Tell Em Steve-Dave - #624: The Accused

Episode Date: February 2, 2025

Would Troy investigate Bry’s murder, Pam’s book is published, MORE Blue October concerts, someone goes after Walt, Lieutenant D helps the boys review Git ‘em’s work performance.

But that was always weird to me like why'd you kill all those fish dude People have accidental discharges. Tell em Steve Dave. Hello and welcome to this week's edition of Tell em Steve Dave. I'm Bry. Walt's here. Hello. BQ is here. Hello.

Get em is here. Howdy, Stanken. Special guest, Demi, which I don't, have we been officially introduced to you yet on the show? No. No? I've kind of lurked in the background a little bit. Yeah.

You've come here with, your friends with Troy have come here several times with Troy. You're also an officer. Yeah. Of the law. Yep. Right. And you're going to help us out with some stuff today.

Yes. Okay. Yep. We're expanding the TST town police department. Yeah. Troy's not going to be around forever, you know? It's true. The old sheriff's going to ride off into the sunset one day, you know?

You need a deputy. I was wondering about Troy recently because he talks about retiring, but he's like, you know, I can't do it yet. I gotta wait. I gotta wait. Yeah. So, but that's like every cop, right? They're just like wait for, towards the end, they're just like, I just want to retire.

Yeah. At some point, depending what you do. Yeah. Like what does Troy do if like the day he retires, Mary Beth and I fall victim to a double homicide? Do you think he takes it on himself to investigate? It wouldn't be his jurisdiction though, would it? No, it depends on where you live. It wouldn't be his jurisdiction.

I assumed you guys were at home. That's a safe assumption. Anything's happening at home. So you two get brutally murdered. No... I think he gets on the case. He gets on the case? Yeah. He's not going to... like one of his dearest friend gets murdered.

I don't know that he's putting away 30 years of detective experience to weep at your funeral. No, no. It's official. Yeah. But he doesn't have 30 years of rules and regulations to follow either, or laws if he's retired. He's a private detective. He's rogue now. Yeah.

Wasn't that the plot of Lethal Weapon? Like, Murtaugh was like two days away from retirement. That's like every cop movie. He was 41 in that too, when he says, I'm too old for this shit. Is he? 41, yeah. I had to look it up. I was like, he's not really, I was like, oh, Danny Glover was 41 when he said, I'm too old for this shit 41 yes I had a look it up I was like he's not really dating over was 41 when he said I'm too old he wasn't

wrong there's a lot to deal with how would you react if like you were given a partner like Riggs yeah like a loose cannon just a shooing the rules and and you know just just going about his business in a, in a high profile wacky handcuffing himself to, to, to do it. Isn't it a results oriented though, business though? Like Riggs got it done. Sometimes people look the other way. Yeah, Riggs got the job done though. I don't think Riggs would survive today.

I don't know if you could look that far the other way. Nobody cares, Wold, about Walt, about crime cases being closed. They care about how it looks. All those South Africans would have needed was a cell phone camera when he shot the fish tank and that's the end. You would have had everybody all over him. That was always weird to me. Like, why did you kill all those fish, dude?

It never made sense to me when he shot that fish tank. He just wants to say a big fuck you. Yeah, but it's made to fire his service. Like how do you feel if your partner- Do you think any fish died in that? Yeah, because you saw them running to try to- Yeah, but where are they putting them? Find a bucket, toilet. Trash can.

Okay. So tropical fish that need like perfect temperature and pH, just throw in a trash can. That sounds about right. But yeah, like if your partner shot his service weapon into a fish tank to make a point. Officially or unofficially? Yeah, he's there. He's investigating a crime and he's like, any meaning by any means, he just shoots the tank. People have accidental discharges, they call it. Oh, me. What? Old desk pop. That was on purpose. Yeah. So we're going to do that in a little bit, but first I have to be, I don't want to forget this. Pam finally published her book. Whoa.

So it is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Play, all those places. I'm going to put a link up in the- Yeah, let me order one right now. all those places. I'm going to put a link up in the Twitter feed. Tell them Steve Dave will put that up Sunday in case everybody wants to buy it. That's an accomplishment. I mean to see that to the finish line so many years later. So many years later.

Yeah. I mean, it's been like 10 years. If not more. If not more. And that's, that's seeing it through. And that's a big accomplishment no matter what the same. No matter what your last name is. What's the name of the book?

What's the official title? Shane Heir to the Throne. Oh, you know what? I wish I brought it with me because she didn't use her real name. She wanted a pen name. Okay. That's a good idea. So she used it.

She's a mono associate with me. The fairy way. Yeah, that's a good idea. So she used, she's a mono associate with me. Yeah, that's a good idea. She said, I want to be like Joe Hill and Stephen King. The Johnson curse. Okay, I see it. You want me to say what her name is? The... Yeah, what it's...

Pammy J. P-A-M-I is the first name. J-A-E is the second. Yeah. Pammy J. And it's called Shane, Ernie the Throne. Book one. I'm not sure if it meets Walter Mustard's wall. The pen names are not as exciting as I thought. Well, you know what she wanted to be at first was PC Case.

Because her maiden name was Case. PC Case? PCS? No, PC Case. It was just like, I don't know what PC meant, but I was like, everybody's going to think a personal computer. Nobody's going to think like that. Well, a lot of authors for women though, use initials to hide that they're women, like J.K. Rowling.

J.K. Rowling. Yeah. She should have changed her name to J.C. Rowling. That would have been something. Yeah. Trick some people. The first review says, brilliant, just brilliant. Schools should be required to read this together as a class. Who is that? That's Grant Slingerland.

I don't know him. That's a TSD guy. Is it? Yeah. That's my father's pen name. I send him merchandise. Well, Brandman says, this book cured my dyslexia. Ten out of ten.

Must buy. Reviews are in. Five reviews, all five stars. Yes, so I'm ordering mine right now. Pretty good. What's the cover price on that? Hardcover? Softcover?

It's a softcover. There's a paperback for $21.95 and that is being shipped. That has got to feel good though. I mean because she could have a good cover. She could have a good cover. She could have a good cover. She could have a good cover. She could have a good cover.

She could have a good cover. She could have a good cover. She could have a good cover. She could have a good cover. She could have a good cover. She could have a soft cover. There's a paperback for $21.95 and that is being shipped. That has got to feel good though. She crafted that for so long. She finally was like, it's good enough. Yeah. That's the hardest part. She went through with this, the publisher, whoever helps her set it up and get it it looking right format-wise and all that shit.

That took a really long time and she was complaining because they kept sending back like they would change like they would put – every place a comma was, they put a semicolon instead like that kind of shit. So I heard about that for a while. That was a good six months. Aaron Ross Powell Is there hopes that this isn't like something like a Harry Potter and – It says book one.

She already is working on the second one. Well, I mean she has a lot done on the second one actually. Well, let me ask you, do you think it's possible for her to do a signing at the General Store? Mary Beth suggested that she was like, you should have a Pam Day just like you had a Frank Day. But I was like, I don't know. Like I don't want to have a Pam Day and then it it's like, crick crick, crick crick. I think people would come.

I think people would come. I think so? Yeah, I do. I think you have to have- Maybe if it was like a Pam and Q day. No. That's the people that show up. Well, I'll come.

If Pam's here, I'll come. I think you have to have her on TSD to talk about the book and get listeners excited just to show up on prompt without any, you got to lubricate the fucking system. You got to like make it exciting. Yeah. Yeah. Just can't be like show up. You know, you got to make it a spectacle.

Okay. Get her in, talk about the book, you know, get her feelings on like with the inspirations, you know, what like, when she was growing up, what were some of the authors that she like, you know, really do a real life sit that interview. We over, what was it, Christmas? I think it was Christmas, we went to Darren's house and he asked me to bring the puppet theater along because he wanted to see Joseph Noe, the Shane Eyre to the Throne part where we, remember in the theater? Oh God, okay, all right. He wanted to see that.

Yes. Dude, I was crying. Really? Oh my God, it was so fucking funny. Oh, it was Walt had that creepy voice, right? Oh, Wolf, right? Yeah. And they're like, Joseph No!

Holy fuck, dude, I was crying like legit tears. It was so fucking funny. There's some really good stuff on that. I think it's still available, right? If you go to – I don't think so. Maybe digital? No, I may be digital.

I don't know. It's been a long time. Those contracts were signed before there was a patron and everything. So I'm not sure what the – I can't, I can't remember legally where we, where we stand on that one. I was signed a long time ago. What are you saying? We can't put them back into rotation because we would owe money to people.

Yeah. I mean, we don't have any, I don't think we have any thing in the contract, original contract that like, we're like, we would have a Patreon and we would just put it out there for people to watch. So then they're fucked, just like actors with DVDs and stuff. Yeah, right. Let's fuck them over. No, no, no.

You have to rerecord it. Like, Quantum Week, they changed all the copyright and songs they put in for it. Yeah, all the music you got to take out. Right. Well, maybe we could just buy them out. Maybe we could just reach out to them and be like, hey, we'll give you $100.

I haven't heard from any of those guys in quite some time. Really? Yeah. Puppet Theater is available for digital download on TomSteveDave.com. Oh, okay. TomSteveDave.com, if you want to see something, it's not that expensive, right?

9.99. 9.99, that's pretty good. It's fucking funny, man. Yeah, I gotta read the watch. And that's not even my favorite skit out of all of them. Right. Walt's cable box story is like, it like... Oh my God, that's right. There's nothing to gold.

Nothing to gold. Like the puppet answers the door and is instantly terrified, right? Oh man, we got to get... Yeah, I got to watch that again. That's so funny. Yeah, they're getting... Pam and Edgar, they're getting their bedroom done, they're redoing their bedroom and redoing the bathroom because they're at a point now where they want to stay on one level of the house. And the bathroom, I don't know if you remember it being in a state of disrepair wall. The bathroom was right across from where the kitchen was.

