1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,160 Five, four, three, two, one, zero. 2 00:00:04,460 --> 00:00:06,040 Welcome to show, people. 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:08,040 Welcome to the show. 4 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:15,480 Eat my shorts. 5 00:00:18,540 --> 00:00:21,040 So here is to conversation. 6 00:00:42,740 --> 00:00:45,580 expose. 7 00:00:48,140 --> 00:00:49,880 Welcome to the Cash Exchange 8 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:56,680 So what do water cooler conversations midnight movie premieres and tipping culture have in common? 9 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:03,480 They don't happen in europe one because they're too smelly to stand near the water cooler and talk to each other 10 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:11,000 two because they're too drunk by midnight to stay awake for a movie and three they don't tip in europe boom 11 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,880 A lot of controversial things just out of the gate there 12 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:21,880 Um, the original office was filmed in the uk so i beg to differ there's a whole show about them talking at the water cooler 13 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:24,760 Did you ever see them actually talking at the water cooler? 14 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:31,000 I don't even in the american one. I think it was more plotting at the water cooler than there was conversations being had 15 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:36,920 Okay, but plotting is still requires conversation. I feel like that's still the same thing. Anyway, we've 16 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,440 Diverted a little bit. Uh, that is not the common thread here 17 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:46,040 Okay, it's not the smell of europeans. That’s not the universal thing here 18 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,240 Does it have anything to do with pangolins? 19 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:56,600 It just might have something to do with pangolins shout out to Lorde so the rona things destroyed by the rona 20 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:02,920 Things destroyed by the rona. We need a little um like a trivia show thing when you get the answer right? 21 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,000 Well, ding ding ding 22 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:12,040 I'll add that to my list along those lines today's episode focuses on one of the things I miss most about pre-covid life 23 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:17,320 24 hour superstore. Do you shop at walmart a lot? More than I'd like to one day. I want to be target rich 24 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:24,200 But i'm not target rich right now. My heart says target my bank account says dollar tree dollar 25 tree dollar rich tree 25 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,120 Yeah, inflation don't mess around 26 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:32,600 I used to be the biggest fan of walmart because I I worked nights and so I would get off at like 11 30 or 12 27 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:39,720 And I didn't necessarily need anything like it's not like I absolutely need dental floss and batteries 28 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:45,800 1am, but it was always nice to just kind of like de-stress after my night at walmart when there was no one else there 29 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:52,120 I got so productive for so long and I feel like all of that got stripped away when cove it took away my 24 hour super stores 30 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:53,640 Yeah, I mean 31 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:59,000 Does anyone need to go get a new tv at 3 in the 3 in the morning? No, but have I done that? 32 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:03,880 Uh, you bet your sweet ass I have but I'm american and that is what being an american is freedom 33 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:08,920 It's freedom freedom to buy a tv at 3 in the morning. Yep. Yeah, that's that's out the window now 34 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:13,480 I think the last big blow to the the superstore and a lot of a lot of other things was cove it 35 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:18,280 It was so nice that we had access to stores that delivered kind of what we needed whenever we couldn't leave the house 36 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,320 walmart plus is a whole other separate grievance thing 37 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,120 But it was so nice to be able to get everything within like a day or so 38 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:28,680 Are we gonna get sued by the waltons for this? Can we not name drop walmart? I don't know 39 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:34,600 I don't know how that works actually. Do we need to rerecord our uh, no, I'll just bleep all of them out 40 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:40,600 Five minutes. All right. We have to do the uh the cartoon thing where they just switch it for like mcdonalds and mcdaniels 41 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,040 I was gonna say wallstones, but I think that's a british 42 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:49,320 It's an actual british store, right? I have no clue. Ask me nothing about britain 43 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:57,080 You started this talking about the europeans getting how smelly drunk and just altogether unpleasant they are 44 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:59,800 Wow, all right 45 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:01,800 Come at me. Aren't you scared? No 46 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,680 At hash exchange pod. All right 47 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:09,560 Hold on. Hear it here first folks. Let me double check that. Oh speaking of we got some impressions 48 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:14,920 We got some impressions. Ooh. No one actually was it alex jones. I want it to be alex jones 49 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:21,320 I don't think it was alex jones. Can we start a nonsense rumor that gets the attention of alex jones? At cash exchange pod 50 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:29,400 Our first tweet has made 10 impressions. Oh, okay 51 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Three people have engaged it two people 52 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:38,840 Uh expanded the details in one person visited our profile with a single tweet on it 53 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,080 and a bio 54 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,080 bio that i'm pretty proud of it is um 55 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:48,280 Not important to this conversation, but I don't like how granular all of our data is now 56 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:53,800 I don't need to know exactly what you did with my my tweet. Is it still a tweet if it's not twitter anymore? 57 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,320 Is it an e-e-e-t? What would x e-e-t be? 58 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:02,680 Ajit. Ajit. Ajit. Yeah. Yeah, that's that's what i'm gonna go with. Ajit me, bruh 59 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:10,840 Uh, yeah, so if you want to come fight us because you are european or in staunch defense of the europeans 60 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:13,160 Which bold take uh just add us at 61 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:18,600 Cash exchange pod on x formally twitter formally twitter. I feel like they changed the name 62 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:22,040 But now every let's like the artist formerly known as print now 63 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:27,960 It's just the social media formerly known as twitter because everyone says x formerly twitter. Yeah, you have to think about it more 64 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:32,680 You have to think about it two times in that sentence. Sure. Elon's a freaking gene. Shout out to elon musk 65 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:37,080 We'd love to have you on the pod. Yeah, we can fit another another chair in this tiny ass room 66 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:41,800 I'm gonna put them in the closet. Yeah, there's no room in there. Anyway back to the super store 67 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:43,000 I 68 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Tried really hard to avoid 69 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:50,200 Getting things delivered to me for the longest time because I didn't like what that kind of stuff like the 70 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:52,680 amazon's prime delivery or 71 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:59,000 Like walmart's home delivery kind of like spelled out. I think for the retail space. Um, I've gotten a little bit lazier 72 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,040 recently I still will not door-to-ash on principle, but 73 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:07,160 Um, I have gotten groceries delivered a couple times because I just have not felt like going out 74 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:12,360 But if they were still open 24 hours and I could do all of that shopping at two in the morning 75 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:17,480 I would never have to restock my fridge. There's another adult human that lives in my house with me 76 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:25,640 And if there is a curbside if there's a door delivery, you can bet that that is being taken full advantage of 77 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,160 So I think that that's one thing. I think it's nice in a pinch 78 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:37,640 Um, I feel I have felt myself abusing it sometimes. Um, just going into the store versus just parking and 79 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,200 Telling them I'm here or whatever 80 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:43,800 Have you noticed that on some for some stores? 