WEBVTT 00:00:09.540 --> 00:00:13.460 Hey guys, welcome to Good News York. It is, uh, 00:00:13.460 --> 00:00:15.119 what day is it? You still don't know what day 00:00:15.119 --> 00:00:16.980 it is? I never know what day it is. It is Thursday. 00:00:17.859 --> 00:00:19.679 Tomorrow is Friday. It's the one day that we 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:21.920 don't do Good News York and I'm going to be extra 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:24.120 confused. Yeah. And yesterday was Wednesday. 00:00:24.379 --> 00:00:26.640 Just wanted to let you know. Well, that's, I 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:28.000 can't figure it out. All right. Well, you said 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:29.839 tomorrow's Friday. So I was like, who cares? 00:00:29.879 --> 00:00:33.380 We have a guest here. We do? Yeah. Oh yeah. Look, 00:00:33.579 --> 00:00:37.880 hey, this is Sheena Tiska of The Giving Bean. 00:00:38.109 --> 00:00:40.509 right here in Syracuse, correct? Yeah. Yeah. 00:00:40.770 --> 00:00:43.649 And we are having you on the show because you 00:00:43.649 --> 00:00:47.649 are exactly what the show embodies. Not only 00:00:47.649 --> 00:00:50.950 doing something amazing, which is providing coffee, 00:00:51.149 --> 00:00:53.049 which we all know is very important. She's already 00:00:53.049 --> 00:00:54.909 guest of the week. She brought us coffee. For 00:00:54.909 --> 00:00:56.990 sure. Yeah. In fact, I think she's the guest 00:00:56.990 --> 00:00:58.490 of all time. I don't think any guest has brought 00:00:58.490 --> 00:00:59.909 us out. I love my buddy, Phil, that was here 00:00:59.909 --> 00:01:01.649 yesterday. He's like a brother to me, but he 00:01:01.649 --> 00:01:03.189 didn't bring us coffee. Yeah, I love Phil, too. 00:01:03.289 --> 00:01:04.930 He didn't bring anything. Yeah. He brought a 00:01:04.930 --> 00:01:06.760 friend, and she was cool. She didn't bring coffee. 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:10.439 No, zero coffee. Best guest. Best guest. You 00:01:10.439 --> 00:01:13.120 win. You're at the top. Thank you. Sheena, we're 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:17.159 so glad you're here. The giving bean. Now, the 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:20.260 reason, again, why we had you on is because it's 00:01:20.260 --> 00:01:23.799 not just you're not just selling coffee. Tell 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:26.719 us what it is you do. It's way more than just 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:30.319 that. Yeah. So I'm actually a little coffee truck 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:33.079 is how I started my little six by 12 foot trailer. 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:36.819 And the bigger mission is that we give back, 00:01:36.819 --> 00:01:39.560 hence the name, the Getting Bean. Also, my nickname 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:42.099 growing up was Bean, so Sheena Beena shortened 00:01:42.099 --> 00:01:45.000 to Bean. So it just kind of all tied in together. 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:49.500 Very good. Yes. Yeah. So I actually was a teacher 00:01:49.500 --> 00:01:53.620 for 17 years and I'm a mom of three and I have 00:01:53.620 --> 00:01:56.519 two little ones at home. And when it came time 00:01:56.519 --> 00:02:00.159 to put two kids in daycare. It just did not make 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:03.299 sense for our family. So it's a lot of money. 00:02:03.900 --> 00:02:07.120 Yeah. Yeah. But it's also a big move to leave 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:09.919 a career that you've been with for so long. And 00:02:09.919 --> 00:02:14.479 teaching is stability for the family. So, yeah, 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:17.479 I. decided to do it because I thought, you know, 00:02:17.620 --> 00:02:20.259 how can I still be involved with schools and 00:02:20.259 --> 00:02:24.520 kids and not walk away completely? As teachers, 00:02:24.860 --> 00:02:27.699 we can't leave and go to Starbucks or Dunkin' 00:02:27.699 --> 00:02:31.159 and there's no good coffee in the staff room. 00:02:31.259 --> 00:02:33.039 There's a Keurig and you bring your own cup and 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:35.900 you throw it in. Most of the time we'd send someone 00:02:35.900 --> 00:02:38.240 out with like a post -it note when you have a 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:40.159 quick, you know, break with a list of coffees 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:43.400 to get. So I always come home and complain to 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:45.560 my husband, there's no good coffee. Teachers 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:47.759 need coffee. And he was like, well, why don't 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:50.259 you do something about it? I said, yeah, OK. 00:02:50.740 --> 00:02:53.379 He's got a real business mindset. He's a business 00:02:53.379 --> 00:02:56.800 owner himself. So he really pushed me to do it. 00:02:57.699 --> 00:02:59.900 And I said, all right, let's give it a shot. 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:03.639 He found a trailer on Facebook Marketplace. And 00:03:03.639 --> 00:03:05.979 I came home one day, and it was in the driveway. 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:09.360 So he pulled the trigger without even you knowing. 00:03:09.939 --> 00:03:11.439 Because he's great. He said, if you don't do 00:03:11.439 --> 00:03:13.120 anything, you're just going to keep talking about 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:17.340 it. He's right. Yeah. He built it. He designed 00:03:17.340 --> 00:03:21.159 it for me. The mission was just really to start 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:23.580 off with teachers and schools. So we go in the 00:03:23.580 --> 00:03:25.819 mornings mostly before the day gets started. 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:27.840 We can go during the day. Some teachers like 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:32.020 it during their lunch or planning. But all tips 00:03:32.020 --> 00:03:34.199 come in as donations. And it goes into what's 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:36.680 called the giving beef fund. And then those funds 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:39.740 are used to give back to kids within our local 00:03:39.740 --> 00:03:42.400 school districts that are in need, even in the 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:45.400 community. We've done a lot, so sorry, we've 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:47.680 only been in business since last June. We haven't 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:49.979 even been in business for a full year. But at 00:03:49.979 --> 00:03:53.520 Thanksgiving, we serve 18 full Thanksgiving meals 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:56.500 for underprivileged families in our districts. 00:03:57.800 --> 00:04:01.120 We sponsor 13 kids at Christmastime. We're able 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:05.409 to provide gifts for them. Um, we've provided 00:04:05.409 --> 00:04:08.289 basic, uh, needs like toiletries, just winter 00:04:08.289 --> 00:04:11.389 clothing, I mean, things that, you know, um, 00:04:11.389 --> 00:04:13.530 it's sad to say, but there's, there's a lot of 00:04:13.530 --> 00:04:15.189 kids in our community. There's a lot of schools, 00:04:15.189 --> 00:04:17.709 um, that, you know, they need that extra support. 