Episode 196

Business & Burgers?

Published on: 21st January, 2026

This week we bring back Austin Wolfe, owner of Digital Wave Media.

We discuss business, burgers, podcasting and more.

Transcript
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Welcome back to the W Wilson Podcast everybody.

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This is your co-host, Tyler, y'all.

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Today I am with Chris Kellum,

my co-host and our special

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guest today is Austin Wolf.

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We're bringing him back on for the

second time and kind of seeing what

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you're, what you're up to now and

how life is looking different over

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what, probably three years, two or

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Austin: three years.

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Has it been three years?

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It's

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boys: probably two or three.

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That's crazy.

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Yeah, it's, it's been a while since

we caught up and since we have the new

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studio that we're in and everything,

we wanna bring you back on and since

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we're making some changes, we wanna

see what the changes you've done.

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Austin: Yeah, no, I

appreciate you guys having me.

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I mean, this studio's beautiful.

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Definitely.

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Uh.

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An upgrade from the cargo district.

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Exactly.

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Yeah.

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When did you guys move in here?

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boys: Just three months ago, maybe.

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Three months ago?

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Austin: I feel like the

lighting's better in here too.

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Obviously you guys have upgraded the,

the lights and stuff and the equipment.

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Man, I was, I was talking to you, I was

like, man, this definitely looks like

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it's guys take it to the next level.

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I said, what is this a thousand episode?

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He was like, nah.

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It's like, we're getting there.

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Like, what do you guys at like 200?

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boys: No, we're almost at three now.

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300?

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How did we get three?

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Austin: Wow.

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boys: I'm bad at math.

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No, we're not.

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All: Almost at three.

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No, I

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boys: was, I was actually adding

all of the, the shorts, so Yeah.

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Almost at 200 now.

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Yeah.

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All: I was like 52 weeks in

the year times I look at.

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Austin: Yeah.

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And, and going off that, like y'all's

persistence has been amazing to

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see, like you guys are constantly

pushing out episodes, getting good.

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Mm-hmm.

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Uh, good head, um, hosts.

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What does that take and what

does that look like as far as

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like getting guests on like.

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Are you guys constantly

reaching out to people?

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Um, how does that look when you're

finding, because you've guys have 300

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episodes, is that 300 different people?

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Obviously I'm, you have a few

people that return, but how does

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that look for y'all finding hosts

and guests and stuff like that?

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All: I would say yeah, I mean at

least a hundred of them are, well,

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probably like one 50 are new people.

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Wow.

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Yeah.

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Um, so it's one, I know

we're out in the community.

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He's definitely more so than I am

'cause I like to be a homebody, but

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like, just being out, seeing people,

getting to meet people and like hearing

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their stories in the real world.

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And then I'll be like, Tyler, if you

heard about this person and then I'll look

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into it and then he'll do the reach out.

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Uh, yeah,

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boys: it's probably a mix.

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Like I, if I wanted to, I could

probably not have anyone like reach

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out to anyone for a whole entire year.

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'cause there's probably 50 people

that have reached out to me.

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Um, like recently that

wouldn't be on the podcast.

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So just kind of looking through

those like, okay, what do I

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want January to look like?

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Yeah.

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January is mostly people that are

bringing THC drinks on or not gonna

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drink too much or aren't drinkers.

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So like I did that purposely in January.

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Yeah, that was smart.

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Um, I like that.

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Yeah, it's very, very dry.

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People aren't doing too much

with it anyway, so I just wanna

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be relatable in those ways.

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Yeah, yeah.

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So if it makes sense in the month,

I try to put people together.

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There's some people who are like, I like

to drink, and I'm like, okay, great.

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What do you do?

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And they're like, um, not much.

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Like, you're not getting on the podcast.

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Damn.

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Yeah.

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And then like, there's people like you

that have done really good on the podcast,

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reach back out to you, bring you back on.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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People like that too.

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So

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Austin: I love the drive though.

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Somebody I just randomly reach

out to, y'all be like, Hey,

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lemme get on the podcast.

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Like, what do you do?

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Like, and not much, but I feel like

that'd be cool to come and sit.

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That's, that's funny that people,

uh, people want to get on there.

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It's good though.

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You guys are building a brand.

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You guys, people listen to y'all.

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I mean, that, that says a

lot about the brand and.

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The podcast itself.

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boys: Yeah.

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And there has been times we've just

brought people on just to chit chat.

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Usually people I know.

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Yeah.

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Well,

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Austin: it's been y'all's biggest

episode as far as like, you know,

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I'm a marketing guy, so like, yeah.

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So like viewership, like, do you know

which episode was the biggest for y'all?

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Or there's

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boys: two things that are funny.

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Um, I'll, I'll briefly

touch on both of them.

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So, um, the first one is some of our

most consistently big hitters are

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AI videos that I created Word, which

pisses me off, but That's funny.

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That's funny though.

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I like that.

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I know.

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Yeah.

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Like it's all of my thoughts that go into

the ai, but AI is making everything else.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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And it probably takes me from ideation

to everything is maybe an hour.

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Austin: Got you.

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boys: And I have a brand

new episode doing this.

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It's an hour just sitting

and talking to you.

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Right.

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Let alone the editing, let alone uploading

and posting and everything like that.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure.

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Um, and the other one is, um,

so who just consistently gets

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a lot of views because, um.

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She has a lot of Google search results.

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So if you got really

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Austin: good SEO I'm not talking

about like OnlyFans, are you?

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No.

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Oh, okay.

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I, I just didn't know, like you

talking about good Google search,

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like females, like, I mean,

where you were going with that.

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I just didn't know.

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It's a

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boys: similar lane.

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Austin: I got you.

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Got you.

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Well, we can definitely talk

about that off camera, right?

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Curious to see who it is.

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Uh, but no, that's cool.

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I mean, yeah, ai, I mean, you

either gotta get with it or

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it's gonna take over, right?

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And so Exactly.

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Yeah.

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That's why

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boys: we kind of got involved with it too.

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'cause at first I was like really

pushed back against it and I

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was like, I can do my own stuff.

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And I was like, oh, I

can save three hours.

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Yeah.

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By like, now what does

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Austin: the cost look like as

far as, I guess, 'cause you guys

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were doing it yourself, right?

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Mm-hmm.

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At one point editing the videos

and there's, there's obviously

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a cost with that at the time.

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So, mm-hmm.

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And then you could pay somebody overseas,

like outsource it to somebody in Pakistan

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or India, like some stuff that I do.

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And then you have ai, so

obviously the AI stuff's not free.

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Like is it affordable?

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Is it, oh yeah.

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Do you think it's worth what you're paying

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boys: for?

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I overpay for everything that we use.

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'cause I have things like, I have three

softwares that do all the same thing.

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So like, you don't have

to be as crazy as I am.

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And we only spend a

hundred dollars a month.

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Wow.

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That's impressive.

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And that's doing four full

episodes of an hour each.

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That does all of the

editing everything for me.

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Austin: Dang.

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Yeah.

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We should be creating

companies like that, right?

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That like be able to just

do that stuff for us.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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boys: We could do an ad company.

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There's a bunch of AI type of things

you can do and not really, yeah.

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Between AI and outsourcing, like

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All: that's cool.

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You just need to make the

company that does all the

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stuff we're paying people for.

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Mm-hmm.

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Austin: And then you'd basically sell

that to other, the package podcasts.

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Yeah.

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People that need that stuff.

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Entrepreneurs, whoever's pushing

out content, pushing out videos,

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and you basically just say,

Hey, we're a one stop shop.

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You know, use us.

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And then Yeah.

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That'd be dope.

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boys: Yeah, that'd be dope.

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We kind of started doing that

when we had our own studio.

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It just wasn't packaged as well,

and there was no ai, so like I

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was still doing a lot of the work.

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Yeah.

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Um, so yeah, you could

easily just switch that out.

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All: No, that's dope.

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So what are you doing or, well,

you've asked a lot about us.

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We gotta asked something about you.

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Austin: I know.

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Ask questions, man.

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I'm a question guy.

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My wife gets to me all the time.

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You ask many people too many questions.

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I'm like, I'm just genuinely

interested in, you know, curious.

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Yeah.

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You need to have a podcast.

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There was a woman.

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She was, I know this is,

you know, we're podcast.

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I'm a very open book.

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It was a woman that was in the truck.

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She had her mask on driving to Tidal

Creek and I asked her, I asked my

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wife, I said, I'm gonna ask her why

she's got her mask on in the truck.

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Right.

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And um, and I wasn't trying to be a

dick, I was just genuinely interested.

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Like, because like there

was nobody else with her.

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She said she had asthma and then

she was going through a construction

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zone and she didn't, you know.

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And, but my wife's like,

why'd you ask her that?

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I'm like, 'cause I

genuinely wanted to know.

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Oh no.

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Yeah, yeah.

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I know.

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Like, it is nothing to

do with the COVID stuff.

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It's just like, generally why do

you have a mask on in your vehicle?

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And she told me and I was like,

okay, I kind of feel like a dick.

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'cause I thought it was

gonna be another answer.

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Uh, but she wore it inside Tidal

Creek, so I was like, oh yeah,

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maybe she was just telling me that,

maybe she was just telling me that.

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Um, I don't know.

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But I, I asked too many questions, so.

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All: Well, I do know people with

asthma, but they're also depending

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on, I don't know when you saw her,

but like, I have a few people who

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were like, when it was cold and flu.

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This was today.

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Oh, I saw her today.

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Yeah.

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That's, and I feel like it was a good

time to, you know, drop it in here.

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Yeah.

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May, maybe she did have asthma, but

I know a lot of people that are like.

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Sick.

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Sick right now.

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Like we've had probably half

our staff has gone down sick.

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Wow.

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Um, and at least two of 'em have asthma.

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So like one they're fighting that

and then trying not to get sick.

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'cause then you're just

like, that makes sense.

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Exacerbate.

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That makes sense.

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Austin: Yeah.

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And that's what she told me.

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She said, I have asthma.

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I was like, dang.

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That was definitely not the answer.

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I thought she was about to say.

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I was like, she was like smile, like Yeah.

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I was just generally, you know, curious.

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Um, I wasn't trying to be a dick, but

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All: asthma stacked with like the

North Carolina sickness or the RS I've

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had, I was like, this is so silly.

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Austin: Yeah.

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Why is everyone sick right now?

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Oh, that's a lot.

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And I think that's why you

just gotta be, just gotta have

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that dog mentality, you know?

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Right.

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I just drink alcohol to burn

off all the, I feel that.

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Now you said, you said,

what am I doing these days?

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Yeah.

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I mean, so.

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I don't know.

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Last time we taught obviously

the indoor billboard companies.

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Mm-hmm.

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Still what our focus, we've got 185 indoor

billboards from North and South Carolina.

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Oh wow.

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We're the largest kind of combined.

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There is a somebody else who's

bigger than us in North Carolina,

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but as a combined, there's nobody

bigger than us in the two states.

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So we've been focusing on that about the

launch in Chicago, probably next year.

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I've got an old business partner that

wants to launch up there, Virginia Beach.

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So we're definitely looking at

different parts of the, of the country.

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Launching that, maybe

going the franchise model.

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I don't know about that.

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There's a lot different

directions if we own it.

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And then I've, I've taught the stuff,

I've had courses that's been good.

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But you know, it, it's tough when you

teach somebody, like I, I've got a

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student in Georgia, she's a nurse and she

did, you know, I taught her everything.

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But, you know, they don't

put the time into it.

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They can't expect super

significant results.

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So then it looks at, I

look at myself my dang day.

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I'm not do a good job teaching

and articulating how to build

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and scale this business up.

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So I don't know if I'm gonna

do the course route anymore.

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I mean, it's definitely scalable.

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Austin: But I almost wanna own

more of it and, and be able to help

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control the whole growth of it.

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Because there's a company,

um, called Encompass.

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All: Mm-hmm.

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Austin: They're outta Colorado and

they basically have the franchise model

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almost like the, the Jimmy John's.

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Yeah.

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Jersey Mike's kind of style.

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You pay a franchise fee, they take

a royalty, you pay a management

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fee, all that good stuff.

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I don't wanna do that.

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I don't wanna be that guy.

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Right.

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Just, Hey, pay me an enormous

amount of money up front, and

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then we hope that it works out.

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And, and so, no, I, I'm almost like, I

saw a quote the day about Vanderbilt.

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He said I'd rather get, um, 1%

of a hundred people's work than

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a hundred percent of my own work.

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And so when you think about that, it's

like, I want 1% of a hundred other people.

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You know, it, it's definitely, um,

I think that's how you can scale

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wealth and um, and stuff like that.

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So just been building that and we still do

some social media marketing, like building

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websites, managing social media companies,

Facebook, Instagram, all that good stuff.

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So there's a lot going on with that.

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But just growing pains, good growing

pains, and got married as, you know,

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sold my wife, her, her wedding ring.

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So it's been good.

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I've just been married and scaling

the business and That's awesome.

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Now, here with you guys,

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boys: how has it, uh, changed

businesses or have you changed

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business models since being married

and having like an actual relationship?

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Austin: Yeah.

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Well, I've been with my wife five years,

like dating, so I just got married in

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September, so it's been like 90 days.

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So nothing's really changed significantly.

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She's technically our

chief marketing officer.

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She, uh, she does some stuff on the side,

but she's also a mental health therapist,

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so she's dealing, she's dealing with

people that have mental health issues.

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So she's not like a physical therapist.

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She's a mental health.

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Yeah.

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So she definitely helps.

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She's been a big supporter.

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She helps give me ideas.

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She helps calm me down sometimes when,

because we're trying to hire right now and

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like we're trying to grow in Charlotte.

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And so, you know, it's so hard.

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It's tough like hiring people.

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'cause I've never been like a

hire, I've been like outsource.

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Mm-hmm.

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So like, you're a contractor,

but I need to hire, if I wanna

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scale this thing to 500 locations,

I've gotta hire full-time people.

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And so it's kind of, I wouldn't say

it's scary, but it's a different Yeah.

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Perspective.

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It's a different shift in

the business and Right.

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I don't necessarily know if I

like managing and hiring people.

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And so jcs gonna be kind of like,

probably, hopefully more of the,

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the person that handles that.

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More HR type of stuff.

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Yeah, exactly.

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Exactly.

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That's too bad.

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boys: Yeah.

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Uh, what type of person

are you hiring right now?

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Austin: So I'm hiring somebody

like I want to in the, particularly

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in the Charlotte or Raleigh area

that can go find us locations.

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So, okay, so if the listeners

that don't know, I've got

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an indoor billboard company.

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So essentially what we do is we put up TVs

and restaurant bars, gyms, nail salons,

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anywhere where there's high traffic.

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And then we advertise local businesses.

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We've got partnerships with

Islands Fit for Life, gyms,

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bow, ravage, shuck and Shack.

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So we're looking for somebody

to go find us locations.

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So people that can go in these

restaurants, they can go in

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these bars, say hey, 'cause

it doesn't cost them anything.

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So we actually give them free ads.

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So let's say you want a bar or a

restaurant, I'll basically say,

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Hey, I'll give you free ads around

Wilmington and non-competing locations.

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So if you two are competitors,

I would never put your ad

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in his ad on the same tv.

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So, um, we're just looking for somebody

that can help us find more locations.

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This guy I've been talking

to, he's like 55 years old.

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He doesn't do social media.

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He says he goes in door

to door all the time.

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So that's the type person I'm looking for.

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Not only somebody that's not doing

social media, but somebody that's.

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Gonna go face to face

and talk these people.

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Social media only goes so far.

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Yeah, sure.

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Because people, some people are, you have

companies that manage their accounts,

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so you're actually not even actually

talking to the direct business owner.

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Right.

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You're going to a, you know,

somebody like a, a front desk

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administrator or something.

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That's always tough.

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All: Or you have that third party person

who doesn't actually work for the company.

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They get the message, they

take it and they're like, then

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they might send it to you.

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Yeah.

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Which, right.

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boys: Like I'm just a social media

manager, like, I'll let John, you know?

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Yeah.

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Like, yeah, sure you are.

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Austin: A lot of times they'll

give you smoke screens and

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say, oh, this person's not in.

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They definitely are.

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I saw talk, tell 'em, Hey, it's free.

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There's two parts to our business.

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Finding locations, finding the real estate

and then selling it to the advertisers.

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Reads, yeah, your financial

company, you know, whatever we'd be

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selling advertising for or to who.

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So there's like two components of

it, but really if you don't find

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the real estate in the locations,

you can't sell the ad space.

437

:

It's just like an outdoor billboard.

438

:

You know, my buddy Gray Vic, who owns

Great, y'all need to get gray on here.

439

:

All: Yeah.

440

:

Austin: He, um, he finds real estate,

he pays the, the landowners, let's

441

:

say you own land on the highway,

he'll pay you every year and then

442

:

he'll go around and put a billboard

on it and then sell the ad space.

443

:

So the out-of-home industry

saw is growing so much.

444

:

It's called the OOH and I, I think

BlackRock actually invested in or

445

:

bought into a company last year.

446

:

And so, because it's such a cash flow,

passive income type business and assets,

447

:

and we saw assets just explode mm-hmm.

448

:

In COVID.

449

:

You know, things that probably

are overhyped and overvalued, but

450

:

people like businesses where it's

a very hard, uh, barrier to entry.

451

:

Outdoor billboards are very

hard to get into my business.

452

:

It's very easy to get into.

453

:

Got you.

454

:

Because anybody can go find a tv, anybody

can go install it and, and then just go

455

:

to locations and try to put at TVs up.

456

:

But the outdoor billboards are hard,

but out-of-home industry is, is is huge.

457

:

It's growing.

458

:

And those are the stuff you see,

the buses in Wilmington that have

459

:

the ads on that's outta home.

460

:

It's not in home.

461

:

It's not, it's not traditional media.

462

:

Yeah.

463

:

So it's a huge industry.

464

:

boys: That's crazy.

465

:

Never realized that.

466

:

Austin: Yeah.

467

:

I mean, it's, it's massive.

468

:

And you go to New York, obviously

Times Square billboards.

469

:

They've got the things on like the,

the big, uh, you know, the, the

470

:

wraparound screens and all that.

471

:

On the skyscrapers and stuff like that.

472

:

And you see it a lot in California,

you'll see like just like a

473

:

random building with an ad on it.

474

:

I'm like, it's a big ass like magazine.

475

:

Pretty much.

476

:

Like

477

:

boys: I've always wondered

what the maintenance costs were

478

:

for those outside billboards.

479

:

Like I'm sure that's like

you about the outdoor

480

:

Austin: on the highway.

481

:

Yeah.

482

:

Like Gray owns.

483

:

Yeah.

484

:

So I mean, vinyls costs like his calls,

which I don't know if he wants me to tell

485

:

him, but I'll, I'll say it out there.

486

:

It's public knowledge.

487

:

You can chat GPT.

488

:

Yeah.

489

:

Yeah.

490

:

It's So like a vinyl,

what you would print Yeah.

491

:

Is like 300 to $700 to print

it, depending on the size.

492

:

Right.

493

:

And then you can pay somebody, a

maintenance person, like two to

494

:

$300 per billboard to go there.

495

:

'cause he's gonna have

to go up on a ladder.

496

:

He's tall, he's high up.

497

:

Right.

498

:

You know, now if you're in New York,

that's probably a whole different cause.

499

:

Right on I 40 Wilmington, you know,

Brunswick County, Pender County,

500

:

like traditional billboards.

501

:

Right guys make a two.

502

:

Those guys make like six figures

a year just installing billboards.

503

:

But all they're doing all day is

just going driving to different

504

:

billboards and then basically

installing billboard vinyls.

505

:

So that's wild.

506

:

And, and then the printer,

they make a ton of money too.

