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Alex: I'm Alex Dick. I am the Logistics Manager here at Linus Media Group. 2 00:00:04.104 --> 00:00:06.940 Sammy: Before we start you have to give us two truths and a lie. 3 00:00:06.940 --> 00:00:08.908 Alex: I was born and raised in Texas. 4 00:00:09.142 --> 00:00:14.981 Alex: I have two children, and my favorite place to vacation is Disneyland. 5 00:00:14.981 --> 00:00:16.016 Sammy: Wait, oh my god wait. 6 00:00:16.950 --> 00:00:17.851 Sammy: I thought I knew. 7 00:00:18.351 --> 00:00:19.486 Sammy: Who is Alex Dick? 8 00:00:19.586 --> 00:00:23.323 Alex: Alex Dick, 6'2", 300 pounds, not all muscle. 9 00:00:23.323 --> 00:00:24.457 Alex: Alex Dick, 6'2", 300 pounds, not all muscle. 10 00:00:24.491 --> 00:00:25.592 Alex: I have some children. 11 00:00:26.159 --> 00:00:26.893 Sammy: Some, wow. 12 00:00:26.893 --> 00:00:27.394 Alex: Some. 13 00:00:28.995 --> 00:00:32.599 Alex: I have two cats and a dog; he's a little corgi, he's very cute. 14 00:00:32.699 --> 00:00:34.300 Sammy: So you have four pets? 15 00:00:34.401 --> 00:00:35.735 Alex: I have three pets. 16 00:00:35.869 --> 00:00:38.671 Sammy: That's a lot of small beings in your house. 17 00:00:38.671 --> 00:00:43.243 Alex: Plus the number of children; who knows how many there are. 18 00:00:43.243 --> 00:00:45.278 Sammy: It could be 100, it could be 10... 19 00:00:45.412 --> 00:00:49.649 Alex: Sometimes, yeah, there are many. 20 00:00:49.649 --> 00:00:50.683 Sammy: How old are your pets? 21 00:00:50.683 --> 00:00:51.918 Alex: My pets, oh the cats are like, oh hod, 7, 8? Roughly, I think. 22 00:00:51.918 --> 00:00:53.987 Alex: My pets, oh the cats are like, oh hod, 7, 8? Roughly, I think. 23 00:00:53.987 --> 00:00:54.888 Alex: They're pretty old. 24 00:00:55.088 --> 00:00:55.488 Sammy: Yeah. 25 00:00:56.089 --> 00:00:59.459 Alex: Corgi is, he is coming up on two. 26 00:00:59.492 --> 00:01:00.326 Sammy: Oh, that's new. 27 00:01:00.326 --> 00:01:00.960 Alex: Yeah, he's new. 28 00:01:01.127 --> 00:01:03.296 Sammy: Did you have the corgi during your AMD upgrade? 29 00:01:03.329 --> 00:01:03.730 Alex: I didn't. 30 00:01:03.730 --> 00:01:04.064 Sammy: Oh. 31 00:01:04.064 --> 00:01:04.564 Alex: No, actually I did. 32 00:01:04.564 --> 00:01:04.798 Sammy: Oh. 33 00:01:04.798 --> 00:01:09.269 Alex: I did, he was just a puppy; but we sent him off because he'd be too distracting. 34 00:01:09.269 --> 00:01:13.506 Sammy: So what does the logistics manager entail in the day to day at Linus Media Group? 35 00:01:13.540 --> 00:01:17.110 Alex: Well, I run the logistics department, obviously. 36 00:01:17.143 --> 00:01:21.147 Alex: We manage the inventory, we take care of all the building maintenance. 37 00:01:21.181 --> 00:01:24.150 Alex: I deal with all the building contractors, 38 00:01:24.150 --> 00:01:29.322 and if we're building things like the Scrapyard Wars rooms 39 00:01:29.322 --> 00:01:32.625 I deal with the contractors that are doing those, so I source them. 40 00:01:32.625 --> 00:01:34.394 We get quotes, all that kind of junk. 41 00:01:34.461 --> 00:01:38.531 If writers need help on sets, if people need things moved; 42 00:01:38.531 --> 00:01:41.167 we're there to support the entire company, essentially. 