00:04:18.129 --> 00:04:20.870 So we've been able to do it. I mean, it's really, 00:04:20.870 --> 00:04:24.149 um, it happened. I'm, I'm, you know, amazed that 00:04:24.149 --> 00:04:26.649 it did, but I'm thrilled at how well it's been 00:04:26.649 --> 00:04:29.670 received by the community. We booked you on the 00:04:29.670 --> 00:04:32.389 show for a reason, this being the reason, but 00:04:32.389 --> 00:04:34.800 it also. we were talking about this off the air, 00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:38.800 this hit home with me because before I landed 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:44.339 this dream gig, I couldn't find a job in this 00:04:44.339 --> 00:04:47.220 industry to save my life. I was struggling and 00:04:47.220 --> 00:04:50.279 a friend of a friend hooked me up with, I became 00:04:50.279 --> 00:04:53.160 a long term sub at an elementary school in the 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:57.180 Ithaca City School District. And it was the only, 00:04:57.319 --> 00:04:59.819 first of all, I got to see exactly what teachers 00:04:59.819 --> 00:05:03.779 go through and exactly why it's so important 00:05:03.779 --> 00:05:06.819 that she's providing this for kids that are in 00:05:06.819 --> 00:05:08.759 need because there are a lot of children that 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:10.519 need a little less and families that need help. 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:13.399 So not only did I get to see that first and foremost, 00:05:13.899 --> 00:05:17.120 but when I left, it was the only job where I 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:20.959 wasn't like, ha ha, peace. You know, you connect 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:23.079 with every student and you connect with your 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:25.720 faculty and you're dealing with things that are 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:29.339 very serious, you know, life and... you know 00:05:29.339 --> 00:05:31.060 developing these kids and teaching these kids 00:05:31.060 --> 00:05:34.000 and protecting these kids and so it I can see 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:36.839 why You didn't want to completely say hey I'm 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:38.579 gonna just go start a whole new thing like you 00:05:38.579 --> 00:05:40.240 still wanted to be involved and I'm sure that 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:43.259 was a big part of it Yeah, um, and actually I'm 00:05:43.259 --> 00:05:45.899 a special education teacher, but I was specifically 00:05:45.899 --> 00:05:48.800 Being self -contained behavioral specialized 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:52.399 teacher and it was K through four So those kids 00:05:52.399 --> 00:05:54.300 were on special life program with me and they 00:05:54.300 --> 00:05:56.399 were with me from kindergarten through fourth 00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:59.250 grade. So I had a really strong relationship 00:05:59.250 --> 00:06:01.389 with a lot of kids, a lot of families, and it 00:06:01.389 --> 00:06:03.810 was really hard to walk away. And when you're 00:06:03.810 --> 00:06:06.730 a sub, you get to see everybody. Like you're 00:06:06.730 --> 00:06:09.810 I mean, subs, I don't have enough of them. We 00:06:09.810 --> 00:06:11.990 had a long term sub that they created in COVID. 00:06:12.149 --> 00:06:14.209 So my first year I was a long term sub and that 00:06:14.209 --> 00:06:17.069 was, you know, I come in some days I'm one on 00:06:17.069 --> 00:06:20.329 one with special ed. Some days I'm teaching fourth 00:06:20.329 --> 00:06:22.750 grade, teaching kindergarten. Then they cut the 00:06:22.750 --> 00:06:24.990 position. And then so last year before I came 00:06:24.990 --> 00:06:28.910 here, this this current year, I was working specifically 00:06:28.910 --> 00:06:31.569 as a long -term sub in special ed and it's funny 00:06:31.569 --> 00:06:34.649 you say that I miss those kids so much I so we 00:06:34.649 --> 00:06:37.250 we're not here on Fridays usually every other 00:06:37.250 --> 00:06:40.910 Friday I go and I just go and visit because I 00:06:40.910 --> 00:06:43.290 not because I have to it's because I want to 00:06:43.290 --> 00:06:45.949 I miss them yeah you know you you spent so much 00:06:45.949 --> 00:06:49.250 time so I love that you did that thank you yeah 00:06:49.250 --> 00:06:52.569 that's awesome uh I want to hear a little bit 00:06:52.569 --> 00:06:55.079 more about this truck yeah yeah or the uh the 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:57.879 trailer rabbit oh you're about this i don't know 00:06:57.879 --> 00:07:02.860 i got very uh very emotional uh so tell me about 00:07:02.860 --> 00:07:05.199 it is it something it sounds like you you pull 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:07.720 up you go to schools and serve coffee there to 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:09.879 the teachers and that sort of thing yep so i 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:13.240 trailer it um i did it at first um my husband 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:16.240 he didn't Real good job of just kind of teaching 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:17.860 me along the way and then finally being like 00:07:17.860 --> 00:07:20.259 you're on your own You know, he was trailing 00:07:20.259 --> 00:07:21.920 it with his truck. He was bringing me everywhere. 00:07:21.939 --> 00:07:25.740 He was unhooking it I now have my own truck and 00:07:25.740 --> 00:07:27.860 I trailer it myself. He's probably gonna do it 00:07:27.860 --> 00:07:29.899 one day He's like, nope, you're talking out of 00:07:29.899 --> 00:07:33.120 fish. So yeah, we pull it up. They usually leave 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:35.769 it hooked up Um, and we just, you know, I coordinate 00:07:35.769 --> 00:07:37.430 with the schools ahead of time. You have to, 00:07:37.470 --> 00:07:39.009 you know, obviously have like what time you want 00:07:39.009 --> 00:07:41.089 to be there. Usually I say like anywhere from 00:07:41.089 --> 00:07:43.490 an hour to two hours, there is, um, there's a 00:07:43.490 --> 00:07:45.889 pre -order option. They can order if they want 00:07:45.889 --> 00:07:47.310 and they come out and they picked up their drinks 00:07:47.310 --> 00:07:50.069 according to the time slot that we ordered. Um, 00:07:50.550 --> 00:07:52.949 but yeah, we serve, um, all sorts of hot ice 00:07:52.949 --> 00:07:55.410 drinks, some pastries. I, you know, team up with 00:07:55.410 --> 00:07:58.290 some local, um, they want to support local as 00:07:58.290 --> 00:08:01.459 much as possible. So local, uh, businesses that, 00:08:01.459 --> 00:08:03.720 you know, provide fritters, you know, just different 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:05.420 donuts and things like that. That's awesome. 00:08:05.860 --> 00:08:08.079 But not just schools, you know, I mean, some 00:08:08.079 --> 00:08:10.459 businesses, like once Word got out, there's there's 00:08:10.459 --> 00:08:13.399 really not a lot of coffee trucks. Sure. No. 00:08:13.459 --> 00:08:15.360 And I didn't realize that going into it wasn't 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:17.500 I wasn't trying to get into the food truck world. 00:08:17.500 --> 00:08:20.220 Right. I naturally did. There's a food truck 00:08:20.220 --> 00:08:23.339 for everything. Yeah. Like they're all over the 00:08:23.339 --> 00:08:26.279 place. But there's not a lot of coffee trucks. 