WEBVTT 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 00:00:05.680 --> 00:00:10.080 by my own social awkwardness. So I guess we're doing it again. 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:13.920 First time meeting Linus was actually in the interview process for the job 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 00:00:19.560 --> 00:00:23.520 like home screen in the background. I hate that. I hate that. 00:00:23.520 --> 00:00:27.680 It was pretty normal except that's how I know. 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, 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, 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. 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. 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:47.040 He doesn't necessarily know that but I do still conduct some interviews 00:00:47.040 --> 00:00:50.440 and I would never ask someone what's on their YouTube home screen, probably. 00:00:50.440 --> 00:00:53.840 That's a normal thing to ask. No, I don't think that's normal, Sammy. 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, 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. 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. 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 00:01:08.520 --> 00:01:12.320 but I came in on the Saturday or Sunday because this was at the point 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 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. 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:26.040 That's wild. I forgot about that. 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. 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:33.760 I don't think we filmed it. Did we film it? Was that? 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:36.880 Did we film the secret? No, that was a different B-roll. Dude, that was crazy. 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 00:01:41.720 --> 00:01:44.960 just in the parking lot. That was crazy. Nope, we don't do that anymore. 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 00:01:48.800 --> 00:01:52.240 while Linus was like scanning random box barcodes and stuff 00:01:52.240 --> 00:01:55.880 and like we're just chatting and I can't remember. I did something stupid. 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. 00:02:02.240 --> 00:02:05.360 Okay, I have learned my lesson about that. 00:02:05.360 --> 00:02:10.360 Back in those days, we had near 100% overall retention. 00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:15.160 I hadn't really come around to the idea that people would quit sometimes 00:02:15.160 --> 00:02:20.880 or we'd fire people sometimes. We kind of took pride in having extremely strong retention 00:02:20.880 --> 00:02:24.800 and I would joke with people like, oh, you're fired, you're fired. 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:28.680 And I didn't kind of pick up until much later 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:32.800 that yeah, that's like not funny to anyone else. 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. 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 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 00:02:44.920 --> 00:02:49.000 when they tell me that. Okay, there were stages of the your fire joke. 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:52.280 It was with everyone. And then it was with people that I really liked 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:55.560 and I knew that I wasn't gonna fire and now it's with nobody. 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:58.640 That's where we're at, except Colton. Fuck that guy. 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. 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:05.480 I'm Colton Potter. I'm head of the- Screw you, Sammy. What? 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? 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:12.440 I know what his first time was. I just hope he doesn't tell the story. 00:03:12.440 --> 00:03:16.640 Open up YouTube. Go to a now defunct channel called Channel Super Fun. 00:03:16.640 --> 00:03:19.880 Pull up indoor drone brackets destruction. 00:03:19.880 --> 00:03:23.920 Oh good, he's not talking about the interview. This was pretty bad. 00:03:23.920 --> 00:03:27.480 That video is the first time I'm in a video 00:03:27.480 --> 00:03:32.040 and the first time I met Linus. So basically the way that it happened is- 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 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:39.920 because we're friends, we're buds, outside of work. Oh my God. 00:03:39.920 --> 00:03:43.240 How have I not seen this picture? There's more pictures in that video. 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:49.200 Wow, Colton, you really glue up, hey? God damn that haircut though. 00:03:49.200 --> 00:03:53.720 Not flattering. I was no better to be very clear, but like, damn. 00:03:53.720 --> 00:03:56.760 Oh, you mute the audio. I what? You mute the audio. 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. 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 00:04:04.640 --> 00:04:08.080 for like free labor out of me because he was like, hey, let's hang out 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. 00:04:12.160 --> 00:04:15.480 Wait, is this before he applied then? 00:04:15.480 --> 00:04:19.440 Now I'm confused. I actually broke a drone 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. 00:04:23.840 --> 00:04:27.120 It was like the first box I grabbed. Look at the look on his face. 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:30.400 He's so guilty. Oh my God. 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. 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 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:45.240 and Nick covered for me. Otherwise maybe I wouldn't have gotten a job here 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 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. 