0:00 [Music] What's up everybody? Welcome back to another episode of Le Careful Boys. And yo, the power went out. >> We're sitting here with no AC on. We haven't been able to shoot for like 4 hours. >> Dude, >> is this the first time it's ever happened here at this office? >> I think so. It's a giant curveball. Me and uh Colleen got into the car and we're like, it feels like we just like got off a flight. Like like we're all discombobulated cuz we went into the coffee shop where it was like calm in the morning. We come out, it's all hot all of a sudden cars and then like the whole day is all wonky. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. It feels really weird. >> You go into this expecting to be here at 9:00 a.m. ready to shoot and then we're getting three coffees. >> Yeah, we are getting like three coffees. We had breakfast though. Breakfast. >> We had $13 steak. Yeah. >> $13. Had salad for breakfast.
0:51 >> Yeah. Yeah. That's so true. It >> was actually really nice. Yeah. >> I think everything is very good. It was really good. >> The price is even better. >> Good uh suggestion on that >> for breakfast. >> His idea guy. >> Shout out Bali. We always are randomly eating things like only like I don't know Sonora Town or Wava Grill or >> is delicious. >> It is. >> Zenu >> or Zenku but with some sometimes very dried chicken. But we got to shout out Bakali. If you guys are in the 606 area, they do a steak and eggs breakfast there for like $1357. >> And it's ribeye steak by the way. Yeah. >> Ribeye comes with a hash brown, eggs, two eggs. >> Allegedly, >> it's the most alleged ribeye you've ever had. >> It's the chewy It's the chewiest ribeye I've ever had, but it's still steak and eggs. >> And you can't beat You can't beat the >> $14 to last. >> Yeah.
1:41 >> So, it takes a while. >> Our breakfast bill was less than our Starbucks bill. >> That is crazy. That's a really really good way of selling. >> Under 100 bucks and five people got ribe eyes, which is pretty crazy. And then f and then fancy feast over here got chicken and rice and they gave him curry with it that he didn't even know was going to come. >> How do you think How do you think they're keeping their prices so low? Like this is an Asian restaurant. I'm talking like you you're just seeing Did you pay attention to the people in the room? It almost felt like a bunch of like Barts but like 20 years older. All of them still got like fades. These Asian dudes that have like tattoos and stuff but you can tell they're just like old >> and they're all hanging out there. I don't know how they do this, but this is the reason why my dad hated every single restaurant. >> Cuz every Chinese restaurant is cheap,
2:31 >> right? No matter where you go, every city, it's always ████ cheap. >> And I I was I remember trying Korean food for the first time like, "Dad, you got to try Korean food. It's so bomb." And then uh we went to a Korean restaurant out in like Critos. And then it would be like 20 bucks for a plate of kabi. And he's like, "What the ████ If this was a Chinese restaurant, this would be $5." And it's the same randomly really expensive, right? Specifically, >> you think Chinese restaurants are cheap because of the Chinese customers, they would just abandon it if it wasn't. >> Yeah. I mean, like, you know, when you go to those Chinese takeout spots where you like walk down the cafeteria, like five bucks will give you a styrofoam box packed where they can't even close it. >> So, how do they make their money? What's their margins like? >> I was guessing that they just aren't up to code in some ways. >> I think it's like Costco, you know? They they really figure out how to pass the
3:21 savings down to their customers as long as they cut certain corners. Like maybe you don't need to clean the place all the time. >> One thing. Yeah. >> Maybe you don't need real ribeye. >> Oh, to be fair, it didn't say ribeye. It said ribeye. >> It did say riy cuz they're getting rid of it. >> And and when you cut the meat, it's it's purple inside. >> Yeah. >> So, it's not pink. It's purple. >> It was bomb though. >> It was bomb. It was very good. I don't know what we ate, but it was good. >> And like how many of them all the chefs and employees and stuff like that? How many >> chefs? Oh, sorry. Cooks. >> Chefs in there. >> Unless Pierre >> chef's in the back. How many people? It still tastes good, though. How many are are those uh of those employees are being paid like under the table? Cash only. >> Oh, that's true. That's true. There.