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:29.220 So once, you know, Word kind of got out. I'm 00:08:29.220 --> 00:08:31.319 starting to get calls for like weekend gigs or 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:34.840 businesses, a lot of sporting events, tournaments, 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:37.559 like parents are sitting on me for hours. My 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:39.639 daughter had a volleyball tournament last weekend. 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:42.840 I spent so much money with you. Yeah. And it 00:08:42.840 --> 00:08:46.340 was an all day and they didn't have, they had 00:08:46.340 --> 00:08:48.379 everything at the snack bar except coffee. You 00:08:48.379 --> 00:08:50.259 would have made a killing. So I love that you 00:08:50.259 --> 00:08:51.960 - So remember me for the next tournament. I will. 00:08:52.860 --> 00:08:56.389 So is it - Is it like special occasions and like 00:08:56.389 --> 00:08:59.909 by appointments or do you have standing you know 00:08:59.909 --> 00:09:02.610 spots you're at? I don't have that currently 00:09:02.610 --> 00:09:04.990 right now. It's just the school's coordinate 00:09:04.990 --> 00:09:07.610 with me or now that I have the website and you 00:09:07.610 --> 00:09:12.649 can go on and you can request an event. In the 00:09:12.649 --> 00:09:14.789 summer, when there's a little more happening, 00:09:15.450 --> 00:09:17.710 I close where I'm gonna be on the weekends. We've 00:09:17.710 --> 00:09:20.429 done things like helping hounds, some other different, 00:09:20.929 --> 00:09:23.750 we do have a lot of mental health. That's awesome. 00:09:23.769 --> 00:09:25.389 Places in the community, yeah, whenever they 00:09:25.389 --> 00:09:29.789 do things like that. So I mean, I'll go to, I 00:09:29.789 --> 00:09:32.610 wasn't selective for the past year because obviously 00:09:32.610 --> 00:09:34.730 I just wanna get out there. But now, you know 00:09:34.730 --> 00:09:36.230 what I mean, if it's something that I can give 00:09:36.230 --> 00:09:40.250 back to or work with a local. in the organization, 00:09:40.470 --> 00:09:42.590 I try to do as much of that as possible. Do you 00:09:42.590 --> 00:09:45.590 have a geographical range? On Dogwood County. 00:09:45.850 --> 00:09:48.149 Okay. That's what I'm health permitted for right 00:09:48.149 --> 00:09:50.129 now. Oh, I see. Yeah. So right now on Dogwood 00:09:50.129 --> 00:09:52.230 County, I'm looking to expand it to Oswego County 00:09:52.230 --> 00:09:55.049 because again, you know, some schools in there 00:09:55.049 --> 00:09:57.529 have heard of it. I live in Pennville. I live 00:09:57.529 --> 00:10:00.090 in Oswego County myself. My son goes to Phoenix. 00:10:01.090 --> 00:10:02.970 So obviously I'd like to kind of expand that 00:10:02.970 --> 00:10:06.600 way. Yeah. Is it easy to... just expand another 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:07.940 county or do you have to like sort of go through 00:10:07.940 --> 00:10:09.360 the whole process? I haven't gotten there yet. 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:12.059 You can get like a one day pass with another 00:10:12.059 --> 00:10:14.740 county if I needed to do something. I mean, I'm 00:10:14.740 --> 00:10:17.899 sure the regulations are pretty similar. It goes 00:10:17.899 --> 00:10:20.559 by county? Yeah. And is it? Oh, it's health. 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:23.480 I didn't know if it was a permit to like park 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:25.820 in actually, so it's not different. Not really. 00:10:26.059 --> 00:10:28.279 So, I mean, I'm health permitted. And as long 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:30.120 as you really have permission to be on the premises 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:33.840 of that property. Yeah. So there are days like 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:35.340 you don't have any schedule that you just kind 00:10:35.340 --> 00:10:37.919 of drive around you're like, where should I I 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:45.860 haven't yet I get that This is um, she brought 00:10:45.860 --> 00:10:49.080 us the coffee getting bean I can't help but notice 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:52.059 it's privately labeled. It's got your name all 00:10:52.059 --> 00:10:55.820 over it. Yeah, that's new. The truck obviously 00:10:55.820 --> 00:10:57.779 was not up and running for January, February, 00:10:57.899 --> 00:11:00.620 especially in the snow that we got. So I kind 00:11:00.620 --> 00:11:02.600 of took the time to do some behind the scenes 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:06.019 things. I designed the website and I got the 00:11:06.019 --> 00:11:08.820 private label through Paul DeLima. Yeah, Paul 00:11:08.820 --> 00:11:11.379 DeLima. Pretty well known in the area. I didn't 00:11:11.379 --> 00:11:14.519 realize how much they grew for other companies. 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:17.480 Um, so they've been awesome and they, yeah, they 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:20.200 group this one for me now. It's, it's my own 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:22.360 label. Did you have lost, did you have a saying, 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:25.720 like, did you do a lot of like tasting? I can, 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:29.019 I will eventually, um, to start off with the 00:11:29.019 --> 00:11:30.960 first one, I kept it pretty simple. It's just 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:33.940 kind of a, you know, medium roast, um, kind of, 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:36.580 you know, just middle of the road to please everybody. 00:11:36.899 --> 00:11:38.179 Well, Matt will be able to give you a review 00:11:38.179 --> 00:11:42.000 in like four hours. He'll drink this whole thing. 00:11:42.299 --> 00:11:43.769 Yeah. He drinks a lot of coffee. So you're in 00:11:43.769 --> 00:11:45.909 the right place. Sure, for sure. And actually 00:11:45.909 --> 00:11:49.190 with that, now we offer fundraising. So now we 00:11:49.190 --> 00:11:51.649 can sell the copy for fundraisers, for streamers, 00:11:51.789 --> 00:11:53.429 and sporting teams, and things like that. So 00:11:53.429 --> 00:11:56.250 it's just another opportunity to, you know, give 00:11:56.250 --> 00:11:59.149 back and raise some money. That's amazing. The 00:11:59.149 --> 00:12:03.429 giving bean dot info. That is www .givingbean 00:12:03.429 --> 00:12:06.850 .info. That's it. That's really cool. I love 00:12:06.850 --> 00:12:09.570 it. I love it. these local businesses that are 00:12:09.570 --> 00:12:12.950 doing innovative things and helping people. That's 00:12:12.950 --> 00:12:14.889 what we're here for. That's what this is. That's 00:12:14.889 --> 00:12:16.610 why it was an overrater when we found you. We're 00:12:16.610 --> 00:12:19.529 like, we have to get her on the show. Absolutely. 00:12:19.909 --> 00:12:21.590 Well, it's nice that you guys do something like 00:12:21.590 --> 00:12:24.149 that. Of course. Well, you highlight some positive 00:12:24.149 --> 00:12:26.950 things in the news. It's great. It should always 00:12:26.950 --> 00:12:29.450 be done. You know, we should always be focusing 00:12:29.450 --> 00:12:32.250 on positive. But as you know, the 24 hour news 00:12:32.250 --> 00:12:34.870 cycle that we've been in lately, not even lately. 00:12:36.430 --> 00:12:38.970 It's tough, it's hard to find good news, so that's 00:12:38.970 --> 00:12:41.549 why we're here and you embody that. Thank you, 00:12:41.690 --> 00:12:45.149 I appreciate it. It's great. I love hearing so 00:12:45.149 --> 00:12:48.710 many things about this. I love that your husband 00:12:48.710 --> 00:12:52.009 was just so supportive and it was like, you know, 00:12:52.029 --> 00:12:54.809 because some people are like, I don't want to 00:12:54.809 --> 00:12:57.049 spend that, but he, I mean, you talk about - 00:12:57.049 --> 00:12:58.629 Or even the entrepreneurial guy. I've seen a 00:12:58.629 --> 00:13:00.730 lot of entrepreneurial folks that are very pushy. 