507

:

'cause all they're doing all day

is just printing huge vinyls.

508

:

All: Yeah.

509

:

Austin: So it's a cool industry man.

510

:

I mean it's definitely, not

everybody looks at billboards.

511

:

Some people don't like 'em, but

they help businesses grow and

512

:

that's, you know, that's why I love

my business 'cause I believe in

513

:

it and it helps businesses grow.

514

:

I mean, we see the results

and stuff, so it's huge.

515

:

Yeah, it's

516

:

All: crazy.

517

:

'cause you're right, like

518

:

Austin: reads on a billboard

right now with Gray on Ole End.

519

:

They're right there.

520

:

Bradley Creek.

521

:

Mm-hmm.

522

:

Yeah.

523

:

Every, and they do Lamar

right there at Trader Joe's.

524

:

I mean, Perry's does a ton too.

525

:

So, I mean, your industry

does a ton of billboards.

526

:

Yes.

527

:

Massive.

528

:

All: Well, there's so

many people that come in.

529

:

I hear more people saying, oh

yeah, I saw your billboard.

530

:

Yeah.

531

:

Versus the people who are like,

oh yeah, I saw like a commercial.

532

:

Like we invest in both.

533

:

And I'm sure there's a ton of

people who see our commercials.

534

:

Yeah.

535

:

But because I'm here in our hometown,

like I see way more billboards.

536

:

Yeah.

537

:

Like more people coming in, oh, I want

the piece that's off the billboard.

538

:

And I'm like, which billboard man?

539

:

Wow.

540

:

You've

541

:

boys: actually

542

:

All: heard that.

543

:

Yeah.

544

:

boys: Wow.

545

:

Even when I was at Reed's, like that

was something that was hurt a lot.

546

:

And then the other thing they

don't realize is those billboards

547

:

change pretty often for reads.

548

:

Yeah.

549

:

Like once a month or so.

550

:

Yeah.

551

:

Austin: No, that's crazy.

552

:

Yeah.

553

:

I mean, so billboards definitely work.

554

:

I mean, they work for different people.

555

:

Mm-hmm.

556

:

Like what is your goal for this billboard?

557

:

Is it just to maximize exposure?

558

:

Is it to drive leads?

559

:

Is it a specific campaign?

560

:

So we, we hear all, some people

say, oh, billboards don't work.

561

:

Well, they do work.

562

:

It's just your goal, your

vision for the billboards is

563

:

not aligned with what it does.

564

:

At the end of the day,

you're paying for exposure.

565

:

Mm-hmm.

566

:

Whether that exposure leads to traffic and

leads to sales, it's up to the message.

567

:

So if a billboard is not driving results,

I would say the biggest thing is, is

568

:

probably the message or the placement.

569

:

Where's that billboard located?

570

:

You're not gonna promote Roots

Chris Steakhouse in Whiteville.

571

:

You know what I mean?

572

:

Like, you're gonna promote

that in Wilmington.

573

:

You're not gonna, you

know, promote melting pot.

574

:

Maybe in, in Leland.

575

:

You wanna promote it more like the

Right, so beach area, the downtown,

576

:

like there's certain spots Yeah.

577

:

Where you put messages and you

wanna make sure that message is

578

:

articulated in the right way.

579

:

That way you can get the best response.

580

:

Yeah.

581

:

So,

582

:

boys: I don't know if this is a good

thing or a bad thing, but South of the

583

:

border has been around for quite a while.

584

:

Mm-hmm.

585

:

And they have a ton of billboards, you

586

:

Austin: know, they're up for sale.

587

:

Right.

588

:

I just saw that.

589

:

Yeah.

590

:

boys: Chris just said you just

sent it to Oh, the south of

591

:

the, the south of the border.

592

:

Yeah.

593

:

All: It's inexpensive too.

594

:

Austin: Yeah.

595

:

The south border.

596

:

That, that whole territory

just blows my mind.

597

:

I, I remember going there when

I was probably eight years old.

598

:

Mm-hmm.

599

:

I wanna, I wanna go to South Border.

600

:

'cause you always go to s Myrtle

Beach and you always see South Border.

601

:

I was like, let's go.

602

:

And they're like, you don't want to go?

603

:

There's nothing there.

604

:

I was like, let's go.

605

:

Remember going into this place,

I'm like, there was nothing there.

606

:

It was definitely sketchy like that.

607

:

It was like, where are the games at?

608

:

And there was like a game room

and there was like four games

609

:

and half of 'em didn't work.

610

:

Yeah.

611

:

I was like, yo, this place is Sketch.

612

:

All: Yeah, no, like, 'cause the guy who,

whoever owns it, owns so much property

613

:

that like, I don't, they're not making any

money and no one wants to invest in it.

614

:

I'm like, sir, if you

like, didn't pay for an.

615

:

A billboard every mile down

the road or every five miles.

616

:

You could have some money to

invest and get more people here.

617

:

But

618

:

boys: here's the thing though,

clearly those billboards worked

619

:

for as long as they did, but

they haven't worked for years.

620

:

'cause Yeah, they haven't

updated 'em, which is I'm sure

621

:

is my water, if you don't mind.

622

:

Yeah,

623

:

Austin: yeah.

624

:

I mean, south of the border,

I mean, what's going on there?

625

:

Right?

626

:

I mean, that, that should be the

topic of this podcast right now.

627

:

What is going on at South of the Border?

628

:

Why is it for sale?

629

:

I mean, I, I, I still don't know.

630

:

And what's it, what's it for sale

for, what is the purchase price?

631

:

'cause really what you're

buying is a land Exactly right.

632

:

It's not an asset that's

producing a ton of money.

633

:

If it is, I wanna know what they're,

what money they're producing

634

:

from what, what it's from, right?

635

:

So it's like, what's

even going down there?

636

:

Have you guys ever been there?

637

:

All: No, never stopped.

638

:

So the person, the owners

of it are selling 30 acres.

639

:

To include the Pedro land amusement park.

640

:

Okay, that sounds fun.

641

:

The South Land of Border Convention

Center, a motel building, a mini

642

:

golf course, a former casino, and

some vacant land for only 2.85.

643

:

Austin: You know, that doesn't seem crazy.

644

:

I was gonna say I was, I was gonna

be like 30 million or something.

645

:

Outrageous.

646

:

Yeah, I know.

647

:

Because the land is right off 95, right?

648

:

Yeah.

649

:

Yes.

650

:

Is it right off nine five?

651

:

Like, I'm pretty sure

it's right off nine five.

652

:

I mean, that's not terrible.

653

:

Maybe you like make a spinoff of south

of the border and like you, you put

654

:

like a bunch of restaurants there like,

you know, maybe a cool hotel and like

655

:

you make it like, like cool, right?

656

:

Yeah.

657

:

And then you take, still keep the brand

name but also make it like worth going to.

658

:

'cause the, the, the brand is there south

of It's not a good way though, right?

659

:

It's like you laugh at

660

:

All: it.

661

:

Why don't you like, if they had a legit

amusement park and or a legit hotel.

662

:

Austin: Yeah.

663

:

Have a few Mexican restaurants.

664

:

Like have like a tequila bar.

665

:

Yes.

666

:

Have a Mexican restaurant.

667

:

Like you wanna

668

:

boys: know who's probably pissed off

that it, it just went up for sale.

669

:

Now who?

670

:

Bucky's.

671

:

Bucky's.

672

:

100% would have bought

south of the border.

673

:

Yeah.

674

:

If it was for sale when

they were looking for land.

675

:

All: It's still far

enough away from Bucky.

676

:

I've never actually been to a Bucky's.

677

:

Have you

678

:

Austin: guys been?

679

:

Of course he, he has.

680

:

Is it worked height?

681

:

boys: Uh, I'm not sure if you'll,

like, if the hype is at a 10,

682

:

you're probably not gonna hit a 10.

683

:

Mm.

684

:

But it's still pretty impressive.

685

:

Austin: Yeah, it's a lot going on.

686

:

It's got a mini grocery store, right?

687

:

Yeah.

688

:

I was impressed.

689

:

All of stuff.

690

:

I was impressed when I was a

kid and I went to a Sheets.

691

:

Yeah, like Wilmington for

sheets, like coming here.

692

:

Oh my gosh.

693

:

It was dope.

694

:

Like I don't, I haven't, the funny thing

is I've never even, I've not even been

695

:

to the sheets in Wilmington, but growing

up there was a sheets close by and I

696

:

remember it was like, yo, you can just

go to these like little counters and you

697

:

can like order like mozzarella sticks.

698

:

And that's when I used to like smoke a

hell of weed and I'd just go and just

699

:

go in there and just like, yo, you can

order mozzarella sticks and pizzas.

700

:

And I think, I think

it was the 24 7, right?

701

:

Yeah, they were.

702

:

And I was like, bro, this is dope.

703

:

Like this is dope.

704

:

I, I was impressed.

705

:

But you know, I heard Bucky's is

definitely a step above Sheets.

706

:

It's a step.

707

:

Yeah.

708

:

It's a few steps above Sheets.

709

:

And then Wawa, I've been to a Wawa.

710

:

All: Wawa is a step Is above sheets.

711

:

Above sheets, yes.

712

:

And then Bucky's.

713

:

So it's like Bucky's, Wawa sheets.

714

:

Right?

715

:

Right.

716

:

I think there's a gap

and then there's sheets.

717

:

Yeah.

718

:

So sheets at the bottom of the tow ball.

719

:

boys: Well, sheets and Wawa are

pretty darn similar, but the Wawa

720

:

sandwiches, that's what I've heard.

721

:

The Wawa sandwiches.

722

:

Austin: I don't know.

723

:

Do you think we ever get a

Wawa or is there probably like

724

:

some kind of non-compete for

like sheets here in Wilmington?

725

:

We're

726

:

boys: getting a Wawa off of market.

727

:

Are we?

728

:

There's a Wawa going in somewhere.

729

:

Wait, so

730

:

Austin: what's, what's

going to Carolina Beach?

731

:

Maybe that's the Wawa right

off of Monkey Junction Road.

732

:

Uh, there's, there's a

733

:

boys: W one somewhere in the

street's going in somewhere.

734

:

We'll,

735

:

Austin: we'll get

736

:

All: one somewhere.

737

:

Austin: Yeah.

738

:

There's so many.

739

:

boys: No, the Wawa is by the hospital.

740

:

Austin: You know what you guys should do?

741

:

You guys should get like sheet's.

742

:

Number one food.

743

:

And then w once Wawa gets here and then

Wawa's food and then get somebody on here,

744

:

and then y'all just like try it out and

then rank it and like say, okay, like,

745

:

boys: yeah, that's actually a

746

:

Austin: good idea.

747

:

That'd be dope.

748

:

Like, I would watch that and yo like,

or even doing that, like locally,

749

:

like get some, like, okay, what

are the top three burger joints?

750

:

And like, you go to like, right, and

then you get the, the burgers and

751

:

you bring some like food, whoever's

a food influencer in Wilmington,

752

:

maybe be like, you know, Lauren's

suitcase or somebody like that.

753

:

Get him, bring him in here.

754

:

And then you, you try the food

and then y'all have talk about it.

755

:

That'd be sick.

756

:

You're

757

:

boys: speaking Chris's language.

758

:

That'd be sick.

759

:

Like

760

:

All: nobody wilmington's

really doing that, are they?

761

:

That's true.

762

:

Like nobody's talking about

like, nothing like podcasts.

763

:

Yes.

764

:

Likes, there's a lot of people that

drop reels that are like, well I,

765

:

these are my top 10 restaurants.

766

:

And it's really unfortunate when I'm

looking at this and I'm like, Hmm,

767

:

should, should all those, so lemme

ask you because I'm a burger guy.

768

:

Austin: What are the top

three burgers in Wilmington?

769

:

So if you're, if you're

a burger guy, yeah.

770

:

All: It depends on what kind of burger

771

:

Austin: you like.

772

:

Nah, I just wanna know like,

like 1, 2, 3, tournament.

773

:

All: One, two.

774

:

Oh, we did do that.

775

:

A couple.

776

:

I tried to bring it back.

777

:

He didn't want to.

778

:

It's a lot of work.

779

:

This is work.

780

:

So voted in Wilmington, the top three

would be Islands Grim Burger and

781

:

then Win's Allens Berg and Bites.

782

:

Not it's Islands Burger

Bite's down in Carolina Beach.

783

:

Yeah.

784

:

Yeah.

785

:

Grm Berger.

786

:

And then I think Winnie's

was number three.

787

:

I think you right.

788

:

Or was a rebellion.

789

:

Uh,

790

:

Austin: y'all, y'all agreed on that

consensual, like both of y'all?

791

:

Yeah.

792

:

So I just had, well I

just had Pearl's burger.

793

:

That's what I've been hearing,

794

:

All: bro.

795

:

Austin: So I, I'm, I'm

with you on those rankings.

796

:

Like, but now I might put Perla at one.

797

:

I'd probably put to get back

Island Berg and Grinberg are kind

798

:

of a different type of burger.

799

:

That's what I'm saying.

800

:

Grinberg iss more of like a smash.

801

:

Is it?

802

:

And then like, but like Island

burger's more like, hey, this is

803

:

like real hardy, like grease, like

just like bacon, like jalapenos.

804

:

So honestly, I think, I don't know,

like two and three is tough for me.

805

:

But Perla, bro, it's $20 Burger.

806

:

It's not cheap.

807

:

It comes with fries.

808

:

All: Oh, but it does come with fries.

809

:

Yes.

810

:

But

811

:

Austin: the, I just met the owner, he owns

Origins and Circa, I just met, met him at

812

:

G Prime, uh, new Year's, new Year's Day.

813

:

And, uh, he was talking, I

was like, dude, you're Burger,

814

:

because I've heard the burger.

815

:

I was like, well, I'm going to

a raw bar, oyster bar, and I'm

816

:

getting a burger, get burger.

817

:

It just didn't make sense.

818

:

But I, and I told him, I even told

him straight up, I'm very blunt.

819

:

I said, your, your, um, your seafood tower

didn't blow me away, but the burger did.

820

:

All: Mm-hmm.

821

:

Austin: And um, so yeah, we're,

we're on the same page with GR

822

:

Burger and Island Burger, but

you guys gotta try Perla and it's

823

:

boys: right here.

824

:

Yeah.

825

:

I've gone to Perla many a

times to eat that burger.

826

:

'cause that's probably

my number one burger.

827

:

Do you agree?

828

:

Austin: What's that?

829

:

You agree?

830

:

I agree with you 100%.

831

:

Yeah.

832

:

It's, it's a, it's a gas.

833

:

Like I'm, I'm no onions though.

834

:

Like literally just gimme

patty lettuce and that sauce.

835

:

Same.

836

:

Yeah.

837

:

And dude.

838

:

It's Casper.

839

:

I know.

840

:

I'm not an onion.

841

:

Well, you like if I go to Island

Burgers, I'm putting jalapenos on there.

842

:

Yes.

843

:

I'm putting bacon, I'm putting cheese.

844

:

I might even make it a double dog.

845

:

Right.

846

:

But like, you know, so Yeah,

y'all should definitely do that.

847

:

Y'all should bring some food

in one, one podcast and like,

848

:

just like eat it and like, yeah.

849

:

What do you think?

850

:

This So excited.

851

:

Right, bro, that would be sick.

852

:

I, dude, I'm, I'm about

like, yes, they're reels.

853

:

Yeah.

854

:

But like longer forms.

855

:

Like Barstool does that, like what

are the top 10 like, favorite foods

856

:

in America and like what thing they,

they make 'em into reels and you

857

:

guys could put it into a real form.

858

:

Right.

859

:

You know, so, so

860

:

All: many, so many options.

861

:

I, pizza, burgers, tacos.

862

:

Bring it back.

863

:

You can do it.

864

:

Austin: What happened?

865

:

You guys did it and it was just too much.

866

:

What whatcha talking about?

867

:

It was a lot of work for food.

868

:

Well, no.

869

:

So we like, well no, like we did a, we

870

:

boys: did a big tournament.

871

:

We did a like NCAA tournament.

872

:

Well, well you ain't

873

:

Austin: necessarily do a

tournament, but maybe just like.

874

:

You.

875

:

It's tough.

876

:

Yeah.

877

:

'cause but we

878

:

All: did the tournament so that

way we could like, people could

879

:

vote and be like, yo, let's see.

880

:

What do you think is the best?

881

:

I think I voted on that.

882

:

I think I remember that now.

883

:

boys: It was huge.

884

:

I mean, we probably got a large portion

of Wilmington that we're voting on.

885

:

I mean, it was blowing up our

Instagram more than it ever has, like,

886

:

which is temping to bring it back.

887

:

Huge.

888

:

That's huge

889

:

All: for the, the tournament this year.

890

:

Yeah, for March.

891

:

That gives you time to, you know,

because we did it in off season.

892

:

Now were you guys

893

:

Austin: doing one food?

894

:

I like burgers.

895

:

Or you doing like just

straight like just burger.

896

:

It was just burgers.

897

:

I kind of want 'em to continue chicken.

898

:

And it was before Perla existed.

899

:

Who's got the best chicken

tenderers in Wilmington?

900

:

Well,

901

:

All: I love tenders.

902

:

Austin: I just don't eat 'em that much.

903

:

Like I'm, I'm like, I go

to anywhere a burger's at.

904

:

Right.

905

:

My wife hates

906

:

All: it.

907

:

'cause like the running joke when

we started dating was like, I would

908

:

order chicken tenders everywhere.

909

:

Yeah.

910

:

Yeah.

911

:

And I've stopped.

912

:

Austin: Now they're gas bro.

913

:

Like you can get tenders

like any, I'm always, yeah.

914

:

But

915

:

All: there's some places

that just do like.

916

:

Pull it.

917

:

Like just classic, pull it off the

breast meat, dunk it and batter.

918

:

Yeah.

919

:

I'm like, and they don't season it, which

is what I feel like Smithfields does.

920

:

Smithfield Chicken barbecue.

921

:

Yeah.

922

:

Like they, they have chicken tenders.

923

:

They have chicken tenders.

924

:

I know that.

925

:

But like their tenders don't

have the, the kick that I want.

926

:

So I will say that's small

927

:

Austin: sauce.

928

:

Not ain baby.

929

:

Yeah, but I'm driving

like, no, no, that's tough.

930

:

All: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

931

:

Um, shout out Dennis rounds to

some really good chicken attendees.

932

:

Mm-hmm.

933

:

Um, at, uh, Mayfair.

934

:

Austin: Yeah.

935

:

I've never actually been

there, but you should.

936

:

They have pizza, right?

937

:

That's what they're normal.

938

:

Yeah.

939

:

That's where was tenders?

940

:

Um,

941

:

All: there's someone out

942

:

Austin: been you like, you

like them attendees, huh?

943

:

Chris?

944

:

Yeah.

945

:

I get the, like, I don't, there's

literally a person in my parking lot that

946

:

has the license plate and it says tendee.

947

:

And every time I see tins I'm like,

yo, I'm thinking chicken tenders.

948

:

Emily's gonna love it

when that shit on the

949

:

boys: back of your car.

950

:

Ooh,

951

:

All: you'd be whipping up some Tendee.

952

:

I don't make any.

953

:

She, Emily makes some really good ones.

954

:

Nice.

955

:

'cause we do 'em at home.

956

:

Like it's been a while.

957

:

Lemme ask y'all real quick,

958

:

Austin: because we're talking about food

best steak in Wilmington, like top three.

959

:

And it doesn't have to be necessarily

order, but like, where are you?

960

:

Like, where does like, hey you, you get

a steak if you guys are steak people.

961

:

So

962

:

boys: the only place that I'll really

even eat a steak these days is gonna

963

:

be, um, like Roco or True Blue.