43 00:01:41.167 --> 00:01:44.804 So whatever needs to get done that doesn't have 44 00:01:44.838 --> 00:01:50.777 like a definite home or like definite owner, that's what we take care of. 45 00:01:51.678 --> 00:01:52.679 Sammy: That's a good answer. 46 00:01:53.313 --> 00:01:55.181 Sammy: Or like for example, moving the fire truck. 47 00:01:55.181 --> 00:01:56.749 Alex: Oh yeah, exactly. 48 00:01:56.749 --> 00:01:59.018 Sammy: You are the only one that has a license to drive it, right? 49 00:01:59.018 --> 00:02:00.487 Alex: Technically, no, not yet. 50 00:02:01.020 --> 00:02:04.891 Alex: But we found out that all we need is the air brake endorsement, 51 00:02:04.891 --> 00:02:06.426 so I'm going for that very soon. 52 00:02:06.426 --> 00:02:08.728 Sammy: So all the footage of you driving it does not exist? 53 00:02:08.828 --> 00:02:09.729 Alex: I mean, yes. 54 00:02:10.497 --> 00:02:12.432 Sammy: So if you guys see it, it's all AI. 55 00:02:12.532 --> 00:02:13.199 Alex: Yeah, yeah. 56 00:02:13.299 --> 00:02:14.901 Sammy: What's the difference between like 57 00:02:14.901 --> 00:02:17.303 person who works at logistics and a logistics manager? 58 00:02:17.303 --> 00:02:18.972 Sammy: Do you just like make sure all like the big picture stuff is done 59 00:02:18.972 --> 00:02:20.039 Sammy: Do you just like make sure all like the big picture stuff is done 60 00:02:20.039 --> 00:02:20.974 or like do you like-? 61 00:02:20.974 --> 00:02:24.878 Alex: Yeah, yeah; so I have like bigger projects that I work on, 62 00:02:24.878 --> 00:02:30.250 and then I help pick up slack and help out when help is needed. 63 00:02:30.250 --> 00:02:32.385 Alex: If Brad is doing training or Brad is off, 64 00:02:32.385 --> 00:02:36.322 I will help deal with the shipping and receiving that we get. 65 00:02:36.322 --> 00:02:40.360 I help Ryan do returns and break down PCs when he needs help. 66 00:02:40.393 --> 00:02:46.032 I'm there to help the team while working on my bigger picture items. 67 00:02:46.065 --> 00:02:48.234 Sammy: So then how long have you been at the company? 68 00:02:48.234 --> 00:02:49.769 Alex: four years in November. 69 00:02:49.769 --> 00:02:51.004 Sammy: Wow, four years. 70 00:02:51.771 --> 00:02:52.305 Alex: Yeah. 71 00:02:52.438 --> 00:02:53.439 Alex: Time flies, man. 72 00:02:53.473 --> 00:02:55.408 Sammy: Oh, wow; you started a year after, right after me. 73 00:02:55.408 --> 00:02:57.777 Sammy: I started in November 2022. 74 00:02:57.777 --> 00:02:58.278 Alex: Okay. 75 00:02:58.411 --> 00:02:58.811 Sammy: Yeah. 76 00:02:58.811 --> 00:03:00.513 Alex: Does it feel like it's almost been three years? 77 00:03:00.547 --> 00:03:00.980 Sammy: No. 78 00:03:01.748 --> 00:03:03.883 Sammy: Feels like it's only been a year, every time. 79 00:03:04.017 --> 00:03:04.884 Alex: Dude, it's nuts. 80 00:03:04.884 --> 00:03:08.655 Alex: I'll go and I'll watch YouTube and I will see videos that we've done; 81 00:03:08.655 --> 00:03:09.088 and I'm like, that was like three months ago. 82 00:03:09.088 --> 00:03:11.257 and I'm like, that was like three months ago. 83 00:03:11.324 --> 00:03:12.725 Alex: Like it feels like it was last month. 