00:13:00.730 --> 00:13:02.309 Oh, you should do it, you should do it, you should 00:13:02.309 --> 00:13:05.289 do it, but they never are willing to actually 00:13:05.289 --> 00:13:08.590 jump in and help you do it. Your husband really 00:13:08.590 --> 00:13:11.649 has the key. You talk about this on social media 00:13:11.649 --> 00:13:13.909 a lot. There's a big difference between saying 00:13:13.909 --> 00:13:18.649 and doing. There's probably 10 million entrepreneurial 00:13:18.649 --> 00:13:21.509 minds out there with these great ideas and maybe 00:13:21.509 --> 00:13:23.710 five of the whole people are going to actually 00:13:23.710 --> 00:13:25.870 take the leap and do it. I just love that she 00:13:25.870 --> 00:13:28.110 came home and he's like, trailer's in the drive. 00:13:28.830 --> 00:13:31.830 Get out there. You're like, oh, okay. He actually 00:13:31.830 --> 00:13:35.389 built it, yeah. He designed it. On my social 00:13:35.389 --> 00:13:37.730 media, I kind of track the progress of putting 00:13:37.730 --> 00:13:40.230 it together, so. That's awesome. He was a handy 00:13:40.230 --> 00:13:42.210 man, and I wouldn't have been able to do it without 00:13:42.210 --> 00:13:43.970 him, that's for sure. And I'm assuming you can, 00:13:44.250 --> 00:13:46.470 we were talking about Deke earlier, you can probably 00:13:46.470 --> 00:13:48.809 bring your kids sometimes, right? With you, and 00:13:48.809 --> 00:13:51.789 they get a family thing? Not, well, they're almost 00:13:51.789 --> 00:13:54.110 two and four, so. Oh, wow. A little too much. 00:13:54.269 --> 00:13:56.710 I have a 13 year old, he actually has come with 00:13:56.710 --> 00:13:58.769 me a couple of times and helped out. That's cool. 00:13:58.769 --> 00:14:01.190 So you're three years away from having some free 00:14:01.190 --> 00:14:03.929 labor. Yeah, free labor. Absolutely. No, the 00:14:03.929 --> 00:14:06.049 little ones though, no, I keep them out of there. 00:14:06.370 --> 00:14:09.169 Absolutely. What is the future of this business? 00:14:09.429 --> 00:14:12.870 Where are you trying to take it? So I have a 00:14:12.870 --> 00:14:16.850 lot of visions and, you know, hopes for it. Like 00:14:16.850 --> 00:14:19.190 I said, I'm thrilled with the way it's gone and 00:14:19.190 --> 00:14:22.610 not even a full year. It's really gearing up. 00:14:22.730 --> 00:14:24.950 this season, I think there's already a lot of 00:14:24.950 --> 00:14:26.669 momentum with the schools because the word has 00:14:26.669 --> 00:14:30.169 just spread. Hopefully we can go. Yeah, that's 00:14:30.169 --> 00:14:35.429 awesome. Love it. I'm not opposed to maybe eventually 00:14:35.429 --> 00:14:38.870 moving into like a little coffee shop. You know, 00:14:39.149 --> 00:14:41.850 it's crazy. Like I said, you're in the teacher 00:14:41.850 --> 00:14:44.190 mindset. I never thought I'd be doing anything 00:14:44.190 --> 00:14:48.269 different. Yeah. But this is this is rewarding 00:14:48.269 --> 00:14:51.549 and you know similar in different ways than teaching 00:14:51.549 --> 00:14:56.529 was so I Just I'm just gonna keep it going. Yeah 00:14:56.529 --> 00:15:01.570 I feel like it's it's low risk high reward, right? 00:15:01.629 --> 00:15:04.850 I mean, I can't speak for your overhead, but 00:15:04.850 --> 00:15:07.549 I assume there's not a lot of overhead you kind 00:15:07.549 --> 00:15:12.649 of working around your hours and I mean the demand 00:15:12.649 --> 00:15:16.919 can only increase right so It seems like a winning 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:22.000 formula. It's literally a drug. I tell people 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:24.259 all the time, you know, when we're talking about 00:15:24.259 --> 00:15:26.299 stock markets and things like that. Give me more. 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:29.100 Yeah. I'm always like, look, what I've learned 00:15:29.100 --> 00:15:32.299 as I get older is always in whether it's a stock 00:15:32.299 --> 00:15:35.179 or a business, invest in things that people need. 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:40.799 Yeah. And like, like drugs or your food. I would 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:43.730 put coffee. Right? If it was family few, it might 00:15:43.730 --> 00:15:46.490 be the number one. You know what I mean? It's 00:15:46.490 --> 00:15:49.509 so I think you're here. You're doing it the most 00:15:49.509 --> 00:15:51.470 simple way, which is the way you should do it. 00:15:51.470 --> 00:15:52.710 You know, there's so many of these people that 00:15:52.710 --> 00:15:55.730 try to do gimmicks and things. I had a guy years 00:15:55.730 --> 00:15:59.409 ago came to me and it was one of these multi 00:15:59.409 --> 00:16:02.169 -level marketing deals, right? But it was this 00:16:02.169 --> 00:16:04.250 coffee product that this guy was trying to sell 00:16:04.250 --> 00:16:07.759 me. And I'll tell you what this guy. He was an 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:09.580 incredible salesman, an incredible professional. 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:11.480 He should have been out selling high -ticket 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:13.559 items and making girl money rather than slinging 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:16.100 coffee out of his trunk. But he was trying to 00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:18.419 get me, and the whole pitch was their coffee 00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:21.039 has all these extra vitamins in it. It's better 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:23.259 for you. You should drink it. We're reinventing 00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:25.879 the wheel now. And all I could think the whole 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:28.360 time is like, bro, it's coffee. We're already 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:31.019 addicted. Make it tasty enough and we'll buy 00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:34.340 it. The fact that you've got to add these gimmicks 00:16:34.340 --> 00:16:37.139 is a big red flag. I'm like, what is going on? 00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:39.679 I just want my coffee, man. Right. Just make 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:41.159 a good cup of coffee. That's all you got to do. 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:42.879 Another good thing you have going for you. I 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:45.059 was talking about this yesterday. I subscribed 00:16:45.059 --> 00:16:48.840 to the Arnold Schwarzenegger mailing list and 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:51.000 he just sends out this really positive news. 