964

:

Yeah, those are fine.

965

:

I haven't been to

966

:

Austin: Roco, but True

Blue is gas every by eu.

967

:

Chris Olive, olive Ro,

968

:

boys: I'm not

969

:

Austin: sure all that ribeye.

970

:

Yeah, that Ribeye is gas.

971

:

That Ribeye is gas.

972

:

So

973

:

All: for those who don't know,

olive Eros a newer restaurant.

974

:

Yeah.

975

:

Um, in like downtown space,

it's on like Third Street and

976

:

Castle, something like that.

977

:

Um, small.

978

:

You gotta make a resi.

979

:

Austin: It's a weird, it's a weird spot.

980

:

Yeah, it's a weird setup.

981

:

It got voted like Top Restaurant

Fox, hundred and United States.

982

:

It is.

983

:

Which I think it was a little height.

984

:

I would, I, there was a few restaurants

in Wilmington I would put above Olive.

985

:

But it's good food, but

986

:

All: they're consistent.

987

:

And that's the, like, there's some other

restaurants that have some really great

988

:

food, but they're not always like, and

Oliveira's also known for making like

989

:

a spot if you make your own noodles.

990

:

Yeah, yeah.

991

:

In your pasta.

992

:

That's

993

:

Austin: true.

994

:

They got these dates with the goat cheese.

995

:

Yes.

996

:

Those are gas.

997

:

They have these crab,

uh, little crab balls.

998

:

I've had those.

999

:

Yeah.

:

00:29:43,460 --> 00:29:44,900

So I'll tell you my top stakes.

:

00:29:44,900 --> 00:29:45,590

I'm ready for it.

:

00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:47,840

G Prom Really?

:

00:29:47,870 --> 00:29:49,490

G Prom is amazing.

:

00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:50,450

That's like my spot.

:

00:29:50,450 --> 00:29:50,715

What kind of steak?

:

00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:51,170

What?

:

00:29:51,230 --> 00:29:52,040

I'm a filet guy.

:

00:29:52,070 --> 00:29:52,370

Okay.

:

00:29:52,370 --> 00:29:53,000

I'm a filet.

:

00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,160

Like they have an Australian filet

and then they have a regular, they

:

00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:56,360

have a special, actually a site.

:

00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,210

Ruth Chris, Monday through

Thursday, $55 a person.

:

00:29:59,390 --> 00:30:00,260

I'd be 59.

:

00:30:00,500 --> 00:30:02,600

You get a salad of your choice.

:

00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,480

It's like two different salads,

a filet or salmon, a side of your

:

00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:07,760

choice and a dessert for 55, 59 bucks.

:

00:30:07,910 --> 00:30:09,200

Now it's a four ounce filet.

:

00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,980

It's not a super big filet,

but it's, it's really good.

:

00:30:13,220 --> 00:30:15,410

So I'm putting that, I

know it sounds crazy.

:

00:30:15,410 --> 00:30:17,090

Ruth Chris has an amazing steak.

:

00:30:17,090 --> 00:30:19,970

I know they're a chain, but

they're always consistent.

:

00:30:20,060 --> 00:30:20,330

Yes.

:

00:30:20,330 --> 00:30:25,310

They have a sweet potato casserole that

my, my wife says she would do some dirty

:

00:30:25,310 --> 00:30:26,870

things of that sweet potato casserole.

:

00:30:27,230 --> 00:30:31,760

Um, true Blue gas origins.

:

00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:33,705

Origins is amazing.

:

00:30:34,805 --> 00:30:38,060

So like, those are like, like, well, we've

got great restaurants here in Wilmington.

:

00:30:38,330 --> 00:30:39,500

Like, it's literally insane.

:

00:30:39,500 --> 00:30:41,600

Like when people come, like,

I travel a lot and I'm like,

:

00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:42,890

yo, Wilmington's on the map.

:

00:30:43,550 --> 00:30:44,870

Like, we have a good variety.

:

00:30:44,870 --> 00:30:47,600

We have a lot of like up and down

like with restaurants open and

:

00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,370

closing, but we're on the map dog.

:

00:30:49,370 --> 00:30:49,640

Right.

:

00:30:49,705 --> 00:30:51,530

I, I feel like that's what I feel.

:

00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:52,504

All: The fact that we've had.

:

00:30:53,630 --> 00:30:54,440

Year over year.

:

00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:58,580

We have chefs who show up on like, yeah.

:

00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:02,450

The options to win

different awards every year.

:

00:31:02,450 --> 00:31:02,960

I'm just like,

:

00:31:03,710 --> 00:31:04,970

Austin: what's that pizza place everybody?

:

00:31:04,970 --> 00:31:05,390

Have y'all won?

:

00:31:05,570 --> 00:31:10,370

There's, there's that Kaino

Kaino, there's the dough house.

:

00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:11,630

That guy's pretty good.

:

00:31:11,630 --> 00:31:11,870

Yes.

:

00:31:11,930 --> 00:31:12,590

Tom Luca

:

00:31:12,590 --> 00:31:13,670

boys: won a few awards.

:

00:31:13,670 --> 00:31:14,090

That's right.

:

00:31:14,215 --> 00:31:15,145

Best of, that's a good one.

:

00:31:15,290 --> 00:31:15,920

Austin: That's right.

:

00:31:15,980 --> 00:31:18,950

All: But I will say,

shout out to the boys.

:

00:31:19,310 --> 00:31:20,270

Uh, Selita.

:

00:31:21,170 --> 00:31:21,650

They do that.

:

00:31:21,650 --> 00:31:22,310

Wood-fired.

:

00:31:22,310 --> 00:31:22,970

Where's that up?

:

00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:23,390

It's in the

:

00:31:23,390 --> 00:31:24,110

Austin: cargo district.

:

00:31:24,110 --> 00:31:24,560

Okay.

:

00:31:24,905 --> 00:31:25,665

I don't go there that much.

:

00:31:25,850 --> 00:31:27,500

I want to, there's so

much good food down there.

:

00:31:27,500 --> 00:31:28,670

There It's literally a hole in the wall.

:

00:31:28,670 --> 00:31:29,150

Yeah.

:

00:31:29,180 --> 00:31:33,410

Literally Cargo has like, cargo's probably

one of the like top like spots or food.

:

00:31:33,470 --> 00:31:33,620

Yes.

:

00:31:33,650 --> 00:31:36,170

Now they have all those, like

other like, just like box trucks.

:

00:31:36,175 --> 00:31:36,225

Mm-hmm.

:

00:31:36,310 --> 00:31:38,180

Like cargo things that just popped up.

:

00:31:38,180 --> 00:31:39,260

They have Zeke's there now?

:

00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:39,800

Yes.

:

00:31:39,860 --> 00:31:42,140

They have like some good

spots now, which is crazy.

:

00:31:42,140 --> 00:31:42,620

Zeke's good too.

:

00:31:43,220 --> 00:31:45,380

All: I, I'm excited to see what they.

:

00:31:46,055 --> 00:31:50,105

Because like their, their burger, they

had a, they have a chicken sandwich.

:

00:31:50,435 --> 00:31:50,465

Mm.

:

00:31:50,525 --> 00:31:54,665

And they literally just like did

a, like s smash piece of chicken

:

00:31:55,025 --> 00:31:56,105

flavored really, really well.

:

00:31:56,105 --> 00:31:56,135

Oh.

:

00:31:56,135 --> 00:31:56,375

You know

:

00:31:56,375 --> 00:31:57,815

Austin: who had some good chicken tenders?

:

00:31:57,845 --> 00:31:58,085

Yeah.

:

00:31:58,235 --> 00:31:59,345

They used to be arrive here.

:

00:31:59,435 --> 00:32:00,065

Epic.

:

00:32:00,125 --> 00:32:00,820

Did you ever eat Epic?

:

00:32:00,820 --> 00:32:03,335

Oh, I love Epic was gas they pulled up.

:

00:32:03,395 --> 00:32:03,965

Yeah.

:

00:32:03,965 --> 00:32:05,915

And they actually do some

stuff with Bevy Mart.

:

00:32:05,915 --> 00:32:09,455

So the guy who owned it will

make their, uh, taquitos.

:

00:32:09,460 --> 00:32:09,500

Yeah.

:

00:32:09,500 --> 00:32:12,365

They have taquitos in that little roll

and like hotdog stand at Bevy Mart.

:

00:32:12,695 --> 00:32:15,815

And then they have like, he has chicken

tenders there in the cold section.

:

00:32:15,815 --> 00:32:16,415

Get 'em all the time.

:

00:32:16,415 --> 00:32:17,795

So they actually, I

get those pretty often.

:

00:32:17,795 --> 00:32:18,515

You know what I'm talking about?

:

00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:18,660

Yeah.

:

00:32:18,660 --> 00:32:19,140

They're gas.

:

00:32:19,610 --> 00:32:20,380

Like I just had a

:

00:32:20,460 --> 00:32:21,300

boys: quesadilla from Bevy too.

:

00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:21,700

Did you?

:

00:32:22,055 --> 00:32:22,475

Yeah.

:

00:32:22,475 --> 00:32:25,145

Austin: And that guy from, from

Epic makes all their stuff for Bevy.

:

00:32:25,595 --> 00:32:26,940

So I was kind of That's cool.

:

00:32:27,340 --> 00:32:30,005

I was kind of sad when they

shut down because they had, it

:

00:32:30,005 --> 00:32:31,325

was like a healthier option.

:

00:32:31,385 --> 00:32:31,445

Yeah.

:

00:32:31,655 --> 00:32:33,125

They made their own ranch.

:

00:32:33,215 --> 00:32:33,275

Yeah.

:

00:32:33,395 --> 00:32:35,735

They had some spice to it

because I'm, I'm with you.

:

00:32:35,735 --> 00:32:38,555

Like I want a chicken tender that's

got some flavor, got some seasoning.

:

00:32:39,185 --> 00:32:41,885

Um, and it just gives

that good, that good wow.

:

00:32:41,885 --> 00:32:42,395

Flavor.

:

00:32:42,455 --> 00:32:43,655

Have you been to Dave's hot Chicken?

:

00:32:44,105 --> 00:32:44,585

Yes.

:

00:32:44,675 --> 00:32:45,245

What do you think?

:

00:32:45,335 --> 00:32:46,055

All: Where is that at?

:

00:32:46,295 --> 00:32:47,885

It's in front of the independence.

:

00:32:47,885 --> 00:32:48,095

I

:

00:32:48,095 --> 00:32:49,415

Austin: wasn't like wowed.

:

00:32:49,534 --> 00:32:49,575

Oh, okay.

:

00:32:49,625 --> 00:32:53,345

I wasn't like wowed away, but it's like

if you want like hot, you want flavor?

:

00:32:53,435 --> 00:32:54,574

Yes, it's definitely there.

:

00:32:54,574 --> 00:32:55,775

I like the crinkle cup fries.

:

00:32:56,315 --> 00:32:58,715

All: I like, so I like the, the

fact that you can get it in like a

:

00:32:58,715 --> 00:33:02,855

little Sammy and it comes with some

slaw and I can put some honey on it.

:

00:33:02,860 --> 00:33:03,120

Yeah.

:

00:33:03,125 --> 00:33:03,545

Yeah.

:

00:33:03,545 --> 00:33:03,965

That is a game.

:

00:33:03,965 --> 00:33:05,615

The honey, the honey's a game changer.

:

00:33:05,824 --> 00:33:08,554

Austin: You should try

that on a biscuit, boys.

:

00:33:08,554 --> 00:33:09,664

We gotta have some food here, man.

:

00:33:09,664 --> 00:33:10,414

What we got going on?

:

00:33:10,414 --> 00:33:10,504

I know.

:

00:33:10,504 --> 00:33:12,179

See, this is, this is, IM telling

you, this is a press podcast.

:

00:33:12,519 --> 00:33:14,524

You guys need to, you guys

definitely need to do that.

:

00:33:14,524 --> 00:33:16,385

Like, man, like the, I think

that's cool in Wilmington.

:

00:33:16,385 --> 00:33:17,164

Nobody's doing that.

:

00:33:17,164 --> 00:33:20,735

Like talking about the food scene

here, like as As like podcast style.

:

00:33:20,735 --> 00:33:20,745

Yeah.

:

00:33:20,809 --> 00:33:23,974

Like yeah, you gotta do it every

episode, but like maybe like, you know,

:

00:33:23,974 --> 00:33:25,534

you do like the march magnet style.

:

00:33:25,624 --> 00:33:26,164

That'd be cool.

:

00:33:26,164 --> 00:33:29,044

I think it would definitely add

some value to the community and help

:

00:33:29,044 --> 00:33:31,175

give restaurants more of exposure.

:

00:33:31,445 --> 00:33:34,084

boys: Well, since we're doing blinds once

a quarter, we can do this once a quarter.

:

00:33:34,084 --> 00:33:37,024

Find two other things that

we could do that's fun.

:

00:33:37,579 --> 00:33:39,559

Austin: Because like I would love to

like watch, I know it sounds weird.

:

00:33:39,799 --> 00:33:41,479

Don't you love watching like a food video?

:

00:33:41,479 --> 00:33:43,369

Like somebody takes a bite of

it and like, yeah, lemme give

:

00:33:43,369 --> 00:33:44,269

you got your honest review.

:

00:33:44,299 --> 00:33:46,969

Obviously Dave Portnoy like,

was big on that with the pizza.

:

00:33:47,119 --> 00:33:48,559

Like, you like watching somebody eat it?

:

00:33:48,565 --> 00:33:48,705

All: Yeah.

:

00:33:48,814 --> 00:33:51,529

Austin: Like, and like, you know,

like, yo gimme, what do you think bro?

:

00:33:51,679 --> 00:33:52,009

It's good.

:

00:33:52,009 --> 00:33:53,299

Maybe it needs a little bit of this.

:

00:33:53,299 --> 00:33:54,139

So that'd be cool.

:

00:33:54,139 --> 00:33:56,629

Like to see like podcast

style with some food.

:

00:33:57,199 --> 00:33:59,659

Um, maybe somebody will sponsor

y'all and y'all could have like

:

00:33:59,659 --> 00:34:01,489

a, you know, food sponsor too.

:

00:34:01,489 --> 00:34:03,709

I mean, it has to be a good,

it has to be a good one though.

:

00:34:03,709 --> 00:34:05,299

You can't just like have some random like

:

00:34:05,449 --> 00:34:05,809

All: no.

:

00:34:05,809 --> 00:34:08,599

Yeah, we should hit up, be like,

Hey Bevy, can you sponsor us?

:

00:34:08,599 --> 00:34:08,688

Right.

:

00:34:09,589 --> 00:34:09,679

They

:

00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:10,309

Austin: would be a good one.

:

00:34:10,309 --> 00:34:10,518

Dude.

:

00:34:10,518 --> 00:34:11,509

Like their stuff, bro.

:

00:34:11,509 --> 00:34:14,059

I spent way too, like I know I

spent over a thousand dollars.

:

00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:14,478

Oh yeah.

:

00:34:14,569 --> 00:34:15,438

There this year.

:

00:34:15,889 --> 00:34:17,389

They, um, I, they

:

00:34:17,389 --> 00:34:21,949

All: were at an event, uh, Reed's head

with, uh, Breitling a couple months ago

:

00:34:22,248 --> 00:34:24,319

and they brought, they did a matcha.

:

00:34:24,829 --> 00:34:25,429

Austin: Oh, they're matcha.

:

00:34:25,434 --> 00:34:25,464

Yeah.

:

00:34:25,664 --> 00:34:27,079

I was like the sea foam matcha.

:

00:34:27,079 --> 00:34:27,708

Did you draw that?

:

00:34:27,708 --> 00:34:28,120

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

:

00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:28,759

That's my thing.

:

00:34:28,759 --> 00:34:28,998

Yeah.

:

00:34:29,688 --> 00:34:32,239

All: I'm like's good because I don't

drink coffee and I don't either.

:

00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:33,958

I drink matcha though.

:

00:34:33,958 --> 00:34:36,529

I drink matcha, but I don't

support Starbucks, so I don't

:

00:34:36,529 --> 00:34:38,779

ever get any matcha from them.

:

00:34:38,779 --> 00:34:38,958

Austin: So

:

00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:39,444

All: like matcha,

:

00:34:39,559 --> 00:34:40,728

Austin: I mean, Starbucks

got a good matcha.

:

00:34:40,728 --> 00:34:40,998

I know.

:

00:34:40,998 --> 00:34:42,949

Like, and I Starbucks thing, I get it.

:

00:34:42,949 --> 00:34:46,579

But they got a protein like matcha and

they just, yeah, like 25 grams, bro.

:

00:34:46,579 --> 00:34:47,839

Like if you're trying to

get some gains in there.

:

00:34:48,168 --> 00:34:48,409

Right.

:

00:34:48,409 --> 00:34:51,379

Get a little matcha, like 25 grams

and you get a little caffeine boost.

:

00:34:51,379 --> 00:34:52,399

Like it's, it's not bad.

:

00:34:52,399 --> 00:34:53,299

But not for you though.

:

00:34:53,688 --> 00:34:54,349

Well, I work

:

00:34:54,350 --> 00:34:56,478

All: in Mayfair, so I just

walk to Drift most days.

:

00:34:56,539 --> 00:34:56,839

Yeah.

:

00:34:57,139 --> 00:35:00,829

If I, that's another restaurant that's

like, if I ever get the time and

:

00:35:00,829 --> 00:35:02,749

actually like, leave my house early.

:

00:35:03,559 --> 00:35:05,899

Oh, next week I'll have the opportunity.

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00:35:05,929 --> 00:35:07,189

Then I'll go to Bevy.

:

00:35:07,189 --> 00:35:09,889

'cause everyone keeps, they're

like, they're coffee, you need go.

:

00:35:09,889 --> 00:35:10,399

It is,

:

00:35:10,489 --> 00:35:11,359

Austin: it's a good spot.

:

00:35:11,359 --> 00:35:13,789

Like, I love what Mason and them,

they, their team did over there.

:

00:35:13,789 --> 00:35:17,179

Like bro, it's like, I remember

like the construction, I was

:

00:35:17,179 --> 00:35:18,409

like, what are they gonna do here?

:

00:35:18,409 --> 00:35:18,499

Right.

:

00:35:18,499 --> 00:35:18,739

Exactly.

:

00:35:18,739 --> 00:35:19,484

Like bro, it took forever.

:

00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:22,759

Like, 'cause I have a golf, I drive

my golf cart about it all the time.

:

00:35:22,759 --> 00:35:23,839

And I was like, bro, what is going here?

:

00:35:23,839 --> 00:35:24,649

Like, it's gonna be something cool.

:

00:35:24,649 --> 00:35:25,999

When I was like, bevy Mart, what is this?

:

00:35:25,999 --> 00:35:26,899

A little gas station.

:

00:35:26,899 --> 00:35:27,589

This sucks, right?

:

00:35:27,649 --> 00:35:27,830

Yeah.

:

00:35:27,890 --> 00:35:30,950

But then bevy, I was like, well, I

was like, oh, okay, this is dope.

:

00:35:31,370 --> 00:35:34,789

Like, you know, and like my, my,

my wife, she gets the, the THC

:

00:35:34,789 --> 00:35:37,249

drinks too, um, and stuff like that.

:

00:35:37,249 --> 00:35:40,399

So, uh, not, you know, that brand,

but we might have to try that brand.

:

00:35:40,399 --> 00:35:43,544

But, um, she likes going there and

getting those and they have 'em,

:

00:35:43,544 --> 00:35:45,979

like the singles, you can just

buy singles and stuff like that.

:

00:35:45,979 --> 00:35:46,850

So it was pretty cool.