You're walking a front door, kitchen, bathroom. Right. And Edgar tore it apart in probably circa 1985 because he was going to redo it. Yeah, it's always been torn apart in my mind, right? Always been torn apart, yeah. So it's a longer process than Shane aired in the throne. Than Shane aired in the throne, oh yeah, by like 30 years. So it's finally getting done.

Finally getting done, yeah. And the guy who's doing it used to work with Edgar back in the day, like way back in the day when Edgar had his own company. The boys are back. The boys are back. Not only that, but I used to work with this guy too because I would work part-time with Edgar. It's the first time I saw him in 40 years. If you want to feel old, don't see somebody for 40 years and you have a picture of them in your mind. Kind of like Facebook when you go to like school pictures and you're like, whoa You didn't look like that back in the Spiderman meme where they're blown it but spider-man is pointing at spider-man

Yeah, like I was thinking the same thing when he saw you Used to be some skinny kid who listened to the scorpions Not so skinny listen to Blue October. Oh, that's another thing I got to ask your permission. She has to ask permission. I told her I would take it to the table. Mary Beth wants to go to Dallas to see a Blue October concert. She needs my permission to do that? I like this.

I think she needs a round table or rectangular table of men to decide what they would do in this situation because I'm not going. What's the problem? Send it to Blue October. Dallas? Yeah, so what? Send her by herself? That's a party city, Q.

What are we afraid is going to happen here? Well, she's going with her brother. What are you worried about? What's the- I don't know. It's just- You're not worried about her getting kidnapped. You're worried about her- Close to the border.

Yeah, but you don't- It might get traffic. I mean, it's Dallas. It's pretty nice there. Yeah, it wouldn't even occur to me not to- No? You just say, yeah, go ahead. What is she going to do?

I don't know, man. Let's say she cheats on you. It could be dangerous. Who gives a shit? It could be dangerous for that. Did you care anymore? Walt, when you went to Chicago, you saw the kind of happenings that, like, if Walt hadn't been alert, that could have gotten him.

What are you talking about? Chicago. Yeah, remember when you went with the Franks of Chicago when you were walking in? That was Detroit. Oh, it was Detroit? Sorry, sorry. The mean streets of Detroit. The mean streets of Detroit, okay.

Yeah. We almost got mugged. Yeah? Yeah. I felt it. Like my stomach just like everything sank and I was like, oh my God, we're about to get robbed. And then nothing happened? Well, I saw – I didn't tell you this. You might have. Well, you've told me a lot over the years. But there's like four guys and one – and they walk – we are walking in the opposite directions

and one of them stops, looks at us and then looks at his gang, his buddies. Yeah. I didn't say gang, did I? Did I say gang out loud? Yeah. His posse, right? And they're looking at each other like, yes, no, like are

we going to do this or not? And I was like, oh my God, they're going to rob us. I just felt it. Yeah. And Frank and my wife were talking and they didn't notice it, but Mrs. Viven, I knew it was like… Inevitable. It was like, it was going to happen, but for whatever reason, they just kind of like were hesitant. There's little to no doubt in my mind that they were sizing it up like, should

we do this or not? Are we going to go here or not? They were kind of non-verbally making their... What do you think about you guys swayed the decision either way? Yeah, because you look like pretty easy pickings. Oh yeah, I get it. Yeah, that's what the gang members heard. They didn't hear it talking. They just heard like, brrr. I don't know. I don't know what happened. Maybe because I looked right at them. Yeah.

I mean, I directly looked at one of their eye contact. Oh, well, I was afraid. Let's make no bones about it. But I looked and I was like, there was little to no doubt that they knew that I was seeing that they were getting right. I know you think I'm crazy. I don't think you're crazy. They definitely were going to do it.

Right. And they just didn't have all four of them weren't on the same page at the right time. Right. And then I guess they felt they lost their… The moment was gone. The moment was gone and we had there's so much… I don't know what happened, but for whatever reason, maybe God just was like, not today. Not today, right. Yeah.

All right. But Mary Beth wants to go to Dallas and how long is she going to be gone? A couple days. A couple days. Yeah. You're worried? What's that? And you're worried?

Not really. No. No. Although she would be the first to admit that if trouble came, she would rather be with me than her brother. Her brother is not really like an assertive aggressive kind of guy, but that's assuming there's trouble. I want to talk about Mary Beth because your poor old Walt got put in the crossfires by

Mary Beth over the last week. If you think that my good friend Walt wasn't defended, she wasn't given a tongue lashing for that. What happened? She commented something on Walt. She commented on Walt.'t defended, she wasn't given a tongue lashing for that. What happened? She commented something on Walt. She commented on Walt? On Walt, yeah. But where?

She said that I have a bizarre relationship with women. I even asked her, I was like, what do you mean by that? And she was like, I don't know, just like, because we're not friends and stuff. I was like, but you see how that could come off, right? Like, you see how that could come off. Like my jaw dropped when she told me that. I was like, you did what? So I thought I wanted to ask you guys, do you guys believe that too?

I don't think so. I think if the statement was Walt has a bizarre relationship with everybody, I'd be like, okay, I see what you meant. I don't discriminate. But to single out women, I don't understand that. I don't even see you talking to women. Maybe that's what she means. I don't know. What does she mean? I don't I don't understand that I I don't even see you talking to women. Maybe that's what she means I don't know but like I

Yeah, this is how the show ends this is A picture I think somebody like had a picture of Yoko on on Facebook like her is Yoko Well, she's not gonna get people to change their opinion over by attacking the one people that people like on the show right I thought I was saying the Psyop fucking government experiment because I was like how I'm like I don't how did you find out? Where did she say online on Facebook Facebook, but then deleted the comment? Okay after you spoke to her before Somebody's rattling. Yeah, I think it's Q's Or before she deleted it was before okay. Yeah, it was before I mean, I'm not overly friendly to anybody

It takes me a while to warm up to anybody. Yeah, neither is she It's not like you're running around being friendly to everybody. You're standoffish. You're anxiety and social anxiety and all that shit. I was just like, why? This is fascinating. I couldn't get my head around it. I'm sorry. We might not get to you today, but this is the most fascinating thing. Wait, so what was she commenting on?

I don't know. I can't remember what the original post was because I didn't personally see it. She told me about it. Okay. So she came to you worried that she had said something that you're not going to like? Not really. Or was she just like, ah? No, she mentioned she was like, yeah, somebody said something on Facebook and this is what

I said. And I was like, I literally go, you said what? I wasn't upset. I was more like, fuck. Do you guys think that too? I don't think that. I'm more in agreement with Q is like, you're an individual that has, not issues, but like everybody, everybody falls under the same umbrella. It's not easy to get close to a Wolf Flanagan.

Yeah. But when you do. There's nothing more magical. I would agree with that. Yeah, but you gotta put the work in. It's like getting the key to a secret garden. And there's no way, and there's no way posting comments on Facebook is going to get you there. That Bruce Bracings song, Secret Garden, I just changed the word slightly from woman

on her to Walt on him. And that's how I feel about your friendship as a secret garden man. Okay. All right. Well. Well, I don't know. So what did she mean? All right. Well, I don't know. So what did she mean? She didn't clarify. I thought she never really clarified what she meant.

And I was just like, did she regret saying it now? Oh yeah. Was she corrected? She was corrected. Yeah. I was like, what are you basing that on? I was like, never write anything, anything about us. Yeah.

Wow. I was just more like, wow, I wonder what would have prompted that. How did you find that, Walt? I saw it online. Yeah? Yeah. Somebody emailed a link to it too, of course. Of course, yeah.

Did you get them? I have to give a high five to that person because they knew what makes content on it. They sure do. This is how shows end. If you could find out, maybe I'll work on it though. I'll find out from her. I'll get in no uncertain terms, I'll be like, what did you mean by that? Well, or what could I do to make it less bizarre then?

Right. Like, because I don't know. Yeah, I wouldn't say that your interactions with her were bizarre either. I didn't think so. I didn't think so either. We've gone out plenty of times and had a great time. Yeah. You think it's funny, huh?

That is hysterical. I don't know why she would do that. That's surprising. Me and you both, buddy. Yeah, but like, you know she didn't mean it in like... She didn't mean it to be mean. I think like what she realized was that she was just like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be

like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, I'm going to be like, oh, buddy. Yeah, but like, you know she didn't mean it in like... She didn't mean it to be mean. I think like once she realized what it sounded like, that's when she deleted it. It had to be that. She definitely didn't mean it like... For 100%, she didn't mean it to be disruptive or anything.

Like, yeah, I was wondering where she was like coming from. Wow. I'll find out. I'll bring it in next week. How exciting. Wow. I'll find out. I'll bring it in. How exciting. Do me next.

She does under her alt account. Oh, wow. Oh, so Walt, so how did you feel? Like, what was the- I was just like, wow, that came out of nowhere. And I was like, I wonder if- Shots fired. Are there, is that the common perception of me amongst everybody? Is that I'm this

weirdo? I say eccentric. Eccentric? Yeah, I would use the word eccentric. I would say singular. You wouldn't use the word normal? Singular, yeah. Normal was not one of the vernacular words.

What is normal anyway? I think the thing is sometimes when women are around, you become a little prudish. You're trying to save their feelings. When we've had women in the studio – Oh, you won't curse and stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or bring up sex stuff. I think that's the strangest thing.

But that's – Being a gentleman is strange. It is. But it's strange nowadays. It wasn't strange back in the day, but nowadays it's strange. That I don't want to talk like a sailor in front of a – Yeah. So you front of a broad. Yeah, you're not bawdy.