4:11 Okay. That's a good That's an obvious corner to cut. Yeah, you're right. >> Busters, servers, that's all FICA taxes. That's all regular ████ I know pay tax. Yeah, >> it was packed. Like 10:00 a.m. Thursday. >> Yep. It was packed, man. >> That's pretty. >> They must have a lot of regulars. Yeah, we were probably the only new people there this morning. >> Mhm. >> I was out of place. I felt that place. >> So are we. I mean, I'm I'm always Maybe it's cuz I grew up in it, so I'm comfortable, right? To me, I don't look at any of those cut corners as like, >> oh my god, there's a C grade on the front. >> Tell us Tell us the truth. How did How did your family cut corners with your business? with our business. >> And were you guys one of the cheapest around? >> Well, for sure the with the dry cleaners in Orange County, like our Mexican uh employees that were freaking pressing like all the clothes and stuff like that, they were getting paid cash. I just thought that's how business worked
5:01 though. I was a kid. But like I'm like, "Oh yeah, that makes a lot of sense." >> That's how you cut corners and hire Mexicans. >> Cash. >> Way to sum it up for a way that he can win >> to any individual. >> Yes. Paying cash. But like would they cut corners like where they didn't really even clean it? >> It's a dry cleaners. Of course we cleaned it. >> But what was your dad go? It looks clean. >> He smells the shirt as it comes in. >> Yeah, just spray with >> the wrinkles. >> We weren't very good. You know, you know how you cut corners in a business like that though? It's like >> it's like uh my mom and my dad are putting on as many hats as possible. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Right. which I assume is like similar to like a an Asian familyowned like restaurant or something like that, right? The guy who's cooking is also the business owner who's also cleaning up after people who's also the server who's
5:51 also, you know, like they're not compartmentalizing different jobs and tasks so that people can specialize. They're just like, I don't need to be nice to you because you need to understand when you walk into my business, I'm doing everything already. So, let's be in and out. Cut the ████ We transact. What kind of things would customers complain about if there were any when they come back upset? >> What would they be mad about? Like a person that was angry >> in the dry cleaning business? I don't There wasn't a lot of unhappy customers. >> Oh, that's good. >> Yeah. I I think that kind of transaction is >> Nobody was like I could still see where I the ████ is in my pants. >> Well, because on certain types of That's crazy. On certain types of like stains and stuff, this is so boring. On certain types of stains and ████ anyway, my mom would still at least be like >> Well, take that back, dude. >> You're boring. This isn't boring. This is boring. >> She'd be like like I'm not sure we can get that out. That that's you made that boo boo. Like we'll try our best. >> Oh, so they would actually decline some
6:41 things. >> It wouldn't be declined. Be like, "Yeah, we'll try. We got to put chemical treatments." >> Was there ever actually like ████ stains for real on stuff where you knew it was human ████ >> I don't know about feces. But like again, I was just a kid. I would still have to also take orders and stuff like that too though. Like >> here comes a ████ boy. >> Oh ████ >> What What about anything ever got like shrink out of control? Like what the ████ did you do to my blazer? Not so much with dry cleaning, >> man. That dry cleaning sounds like a good business, >> right? Yeah. There's no there's no like uh what is it called? Like setbacks or margin of error. Yeah. Everything's perfect. >> Until not until our landlord who wanted to kick us out, right? Had to find like some sort of reason to kick us out cuz my parents didn't want to like break that lease or anything like that. >> What did they find? So they ended up, this guy, ████ he ended up getting uh the city to do inspections and then found out that some of the chemicals from the machines and stuff like leaked into the ground and then
7:32 sued my dad >> and then we had to sell >> leak into the ground or your dad poured on the floor. >> Just intentionally just like >> portion of air there. We found >> just flushing down the toilet, man. >> How'd that happen, man? over like 15 to 20 years of being in a spot like naturally things are going to happen, >> you know? So like they the city was able to find certain like chemical traces or whatever. >> That's a freaking >> that kicked us out and then like that set my uh my dad and his partner back 100 grand which >> you know what they would call your landlord back in the day? >> Friend. >> Oh snap. >> What was your what was your >> What was your landlord's uh >> rat ass ████ then? >> Leave it in. Leave it in. >> They're going to start calling landlords that again by the way. Oh, there he goes. There he goes. Taking it out. >> Wait. Yeah. What race was he? >> Uh, he was white dude. >> White how though?