:

00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:47,839

This one,

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00:35:48,140 --> 00:35:49,069

All: I need one of those.

:

00:35:49,339 --> 00:35:49,519

Yeah.

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00:35:49,519 --> 00:35:51,470

Closer to my, my side of the house.

:

00:35:52,339 --> 00:35:52,549

Yeah.

:

00:35:52,609 --> 00:35:53,419

Or town, I guess.

:

00:35:53,810 --> 00:35:57,169

boys: Say it, it would never make sense

to put it in Brunswick County anywhere.

:

00:35:57,169 --> 00:35:57,470

Why?

:

00:35:57,470 --> 00:36:01,700

But I don't think we have the

healthy type of people where

:

00:36:01,700 --> 00:36:02,749

their margins are being made.

:

00:36:04,099 --> 00:36:05,209

We do need the coffee though.

:

00:36:05,359 --> 00:36:07,429

There's no coffee shop

in Brunswick County.

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00:36:07,549 --> 00:36:08,299

Austin: You live in Leland?

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00:36:08,389 --> 00:36:08,749

Yeah.

:

00:36:09,109 --> 00:36:10,219

All: Besides Starbucks?

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00:36:10,219 --> 00:36:11,119

No, I live in New Castle.

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00:36:11,154 --> 00:36:11,574

Gotcha.

:

00:36:11,574 --> 00:36:12,814

Like Whitesboro Castle Bank.

:

00:36:13,969 --> 00:36:14,179

Yeah.

:

00:36:14,179 --> 00:36:16,039

One day someone's gonna open

up something down there.

:

00:36:16,309 --> 00:36:17,059

Yeah, because, because there's a

:

00:36:17,060 --> 00:36:19,549

boys: Starbucks two Port City Chavas.

:

00:36:19,609 --> 00:36:21,619

There's never anyone at Port City Java.

:

00:36:22,039 --> 00:36:24,949

That P CJ's been there for like,

like almost two decades though.

:

00:36:25,159 --> 00:36:25,579

Yeah.

:

00:36:25,609 --> 00:36:26,959

No one's ever at either one of 'em.

:

00:36:27,229 --> 00:36:28,189

You want Harris Cedar.

:

00:36:28,489 --> 00:36:33,259

So now there's a Port City Java that's

like across from Harris Cedar Uhhuh, um,

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00:36:33,259 --> 00:36:34,969

and like a shopping center back there.

:

00:36:34,969 --> 00:36:37,039

And then there's another

one in Brunswick Forest.

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00:36:37,044 --> 00:36:37,294

Yeah.

:

00:36:38,114 --> 00:36:38,814

Yep, yep, yep, yep.

:

00:36:38,989 --> 00:36:39,169

Yeah.

:

00:36:39,259 --> 00:36:40,909

There's like never anyone there.

:

00:36:40,909 --> 00:36:41,519

I've never seen by there.

:

00:36:41,519 --> 00:36:42,469

Even when I go there, it's crazy before.

:

00:36:42,469 --> 00:36:46,219

But, um, Starbucks, it's like wrapped

around the building three times.

:

00:36:46,219 --> 00:36:47,569

I'm like, what is going on?

:

00:36:47,629 --> 00:36:47,689

Yeah.

:

00:36:47,689 --> 00:36:48,589

It kills me

:

00:36:49,369 --> 00:36:50,029

All: so bad.

:

00:36:50,659 --> 00:36:55,039

Um, but you're doing great in

Wilmington, finding people.

:

00:36:56,164 --> 00:36:59,374

Uh, my brain jumped from

Starbucks in good marketing.

:

00:36:59,434 --> 00:36:59,674

No worries.

:

00:36:59,674 --> 00:37:02,104

Because they're doing great marketing

to like stuff that you're doing.

:

00:37:02,134 --> 00:37:02,404

Yeah.

:

00:37:02,584 --> 00:37:07,234

Um, how are you finding

new people to do ads?

:

00:37:07,294 --> 00:37:11,164

Like, and obviously finding

the real estate to put 'em up?

:

00:37:11,554 --> 00:37:14,674

Austin: Yeah, I mean, thankfully I got

a, got a few guys now like, you know,

:

00:37:14,674 --> 00:37:16,204

that helped me out and that, that's good.

:

00:37:16,204 --> 00:37:17,314

It's just a process, man.

:

00:37:17,314 --> 00:37:20,824

I think that going into different

businesses, staying persistent, whatever

:

00:37:20,824 --> 00:37:22,624

you do is, is the key to success.

:

00:37:22,624 --> 00:37:25,834

So I do a lot of cold outreach

through Instagram, through

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00:37:25,834 --> 00:37:27,634

Facebook I call businesses.

:

00:37:28,084 --> 00:37:31,294

So, I mean, it's just, it's just a

combination of having a good team

:

00:37:32,044 --> 00:37:34,954

doing, being persistent, reaching

out to people on social media.

:

00:37:34,954 --> 00:37:37,084

That's what it takes in order

to, you know, get that real

:

00:37:37,084 --> 00:37:38,794

estate to sell those advertisers.

:

00:37:39,124 --> 00:37:41,194

Thankfully we have a good, you

know, referral business too.

:

00:37:41,194 --> 00:37:44,374

People refer us different locations,

advertisers, all that good stuff.

:

00:37:44,374 --> 00:37:47,345

So, you know, it's one of those

things where I feel like we're

:

00:37:47,345 --> 00:37:50,704

constantly evolving, but always

gonna be the best is face to face.

:

00:37:50,884 --> 00:37:53,794

Walking into that business when

they're not super busy and saying, Hey.

:

00:37:54,174 --> 00:37:55,009

Is the owner here?

:

00:37:55,009 --> 00:37:56,059

Can I talk to him for a second?

:

00:37:56,059 --> 00:37:59,479

I wanna talk to him about a potential

partnership, you know, a free proposal.

:

00:37:59,479 --> 00:38:01,069

Obviously it's not

gonna cost you anything.

:

00:38:01,489 --> 00:38:04,789

And so that's just been our

biggest success is just showing

:

00:38:04,789 --> 00:38:06,679

up, calling and dialing.

:

00:38:06,679 --> 00:38:09,169

You know, the Jordan Belfort,

like, just keep, just keep ringing,

:

00:38:09,174 --> 00:38:09,739

keep dialing, keep dialing.

:

00:38:10,159 --> 00:38:12,829

If they, you know, I always call

twice if nobody ever answers, I call

:

00:38:12,829 --> 00:38:15,709

'em right back twice, because I know

if like somebody calls me twice, I'm

:

00:38:15,709 --> 00:38:16,879

like, yo, this might be important.

:

00:38:16,939 --> 00:38:17,059

Yeah.

:

00:38:17,149 --> 00:38:18,229

And so I answer the phone.

:

00:38:18,619 --> 00:38:21,079

So that's a, that's the thing I got

from him is like, always call twice.

:

00:38:21,079 --> 00:38:21,979

Always call twice.

:

00:38:21,979 --> 00:38:23,989

And you know, I just love the sales game.

:

00:38:24,349 --> 00:38:26,089

I love hunting the sail.

:

00:38:26,359 --> 00:38:28,129

It's a, it's a, it's a drive for me.

:

00:38:28,129 --> 00:38:31,279

And it's one of those things where

it just, it just gives me like a hi.

:

00:38:31,729 --> 00:38:34,969

And so I love when somebody tells me

no, I'll be like, I'll, I'll be back.

:

00:38:35,089 --> 00:38:35,269

Right.

:

00:38:35,269 --> 00:38:37,849

Or if, even if you say no, and

I know you'll, some people will

:

00:38:37,849 --> 00:38:39,109

never, you'll never close 'em.

:

00:38:39,379 --> 00:38:41,419

You just won't, they're

not your right client.

:

00:38:41,419 --> 00:38:42,649

They're not your right avatar.

:

00:38:43,429 --> 00:38:43,759

All: And some

:

00:38:43,759 --> 00:38:44,269

Austin: people

:

00:38:44,809 --> 00:38:48,709

All: do you a, like if, when

people say no, do you ask them why?

:

00:38:48,859 --> 00:38:51,079

Yeah, definitely learn

from that situation.

:

00:38:51,109 --> 00:38:51,679

Austin: Yeah, definitely.

:

00:38:51,679 --> 00:38:53,269

And sometimes it'll be price.

:

00:38:53,689 --> 00:38:57,469

Sometimes, like obviously I'm not

putting a TV in g primer origins.

:

00:38:57,619 --> 00:38:58,609

It's just not the vibe.

:

00:38:58,849 --> 00:39:01,399

And I would not even try to sell

them 'cause it's not the vibe.

:

00:39:01,849 --> 00:39:05,029

Um, but if they were an advertiser

and they say, Hey, I just,

:

00:39:05,059 --> 00:39:05,869

I don't wanna move forward.

:

00:39:05,869 --> 00:39:07,609

I always ask, why do you

not wanna move forward?

:

00:39:07,909 --> 00:39:10,969

Most of the time it's either price,

but don't have the, you know, enough

:

00:39:10,969 --> 00:39:14,569

information, which it's usually

not that because we try to give 'em

:

00:39:14,569 --> 00:39:15,739

as much information as possible.

:

00:39:15,739 --> 00:39:16,534

It's pretty simple, you know?

:

00:39:16,534 --> 00:39:16,774

Mm-hmm.

:

00:39:16,939 --> 00:39:20,359

You pay this price, this is how many ads

you get a month, these are your locations.

:

00:39:20,929 --> 00:39:23,419

So yeah, we definitely wanna hear

back, but sometimes that can piss

:

00:39:23,419 --> 00:39:27,139

people off when you ask them why

you're saying no, why are you

:

00:39:27,139 --> 00:39:28,759

not buying my product or service?

:

00:39:29,089 --> 00:39:31,579

It's not that I'm trying to

get you to buy it, I just want.

:

00:39:31,939 --> 00:39:33,319

Honest and genuine feedback.

:

00:39:33,469 --> 00:39:33,709

Right.

:

00:39:33,799 --> 00:39:35,149

And sometimes people don't

want to give you that.

:

00:39:35,149 --> 00:39:38,449

It feels like, it's like their,

their guard goes up like, I don't

:

00:39:38,449 --> 00:39:39,889

want to, I don't want to buy.

:

00:39:39,889 --> 00:39:41,089

Like, I don't have to tell you.

:

00:39:41,089 --> 00:39:41,839

I'm like, no worries.

:

00:39:41,839 --> 00:39:42,769

You don't have to tell me.

:

00:39:42,769 --> 00:39:43,789

But I'd love to know.

:

00:39:43,789 --> 00:39:46,159

That way I can figure out,

yeah, did I do something wrong?

:

00:39:46,159 --> 00:39:47,959

Did my team do something wrong, right.

:

00:39:48,019 --> 00:39:49,639

Or is my price just not right?

:

00:39:49,729 --> 00:39:53,389

So it's, it's always just getting

those, those numbers down and

:

00:39:53,389 --> 00:39:54,769

figuring out where people were at.

:

00:39:54,949 --> 00:39:55,159

Right.

:

00:39:55,159 --> 00:39:55,429

So

:

00:39:56,119 --> 00:39:59,719

boys: I've seen you, um, doing a

few classes over at UNCW before too.

:

00:39:59,989 --> 00:40:02,059

What are you, um, teaching

on when you're over there?

:

00:40:03,139 --> 00:40:07,459

Austin: Yeah, so I did business week,

one time last year, like maybe twice.

:

00:40:07,459 --> 00:40:08,719

I've done business week twice.

:

00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:11,029

So really just like entrepreneurship.

:

00:40:11,209 --> 00:40:11,509

Yeah.

:

00:40:11,569 --> 00:40:13,369

The grind, not giving up.

:

00:40:14,149 --> 00:40:17,149

And then I did something with

I think, million dollar cups.

:

00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:18,229

Uh, is that with Jack?

:

00:40:18,289 --> 00:40:18,919

Is his name Jack or?

:

00:40:18,979 --> 00:40:19,219

Yeah.

:

00:40:19,309 --> 00:40:20,029

Uh, Jack.

:

00:40:20,029 --> 00:40:23,719

So, you know, I'm always grateful

and I, I've been on here to come on

:

00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:27,949

with different opportunities where

I can kind of teach or give inside

:

00:40:27,949 --> 00:40:31,309

of whatever I do or, but the biggest

thing for me, I think is just.

:

00:40:32,689 --> 00:40:35,629

Not being able, you know, being able

to navigate through tough waters.

:

00:40:35,704 --> 00:40:39,139

'cause I almost had to sell

my business back in:

:

00:40:39,589 --> 00:40:39,799

Right.

:

00:40:39,859 --> 00:40:40,189

Basically.

:

00:40:40,189 --> 00:40:41,089

Right before COVID.

:

00:40:41,329 --> 00:40:41,509

Yeah.

:

00:40:41,539 --> 00:40:42,319

So we do a shift.

:

00:40:42,319 --> 00:40:43,849

So I started with a business partner.

:

00:40:44,179 --> 00:40:47,599

He built up Crystal Clear Shine off

Market Street and sold that right there

:

00:40:47,599 --> 00:40:49,429

where, uh, close to Endo she, yeah.

:

00:40:49,434 --> 00:40:49,544

Right.

:

00:40:49,849 --> 00:40:50,839

So he built that up and sold it.

:

00:40:50,839 --> 00:40:54,829

His grandpa, Bob Warman, he owned

like 30 dealerships in Chicago.

:

00:40:54,859 --> 00:40:54,919

Yeah.

:

00:40:54,919 --> 00:40:56,659

He sold Michael Jordan, like 15 of 'em.

:

00:40:56,659 --> 00:40:57,559

His grandpa did.

:

00:40:57,559 --> 00:40:57,619

Wow.

:

00:40:58,039 --> 00:41:00,289

So we started this

business together in:

:

00:41:00,289 --> 00:41:01,669

I was a junior digital wave.

:

00:41:01,699 --> 00:41:05,359

No screens, just literally Tile

Lopez style social media marketing.

:

00:41:05,359 --> 00:41:05,509

Yeah.

:

00:41:05,569 --> 00:41:06,769

Everybody knows Tile Lopez, right?

:

00:41:06,769 --> 00:41:07,009

Yeah.

:

00:41:07,459 --> 00:41:11,179

Um, good and bad, but,

so that wasn't working.

:

00:41:11,179 --> 00:41:13,459

Like we had, bourbon Street

was one of our first clients.

:

00:41:13,489 --> 00:41:13,579

Mm-hmm.

:

00:41:13,849 --> 00:41:16,009

Uh, Kai Spa Salon over here.

:

00:41:16,309 --> 00:41:16,969

The forum.

:

00:41:17,089 --> 00:41:17,359

Right.

:

00:41:17,389 --> 00:41:19,639

So we were just going door

to door calling businesses.

:

00:41:20,089 --> 00:41:22,069

And so in like:

I was making no money.

:

00:41:22,069 --> 00:41:22,969

I was living with my grandma.

:

00:41:22,969 --> 00:41:26,029

Moved back and I was like, dude,

like this ain't gonna work.

:

00:41:26,419 --> 00:41:29,689

And so like Chris Carlton, I think

he's with me to WWI y or WCT,

:

00:41:29,689 --> 00:41:31,129

he offered me like a sales job.

:

00:41:31,444 --> 00:41:35,404

And I almost took it, but I just

knew something that was different.

:

00:41:35,404 --> 00:41:38,615

And then I saw the screen idea and

opportunity and I've been helping my

:

00:41:38,615 --> 00:41:40,234

buddy Gray out who's one of my mentors.

:

00:41:40,234 --> 00:41:40,294

Yeah.

:

00:41:40,294 --> 00:41:41,555

He was in the at-home industry.

:

00:41:41,825 --> 00:41:42,035

All: Right.

:

00:41:42,484 --> 00:41:43,564

Austin: And so that was a big shift.

:

00:41:43,564 --> 00:41:46,624

So I like teaching those students over

there like, Hey, even if you don't have it

:

00:41:46,624 --> 00:41:48,814

figured out now, you can always navigate.

:

00:41:48,814 --> 00:41:52,774

And sometimes like, I'm glad that

that happened because that gave the

:

00:41:52,774 --> 00:41:54,154

opportunity of the indoor billboard.

:

00:41:54,394 --> 00:41:58,475

So if that didn't happen, like the

failure of that, you know, that this

:

00:41:58,475 --> 00:41:59,734

wasn't arose, you know what I mean?

:

00:41:59,734 --> 00:41:59,825

Right.

:

00:41:59,884 --> 00:42:03,725

It's just like products with like

Apple, some things they did failed

:

00:42:03,725 --> 00:42:05,134

for them to have a better product.

:

00:42:05,134 --> 00:42:06,124

Amazon did it too.

:

00:42:06,154 --> 00:42:07,834

I think Amazon launched

a phone or something.

:

00:42:07,834 --> 00:42:11,134

Or they've got into, there's so many

businesses, like big businesses that

:

00:42:11,134 --> 00:42:14,044

launch products that don't work, but

it actually ends up helping 'em out in

:

00:42:14,044 --> 00:42:15,515

the future 'cause they learn from it.

:

00:42:15,664 --> 00:42:15,845

Yeah.

:

00:42:15,874 --> 00:42:16,055

Right.

:

00:42:16,055 --> 00:42:16,894

And so that's what that did.

:

00:42:16,894 --> 00:42:18,725

So I just going over

there teaching that stuff,

:

00:42:19,894 --> 00:42:23,734

boys: kind of like the, we had another

guy on, if you're listening to this a few

:

00:42:23,734 --> 00:42:25,799

weeks ago, his name is Ty, with um, grind.

:

00:42:27,019 --> 00:42:29,209

He was talking about building

up the business to be purchased

:

00:42:29,209 --> 00:42:30,739

by a larger corporation.

:

00:42:30,769 --> 00:42:30,979

Yeah.

:

00:42:31,279 --> 00:42:33,859

And many times these larger

corporations are trying to like

:

00:42:33,859 --> 00:42:36,379

build their own thing and then

they're like, ah, we can't do this.

:

00:42:36,379 --> 00:42:36,709

Exactly.

:

00:42:36,709 --> 00:42:38,239

And so they find one that's

already running properly.

:

00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:38,779

The bigger entry's.

:

00:42:38,779 --> 00:42:39,229

Hard.

:

00:42:39,229 --> 00:42:39,829

Exactly.

:

00:42:39,830 --> 00:42:39,979

Austin: Yeah.

:

00:42:39,979 --> 00:42:41,599

And that's when businesses

will be bought out.

:

00:42:41,809 --> 00:42:42,469

And that's my goal.

:

00:42:42,469 --> 00:42:45,799

Eventually I wanna sell, but I

wanna sell when the time is right.

:

00:42:45,799 --> 00:42:48,859

And I, I don't know what I would

do if, even if I did sell tomorrow,

:

00:42:48,859 --> 00:42:49,789

it's like what would I do?

:

00:42:50,419 --> 00:42:51,619

Probably get start into the company.

:

00:42:51,949 --> 00:42:52,159

Right.

:

00:42:52,159 --> 00:42:53,419

I was gonna say, but I don't really know.

:

00:42:53,419 --> 00:42:54,109

I love sales.

:

00:42:54,109 --> 00:42:55,669

Like I love what both you guys are in.

:

00:42:55,669 --> 00:42:57,019

'cause you guys are selling yourself.

:

00:42:57,079 --> 00:42:57,289

Mm-hmm.

:

00:42:57,589 --> 00:42:59,179

Both of your industries

are completely different.

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00:42:59,179 --> 00:43:01,609

By the end of the day, you, you

people won't need to leave your trust.

:

00:43:01,759 --> 00:43:02,269

Exactly.

:

00:43:02,269 --> 00:43:02,419

Yeah.