81 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,880 You say like I'm on my way and then it will say well 82 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:53,800 Can we track you that way we have already as soon as you get here? Yeah, there's a 83 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:58,840 Um, there's a craft store that I ordered something from recently that did that. Yeah, I really hate that 84 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:03,560 It's things like that that make me feel a little bit more like round swanson 85 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,120 Where I just want to be like off the grid in the middle of the woods 86 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:11,560 I don't want to be perceived by anyone like the I also had a 87 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:17,000 problem for the longest time with like rewards points things at retailers that like I don't want to put my phone number in 88 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:18,120 Every time I shop at Walmart 89 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,920 I don't need you to know every single thing I buy and like the 90 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:25,960 I eventually caved because I got a lot of like deals and stuff because you know, that's how they get you 91 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,480 They give you 30 cents off of one thing and then they get you forever 92 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:32,760 And then they have all your information. They have all my information 93 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,840 I was holding out for so long my my Alexa doesn't know who I am so 94 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:39,640 I find solace in that 95 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:41,640 I have a bad habit of 96 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,800 Signing up for these things 97 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:49,080 And then forgetting that I signed up for them and I mean usually it's a store that I don't go to very often 98 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:55,240 And I'll say do you have a rewards number? I was like, I don't think so, but I'll try and sure enough I do 99 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,040 and it's either that or 100 00:07:58,840 --> 00:07:59,880 I'll 101 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:05,560 It'll be somewhere that I go to a lot and I just never use the points and so I have 102 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:11,000 Just a ridiculous amount of points on here and the cashiers like oh, what are you doing saving for a rainy day? 103 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:16,440 Hey, man, dad jokes are also how I get through my job. So I will not stand for the slander on cashiers 104 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:21,320 I mean, I'm just not slander. It's just come up with some new material. We can't we're all running on empty 105 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:27,400 When I was researching this episode. I found out that there's different classifications of the kind of big stores 106 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:29,960 so 107 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:31,960 Wallstones 108 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:35,960 Sorry if that is an actual retailer. Um, it's something called a hypermarket 109 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,840 Which is an experiential store air quotes 110 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:45,320 So the purpose of these stores is that you go in and you want to spend your time spend your money spend 111 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:49,560 And your energy in these places. So they're going to be the ones with like the cafes 112 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:51,720 So like the ones with starbucks's 113 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:56,920 Just throwing out all of the big names but the ones with cafes the ones with salons banks stuff like that 114 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:01,640 Or you could theoretically do everything you need to do for the day in one big building 115 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:06,200 Then there is the the supermarket, which is something that has 116 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:13,160 Like really really extensive food and then they have like your your pharmacy section your dry goods every once in a while 117 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:18,120 They have clothes stuff like that and I think that the hypermarkets are the ones that are going out of fashion 118 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:22,360 Because they're the ones that have just I feel like done a really weird thing 119 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:27,960 With marketing or with like the so they're all psychologically based is the only use for my marketing degree 120 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:32,600 Um, they are all built with a specific marketing goal in mind 121 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:39,400 So they have like the layout of your your meat section and your dairy and produce and all of that stuff is laid out 122 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:43,960 So that you're going to spend the most time at the store and that's kind of like compounded 123 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:50,760 Whenever you get a salon so you can get your hair done or your nails or if you do get your hair or your nails done at 124 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:55,960 Walmart, please add us that cash exchange pod. I want to know what they're like, but I don't want to go to one 125 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,520 No, I feel like getting your nails done 126 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:03,560 At Walmart you're pretty much getting what you're asked for. Yeah 127 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:05,880 I feel like those 128 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:11,080 Korean ladies are probably a lot meaner than the ones that just have their own shop as long as you're mean to me in english 129 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:12,520 We're cool 130 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:20,520 Have you noticed at like these the supermarkets or the the hyper stores that the the dairy sections always smell like 131 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:23,160 odd so 132 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:27,800 I think I actually know why that is so you are not supposed to leave cardboard in the refrigerator 133 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:30,600 It is a very big thing in food safety 134 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:35,560 That I only know because I live with a chef and I've gotten in trouble for it multiple times 135 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,560 You don't leave cardboard in the refrigerator because it will 136 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:47,640 Mildew it will get really gross really fast and the bacteria that stays in cardboard will infect all of the things in your refrigerator 137 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:53,240 So if you have the area where you're like restocking stuff back behind the actual 138 00:10:53,240 --> 00:11:01,560 Like shelves and stuff that we can access as shoppers then all of that gross cardboard must translates to us 139 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,120 I got a confession to make 140 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,240 You put cardboard in the fridge. No, no, I mean 141 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:09,320 Yeah, but 142 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:14,280 Everyone does apparently not not the well-informed in kitchens, but no 143 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:22,120 My confession is that I was just setting myself up for for a joke. Yeah, what do you got back where they keep the milk? 144 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:24,120 This smells like dairy air 145 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:26,600 But hey, your thing is cool too 146 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:34,280 I was not I was not expecting that to lead to an actual reason why it smells different in the dairy section 147 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:35,800 But hey, it's 148 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,520 It worked out learning new things and having fun 149 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:41,400 So podcasts were made for 150 00:11:41,560 --> 00:11:47,080 All right, so hypermarkets is that do they have to serve grocery or do they have to sell groceries? 