Get him. Did you discover this on the Facebook it was on? Yeah. You discovered it before Walt saw it. I don't know. I was alerted to it by our group chat. And then what? It's all over the place.

It's spread over the place. It's spread like wood groups and then the Palisades fires. He has a group chat of all the crew. Yeah. James, Tom, Rupp, Chuck, Brad. Yeah, and what was your reaction? I just shook my head and it was just like,

oh, I don't wanna go to work today. You weren't just more like, thank God it's not me. Oh, man, this is exciting. Yeah. I'm glad to hear, though, that you guys think that's not the common thought process. I don't think so. And I don't think she meant it like it came off knowing Mary Beth.

I don't believe so because she was not happy with herself. But I still want to hear her explanation. I can't wait. Because it feels like it was like she had to be holding on to it though for like, it felt like unprompted. Was it not like the rest of the thread? What was it? Do you remember?

I don't even remember. It was something to do with the Dr. D though thing. Cause it was prompted by that episode. I think. Okay. I don't, I, I'm not sure. She'll remember.

So I'll find out. I'll find out. I'll find out what that it was and get to the bottom of this. I'm going to tell you, we were driving. I was just like, you, you said what? I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe it. I thought she was fucking around with me at first. This is great because I bet you like, is your first thought or your third thought?

I don't want to deal with this. Wait, wait, wait. What's this caption on the dash cam? Maybe, yes. It may be. I'll have to check it out. Good thought, Gitem. Good thought.

Wow. All right. Wow, exciting. Yeah. All right, now that Gitem said that, I'm going to hand out these. I got some sheets where Tom Milazewski came up with some, with a checklist because we're going to start rating and reviewing Gitem.

Yes. You and I are in charge of Gitem now and we wanted to do basically performance reviews. Right. And that's why Lieutenant D? Is that what we're going by? Everybody says somebody D. Yeah, that's good. He puts the D in TSD.

He responded to, I put a call out, it was like anybody who does this professionally that comes in and reviews workplace environments, both the staff and the management. And Lieutenant D sent in his credentials, which are impeccable. Oh yeah. Because of who he's in charge of a, of a precinct, right? No, no.

You run the rat squad? You, yeah. I want to see his IA file. No, but lieutenants review sergeants and the cops, underneath them too. Yeah. So I've been a supervisor for like 15 years. What is a beat cop called?

What's their type? Police officer. But they don't have a official. Flat foot. No, just police officer. Okay. Patrolman? Are you the, you know, patrolman's the old.

Oh, okay. That's the old terminology. Yeah. So do you enjoy that aspect of the job having to review or do you find it can be? Depending. Yeah, it can be dependent. You know, Sometimes you have to show tough love to people depending on the- Tough love.

Nobody likes that. I've heard that term a lot around here, yeah. It's the only love I really know. Still love that. Still love. Still love. Walt's secret garden. No one type of love. So you have done this for a long time though. Yeah, like 15 years. All right.

And you can help, I think. Yeah, illuminate. Get us to a point where like, but no one's here to attack anybody. It's more just like, get us into a good zone where like everyone's, like this should be the happiest job on the planet for all of us. Yes. Yeah. And like –

There's listeners that would fucking kill for that fucking seat that he's in. The curator has told me he's ready to slice his wrists because he can't be the office manager. He takes many opportunities to be like, Gidham doesn't know how to upsize an image for you. Whoa, Gidham, are you aware that this is happening? Do you know that this guy's behind closed doors? No, but now that's good I know now.

What are you going to do differently? Next time Curie reaches out to me for something, I'll uh... He doesn't need anything from you. He told me so. And I never need anything from you. He told me so. And you have some paperwork. We have so much paperwork here today. This is from Tom. Do you find that people's motivation to change is dampened a little bit when they know that there are absolutely zero repercussions to anything that they do ever yes okay so that is so that that's really uh...

that's not a good carrot no the definitely nothing can happen to you the duplicate diplomatic immunity am i let down my union rep here is this is not a union job. You only need 75% of the employees to agree. Have you ever reviewed Troy?

No, no, we never worked together. Oh no. No, no. That would be tough. Yeah. Right, since you're buddies with him. Sometimes you're friends with him. You're probably buddies with a lot of cops though, right? Yeah. Right, since you're buddies with them. Sometimes you're friends with them. You're probably buddies with a lot of cops though, right?

Yeah, sometimes, you know. You ever had to bring the hammer down on a buddy? No, as long as- Of course not. Everyone has to play on the phone. Me neither. Everyone's got their roles to play, you know, as long as- I'd like to make it understood with people.

If everyone does what they're supposed to do, you know, then I don't have to be a robot and you know, oh, you came back 10 minutes late from your lunch break or whatever, you know, something like that. Right. Oh, wow. Speaking of lunch. Meal periods. Speaking of lunch, like is there a place where, a common place where people eat, where officers

eat together? Depending if you have time on patrol, sometimes the dashboard of your car. Right. But, but sometimes, let's say at the station, if somebody were to bring in like an ungodly, ghastly dish. Pork, pork filled dish. Other people out there would not appreciate it. And they, and that officer would be.

Ostracized? Yeah, possibly. Sometimes people cook whole fish in a toaster oven and not even pulled pork. So you have actually had this problem that you're bringing stinky food into your work. Yeah. Oh, okay. Is there anything you can do about it? Not really. Oh. Not officially, yeah. No. Oh, no. It's cultural to eat the fish's eyeballs while you're sitting at your desk and pick

your teeth with the bones. Okay. So the cultures outside the police department are more important than the culture of the eyeballs while you're sitting at your desk and pick your teeth with the bones. Okay. So the cultures outside the police department are more important than the culture of the police department. Respecting people's cultures and identities. Gotcha. Yes. I thought we were doing all right with that.

Federally. Federally. We don't have to follow those rules in this office though. No. Not a federal agency. No. Different rules. We don't have to respect anybody here.

All right. So how do we, what is the, what do you got here? What did you bring us today? So I have a modified version of what's the performance evaluation guide for police officers and detectives that I did. I tried to make it apply more to here. Oh wow. You customized it.

Yeah. So there's, on that there's There's 27 points of Things that cops get rated on but I narrowed it down to 13 that more apply Oh, wow rated on a scale of one to five from very low to highly competent Okay, so there's some just each one has descriptions So we're between but look we're talking today is the first ever performance for you. Yes Anybody getting review today doesn't even know what they're getting judged against.

No, it's all common things you'd think. But we would say this is like a baseline one, and the next one would really be the, we gotta see what we're working with here. Could be. Yeah, give a fair. And then give instruction for improvement. Yeah.

Okay, all right. I have suggestions for improvement. Now, the management can also be critiqued I feel well there's a supervisors what makes a professional supervisor both night of here okay about a you know for frontline supervisors that's I'm worried I'm sorry now I'm worried about it I think I might not have a professional might I might fall short of professional at times I don't see how There's a section for common supervisor rating mistakes

I don't know if you want me to read that before the ratings or you want to hear it after. Let's hear it. Yeah, let's hear it. Any of those might apply. It's not exposed to landmines walking into them. Some might apply. All right, so what do we got to do here? So I'll go over the categories and then I guess everybody decides is it on a scale of one to five So five is extremely competent four is highly competent three competent two low and one is very low

so extremely competent is Basically like the performance exhibited is exceptional rarely equaled work is consistently excellent as to quality thoroughness accuracy technical expertise basically outstanding. Then four is, you know, exceeds expectations, but maybe needs a little bit of guidance here and there. Competent is like, you know, you get by, it's beyond the minimum requirements

and work is performed in a steady manner, but sometimes you need guidance. You're shaking your head at beyond minimum. Blow is a- You're shaking your head at beyond minimum. I was thinking of striking the first two right out of the gate. Yeah, three is a meeting expectations. Low is the performance is marginal.

There's limited ability to perform the appropriate skills for a given responsibility. The ratee frequently disregards performing responsibilities or adherence to standards, occasionally exercises sound judgment, is generally willing to do the job but only with instructions and directions. Performance is not sufficient to the degree of being below expectations. And now very low, that was just two, very low which is a one, the performance exhibited is poor. There's almost a complete lack of skill in being able to perform basic responsibilities, consistently disregards responsibilities or adherence to standards, does not exercise

sound judgment, is unwilling to work, shows no desire to work, learns slowly, requires repeated instructions with extensive directions, and performance is consistently unacceptable. Wow. You know that all already. Oh, that wasn't your rating. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know. I thought we skimmed. Have you ever had to give somebody a one while reviewing them? Because that seems like fireworks. No, no, no. A five is like usually like a captain or above has to give someone a five. That's like the highest you could get.

Would you use like a TV cop as your guide, like Columbo? Five? Kevin Macleod Maybe Frank Drebin. Aaron Ross Powell Well, that would be one, right? Kevin Macleod I saw the case. Aaron Ross Powell Yeah, at the end of the day. Kevin Macleod Save the queen.

Aaron Ross Powell All right. So like is there – so nobody really gets a five? There's no super cops? Kevin Macleod No, people do. Well, sometimes it's favoritism. Sometimes it's, but some people do, you know, are exceptional and go above and beyond, regardless of, you know, what's going on, you know?

But then people get disgruntled and a lot of people fall. So, you know, the first category is ethics slash integrity. Oh, right. It's not what a bribe isn't good, buddy. Yeah, a lot of people fall somewhere in between. They want to come in, do what they're supposed to do, and then go home. What if they never leave? That is their home.