:

00:43:02,419 --> 00:43:04,684

I'm gonna, you know, if I'm gonna

buy a ring or if I'm gonna buy,

:

00:43:04,849 --> 00:43:07,129

you know, financial products

or service from you guys.

:

00:43:07,129 --> 00:43:10,459

That trust is the biggest thing

in, in business altogether.

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00:43:10,639 --> 00:43:12,679

And that's what I'm looking for

and when I'm hiring somebody is

:

00:43:12,679 --> 00:43:13,729

I don't care what your resume is.

:

00:43:13,729 --> 00:43:14,719

I don't care what college you went to.

:

00:43:14,719 --> 00:43:15,979

I don't care if you even went to college.

:

00:43:16,729 --> 00:43:21,020

Yes, it helps if you had, because it shows

you have some kind of drive, but there's

:

00:43:21,020 --> 00:43:24,410

so many people I know that didn't go to

college and they're massively successful.

:

00:43:24,410 --> 00:43:24,529

Right.

:

00:43:24,830 --> 00:43:27,680

So college is not an indication

of how successful you're gonna be.

:

00:43:28,370 --> 00:43:30,830

I just wanna know that you

have good communication skills.

:

00:43:31,100 --> 00:43:31,189

Yeah.

:

00:43:31,189 --> 00:43:32,359

You have good non-verbals.

:

00:43:32,959 --> 00:43:34,220

Can we make eye contact?

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00:43:34,430 --> 00:43:35,749

You know so many people you go to.

:

00:43:35,749 --> 00:43:37,339

I told a waitress the day, I was

like, you make really good eye.

:

00:43:37,609 --> 00:43:38,839

My wife's like, you're so awkward.

:

00:43:38,930 --> 00:43:39,680

I was like, who says that?

:

00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:42,259

But most like, you know, some waitresses,

you're like, I take your order.

:

00:43:42,259 --> 00:43:45,350

Like, and they just like, it's

not like attention based, right?

:

00:43:45,350 --> 00:43:45,439

Yeah.

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00:43:45,649 --> 00:43:48,830

Like if I'm tipping you 20

to 30%, like I want service.

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00:43:49,009 --> 00:43:49,549

boys: Exactly.

:

00:43:49,580 --> 00:43:50,180

Austin: You know what I mean?

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00:43:50,419 --> 00:43:51,080

And so that's

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00:43:51,290 --> 00:43:55,009

boys: talking about this one

for new coworkers recently that

:

00:43:55,189 --> 00:43:56,810

she's Gen Z and I was like.

:

00:43:57,409 --> 00:43:58,669

Gen Z has a lot to drive.

:

00:43:58,669 --> 00:44:01,729

However, they can't really look

people in the eye for some reason.

:

00:44:01,729 --> 00:44:03,619

I think it's because they've been

on screen their whole entire life.

:

00:44:03,619 --> 00:44:03,679

Yeah.

:

00:44:03,679 --> 00:44:04,129

They have.

:

00:44:04,459 --> 00:44:04,969

It's, it

:

00:44:04,970 --> 00:44:06,769

Austin: can be awkward if

you never do it growing up.

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00:44:06,769 --> 00:44:06,979

Right.

:

00:44:06,984 --> 00:44:07,374

Exactly.

:

00:44:07,374 --> 00:44:08,989

And I, you know, it's like, I

remember when you, like your mom

:

00:44:08,989 --> 00:44:10,489

and dad's like, look me in the eye.

:

00:44:10,729 --> 00:44:11,959

You know, you did wrong boy.

:

00:44:12,019 --> 00:44:12,409

Right.

:

00:44:12,589 --> 00:44:13,609

You want that ass whooping.

:

00:44:14,029 --> 00:44:14,239

Yeah.

:

00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:14,719

You know what I mean?

:

00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:17,539

It's like, no, I don't like,

it's like your an your doll.

:

00:44:17,539 --> 00:44:18,469

If y do y'all have pets?

:

00:44:18,469 --> 00:44:18,769

Yeah.

:

00:44:18,799 --> 00:44:19,909

Even though you do,

they do something wrong.

:

00:44:19,909 --> 00:44:22,879

You look at like, and they just like,

look, it's like, yeah, it's awkward.

:

00:44:22,879 --> 00:44:23,089

You know?

:

00:44:23,089 --> 00:44:23,629

You're right though.

:

00:44:23,629 --> 00:44:26,959

It's like, and I'm honestly, I'm a

little concerned for that generation.

:

00:44:27,109 --> 00:44:27,349

Yeah.

:

00:44:27,379 --> 00:44:30,919

We're, we're both, um, uh,

what are we, millennials?

:

00:44:30,919 --> 00:44:30,930

Yeah.

:

00:44:30,930 --> 00:44:30,940

Millennials.

:

00:44:30,949 --> 00:44:31,039

Yeah.

:

00:44:31,039 --> 00:44:31,759

We're millennials.

:

00:44:32,329 --> 00:44:34,009

So, but the Gen Z, yes.

:

00:44:34,399 --> 00:44:35,029

It's gonna be interesting.

:

00:44:35,029 --> 00:44:36,529

I mean, they have a lot of drive.

:

00:44:37,069 --> 00:44:40,399

They're on that social media era,

but they're also lazy as hell.

:

00:44:40,969 --> 00:44:42,409

The question is, are they gonna

:

00:44:42,410 --> 00:44:47,779

All: be like this generation,

like this waves, like hippies?

:

00:44:48,079 --> 00:44:52,819

Yeah, because like, they were all,

they were labeled as like, they were

:

00:44:52,819 --> 00:44:55,759

trying to be activists, but they were

kinda lazy and they weren't working.

:

00:44:56,374 --> 00:44:57,064

As much.

:

00:44:57,124 --> 00:45:01,024

And the the ones that you see,

they're known for that generation.

:

00:45:01,774 --> 00:45:01,834

Mm.

:

00:45:01,865 --> 00:45:07,234

Versus being like the more outspoken

where like millennials got stuck teaching

:

00:45:07,325 --> 00:45:11,974

the young people and the old people how

to do stuff, which is gonna be, yeah.

:

00:45:11,974 --> 00:45:12,904

It's gonna be interesting.

:

00:45:13,954 --> 00:45:18,004

Austin: So what, like you guys, growing

up, did you guys always have drive?

:

00:45:18,064 --> 00:45:19,624

Did you what?

:

00:45:19,624 --> 00:45:20,794

What does that look like for y'all?

:

00:45:21,154 --> 00:45:22,744

Or did that look like for you guys?

:

00:45:22,834 --> 00:45:27,034

boys: I mean, I had my first like

lawn care business when I was like 14.

:

00:45:27,064 --> 00:45:27,514

Oh wow.

:

00:45:27,514 --> 00:45:29,345

So like I So you, one of

you were one of those guys?

:

00:45:29,359 --> 00:45:29,649

Yeah.

:

00:45:29,649 --> 00:45:31,774

So I was stoked, door to

door, like knocking on doors.

:

00:45:31,774 --> 00:45:33,214

So Tom Brady talks about his lawn

:

00:45:33,215 --> 00:45:33,394

Austin: care

:

00:45:33,450 --> 00:45:33,529

boys: business.

:

00:45:33,669 --> 00:45:35,075

He was going mowing lawns.

:

00:45:35,555 --> 00:45:35,944

Yeah.

:

00:45:36,034 --> 00:45:38,734

So I went from that and then

after I was done doing that, I got

:

00:45:38,734 --> 00:45:42,244

into a DJing company and started

DJing and everything like that.

:

00:45:42,244 --> 00:45:44,974

So I've just always been cold

calling, knocking on doors.

:

00:45:45,034 --> 00:45:46,264

Sales grind mode.

:

00:45:46,325 --> 00:45:47,224

Yeah, exactly.

:

00:45:47,224 --> 00:45:50,044

I don't know what it's like

to get like a actual salary.

:

00:45:50,390 --> 00:45:50,749

Yeah.

:

00:45:50,749 --> 00:45:53,269

I have no clue what it's like

to get a paycheck, the same

:

00:45:53,269 --> 00:45:54,200

paycheck two weeks in a row.

:

00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:56,209

Well, at Reeds you guys

were on salary, right?

:

00:45:56,749 --> 00:45:57,079

Austin: No,

:

00:45:57,169 --> 00:45:57,410

boys: no.

:

00:45:57,410 --> 00:45:58,999

It was just commission only.

:

00:45:58,999 --> 00:46:00,950

You got a very, very small hourly.

:

00:46:00,979 --> 00:46:02,329

It's like almost being a waitress.

:

00:46:02,419 --> 00:46:03,589

You work off tips.

:

00:46:03,620 --> 00:46:03,829

Yeah.

:

00:46:03,829 --> 00:46:03,919

But

:

00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:06,019

All: it's not as crazy

as being a waitress.

:

00:46:06,379 --> 00:46:06,709

boys: Right?

:

00:46:06,709 --> 00:46:07,009

Yeah.

:

00:46:07,100 --> 00:46:08,450

They really get paid nothing.

:

00:46:08,870 --> 00:46:10,700

But yeah, I'm like, y'all.

:

00:46:10,970 --> 00:46:13,759

But yeah, we primarily got

commission over there, so

:

00:46:15,350 --> 00:46:22,609

All: by me, no, I, I've been working since

I was like 15, but it was never like gold

:

00:46:22,609 --> 00:46:24,169

to be like, oh, I wanna own this company.

:

00:46:24,169 --> 00:46:25,549

I was like, yeah, me either.

:

00:46:25,970 --> 00:46:31,160

I was like, I'm here and now, now I go

to work and people ask me questions.

:

00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:31,459

I don't think

:

00:46:31,460 --> 00:46:33,350

boys: I did it necessarily

'cause I wanted to own something.

:

00:46:33,439 --> 00:46:36,529

It was just, I wanted to buy something

and my dad was like, you're gonna have to

:

00:46:36,529 --> 00:46:38,419

make some money if you wanna afford that.

:

00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:38,930

Austin: Yeah.

:

00:46:38,930 --> 00:46:43,039

And like for me, like I didn't have

a job until I was like 19 years old.

:

00:46:43,069 --> 00:46:43,189

Mm-hmm.

:

00:46:43,430 --> 00:46:45,649

Like I mowed my grandmother's

lawn and she gave me just like,

:

00:46:45,649 --> 00:46:46,999

like, here's 20, 30 bucks.

:

00:46:46,999 --> 00:46:48,439

But like my first job was saxby.

:

00:46:49,144 --> 00:46:51,604

Never even thought that I'd own a company.

:

00:46:51,604 --> 00:46:54,964

I just, I just got hella high all

the time, smoking weed and eventually

:

00:46:54,964 --> 00:46:56,044

just watching too much YouTube.

:

00:46:56,044 --> 00:46:58,595

It's like, yeah, Tyler Lopez

can do this, I can do this.

:

00:46:59,164 --> 00:47:02,495

But uh, going back to the waitress, I

got an interesting question for you guys.

:

00:47:02,705 --> 00:47:07,924

Do you think waitresses or waiters, you

know, all above, do you think they should

:

00:47:07,924 --> 00:47:10,924

be tipped automatically every time, 20%?

:

00:47:11,314 --> 00:47:14,644

Or do you think, and you think that

the industry has gotten to a point?

:

00:47:14,644 --> 00:47:17,164

'cause unfortunately they

don't get paid a good hourly.

:

00:47:17,434 --> 00:47:17,524

Mm-hmm.

:

00:47:17,765 --> 00:47:20,914

But for me, I, I always give

20%, I'll be honest with you.

:

00:47:20,914 --> 00:47:24,305

But there's sometimes where I

don't want to, not to say that

:

00:47:24,305 --> 00:47:26,194

screw you, you know, or whatever.

:

00:47:26,225 --> 00:47:26,825

I'm cheap.

:

00:47:26,975 --> 00:47:28,624

But it's like, it's a service.

:

00:47:28,654 --> 00:47:29,705

You're doing me a service.

:

00:47:29,705 --> 00:47:33,785

And when you don't do the service,

why should I be, have to do 20%?

:

00:47:33,785 --> 00:47:35,825

Like what is both of

y'all's opinions on that?

:

00:47:35,825 --> 00:47:37,564

Because I'm kind of like

indifferent about it, like.

:

00:47:38,314 --> 00:47:40,834

You know, my wife's like, no, you gotta

do it regardless of what they get paid.

:

00:47:40,834 --> 00:47:44,254

But it's like, but you know, you know,

I, I just wanted y'all thoughts on that.

:

00:47:44,254 --> 00:47:44,429

The most

:

00:47:44,549 --> 00:47:47,554

boys: egregious one that I've

seen when it comes to like actual

:

00:47:47,554 --> 00:47:49,354

food, trading of food Yeah.

:

00:47:49,414 --> 00:47:54,454

Is pop stroke, where they make

you scan the thing by yourself.

:

00:47:54,454 --> 00:47:56,824

You order everything on your phone.

:

00:47:56,824 --> 00:47:56,884

Yeah.

:

00:47:57,124 --> 00:47:59,794

And it's like, do you want to tip 20%?

:

00:48:00,004 --> 00:48:02,374

And this is where I think they

do a disservice to the waitress

:

00:48:02,374 --> 00:48:07,024

or waiter or whatever too, is

I haven't spoke to you yet.

:

00:48:07,054 --> 00:48:07,294

All: Yeah.

:

00:48:07,504 --> 00:48:10,924

boys: And you want me to put

in my order and give you a tip?

:

00:48:10,924 --> 00:48:10,984

Yeah.

:

00:48:11,014 --> 00:48:12,274

I don't even know who you are.

:

00:48:12,304 --> 00:48:13,204

Like, that's egregious.

:

00:48:13,204 --> 00:48:13,384

A lot of

:

00:48:13,384 --> 00:48:15,544

Austin: food restaurants doing that

too when you are online order and

:

00:48:15,544 --> 00:48:16,924

it's like, what am I tipping for?

:

00:48:16,924 --> 00:48:19,354

Because you already, the

cooks get paid hourly.

:

00:48:19,594 --> 00:48:20,764

So what am I actually tipping?

:

00:48:20,764 --> 00:48:22,084

You're just backing up my food.

:

00:48:22,114 --> 00:48:22,459

But you, but

:

00:48:22,464 --> 00:48:23,914

All: some restaurants do tip share.

:

00:48:24,274 --> 00:48:24,694

Okay.

:

00:48:24,904 --> 00:48:27,124

And that's, I wish that would not to the,

:

00:48:27,125 --> 00:48:27,634

boys: um.

:

00:48:28,399 --> 00:48:29,299

To the cooking staff.

:

00:48:29,329 --> 00:48:29,689

Yeah.

:

00:48:29,839 --> 00:48:30,979

Back of house gets it too.

:

00:48:31,159 --> 00:48:31,729

All: Oh wow.

:

00:48:31,789 --> 00:48:32,779

Depends on the restaurant.

:

00:48:33,019 --> 00:48:33,259

Right.

:

00:48:33,264 --> 00:48:36,949

But like, I knew like the manager,

I know some do do tip outs and

:

00:48:36,949 --> 00:48:38,299

like they actually do tip share.

:

00:48:38,809 --> 00:48:40,999

That's, I would put it out.

:

00:48:40,999 --> 00:48:45,499

I wish more restaurants would actually

tell us who was getting the tip.

:

00:48:46,399 --> 00:48:50,089

'cause that's, that's why

I always like minimums 20%.

:

00:48:50,119 --> 00:48:50,599

'cause I agree.

:

00:48:50,599 --> 00:48:55,099

I get sometimes I'm like, y'all

did not do what I expected.

:

00:48:55,159 --> 00:48:56,149

I spent $200

:

00:48:56,150 --> 00:48:57,979

Austin: and you want me

to give you 40 bucks.

:

00:48:58,009 --> 00:48:58,069

Yeah.

:

00:48:58,309 --> 00:49:00,019

Like when I saw you two times.

:

00:49:00,079 --> 00:49:00,379

Right.

:

00:49:00,379 --> 00:49:03,139

That doesn't really happen at

high-end restaurants, but you agree.

:

00:49:03,139 --> 00:49:04,039

You see what I'm saying?

:

00:49:04,069 --> 00:49:04,339

Right.

:

00:49:04,339 --> 00:49:04,519

Like

:

00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:08,539

All: if I'm spending the money, I'm

like, yeah, I only got two drinks.

:

00:49:08,539 --> 00:49:12,349

But if you would come back more

than twice or three times to drop my

:

00:49:12,349 --> 00:49:13,819

food, I would've ordered more drinks.

:

00:49:14,240 --> 00:49:17,029

Uh, but we do, I just know

people don't get paid a much.

:

00:49:17,329 --> 00:49:18,919

Uh, so that's why I do 20%.

:

00:49:18,979 --> 00:49:22,970

But one, if the cost of everything

wasn't so expensive, they could

:

00:49:22,970 --> 00:49:25,819

pay people more and then I

wouldn't feel as bad paying 20%.

:

00:49:25,819 --> 00:49:25,879

Yeah.

:

00:49:26,539 --> 00:49:26,959

But.

:

00:49:27,289 --> 00:49:30,799

If I knew straight up, oh, hey, this is

tip share, or I know that the money's

:

00:49:30,799 --> 00:49:35,989

going between like the people who are

working, then I don't feel as bad.

:

00:49:36,019 --> 00:49:37,189

Austin: Yeah, no, I know.

:

00:49:37,189 --> 00:49:37,579

It's weird.

:

00:49:37,579 --> 00:49:41,179

I, I felt like a dick when I was like, I

don't wanna give her 20% or give him 20%.

:

00:49:41,179 --> 00:49:41,189

Yeah.

:

00:49:41,189 --> 00:49:44,569

But it's like, you know, I think

about that, it's like the hourly

:

00:49:44,569 --> 00:49:45,709

and stuff, and it's just tough.

:

00:49:45,709 --> 00:49:48,379

'cause I'm like, I'm just say,

why do people just show up?

:

00:49:48,379 --> 00:49:50,029

Like if you're, want me to tip good?

:

00:49:50,029 --> 00:49:51,049

Just, it's pretty simple.

:

00:49:51,049 --> 00:49:51,319

Right?

:

00:49:51,324 --> 00:49:51,424

Right.

:

00:49:51,429 --> 00:49:53,509

Just show up, go to the table.

:

00:49:53,509 --> 00:49:54,619

Hey, can I get you anything else?

:

00:49:54,619 --> 00:49:56,209

Like, why, why not?

:

00:49:56,209 --> 00:49:56,389

Why?

:

00:49:56,389 --> 00:49:59,779

And you don't do that and you expect

me to give, you know, a great tip.

:

00:49:59,809 --> 00:49:59,959

Right?

:

00:50:00,649 --> 00:50:00,799

Yeah.

:

00:50:00,799 --> 00:50:02,149

You know, but a lot of times we don't

know what they're going through.

:

00:50:02,149 --> 00:50:03,919

They could have a bad day over work.

:

00:50:03,949 --> 00:50:05,089

Too many tables.

:

00:50:05,119 --> 00:50:05,389

Yeah.

:

00:50:05,389 --> 00:50:06,424

You know, so it still, I can't

:

00:50:06,425 --> 00:50:10,309

boys: say it's always 20%, but it usually

is only because like, I know someone's

:

00:50:10,309 --> 00:50:14,119

busing, I'm usually getting a drink,

so I know like the bartender's doing

:

00:50:14,119 --> 00:50:18,769

something and literally the, the waiter's

just like the intermediary percent.

:

00:50:18,919 --> 00:50:21,529

So I'll tip something

for that, but like I get.

:

00:50:22,099 --> 00:50:23,989

Notifications for my

credit card all the time.

