't take the computer into the bathroom because sometime
Starting point is 00:15:08 you're going to mess up the camera or the mic. And so don't, you know. Yeah, I'm just late. My next meeting, I don't care. They don't pay enough for that. That costs extra. Oh man. But okay.
Starting point is 00:15:19 Yeah. No, that's interesting. Wearing depends during the meeting workday. Yeah, that's dress code. I love learning tips. Exactly. Ah, summer with your fave Starbucks drinks. The perfect time for sunbathing in piles of leaves on the beach. Carving jack-o-lanterns from watermelons, playing beach volleyball with
Starting point is 00:15:43 a scarecrow, or lounging by the pool with your pumpkin spice latte. Is it crazy to think you can combine the best of fall with the best of summer? No. Your favorite Starbucks fall pairings are here. Grab a pumpkin spice latte, ice pumpkin spice latte, pumpkin cream cold brew, or pumpkin cream cheese muffin, because some things are just better together, no matter the season. Lee, now what about you?
Starting point is 00:16:06 What about you? We've gone around a rotation. Anything notable from you, business or bullshit wise? Well, I had a dream last night. Oh, yes. I love a Lee dream. I know. Lee dreams are amazing.
Starting point is 00:16:16 They're wild. They're wild. Like I told you, I want to write about them afterwards, but I actually am holding it up. I took some notes. Oh my God. She has notes. Because I didn't want to write about them afterwards. But I actually am holding it up. I took some notes. Oh my god. She has notes. Because I didn't want to forget. This is just chicken scratch.
Starting point is 00:16:30 I mean, but Lise has teacher handwriting. Yeah. When I try, I have a bunch of fonts, believe it or not. I have like 25 fonts. But I do calligraphy, FYI. I can do all that bullshit. The onion. Layers to the onion.
Starting point is 00:16:41 I know. I know. All artsy fartsy. But get this dream, okay? And it was going on like all night, like it was crazy. And Ashley was in it. So she guest starred. And the ladies have not heard about this dream yet.
Starting point is 00:16:54 No. Okay. No. But I did tell them that I had a dream and Ashley was in it. I was like on this highway or something. It was very minority report and like the future. Like there could have been flying cars and all of this, but it was that vibe.
Starting point is 00:17:09 And I was working on all of these AI faces. And I wish I could describe to you really what that means. It's like there was like profiles of faces coming through and I was like altering them. I don't know why. What the fuck was I preparing for? Like I have no idea fuck was I preparing for? Like, I have no idea what I was preparing for. It's anyone's guess. But then, so well, first off, I would
Starting point is 00:17:32 like do a face or finish a face and then it would like kind of wake me up and I'd roll over and then I'd go on to another face. It was weird. That's why it's like all night I was doing all these different faces and it was crazy. But then Ashley shows up and she says, and I swear, I mean, I swear on whatever deity, I am not lying. Like, I don't make, I'm not making this bullshit up, right? I'm totally serious. I am not kidding. I am not joking. When Ashley walks up to me in my dream and she says something so profound, when Ashley walks up to me in my dream and she says something so profound, Ashley, you said, stressed spelled backwards is desserts. Wait, is that true?
Starting point is 00:18:15 Wait. It is. It is. And I have not seen that quote in years. I don't know. It's not something I say. Okay. Oh my God, that's hilarious.
Starting point is 00:18:26 And I remember I looked at you and I was like, that is fucking brilliant. Like, I was like, that is just blowing my mind right now. And so what do I do? I start adding candy buttons and icing to the AI people. I'm making cookies out of them. I'm making gingerbread men. Oh my god, drop buttons. Yeah, exactly. So then I make them kind of that flair. So then I was reflecting this morning, and I was like, what the fuck did that mean?
Starting point is 00:18:55 And then I was like, am I Santa? Are you the head elf in charge? It's giving Wonka Santa. It is. AI Wonka. The Glasgow Wonka. Was I future Santa? Yeah, you Wonka Santa. It is. AI Wonka. The Glasgow Wonka. Was I future Santa? Yeah, you are future Santa.
Starting point is 00:19:09 Oh my gosh. What the fuck was that? That is so weird. And I love that you also took the notes to like your car. Yeah, because it was so crazy. I wanted to make sure I got that, I remember that quote, stressed spelled backwards is desserts. And you blew my mind with that.