151 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,160 And other stuff 152 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,600 I don't think they necessarily have to so say if you had a 153 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:55,320 A furniture store 154 00:11:55,320 --> 00:12:00,200 That also had a lot of things that weren't furniture. I think that would still be considered a hypermarket 155 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,280 So like if it had the the kind of like food court in it 156 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,600 Basically like a mini mall. So what about like a massive 157 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:13,960 Sporting goods store with a fairs wheel or a rock climbing wall or both? 158 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:19,000 I think I think that would be considered a hypermarket as long as you're able to do something that is 159 00:12:19,560 --> 00:12:22,520 A service not a good on top of being able to buy goods 160 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:25,160 I don't think that there's necessarily like a specific 161 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:30,440 Combination of the thing that you have to be selling or the thing that you have to be able to do 162 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,560 Also, what sporting goods store has a fairs wheel? 163 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:37,800 I mean, it depends on if they want to sponsor us or not. Oh, all right 164 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:43,800 Or they're all name drop them, but there's one that is relatively close to us and 165 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:52,040 It's got a full-fledged fairs wheel in it. It's insane and a life-size animatronic of Nolan Ryan 166 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,520 Oh, I hate that we went there for my birthday 167 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,760 Three years ago, maybe and I took a video with Nolan 168 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:06,040 All right, then I kind of want to check that out. I don't like fairs wheels. Well, what's crazy is that this place also 169 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,040 has 170 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:11,400 An outdoor like huge fairs wheel in the parking lot 171 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:17,160 The mystery deepens. So the fairs wheels per capita in this area 172 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:18,840 is 173 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:23,800 Through the roof. I wish that we could divide our actual like property values that way 174 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:29,640 There's those per capita. Yeah, I would be much more content with the fact that I'll never buy a house 175 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:33,000 Yeah, I mean we I wonder where 176 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,440 The one at the fairground sits as far as worldwide 177 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:44,040 The biggest one has to be the eye, right? I would think so in London and then I couldn't tell you any Coney Island 178 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:50,360 Maybe Vegas. I'm I mean, I'm sure there are fairs wheels in Vegas, but I couldn't tell you one of them 179 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:51,640 but um, 180 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:52,760 little 181 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:54,760 sidebar we went on 182 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:57,560 a fairs wheel two days ago on 183 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:00,760 a pier 184 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,360 which is already 185 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:08,680 Pretty sketchy. Yeah. Yeah, I did fine. Uh, the rest of my party not so much 186 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:11,640 We did get stuck for a little bit 187 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:15,240 Uh, it was real squeaky real like screechy 188 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:19,880 So all in all it's probably a miracle that we were able to get off, but 189 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,560 I'm here today to have this conversation about super stores with you 190 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:29,160 So everything worked out. Shout out to our hopefully first sponsor fairs wheels. Just the concept of a fairs wheel 191 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,160 I 192 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:36,760 Want to be endorsed by the fairs's actually my big fairs my big fairs 193 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:41,480 I 194 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:47,160 I've only been on two fair three fairs wheels. I think in my entire life and the most recent one that I was on was 195 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:49,880 a famous ferris wheel 196 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:52,760 That could be built and taken down in a day 197 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:57,880 Um, but it was famous because it was on stranger things and I think that love 198 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:59,880 Simon movie maybe 199 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:01,640 and Branson 200 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,240 now, um 201 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:10,120 They built it outside of our apartment, which oh, I am absolutely against built in a day amusement park rides 202 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:12,760 But it was free. So I mean if I die I die 203 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:19,080 Did you ask them how many bolts they had left over the person that I spoke to you didn't have enough teeth that I could understand the response 204 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:20,280 So 205 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:23,800 Oh, yeah, I mean, you never know could be genetic 206 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:29,720 Hey, man, I also survived to be able to have this conversation on superstoresity. There we go. That was unplanned 207 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:33,080 Who would have thought that we would have been on ferris wheel so close together? 208 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:39,160 Coincidentally, yeah crazy world man crazy world. So we got we got the big one 209 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:43,560 We got I guess I don't know if I'm gonna keep the names in here or not probably not 210 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,320 Maybe I will I don't know. I need to look up the legality of all of it 211 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,480 I was trying to figure out a way to do it without saying 212 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:55,800 The one big name and I could not for the life of me figure out how to have that conversation where you're like talking about Voldemort 213 00:15:56,120 --> 00:16:03,640 He who must not be named. I mean, we haven't been disparaging. No, I about it. So maybe it could be a good thing 214 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:09,160 Yeah, I don't think they need any marketing from us, but probably not. It's still marketing 215 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:14,280 But if I could get a clothing line at Walmart like Miley Cyrus used to have or like the elson twins 216 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:17,000 It's the ultimate dream. Did they have clothes at Walmart? Huh? 217 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:23,560 I know that. Jack has a line at Walmart. Uh, I saw one recently that that threw me for a loop 218 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:25,800 I don't remember who it was. It was just 219 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:29,720 Out of nowhere. Yeah, I'm sure it's a pretty sweet deal if you can get it 220 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:33,080 Yeah, so you got a Walmart endorsement 221 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:35,480 This is us, uh 222 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:40,360 Open-faced chilling for for Walmart if you guys want to sponsor us. Hey, man, we gotta start somewhere 223 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:45,800 Yeah, we've got to start somewhere in that somewhere