0:00 So, you know, those different clicks in high school, those different social groups. >> Yeah. >> You know, you had your like jocks, nerds, theater kids, >> asians, you know, kind of like mean girls, cool Asians, nerd Asians. >> Do you think that the stereotypes about them are still true in the now generation? >> I've seen uh at least from our very unique high school kind of. >> Yeah. Like a lot of the either like gangster or gangster hangaround guys, >> they're all pretty well off financially and they got into like either selling insurance premiums or the finance world >> cuz they always been entrepreneurial. So I think there was it was just mischan refugee home, divorced parents, whatever. >> Or they had problems with authority. >> Yeah. And then now they all like they
0:50 ████ live in like Diamond Bar and stuff. >> They're their own boss. >> Yeah. That's I see it. >> Okay. >> I didn't see it at the time at the at the same age, but now that I'm employing a lot of teenagers, it's their first jobs and stuff. Um I'm starting to see a different perspective. One is athlete like kids or kids that's been a part of organized sports. They still play it as a hobby or you know they're a part of the college program. >> Yeah. their ability to work in a team to compete to have physical endurance >> so much more different from people that didn't. >> Okay. Yeah. >> They need physical endurance for June. >> Yes. Because [laughter] No. >> What are they doing back up there? >> Okay. This you you think it's funny, but people can't stand for 5 hours.
1:41 >> Oh, okay. Yeah, cuz we're forgetting how young people gripe. [laughter] No, like seriously, they Okay, so they've never worked a eight hour shift is a lot of time for them. Eight hours is normal. That's a normal job for us, right? Right. >> So they'll do like let's say if you do our our typical shifts are three to four hours. If they do a backtoback two shifts >> and then they'll take over two shifts, right? >> One shift is four hours. >> Yeah. It's a it's part-time work. >> Oh, okay. >> So like let's say you do four four uh four shifts, you take a break, you come back, and then they go, "Dude, I did a full eight hours today." And we're like, you know, your parents do that. And they're like, what? They work that much? [laughter] >> Shut up. >> Yeah. >> What, dude? >> I can't talk to teens, man. [laughter] >> Seriously, I'm like, where do you think they go to? [laughter] Like, they go in the morning for 8 hours. Like, what the
2:31 ████ But anyways, I started noticing something where um let's say after 2 hours they need to like lean on stuff. They need to sit down, whatever. And I was like, >> "So, they're standing 4 hours?" >> Yeah. But I, dude, I I open and close. Like, I I know what a 12-h hour is, but then we're looking and we're like, "What? Why is some of these kids able to do it, but these other kids aren't?" >> And then And then the other kids aren't overweight or something. You can't physically tell, >> right? >> And then we found the common denominator. It's zero lack. Like, they don't have any physical ability. >> Okay? So, they weren't involved in any sport. >> They don't do sports. They don't do anything physical. climbing, hiking, none of that. >> Yeah. So, their bodies are literally weak. >> The density of their bone is like >> and mine too. I think sports teach you like perseverance, tenacity. Yeah.
3:21 >> Right. True. >> And all the sports kids, they know like, okay, if this is the team, you're going to do this, I'm going to do that. >> Uhhuh. >> And this goes for guys and girls that are sports kids. >> Both guys and girls. Yeah. And then they like competition. So, we're like, hey, we're gonna have a sales competition, right? So, like I remember our first round of employees, we had a lot of like art kids, theater kids, and then they're more like >> why are we competing? >> The system, the you know, I don't like it. Like, why we got to sell? And I'm like, you're a part of a business. That's the point. You want to keep your job >> sales. Yeah. >> I had to literally tell them if you don't make enough money, one of you guys got to go cuz I got to save money. >> So, it's like that's not how it works. >> That's toxic boss. >> Toxic threat. But athletes Oh, they're like, "It's a game." YEAH, >> that's how I would be back then, too. Yeah. >> Well, that's also that's also where you
4:11 learn like you can play the whole game. Everyone's ████ tired. It's down to the last five minutes and it's a tiebreaker and this is where you give your 110%. Like, where else are you going to learn that? >> Yeah. >> Right. >> Where you're like, Cuz most people be like, "What do you mean like go extra hard on the eighth hour? What the hell? I already did 7 hours. [laughter] Yeah. Yeah. >> Wow. So, that's kind of the observation I saw is like, man, like they welcome competition. They get excited >> and then we'll we'll be like, all right, there's a sales competition and people want to like win for the first prize and like it's such a different environment. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Cuz some people hear competition and they go, "Oh, I'm going to lose immediately." Their mind is so negative, right? >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But like I think with sports you're taught like hey