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:53.700 But he's always talking about health trends and 00:16:53.700 --> 00:16:57.799 it's all based on science, data. And he's been 00:16:57.799 --> 00:17:02.909 focusing a lot on coffee. It's really kind of 00:17:02.909 --> 00:17:06.170 almost done. It's almost done a 180 where you 00:17:06.170 --> 00:17:08.789 would hear things like, you know, too much coffee 00:17:08.789 --> 00:17:11.069 can go as hard. It's trending the other way through 00:17:11.069 --> 00:17:13.329 data and science that actually coffee, you know, 00:17:13.390 --> 00:17:16.289 within reason is better for you. So, you know, 00:17:16.289 --> 00:17:18.930 we've had people on that sell products, you know, 00:17:19.009 --> 00:17:21.529 we're living in a society where we're trending 00:17:21.529 --> 00:17:24.769 towards more health, right? Like gluten free, 00:17:24.930 --> 00:17:28.049 non GMO, you know, that can hurt businesses that 00:17:28.049 --> 00:17:29.759 are selling products with that. I don't think 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:32.779 you have to worry. It's not going away. And studies 00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:34.740 are showing that it's trending better and better 00:17:34.740 --> 00:17:37.279 in a positive way. Coffee drinkers wrote those 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:40.440 studies. They did. They most likely did. But 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:44.640 it's fine. I mean, teachers for sure. They need 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:47.019 coffee. Yeah. Or with children all day long. 00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:48.980 I think that's the other thing that's appealing 00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:52.119 about you and your business is that as much as 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:55.099 you are an entrepreneur, you didn't get into 00:17:55.099 --> 00:17:57.579 it as like it's my next project to make money. 00:17:57.599 --> 00:18:00.009 Like you can tell you Like this really reflects 00:18:00.009 --> 00:18:03.509 who you are. You really are giving, you know, 00:18:03.730 --> 00:18:07.309 and giving back and you're doing it because everyone 00:18:07.309 --> 00:18:10.750 can relate to you. Like you're a mother of three 00:18:10.750 --> 00:18:16.349 kids, a former teacher. And I just think that 00:18:16.349 --> 00:18:19.930 that alone sells me. I'm like, yeah, I want to 00:18:19.930 --> 00:18:22.930 buy coffee from her. Right. You know what I mean? 00:18:23.250 --> 00:18:28.160 So we love it. Yeah. That's so cool. The giving 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:31.660 bean dot info is the place to be of course that 00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:34.920 will be in the description so you could click. 00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:37.859 Yes, unit is a giving being the giving being 00:18:37.859 --> 00:18:40.180 dot info and this is a promise and I'm saying 00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:43.440 on the air, you know if I mean we're we're we're 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:45.900 getting our footing here. We have lots of plans 00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:50.240 for so many things live events one of them. You 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:52.980 will be on our list. I'm already sitting here. 00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:54.799 Yeah, me too. Thinking about what could we book 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:56.839 her for. I was like, can we just set her up on 00:18:56.839 --> 00:19:01.440 the bargain list? Yeah, we're going to be doing 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:04.619 that. We're so thankful you're here. My wife 00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:08.319 is also a teacher. Awesome. Again, more reason 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:11.700 why this hit home and we love you for it. Real 00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:13.539 quick, let's talk about that for a second. Yes. 00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:15.019 Because I got questions, we might as well do 00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:20.400 it on the air. If you were to have an event, 00:19:20.420 --> 00:19:23.380 say we have an open house and we want to do that, 00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:25.640 I'm assuming you'd come here and is there like 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:29.900 a flat price that I would pay to cover open bar 00:19:29.900 --> 00:19:33.359 for lack of a better term? It depends. So I don't 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:36.200 charge any fee to pop up at schools. So for teachers, 00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:38.880 there's nothing. You can do a couple different 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:40.940 options. Like if you wanted to just have me pop 00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:44.119 up for a couple hours, you could just pay a fee 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:45.660 and then you can have people pay at the truck. 00:19:45.829 --> 00:19:48.609 Um, but then I also do have packages where if 00:19:48.609 --> 00:19:50.630 you wanted to buy, you know, not to cover 50 00:19:50.630 --> 00:19:53.869 drinks, 75 drinks. Like an open bar. Yeah. Cool. 00:19:54.069 --> 00:19:55.990 Yeah. That's great. Very similar process and 00:19:55.990 --> 00:19:57.950 kind of like actually just I'm going to be getting 00:19:57.950 --> 00:20:03.170 into some weddings this year too. Perfect. Young 00:20:03.170 --> 00:20:06.710 people they're saying don't drink as much and 00:20:06.710 --> 00:20:10.109 in beverages like coffee are really on the rise 00:20:10.109 --> 00:20:13.059 for those reasons. It never was really into, 00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:16.640 you know, the fancy drinks now. So, you know, 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:20.299 I just actually put out my March menu and came 00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:22.420 up. I try to come up with like five specials 00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:25.019 every, you know, month or holiday season or whatever. 00:20:25.900 --> 00:20:30.119 So a lot of Irish cream and some lucky charm 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:32.599 marshmallows. Oh, wow. So, you know, you just 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:34.759 make it fun and festive. That would go. People 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:37.720 love it. That would crush on, what is it, Tipperary 00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:41.289 Hill there. Yeah. You know, for the Irish Fest? 00:20:41.990 --> 00:20:43.750 We're gonna leave the whiskey out of it. Well, 00:20:43.809 --> 00:20:45.589 you would have to have a whole can of Mac for 00:20:45.589 --> 00:20:47.190 that. Everybody walking around there's got a 00:20:47.190 --> 00:20:49.849 little flask. Yeah. Right, the single. Just bring 00:20:49.849 --> 00:20:54.730 your own. Yeah, but that's awesome. Any specific 00:20:54.730 --> 00:20:56.690 events we should tell folks that are coming up 00:20:56.690 --> 00:20:59.309 that you're gonna be at? Oh, gosh. Yeah, anything 00:20:59.309 --> 00:21:02.730 you want to flood. summer. Not yet. Honestly, 00:21:03.009 --> 00:21:06.190 it's been mostly the sporting events and everything 00:21:06.190 --> 00:21:08.950 that's coming up that's big for the summer. I'm 00:21:08.950 --> 00:21:10.789 guessing your Facebook is probably the best thing 00:21:10.789 --> 00:21:12.609 to follow for when you do that next summer? Yep. 00:21:12.609 --> 00:21:14.690 I've got facebook .instagram and then there will 00:21:14.690 --> 00:21:17.089 be a schedule posted on the website of where 00:21:17.089 --> 00:21:18.849 I'll be during the summer. We'll make sure we 00:21:18.849 --> 00:21:23.650 put the graphics up, you know, and all the info. 00:21:24.210 --> 00:21:27.390 Thegivingbean .info, we want to make sure. Yeah, 00:21:27.849 --> 00:21:31.309 and Sheena, as the summer comes and big events 00:21:31.309 --> 00:21:32.789 come up that you want to promote, please come 00:21:32.789 --> 00:21:35.150 back anytime and we'll talk about those. It'll 00:21:35.150 --> 00:21:38.470 be fun. Yeah, we were super stoked that you came, 00:21:38.690 --> 00:21:41.470 and we really appreciate what you're doing, not 00:21:41.470 --> 00:21:43.930 only because of the coffee, but again, to give 00:21:43.930 --> 00:21:46.289 back, especially the teachers, man. So important. 