84 00:03:13.826 --> 00:03:14.527 Sammy: Yeah. 85 00:03:14.527 --> 00:03:16.963 Sammy: I guess for you it's a lot different because you probably like have- 86 00:03:16.963 --> 00:03:19.966 Sammy: You manage like probably like the items 87 00:03:20.099 --> 00:03:23.603 and like you do help projects throughout the entire time. 88 00:03:23.736 --> 00:03:26.139 Sammy: And that probably takes like months on end, right? 89 00:03:26.139 --> 00:03:31.945 Alex: Like we help with like the writing projects, but a lot of it is like last minute help. 90 00:03:31.945 --> 00:03:38.151 so for like the firetruck stuff, it wasn't really last minute but you know, 91 00:03:38.151 --> 00:03:40.119 we helped build the unboxing crate, 92 00:03:40.119 --> 00:03:41.054 The fire pole 93 00:03:41.054 --> 00:03:43.289 and those were just like David came to me and was like, hey, I need this. 94 00:03:43.289 --> 00:03:43.957 and those were just like David came to me and was like, hey, I need this. 95 00:03:43.990 --> 00:03:45.124 Alex: And then we just figured it out. 96 00:03:45.124 --> 00:03:46.559 Sammy: What hobbies are you interested in? 97 00:03:46.693 --> 00:03:49.696 Alex: I mean like everybody here I play video games. 98 00:03:49.729 --> 00:03:50.063 Sammy: Mmhmm. 99 00:03:50.496 --> 00:03:54.267 Alex: Not super intensely because I have children and my time is limited. 100 00:03:55.401 --> 00:03:56.836 Sammy: The some amount of children, yes. 101 00:03:56.970 --> 00:03:57.437 Alex: Yes. 102 00:03:58.738 --> 00:04:00.707 Alex: I like to ride motorcycles. 103 00:04:00.707 --> 00:04:02.742 Alex: But I don't like riding motorcycles on the road. 104 00:04:02.775 --> 00:04:04.043 Alex: I should have bought a dirt bike, 105 00:04:04.344 --> 00:04:06.913 Alex: because I only like riding forest service roads. 106 00:04:06.913 --> 00:04:09.449 Alex: It's peaceful, I don't have to deal with other drivers. 107 00:04:09.449 --> 00:04:09.849 Sammy: Yeah. 108 00:04:09.949 --> 00:04:10.650 Alex: It's nice, I do that basically every weekend now. 109 00:04:10.650 --> 00:04:12.285 Alex: It's nice, I do that basically every weekend now. 110 00:04:13.019 --> 00:04:14.187 Alex: Now that the weather's nice. 111 00:04:14.354 --> 00:04:16.422 Alex: Other than that, I like gardening; 112 00:04:16.522 --> 00:04:19.158 Alex: built a fountain in my backyard, it's beautiful. 113 00:04:19.192 --> 00:04:20.226 Alex: I'm really happy about it. 114 00:04:20.226 --> 00:04:21.527 Sammy: What's your top three games? 115 00:04:21.694 --> 00:04:22.929 Alex: My top three games? 116 00:04:22.929 --> 00:04:23.930 Sammy: Yeah, of all time. 117 00:04:23.930 --> 00:04:24.897 Alex: Of all time? 118 00:04:25.031 --> 00:04:27.567 Sammy: Yeah, we'll do all time and what you're playing currently. 119 00:04:27.667 --> 00:04:29.969 Alex: All time; Factorio, World of Warcraft; 120 00:04:30.103 --> 00:04:30.603 Sammy: Classic. 121 00:04:30.603 --> 00:04:32.939 Alex: and probably Ocarina of Time. 122 00:04:32.972 --> 00:04:33.740 Sammy: Another classic. 123 00:04:33.740 --> 00:04:34.040 Alex: Yeah. 124 00:04:34.140 --> 00:04:38.611 Alex: Oh God; see, that's tough because it's either Ocarina of Time or Banjo Kazooie. 125 00:04:38.611 --> 00:04:39.545 Alex: One of those two. 126 00:04:39.579 --> 00:04:40.446 Alex: They can both be there. 127 00:04:41.047 --> 00:04:42.282 Sammy: What about what you're currently playing? 