:

00:50:23,989 --> 00:50:25,699

It's like you tipped 41% at rounds.

:

00:50:25,879 --> 00:50:28,849

Like I also have no problem,

like way tipping higher if I

:

00:50:28,849 --> 00:50:29,899

have an incredible experience.

:

00:50:29,899 --> 00:50:30,259

That's pretty good.

:

00:50:30,259 --> 00:50:30,319

If

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00:50:30,319 --> 00:50:32,029

Austin: you tip 41%, you know, cool.

:

00:50:32,089 --> 00:50:32,419

Well it's

:

00:50:32,420 --> 00:50:35,869

boys: just like if I go there and I get

a drink and chicken tenders, it's 20

:

00:50:35,870 --> 00:50:36,139

Austin: bucks.

:

00:50:36,144 --> 00:50:38,209

You may give, you may

give 'em 15 bucks, right?

:

00:50:38,209 --> 00:50:38,449

Yeah.

:

00:50:38,449 --> 00:50:39,889

It's 20 and I sense 10.

:

00:50:39,949 --> 00:50:40,339

That's 50.

:

00:50:40,339 --> 00:50:40,364

That's 50%.

:

00:50:40,394 --> 00:50:40,684

Yeah.

:

00:50:41,059 --> 00:50:41,839

You may tip though.

:

00:50:41,839 --> 00:50:42,709

Like a thousand bucks.

:

00:50:42,709 --> 00:50:43,879

Here's 400 bucks, right?

:

00:50:43,879 --> 00:50:44,719

Yeah.

:

00:50:44,719 --> 00:50:45,919

That's still, that's still good though.

:

00:50:45,919 --> 00:50:46,939

Like that says a lot.

:

00:50:46,939 --> 00:50:51,799

'cause you know, $20 table that,

you know, that tips 15 bucks, 40%

:

00:50:51,829 --> 00:50:53,269

that can make up for two tables.

:

00:50:53,269 --> 00:50:55,249

The only tip 5% or no tip, right?

:

00:50:55,639 --> 00:50:57,259

Like I'm definitely not like a no tip guy.

:

00:50:57,259 --> 00:50:59,479

Like I tip and I've tipped really good.

:

00:50:59,479 --> 00:51:02,539

But also here lately, I in this,

in, in the service industry,

:

00:51:02,539 --> 00:51:05,539

I've just been getting some bad

waitresses and I'm just like, damn.

:

00:51:05,809 --> 00:51:09,529

All: Well, and that's the, I feel

like we're coming up on that age is

:

00:51:09,529 --> 00:51:15,439

like, yes, people need to make money,

but you should find another job.

:

00:51:15,499 --> 00:51:15,799

Yeah.

:

00:51:15,859 --> 00:51:17,989

And then they're like, well

I can't find this that much.

:

00:51:17,989 --> 00:51:20,599

Can't find people to

come work jobs because.

:

00:51:21,004 --> 00:51:23,914

One, the cost of living is so high, and

they're like, I need to be paid this much.

:

00:51:23,914 --> 00:51:28,865

And I'm like, yeah, yeah, but you aren't

doing what's worth expected of you.

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00:51:28,924 --> 00:51:29,495

Not worth, yeah.

:

00:51:29,854 --> 00:51:32,134

boys: It's like, it's always funny,

like on the, the two ends of the

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00:51:32,134 --> 00:51:35,644

spectrum, where you have the people

that own businesses and they're

:

00:51:35,644 --> 00:51:37,595

like, I can't find anybody good.

:

00:51:37,595 --> 00:51:39,214

No one's like looking for jobs.

:

00:51:39,305 --> 00:51:41,794

And then on the other side, like,

there's good people, but they're

:

00:51:41,794 --> 00:51:43,805

like, I can't find any job.

:

00:51:44,464 --> 00:51:45,515

There's no one hiring.

:

00:51:45,845 --> 00:51:45,935

Yeah.

:

00:51:45,935 --> 00:51:47,879

Because that guy doesn't, someone,

someone's not talking to each other.

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00:51:47,879 --> 00:51:48,394

That guy doesn't want to

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00:51:48,395 --> 00:51:51,575

All: pay this guy what

he thinks he's worth.

:

00:51:51,575 --> 00:51:55,444

Even though this guy's actually worth

it, it's because they're jaded by the Gen

:

00:51:55,444 --> 00:51:57,214

Z or who says they're worth this much.

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00:51:57,220 --> 00:51:57,935

You can't do their job.

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00:51:57,964 --> 00:51:58,084

Austin: Yeah.

:

00:51:58,084 --> 00:52:00,904

I love the quote, like, you get paid

in the proportion of the problem,

:

00:52:00,904 --> 00:52:02,164

how big of a problem you solve.

:

00:52:02,194 --> 00:52:02,345

Mm-hmm.

:

00:52:02,584 --> 00:52:04,504

So if you're solving the problems,

you're gonna get paid a lot.

:

00:52:04,535 --> 00:52:07,414

If you solve little tiny problems,

you'll get paid, you know, tiny things.

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00:52:07,414 --> 00:52:08,044

So, right.

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00:52:08,254 --> 00:52:09,394

So it's definitely interesting.

:

00:52:09,394 --> 00:52:13,475

But yeah, I mean, the restaurant

industry is just a, it's a beast.

:

00:52:13,654 --> 00:52:14,794

It is so hard right now.

:

00:52:14,794 --> 00:52:15,424

It's a beast.

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00:52:16,009 --> 00:52:18,739

boys: Wilmington, I still

stand by is probably one.

:

00:52:18,769 --> 00:52:21,409

If you're gonna be in the service

industry, Wilmington's probably one

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00:52:21,409 --> 00:52:25,669

of the best place to be in the service

industry because it's not like you're

:

00:52:25,669 --> 00:52:29,539

dealing with massive things in Vegas.

:

00:52:29,599 --> 00:52:30,529

Yeah, right.

:

00:52:30,619 --> 00:52:35,089

But you're also like going to an area

where you know, service is needed as

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00:52:35,089 --> 00:52:38,959

opposed to being like Kelly living in

Wilson and I'm sure you don't make a

:

00:52:38,959 --> 00:52:40,219

lot of money being away from Wilson.

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00:52:40,219 --> 00:52:40,489

Come back, that

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00:52:40,490 --> 00:52:41,209

Austin: light's coming in.

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00:52:41,209 --> 00:52:41,629

I see it on.

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00:52:41,809 --> 00:52:42,079

boys: Oh

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00:52:42,080 --> 00:52:42,319

Austin: yeah.

:

00:52:42,619 --> 00:52:43,789

But yeah, so it is interesting.

:

00:52:43,789 --> 00:52:44,779

So what do you guys think about this?

:

00:52:44,779 --> 00:52:45,079

So.

:

00:52:45,424 --> 00:52:46,024

G prom.

:

00:52:46,024 --> 00:52:47,044

So we go there a lot.

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00:52:47,374 --> 00:52:50,929

And at when they first opened, and

they'd done this up to like, like

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00:52:50,944 --> 00:52:54,604

three months ago, like all the tips

were basically going to the server.

:

00:52:54,784 --> 00:52:55,084

Mm-hmm.

:

00:52:55,354 --> 00:52:59,284

But now in the last three months,

it's a shared tip on all the servers.

:

00:52:59,284 --> 00:52:59,344

Yeah.

:

00:52:59,704 --> 00:53:03,934

Uh, so it's like, it's good for like

somebody that's new that comes in.

:

00:53:04,204 --> 00:53:07,684

Maybe it's like learning, but it's

maybe bad if like you have eight

:

00:53:07,684 --> 00:53:10,684

specific people that come in, Hey,

I want Chris, or I want Tyler.

:

00:53:10,684 --> 00:53:10,774

Right.

:

00:53:11,014 --> 00:53:14,224

And so like, Hey, and I'm gonna

tip you $200 'cause you're my guy.

:

00:53:14,494 --> 00:53:17,524

Um, and so that is now being

shared amongst all the servers.

:

00:53:17,524 --> 00:53:18,754

How do you guys feel about that?

:

00:53:18,754 --> 00:53:21,874

There's a lot of servers that are

leaving G Prime 'cause of that, because

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00:53:21,874 --> 00:53:25,084

they have people like regulars that

come in, they tip them very good.

:

00:53:25,324 --> 00:53:29,164

And it's like, you know, you could

have a crappy teammate and then you

:

00:53:29,164 --> 00:53:31,834

still have to pay him out, you know,

and it's like, that's the thing.

:

00:53:31,834 --> 00:53:31,894

I'll

:

00:53:31,895 --> 00:53:33,934

boys: give you my controversial opinion on

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00:53:33,935 --> 00:53:34,054

All: this.

:

00:53:34,144 --> 00:53:36,424

So I'll give, I'll give

the non-controversial.

:

00:53:36,454 --> 00:53:36,514

Yeah.

:

00:53:36,919 --> 00:53:39,589

There's the two types of people,

the ones who hear that and they're

:

00:53:39,589 --> 00:53:42,799

like, oh, you know, like, I'm gonna

do my job 'cause I'm good at my job.

:

00:53:42,829 --> 00:53:43,259

Yeah, yeah.

:

00:53:43,309 --> 00:53:44,479

And I'm gonna be consistent.

:

00:53:44,539 --> 00:53:49,669

And then there's the people who are like,

oh, well even if I'm shitty person, I'm

:

00:53:49,669 --> 00:53:50,989

still gonna make some money tonight.

:

00:53:51,679 --> 00:53:55,399

And I wish the shitty people

were the ones who quit.

:

00:53:55,759 --> 00:53:57,109

And the ones who are like, good.

:

00:53:57,109 --> 00:53:58,819

And we're like, yo, we're

all on the same page.

:

00:53:58,819 --> 00:53:59,869

We're just going to run it.

:

00:53:59,959 --> 00:54:00,379

Yeah.

:

00:54:00,469 --> 00:54:02,419

Then you're all making more money.

:

00:54:02,569 --> 00:54:03,379

Yeah, a hundred percent.

:

00:54:03,829 --> 00:54:04,459

And I don't see that.

:

00:54:04,699 --> 00:54:08,149

boys: And the, and the two ways that

I see it is like the personal, like

:

00:54:08,149 --> 00:54:13,279

libertarian version of me is like, I will

do my own job to pay me for my own job.

:

00:54:13,879 --> 00:54:19,369

The business like owner of me

is saying it makes sense to do

:

00:54:19,369 --> 00:54:21,439

this if I have good management.

:

00:54:22,159 --> 00:54:22,519

Right.

:

00:54:22,699 --> 00:54:25,339

So the reason why that's important is

if you have good management and you

:

00:54:25,339 --> 00:54:27,079

just have a high quality standard.

:

00:54:27,084 --> 00:54:27,194

Yeah.

:

00:54:27,199 --> 00:54:27,379

Austin: Yeah.

:

00:54:27,379 --> 00:54:27,889

And if that's

:

00:54:27,890 --> 00:54:32,029

boys: the case, and I'm looking across,

uh, my other two, um, waiters, or

:

00:54:32,029 --> 00:54:34,279

you and Chris, like, you know what?

:

00:54:34,279 --> 00:54:35,809

We're all gonna be killing it today.

:

00:54:36,604 --> 00:54:38,884

I don't really care if I'm sharing

a little bit of mine because I

:

00:54:38,884 --> 00:54:41,524

know Chris is pulling weight and

I know Austin's pulling weight.

:

00:54:41,524 --> 00:54:41,884

You want a good

:

00:54:41,885 --> 00:54:42,214

Austin: team.

:

00:54:42,214 --> 00:54:42,964

It's all about the team.

:

00:54:42,964 --> 00:54:44,314

It's like I'm trying to win a Super Bowl.

:

00:54:44,584 --> 00:54:45,904

Uh, Tom Brady's gonna do his job.

:

00:54:45,904 --> 00:54:49,115

Edelman's Gronk the defense, like

we're all gonna do our job for the end

:

00:54:49,115 --> 00:54:53,254

goal is to, you know, win a Super Bowl

restaurant is to make our customers happy.

:

00:54:53,285 --> 00:54:53,404

Yep.

:

00:54:53,464 --> 00:54:54,214

Make some money.

:

00:54:54,904 --> 00:54:58,024

So, yeah, it's, it's interesting there a

lot of people who left because of that.

:

00:54:59,104 --> 00:55:00,089

And so it was definitely, I mean,

:

00:55:00,090 --> 00:55:03,009

boys: I wouldn't leave right away just

for the sake that they made that change.

:

00:55:03,009 --> 00:55:04,834

Well, it definitely

dropped their right too.

:

00:55:04,955 --> 00:55:05,104

Their

:

00:55:05,105 --> 00:55:06,515

Austin: money in their pockets dropped.

:

00:55:06,515 --> 00:55:08,254

We asked him, he used to work at Bray.

:

00:55:08,884 --> 00:55:09,904

Well, everyone's money

:

00:55:09,905 --> 00:55:10,684

All: couldn't have dropped.

:

00:55:11,225 --> 00:55:13,924

Well, no, he's the people at the

top who were making good money.

:

00:55:13,924 --> 00:55:14,225

Right.

:

00:55:14,225 --> 00:55:14,464

I'm talking

:

00:55:14,465 --> 00:55:16,595

Austin: about like the, the

wait, he said the way as being

:

00:55:16,595 --> 00:55:18,305

a waitress, like as a waiter.

:

00:55:18,305 --> 00:55:22,384

He, his money, he took home,

his, his tips dropped when they

:

00:55:22,384 --> 00:55:23,825

started splitting 'em, right?

:

00:55:23,884 --> 00:55:24,154

Yeah.

:

00:55:24,214 --> 00:55:24,995

With them amongst each other.

:

00:55:24,995 --> 00:55:25,174

So, you know,

:

00:55:25,175 --> 00:55:25,924

boys: he was the.

:

00:55:26,644 --> 00:55:28,234

Like he was making good money.

:

00:55:28,234 --> 00:55:28,414

Yeah.

:

00:55:28,414 --> 00:55:28,654

He was

:

00:55:28,655 --> 00:55:29,794

Austin: doing, he was doing really good.

:

00:55:29,794 --> 00:55:30,845

He was making good money.

:

00:55:30,845 --> 00:55:34,474

He was like, but somebody's, somebody's

probably went up, you know what I mean?

:

00:55:34,834 --> 00:55:36,245

Like somebody that's not doing a good job.

:

00:55:36,245 --> 00:55:37,115

Like, oh, this is amazing.

:

00:55:37,115 --> 00:55:37,444

Yeah.

:

00:55:37,684 --> 00:55:41,495

Imagine just coming home like, yo, like

I'm walking away with 500 bucks a night.

:

00:55:41,495 --> 00:55:43,055

Like, I'm usually like a

200 bucks kind of night.

:

00:55:43,055 --> 00:55:43,624

Yeah, right.

:

00:55:43,745 --> 00:55:45,454

You ain't complaining

guy who was like, yeah,

:

00:55:45,845 --> 00:55:48,424

All: well, I usually

make $1,200 and there's

:

00:55:48,425 --> 00:55:50,464

Austin: always gonna be good for

somebody and bad for somebody.

:

00:55:50,464 --> 00:55:50,704

Yep.

:

00:55:50,794 --> 00:55:51,154

Right.

:

00:55:51,154 --> 00:55:51,334

Yeah.

:

00:55:51,365 --> 00:55:53,134

So, yeah.

:

00:55:53,134 --> 00:55:55,444

But have you, uh, yeah,

it's, it's interesting.

:

00:55:55,684 --> 00:55:57,035

We've not been to G Prime.

:

00:55:57,424 --> 00:55:57,845

My goal

:

00:55:57,845 --> 00:55:58,024

All: this

:

00:55:58,025 --> 00:56:01,834

Austin: year is to try at

least eight new restaurants.

:

00:56:01,865 --> 00:56:05,254

G Prime is definitely like my

favorite restaurant in Wilmington.

:

00:56:05,555 --> 00:56:08,194

Like, I have no partnerships, no ties.

:

00:56:08,314 --> 00:56:10,444

Um, you know, like G Prime is the spot.

:

00:56:11,015 --> 00:56:12,814

I mean, they just have the drinks.

:

00:56:13,624 --> 00:56:16,144

The guy who owns Kios owns G Prime.

:

00:56:16,805 --> 00:56:17,339

Oh, I didn't know that.

:

00:56:17,555 --> 00:56:17,825

Yeah.

:

00:56:17,825 --> 00:56:20,374

And so they have like a restaurant

group of about 18 restaurants

:

00:56:20,374 --> 00:56:21,724

amongst all of North Carolina.

:

00:56:21,754 --> 00:56:23,434

So they have the new sushi bar.

:

00:56:23,765 --> 00:56:26,104

And the Portland Grill, like Yeah, I heard

:

00:56:26,105 --> 00:56:27,245

All: that aluminum smack.

:

00:56:27,515 --> 00:56:28,084

Austin: It does.

:

00:56:28,084 --> 00:56:29,884

They have, they have a toro, like a tuna.

:

00:56:29,890 --> 00:56:30,029

Mm-hmm.

:

00:56:30,154 --> 00:56:31,475

It's stupid expense.

:

00:56:31,475 --> 00:56:33,274

It was like $30 a piece.

:

00:56:33,575 --> 00:56:33,904

Oh shit.

:

00:56:34,024 --> 00:56:34,234

Yeah.

:

00:56:34,234 --> 00:56:36,544

It's like, I'm like, I'm like,

did I order it the right thing?

:

00:56:36,544 --> 00:56:37,234

Why is this 30 bucks?

:

00:56:37,234 --> 00:56:40,234

I thought it was like, like a, like

a roll or like, like six pieces.

:

00:56:40,504 --> 00:56:41,794

I just paid for like one piece.

:

00:56:41,794 --> 00:56:43,805

I was like, I hope this damn

thing is the best thing I had.

:

00:56:44,075 --> 00:56:44,734

It was good.

:

00:56:44,734 --> 00:56:46,564

Probably wouldn't pay 30 bucks for it.

:

00:56:46,564 --> 00:56:47,709

Like, I'm not bawling like that.

:

00:56:48,029 --> 00:56:51,634

Like uh, but uh, but now it's gas g prom.

:

00:56:51,634 --> 00:56:52,564

You guys gotta go.

:

00:56:52,834 --> 00:56:53,584

Yeah, I've been a couple times.

:

00:56:53,584 --> 00:56:54,274

We should us threes.

:

00:56:54,274 --> 00:56:55,325

We should go sometime.

:

00:56:55,444 --> 00:56:55,805

Be fun.

:

00:56:55,834 --> 00:56:56,134

Yeah.

:

00:56:56,194 --> 00:56:56,434

Yeah.

:

00:56:56,434 --> 00:57:00,454

I mean, Monday through Thursday the 59

or $55 special, so you can't beat it.

:

00:57:00,454 --> 00:57:03,365

I mean, steak salad side and a dessert.

:

00:57:04,174 --> 00:57:06,365

All: If they had better lighting,

we could just post up in there.

:

00:57:06,845 --> 00:57:07,024

Right?

:

00:57:07,024 --> 00:57:07,325

Yeah.

:

00:57:07,894 --> 00:57:09,305

Their lighting is very dark.

:

00:57:09,575 --> 00:57:10,924

Austin: I mean, that's most restaurants.

:

00:57:11,015 --> 00:57:11,584

Yeah.

:

00:57:11,584 --> 00:57:11,595

Yeah.

:

00:57:11,975 --> 00:57:14,765

I don't, I don't even,

it's, it's pretty bad.

:

00:57:14,975 --> 00:57:16,294

Yeah, it's pretty bad.

:

00:57:16,504 --> 00:57:16,714

Yeah.