That's what happens when people are going through divorces, living in a U-Haul van outside of the precinct, running extension cord. But are there guys that just like, they'll spend as much time as possible at the job because they just don't feel like going home there's definitely we're dealing with that. Yeah. Yeah, we guys in the firehouse like that, too Yeah, I don't want to go home my family's there. Yeah Definitely. That's what I feel my wife talking about my friend And she what and she thinks she can go to Dallas. Oh Yeah, you should be like, yeah, we took a vote at a table, you can't go to Dallas.

You can't go because of the world set. Is that bizarre enough for you? All right. So the first category is ethics slash integrity. So ability to adhere to TESD Town Studios policies and guidelines, a sense of principle regarding conduct, a sense of moral obligation, a sense of duty, strict personal honesty, noble, praiseworthy, and trustworthy. So examples that they use before you get to the rating section is they maintains confidentiality of sensitive matters,

adheres to all guidelines regarding rules and regulations, reports instances of corruption, never extends meal period, nor comes in late or leaves early. Wow. Okay, so what do we do, one by one? So I'll read it, yeah, from extremely competent to very... And are we all answering this? This is an assessment of us all, or is this... Yeah, yeah.

Everybody's on point. Yeah, all right. this? Yeah, yeah. Everybody's in for it. You want to defend everybody? Yeah, all right. So extremely competent, which is a five. Always on time and punctual. Always actively supports TESD town studio's policy. Deportment and performance always reflect the high level of integrity. All right, so we're breaking them down one by one.

Yeah, I'll read the five and then decide one to five. Okay. Where he lands. Willing to risk unpopularity by adhering to principles. Always consulted on sensitive matters. Always maintain strict confidentiality and always adheres to TESD Town Studios directives. Then a three, which is in the middle,

supports policies and guidelines. Not a disciplinary problem. Represents TESD Town favorably. No evidence of breaches of integrity. Very low, fails to maintain confidentiality of sensitive matters, regularly breaches integrity and regularly violates guidelines, constant disciplinary problem. See, the trouble is like these are all like good questions for Walt because like we don't really see get them on day to day and have it for years.

I don't want to be the guy that piles on though either. Right. I don't want to be the guy that piles on though either. Right. I don't want to be the guy that. Tell the reality and we'll, we'll. Well, what are your thoughts on these things? Why? Let's go one by one. What was the first thing there?

Extremely competent. No, no, no. That's the things that what we're rating them on. Oh, ethics and integrity. Okay. And what's the breakdown on that? Like you said, keep secrets. Yeah.

Confident. Yeah. Never extends meal period comes in late Okay, so yeah, give us one by one give us those those one by one. All right Maintains confidentiality of sensitive matters. I I don't see him Doing that I've were you the one that told on Mary Beth He was, wasn't he? He was! He was! He was! He was not.

All right, do I have to swear an oath to Erlich? Is there a Bible? Is there a Bible? Do we have a Bible here? My cheap town Bible. Well, just grab the word The Undead, I'll swear on that. No, it was not him that alerted me to that. But what am I – what is it? is he an integrity? Does he keep secrets?

Is that really, like is that really one of the things that cops have to do? Yeah, well, confidentiality for, if it's sensitive. Like Tom St. Dave type stuff, yeah. Yeah, if it's something sensitive, you can't go talking about victims of crimes. I think he's pretty good at that. Yeah, I agree. I trust him. I think he's pretty good at that. I think it's almost too low, he does it so well that it's a detriment though sometimes to the office.

In the five, it says, willing to risk unpopularity by adhering to principles. He will do that too. He's okay with that. He's willing to – he's so unpopular as it is. What's he going to do? What's he got to lose? Yeah. Might as well be ethical.

Yeah. He sticks to his guns when he feels that he's, he's got something to believe in. If I told, if I told him something, tell him Steve Dave related, I feel like I could count on him not to tell anybody that like he shouldn't tell. Yeah. Which is good to learn right away. Like you, I don't, you know, get them, has that trust. Yeah. Usually when you do an evaluation, you want to give that. That's like one you don't want to give people a five. You don't want to say one that they're corruptible and get, talk about like,

you know, crime victims and everything else, you know, active cases. As far as I know. Yeah. That, that could be, that could be very high grade. Yeah. I don't think you'd understand. That could be a high number. Yeah.

I agree. Should say a five or five. Oh, you guys? I say a five? Four or five? Oh, you guys? I would say five. I have not a single concern about Gittem's loyalty and honesty. I agree with that.

Yeah. I'll put my number as a five as well. Five's across the board. Yeah. So, the second one is comprehension skills. Ability to understand language written or spoken involves the understanding of words as well as patterns of words. So it's more than simply vocabulary. He doesn't understand sarcasm. Yeah.

Okay. He's been admitted to that, right? I'll read the e-card. Right. Yeah. So examples are when one reads a paragraph and understands what the writer intended the reader to know. Similarly, one might hear the oral description of an event and have good verbal comprehension skills and probably understand what happened. This ability is used when one reads written narrative material, listens to descriptions

of events, places, or people, or follows written instructions or work orders. He rarely gets written instructions. Well, I guess your text could be a written instruction, right? Yeah. Yeah. Well, what's the last one about written instructions? Yeah, follows written instructions or work orders. So I get extremely competent would be follows written instructions and explicitly with no need for clarification or explanation, always understands and correctly complies with spoken orders in the first instance. always understands and correctly complies with spoken orders in the first instance. And three would be some clarification occasionally necessary. Confusion is limited to...

Very low. Confusion is not limited. Confusion is not limited. It's just being honest. Very low is constantly needs clarification of written instructions, fails to comply with written or spoken orders without follow-up and explanation. Hold on a second. I just want to go look at the costume room one second. I thought it applied. I think something collapsed on cue back there. Yeah, he's not going to make it back. Structurally sounds.

A pile of shit just fucking... Uh oh. I'm a little torn here because like, like anytime I've asked him to do something he doesn't like the other day he helped me with a package I had to get out I was in a bind my man took care of it for me however we did tell him to get that fucking room in some sort of order and it's a disaster in there so where does that land like where would it land on you maybe somewhere in the middle to be closer to a three where some you know complies with written or spoken orders with minimum explanation, some clarification occasionally necessary.

I don't even know if it's that because he knows what to do. That's comprehension. Read something online or something and take it out of context too. He's a smart guy. He's 148. He knows. Yeah. I mean, get him. I'm'm pulling for here. I'm trying to Yeah, yeah, yep. I'm not looking at a dog pile on top of it. But what is up with the costume room? Looking like that? It is a constant movement of Yeah, things because some some film people keep their stuff here. So when we go from they go

to film and stuff's got to come out. And then it's got to go and things got to get moved to get that stuff out and then it's got to get put back. So there's not enough room to develop a system where that doesn't take place? I think the real – I know where everything is. We've taken a long break on filming now. Well, we just had the filming the other day. That's why there was a lot of stuff that had to get moved. So it was clean before that? It wasn't clean, but …

It was in order before that? It is in an order. I know where everything is. When you hear people stammering like this when you're doing your review and you hear people stammering … But that is not the order that Q wants you to. Usually you go over the whole thing after. Correct?

Would you be willing to agree with that? That's not the order that Q expects it. Correct. Would you be willing to agree? That's not the order that you expect it to be? Yes, I would say my idea of the order. What is the order I expect it to be in? It's not what I wanted it to be in. You expect something different. I understand, yeah.

There's another category for problem recognition too. That's coming up. You recognize if there's a problem with something. But I will say, if you ask for something, do I not usually get it within two or three minutes? Because I don't... From that back room? Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, you will find it, but... I know where almost everything is there. It's... It's in a state, though, that you know that nobody wants it in, though, and you have more than ample time to do it, though. Like, this past weekend, I haven't been here in four days. So what did you do in those four days? What did you do?

What did you do here though? Aaron Ross Powell Well, I had two days – almost two days. Yeah, yeah. Paul Matzkoff Okay. All right. So Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Okay. Monday and Tuesday, were you not here Monday?

Aaron Ross Powell I got here late because I went to visit my aunt. Paul Matzkoff All right. So Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I wasn at the visit of my aunt. All right. So Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I wasn't here. Brian Kue weren't here. So what did you do those days? What are you doing, spending your time doing? It's okay to say nothing.

It's okay. Just be honest. We already know it's not good. You're watching TV. You're on your computer. So there's no real excuse why that room can't be can't be put into the order that he wants it in that just would be. I don't even want it put in an like, like it would be really arrogant out of line for me to be like, this is how I want it done. If I'm

not the guy going in there and doing it. All I'm saying is like, however it's done, it should be neat. That's all I don't care about the system at all. Like whatever system you think is best, you're empowered to but like you what it's like an avalanche has occurred is just like slopes of stuff that leads to the small path that you can walk through the room. This is, this is the, the pattern of somebody who, who hoards. Yes. This is a hoarder. I mean, it's just being honest. Right.

Yeah. Like when you, when you see that show hoarders or you see a hoarder, there's, there's shit that's never neat. It's never like organized. And actually you've got to fight against and I can't do it. I can't fight the fight anymore. I can't fuck a butt heads about it anymore. It's just, it's draining me and I – that's why I can't be the guy that's like riding

you like a fucking bronco. Like I rarely go back there but is there – like you would know, is there a bunch of shit that should not be – like is it – I don't even know. I don't even care. Look, I sympathize with a guy who doesn't have a place for his shit. But you, if you don't have a place for your shit, you can't turn this place. Into the Collier's mansion of Haslett.

You just can't, you've got to be, you've got to, you got to fight against it. And you're prone to that. I think. So you've got to fight against that. That beast that lives inside you.'s like fuck it I'll throw it here That to me is the answer. Yeah, but it's hard though. I mean cuz he's but it's not that hard though It is hard for him though. I think yeah, I know but look and I'm a get him fan I can't I can't pass the guy. You know, I always feel so bad. But like, that is a choice.