128 00:04:42.382 --> 00:04:46.319 Alex: Bought Tears of the Kingdom a long time ago when it first came out, I never played it. 129 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:50.456 Alex: So I'm just replaying, or I'm not replaying; I'm playing through it for the first time. 130 00:04:50.490 --> 00:04:52.258 Alex: That's, that's about it. 131 00:04:52.292 --> 00:04:54.560 Alex: I can only really handle one game at a time. 132 00:04:54.694 --> 00:04:56.162 Alex: because I don't have much time. 133 00:04:56.162 --> 00:04:57.130 Sammy: Because of the sum kids. 134 00:04:57.463 --> 00:04:58.564 Alex: Because of the sum kids. 135 00:04:59.299 --> 00:05:01.868 Alex: What made you interested in the logistics manager role? 136 00:05:01.868 --> 00:05:03.703 Sammy: Did you start as a manager or did you start as? 137 00:05:03.870 --> 00:05:09.976 Alex: So I applied and interviewed technically for both the logistics coordinator 138 00:05:10.009 --> 00:05:11.577 and the logistics manager role. 139 00:05:11.577 --> 00:05:12.445 Sammy: Ooh, okay. 140 00:05:13.379 --> 00:05:17.717 Alex: But at the time I was a supervisor at the mall down the street doing like, 141 00:05:17.717 --> 00:05:20.753 I know it's kind of weird to say, but roughly the same... 142 00:05:20.887 --> 00:05:22.922 The job requirements for logistics manager 143 00:05:22.955 --> 00:05:24.957 matched up with what I was currently doing at the mall. 144 00:05:24.991 --> 00:05:29.028 They wanted somebody that was more into like building maintenance, 145 00:05:29.062 --> 00:05:32.498 because we were expanding and we had multiple buildings. 146 00:05:32.498 --> 00:05:37.503 So I had those skills, but then I also had like computer skills, 147 00:05:38.571 --> 00:05:40.006 and like building and all that kind of junk. 148 00:05:40.006 --> 00:05:41.407 Sammy: So then how's working at LMG then? 149 00:05:41.407 --> 00:05:42.308 Alex: I love it. 150 00:05:42.308 --> 00:05:47.180 Alex: It's, it's like, it's a unique job where I get to do a whole bunch of different things. 151 00:05:47.180 --> 00:05:51.617 Alex: Like, I would say like no; no day, no two days are like the same. 152 00:05:52.051 --> 00:05:55.021 Alex: And then the people that I work with are phenomenal. 153 00:05:55.755 --> 00:05:57.323 Alex: So it's good. 154 00:05:57.423 --> 00:05:58.758 Sammy: If no two days are the same, 155 00:05:58.758 --> 00:06:02.295 then what do you think is the weirdest day you've had at LMG? 156 00:06:02.395 --> 00:06:04.063 Alex: The weirdest day I had? 157 00:06:04.097 --> 00:06:08.034 Alex: Oh man; it was probably when I spent like three hours sitting in a bush, 158 00:06:08.301 --> 00:06:10.570 pulling the fiber line with Linus and them. 159 00:06:11.304 --> 00:06:13.373 Alex: It's probably the weirdest day I've had. 160 00:06:13.406 --> 00:06:17.310 Alex: But yeah, I just sat on a corner and I just fed wire as they were pulling it. 161 00:06:18.845 --> 00:06:22.081 Alex: And I just sat there; I just, I sat there for like two to three hours. 