:

00:57:16,924 --> 00:57:17,884

We are pretty close.

:

00:57:18,484 --> 00:57:18,694

Yeah.

:

00:57:18,694 --> 00:57:21,004

There's so many restaurants

around here like it, it's dope.

:

00:57:21,484 --> 00:57:25,084

All: That explains what people are

doing that like, Keith Lee, let me get

:

00:57:25,084 --> 00:57:28,354

the food to go and just sit in my car

where I can put a camera and a light up.

:

00:57:28,504 --> 00:57:28,805

Right.

:

00:57:28,805 --> 00:57:29,704

And just try this.

:

00:57:29,794 --> 00:57:30,305

He definitely

:

00:57:30,305 --> 00:57:33,154

Austin: put so many food

influencers on by like doing that.

:

00:57:33,154 --> 00:57:35,044

Like I remember seeing

him when he first blew up.

:

00:57:35,044 --> 00:57:37,059

He came to North Carolina a few

times and Yeah, that's right.

:

00:57:37,684 --> 00:57:38,615

And I was like, damn.

:

00:57:38,615 --> 00:57:39,995

Like, I wish that was my life.

:

00:57:40,174 --> 00:57:40,684

I know.

:

00:57:40,684 --> 00:57:41,220

Not too bad.

:

00:57:41,519 --> 00:57:43,595

No, I mean, I'm not comparing,

but like, it's pretty dope.

:

00:57:43,595 --> 00:57:46,234

Like he helps so his like

he is the Keith Lee effect.

:

00:57:46,384 --> 00:57:46,624

Yes.

:

00:57:46,654 --> 00:57:46,865

Right.

:

00:57:46,865 --> 00:57:49,894

Like dude does something and it's

like you're gonna go viral, bro.

:

00:57:49,894 --> 00:57:53,134

Like your sales are going to a million X.

:

00:57:53,134 --> 00:57:53,225

Yes.

:

00:57:53,314 --> 00:57:54,785

Unless you're horrible.

:

00:57:54,814 --> 00:57:55,204

boys: Yeah.

:

00:57:55,204 --> 00:57:56,044

Unless your food just sell.

:

00:57:56,044 --> 00:57:57,904

Well, you'll be, you'll

do great for one day.

:

00:57:57,904 --> 00:57:58,865

And you know, Keith, you

:

00:57:58,865 --> 00:58:01,984

Austin: know Keith's done some videos

though, and he'd be like, this is ass.

:

00:58:01,990 --> 00:58:02,259

Yeah.

:

00:58:02,259 --> 00:58:04,414

But I'm gonna be like,

yeah, it's like a 7.5,

:

00:58:04,414 --> 00:58:04,984

but like Right.

:

00:58:05,164 --> 00:58:05,944

We still wanna go try it.

:

00:58:05,944 --> 00:58:07,174

'cause Keith tried it, like Yeah.

:

00:58:07,204 --> 00:58:10,504

I feel like he, I don't think he's ever

gave like a really, really bad review.

:

00:58:10,504 --> 00:58:11,015

Has he?

:

00:58:11,225 --> 00:58:12,454

There's been at least two.

:

00:58:12,515 --> 00:58:12,785

Okay.

:

00:58:12,785 --> 00:58:13,504

So he has given it.

:

00:58:13,535 --> 00:58:13,774

Yeah.

:

00:58:13,984 --> 00:58:14,374

He went

:

00:58:14,375 --> 00:58:17,674

All: somewhere and was like, nah,

this is not, this is not hitting her.

:

00:58:17,704 --> 00:58:17,914

Yeah.

:

00:58:18,394 --> 00:58:20,044

Austin: So you think he's

honest for the most part.

:

00:58:20,075 --> 00:58:20,285

Yeah.

:

00:58:20,345 --> 00:58:20,765

Yeah.

:

00:58:21,379 --> 00:58:24,559

All: I think, and this is the

thing, is like you hope that

:

00:58:24,829 --> 00:58:27,409

people who are reviewing things

are honest no matter what.

:

00:58:27,439 --> 00:58:28,069

Yeah, a hundred percent.

:

00:58:28,069 --> 00:58:32,779

'cause then when you get their review

and you go and you're like, really?

:

00:58:33,409 --> 00:58:33,679

Really?

:

00:58:33,679 --> 00:58:33,889

Mm-hmm.

:

00:58:34,519 --> 00:58:35,479

I think you're right.

:

00:58:35,479 --> 00:58:38,479

We could probably do like a

secondary podcast of us just do it.

:

00:58:38,539 --> 00:58:40,819

Like trying to around the area.

:

00:58:41,059 --> 00:58:41,419

Yeah.

:

00:58:41,420 --> 00:58:44,839

Austin: I mean, dude, they're could

do a lot of content with that reels.

:

00:58:44,839 --> 00:58:45,889

Podcasts.

:

00:58:45,889 --> 00:58:46,129

Yeah.

:

00:58:46,129 --> 00:58:48,199

Interviews maybe be some cool

stuff you guys should get.

:

00:58:48,199 --> 00:58:51,169

Maybe just like some chefs on or

like maybe like a restaurant owner.

:

00:58:51,169 --> 00:58:51,859

That'd be cool.

:

00:58:51,979 --> 00:58:52,369

Yeah.

:

00:58:52,429 --> 00:58:52,909

Good idea.

:

00:58:53,509 --> 00:58:58,734

Like y'all like, so what is your favorite

knife that you use in the kitchen?

:

00:58:59,059 --> 00:59:00,079

Have y'all done anything like that?

:

00:59:00,079 --> 00:59:02,539

Like interviewed, like a

restaurant owner, chef.

:

00:59:02,539 --> 00:59:02,600

I didn't have any re chefs.

:

00:59:03,349 --> 00:59:04,339

All: Not that I can think of.

:

00:59:04,399 --> 00:59:05,179

Surprising.

:

00:59:05,179 --> 00:59:06,319

Yeah, it's surprising.

:

00:59:06,469 --> 00:59:08,719

I know exactly who I, who

I'll say we will invite.

:

00:59:09,049 --> 00:59:09,319

Austin: Yeah.

:

00:59:09,319 --> 00:59:11,719

Like y'all should go for like some

of like the, the modern spots, like

:

00:59:11,719 --> 00:59:13,519

the grim burgers and like spots.

:

00:59:13,789 --> 00:59:14,839

Yeah.

:

00:59:14,839 --> 00:59:14,870

All: We had it.

:

00:59:14,870 --> 00:59:14,880

Yeah.

:

00:59:15,199 --> 00:59:16,579

We were thinking heavy.

:

00:59:16,819 --> 00:59:18,289

Like Highend engine.

:

00:59:18,319 --> 00:59:18,619

Yeah.

:

00:59:18,619 --> 00:59:18,979

Like

:

00:59:18,980 --> 00:59:19,459

Austin: Origins

:

00:59:19,460 --> 00:59:20,089

All: Jeep Rhyme.

:

00:59:20,089 --> 00:59:20,419

Yes.

:

00:59:20,419 --> 00:59:21,319

Sarco like, yeah.

:

00:59:21,349 --> 00:59:22,699

So the answer is yes.

:

00:59:22,699 --> 00:59:25,759

We did have, um, grim Berg on.

:

00:59:26,329 --> 00:59:27,289

Oh, that was so good.

:

00:59:27,349 --> 00:59:28,519

It was right before they opened.

:

00:59:28,639 --> 00:59:29,659

He brought some burgers.

:

00:59:30,139 --> 00:59:32,314

Well, no, I just, they didn't

have the catch gr They didn't

:

00:59:32,314 --> 00:59:33,234

have the kitchen built yet.

:

00:59:34,094 --> 00:59:34,634

No, I do.

:

00:59:34,819 --> 00:59:35,869

I It was horrible timing.

:

00:59:36,049 --> 00:59:38,779

I had enough grim burgers to know Exactly.

:

00:59:39,289 --> 00:59:41,059

I'm like, yeah, no, I

have to at some point.

:

00:59:41,779 --> 00:59:42,289

boys: Yes.

:

00:59:42,409 --> 00:59:45,979

But now I found out about Perlis

Burger and now Perlis Burger

:

00:59:45,979 --> 00:59:47,209

is the burger in Wilmington.

:

00:59:47,269 --> 00:59:47,629

Yeah.

:

00:59:47,689 --> 00:59:48,499

Austin: Like honestly.

:

00:59:49,609 --> 00:59:49,819

Damn.

:

00:59:49,819 --> 00:59:50,449

It's Sunday.

:

00:59:50,839 --> 00:59:51,319

I know.

:

00:59:51,379 --> 00:59:52,039

I was thinking that's it.

:

00:59:52,339 --> 00:59:53,329

They open at six.

:

00:59:53,719 --> 00:59:54,169

Are they close?

:

00:59:54,169 --> 00:59:55,309

I don't even know if they're open today.

:

00:59:55,334 --> 00:59:55,729

I think they're

:

00:59:55,730 --> 00:59:58,219

boys: open today, but they're gonna be

closed by the time I think we leave.

:

00:59:58,759 --> 00:59:59,269

We leave.

:

00:59:59,269 --> 00:59:59,599

Leave.

:

01:00:00,229 --> 01:00:00,469

Austin: Yeah.

:

01:00:00,469 --> 01:00:01,669

No, it's uh.

:

01:00:02,644 --> 01:00:03,304

It's silly.

:

01:00:03,394 --> 01:00:04,144

They close at nine.

:

01:00:04,279 --> 01:00:04,569

Nine.

:

01:00:04,744 --> 01:00:04,984

Okay.

:

01:00:06,214 --> 01:00:06,934

All: Don't tip me.

:

01:00:07,654 --> 01:00:08,314

I'm about go, I'm about to go see

:

01:00:08,315 --> 01:00:12,694

Austin: that new Marty Supreme

movie, the Timothy, uh, Shala May.

:

01:00:12,694 --> 01:00:13,399

Yeah, Shala Ma.

:

01:00:13,444 --> 01:00:16,474

Like I heard like ups and down

reviews about it, but Right.

:

01:00:16,624 --> 01:00:19,384

You know, he's to kids,

kids' been on fire.

:

01:00:19,624 --> 01:00:20,944

I mean, I saw his videos.

:

01:00:20,944 --> 01:00:24,334

Like he does not miss, have you

seen The Dunes, the Dune movie?

:

01:00:24,334 --> 01:00:25,324

That's all the first one.

:

01:00:25,444 --> 01:00:26,164

Did you like it?

:

01:00:27,004 --> 01:00:27,724

It's Dune.

:

01:00:28,054 --> 01:00:28,204

Yeah.

:

01:00:28,204 --> 01:00:31,564

Like it's, it is a very

zenday with it too.

:

01:00:31,564 --> 01:00:32,524

Like, bro, they had a, it's

:

01:00:32,525 --> 01:00:33,514

All: an interesting movie.

:

01:00:33,544 --> 01:00:33,964

No, it is.

:

01:00:34,354 --> 01:00:37,234

Austin: You don't like that kind

of like sci-fi, like Yeah, it's

:

01:00:37,234 --> 01:00:41,044

definitely I'm not, and I'm not

sci-fi like, but like it was good.

:

01:00:41,074 --> 01:00:41,854

It was definitely good.

:

01:00:41,854 --> 01:00:45,544

And like Willy won, he was in

Willy Wonka and I was like, dude,

:

01:00:45,784 --> 01:00:47,254

he's definitely like up there.

:

01:00:47,314 --> 01:00:48,454

Just saw the new avatar too.

:

01:00:48,454 --> 01:00:49,984

That was gas, was it?

:

01:00:50,044 --> 01:00:50,494

Yeah.

:

01:00:50,584 --> 01:00:51,544

Avatar was really good.

:

01:00:51,544 --> 01:00:51,844

I saw

:

01:00:51,845 --> 01:00:51,964

All: the

:

01:00:51,964 --> 01:00:52,534

Austin: first one.

:

01:00:53,404 --> 01:00:55,609

All: I've just, I haven't,

it's a long movie.

:

01:00:55,609 --> 01:00:58,024

It just makes me old

because I saw it in theater.

:

01:00:58,054 --> 01:00:59,374

Austin: It's a long movie, bro.

:

01:00:59,464 --> 01:01:02,944

Like, and I don't even do too much

like, like sci-fi, but like those

:

01:01:02,944 --> 01:01:06,274

movies, you know, it's one of the

tides grossing movies all the time.

:

01:01:06,364 --> 01:01:06,664

Yeah.

:

01:01:06,669 --> 01:01:08,674

Like, it's in, it's in a billions,

:

01:01:08,679 --> 01:01:13,234

All: like the last like, full

length movie I watched besides

:

01:01:13,234 --> 01:01:14,764

Christmas movies with Sinners.

:

01:01:14,854 --> 01:01:18,274

And that was a, that

was a whole experience

:

01:01:18,424 --> 01:01:18,694

Austin: I heard.

:

01:01:18,694 --> 01:01:20,224

That was very like, interesting.

:

01:01:20,224 --> 01:01:20,824

I haven't seen it.

:

01:01:20,854 --> 01:01:21,154

Yeah.

:

01:01:21,394 --> 01:01:23,224

All: Like, I like those like retakes.

:

01:01:23,224 --> 01:01:23,584

Michael B.

:

01:01:23,584 --> 01:01:24,034

Jordan, right?

:

01:01:24,035 --> 01:01:24,904

Austin: Yeah,

:

01:01:24,904 --> 01:01:24,935

All: yeah, yeah, yeah.

:

01:01:24,994 --> 01:01:30,634

But it's, it's a good take of like twins

in the south and like the twenties.

:

01:01:30,694 --> 01:01:31,144

Yeah.

:

01:01:31,234 --> 01:01:34,504

Just getting back from World

War I just trying to deal

:

01:01:34,504 --> 01:01:36,874

with the bs, I was like, huh.

:

01:01:37,564 --> 01:01:41,284

And they have vampires, so it

just adds to the whole, that

:

01:01:41,284 --> 01:01:43,054

sounds like a whole mix of things.

:

01:01:43,114 --> 01:01:43,294

Yeah.

:

01:01:43,300 --> 01:01:43,449

Oh yeah.

:

01:01:43,449 --> 01:01:45,214

It's a, it's a good new take.

:

01:01:45,214 --> 01:01:47,289

Like I have not seen

a take like that damn.

:

01:01:48,109 --> 01:01:51,919

Yeah, it's on HBOI put it on

for my dog to watch yesterday.

:

01:01:52,519 --> 01:01:52,999

That's funny.

:

01:01:54,499 --> 01:01:55,459

Uh, but yeah.

:

01:01:55,549 --> 01:02:00,829

Do you have anything that people can

be looking out for, for you coming up?

:

01:02:01,549 --> 01:02:02,359

Austin: Nothing really.

:

01:02:02,359 --> 01:02:06,829

I mean, other than just, we're hiring

right now, always looking to talk

:

01:02:06,829 --> 01:02:11,869

to individuals who are driven, wanna

make some extra money on the side,

:

01:02:12,589 --> 01:02:16,999

people that know location owners refer

us business talk, just communicate

:

01:02:16,999 --> 01:02:18,679

marketing, anything, marketing, sales.

:

01:02:18,679 --> 01:02:21,619

I'm always just down to like, just chat

about it's what I'm passionate about.

:

01:02:21,619 --> 01:02:23,239

So anything like that.

:

01:02:23,239 --> 01:02:25,069

I mean, other than that, no, not really.

:

01:02:25,069 --> 01:02:28,609

I mean, I know that sounds boring, but

No, I'm just, I'm just locked in right

:

01:02:28,609 --> 01:02:32,749

now, so it's, it's gonna be, it's gonna

be a lot of grind in the next few years.

:

01:02:32,749 --> 01:02:37,339

But yeah, my goal is to get to like

500 to a thousand locations probably

:

01:02:37,339 --> 01:02:38,929

in the next three to five years.

:

01:02:39,019 --> 01:02:39,229

Yeah.

:

01:02:39,259 --> 01:02:43,099

So maybe I'll come on in a few

years and I'll be there if not.

:

01:02:43,475 --> 01:02:44,705

I'll still still be here.

:

01:02:44,705 --> 01:02:44,913

Yeah.

:

01:02:45,274 --> 01:02:46,084

It's still a story.

:

01:02:46,115 --> 01:02:46,654

Yeah.

:

01:02:46,654 --> 01:02:46,665

Yeah.

:

01:02:46,665 --> 01:02:46,675

Yeah.

:

01:02:46,714 --> 01:02:48,785

So I appreciate you guys having me on.

:

01:02:48,845 --> 01:02:49,024

Yeah.

:

01:02:49,024 --> 01:02:49,384

Yeah, it's great.

:

01:02:49,384 --> 01:02:49,894

Thank you.

:

01:02:49,984 --> 01:02:50,644

It's been fun.

:

01:02:50,674 --> 01:02:55,714

All: Once we figure out how we're

gonna eat food and judge things, I

:

01:02:55,714 --> 01:02:56,734

would love to, you'll be the first.

:

01:02:56,734 --> 01:02:58,024

I would love to come on and,

:

01:02:58,475 --> 01:03:02,435

Austin: or, you know, let me know when

the episode drops and Yeah, definitely

:

01:03:02,435 --> 01:03:06,634

like, definitely get like some burgers

or like pizza or, you know, whatever,

:

01:03:06,634 --> 01:03:08,705

like, you know, would be good.

:

01:03:08,765 --> 01:03:08,944

Do it.

:

01:03:08,944 --> 01:03:09,274

Right.

:

01:03:09,935 --> 01:03:11,944

boys: You know what the other place, um.

:

01:03:13,654 --> 01:03:14,794

No surf city smash.

:

01:03:14,990 --> 01:03:15,288

Oh yeah.

:

01:03:15,294 --> 01:03:15,663

Oh yeah.

:

01:03:15,665 --> 01:03:16,354

Austin: I've heard of them.

:

01:03:16,624 --> 01:03:17,134

They're good.

:

01:03:17,225 --> 01:03:17,435

Dude.

:

01:03:17,435 --> 01:03:19,955

If you're ever wanting to go up that

way, I heard they're really good.

:

01:03:19,955 --> 01:03:21,754

True blue, you know, $7 burgers.

:

01:03:21,785 --> 01:03:21,874

Mm-hmm.

:

01:03:21,874 --> 01:03:22,834

Their burgers are not bad.

:

01:03:22,894 --> 01:03:23,194

I know.

:

01:03:23,345 --> 01:03:26,435

They're not, definitely not like

they're top like top 10 for me.

:

01:03:26,674 --> 01:03:27,064

Right.

:

01:03:27,305 --> 01:03:28,834

But they're, and, and Jeep Prime, like,

:

01:03:28,865 --> 01:03:31,504

boys: especially for like the deal,

like you said, like for their burgers.

:

01:03:31,504 --> 01:03:34,569

I mean, seven bucks for a true

blue burger was like good deal.

:

01:03:34,689 --> 01:03:34,890

I know.

:

01:03:35,464 --> 01:03:36,035

Value ratio.

:

01:03:36,038 --> 01:03:36,609

No fries though.

:

01:03:36,725 --> 01:03:37,413

Austin: No fries.

:

01:03:37,413 --> 01:03:37,805

Oh, that's true.

:

01:03:37,865 --> 01:03:38,913

But like parallel.

:

01:03:38,913 --> 01:03:39,544

20 bucks.

:

01:03:39,544 --> 01:03:42,604

I was like, damn, $20, like I like

this better be the best burger.

:

01:03:42,604 --> 01:03:43,055

I took a bite.

:

01:03:43,055 --> 01:03:43,894

I was like, damn, it is.

:

01:03:43,924 --> 01:03:44,644

I was like, bro.

:

01:03:44,719 --> 01:03:47,419

Like, it like melts your mouth.

