1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,680 Based on how much you guys loved the first one of these, you love seeing me absolutely mortified 2 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:10,080 by my own social awkwardness. So I guess we're doing it again. 3 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:13,920 First time meeting Linus was actually in the interview process for the job 4 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:19,560 because this is back when he was still doing that. It was pretty normal except for I had my YouTube 5 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:23,520 like home screen in the background. I hate that. I hate that. 6 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:27,680 It was pretty normal except that's how I know. 7 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:32,320 James really wanted to just keep the interview going and not waste time and Linus was like, 8 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,320 oh, what's on your YouTube home screen? So as I'm getting up to run over, 9 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:40,120 I can just hear James going like, no, it doesn't matter. That is such a personal thing to ask someone. 10 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:43,920 There's no way that I would do that today. I do still do some interviews, by the way. 11 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,040 He doesn't necessarily know that but I do still conduct some interviews 12 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,440 and I would never ask someone what's on their YouTube home screen, probably. 13 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,840 That's a normal thing to ask. No, I don't think that's normal, Sammy. 14 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:58,480 I don't think that's normal. For a YouTube company, I think. If I've got Linus telling me like asking a question, 15 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,760 I've got like, James wasn't my manager at that point. I'm gonna listen to Linus. 16 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:05,000 So I went over and like looked at my home screen and told him what was there. 17 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,520 But the first time I met him in person, I was supposed to start on the Monday 18 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,320 but I came in on the Saturday or Sunday because this was at the point 19 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:16,560 where they were doing a big clean of the studio. So we're getting rid of this giant secan 20 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:21,680 that was outside that had all these boxes in it and stuff. That was Ploove's first day. 21 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:26,040 That's wild. I forgot about that. 22 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:30,640 Yeah, we had a container that was just full of tech and boxes in the parking lot. 23 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,760 I don't think we filmed it. Did we film it? Was that? 24 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,880 Did we film the secret? No, that was a different B-roll. Dude, that was crazy. 25 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:41,720 If someone had come here during that time, there's like tens of thousands of dollars of stuff 26 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,960 just in the parking lot. That was crazy. Nope, we don't do that anymore. 27 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:48,800 Yeah, we don't do that anymore. So we're at all just like tearing down cardboard 28 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,240 while Linus was like scanning random box barcodes and stuff 29 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,880 and like we're just chatting and I can't remember. I did something stupid. 30 00:01:55,880 --> 00:02:02,240 He's like, all right, well, you're fired. It's not gonna work out. And I figured he was joking, but you know, I wasn't on. 31 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,360 Okay, I have learned my lesson about that. 32 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:10,360 Back in those days, we had near 100% overall retention. 33 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:15,160 I hadn't really come around to the idea that people would quit sometimes 34 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:20,880 or we'd fire people sometimes. We kind of took pride in having extremely strong retention 35 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,800 and I would joke with people like, oh, you're fired, you're fired. 36 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,680 And I didn't kind of pick up until much later 37 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:32,800 that yeah, that's like not funny to anyone else. 38 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:37,800 Except Colton, I'm pretty sure he still thinks it's funny which is why it's not gonna work out with that guy. 39 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,160 He's in the video. Oh, is he in the video? Yeah, then Colton was right there 40 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,920 and he's like, don't worry, that means he likes you. So if there's anyone who I'm gonna believe 41 00:02:44,920 --> 00:02:49,000 when they tell me that. Okay, there were stages of the your fire joke. 42 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,280 It was with everyone. And then it was with people that I really liked 43 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,560 and I knew that I wasn't gonna fire and now it's with nobody. 44 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,640 That's where we're at, except Colton. Fuck that guy. 45 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:02,120 He's a pretty normal guy. I don't know how to end this. That's not normal. Goodbye. 46 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,480 I'm Colton Potter. I'm head of the- Screw you, Sammy. What? 47 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:09,080 That's not normal. Oh no, not this one. What do you think his first time is? 48 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:12,440 I know what his first time was. I just hope he doesn't tell the story. 49 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:16,640 Open up YouTube. Go to a now defunct channel called Channel Super Fun. 50 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:19,880 Pull up indoor drone brackets destruction. 51 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,920 Oh good, he's not talking about the interview. This was pretty bad. 52 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:27,480 That video is the first time I'm in a video 53 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:32,040 and the first time I met Linus. So basically the way that it happened is- 54 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:36,240 He looks so young. He looks adorable. I was talking to Nick Light. I think I was supposed to hang out with him that day 55 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,920 because we're friends, we're buds, outside of work. Oh my God. 56 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:43,240 How have I not seen this picture? There's more pictures in that video. 