Starting point is 00:19:23 I remember in my dream, I looked at you like, yes, like this is the fucking solution that I've needed. I've been doing these AI bodies all day and they're all bullshit. They're terrible. Candy buttons and icing. Yes, fuck, yes. And then I started making all these gingerbread people. It was weird. Damn. Okay. Well, I mean- No Thomas J. Henry, sadly, but well, you know, I looked him up the other day and I'll say no more. But if you listen to the podcast and you're Christmas, he's in a little potential hot water legally himself in Texas. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:19:57 I think he took a deposition. So accusations, allegations will always say that. Is it because we threw a carnival at a layoff? That's not the exact allegation. He was sanctioned in a trigger warning type of lawsuit, but he was sanctioned by refusing to answer questions. So anyway, but right below that is the story from April with the $5 million birthday bash. So I think I'd like to be in a party, one of his parties, maybe not a courtroom, but you know, whatever. If someone knows Thomas Jay or he's listening.
Starting point is 00:20:33 I mean, forward this to him if you don't think he's listening. That's right. Have him invite us to a party, we'll put it on socials. Well, and you know, we brought up Thomas Jay and his PJ before because of Megan the Stallion. But Megan the Stallion is hosting the VMAs. When are those? Is that coming up? Well, okay, so they were moved, right?
Starting point is 00:20:56 Well, they're September 11th, but that's on a Wednesday. They always film them on the Saturday before, because in case they have to edit. So Thomas J, if you want to fly the besties out to LA for the VMAs on probably September 7th, that would be stupendous. Please. Thank you. So also, if any MTV people are listening to the HR besties, if you could get us tickets, I just want to see Megan, really.
Starting point is 00:21:27 Oh my gosh. One thing is speaking of AI, I told the girls this earlier in the week. I had total AI hack for chatting again. I'd normally talk about chat GPT because it's easiest, but I'd been last weekend, we spent the weekend at summer camp and for this like destination event and we were there and a girlfriend is having a similar event in three weeks there. And so we're like, great, fantastic. So while I was there, my friend was like,
Starting point is 00:21:50 two of us were there last weekend, we're gonna be there. My girlfriend's like, take a bunch of pictures and just send notes just so I know what to expect and can like visualize. Okay, cool. Sent so many pictures, so many things. I really feel like I stepped up.
Starting point is 00:22:01 I'm normally the slacker in this friend, I'm a slacker in this friend group. They plan our vacations, I go. At the time, I really felt like I needed to do my thing normally the slacker in this friend. I'm a slacker in this friend group. They plan our vacations. I go, I really felt like I needed to do my thing. So on Sunday, my friend was like, oh my God, thank you so much. Now I'm gonna go through all these tonight, put these in an email to our coordinator.
Starting point is 00:22:14 And then I was like, hold on a second. So I went and screen shatted. It was like 20, 25 pages of text. I screen shatted the whole text and I went to chat GPT. And I said, please review all these texts. Ignore any talk about spring break and general chatter. But all of the tips from this weekend, please put these together in an email my friend can send her planner.
Starting point is 00:22:30 Yes, I did. And it came with the most cohesive. I did it. I sent it to my friend like a minute, like literally like, you know, two and a half minutes later took a bit to screenshot. She I copy and paste it. She was like, on what what where are you sent from Angel from Heaven? I was like, chat GPT the Angel from Heaven. She was like, where are you sent from, Angel from Heaven? I was like, chat, GBT, the Angel from Heaven. It was amazing.
Starting point is 00:22:48 That is awesome. Yeah, and it was perfect. She's like, I'm sending as is, perfect. And it was like crazy conversational. Yeah, so heck. Awesome. Oh, damn. I'm like blown away by that. It's a good piece of tech like HR tech. Oh, good segue. HR Tech.
Starting point is 00:23:06 We'd mentioned it before. We're going. We're not just going. No, we're not just going. We're speaking as one HR Tech, aren't we? What are we speaking about? Would you sing? Would you think you'd sing?