is Walmart. All right. Okay. So pros three AM TVs 224 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:47,240 Three AM TVs 225 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,240 Two AM grocery shopping 226 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:52,600 Two AM grocery shopping by yourself making poor decisions 227 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:59,720 Getting seven different types of pop tarts. I spent so much more money at Walmart whenever I was allowed to shop whenever 228 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:02,440 I don't know if this was really a 229 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,000 Direct rona thing 230 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,120 But there have been a lot more things behind lock and key 231 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:13,320 And it's it's not just it's not just at the the big ones. It's like all over the place 232 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:20,360 That was actually one of the points that I had for a little bit later on in the episode that the surveillance state of 233 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:26,360 The walmarts that we have now are the main reason that I don't shop there anymore. Yeah, I don't I'm not taking anything 234 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:29,800 I'm aware that in every store that I go into that I'm constantly on camera 235 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:36,280 But the fact that you're just like like if you're doing self-checkout and it has that live feed of you in your worst state 236 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:40,040 Checking out your own groceries. I don't want to see that. I don't want to know what I look like 237 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:44,520 I'm at walmart. I'm already not making the best decisions. Yeah, that one might have been a little bit more 238 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:52,760 Disparaging can at least cut that I don't know. Well, I might get a little worse because I saw something of course on tiktok 239 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:54,280 so 240 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,080 Apparently this is I can verify this on 241 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:04,840 More than two sources self-checkout at walmart. They have a camera on the floor pointing up 242 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,520 Oh god, what? 243 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:12,760 For them to be able to see the bottom of your basket, but there's a conspiracy that they're actually pointed up to 244 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:18,040 Do exactly what you think check out the goods up skirt camera looks like or does that's 245 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:20,680 horrifying. All right 246 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:22,680 yeah, so um 247 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:25,960 You're being more surveilled than you thought you were fun 248 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,240 One of the things that always gets me with walmart is sometimes I go in there 249 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:34,520 And I don't end up buying the thing that I want a lot of times because the crowd at self-checkout is 250 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:36,520 Obscene don't want to deal with it 251 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:42,040 And I hate so much that I can't just walk back through the entrance 252 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:48,040 I have to walk through that mass of people that already doesn't want to be around other people or else 253 00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:51,560 It's going to beep at me and then check out greeter is just gonna stare at me 254 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:56,040 Like I've somehow wedged a 32 inch tv under my hoodie. I just want to be able to leave 255 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:02,280 Freely. Yeah. Well, I mean you can you can thank your fellow man for that. Yeah, I mean on one hand 256 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:08,760 I don't blame them because I'm sure they lose an insane amount of money every single day from theft 257 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:11,480 But at the same time 258 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:13,560 Having the gates that don't do anything 259 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,680 All they do is they beep if you go the wrong way 260 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:21,720 Having a 90 year old woman work the door checking receipts 261 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:26,120 At least now because before when they used to just like take your receipt they'd glance at it and they 262 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:29,320 Sharpie it. Yeah, whatever. They weren't able to check everything 263 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:35,960 But now they'll take your receipt and they'll scan the barcode on it and they'll like the they'll get a picture of 264 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:42,360 The big stuff that is on your receipt that wouldn't fit in the bag. Yeah, so they can just check those things 265 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:48,840 Okay, so I mean at least I mean, I guess that could be some sort of deterrent, but not really 266 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,680 Yeah, I mean I've been to it's and it's not just it's not just Walmart 267 00:19:52,680 --> 00:20:00,600 So it's all kinds of stores where almost everything is behind a glass case or behind a cage or something like that 268 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:04,760 Something that you have to call someone over for like, okay. Yeah, I'm constipated 269 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,400 So can you give me this egg flax here? 270 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:11,000 Please and maybe I'll just chug it right here and we'll see what happens 271 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:15,880 All of the like the family planning stuff like that whole section of walmart is usually blocked off 272 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:22,200 And I wonder how often they actually sell things because they have to get an employee to unlock the cabinet 273 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:28,280 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I would think that once once they put the the protections up there that 274 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:32,280 Sales probably went down a bit like yeah, sure not getting stolen 275 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:38,360 But I can't imagine anyone is still buying it think of all the walmart babies because the people were too embarrassed to buy condoms 276 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:42,200 To ask someone to get the condoms out for them. So they're like, you know what? I'll risk it 277 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,920 I think I've met some walmart babies. Yeah, I don't know that for a fact 278 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:51,480 But they give off real walmart baby vibes makes sense. Yeah, you know, I if it's behind a lock 279 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,760 I will not I will not go find an employee to open it for me 280 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:59,000 I won't and I'm not going to press the button to call an employee saying hey 281 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:03,720 Associate associate someone's constipated over here 282 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,840 I would press it if it actually gave that announcement over the loudspeaker in the store 283 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:12,840 There is a constipated person on aisle 23. We can get an associate's assistant 284 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:14,840 And help is on the way 285 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:17,560 But all this leads me into 286 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:24,920 My conspiracy. Yeah, and what is that that all of this is just so they can move completely online 287 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:29,800 No theft. No, I mean you're probably going to get theft from employees in the warehouse or whatever 288 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,560 But for the most part you bring the theft down to zero 289 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:35,960 Your 290 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:41,240 Workforce can be cut way down because if they're in a warehouse you can get robots to do most of that stuff 291 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,440 I think the some of those bigger stores are trying to 292 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:51,320 Kind of move in the opposite direction with that because they don't think that you can infringe on amazon space in a lot of ways 293 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:55,000 And so their differentiator is always going to be the brick and mortars 294 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:59,480 