57 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:49,200 Wow, Colton, you really glue up, hey? God damn that haircut though. 58 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:53,720 Not flattering. I was no better to be very clear, but like, damn. 59 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,760 Oh, you mute the audio. I what? You mute the audio. 60 00:03:56,760 --> 00:04:01,120 How do I mute the audio? Can you hit M? Oh, does M mute? Yeah, that's on YouTube too. 61 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,640 They were moving things onto a U-Haul to come here and honestly I think Nick was just looking 62 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:08,080 for like free labor out of me because he was like, hey, let's hang out 63 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:12,160 but like you want to like help us move as well? That's not my fault, I didn't know that. 64 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:15,480 Wait, is this before he applied then? 65 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:19,440 Now I'm confused. I actually broke a drone 66 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:23,840 that Nick I believe in the video takes the fall for but I definitely broke it moving. 67 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:27,120 It was like the first box I grabbed. Look at the look on his face. 68 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,400 He's so guilty. Oh my God. 69 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:35,720 Mine is found out about this broken drone and he did his K, you know, like the shrug. 70 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:41,240 He still does it, right? He still does this and he goes K does one of those 71 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:45,240 and Nick covered for me. Otherwise maybe I wouldn't have gotten a job here 72 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:49,840 and I wouldn't have been fired so many times but if you want to hear my other like second interaction 73 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:53,420 with Linus, we did a video that was called what it's like to work for Linus. 74 00:04:53,420 --> 00:04:58,720 I think Kim on like 2016. I talk about my first real sit down one-on-one with Linus 75 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:05,080 where he interviewed me. No! TLDR is I was one minute late for my interview with Linus 76 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:08,880 and I ran up to the Langley house and I was trying to open the door and the door was locked 77 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:12,200 and I thought Linus just ghosted me because I was one minute late. 78 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:16,240 I was like, man, this guy's hardcore. Then I was driving home and Linus calls me 30 minutes later 79 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:20,160 and it goes, hey man, I totally forgot about your interview and everything. 80 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:24,160 Can we reschedule? So we rescheduled. Nick had prepared him some questions to ask me 81 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,640 and I remember Linus having this bunch of pieces of paper and he was looking through. 82 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,640 He's like, this question's dumb. This question's dumb, whatever. 83 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:37,040 Just kind of throws away the piece of paper and then he asked me, are you into bestiality? 84 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:42,360 To which I said no. That wasn't the right answer. So he did get the right answer, which is great. 85 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,520 Which is why we hired him. It's just, it's one of those questions. 86 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:52,120 If you don't ask, you won't know. And then, then you would know if you should not hire someone. 87 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:58,400 But why do you, what was the point of that moment? That's not, that's not what I'm doing. 88 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:02,520 He just, you know, he had a look about him. I just had to make sure. 89 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:07,080 He had a look, what do you mean? How much longer is this? 90 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,840 There's so many this time. No, it's the same amount. It's the same amount. 91 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:14,880 Oh, it feels like it's so long. It's November, 2020. 92 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,680 It's peak COVID. We're all wearing masks. Most everyone is working from home, 93 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:22,400 but I'm at the office being onboarded for my very first day. 94 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:25,680 So we sit down in what's now a call room. 95 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:31,240 Nick and I to go take the Monday morning meeting. And as this is happening, Linus kind of walks into 96 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:35,720 the building finally. He's arriving a little bit late, later than usual. 97 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:39,000 I get the impression that he's in kind of hurried or whatever. 98 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,640 He pops in just to have a chat with Nick. 99 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,880 Which, mind you, there's enough space for Nick 100 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:49,360 to be visible to Linus, but I'm sitting behind 101 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:54,400 basically a pile of crap on this desk. So he doesn't even know I'm in the room at this point. 102 00:06:54,400 --> 00:07:00,480 I don't remember this at all. Whatever he's about to say is a complete surprise to me. 103 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:04,480 At the last second, Nick goes, hey, do you want to meet our new person? 104 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,800 And at that point, I don't really know what to do because I'm pretty sure he hasn't seen me. 105 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:12,120 So I pop out like a meerkat from behind the desk, 106 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:17,480 from behind the pile of stuff on the desk. I just go, hi, I'm Adam. 107 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,880 I can't tell because he's wearing a mask. Can't tell if he's smiling. 