Starting point is 00:23:18 Well, it is a happy hour. What the fuck? I mean, I guess, but couldn't we just do like drunk karaoke later that night? Exactly. That was kind of my fault. Remember, we're doing Shoop. Yeah, we're doing Shoop. Oh, y'all are doing Shoop. Jamie and I are going to tag team. No, I'm forcing you.
Starting point is 00:23:37 Because someone's salt and someone's pepper. What am I, Ann? No, I said I want to be Spinderella. What am I, the End? Or what? The Ampersand? I'm going to be Spinderella. What am I, the end? Or what? The ampersand? What the fuck? I'm going to be Spinderella. Spinderella Anderson. There is a third, you know. Spinderella.
Starting point is 00:23:52 Oh, OK. There we go. I guess that's enough. Jamie Ampersand Curtis just has the same ring to it. Oh, damn. We will, but we are talking. So if you're going to be at HR Tech, we will be talking on... Finding joy at work. Yay. All not joyful. It'll be a good one. But it falls during the Expo happy hour time on that Tuesday. So we'll
Starting point is 00:24:25 be drinking, which will be fun. You know what I mean? With everybody else. Not in excess, totally within control. But you know, it'll be jovial. It'll be a little loose. It'll be nice. It'll be fun. It's not going to be 9am, civility. No, no. It's happy. It is happy hour. Yeah. So we're going to put it in the live podcast format. We're going to have a meeting and that'll be fun as hell. Doing a little learning and sharing. It will be. Take some live questions. Yeah, sure. That kind of thing.
Starting point is 00:24:56 You know, why not? And comments. This session sucks. Could you imagine? Hey, fuck you, dude. I would literally take my earrings off and run. You would. You would. You would. This is why, this is why sometimes we say I don't, I do not spend that much time on social media anymore because those things, I try to respond to comments and you go and I'll try to respond. And some people put nice things. And again, you don't have like, I don't expect myself to be everyone's tea,
Starting point is 00:25:26 but like anything, when I see, if I don't like something, I will move on with life. If I, what did the comment, what did the comment say? Yeah, you got a good one. I got a good one. I got a good one slash a bad one. Here we are, here we are. I literally looked at TikTok for one second.
Starting point is 00:25:40 First thing that pops up. There's just something about you that I find very irksome. I just can't figure it out with the emoji, the like, you know, shrugging shoulders, blonde emoji. You seem nice. In general, you know what you're talking about. IDK. We say this, like imagine coming in per... Like, no, all this stuff people say online. I would challenge people to say in person, to say in person. Yeah, say it to us at HR Tech. Don't. So, it's funny that you said that because now I've been saving those on my personal videos and then going to their TikTok or their Instagram and screenshotting the craziest
Starting point is 00:26:16 picture like this one I have of this guy, ComEd, you know, HR is not your friend or something or you're the most useless department of him in a dog cage. Oh my God. What the fuck? Yeah. It was his very first picture too. I didn't even have to dig. So I'm going to do a video of all the shitty comments that I get and then show the person like in a dog cage or- You like that vengeance? Yeah. I don't even have to make this shit up. No, it's people be people. And so just know, again, listening, we appreciate the good comp listening to the podcast. So if you're ever ever on the fence and like I don't know if I should reach out, please feel free You know, we have gotten a number of very specific questions lately. Yes
Starting point is 00:26:51 I was actually about to say do not fucking ask for our advice. It's getting out of hand. No, it's getting out of hand, Ashley I don't want to be a hater. I don't want to be a hater I think I don't want to be a hater just some people I think I do. Okay Well, but we can't we can't provide individual advice for a variety of reasons, including you know, we're all we wish you the best. We provide general advice, but we just can't provide specifics. So I should probably say questions and comments, questions that maybe don't make us read 10 pages of text and try to figure out what anyway, I'll say nothing more.
Starting point is 00:27:21 Joy to find some joy. But we're going to HR tech with the whole point. Yeah, yeah, we're going to talk about joy once we fucking find it. Then we'll share it with you on how to find the joy at work. And then you can destroy our joy by saying out loud the comments. The hater comments. So anyway.
Starting point is 00:27:43 No, it'll be fun. We're so excited. It'll be a good time. So let us know if you're going and if you are going, definitely come and say hi. All right. Well, happy Friday, y'all. Bye.

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