162 00:06:22.081 --> 00:06:23.516 Sammy: That's a great day. 163 00:06:25.118 --> 00:06:26.386 Sammy: It's like, I'm getting paid for this? 164 00:06:29.155 --> 00:06:30.556 Sammy: What do you think is the most fun day then? 165 00:06:30.656 --> 00:06:32.992 Sammy: Because I feel like you do a lot of, 166 00:06:33.025 --> 00:06:37.196 you basically have like a hand on basically every project that we have at the company. 167 00:06:37.230 --> 00:06:37.530 Alex: Yeah. 168 00:06:37.563 --> 00:06:39.232 Sammy: Whether it's like a super like hands-on 169 00:06:39.265 --> 00:06:42.668 or like maybe just like, you're just helping get, make sure the items are arriving. 170 00:06:42.702 --> 00:06:43.202 Alex: Yeah. 171 00:06:43.202 --> 00:06:47.240 Sammy: What do you think is the coolest project, I guess, you have to work on? 172 00:06:47.273 --> 00:06:50.276 Alex: I love doing the April Fools every year. 173 00:06:50.276 --> 00:06:52.378 Alex: It's always like really involved, 174 00:06:52.378 --> 00:06:54.714 and there's a lot of things for logistics to help out with. 175 00:06:54.714 --> 00:06:57.517 Alex: And they're all like crazy in their own way. 176 00:06:57.650 --> 00:07:01.621 Alex: Like I said, I had to figure out how to install a fire pole. 177 00:07:01.621 --> 00:07:05.958 Alex: Like a normal fire pole costs thousands of dollars; so we just did a makeshift one. 178 00:07:05.958 --> 00:07:07.660 Alex: And then we had to build a giant crate; 179 00:07:07.693 --> 00:07:11.297 last year, moving the entire company out; that was a trip. 180 00:07:11.297 --> 00:07:11.330 Sammy: Yeah. 181 00:07:11.330 --> 00:07:14.100 Alex: Yeah, I don't know; and then like the year before the potato farmer one, 182 00:07:14.100 --> 00:07:17.103 just sourcing all those props for them was interesting. 183 00:07:17.103 --> 00:07:17.670 just sourcing all those props for them was interesting. 184 00:07:17.670 --> 00:07:21.240 I got to go to a couple of the farms that they shot at, it was fun. 185 00:07:21.374 --> 00:07:23.643 Sammy: What do you think is your favorite April Fools then? 186 00:07:23.676 --> 00:07:27.647 Alex: My favorite? I think the move. 187 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:30.483 Alex: The fire truck was really funny and cool, 188 00:07:30.483 --> 00:07:34.153 but also comes with like its own like headaches for me. 189 00:07:34.187 --> 00:07:38.458 But the move was really stupid, but really fun. 190 00:07:38.591 --> 00:07:39.725 Sammy: So that's the coolest project; 191 00:07:39.725 --> 00:07:42.261 but what do you think is the hardest part of your job then? 192 00:07:42.395 --> 00:07:43.796 Alex: I'd say probably pivoting. 193 00:07:43.796 --> 00:07:47.934 Alex: Well, I can't really give specifics for what just happened, 194 00:07:47.934 --> 00:07:51.671 but had a project that I've been working on for three to four months; 195 00:07:51.671 --> 00:07:55.575 and now that's been kind of thrown out the window and we're going in a different direction. 196 00:07:55.608 --> 00:08:01.981 Alex: So it's like all this work that I put in for this certain thing is just kind of like, 197 00:08:02.014 --> 00:08:05.518 you know, I have to just forget about it and go in a different direction now. 198 00:08:06.385 --> 00:08:08.921 Alex: Which is frustrating; but, you know. 199 00:08:09.455 --> 00:08:09.922 Sammy: It is what it is. 200 00:08:09.922 --> 00:08:10.990 Alex: It is what it is, exactly. 