108 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,480 I can't read him at all, but his eyes just look so tired. 109 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,800 And he goes, hey, so I don't know. 110 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:32,800 I have no idea what, I doubt he even remembers that story, 111 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,960 but I was actually kind of afraid to talk to him 112 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:41,480 after a little bit after that. So he's all brand. Yeah, Monday morning is not 113 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:44,880 my highest functioning time of the week. I'll say that much. 114 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:49,200 Hopefully Adam is not afraid to talk to me anymore. In fact, I'm very certain Adam's not afraid 115 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:50,880 to talk to me anymore. He's. 116 00:07:52,380 --> 00:07:55,680 I applied to be a writer, so I interviewed with Linus. 117 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:59,080 And so my interview with him was like perfectly acceptable. 118 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:03,320 Hey, is that a first? Is that the first person to review 119 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:09,600 their first interaction with me as acceptable? Not acceptable, perfectly acceptable. 120 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,840 One of 10, let's go. But then I got hired here for my logistics position. 121 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:18,400 Oh, why is there always a but? On my first date Linus came down 122 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:22,320 and I absolutely scared the bejesus out of me. And just like gave me a fist bump and was like, 123 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:26,400 hey, I'll hope you have a great first day. That was it. Like all the other people who had a weird one, 124 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,960 I was like, I don't know. That seemed really strange to me. 125 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,400 Hey Jamie, were you there for the who the fuck is Dan Besser? 126 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:38,240 Oh yeah, okay. Dan was working here as a contractor before Alex Dick started. 127 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,840 Alex couldn't start until the end of the month, but Dan was free at the beginning of the month. 128 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:45,040 Dan was working on the old lab building, 129 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:49,720 but he needed Linus' master key. So we went up to Linus' office. 130 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:54,120 We grabbed the key and like as we were leaving, 131 00:08:54,120 --> 00:09:02,000 all we hear is, what the fuck is Dan Besser? And Dan was like, was he talking to us? 132 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:06,560 Was he talking to me? Was he just saying something? And then we kind of went on with it the rest of our day, 133 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:11,560 but Dan was like, did I offend him or should I explain? 134 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,320 I was like, I don't know, probably not. 135 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,480 We just kind of went on with our day. I feel the need to explain that. 136 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:27,200 I was marveling that there are so many people in the company now that I can hand away a master key 137 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:31,080 to our buildings to someone whose name I have never heard before. 138 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:36,800 Without overthinking it, I was just like, sorry, Dan Besser, who I've never heard of before, 139 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:38,640 needs the master key. 140 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:44,440 Sure, you know, fuck is Dan Besser, but here he has the key now. 141 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:49,400 Go figure, right? We need name tags, was kind of what I was thinking. We never did name tags, 142 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:53,800 but we do have little signs on people's desks and they can be a lifesaver. 143 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:59,240 I started at Kiribati House and on the first day, the company had a softball event. 144 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:04,240 I just wanted to attend for exposure and just to know people because I didn't even know one. 145 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:07,880 I love the company softball night, but I can be a little bit intense. 146 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:12,880 So I hope, Sammy, you bold over Ariana, okay? 147 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:17,320 I got the point. Don't tell me about intense. You knocked her over. 148 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,960 Why do you think I yell at you? You're a menace to yourself and others, sir. 149 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:24,840 We got the point. I don't know what you're complaining about. You didn't get the point. You're at second base. 150 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,400 But that's halfway there. There's no points at second base. That's point five. 151 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:32,240 Trying to high five Linus, and I don't know if it's a thing, 152 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:37,080 but he's never impressed by high fives. He's always like, you can do better. 153 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:40,680 We tried three times, still nothing. And then we just moved on. 154 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:46,160 I thought he was interacting well because we were playing softball. He was teaching me how to play, how to pose, 155 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,560 and we had fun. And then he forgot about my existence 156 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:54,880 for the next four months. I really love softball night. I love softball night more than I love work. 157 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:58,000 So if you catch me on softball night, I'm usually in a pretty good mood, 158 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:03,080 except when I'm in Sammy's team. He was attending his fashion meeting 159 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:06,760 and I was caught up on my work. I was like, okay, I can just sneak in 160 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:10,520 and maybe take a selfie because I knew LMG before joining in. 161 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:14,120 So I was kind of a fan and the fan inside me still wanted to talk to him 162 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,520 or even take a selfie. And so I decided to do so. 163 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:21,920 I was down there. There was Linus and fashion people and Nick. 164 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:25,680 They would just talk in over there. Vance was over here just silently taking notes 165 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:28,800 and I was just creeped up to him. I was like, yo, what's up? 166 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:32,520 Just want to take a selfie. If it's okay, is it okay? He was like, yeah, let the conversation be over. 167 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:37,040 I was just waiting for three minutes and Linus noticed me and he stopped everyone. 