That is a choice to leave that room like that. But if you ever watch those shows, those people are sharing a position. So then we're saying he's mentally ill? Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I'm not saying it in a bad way. It doesn't mean, it's like having gout. It's just like,

you know, it's just what he's prone to. It's his nature. Not even second nature. Yeah, it's just something that he has to be cognizant of. Well, do you agree with that, Gideon? Do you hear that assessment of you from Walt? Do you feel that that's the way it is? Inaccurate? No. you from Walt, do you feel that that's the way it is? Inaccurate?

No. Well, like do you, and so what's something that, what's like one thing that you do, you think you can do to kind of make sure you don't slide into that pattern of a, like just, it's just gotta be, got to be on top of it though. That's all. Do you feel the office isn't big enough and that's why things are kind of spewing all over the place? No, not necessarily.

Okay, so there is enough room for everything to be in a semi- – Well, let me start from the beginning. Do you understand what I'm saying when I say that? Yes, yes. You see it. You understand what I'm saying when I say that? Yes, yes. You see it, like you understand what I'm saying. Yes. So, so you see... Comprehension.

So right, so it's like, so it's a solvable... I mean look, he's in a rough spot because half the shit we say on the show is for fucking laughs and jokes, so the guy doesn't know whether I'm fucking serious or not, you know what I mean? And not just me, it's the listeners as well. Yeah, like I understand that, like so I understand what you're saying, but it's like if there's one thing … Yeah, the listener comprehension is getting a bit concerning. They really thought that I was serious when I was teasing Tom about taking time off for work for his testicle to heal. Really?

Are you serious? Yeah. And they were like, Walt's a piece of shit. He was proud to say he left his wife alone after she gave birth. I'm like, what the fuck? Do I have to now – every time I say something, I feel like that was a joke. That was a joke. That was a joke.

I believe they said you left your wife and newborn child to go work for a multimillion-dollar corporation. When I was running it was. That may not be the case anymore. That was a joke. That was a joke, people. And that's on Facebook or Reddit? Reddit?

Reddit. Reddit, yeah. This is why you got to stay away from that joke. You can't, they don't get it. But there are a segment of the listeners who don't understand jokes though, it feels like. But we're sure that has said, and we don't know what we're talking about, everything we say is kind of a goof. And then and they still getting upset. So they need that at the start of every episode. A warning. Yeah, like a practical joke is like warning. This

episode is made by people who are talking shit, who have absolutely no sense of reality, who are just trying to make each other laugh. And bust at each other's balls and there is some semblance of truth to it, but for the most part, it's all a joke. So fucking relax. Yeah. Alright, so we can put that – Enjoy it. Yeah.

Embrace it. Enjoy the ride. Yeah. And if you are a guy that's like, yeah, I'm going to fucking go leave my wife in the hospital to work for a multimillion dollar – like why is it that funny? Like laugh at that. Like – I was laughing so hard as I was saying it.

I was like how could anybody misconstrue that that was an obvious over-the-top joke? It's willful. Somebody – they have to choose to do that. There was more than one. There was more than one that were like, he's a piece of shit. It's a rare L for him to fucking – to leave his wife's side and not care for her. Two decades ago. I just scratched my head because I'm like, wow.

Has it come to the point now where I have to – every time I say something, follow it up with like, that was a joke. I don't want to but if I have to – every time I say something, follow it up with like, that was a joke. I don't want to but if I have to, I guess I will. There are people that – I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. Meanwhile, your kids are like perfect. Nobody is perfect. Nobody is perfect.

Well, they're great kids. They're great kids. They're great kids. Yes. But it's not because I stayed home for six weeks. No, you were working. You were working. After they were born. But I – it's's crazy that they thought it was that it was

Like we're a lot true. We're allowed Walt's allowed to goof on our friend Take it six weeks off to watch a baby Initially I was talking about like you don't need six weeks to fucking care for your nutsack That shit you could have went to work the next day and you know it. You're sitting there watching TV with ice on his balls. Yeah, I did it at work. Now, are you joking or is that a joke or are you being serious right now? Oh, that was a joke.

Okay, all right. Because, you know, there's people who get mad that, like, I'm shaming him, they said. Like, don't you people, who the fuck listens to the show and doesn't understand? And doesn't want to hear him shame. We scramble to take positions that we don't believe in just to fucking bust each other's Don't you people who the fuck listens to the show and doesn't understand and doesn't want to hear him shame Scramble to take positions that we don't believe in just fucking bust each other's balls. Like how do they not understand it at this point? Even if somebody's like well, then you could just say anything. That's an excuse to say anything. Yes That would be correct Yes, that would be correct. It's fucking wild, a rare L.

Who fucking wrote that? You know what, I don't wanna know. This is why I don't even wanna talk about Reddit. It's the worst fucking place on the planet, except for that train one, which I did swing by and look at, but I'm not ready to comment yet. Okay. Yeah, but I'm getting there. I put the rules down, you know,

only civil comments that I will delete. Thank you. Okay. It's coming. It's coming within the next two weeks. My first train post. Very excited. But yeah, Reddit's very rough, man. I think you've been rough staying. Can we just shut it down?

Can we shut all of Reddit down? Isn't there a giant switch we can throw? An EMP that just directed to her TSD cares. Like the rest of Reddit can be fine, but just that one. Yeah. I caught you for not knowing the ins and outs of TikTok last week. There's such a lack of knowledge because I didn't know exactly why they were trying to ban it. It's like, and Trump tried to ban it in 2020 and it's like, well, that may be,

but wasn't he responsible for bringing it back? That's all I said. So you don't know the ins and outs of TikToks and that upsets someone listening? Yeah. I guess the real, yes, the ins and outs. Tick tock and that upsets. Yeah. Like I guess the reason that the real, yes. Oh, very upset. The real reason is that if they have your inf they can implant something in your phone to take, to pull out your extracts, other information. Right. That's, that's the fear, I guess. Not that they have your like your credit card information and that kind of shit

or your address or whatever. I don't even know why I was happy. It was going away What's this? Humbly, this is a reddit board. That's the Love wall on all my heart, but it's like piss me but tom taking time to piss me off I know he's playing devil's advocate But then why even considering why if you know he's my poster, why post it? You have the answer right there. But who in their right mind grinds for a company who makes millions of dollars but like, you know, the start of your sentence is the answer.

He's fucking busting on Tom. Indeed, a rare elf. Walt's conception of masculinity is antiquated and braided. Oh, buddy, why are you writing stuff like this online? Why? Why is your concept of masculine antiquated? Like why can't you? I equate toughness and that roll your sleeves up and get to work and get the job done as masculine, I and I don't think there's I think in some people just don't don't Identify that as being masculine though, but so so their their take on it is correct. Your take is wrong

Firmly believes their take is correct or else they would – they're not going to post it. So – Well, they post it without thinking about it because like you said, it's like – Walt's like, I know he's playing devil's advocate. It's like right there, you don't need to post any more of that. It's not an L. I wasn't truly like shaming him for taking time off.

I was – I don't even know why he even came up. I just was bored in the moment. His stories were lame. So I was like – It's a ridiculous shit. Yeah, it's funny. came up. I just was bored in the moment. His stories were lame. So I was like, my mind was wandering and he constantly talks about his vasectomy. All right. Well, this guy brings up a good point though, Walt. This guy says in what I'm assuming is a serious tone, paternal leave isn't quote unquote sitting at home

for six weeks. It's work, dude. Like all day work, you get maybe a few hours a day to relax and the rest you're cooking meals, doing laundry, sanitizing, sanitizing bottles of bumps. Don't sound like any kind of man to me. Changing diapers, yeah, I guess, yeah, this is some definition of masculinity. Changing diapers, shopping, cleaning, sleeping in shifts, doing dishes dishes if you're a good father and a husband at least. So I guess what this guy is saying, a serious person is saying that's what we should have sat here on Tell Him Steve Dave and said.

That should have been the tape that you gave Tom. That would have been content that everybody would have fucking loved to hear. You hand-jobbing Tom about cleaning breast bumps. What a great episode. Or just realize that there was no truth to that fucking ridiculous rant that I went on that he was a pussy for staying home. You chided him for taking your taxpayer money. Yeah. Right there. Which I know. It's not how –

How do you not know it's a joke? How is it all to understand how the tax system works? It's a lunacy at times. All right. I'm sorry, we're going off track here. Get us a hoarder. Don't go on Reddit anymore, man. I definitely don't plan to check after this. Yeah, just don't. They're not going to...anything you do, they're not going to like. I've seen it. I've browsed, but not new. Don't. So comprehension, he knows what's going on, he understands.

Yeah, well. Whether he acts on it is something different. Yeah, what do you think it is? What do you think it is? You just, is there a party that's like, Quinn's only here once a week, like, who gives a fuck what he thinks? Like, it's my office.

Like, he has no say. I, uh. He's not saying no. It's fine. No, has no say. I, uh, he's not saying no. It's fine. You already know that you're, you have no repercussions for anything you do and say. So you might as well just shoot straight. I think it's something of I'll get to it. And then that's just something else comes up. Something else comes up.

My, I, I do think I do have an inability to prioritize sometimes. Right. Yeah. Okay. In my head, this is the most important thing. This is the most important thing. This is the most important thing. But you're not claiming that all those things on the list are work, right? If you're here on your computer playing a video game or whatever.

Yeah, like if you're playing GemQuest playing a video game, you're playing gem quest. I will say, I don't want to pile up. I'm sure you've you've fallen down the hole where you, you just, you fall, you just get lost. Sure. Then, you know, you're looking like, Oh crap. What time is it? Yes. Yeah. But I also am getting paid to do a job, you know, I do the job. Yeah. You don't forget to make an impractical joke. No, I got zero practical jokes, miss. Yeah, it's hard for it's a little hard. This is a bad timing on this episode because he just helped me out of a jam the other day. With that box? Yeah. How much of a jam is that?