00:21:46.769 --> 00:21:50.089 So important. Sheena Tizek, thank you for joining 00:21:50.089 --> 00:21:52.089 us on Good News York. Actually, maybe a good 00:21:52.089 --> 00:21:55.309 news brew. Maybe can we? Down the road, maybe 00:21:55.309 --> 00:21:58.809 that, we'll brew our own, who knows? I'm trying 00:21:58.809 --> 00:22:01.730 hard to get custom branded everything. Anything 00:22:01.730 --> 00:22:04.650 we can come up with. Can we get a new brew? I 00:22:04.650 --> 00:22:08.069 really do want my own cup. That's legit. We'll 00:22:08.069 --> 00:22:12.369 see. Sheena Tizek, thegivingbean .info. Thank 00:22:12.369 --> 00:22:14.470 you so much. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. 00:22:14.789 --> 00:22:17.230 We'll be right back with some cool, I got a couple 00:22:17.230 --> 00:22:21.329 of genuinely good local news stories. about New 00:22:21.329 --> 00:22:22.890 York State that I think folks are gonna like. 00:22:23.029 --> 00:22:24.369 So excited. We'll be back with those in just 00:22:24.369 --> 00:22:30.690 a moment. All right. And we're back. Are we back? 00:22:30.730 --> 00:22:34.349 We're back. Oh, I thought you were just being 00:22:34.349 --> 00:22:36.349 a mouse wheel up. It's with the red lights. Oh, 00:22:36.369 --> 00:22:39.029 no. Oh, yes, I see it now. It's recording. Dude, 00:22:39.049 --> 00:22:42.890 this coffee is good. Yeah. Yeah. I was waiting 00:22:42.890 --> 00:22:44.849 until the cameras rolled to actually try it. 00:22:45.329 --> 00:22:48.440 But you know, break just so you know. through 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:51.259 the magic of television. We're not even on television. 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:54.740 We brewed some of this Giving Bean coffee from 00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:57.000 our friend Sheena, whose last name I'm not gonna 00:22:57.000 --> 00:23:00.960 even try to say. Sheena Tiska. I wrote it down 00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:03.200 and I'm pronouncing it correctly. Sheena Tiska 00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:06.779 of the Giving Bean. I'm so glad we had her. Not 00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:09.660 only is the coffee good, but her story was awesome. 00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:11.200 All right, let's see. You say the coffee's good. 00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:14.980 I like it. I'm a bit of a coffee shnaw. I'm a 00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:20.109 little worried. It is quite hot. Yeah, that's 00:23:20.109 --> 00:23:24.190 key. Okay, here we go. He's rolling it around. 00:23:25.049 --> 00:23:27.329 You're getting some floral notes. Did someone 00:23:27.329 --> 00:23:34.849 let Juan Valdez in? It's such a dad. Did someone 00:23:34.849 --> 00:23:37.589 let Juan Valdez in? It's great coffee. No, it's 00:23:37.589 --> 00:23:40.210 great. It really is great coffee. GivingBean 00:23:40.210 --> 00:23:43.549 .info. Makes me even more excited to come up 00:23:43.549 --> 00:23:45.410 with some kind of event that we can book here 00:23:45.410 --> 00:23:49.099 to have. Yep. We have all these ideas for events, 00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:52.119 but now it's like, I just want to create an event 00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:54.339 so we can have her show up. I got a buddy that 00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:56.559 does. It's got a hot dog cart that I haven't 00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:59.420 had an event and didn't give away hot dogs. It's 00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:03.859 the same guy. Joe? Yes. That's hilarious. Well, 00:24:03.900 --> 00:24:06.119 we got to visit that out out there. There aren't 00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:13.400 very many weird guys. Anyway. Just want to have 00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:14.920 an event where you give away all kinds of cool 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:16.880 stuff and there's lots of businesses that do 00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:19.380 that It's kind of a customer appreciation thing. 00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:21.920 I just literally never had the time to play in 00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:25.440 such an event No, I was thinking a full staff 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:27.079 now so I can make somebody else do that shit. 00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:30.339 I had a I was in the shower. I was thinking things 00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:33.200 in the shower and when I'm driving I had a vision 00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:35.279 of us someday doing like a torch there was a 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:42.009 joke like 24 -hour telethon Podathon we're literally 00:24:42.009 --> 00:24:44.190 we're gonna we're gonna be on there for 24 hours. 00:24:44.190 --> 00:24:45.930 There's a word. What is the word for that? Danny? 00:24:46.190 --> 00:24:49.109 I'm like a marathon marathon. All right sure 00:24:49.109 --> 00:24:51.670 and we do one of those sleeping streams where 00:24:51.670 --> 00:24:55.089 they just people can watch you snore all night 00:24:55.089 --> 00:24:58.009 People do that shit. I would do it, but I wear 00:24:58.009 --> 00:25:00.009 a CPAT mask. So it's embarrassing cuz I look 00:25:00.009 --> 00:25:03.730 like predator Dude, can we just dress it up like 00:25:03.730 --> 00:25:06.440 you're you're a fighter pilot, and then we could 00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:08.099 do like some green screen shit. Top Gun music? 00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:11.500 So all night long in the video. Yes! Flying a 00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:14.900 plane. And I have no idea. Right. That's fantastic. 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:17.420 I just invented that. So we play Top Gun music. 00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:20.920 Yeah. And I'm just sleeping. Yep. But I'm also 00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:24.359 saving the world. 100%. God damn, we are creative. 00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:27.079 All right. Couple cool things to talk about. 00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:29.000 Yeah, what do you got? I literally don't know. 00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:32.180 Yeah, so in Long Island last week, Long Island. 