Like the the walmart near me just took away every one of their self checkouts 295 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:04,120 And I know it's for the greater good, but I am a little annoyed by it that I don't get a single self checkout option 296 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,160 Wait, they took them all out all of them. So we're doing a 180 now 297 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:09,800 because so before 298 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:13,240 Whenever we first moved in so that would have been like 2022 299 00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:19,080 um, it was 50 self checkouts and 50 actual like 300 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,640 man cashier stations 301 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:26,520 And then it switched to the whole thing was just a divider in the middle 302 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:31,320 There was the people with the like the cigarette counter and then it was just 50 50 303 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,200 All self checkouts. Yeah 304 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:36,760 But in the last 305 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:42,040 Two months or so they've taken out every one of the self checkouts. Hmm. There's 30 ish 306 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:48,440 Probably cashier stands of which two of those are manned. Yeah. Yeah, they're there, but no one's working them 307 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,240 Yeah, this this one is the ends 308 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,560 Are our self checkout and then in the middle they have maybe 10 309 00:22:56,360 --> 00:23:03,400 Yeah, 10 lines that are manned by someone who's probably gonna let me get away with more than I would have gotten away with 310 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:08,120 At the self checkout. Yeah, I mean, I do think you're right that amazon has such a 311 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:10,760 stranglehold on the 312 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,920 online marketplace and they've gotten so efficient at 313 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:20,120 At doing that that most other businesses wouldn't be able to compete 314 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:22,520 but I still think that 315 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,240 It in the end it would be more 316 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:29,560 profitable for them to move to a solely online 317 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:34,120 Yeah, and really places like walmart already have the already have the space 318 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:40,040 So all they got to do is shut their doors. Yeah, and then take orders online and they can just deliver them out 319 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:44,680 I think that it's really telling though that amazon right now is moving two more brick and mortars 320 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:49,480 I think they're trying to get a model together. That's more of that hybrid 321 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:55,480 Yeah, like walmart and amazon are coming at the same kind of consensus from two different sides. It's like 322 00:23:55,480 --> 00:24:00,840 Amazon bought out Whole Foods. There's a couple other ones that I think they have under their umbrella now 323 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:05,800 But they have Whole Foods and then in like Seattle and a couple of those like big tech centers 324 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:11,160 They're trying to do like actual amazon stores. Mm-hmm like with the palm reader. God those things creep me out 325 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:17,720 All of it is just registering their palms like but also does that mean that palms are unique like fingerprints because I didn't know that either 326 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,880 Yeah, I mean even my from one to the next. I don't understand it amazon 327 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:28,280 I was reading an article in ad week about like amazon's growth versus the brick and mortar 328 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:33,400 And I didn't realize that they were actually cited in the bankruptcies of at least three different companies 329 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:38,760 They got cited in borders bookstore. Uh j crew, which did not know they were out of business 330 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,560 And uh toys rs, huh? 331 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,760 Which I kind of assumed that the first and third ones were true 332 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:49,720 But I didn't know that that was actually like uh, well borders makes the most sense. Yeah, because they started out as a book 333 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:56,120 Amazon star. All right. You ready for this list? It's let's go. That's extensive. So they have amazon web services 334 00:24:56,280 --> 00:25:01,880 Which I mean, I'm pretty sure that they either started that on their own or they bought one and just changed the name 335 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:05,800 But then they have audible Whole Foods zappos ring a book 336 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:12,200 Amazon books blink amazon fresh woot arrow amazon pharmacy zooks 337 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:19,720 comicsology amazon games amazon mgm studios, uh, one jury, which is a podcast platform. Yeah 338 00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:27,960 Uh pill pack kiper systems amazon air amazon air exactly what it sounds like planes. They have planes 339 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:29,800 they 340 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,160 Yeah, I've seen them municipal air or not municipal airport. Um 341 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,800 regional airport just up the way they have 342 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,520 Amazon planes coming out of time 343 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:43,320 Okay, uh amazon clinic amazon robotics anapuma labs. What? 344 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:45,800 Anapuma labs 345 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:50,280 We make great products even better an israeli micro electronics company 346 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:55,800 Owned since 2015 be an interesting rabbit hole to go down all the stuff that amazon actually does 347 00:25:56,280 --> 00:26:01,480 So this also says mgm holdings. I'm wondering if they just bought mgm studios 348 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:06,600 They're just in like a partnership with them those mgm holdings. Yeah a lot a lot of uh 349 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,600 One medical 350 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,080 body labs 351 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,080 Just stuff that 352 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:21,960 Stereotypically like whenever you see an apocalypse movie and it's like there's just you just get inundated with this one brand 353 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:25,720 That just took over everything and destroyed the world. This is what you would think of 354 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:27,560 I'm sure you're thinking more sky net 355 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:33,560 But the first thing I thought of was the taco bell Verizon carls jr hybrid in idiocracy 356 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:35,880 Welcome to costco. I love you 357 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:37,880 God that's a chicken movie 358 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:40,200 What else you got? 359 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:43,160 So when it comes to amazon, I think we've also passed the point where 360 00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:48,280 Things have gotten too convenient. Mm-hmm. Yeah, I agree with that because it's 361 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:53,400 I admittedly I'm on both sides of the fence on this because if I could buy a tv at 3am 362 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,200 I still want to be able to buy a tv at 3am 363 00:26:56,360 --> 00:26:57,240 but 364 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,560 One of the reasons that I I stopped ordering 365 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,720 Like door-dash uber eats any of that stuff is because if I can't go 366 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:11,160 Out to the restaurant to go get that food then I don't need to spend that much money on it. Yeah, like I just I didn't 367 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,200 deserve to get that thing 368 00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:15,480 and 369 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,000 so like the 370 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:21,960 That's kind of my problem with amazon as it stands right now is that I get so easily into