I would have had to drive all the way here and then get it out. It was a little bit of a jam. That, what you asked him to do, you found that impactful to your life, a fucking box? Well, it saved me an hour round trip. I thought the guy was coming here to get the box. No, but then I sold it to someone else. And then he had to drive it he he took it to FedEx for me the guy was gonna pick it up here that guy didn't come FedEx over by Staples that's around the fucking block. No, I had to go to Walgreens.

Okay, around the block. I'm trying here man. I took all the identifying information off the box. Yeah, I left a label on my home address on it. I retaped the box. Oh, I mean, oh, this changes everything. Holy shit, you didn't tell me you took a label off the box. Oh, look, look, look, I'm not claiming this. I know, I know.

I'm just writing on his claim. I know, I mean. This is hard, but a guy does one thing for you, right? You know, you don't want to stop bringing the hammer down on him, like, right after that, you know? Right. You were able to stop bringing the hammer down on him right after that. Right. You were able to take a box for him. Because I can't even ask you to take boxes for me because you can't fit a fucking straw in your car.

So I wind up having to fucking load shit in and out of the storage unit. I wind up having to move everything because you're fucking walking around like you got no feet because you're fucking gut-ridden. So I wind up having to fucking everything because you're fucking walking around like you got no feet Because you're fucking count ridden. So I wind up having to fucking do all the grunt work. Yeah, it's rough But I didn't know that you fucking took a heat gun and took the fucking label off Q's box Can I make everything five right now? Thank you recency error is a supervisor common mistake judge a Do their full evaluation based

on a recent action that might have been good and you forget what happened previously. Right. Okay. So I'm falling victim right now. Recently, yeah. It's my own. Yeah. Yeah. You're right. When you're right, you're right. You're right. Hey, look, we all don't. Yeah. I'm more guilty than both of you of taking him and making him work for my own. Yeah.

Oh, benefit. Yeah. I will just say that flat out right now. Sure. If I got to deal with this shit, there's gotta be a, there's gotta be a fuck. Really? I don't feel guilty about that. No, of course. You're right.

Wow. All right. So for comprehension, say a four, five. Well, yeah, I guess he understands. He understands. So the next is communication skills. Ability to express information or ideas to other people in writing or speech. Ability to use words appropriately as well as to construct these words or phrases together to meaningful sentences and paragraphs. Can we just give me a one? TESD Town Studios employees must frequently communicate with other people such as shop

owners, community groups such as on Reddit or X, other town members, supervisors, etc. In order to do this effectively, the employee must have a good vocabulary, knowledge of distinctions among words, and knowledge of grammar and the way words are ordered. So a five is when speaking or answering questions, his or her ability to communicate is exceptional in what he or she says and commands the attention of all listeners. I didn't actually write that. That was actually already in there.

I can't give him a five. Speaks with forcefulness and clarity and has near-perfect enunciation Statements are concise and deal directly with subject matter under discussion To explain his or her ideas with little confusion some clarification occasionally What's to have What's two say? Two, they don't have one. It just goes to low. Attempt to communicate always results in

confusion and misunderstanding. Two. That's a one. I thought I had four out. Continually brings up irrelevant issues. Two. Is unclear. Yes.

Oh, relevant issues. Discussion becomes obscure. Annunciation is very poor and language usage is almost always improper, frequently misunderstood. In written exercises, spelling language, uses uses of grammar frequently incorrect or misleading introduce shit sorry includes unnecessary and contradictory information why we're telling you go well flight lands at three oh they had to leave here at three no no the flight lands at three oh okay oh okay okay all right yeah we got a little bit more time.

So communication instead of two? Yeah, probably, no, no, no, no. One is like battling a- He's mute deaf and blind. All right, so. Just flopping around on the floor like a fish. Anime, Motay. Send out you box today.

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always understands a problem in a situation, and then when you go down to a three, it's like sometimes understands one, is fails to recognize existence of a problem even when given specific information, requires clarification of all or most issues relating to the problem, cannot even identify elements of the problem.

I think that's too harsh. That's very harsh, but also I see shades of truth in it though. That's a two? That's a one. That's like the worst. Can we give them a 2.5? Yeah. Is there a 0.5 in there?

Yeah, could be. All right. Let's give them a 2.5. All right. No? You thought higher? I think we've had problems with like Patreon stuff that I've helped. Yeah, you have.

Yeah, definitely. That like sometimes even avert a large. Right, but then there's other times where you make problems for yourself just by not just like saying, what do you need? Okay, I'm on it. You know, instead of arguing that like, I don't know how to measure. Let's give it a three. I don't know how to measure. So let's give it three let's put my.

Give an extra point five yeah he stood up for himself. A memorization is another one that's kind of self-explanatory. Is going to retain information. Yeah he's got a good memory quickly learns or retains all information and stuff for. Quickly learns and retains all information and stuff like that. Four. Judgment. Mm, uh-uh. Ooh. Recognizes intuitively or by other methods significant factors and comes to a sound,

practical decision. Ability to correctly arrive at a proper solution, whether by intuition, reason, or deduction, does not resort to sheer luck or chance. Ability to correctly manage time. I didn't know it's luck and chance. I mean, look at his health. His whole it's luck and chance. I mean, look at his health. His whole life is luck and chance. Yeah.

It is absolutely, he resorts to luck and chance. So a five always manages time efficiently. Obtains all necessary information required to make decisions. Always demonstrates ability to... That's a five. that's like the best.

I know we're not yet. No, no. Yeah. Three in the middle of able to reach good conclusions based on information available. Yeah. Conclusions can be practical and sound recognizes need for more information.

Yeah. Time management is usually appropriate. Good. I think a three is fair. One is unable to manage time and. Well, he just said he's unable to manage time. Yeah. It might be down to a 2.5. I mean, he just admitted that he is a hard time managing time. I think it's prioritizing.

Prioritizing, yeah. Well, it has that different from what he meant. So that's kind of what he's saying. Semantics, you're saying? Yeah, it draws conclusions that are based on little or no information available. That's also part of the Reddit thing. Yeah. I don't know, man.

I think you got to go a little lower than normal on this one. Okay. All right. I'm deferring to you. You're in charge. I would go, what did you say? Three? I'd give him a two.

You don't want to drag the guy with a one, but. All right. All right. All right. Now, innovativeness, you know, generates improvements, considers unusual, and alternative approach is given a problem. Well, you know what? I always will say that when he was working at Stash, he came up with this rubber band that he put on the shirt rack.

So when people walk by the hangers, when they brushed the hanger, the hanger wouldn't fall off because he put a rubber band over it. Okay. He stretched a rubber band over it and I've never been more impressed. Yeah. Before or since. Simple solution. So let's give it to him.

Five. Wait, well hold on. Well, if you take like things like Six Million Dollar Man Patreon. Sure. Yeah. That's a good point. That's innovative, man. He did a great job. Well, if you take like things like, um, uh, six million dollar man, Patreon, like that's

innovative man. Like he did a great job on that. The fireworks and the Roman candles. Yeah. So considers unusual alternative approaches to a problem. The rubber band was very unusual. Sees better ways of solving than which currently exist. Ability to improvise solutions in situations where standard procedures may not apply.

You know what he does sometimes like go on the cover to get the heating in here. Like worked out, he'll figure out tools to work on that. Extremely resourceful. I would call that resourceful. I would. Extremely though. Resourceful. I'm okay with.

I can live with resourceful. Extremely. I'm out of here. Occasionally resourceful. Yeah. can live with resourceful extremely occasionally resourceful somewhere maybe a four okay okay all right this isn't going as bad for you as I thought it was I see worse I drive an initiative ability to initiate work without specific direction or supervision. Very poor. Ability to carry tedious work through to a conclusion without prompting.

There is so much tedious work that he just gets up from the table and I'm like, what is going on? What are you doing? You gotta get this fucking cut today. Why are you wandering off? Ability to begin or follow through with a plan or task. So an example would be welcome to difficult problem as a challenge, initiate task without being directed or prompted. So a five part of it would be always work some problems with little or no supervision. So this is something like when you're rating a police officer sergeant, like you want to

have that, like doesn't need to be overly micromanaged. He's not a sergeant anymore. He's an office coach. Oh yeah, I forgot the right rank. There's a section for rank on here. Let's always keep that in mind. He's not even a man, like an office manager. He's a coach.

Wasn't that an upgrade? Yeah, I did get an upgraded manager. So five is- Knocked you down. Sorry. Always works with little to no supervision takes a personal interest In his work always makes every effort to meet deadlines relentless in his or her pursuit relentless is not The three sometimes requires direction or prompting usually checks With others to ask for assistance in a problem usually meets deadlines One is needs constant supervision sits around.

And this is wording. I didn't make this up. Sits around idly unless specifically directed to work. Always take shortcuts, tries to pass off his or her work to others. Well, there's no one else to pass it on to. But me, I don't know, Q. Well, a lot of that low one sounded right. It didn't all sound right. There was a lot in there though that hit that ticked all the boxes. I did once try to get

socks to do a job for me. I think she did it better too. So the next is interpersonal skills, ability to get along with peers, supervisors in the community, ability to deal with others professionally, regardless of social standing, ethic, background, culture, or religion, assertive when necessary to accomplish goals by displaying leadership. So a five would be, you know, always develops an excellent rapport with the other TSD town members, peer supervisors. I think he does too. Yeah. Handles extremely sensitive problems without raising undue antagonism or creating hostility

in the community. I don't know about that one. Extremely tactful in situations where potential for conflict exists. Extremely diplomatic, outgoing, and personable, a true leader is a five. Three is develops a rapport with others, able to handle sensitive situations with a degree of care and empathy toward the feeling of others displays tact and concern when required can assume leadership. A one is abrasive, abusive, inconsiderate or tactless.