00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:34.869 Long Island is how you say it. They were blessed 00:25:34.869 --> 00:25:37.309 with a Wegmans dude something that we've had 00:25:37.309 --> 00:25:41.549 forever Here in upstate central, New York. They 00:25:41.549 --> 00:25:44.009 got the first one there and there's some tiktok 00:25:44.009 --> 00:25:47.130 videos if you're bored People are losing their 00:25:47.130 --> 00:25:49.289 mind. Yeah, of course there This look at this 00:25:49.289 --> 00:25:51.789 great deal. Hey, they think it's awesome, but 00:25:51.789 --> 00:25:56.390 he's fucking cucumbers. They're organic. Uh I'm 00:25:56.390 --> 00:25:59.069 going through a weird weird emotions with this 00:25:59.069 --> 00:26:01.880 clearly. I'm happy. Yeah There's no bigger fan 00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:05.380 of Wegmans than me. I live in Ithaca. You know, 00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:08.140 Wegmans is there. I remember visiting my friend 00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:10.140 at Brockport when he went to college back in 00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:12.400 like 2000, 2001. And he's like, wait till you 00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:14.819 go to a Wegmans. And I'm like, dude, it's a grocery 00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:17.819 store, how cool. It's its own city, if you've 00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:20.359 never been there. But here's where the pole is 00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:24.200 for me. You know, that's one thing I used to 00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:25.660 say, you know, everyone makes fun of us down 00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:28.460 there. I go upstate, bunch of woodchuck, right? 00:26:28.509 --> 00:26:31.230 And I'm always like, they knew what we had, you 00:26:31.230 --> 00:26:34.009 know, having Wegmans. And now they're getting 00:26:34.009 --> 00:26:37.150 it. And I'm jealous. I don't know why. I'm just 00:26:37.150 --> 00:26:39.930 like, I just hope they appreciate it. Shut the 00:26:39.930 --> 00:26:41.630 positive light though, you know? Yeah. The one 00:26:41.630 --> 00:26:45.849 cool thing about it is, and hopefully this extends 00:26:45.849 --> 00:26:48.150 to that location, is Wegmans carries a lot of 00:26:48.150 --> 00:26:51.410 central New York local products. Yeah. They carry 00:26:51.410 --> 00:26:55.029 our buddy John Tramino's pasta sauce that actually 00:26:55.029 --> 00:26:58.079 supports a charity, which is awesome. helps feed 00:26:58.079 --> 00:27:02.779 homeless people. Is that the pasta with the wrong? 00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:04.640 Yeah, no, no, we'll put it on so you get the 00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:06.779 right thing. It's just updated branding. I love 00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:08.960 folks to make sure they grab the right jar. But 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:13.339 yeah, it's the sauce that the cook with admission. 00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:16.440 I'm fucking up his tagline. Well, we just know 00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:18.420 we're trying to plug something for his business 00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:22.180 is over without me. But all kinds of products 00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:24.059 like that you will find in wagons and with any 00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:26.920 luck. people in Long Island are getting exposed 00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:27.599 to our awesome products. And I hope they do that 00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:30.299 for the small businesses down there, too. I hope 00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:33.460 they do it. And again, I came off wrong. I don't 00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:36.180 want Wegmans to be as big as Walmart. I mean, 00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:39.480 I am a huge Wegmans fan. It's just hard to see 00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:43.180 your little baby go off. It's our special thing, 00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:46.119 you know? But to hear that they're flipping out 00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:48.039 in Wyoming, it makes me happy. When they first 00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:50.200 opened, the local police put out traffic alerts 00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:52.660 to tell people that you might have a hard time 00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:54.460 getting through traffic. That's amazing. For 00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:56.880 everybody going to the Wegmans. That's Long Island 00:27:56.880 --> 00:28:00.240 in general, but still. Good for them. My wife, 00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:05.079 before she we met, we were both bartenders and 00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:07.319 servers. She waited on Danny Wegman. And when 00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:09.980 he signed his credit card, she still has it as 00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:12.720 an autograph. She stole his credit card? No, 00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:16.259 no, no, no. I mean, like when. Yeah. Yeah, that's 00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:18.900 how we bought our house. No, that's uh, he because 00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:20.819 he has a house and we live in the finger lace 00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:22.720 and he's got a house, uh, giving away all the 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:25.619 secrets. I know. But anyway, um, he came in and 00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:28.220 she waited on him and, and when he signed his 00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:31.119 credit card, she kept the copy that he signed. 00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:33.579 That's awesome. Because in our world and people 00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:35.420 thought it was ridiculous, but in our world, 00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:38.119 he's a huge celebrity. Yeah. I mean, that's me. 00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:42.599 You met royalty right there. We got some other 00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:44.980 good news. Let's hear it. A little more localized. 00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:47.559 Here in Onondaga County, the county executive 00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:50.299 Ryan McMahon announced another semiconductor 00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:53.359 company coming to Onondaga County. That is awesome, 00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:58.740 man. Another one. As DJ Khaled said. You're more 00:28:58.740 --> 00:29:01.680 of the business mind. Is that okay for Micron? 00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:04.579 I mean, Micron's fine on its own, but is it more 00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:08.779 the merisher, right? They're another doing similar 00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:11.859 things. We need lots of chaps. Chaps. Chips. 00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:16.220 Chips. You know, I got the press release, though. 00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:18.799 Hold on. I'll. Yeah. They announced today a company 00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:21.759 called On Semi. Hopefully I'm saying that right. 