like 371 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,280 This is a problem that I'm having right now 372 00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:29,720 And it's a problem that I'd like to fix right now and then by the time it comes in even if it's like a day or two later 373 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:33,400 It's not a real problem. It's not a thing. I actively need to fix 374 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:39,640 And it annoys me that I bought it. I'm not going to return it because who returns things all you got to do is take it to your local 375 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,360 Whole Foods. I know I'm not going to do that 376 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:46,360 I want to be a person that returns things that they bought and don't need but no 377 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:50,680 I think that we got a little too comfortable with having um too many people 378 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:56,280 Get their hands on our food. Yeah, no, uh, all of those services have always grossed me out 379 00:27:56,280 --> 00:28:01,880 I spent too much time on tiktok whenever the pandemic hit. Yeah, I try to avoid them 380 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:07,240 But I still have to use them every now and then and I never get everything that I ordered 381 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:12,200 So it's it's a last resort. But I mean, I understand why 382 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:17,880 Why it exists. I don't I don't see how it is a viable income option for anybody 383 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,720 Yeah, but hey, if it works for you it works for you 384 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:27,400 So on the the topic of kind of the hyper store, do you think that they're going to go the way of 385 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:33,080 Malls is essentially the same thing. It's just all of the mall being closed into one building 386 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:38,280 And I couldn't tell you one mall that's anywhere near me that I would want to spend time in 387 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:45,800 I don't think so because I think if it comes down to that then all their buildings are just going to be turned into warehouses 388 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,800 So I don't think that they'd be abandoned. I think that they would be used. They would just be repurposed 389 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:54,520 Okay, but wouldn't it be kind of a nightmare logistically to have every 390 00:28:55,320 --> 00:29:02,760 One of those big stores turned into a distribution center. I mean, it's it's not really much different than because really 391 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:07,000 Okay, say you have someone that say you want to do this cheap as possible 392 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:10,280 So all you're going to do is you're going to lock the doors from the public 393 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:16,920 All all the people except for the cashiers are still employed doing their same schedule doing their same routine every day 394 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:23,400 So instead you have these people that go fetch these items and then just load them into a truck truck delivers it out 395 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:28,360 Or you take out all the shelves just 20 foot shelves all over the place 396 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:30,440 yeah, and 397 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:35,640 You already have the parking lots because walmarts have some of the most wasted space and parking lots 398 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:40,920 And as far as any other stores concerned except for maybe a mall 399 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:42,760 Yeah 400 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:47,400 Unless you need to sleep in your car always go to the walmart. Yeah, but 401 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:53,880 Now well, they're not 20 per hour anymore. Exactly. Okay one more point in the the pros of 24 hour walmarts 402 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:59,240 Yeah, you'd have to go to a truck stop or something. Oh god getting lot lizards knocking on your window all night 403 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,280 I don't think i'm their target demographic. I mean if you got the money 404 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:04,920 Anyone's their demographic. That's a fair point 405 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:10,280 But so I think that is it is the superstore dying? Yes 406 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:15,560 Um, is it going to be dead in our lifetime? Probably not. It's probably still gonna hold on 407 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:18,760 Just like there's still malls that are holding on right now 408 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:23,560 Yeah, I mean you can even see though in a lot of the the bigger stores that they have a lot of 409 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:29,880 Like just empty shelves. Yeah, like the supply chain issues that I guess just never got fixed after covid 410 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:37,880 Yeah, I mean supply chain issues was like the buzzword of of the pandy 411 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:44,760 Mm-hmm. Yeah, no, I can't do that because supply chain. Oh, you gotta raise the prices on this because supply chain 412 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:47,480 That's yeah, and then the supply chain 413 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:55,640 Supposedly it was gonna get fixed after the world went back to normal ish. Nothing got cheaper and nothing got cheaper. Yeah 414 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:58,680 I think that that's 415 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:01,560 I think that we will see the end of the superstore in our time 416 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:08,520 And I think that's specifically because of inflation because these big stores pride themselves on being an experience 417 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:13,560 It's a one-stop shop where you get to buy tires and toothpaste if that's what you want or get a 418 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:18,040 manicure and for some reason a chiropractic adjustment because that's in my Walmart now 419 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,200 Well, and it's instantaneous gratification 420 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:22,520 but I think because 421 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:24,280 so much of 422 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:29,240 The way that we view money has changed in just the little amount of time that I've had my own money 423 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:36,040 It's changed from like I'm gonna go do this to I'm constantly thinking about the amount of money that I'm spending 424 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:41,400 While I'm doing something. Mm-hmm. Everything is just so expensive. Yeah, and I think it completely 425 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:43,480 de-incentivizes 426 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:49,160 Going to any of those stores because all I'm gonna be thinking about is how much money I'm spending the longer that I stay there 427 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:55,720 Yep, and if I'm being surveilled then I see really no upside to it like it's not doesn't really seem like a fair trade-off 428 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:57,400 would you 429 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:01,320 Say that you decided that you want this widget. It's 430 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:05,080 X amount of dollars it could be here at two in the morning 431 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:11,880 Delivery a window of two to five in the morning or you can go to Walmart and get it for two dollars more 432 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:15,080 But you just go up there come back with it real quick. What should you do? 433 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:16,520 I know this isn't the point of the question 434 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,800 But I can't do overnight shipping because they have to go through our leasing office 435 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:24,920 And I've had a lot of really annoying early morning phone calls from amazon drivers. They're like, hey 436 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:29,560 We can't get to your package locker. I'm like, hey, I don't care try again later. Okay, you're on a vacuum 437 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:31,880 I was still 438 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,480 About your leasing office and whether they're open or not 439 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:40,280 Um, I I would go to Walmart and do the thing I would go buy it for two dollars more 440 