5:03 you're going to go up against a team that's like allar they always win every year but you got to play >> and you're going to get the ████ kicked out of you but you better do your best. And then they they still like there's effort. If you've never done that I think the mind immediately goes to ah we're going to get beat. >> Oh yeah. Yeah. I think there's also a big uh difference with it must be the same as when we were young because I remember sports people have an easier time just turning off their brain and locking in on a task >> and just accomplishing it and they just they don't even know they're not thinking like other people. You know what I mean? And then and then people who are smart or academic or philosophical like other co-workers I had, they see so many things wrong with the system they're doing. >> Yeah. and they breaking it apart and they feel more lethargic about it because they're like, "Isn't there a more efficient way to be doing any of this?" But then the other dude's just a he's just a bone head and he's locked in
5:54 on whatever the task is. >> They're like questioning the rules of the game. >> Yeah. >> Why isn't it 11t rim or 9 ft rim? Who chills 10? And the other guy's just ████ dunking. WHO GIVES A ████ WE'RE JUST GOING TO ████ SCORE. [laughter] >> YEAH. And then it's funny cuz the the smart people are not wrong. Like there's probably lots of things wrong with that system, but you're not in the position where that makes a difference for you now. You know, >> it's like we don't need that right now. What we need to do is make some sales so you can keep your jobs. That's it. >> Exactly. Yeah. >> We don't need you to ████ [laughter] >> Yeah. Don't reinvent the wheel >> and you're not You don't even know how to drive. You know what I mean? >> Like the start of the game, they go they go up, the other guy already jumps up like, "Are these Nikes made in Malaysia? What the hell?" And it's like it's almost like it becomes almost a way to avoid doing the task. Kind of like like Marxism how it's like oh Karl Marx never had any money so he doesn't want anyone
6:45 else to have it. [laughter] >> It's like that thing. It's like okay. >> But I think that's Yeah, you're right. Cuz it's like people that don't understand sports like the like you know how they're trying to make it where everyone's a winner >> and then they cuz they hate competition, right? >> And then I'm like but how do you need resistance to learn? It's kind of like when you're sparring and fighting, it's like, "Thanks, bro." Like, "You kick my butt." So then when I'm in a competition now, like I won't get my butt kicked. >> Well, people take loss so differently. That's that's one of the best things to teach kids, you know, that losses are like really wins in a way. Like the loss is just you giving up. >> Yeah. And then so when people haven't lost before, when they're thrown an opportunity to for an opportunity to compete, they immediately go, "No, no, no, no, no. I don't want to do it. I don't want to do it." [laughter] >> Yeah. >> That's nerve-wracking for So I was like, damn, that's a that's a huge difference of like how athleticism on sports or
7:37 anything competition that can get you. It doesn't even have to be sports, but let's say you're like spelling be competition or something, right? You need to go up against something. >> You need objective results. >> You need resistance >> cuz that's why like sports people have those experiences of losing. Theater kids, there's really no win or lose in theater. >> You're just performing. You're just performing >> unless you don't get a part. Yeah, >> basically. But yeah, maybe it's just the field that I'm in, but I really do think like before I was like, >> oh, it's just a lot of kids like playing physically. >> But now I see like the character building behind it. >> I was like, that's so important for everybody to do. So when you interview for employees and they say like, oh, I was in little league, I was in whatever, like is are those accolades more valuable than someone that's like, oh, I was in math club? 100%. [laughter]
8:30 >> When we Okay, someone that was in high school or college sports or they're physically active and then you ask we ask, "Hey, what do you do for fun?" >> And then and then if they go like, "I go kayaking with my friends." >> Something physical. That's rowing. >> That's one. Yeah. Rowing, competitive, >> just for fun. Because a lot of people it's it's like it's a good sign of like, oh, like they're healthy, >> they're physical, so they can they have endurance. >> Yeah. But when we hear um so we actually don't hire the the the kids from like private schools with great resumes. >> Okay. >> They have no endurance. >> So like >> so if he's like I like to read on my free time. >> They're great interviewers. No, no. I'm saying like they might even be doing sports. >> Oh, >> they're great at everything. Like they're they're articulate. They can they they're they're they interview