201 00:08:10.990 --> 00:08:14.894 Sammy: So then how did you I guess get into the logistics skill? 202 00:08:15.328 --> 00:08:17.530 Because it's, I don't think it's a- Like can you learn it 203 00:08:17.530 --> 00:08:21.634 or is it just something you just have in the like, built in your body? 204 00:08:21.667 --> 00:08:25.605 Alex: I don't, I don't know if there's like a logistics skill. 205 00:08:25.605 --> 00:08:29.542 I'm just good at like figuring things out and like troubleshooting. 206 00:08:29.775 --> 00:08:32.111 If somebody comes to me and is like, hey this is my problem 207 00:08:32.111 --> 00:08:33.412 I'll figure out how to fix it. 208 00:08:34.247 --> 00:08:37.783 I mean that's probably like half of my job. 209 00:08:37.850 --> 00:08:40.887 It's just trying to fix problems. 210 00:08:42.388 --> 00:08:45.725 And that's kind of what I've done my entire working career. 211 00:08:46.259 --> 00:08:49.996 Sammy: Do you think you need to have like crafting skills to be a logistics person? 212 00:08:50.029 --> 00:08:52.832 Sammy: Because every time I see logistics people like helping out 213 00:08:52.832 --> 00:08:55.234 it's like crafting related; I'm just like, oh, that's interesting. 214 00:08:55.234 --> 00:08:57.670 Alex: I think it's, I think it's handy to have. 215 00:08:57.670 --> 00:08:58.638 Alex: That's for sure. 216 00:09:00.239 --> 00:09:04.410 Alex: Not all the boys in logistics have like, any like building skills. 217 00:09:05.745 --> 00:09:09.982 Alex: But it's definitely handy to have when they ask us to build, you know, 218 00:09:10.016 --> 00:09:14.420 Alex: a wall so that they can mount an arcade machine; that kind of junk. 219 00:09:14.487 --> 00:09:18.624 Sammy: You kind of touched on it briefly, but what were your jobs prior to LMG? 220 00:09:18.691 --> 00:09:20.593 Alex: Prior to LMG, I worked at the mall. 221 00:09:20.593 --> 00:09:22.261 I was the operations supervisor there. 222 00:09:22.261 --> 00:09:26.065 So we took care of like all of the maintenance for all the tenants 223 00:09:26.098 --> 00:09:31.470 and the grounds, and managed all those like contracts and all that junk. 224 00:09:31.470 --> 00:09:37.410 And then prior to that, I worked at Ice Rinks; I drove Zamboni for six years. 225 00:09:37.910 --> 00:09:38.611 Sammy: Zamboni? 226 00:09:38.611 --> 00:09:40.546 Alex: Yeah, I drove Zamboni for six years. 227 00:09:42.148 --> 00:09:42.815 Sammy: That's cool. 228 00:09:42.815 --> 00:09:44.150 Alex: It was like the Canadian dream. 229 00:09:45.585 --> 00:09:48.688 Sammy: I do have a secret question that's just tailored for you. 230 00:09:48.854 --> 00:09:49.355 Alex: Okay. 231 00:09:49.455 --> 00:09:52.458 Sammy: Say that I want to work in logistics. 232 00:09:52.458 --> 00:09:54.460 what do you think the steps are, I guess? 233 00:09:54.460 --> 00:09:56.529 Alex: The steps to work in logistics? 234 00:09:56.562 --> 00:10:00.666 Sammy: As a manager, you've probably seen you know hundreds of applicants. 235 00:10:02.068 --> 00:10:07.306 What do you think are like the key traits to work like logistics in general, I guess? 236 00:10:07.707 --> 00:10:08.307 Alex: Umm... 237 00:10:08.307 --> 00:10:10.676 Sammy: Because like you know, obviously I think our company is very unique. 