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:44,440 Would you enjoy it or would you be thinking about how I could have saved two dollars and the trip up here? 441 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:45,560 I 442 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:49,720 It's gonna be a case by case thing because if I needed like to fix something 443 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:55,080 My brain is not gonna stop thinking about the thing I need to fix until I fix it in which case I'm gonna go to Walmart 444 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,480 Get the thing to fix it right now. It's not a necessity 445 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:03,960 Non-essential then I would get it something you just decided that you wanted and you can get it now for two dollars more or save two 446 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:05,960 dollars and have it brought to your door 447 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:09,160 By the time you wake up, but it's something you really want. Oh, then I would wait 448 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:14,920 Yeah, if it's a like if it's actually important to what I'm doing right now 449 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:19,320 Or I need it in like a certain time frame. I'm gonna go get it because I've also had a lot of problems with 450 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:24,200 Ordering things online that have ended up somewhere in the ether. Yeah, and I don't want to 451 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:29,800 Leave the task that I had on my to-do list to just whenever the thing decides to come in 452 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:32,840 Yeah, I mean this isn't this isn't really 453 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:40,840 Superstore per se, but there have been a couple times where I have ordered something from phone store ebay whatever 454 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:44,840 Something like very expensive laptop phone, whatever ipad 455 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:52,200 And I would much rather arrive 30 miles away go pick it up today then wait a week and a half for it 456 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:54,520 Did you do the same thing if it is? 457 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:59,640 So technology I feel like is a little bit different because I've gotten some crappy things in the mail 458 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:06,200 For those of you listening our dad is a big ebay person when it comes to technology. I do not understand it 459 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:11,800 I will not understand it. They didn't use Amazon until like six months ago. He buys every phone from someone on ebay 460 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:16,600 And I can't do that. No, but if it's a technology thing that one's gonna depend more on price 461 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,480 If I can buy it in a store, I will buy it in a store 462 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:24,280 I would rather be able to like see it in my hands make sure that I know that it's not busted 463 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:31,560 For I leave I don't want to put 800 dollars in limbo while I'm making sure that the thing that I'm getting is usable 464 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,560 So I've had this happen to me 465 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:37,720 You go to a store you go to a phone store you say you're buying a tablet 466 00:34:37,720 --> 00:34:41,160 You see the tablet you hold the tablet you decide. This is the one I want 467 00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:45,080 They can get it to you in a week or you can go drive to it. Let's say 468 00:34:45,720 --> 00:34:49,720 45 minutes one way so hour and a half all in to go pick it up from a different store 469 00:34:49,720 --> 00:34:55,240 Would you do that versus waiting a week knowing that you've already you've already had the the hands-on experience 470 00:34:55,240 --> 00:34:57,800 You already decided that this is the one you want. What are you gonna do? 471 00:34:58,440 --> 00:34:59,480 so 472 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,080 In that case 473 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:06,600 I've actually had that situation happen to me before and I've driven the I think that drive was like an hour 474 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,880 What was it for? 475 00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:12,520 That was for my most recent iPad 476 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:16,520 Yeah, it was when I still lived in Fort Worth and I drove to Dallas for it 477 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:21,000 But I will say that every time that I've done that 478 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:27,640 Every time that I've decided to forego the this amount of time that it would take it to get shipped 479 00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:32,680 I regretted it because it's just it's not been that important to me once I got it. Yeah, it's the 480 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,800 the kind of anticipation and I think that that's 481 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:40,440 Something I miss but I don't give myself that opportunity to have that anymore 482 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:44,040 Like I usually opt for the quicker option, but realistically I know that I would 483 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:48,600 Appreciate the things that I bought more if it took me a little bit longer to get them 484 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:51,400 Yeah, yeah, like sometimes on Amazon. I'll buy something 485 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:54,280 And it'll say an arrival 486 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:57,640 Tuesday or get it on your Amazon day Wednesday 487 00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:01,800 What are you talking about? I think I'm gonna wait 24 more hours. How dare you? 488 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,240 I'm not some peasant 489 00:36:03,240 --> 00:36:08,840 I will I will always opt for the the lesser packaging if I buy multiple things from Amazon though 490 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:15,000 So I will always do like if it comes on Tuesday by itself or Thursday with the other stuff I bought 491 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:20,840 I'm gonna get it Thursday because that just seems wasteful. Yeah. Yeah, I mean some of the packaging that they can send me 492 00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:26,440 Stuff in is pretty pretty crazy how minimal it is. Yeah, but then you also get these giant boxes 493 00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:31,000 For the smallest thing. So I mean, I guess it all evens out eventually 494 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:34,920 I got earplugs a couple weeks ago in a box that was probably like 495 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:40,440 Two feet by a foot and a half like what what is this for? What are you doing Jeff? 496 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:47,160 What are you doing Jeff? He's off living his Lex Luthor life. Hey, don't you disrespect pit bull like that? 497 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:52,520 What about bulk stores? Do you think they're safe? Your Sam's clubs, your Costco's 498 00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:55,720 So I think in the long haul the warehouse stores are going down too 499 00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:59,320 And the reason I think the warehouse stores are going down is because people aren't having kids 500 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:03,880 And those memberships only really make sense if you're feeding a family or a small army 501 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:06,360 But the deal's on pants 502 00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:08,760 And tires 503 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:10,760 We've discussed it. I don't know 504 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:16,600 The biggest thing about the warehouse stores is that they're not just a small store 505 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:22,360 Their deals on pants don't affect me. So I have I have a Sam's Club membership and a Costco membership 506 00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:26,600 I only ever use either of them for paper goods 507 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:32,840 So I use them for toilet paper for paper towels. I used to be like a snack food person, but I've 508 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:35,480 Cut out snack foods 509 00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:40,280 And so now there's really no other point for they don't have the litter that I need for the cats 510 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:46,920 Because that would be the other like big purchase that I would need. I don't eat enough to make sense of doing 511 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,640 yogurt by the gallon 512 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:54,680 