168 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:43,040 I was like, how can I help you? It freaked me out, I'm just chilling. 169 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:46,840 Why do you do that? Why are you calling him out like that? Because I have the attention span of a goldfish 170 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,920 and I probably completely forgot he asked me. 171 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:54,520 No, he asked Vance. But then you just- Oh, he asked Vance. You pointed at him like, 172 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:57,760 how can I help you versus standing there? Well, because he's waiting. 173 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:01,040 Okay, but you can- There's nothing wrong with that. I don't know, I thought he said he asked me. 174 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,320 I don't remember this. So I thought he said he asked me, and so I said I forgot. 175 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:07,320 But yeah, if someone's standing waiting, it doesn't matter who they are. 176 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:11,120 They shouldn't have to wait. So you ask how you can help people. 177 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:14,240 But you put the attention on him, so it's more embarrassing. Well, then he shouldn't stand there 178 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:17,240 and wait for my attention if he doesn't want my attention. 179 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,200 Vance, the snitch, told me, oh no, he wants a selfie. 180 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:25,840 That was the most embarrassing day of my life. 181 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:29,840 He was like, who is he? 182 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:33,440 And I thought he knew me. Well, yeah, I just ran back to my desk 183 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:37,800 and never talked to him again. You didn't get the selfie? That is not true. 184 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:42,600 That is so not true. I talked to Sam at least once a week. 185 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:46,440 At least. Now. I got it six months later. 186 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:51,840 Let's go. Yeah, he wasn't seeing you. I think this is the day we took all of us to the- 187 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:55,080 This was our non-work-work day, where we went to the arcade. 188 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:59,400 And he still didn't remember me. Hey guys, I'm Yvonne. 189 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:03,760 You got called out right there. You got called out. Okay, yeah, but like much later. 190 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:06,960 Oh, you got Yvonne? Why would you get Yvonne? 191 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:10,760 Oh, at least her story is short. Do you remember? 192 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:14,120 No, wait. First time meeting me? 193 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:17,720 Yeah, I remember that, I remember that. She had a flower in her hair and she smelled nice. 194 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:21,000 I met him back in university, first year in university. 195 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,440 So we had just turned 18 and- 196 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:28,200 On loans were flying. School usually starts in September for us. 197 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:32,560 And then I think I met him in September, October. We had just finished one of our, 198 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:37,640 I guess midterms or exams or something like that. And we were standing outside and him and his friend 199 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:42,600 were discussing whether or not they got the answer rate. And I was standing there putting on my jacket, 200 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,960 getting my umbrella out. It's getting ready to head out. And I heard them talking. 201 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:50,960 And I was like, I think you guys might have gotten that wrong. So I jumped in, maybe I shouldn't have, but I did. 202 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:55,460 And then we started talking a little bit. And then I headed out. I didn't really think anything. 203 00:13:55,460 --> 00:14:00,180 Later on that week, I noticed him again. I came in and I usually sit in the back 204 00:14:00,180 --> 00:14:05,260 and I noticed he usually sat in the front. So the next- Keener, Keener who gets the answer wrong. 205 00:14:05,260 --> 00:14:09,820 After that, I was like, oh, you know what? Maybe I'll just go sit somewhere near the front. 206 00:14:09,820 --> 00:14:13,180 And he happened to come in and he walked into my row 207 00:14:13,180 --> 00:14:16,980 and he sat probably like three chairs down for me. He was looking around, putting his stuff away. 208 00:14:16,980 --> 00:14:20,700 And then he noticed me and then he started- I noticed her before I went in the row with her. 209 00:14:20,700 --> 00:14:24,100 It was just, I was playing it cool. Talking to me. So then he came and he sat next to me 210 00:14:24,100 --> 00:14:27,100 and then kind of headed off from there. 211 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:31,460 Oh. What class was that with you and Yvonne? Biology. 212 00:14:31,460 --> 00:14:35,180 You know what I mean? No, no, just biology. I don't remember. 213 00:14:35,180 --> 00:14:38,180 It was one of the courses that I passed, but did not excel at. 214 00:14:38,180 --> 00:14:43,460 Hey, you had the greatest prize of all in there. These videos are so stressful. 215 00:14:43,460 --> 00:14:47,420 Why you gotta stress me out like that? This is, it's too early. It's too early in the day. 216 00:14:47,420 --> 00:14:50,380 It's too early in the week to do stuff like this. 217 00:14:51,220 --> 00:14:55,940 Gigger, gigger, it gets your attention span up, you know? Oh, no, it gives me a headache. 218 00:14:56,940 --> 00:15:00,060 Oh. All right. See you later. 219 00:15:01,020 --> 00:15:02,180 Why am I awkward?