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 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 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 00:05:08.880 --> 00:05:12.200 and I thought Linus just ghosted me because I was one minute late. 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 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:20.160 and it goes, hey man, I totally forgot about your interview and everything. 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:24.160 Can we reschedule? So we rescheduled. Nick had prepared him some questions to ask me 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:27.640 and I remember Linus having this bunch of pieces of paper and he was looking through. 00:05:27.640 --> 00:05:30.640 He's like, this question's dumb. This question's dumb, whatever. 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? 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. 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:45.520 Which is why we hired him. It's just, it's one of those questions. 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. 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. 00:05:58.400 --> 00:06:02.520 He just, you know, he had a look about him. I just had to make sure. 00:06:02.520 --> 00:06:07.080 He had a look, what do you mean? How much longer is this? 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. 00:06:10.840 --> 00:06:14.880 Oh, it feels like it's so long. It's November, 2020. 00:06:14.880 --> 00:06:18.680 It's peak COVID. We're all wearing masks. Most everyone is working from home, 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:22.400 but I'm at the office being onboarded for my very first day. 00:06:22.400 --> 00:06:25.680 So we sit down in what's now a call room. 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 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:35.720 the building finally. He's arriving a little bit late, later than usual. 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:39.000 I get the impression that he's in kind of hurried or whatever. 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:41.640 He pops in just to have a chat with Nick. 00:06:42.640 --> 00:06:45.880 Which, mind you, there's enough space for Nick 00:06:45.880 --> 00:06:49.360 to be visible to Linus, but I'm sitting behind 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. 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. 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:04.480 At the last second, Nick goes, hey, do you want to meet our new person? 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. 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:12.120 So I pop out like a meerkat from behind the desk, 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:17.480 from behind the pile of stuff on the desk. I just go, hi, I'm Adam. 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. 00:07:20.880 --> 00:07:24.480 I can't read him at all, but his eyes just look so tired. 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:27.800 And he goes, hey, so I don't know. 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:32.800 I have no idea what, I doubt he even remembers that story, 00:07:33.640 --> 00:07:36.960 but I was actually kind of afraid to talk to him 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:41.480 after a little bit after that. So he's all brand. Yeah, Monday morning is not 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:44.880 my highest functioning time of the week. I'll say that much. 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 00:07:49.200 --> 00:07:50.880 to talk to me anymore. He's. 00:07:52.380 --> 00:07:55.680 I applied to be a writer, so I interviewed with Linus. 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:59.080 And so my interview with him was like perfectly acceptable. 00:07:59.080 --> 00:08:03.320 Hey, is that a first? Is that the first person to review 00:08:03.320 --> 00:08:09.600 their first interaction with me as acceptable? Not acceptable, perfectly acceptable. 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:13.840 One of 10, let's go. But then I got hired here for my logistics position. 00:08:13.840 --> 00:08:18.400 Oh, why is there always a but? On my first date Linus came down 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, 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, 00:08:26.400 --> 00:08:29.960 I was like, I don't know. That seemed really strange to me. 00:08:29.960 --> 00:08:33.400 Hey Jamie, were you there for the who the fuck is Dan Besser? 00:08:33.400 --> 00:08:38.240 Oh yeah, okay. Dan was working here as a contractor before Alex Dick started. 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. 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:45.040 Dan was working on the old lab building, 00:08:45.040 --> 00:08:49.720 but he needed Linus' master key. So we went up to Linus' office. 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:54.120 We grabbed the key and like as we were leaving, 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? 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, 00:09:06.560 --> 00:09:11.560 but Dan was like, did I offend him or should I explain? 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:16.320 I was like, I don't know, probably not. 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:19.480 We just kind of went on with our day. I feel the need to explain that. 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 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:31.080 to our buildings to someone whose name I have never heard before. 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, 00:09:36.800 --> 00:09:38.640 needs the master key. 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:44.440 Sure, you know, fuck is Dan Besser, but here he has the key now. 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, 00:09:49.400 --> 00:09:53.800 but we do have little signs on people's desks and they can be a lifesaver. 00:09:53.800 --> 00:09:59.240 I started at Kiribati House and on the first day, the company had a softball event. 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. 