9:20 well. >> They seem smarter than everyone in their same age. But this snobbery doesn't work in a group setting. >> No. Like I just think that they they belong in corporate or something else. >> But then you're bro, you're like 18. You don't know ████ Don't come in here with that attitude like you know everything. >> But that's how they're taught to um interview. >> Well, it's hard to be a team member too if no one likes you. >> Exactly. So that's the thing is you're trying to curate a good cohesive team where everyone's like kind of likeminded >> and then they can work together. Well, >> cuz morale is like the most important thing in something like that, right? >> And in private school kids, they haven't faced adversity like the way these working class kids have. >> I I could see that. I didn't I didn't face adversity in private school. >> Yeah. [laughter] They can't clean gutters. They'd feel like that's not for them. They're
10:10 summerland soft. >> Summerland soft. >> They don't They don't know how to do physical labor. That's the biggest one. >> Oh, yeah. Physical labor. But we're all these like middle class or lower class kids like their parents are are doing the same jobs >> or they're helping their parents at their job. >> Yeah. [laughter] >> Yeah. >> So these girls, they they'll present like all pretty and like clean, >> but they'll get down and they'll ████ clean everything. >> Sweet. >> But the private school kids are like, "Ew, sweet. >> I didn't sign up for this." >> Yeah. >> How what if you were interviewing someone, you're like, "What do you like to do in your free time?" And they're just like, "I just love making matcha on my free time. [laughter] try to do that to ████ impress and ████ [laughter] You know how everyone lies at an interview? I'm a big matcha lover and I'm like ████ >> That must be so entertaining for you though cuz they must think that you're just some old guy like doesn't know
11:00 anything. >> Bro, you know what's funny? So like I'm I my like number my one of my biggest goals is to make sure I end up like Summerland soft. >> So I always make them like always do chores around the house and do stuff. >> Yeah. And then one of the first times I'm like, "F███, this guy's so ████ soft." We're uh we have a little like dog run on the side of the house and we're picking up dog ████ right? Cuz we have to pick like clean it up like once every two weeks or whatever. As he was picking it up, he's going, [laughter] >> "It is pretty gross." And I was like, "Hey, you better ████ contain yourself. I don't want to see that." He goes, "But it smells so bad." I was like, "It's dog ████ Bart. >> I don't care. I don't care. It smells bad." I was like, "Keep it on the inside. I don't I'll keep it on the inside." He's like, "Okay, papa." >> That's actually so funny cuz my
11:50 three-year-old whenever we go outside, he's always like, "Let's clean out the poop." I'M LIKE, "I DON'T WANT TO DO IT RIGHT NOW. [laughter] GOD DAMN IT." >> He enjoys it. >> He literally gets so stoked on it. >> Clean up the smell. >> He loves cleaning up the poop. And we have a pooper scooper. And And then we have like a shortened little like shovel that he can >> Oh, dude. >> push the poop on there. And so he runs over to the freaking pooper scooper and he's like, "Let's clean up the dog poop." I'm like, "Can you do that with dad?" Like, >> "Oh man." >> So I'm the soft one. >> Oh, >> you got big dogs, too. >> Oh, they're big old poops. [laughter] >> Yeah. >> But you think because he's three, he doesn't quite get it yet. And then maybe when he's eight, he'll be like, >> I don't know. Cuz if you do it for 5 years of your life, and by then it's going to cuz right now he cuz he's small, right? So like he's short. He's
12:41 so close to the poop. >> Yeah. >> And so and like he doesn't know how to handle it from like over here. He's like he's freaking in there. I'm like, "Can you like give some distance?" And so for the fresh ones, there will be flies everywhere. And he'll be like, "Mama, that's a fresh one." I'm like, "Yeah, we have to wait for that one. Let's not do that one." So we have to wait for it to dry. It's cute. >> He's obsessed, >> dude. That's good. When I was around Taika's age, though, dog ████ would make me ruin my appetite. >> Yeah, me too, dude. I couldn't even look at >> just have images of ████ in my head trying to eat my cereal and I'm like I can't do this ████ man. I can't eat it. I was traumatized cuz I kept I would step in it weekly. >> What's your problem? >> Because there was so much ████ People would walk their dogs on the school grounds at at my elementary school, you know, like off off of outside of school times. The neighborhood would just walk
13:31 their dogs be ████ in the field every time. I would have a one in seven chance of stepping in it. And then at my aunt's house, they did the same ████ So I would always step in ████ going to my aunt's house. It would make me cry every time. >> Yeah. It's the worst when you like don't know you stepped in it and then you come inside or something like what's that smell AND YOU'RE LIKE ████ [screaming] >> And I'd be so embarrassed and I would try to clean it off but not good enough cuz I'm a kid. And then I get in the car and my dad would get pissed. >> Hell yeah. You brought ████ in the car >> in his 90s super. >> It smells worse once you stepped in it. >> Exactly. Yeah. Cuz you get through the layer the crust. It's all mantle. Oh, crust. >> [laughter]
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