8:23 >> What do you mean white? How? >> What's his location at? >> Like is he like like a kebab white or what kind of white? >> No, like a regular like white dude. Like >> really? Yeah. Like a like a gym or some ████ >> Not not a go. Not a like a Jewish white. >> I don't think so. He look like a regular like a pea cutter white guy. >> You know the You know the thing that happened to you where they find the chemicals? That's a ████ longtime scam they do. >> They did it in Breaking Bad. That's how they got the car wash is they just say that the chemicals are in the ground and you you yourself can't perform your own independent test cuz it's too expensive. >> Yeah, >> that's ████ sad, right? >> We got super screwed >> that every man can't do anything about that. >> My dad would beat my ass, but he would never like really do some like out of this world ████ And one time, and again, I'm a kid. One time he told me he was like, "Man, I would never really try to hurt somebody, but if I see him on the street, I might run him over with my
9:14 car." And as a kid, I'm like, "Yeah, man. Go get him." And now I think about it, I'm like, "Huh, that's like intent to murder." But if he ratted on him and made him lose 100 G's, >> which was, Dude, this is this is like late '9s, right? >> Or like mid '90s time for him. >> Like 500,000 or a million. I mean, for our ghetto ass family, it's not like dry cleaners rakes in money. That like was everything that put uh all I know is that put my family, my parents in debt for literally my entire understanding of our lives because he had to borrow money from my uncle. He had to borrow money from his best friend. He didn't take a line of credit out where luckily he was able to refy his house. I learned this way later, like honestly a couple months ago. He had to he was able to refy his house to pay back like $28,000 in credit card debt or something like that at that time. So, just like the idea of like
10:06 your back is so against the wall and you don't make a lot of money anyway, but then you're getting sued for everything that you have. >> I couldn't process that >> cuz I was young. But like I think about that now if that happened to me. Well, it did kind of happen to me. But point is >> Yeah. Yeah. Point is like that that like changes everything about like the way you see life, the way you think about stuff, the the next meal you get or what you want to provide for your kids. I used to be like, "Dad, how come you're so ghetto? You can't like let me play basketball or whatever, you know, or put me in these summer programs." Well, he's like, "That's ghetto. >> We are leaves. >> We don't dunk. >> Go clean some clothes." >> Yeah. >> We funk. What the
10:56 >> Can you imagine your dad popping? >> Anthony, hurry on the street. >> Say it exactly like that and then executing. >> We don't need the ████ money. >> ████ >> How often How often did your parents make you cry while you were working there from like ████ up or stress or whatever? in my memory every >> day. Every day >> probably because I deserved it in one way, but I also think just because like they're in a high heat, high stress, low money making environment and if I'm running around trying to just like have fun and like think about like all the things that are there. I remember one time where I like tried to hang on cuz you know, you know, they got the the rack that like you push the button. So like obviously as a kid you want to ride
11:48 it like it's a jungle >> not be able to resist that you >> so bro when I was hang on I turned it and I I went down I was like dad look and he whooped my ass for and I didn't understand cuz I thought that was genius like why >> that must be so expensive dude. >> Yeah it it was really >> and proportionately expensive to what they want to spend. >> Yeah. Or like it's and there's bars everywhere that hold all the clothes. Not even just like the movie. >> I think you would say if you have that conversation with them now you're like hey dad remember when I hung on it? Did you think it was genius or do you still go I should have whooped I whooped his ass. >> Dude, he'd probably be like, "Oh, your dad was like, no, I don't remember." Or like Joe's dad or whatever. He's like, "Hey, I don't know what you're talking about." >> Yeah, there's no memory of that. Yeah, >> it's more emotional for you. That's >> Well, cuz he probably had other ████ on his mind anyway. >> Okay, you guys want to hear ████ this hilarious thing? So, one time, um, my mom got so pissed me. Uh, Asian punishment, right, is like they want to put you on your knees and then like you
12:39 just have to like sit there with your, uh, be on your knees and you can't sit down on your feet. You have to be like propped up. Yeah. What feels like hip extension. >> Yeah. What feels like for hours, maybe it was like 10 minutes and it just hurts and stuff, right? And one time it's cuz I cussed. So, not only did I do that, she took a like a chili like Asian chili and made me like bite it, right? And it was so spicy and I was there and for some reason like I thought I had to be stuck there, but I didn't know what to do with my my arms are stuck and it's so spicy. So, I just start drooling. So, I have this giant drool puddle on the floor. Like 10 minutes later, she comes by. She looks at this puddle on the floor and she whoops my ass again. She's like, "Why would you drool?" I'm like, I don't know what to do. >> Oh god, >> can't win, dude. >> But yeah, man. Breakfast was great. >> Funk, though. Show them the funk.
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