00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:28.859 It's all one word. On Semi. On Semi. They acquired 00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:31.599 the former next gen facility in Dewitt and plans 00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:33.259 to make it one hundred and twenty million dollar 00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:37.339 investment and create 80 new jobs in the semiconductor 00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:41.779 industry. This company designs and manufactures 00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:44.079 energy efficient solutions for a wide range of 00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:45.960 industries, including automotive, industrial, 00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:51.579 cloud power, IOT. This is huge. Yeah. I mean, 00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:55.920 for real though, like we read about these revolutions 00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:57.980 in the history books, the industrial revolution 00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:59.880 and all these things. And we're like, yeah, cool. 00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:03.740 We're living in a time in central New York where 00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:05.440 someone might have been you, someone quoted. 00:30:05.789 --> 00:30:08.230 like last week on the show that this is the biggest, 00:30:08.390 --> 00:30:11.970 this micron deal and now this, this is as big 00:30:11.970 --> 00:30:14.109 as when they built the Hurricanel. It's not a 00:30:14.109 --> 00:30:17.690 joke. I mean, it's 100%. It's a big deal. Yeah, 00:30:17.710 --> 00:30:20.109 it is big. Micron in particular is the largest 00:30:20.109 --> 00:30:23.269 investment in manufacturing in the history of 00:30:23.269 --> 00:30:27.170 the world. It's off the charts, and it's right 00:30:27.170 --> 00:30:31.210 here. In Syracuse, New York. Right here. I'll 00:30:31.210 --> 00:30:32.950 give you the final quote from the press release. 00:30:33.509 --> 00:30:36.140 The executive Ryan McMahon said, This is a truly 00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:39.519 exciting day for Onondaga County and our burgeoning. 00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:42.160 Why is he going to use big words? Local semiconductor 00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:45.220 industry. The massive investment in jobs proposed 00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:47.599 by On Semi Services further validation of Onondaga 00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:49.619 County in central New York have become the hub 00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:52.180 for companies looking to expand and grow in the 00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:55.819 semiconductor space. Congratulations and welcome. 00:30:56.380 --> 00:31:01.279 That was fan -frickin -tastic, man. I mean, dude, 00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:04.039 this is called good news York. That's what it's 00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:06.259 all about. And it's a struggle to find good news. 00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:08.579 I mean, that is amazing. And listen, we're in 00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:10.339 Onondaga County. This is a local thing. Again, 00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:11.920 we're pretty excited about it. We're pretty excited 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:14.180 that Micron is a local thing. But the reality 00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:16.319 is these press releases have been coming out 00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:19.240 over the past year in damn near every county 00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:22.539 in New York state. New big businesses in the 00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:24.619 manufacturing high tech, whether it's semiconductor 00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:28.259 battery technology or the research there of those 00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:31.720 things have been. Being announced and opening 00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:34.000 up and breaking ground and hiring people like 00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:37.640 it's going out of style As a nerd, it's pretty 00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:40.279 cool and as somebody who just likes to live in 00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:43.740 a place with a strong sure Right, right. When 00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:46.299 is my crime like gonna be officially up and right 00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:48.140 because you go on social media And of course, 00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:50.619 there's the naysayers talking about this forever. 00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:52.740 It's like yeah. Well, it takes time There's a 00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:55.559 wide variety of things the total completion is 00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:59.339 like 20 years, but it's not 20 years before it'll 00:31:59.339 --> 00:32:02.279 be in stages and in just a couple of years, there'll 00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:04.220 actually be something there and people working 00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:08.259 and they're actually doing things. So it's, you 00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:10.259 know, it's, it's going to go people and it takes 00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:12.539 a while. These things always take a while, but 00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:16.000 the second you start seeing more and more action, 00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:18.059 it's going to be like a blink of an eye. That's 00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:21.220 amazing. That's so great for, for, for this, 00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:25.230 this local economy and for the area. We were 00:32:25.230 --> 00:32:26.869 just talking about Lenin's down in Long Island, 00:32:27.089 --> 00:32:30.650 and we talked about this yesterday. People outside 00:32:30.650 --> 00:32:32.069 of New York, when you say you're from New York, 00:32:32.089 --> 00:32:34.109 they think you're from New York City. And then 00:32:34.109 --> 00:32:35.450 anyone from New York City, when you say you're 00:32:35.450 --> 00:32:38.829 from upstate, they either think you're from Newberg, 00:32:39.130 --> 00:32:41.869 which is not upstate, or they're like, oh, you 00:32:41.869 --> 00:32:45.170 live in a shack in the woods and you eat squirrel? 00:32:45.349 --> 00:32:47.210 And it's like, no, we've got a lot more going 00:32:47.210 --> 00:32:51.269 on than that. We also eat a raccoon. Dude, my 00:32:51.269 --> 00:32:54.799 wife works with a guy that eats raccoon. By choice 00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:58.259 and on that no This has been a great episode 00:32:58.259 --> 00:33:00.799 of good news yard. It has been we shout out you 00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:04.839 rap needs Next week. Yes. Oh, yeah. Right. Yeah. 00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:08.680 Yeah. So remember Good news York. I'm like we're 00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:11.039 missing Matt Mazer good news York at good news 00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:13.420 York calm brand new episode Monday through Thursday 00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:16.700 at 5 p .m Eastern and You can get clips and all 00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:19.099 that and all our social giving be at good news 00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:24.619 York the giving bean Yeah, and have a great weekend 00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:27.339 and we'll see you on the other side. Peace out.