Costco any of those bulk stores great for diapers wipes formula 513 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:57,640 formula is the same stuff. It's 514 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:00,760 It's same exact ingredients as you'd get 515 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:05,160 with the other ones but similar in Kirkland. Yeah, but it's 516 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,120 They're bigger and 517 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,120 cheaper per ounce. So 518 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:14,440 If you got one on the way definitely take advantage of that 519 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:21,480 Trying to think we have an upright deep freezer that we received and have yet to use 520 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:25,640 But I think that when we move we would be more likely to use it 521 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:30,120 And then that's when that's when a warehouse store would come into play 522 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:33,160 That's fair because you drop well you drop like 523 00:38:33,720 --> 00:38:35,480 300 bucks maybe 524 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:41,800 And you have like six months worth of meat. We've been talking about like once we get moved into the new place that we're getting 525 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,520 Eventually going to get an upright freezer 526 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:50,040 Because the the plan is to get like a half cow because it's basically like a whole year worth of meat 527 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:53,800 Ferd I don't remember how much it was 528 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:56,200 try not to think about how 529 00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,360 much all of that stuff costs, but 530 00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:01,880 I'm sure it it pans out to make a lot of sense 531 00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:05,560 We could each get a quarter cow and we'll split it. I'm down for that 532 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:11,400 I am a little bit traumatized since under the dome came out and I watched two full seasons of that show where for some reason the 533 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:14,520 intro scene was them cutting the cow in half with the dome 534 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:18,920 Hmm. That was a weird show. Don't you mean the Simpsons movie? 535 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:21,880 The show? I wish I did 536 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:25,720 Now I watched all three. I think seasons of under the dome 537 00:39:25,720 --> 00:39:30,840 Do you have anything left for this one? Uh that covered all of the things that I had 538 00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,040 I missed the 24 hour store 539 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:39,960 I would still love if they would bring it back. I would make so many stupid purchases and it would so be worth it for these retailers 540 00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:42,520 Yeah 541 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:44,520 Yeah, I mean 542 00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:47,080 I think there's 543 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:51,640 Probably a lot more involved that we're not really taking into consideration 544 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:54,760 the safety level 545 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:59,160 Because I'm sure I've seen some sketchy people at Walmart at three in the morning 546 00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:06,920 Um having just gotten off of work. I've probably been the sketchy person at the Walmart. Probably. You know, you got a point 547 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:12,600 Uh the staffing which I worked overnight at Walmart too 548 00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:20,360 And so I mean they had maybe this was before the big like the huge push for self-checkout 549 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:25,960 So maybe three cash years on and all the other people are gonna be are gonna be 550 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:33,080 Working anyways to get the store ready for the next day the front people in their downtime will straighten up the front of the store 551 00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:40,120 I mean, it's not like there's not work for them to do but I think that they see the money that they've saved on 552 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:42,440 payroll 553 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:49,560 On just not being open a more dangerous hours of the night. Yeah that I don't think it would take something 554 00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:54,040 Massive for them to go back to it. Yeah, I don't see it ever realistically coming back 555 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:59,080 Just a bummer. It is now. I have to make my purchases at 2 a.m. On amazon 556 00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:03,160 We'll just make our own superstore. It's how I got my ukulele. So 557 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:08,600 It's not all bad. We make our own superstore and our selling point is hey, we're gonna be open 24 hours a day 558 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:14,120 Yeah, that sounds think about it. They close Walmart closes at 11. They don't open back up to like seven 559 00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:17,880 What if we were only open from 11 to seven? That's even better. That's eight hours. Yeah 560 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:22,120 Everyone gets there 40 hour weeks and we make a ton. I like it 561 00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:28,440 Yeah, and uh, we'll have all the emergency stuff like emergency buys up front like plungers 562 00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:32,920 I didn't need a plunger and then not been able to get one 563 00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:35,560 I I don't think I can say that I have 564 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:38,920 If you if you think back, I'm sure it's happened to you 565 00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:43,320 But maybe maybe you had a 24 hour store that you could go to 566 00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:49,080 To get plunger. So it wasn't an issue. Oh, not exactly a plumber 567 00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:55,080 But in the same vein when my ceiling started raining at my last apartment. Yeah, I had to 568 00:41:55,800 --> 00:42:00,200 Rally all of my nearby friends to see if I could get totes or things to collect all the water 569 00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:05,960 And I lived across the street from a Walmart was not 24 hours. I would have bought probably all kinds of things 570 00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:10,840 I would have stress bought junk food on top of all the containers that I needed for my living room rain 571 00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:14,920 Good old days. I miss the 24 hour superstore. Did you think at 572 00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:19,160 25 573 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:22,680 You would be able to say I miss back when 574 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:27,320 Are you confident in that in that number that you just threw at me? 575 00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:31,880 Yes, okay 576 00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:33,400 Let's check in 577 00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:35,400 Because you already had your birthday this year 578 00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:38,600 99 yeah 579 00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:40,760 I um 580 00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:46,520 I had really hoped that I wouldn't be one of those back in my day people by 25 581 00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:49,240 But you know, here we are living in unprecedented times 582 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:51,320 And I would kill 583 00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:53,320 To live in precedented times again 584 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:56,280 Everything is banana pancakes 585 00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,400 Is that gonna be your sign-off? 586 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:03,560 Just waiting for the times to be precedented again. We'll see you next time 587 00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:09,240 I do like that one 588 00:43:09,240 --> 00:43:11,240 I won't give it and give it a shot 589 00:43:11,240 --> 00:43:14,200 Here we are just hanging out until times are precedented again 590 00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:17,400 Y'all stay safe. Hey 591 00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:39,400 Have the day you deserve 592 00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:49,400 You