Shows a little concern for the feelings of others, displays bias or prejudice against others due to race, color, creed, culture, gender, or sexual preference. All right, well, well. Damn Dutch. Annoyes, alarms, or unduly intimidates. Never displays leadership.

I can't give him a one. Can't give him a one. Yeah. You think that's fair too? I don't think, I think they're personal personal I was gonna say three because he does. He does. He does any uh, ants that interact with him, I think are happy with the. I don't know that sometimes people have come in and so excited to see him and he's just kind of like he's very

distant. Yeah, but isn't that part of the get him experience though? Not if you drive far to get here. Yeah, not if you travel the far distance to come and you're, and you're on the front lines. And you gotta fucking, hey, I was on the fucking front lines too for fucking 10 years and I had to fucking shock and dance whenever somebody was like, Oh my God, comic book man, dance for me! It's coming through there!

Ah, you just stepped out the door! You just stepped out! I hated that fucking joke. I had like a 2.5? I said 3. You wanted a 2.5? Oh no no no, you said 3? I'm going to defer you.

I think I get along with the people in the plaza. Yeah, you do. Didn't he fuck the yarn lady? No, don't say that too loud. I think you heard that one. You said three I'm gonna defer you think I get along with the people in Plaza Yeah She made a comment to my wife that Meet leads me to believe she may have heard you me Joke heard you. Me? You're the only one that's made that joke. Really?

I want to keep saying it over and over again too. Is it a joke that Gideon finds love with the young lady? Yeah, it's an absolute illudacy. She doesn't know that we're just kidding on this fucking joke? She's on Reddit. Yeah, I got to make a disclaimer every time I make a joke. She made a comment that made me laugh and I was like, she said what? What did she say? I was so stressed out, I was like,

oh my God, she must have heard Q say that. What was the comment she made? Like, Gideon had her on the podcast table and he was banging her brains out. Now he's saying, what did she say to your wife? What did she say? Oh, she was like, oh yeah, they think they're real funny over there.

Well, we do. I know, and they made a joke about me one time. And my wife was like, oh, they make jokes about everybody. It's not like this. My wife was like, what did you say? What did you say? I was like, I don't want to tell her what you said because I'm a gentleman. I was like, I don't know, Q said something stupid.

I said, I don't remember what it was. What was it? I was like, I don't know, Q said something stupid. I said, I don't remember what it was. Well, what was it? I said, I don't remember. Something bizarre. Well, I'd like to formally apologize to the young lady then. I don't know what she heard. Maybe she listens every week. I want to apologize to her. I'm sorry if I upset you. It was a joke. It was a joke, but you know, it was a joke about a specific person,

and if that person didn't find it funny, well then I apologize. That was a joke. The apology was a joke. The last one's professional image slash physical fitness. Oh boy. Well, I mean, come on. Is yours here, Rob?

You gonna weigh yourself in on that one? So employee must maintain smart and professional appearance. It is a tight copper sleeve. But again, no, he's not a police officer. No, no, no. This isn't as important to our situation. If he got to 600 pounds and he could still do what he's doing, it wouldn't matter to me.

You know? Yeah, is there an official grooming policy? Obviously not. Good news, going to gain another 50 pounds. More fries! Yeah, we could discount that. Yeah, I don't know. I mean, that one, I don't think it really is.

That's not important. I don't know if it's important for you guys. It may be though. I don't think it really is. That's not important. I don't know if it's important for you guys. It may be though. I don't want to speak for you guys. Well, only in that I've tried to get him to get healthier over the years. Like I said. There's no magic bowl that's gonna do that.

Like nobody in his year is gonna change anything. Yeah. I don't think. He's an interesting character, this guy. Started eating bananas. That's all right, I like that. That's good. Could you read the bottom one? You want to hear? Yeah.

Yeah. Give me one. Let me just hear it. You don't want to hear the five first? I know it's not a five. Improperly dressed or equipped despite being offered guidance, appearance seldom in accordance with professional duties, equipment used, I guess would be the woman is not clean or serviceable, fails to conform to guidelines for appearance Individual is physically unfit But he is physically unfit

I mean like I said, I don't even ask him to do things because he hobbles around like like I said like he's got His foot's have been amputated. Yeah, I got you gotta give him you gotta go low on this one, man He's physically not fit enough to help you carry boxes. It's sad, but true. Yeah, it's a one. Yeah, it's a one. Part of it, part of the factor is projecting authority or command respect while providing assurance to people or professional standard of service. Because it's professional.

I point to the fact that he can't get either of the dogs to listen to him. That does not command responsibility. They ignore him. I think I even saw a fucking teddy almost lift his leg on him one time while he was sleeping on the couch and he didn't even know. That's what that was. So when doing the evaluation, it's also, if there's any special recognitions received factors into it.

Remember the rubber band thing? Yeah. Yeah, rubber band thing. What's the rating period that we're going over? He is game for when we do, you know, when we shoot videos and stuff. Yeah, he's all in, man. He's a soldier. Yeah, he is. He is.

Not all in. There's... Oh, yeah. He wouldn't eat chocolate pudding out of a baby's diaper. Now, for one of the baby episodes we did, and I thought that was insane that like he drew the line there and I was like, it's fucking chocolate pudding in a diaper right out of the box, brand new. The combination, I guess, seeing it in there. Yeah, he's like, that's a line too far.

I'm like, I'll admit it. Why? Just, good note, because you want to be just to be casually sitting there eating pudding out of a diaper, like leaning against a wall. Like, I didn't see the humor in it. No? Really? No.

Like, as the credits roll. You're not helping your case, it sounds awesome. It's kind of like the last Sunday chef where like everybody takes off and you're left eating all the burgers and stuff, right? That's something I would do. Like I don't see myself eating. Well, I don't think anybody does.

I don't think anybody's like, oh my God, he really does it. It's a joke. Yeah. But you know what, that's one. Every performance allowed them out there. I don't think anybody's like, oh my god, he really does it. It's a joke. But you know what? That's one. Every performance allowed them out there. Yes, there's a line.

Yeah, I would say he's very good at stuff like that. Yeah, and he dances when we need him to dance. Even though it tires him out? Tightspin. He literally dances like on the game show episode. Yeah, he dances so so if not well, but Depends on how do you want to factor that? I give him a five, you know I mean, you know what let's give him a 4.5 if he ate the pudding in a diaper and then to be a five

I got it. I can't let that go because that would have been brilliant. That was my best idea 2020 ruined it and like that my vision wasn't fucking seen in its full brilliance because all of a sudden he has standards. Yeah. I don't want my dad to see me eating pudding out of a diaper. Hey, get him, put up the new video you did for your podcast show. Auntie, Auntie, that's not, that, that is chocolate pudding. I promise you.

Made it 102 years. All right, so when you average it out, it comes to a 2.9. Oh man. That's not good. Just good enough. Three would be good enough. 2.9 is not good enough. Yeah, a three is meet expectations.

Efficient, but only to the degree of meeting expectations. But if your expectations are so low to begin with, it's not hard to meet them. It's a weighted scale. Yeah. If you don't expect too much from me, you might not be let down. So some possible improvements or- 2.9 isn't that bad. Yeah, what do you recommend?

Yeah, like- Well, like, sorry, monthly tracking sheet, we create or hourly for day by day. That's sometimes a punishment that what did you do for like eight hours of the day? Write down what you did. Time management punishment for me. No, he would do, he would have to write each hour of the day. And if there's specific tasks, you know, how many of those, like tally those up and then at the end of the month, you could see you, you know, certain things like that.

Well, none of us are gonna do that. No, he does it himself and then has to turn it in. None of us will even look at it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, compartmentalizing for time management. You know, every day, like 15 minutes working on

doing something in that room, possibly. Okay, do you think you could do that? Do you think you could do like 15 minutes a day in that room? I could set a timer. Yeah? You know. high 15. He's fucking here for fucking 12. You gotta start small 24 hours Why are we cool? I is the bar at 15 minutes, and I like these like I can do that Baby steps Zero. Baby steps. I said baby steps.

Yeah, you got to, you got to, you got to, you got to say an hour, an hour of- He walks like a baby. Yeah. Because he can't fucking move. He is one step away from crawling. Okay, 15 minutes and then why can we bump it up to, I don't know, let's say a half hour of work out of a fucking eight hour day. Like a Lieutenant D's now taking shit for instance.

I can only offer suggestions. Okay, what else you got? Denied or shortened meal period for disciplinary matters. That happens sometimes too. Deny him a meal. Deny him a meal. I feel- While on company time.

I fear- I have been specifically trying not to eat on company time anymore. Why? Really? Is it the pulled pork incident? Yeah. If it was a union job, you would have a steady meal period. I told them flat out, fucking go sit down somewhere and eat whatever you want. And then come back. Like, what is this preoccupation with eating in front of me?

Like, is it some sort of fucking erotic fantasy? Like a fetish. No, it's not eating in front of you. It's just eating here. Like, I don't want to eat there. Why? It's like, that's of you, it's just eating here. I don't want to eat there. Why? That's the best part of my day when I get to be by myself and eat somewhere not where I have to be.