238 00:10:10.676 --> 00:10:15.848 Sammy: Where a job, like a job listing isn't like your normal job listing. 239 00:10:15.848 --> 00:10:16.716 Alex: Yeah, for sure. 240 00:10:16.716 --> 00:10:19.785 Sammy: But like, a standard logistics like person. 241 00:10:19.819 --> 00:10:26.626 Alex: Yeah, I think that you should probably have good knowledge of computers, 242 00:10:26.626 --> 00:10:28.260 like old and new hardware. 243 00:10:29.128 --> 00:10:32.198 Sammy: Like, for any logistics? Or...? 244 00:10:32.231 --> 00:10:34.600 Alex: I wouldn't say everybody needs to have it; 245 00:10:34.667 --> 00:10:37.737 but like if I were to hire right now, that's what I'd be looking for. 246 00:10:37.770 --> 00:10:46.612 So somebody that has you know, a deep knowledge of like hardware, old and new. 247 00:10:46.612 --> 00:10:50.583 Particularly old because it's really useful. 248 00:10:50.983 --> 00:10:57.590 Some building skills, any sort of building maintenance skills right now. 249 00:10:58.457 --> 00:11:05.931 And just being organized and you know, willing to see things through. 250 00:11:05.931 --> 00:11:09.301 And you know, having a sense of humor and being easygoing 251 00:11:09.301 --> 00:11:12.038 and being enthusiastic about the job. 252 00:11:12.038 --> 00:11:14.240 Even though sometimes you got to you know, 253 00:11:14.273 --> 00:11:18.511 there's some not so pleasant things that we have to do. 254 00:11:20.680 --> 00:11:21.580 Like clean up pee-pee. 255 00:11:21.580 --> 00:11:22.114 Sammy: World class. 256 00:11:22.248 --> 00:11:23.115 Alex: World class. 257 00:11:23.549 --> 00:11:25.751 Alex: So I mean, if you're willing to do all those things 258 00:11:25.751 --> 00:11:28.521 and you have the knowledge, that's what I'm looking for. 259 00:11:28.554 --> 00:11:30.790 Sammy: What about general logistics? 260 00:11:30.790 --> 00:11:31.757 Sammy: Say that, like- 261 00:11:31.757 --> 00:11:35.661 Alex: General logistics? If you have you know, 262 00:11:35.661 --> 00:11:38.864 if you're, you've got computer knowledge still; 263 00:11:39.598 --> 00:11:41.834 Alex: it's you know, you kind of need to have it here. 264 00:11:42.001 --> 00:11:44.370 Alex: People are going to come down and ask you for certain parts. 265 00:11:44.370 --> 00:11:47.106 Sammy: Oh no, I mean like say that I'm going to work in a mall 266 00:11:47.106 --> 00:11:48.340 and they need a logistics person. 267 00:11:48.340 --> 00:11:55.648 Alex: Oh, oh, okay; so logistics is not a good word for it. 268 00:11:55.648 --> 00:11:59.785 Because when you think of logistics you think of shipping, receiving, 269 00:11:59.785 --> 00:12:04.824 like, like dealing with customs, all that kind of junk. 270 00:12:05.157 --> 00:12:07.860 Which is kind of what we do sometimes, 271 00:12:07.860 --> 00:12:10.262 but it's not you know, a huge, huge part; 272 00:12:10.262 --> 00:12:12.531 I mean it is a big part of one person's job. 273 00:12:12.565 --> 00:12:15.568 But I was operations over there; 274 00:12:15.601 --> 00:12:20.740 so operations is just you know, you know maintenance knowledge. 275 00:12:20.740 --> 00:12:23.876 Being handy, being able to fix things without calling out contractors, 276 00:12:23.909 --> 00:12:30.015 being able to diagnose things before you call out contractors to save time. 277 00:12:30.116 --> 00:12:32.485 That's super handy. 