:

01:03:47,599 --> 01:03:49,459

You know that rat you've seen Oui.

:

01:03:49,564 --> 01:03:50,059

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

:

01:03:50,059 --> 01:03:52,309

You know what's his name Eats and

takes it back to his childhood.

:

01:03:52,459 --> 01:03:52,639

Right.

:

01:03:52,699 --> 01:03:54,288

That's when you just eat a burger

and you're just like, bro, you're

:

01:03:54,288 --> 01:03:55,444

just like, look like, damn.

:

01:03:56,209 --> 01:03:56,869

The bartender

:

01:03:56,870 --> 01:04:01,129

boys: told me about it and I was like,

I feel terrible eating a burger here.

:

01:04:01,129 --> 01:04:01,669

It's probably not.

:

01:04:01,669 --> 01:04:02,599

You got to Yeah.

:

01:04:02,599 --> 01:04:05,839

And she was like, you don't have

to pay for anything if I'm lying.

:

01:04:05,989 --> 01:04:07,404

She was like, it's the

best burger in town.

:

01:04:07,404 --> 01:04:07,684

Damn.

:

01:04:07,909 --> 01:04:08,779

That's a bold tape.

:

01:04:08,839 --> 01:04:09,199

I know.

:

01:04:09,199 --> 01:04:10,369

I was like, wish more servers

:

01:04:10,370 --> 01:04:10,639

Austin: were like

:

01:04:10,640 --> 01:04:10,819

boys: that.

:

01:04:10,819 --> 01:04:11,089

Austin: Right.

:

01:04:11,089 --> 01:04:11,399

boys: I know.

:

01:04:11,399 --> 01:04:12,679

I was like, I'll take you up on that.

:

01:04:12,739 --> 01:04:12,799

Yeah.

:

01:04:12,799 --> 01:04:13,009

She was

:

01:04:13,009 --> 01:04:13,939

Austin: like, I'll see what I can do.

:

01:04:14,119 --> 01:04:15,444

boys: But um, that's when,

:

01:04:15,709 --> 01:04:18,649

Austin: that's when you know you have

confidence in your team and Right.

:

01:04:18,649 --> 01:04:19,909

The brand and the food.

:

01:04:20,149 --> 01:04:20,538

boys: Yeah.

:

01:04:20,538 --> 01:04:22,249

And I was like, all

right, let's do it then.

:

01:04:22,609 --> 01:04:23,149

And I took a bite.

:

01:04:23,149 --> 01:04:24,919

I was like, fuck, you're right.

:

01:04:25,279 --> 01:04:25,459

Yep.

:

01:04:25,669 --> 01:04:26,163

Dish was gas.

:

01:04:26,204 --> 01:04:28,038

I was like, this is the,

damn, everyone says that.

:

01:04:28,038 --> 01:04:29,839

I hate how good it was for the price.

:

01:04:29,839 --> 01:04:31,999

It was too, and it proves

that it's worth it.

:

01:04:32,089 --> 01:04:32,269

Mm.

:

01:04:32,269 --> 01:04:33,949

Because I'm like, damn

it, I'll pay for it again.

:

01:04:33,949 --> 01:04:34,219

Yeah.

:

01:04:34,219 --> 01:04:34,229

Yeah.

:

01:04:34,229 --> 01:04:34,699

A hundred percent.

:

01:04:34,699 --> 01:04:35,484

And I have, yeah.

:

01:04:35,584 --> 01:04:35,804

So

:

01:04:36,469 --> 01:04:37,159

Austin: that's dope.

:

01:04:37,639 --> 01:04:39,589

All: Well, I know what

I'm getting this week.

:

01:04:40,489 --> 01:04:41,839

Burla or a burger.

:

01:04:42,469 --> 01:04:44,479

Well, I'm, I'm definitely

getting a burger.

:

01:04:44,599 --> 01:04:51,019

Um, and I'll probably do Perla, it's

not open on Monday, but, well, we have,

:

01:04:51,199 --> 01:04:52,819

that's a whole, whole other thing.

:

01:04:52,819 --> 01:04:54,288

Someone was complaining the other day.

:

01:04:54,499 --> 01:04:57,649

It's like, why does, why do all these

restaurants in down here close on Mondays?

:

01:04:57,649 --> 01:05:01,099

And I'm like, 'cause it's

their day to restock.

:

01:05:01,219 --> 01:05:01,519

Yeah.

:

01:05:02,359 --> 01:05:02,959

Catch up.

:

01:05:02,959 --> 01:05:03,769

And it's a guaranteed deal.

:

01:05:03,769 --> 01:05:04,099

You know, you're

:

01:05:04,100 --> 01:05:05,659

Austin: balling when you

can close for a day, right?

:

01:05:05,689 --> 01:05:05,839

Yes.

:

01:05:05,839 --> 01:05:05,929

Mm-hmm.

:

01:05:06,169 --> 01:05:10,069

Like you, I don't need to open, you

know, on a Monday or a Sunday or Tuesday.

:

01:05:10,069 --> 01:05:10,849

It's like Chick-fil-A dude.

:

01:05:10,909 --> 01:05:11,569

They're balling.

:

01:05:11,689 --> 01:05:12,019

Exactly.

:

01:05:12,024 --> 01:05:14,509

I, I literal told my wife the other day,

I was like, imagine Chick-fil-A Open how

:

01:05:14,509 --> 01:05:15,769

much sales they would do on a Sunday.

:

01:05:15,769 --> 01:05:18,919

Like I'm a big Christian and

so I love what they stand for.

:

01:05:19,129 --> 01:05:19,879

I love that.

:

01:05:20,209 --> 01:05:20,989

I'm like, just imagine.

:

01:05:20,989 --> 01:05:21,709

It's like they don't need to,

:

01:05:22,069 --> 01:05:24,859

All: but what if it would cancel out?

:

01:05:25,519 --> 01:05:28,038

Because if you're open on

Sunday, then you lose the hype

:

01:05:28,038 --> 01:05:29,689

of them being closed on Sundays.

:

01:05:29,869 --> 01:05:30,439

Austin: Definitely.

:

01:05:30,440 --> 01:05:30,889

All: Yeah.

:

01:05:30,979 --> 01:05:32,059

Austin: I mean, I don't,

I don't know if it would.

:

01:05:32,749 --> 01:05:34,999

Because that would, how many

times have you, how many times

:

01:05:34,999 --> 01:05:37,099

have you wanted Chick-fil-A on

Sunday and they weren't open?

:

01:05:37,129 --> 01:05:37,699

Then I go to Boje.

:

01:05:37,849 --> 01:05:37,939

Mm-hmm.

:

01:05:38,299 --> 01:05:38,659

Yeah.

:

01:05:38,989 --> 01:05:40,009

But I hate that feeling.

:

01:05:40,009 --> 01:05:42,019

It's like, man, I wish

Chick-fil-A was open so bad.

:

01:05:42,019 --> 01:05:42,229

Right.

:

01:05:42,409 --> 01:05:44,299

But it but it, but it almost

hypes it up even more.

:

01:05:44,299 --> 01:05:47,689

It like helps that hype, you know,

because they're not open anticipation.

:

01:05:47,719 --> 01:05:48,169

Yes.

:

01:05:48,199 --> 01:05:48,589

Yeah.

:

01:05:48,739 --> 01:05:51,439

It's like get, we don't have any

restaurants, like, there's a place called

:

01:05:51,439 --> 01:05:53,719

like Cousin's Deli, I think they say.

:

01:05:53,719 --> 01:05:54,859

It's super hard to get into.

:

01:05:54,919 --> 01:05:55,009

Yeah.

:

01:05:55,069 --> 01:05:57,589

There's not a lot of restaurants

in wi where you can't get into.

:

01:05:57,589 --> 01:05:57,889

Right.

:

01:05:57,919 --> 01:06:00,979

I wish we had somewhere like, like

it was like New York or like, you

:

01:06:00,979 --> 01:06:02,629

know, like Miami or like Cali.

:

01:06:02,629 --> 01:06:04,999

It was like, yeah, you can't get in that

restaurant unless she knows three miles.

:

01:06:05,029 --> 01:06:06,499

We should have a restaurant like that.

:

01:06:06,619 --> 01:06:07,609

Why don't we have one?

:

01:06:07,609 --> 01:06:07,639

I

:

01:06:07,640 --> 01:06:09,109

All: mean, we are getting there.

:

01:06:09,199 --> 01:06:09,499

Austin: Yeah.

:

01:06:09,499 --> 01:06:10,788

Like, like Olive, Vero.

:

01:06:10,849 --> 01:06:11,779

Yes, it is getting up there.

:

01:06:11,869 --> 01:06:12,079

Right.

:

01:06:12,079 --> 01:06:12,288

Yeah.

:

01:06:12,499 --> 01:06:15,049

It definitely got put on the, like

that's definitely, I don't think

:

01:06:15,049 --> 01:06:17,479

it's like the best restaurant

in Wilmington, but it is good.

:

01:06:17,479 --> 01:06:18,319

And they are consistent.

:

01:06:18,319 --> 01:06:18,769

I agree.

:

01:06:18,829 --> 01:06:19,189

Yes.

:

01:06:19,579 --> 01:06:22,999

All: And I think that's

what makes it up there.

:

01:06:23,059 --> 01:06:25,879

boys: Was it you, someone sent

me something on Instagram?

:

01:06:26,374 --> 01:06:30,515

And it was a guy, I think it was

in France, and he was just looking

:

01:06:30,515 --> 01:06:32,075

for a job and he found a job.

:

01:06:32,075 --> 01:06:35,794

It was a sketchy job and it

was just putting reviews on

:

01:06:35,794 --> 01:06:37,009

different restaurants and stuff.

:

01:06:37,009 --> 01:06:37,970

It was not me, but I love that.

:

01:06:38,194 --> 01:06:41,163

And like you just, he got paid

just for putting reviews on

:

01:06:41,163 --> 01:06:42,245

restaurants he'd never been to.

:

01:06:42,634 --> 01:06:43,865

So he like fake reviews?

:

01:06:43,865 --> 01:06:45,785

Fake review reviews, yeah.

:

01:06:45,785 --> 01:06:45,795

Yeah.

:

01:06:45,904 --> 01:06:50,464

And um, so he opened his own

restaurant and named his like,

:

01:06:50,464 --> 01:06:51,694

backyard This restaurant?

:

01:06:51,694 --> 01:06:52,444

Yes.

:

01:06:52,479 --> 01:06:52,769

Okay.

:

01:06:52,769 --> 01:06:57,185

And he became the most popular,

or like best restaurant in

:

01:06:57,454 --> 01:06:58,805

whatever town he was from.

:

01:06:59,374 --> 01:07:00,815

But no one had ever been there.

:

01:07:00,815 --> 01:07:02,225

He had never had food out of it.

:

01:07:02,254 --> 01:07:04,744

And he just went, he just

made a fake restaurant.

:

01:07:04,775 --> 01:07:05,015

Yeah.

:

01:07:05,015 --> 01:07:07,444

And he ranked so high and

everything 'cause of all these fake

:

01:07:07,444 --> 01:07:08,765

reviews that were coming pouring.

:

01:07:09,095 --> 01:07:09,154

Wow.

:

01:07:09,154 --> 01:07:12,244

And, and anytime the phone

rang for it, um, the person on

:

01:07:12,334 --> 01:07:13,805

like, we're way too packed out.

:

01:07:13,805 --> 01:07:15,004

You can't make a reservation.

:

01:07:15,004 --> 01:07:16,744

It's like, well what about next year?

:

01:07:16,864 --> 01:07:19,355

And they're like, I mean,

maybe two or three years out,

:

01:07:19,384 --> 01:07:20,555

well go get your reservation.

:

01:07:20,555 --> 01:07:21,515

See, got they

:

01:07:21,515 --> 01:07:23,014

Austin: got smart, but he

should it to the next step and

:

01:07:23,014 --> 01:07:24,064

actually opened a restaurant.

:

01:07:24,064 --> 01:07:24,334

So he

:

01:07:24,335 --> 01:07:27,964

boys: did do it for one day and it

was just all, um, microwave meals.

:

01:07:28,174 --> 01:07:31,534

And these people were like, oh my

gosh, this, this like a YouTube

:

01:07:31,535 --> 01:07:32,264

Austin: Was this like

a YouTube, like, like,

:

01:07:32,759 --> 01:07:35,315

All: I'm gonna have, it was a

video was like a full video.

:

01:07:35,555 --> 01:07:36,815

'cause like he hyped it up like our Mr.

:

01:07:36,815 --> 01:07:37,444

Beast kind of video.

:

01:07:37,444 --> 01:07:38,345

Like, I'm gonna do this.

:

01:07:38,345 --> 01:07:38,855

And Yeah.

:

01:07:38,913 --> 01:07:41,163

And people showed up and they

were like, this is amazing.

:

01:07:41,163 --> 01:07:44,824

And they're, they're like,

bro, this is Lean Cuisine.

:

01:07:44,829 --> 01:07:45,038

Yeah.

:

01:07:46,359 --> 01:07:47,254

Ling Cuisine be hitting them.

:

01:07:48,275 --> 01:07:48,574

Oh man.

:

01:07:48,663 --> 01:07:49,324

Austin: No, that's hilarious.

:

01:07:49,324 --> 01:07:50,344

I mean, that's, that's the power.

:

01:07:50,344 --> 01:07:53,284

I'm surprised Google didn't like,

like flag in for like fake reviews.

:

01:07:53,284 --> 01:07:54,663

It was like Yelp or something.

:

01:07:54,694 --> 01:07:55,054

Okay.

:

01:07:55,054 --> 01:07:55,294

So it was

:

01:07:55,295 --> 01:07:58,413

boys: something like

Definitely not one of the big

:

01:07:58,504 --> 01:07:58,654

Austin: players.

:

01:07:58,654 --> 01:08:00,184

Oh, old people use, yeah.

:

01:08:00,469 --> 01:08:01,594

Have you guys done after this?

:

01:08:01,594 --> 01:08:03,694

This last podcast Got one more.

:

01:08:04,144 --> 01:08:04,594

Damn.

:

01:08:04,744 --> 01:08:05,884

So we gotta wrap this thing up.

:

01:08:06,064 --> 01:08:06,584

Yeah, yeah.

:

01:08:07,114 --> 01:08:07,474

Oh yeah.

:

01:08:07,474 --> 01:08:08,913

But you know, it's been a thing.

:

01:08:08,949 --> 01:08:09,239

Yeah.

:

01:08:09,559 --> 01:08:10,239

I appreciate it guys.

:

01:08:10,239 --> 01:08:10,564

I can't, I can't

:

01:08:10,564 --> 01:08:13,234

All: wait to figure out what's

your favorite chicken tender?

:

01:08:14,584 --> 01:08:15,994

We'll, we'll ask it on the next one.

:

01:08:15,994 --> 01:08:16,624

Yeah, we need to figure

:

01:08:16,625 --> 01:08:16,984

Austin: that out.

:

01:08:16,984 --> 01:08:17,999

How I, I like chicken tenderers.

:

01:08:18,184 --> 01:08:19,444

I just don't eat 'em all the time.

:

01:08:20,493 --> 01:08:21,154

All: You're missing out.

:

01:08:22,113 --> 01:08:23,493

Fries is another one.

:

01:08:23,499 --> 01:08:23,799

Mm-hmm.

:

01:08:23,879 --> 01:08:24,679

That's another one too.

:

01:08:24,679 --> 01:08:26,823

Can we do, that's an easy one to do.

:

01:08:26,823 --> 01:08:28,038

Like here's like five

chicken tenderers fries.

:

01:08:28,044 --> 01:08:28,533

Here's like three

:

01:08:28,535 --> 01:08:29,314

Austin: or four fries.

:

01:08:29,493 --> 01:08:31,533

You guys what you should do too,

you can do like the, uh, like put a

:

01:08:31,533 --> 01:08:34,863

blindfold and get a guess and like,

or like you guys do it to each other.

:

01:08:34,863 --> 01:08:37,323

Like be like, yo guesses and, you know,

:

01:08:37,384 --> 01:08:37,624

All: so

:

01:08:37,625 --> 01:08:38,493

Austin: Zeke Smash

:

01:08:38,495 --> 01:08:38,613

All: has

:

01:08:38,615 --> 01:08:38,854

Austin: some

:

01:08:38,854 --> 01:08:39,214

All: really

:

01:08:39,214 --> 01:08:39,394

Austin: good

:

01:08:39,394 --> 01:08:39,964

All: fries.

:

01:08:40,294 --> 01:08:40,684

Austin: Where's Zeke

:

01:08:40,684 --> 01:08:41,193

All: Smash?

:

01:08:41,224 --> 01:08:42,544

It's um, in the cargo district.

:

01:08:42,544 --> 01:08:43,354

Is that Zeke's food?

:

01:08:43,354 --> 01:08:44,913

Like the Zeke's from Oh, that place?

:

01:08:44,913 --> 01:08:45,814

No different place.

:

01:08:46,084 --> 01:08:47,493

There's a healthy Oh, the new place.

:

01:08:47,493 --> 01:08:48,154

Zeke Smash.

:

01:08:48,154 --> 01:08:48,573

Yeah.

:

01:08:48,573 --> 01:08:48,584

Yeah.

:

01:08:48,584 --> 01:08:48,754

I forgot.

:

01:08:48,754 --> 01:08:51,363

Then there's a Zeke smash,

which like smash burgers.

:

01:08:51,769 --> 01:08:54,649

Um, C Zeke's is like AC see

bowls or something like that.

:

01:08:54,649 --> 01:08:56,929

Yeah, I say bowls, tuna,

poquet, all that good stuff.

:

01:08:56,929 --> 01:08:57,259

Yes.

:

01:08:57,264 --> 01:08:57,413

Mm-hmm.

:

01:08:57,419 --> 01:08:57,828

Yeah.

:

01:08:57,859 --> 01:08:59,839

But the other joint is

just smash orange cha zeq

:

01:08:59,840 --> 01:09:00,259

Austin: smashed.

:

01:09:00,259 --> 01:09:00,799

I heard it's good.

:

01:09:00,799 --> 01:09:01,038

Yeah,

:

01:09:01,099 --> 01:09:05,959

All: their fries taste, they kind of

remind me like PTs, but not as like

:

01:09:05,964 --> 01:09:07,759

Yeah, PTs is too salty sometimes.

:

01:09:07,759 --> 01:09:08,189

Yeah, yeah.

:

01:09:08,269 --> 01:09:09,109

No, they definitely are.

:

01:09:09,139 --> 01:09:10,788

But I'm excited.

:

01:09:10,969 --> 01:09:11,238

Yeah.

:

01:09:11,238 --> 01:09:11,693

I'm gonna have a burger.

:

01:09:11,693 --> 01:09:12,094

Let's get down.

:

01:09:12,094 --> 01:09:13,038

I'm ready for that burger review,

:

01:09:13,488 --> 01:09:13,729

Austin: right?

:

01:09:13,729 --> 01:09:14,359

Yeah.

:

01:09:14,359 --> 01:09:14,959

Do it now.

:

01:09:14,988 --> 01:09:15,259

Let's go.

:

01:09:15,318 --> 01:09:15,709

Alright boss.

:

01:09:15,979 --> 01:09:16,788

Thanks for coming on.

:

01:09:16,788 --> 01:09:17,029

Yeah man.

:

01:09:17,029 --> 01:09:17,599

Appreciate you guys.

:

01:09:18,109 --> 01:09:18,288

Thanks.

:

01:09:18,828 --> 01:09:19,219

Appreciate it.

:

01:09:19,399 --> 01:09:19,818

boys: Cheers.

:

01:09:19,818 --> 01:09:19,828

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