For you. That's for you. I've never. Why? You get to relax and decompartmolize, is that the word? Decompress. Yeah, but here I got my knife and my fork and my spoon. You can bring them with you. What are you fucking cutting into? You just can't get a slice of pizza? You need to bring

cutlery everywhere you go? Well, this is like when I'm eating rice and stuff. It's the shit that they give to soldiers in World War II. Yes, it really is. It's titanium. That's nuts. I bought it with my stimulus check. Oh, so you –

I got it with my stimulus check. Oh, so you so you I got Even if you don't know if I'm coming you will eat now you're not eating in the office I wait laughter Yeah, wait, wait, after like six Why you just text me like are you coming today? I don't know Response back I don't know. Because then I might get a response back. What does it matter if I'm coming? Yeah, I got to go. I mean, I'm a half hour away. They land in 20 minutes. I'm already fucked. Very quickly, Q West.

Yes, Q West. Are you going to come get him? I keep trying to get you to come down. I got to figure out the date and if I have to get a real ID or not to travel. Okay. Yeah, Q West. Because they're going to start requiring even if you're in even if you're in the United States, you need an ID. You just let me know. Yeah, yeah. I don't want my mother waiting outside Newark airport. Yeah, Q West, we got with throwing a little comedy thing and then he West, we got to be there to be there. Joe got to be

there. Steve Byrd is going to be there. Brian Johnson will be there. I'm trying to get you to be the hair guy down there. Detroit Johnson will be there I'm trying to get you me the hair guy down there Troy's coming down. I'm trying to get a good share room James Murray the other day He's gonna be down. What's that? Dr. D is gonna be there. Yeah, it's gonna be quite a tome Steve Dave There's not that many tickets left, right? There's like less than 20 tickets. Okay. Yeah it's on sale now and I don't know come on down go to Yeah. It's on sale now and I don't know, come on down. Go to QS Comedy Escape or just QSComedy.com. Get your tickets, guys. Yeah, there's like 18 tickets and shit like that left. Yeah, we're going to have a blast.

It's going to be fun. Yeah. I'll go into some of the plans are really starting to crystallize. Now, businesses in Key West are like joining with us. Oh, nice. So we're getting specifics that I can lay out but I think anybody that doesn't come to it and is not going to be happy that they're missing it. But more on that later. I'm sorry to leave guys. I'm so sorry. We're going to wrap it up. Yeah, I apologize. All right. Bye bye. I'll see you next week. Sorry about that guys. Bye bye. Take it easy Q.

So any other suggestions that like some some practical ones? Yeah. So any other suggestions that like some some practical ones? Yeah. Realistic ones. I can't really think of like realistic. That is something that would actually be done, you know, like time management, I think is a big part of it. Okay. Yeah, because if you're here for a week, monthly quarterly evaluations.

Yeah, like if you're here for a week, it should be – I think hourly is too much, but maybe like – Daily. In the beginning of the day, yeah, just write down on a piece of paper, here's what I'm going to accomplish today. Give photographs. Yeah. I'm going to dust that cabinet out there.

Photograph the home before an after. Hang that picture that Chuck gave us for Christmas. Yeah. That's still sitting underneath the skateboard. That's where it's going to go in that area. Right. We just got to get it on the wall. Well, that's where it's going to go in that area. So I just – Right. Just got to get it on the wall.

Yeah. And then you can take a sit. Then you can put your feet up on the couch for a couple hours and then check off task number two for the day. For the room as far as cleaning, you could do photos before and after each day to show progress. That's a good idea. Over a week, you could see how much was done.

That's motivating too to be like, oh, wow, I really did. How about this, Lieutenant Ding? Is that what you want to be called? Sure. What if I make it a Patreon video? Cleaning the back room. He's used to live webcams. Well, you know, we edit it up and he talks about the process.

Would that make it easier? Would that make it more fun? Or would that be more pressure? I think more pressure. Okay. All right. To keep it interesting, I guess. Yeah, because – yeah, we got to get it all done.

Oh, it will never be interesting. No. It will never be interesting. Maybe a 30-second time lapse. I thought more of a day in the life kind of episode, but okay, if you think that's too much pressure. Well, no. I mean like on the film crew and everything and trying to get it done in the time that

we have allotted with them. Oh, you're thinking about the filming crew. Yeah. It's about their time. Oh, yeah. That's very considerate of you. They get paid too. raise interpersonal skills to a for Alright, alright, so about the bottom line

The biggest thing the biggest takeaway from you looking in on this as an outsider Not as a professional just as somebody who listens you're like, what do we what What do you think it's again with time management like discipline obviously you're not gonna discipline unless you take you got to lock your phone up when you come in and not use it for one issue of he's got to invest but he's got fucking 17 phones if I take one he's still got 16 to look at I think they sell jammers and you can buy a jammer. You don't get cell phones. Yeah, get them by a jammer. But then he gets jammed as well. All right. All right. Well, I thank you for coming in on that short notice.

I want to thank everybody who emailed in and wanted to come on and do this. Lieutenant D though was right around the corner and he sent me his credentials and it seemed like a perfect fit, which it was. But I do want to say thank you to everybody who did apply for this opportunity. Some had much more – had their fangs out. Had their fangs out and wanted an opportunity to fucking rip open that elk and disembowel it on mic. But thankfully I didn't want that either though. Constructive criticism.

It's the best kind. One thing I was going to mention was there's a thing called the Peter Principle is when an employee continues to receive promotions up to the point where they reach a level of incompetence because they were not critiqued, counseled, or guided along the way. So it's kind of like, oh, just keep letting it go, letting it go, letting it go to the point now they're responsible for more things and are incompetent with it because they weren't –

Properly. Properly disciplined or guided along the way. Right. There's a chance that I have failed upon that. Small chance, but there's still a chance. A rare L for Flattery. A rare second L because I made a joke. An obvious joke that I wasn't at the hospital when my child was born.

But wild. But you know what? What do you think of this though, Gideon? What do you think of Tom setting up this paperwork? Didn't it feel kind of like he was trying to get you in trouble? Especially the leading categories on the paper. I felt like Tom was setting you up for disaster. I don't know.

I mean, look at some of these, the categories of the paperwork he gave Bry that he felt was a good indication or indicator of how you were performing. Cleanliness of the office, dusting. He knew. That's the first one out of the game. That's a 1 to 10 dusting. What's the – Well, dusting – I got to be honest with you. I do not care about dusting. Dusting is going to – it doesn't bother me in the least.

I think I threw out that yellow thing. The dust mag. Yeah. But at Shop I know the cleaning supplies are far into the store and I never remember to go over there to pick up another one. But there's a lot of – I felt like Tom was – this was kind of like him like rubbing his hands together going like, oh, yeah. I cannot wait to hear him get eviscerated. Like some of this seems like – it's something I don't already do, like setting up the

mics on recording time. I got to say, every time I'm here, every time we come in to record, it's ready to go. Or was water provided to the hosts? Seem there. Oh man, my God, the way you fucking fumble over make sure Q has water, it's fucking pathetic. I make sure everyone has water. No, you don't. You don't make sure that my fucking throat is as moist as Q's.

I put out enough water for everybody. Mr. Q, you need this? Mr. Q, you need this? Mr. Q, you need this? Got a box I can mail? Look at this growth initiative. Tom is suggesting that Gator must gain the podcast one new listener each week or one new Patreon subscriber a month. And their name.

And their name. How do you prove that? That is wild. How would you do that? If you did did that if you got evil one new patreon. Oh, I think I have no but a month Dude, I you can let this place place fall in disarray for five bucks a month You don't have to show ID that Innovative might So they might come up with fake names. In the past three months, Gideon, one, two, and three have signed up for Patreon.

What is it? GSD? Gideon will turn in a keys to success each episode once all keys have been met. What does that even mean? There was another sheet that I couldn't print out and get them couldn't get printed out. It was a keys to a successful episode. I can read them to you because I do have them in the mail. I'm curious what Tom thinks are keys to a successful episode. Tom is on the episode number one. Must mention my vasectomy. No doubt. Okay. So it's one through six.

Bri rants about something. Two, Walt mispronounces a word. Three, Q speaks about a famous friend or a visit to outside the tri-state area location. Okay. Yeah. Four, current news topic discussed. Yeah. Five, crazy hypothetical situation bounced around. Six, someone talks in ridiculous accent, like Q or Cletus. Uh, monthly Gittum will secure, tell them Steve Davetown resident to come on

the podcast via Zoom or in person. I don't know. That sounds not good to me. No. Uh, but yeah, those are the six. How is it that in this episode, he has performed worse than Gittum just by, just by reading those keys. Now, now has performed worse than Gittem? Just by reading those keys now he looks worse than Gittem does in terms of his ability to read.

And what, Gittem got a 2.9 times that solid 2.5? No ads today? No ads, commercial free today. How come? Bounce some stuff around so we could have – because I knew that we were going to have – this is going to be a long one we do we would want to break it up. So move some stuff around and commercial free for everybody Let's thank Brian Johnson for moving around. Thank you. Thank you. It'll be 15 minutes. I'll be back in a week Come on give me a hand for fucking moving shit around so you can have an ad free episode this week

Could you like to complain when there's a Guys when there's none All right, well, thank you Anything else you want you want to like something you were like I want to at least make sure I say this No, nothing burning nothing burning. Okay. Well now that you you know, you're lieutenant lieutenant D for Forever in TSD town and you'll be invited back to more events on mic I appreciate it. How long you been listening since almost the beginning really? How'd you find it?

Since almost the beginning really how'd you find it? Smod cast and I I worked at a video store for like five years before they came a cup Suncoast and Hollywood because oh my god did you Suncoast stories always did that? Did that burn you? Make you're very loyal to the corporation So you knew that you knew how easy it was for me to like oh, yeah They were they would do such like shady things try to get people sign up for subscriptions to entertainment weekly Oh, just so you get ten free whatever yes And they build it for a year if you don't call and cancel within those ten so they were shadier than I was