278 00:12:32.585 --> 00:12:36.222 So having mechanical skills, not necessarily for this job; 279 00:12:36.222 --> 00:12:38.991 but you know, for operations jobs. 280 00:12:39.625 --> 00:12:40.760 Sammy: So then to wrap things up, 281 00:12:40.793 --> 00:12:43.329 we're going to ask you for your two truths and a lie again, 282 00:12:43.329 --> 00:12:44.830 and then you can tell us which one's the lie. 283 00:12:44.830 --> 00:12:46.699 And I'm going to also guess before you tell us the answer. 284 00:12:46.699 --> 00:12:48.467 Alex: Okay, I was born and raised in Texas. 285 00:12:48.501 --> 00:12:49.034 Sammy: Okay. 286 00:12:49.802 --> 00:12:56.175 Alex: I have two children, and my favorite place to vacation is Disneyland. 287 00:12:56.175 --> 00:13:00.346 Sammy: Okay, I think it's the three kids. 288 00:13:00.846 --> 00:13:01.747 Alex: I said two kids. 289 00:13:01.747 --> 00:13:02.314 Sammy: Two kids. 290 00:13:02.882 --> 00:13:04.416 Alex: You think, you think it was two kids? 291 00:13:04.517 --> 00:13:07.219 Sammy: I think, I think it's- I think that's a lie, yes. 292 00:13:07.219 --> 00:13:09.188 Alex: It's not, I have two kids. 293 00:13:09.655 --> 00:13:10.089 Sammy: What!? 294 00:13:10.222 --> 00:13:10.589 Alex: Yeah. 295 00:13:11.657 --> 00:13:14.560 Sammy: I know you're in Texas, but then you say you like Disney. 296 00:13:14.693 --> 00:13:16.061 Alex: I wasn't born in Texas, though. 297 00:13:16.061 --> 00:13:17.296 Alex: I said born and raised. 298 00:13:17.429 --> 00:13:20.599 Sammy: Oh, my god! I got baited. 299 00:13:20.633 --> 00:13:24.136 Alex: I was born here, and I was raised in Texas. 300 00:13:24.170 --> 00:13:24.970 Sammy: Oooh. 301 00:13:25.004 --> 00:13:28.841 Alex: So I lived you know, the majority of my youth I- 302 00:13:28.941 --> 00:13:33.312 Alex: From like 4 to 22, I spent in Texas. 303 00:13:33.779 --> 00:13:36.182 Sammy: For context, when we went on the company Disney trip 304 00:13:36.182 --> 00:13:37.883 I think Alex stayed like a whole week more? 305 00:13:37.883 --> 00:13:39.451 Alex: Yeah, like three extra days. 306 00:13:39.451 --> 00:13:40.419 Sammy: Yeah, well you know, that's- 307 00:13:40.419 --> 00:13:40.786 Alex: Yeah. 308 00:13:40.786 --> 00:13:41.921 That was my- 309 00:13:42.054 --> 00:13:49.562 My wife and I went to Disney for our fifth anniversary in October. 310 00:13:50.095 --> 00:13:51.597 I think that's where we went. 311 00:13:51.597 --> 00:13:57.036 Um, so that was our second Disney trip in like six months. 312 00:13:57.036 --> 00:14:01.540 Sammy: Yeah; so I know you brought your- I remember seeing at least one kid. 313 00:14:01.540 --> 00:14:02.875 Sammy: I don't remember if I saw two. 314 00:14:02.875 --> 00:14:05.144 Alex: No, I didn't, I didn't- We did not bring our kids. 315 00:14:05.144 --> 00:14:06.912 Sammy: Okay, I'm just- I'm just gaslighting myself then. 316 00:14:08.247 --> 00:14:09.381 Alex: Thanks for watching guys. 317 00:14:09.415 --> 00:14:13.552 Alex: If you like my meet the team, give a thumbs up so that we can continue doing this; 318 00:14:13.552 --> 00:14:18.257 and go check out some of the other meet the teams, like Vance's.