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:07.880 I love the company softball night, but I can be a little bit intense. 00:10:07.880 --> 00:10:12.880 So I hope, Sammy, you bold over Ariana, okay? 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:17.320 I got the point. Don't tell me about intense. You knocked her over. 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. 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. 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:28.400 But that's halfway there. There's no points at second base. That's point five. 00:10:28.400 --> 00:10:32.240 Trying to high five Linus, and I don't know if it's a thing, 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:37.080 but he's never impressed by high fives. He's always like, you can do better. 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:40.680 We tried three times, still nothing. And then we just moved on. 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, 00:10:46.160 --> 00:10:49.560 and we had fun. And then he forgot about my existence 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. 00:10:54.880 --> 00:10:58.000 So if you catch me on softball night, I'm usually in a pretty good mood, 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:03.080 except when I'm in Sammy's team. He was attending his fashion meeting 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 00:11:06.760 --> 00:11:10.520 and maybe take a selfie because I knew LMG before joining in. 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 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:17.520 or even take a selfie. And so I decided to do so. 00:11:17.520 --> 00:11:21.920 I was down there. There was Linus and fashion people and Nick. 00:11:21.920 --> 00:11:25.680 They would just talk in over there. Vance was over here just silently taking notes 00:11:25.680 --> 00:11:28.800 and I was just creeped up to him. I was like, yo, what's up? 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. 00:11:32.520 --> 00:11:37.040 I was just waiting for three minutes and Linus noticed me and he stopped everyone. 00:11:37.040 --> 00:11:43.040 I was like, how can I help you? It freaked me out, I'm just chilling. 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 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:49.920 and I probably completely forgot he asked me. 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, 00:11:54.520 --> 00:11:57.760 how can I help you versus standing there? Well, because he's waiting. 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. 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. 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:07.320 But yeah, if someone's standing waiting, it doesn't matter who they are. 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:11.120 They shouldn't have to wait. So you ask how you can help people. 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 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:17.240 and wait for my attention if he doesn't want my attention. 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:20.200 Vance, the snitch, told me, oh no, he wants a selfie. 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:25.840 That was the most embarrassing day of my life. 00:12:26.800 --> 00:12:29.840 He was like, who is he? 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:33.440 And I thought he knew me. Well, yeah, I just ran back to my desk 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:37.800 and never talked to him again. You didn't get the selfie? That is not true. 00:12:37.800 --> 00:12:42.600 That is so not true. I talked to Sam at least once a week. 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:46.440 At least. Now. I got it six months later. 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- 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:55.080 This was our non-work-work day, where we went to the arcade. 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:59.400 And he still didn't remember me. Hey guys, I'm Yvonne. 00:12:59.400 --> 00:13:03.760 You got called out right there. You got called out. Okay, yeah, but like much later. 00:13:03.760 --> 00:13:06.960 Oh, you got Yvonne? Why would you get Yvonne? 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:10.760 Oh, at least her story is short. Do you remember? 00:13:10.760 --> 00:13:14.120 No, wait. First time meeting me? 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. 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:21.000 I met him back in university, first year in university. 00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:24.440 So we had just turned 18 and- 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:28.200 On loans were flying. School usually starts in September for us. 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, 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 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, 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:45.960 getting my umbrella out. It's getting ready to head out. And I heard them talking. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. 00:14:09.820 --> 00:14:13.180 And he happened to come in and he walked into my row 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. 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. 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 00:14:24.100 --> 00:14:27.100 and then kind of headed off from there. 00:14:27.100 --> 00:14:31.460 Oh. What class was that with you and Yvonne? Biology. 00:14:31.460 --> 00:14:35.180 You know what I mean? No, no, just biology. I don't remember. 00:14:35.180 --> 00:14:38.180 It was one of the courses that I passed, but did not excel at. 00:14:38.180 --> 00:14:43.460 Hey, you had the greatest prize of all in there. These videos are so stressful. 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. 00:14:47.420 --> 00:14:50.380 It's too early in the week to do stuff like this. 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. 00:14:56.940 --> 00:15:00.060 Oh. All right. See you later. 00:15:01.020 --> 00:15:02.180 Why am I awkward?