But we also had a teacher, his daughter was 24 and she got it, she got into the hospital, they said you're fine, you know, go home, take a rest and he ends up finding her dead, you know, 25 years old. I mean there's there's no wind, no reason. And it's just you know, the scary thing for me is you know, if the numbers keep exploding like it is, we can get to a point where you know, people go herd mentality, not with viruses.


Yeah.


The common cold should have herd mentality by now.


It doesn't, but what if this becomes seasonal and then, you know, the second thing we talked about was the fact that it affects the elderly the most.


But it doesn't, Yeah, I know.


And what we said is as a country you can't have the pyramid collapse like it was the elderly go because the majority of elderly, you know, they save up, they pay off their houses, they we'll have inheritance that they give to their Children and that helps create a middle class.


Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.


Whereas you know, if you have a point where you're dying at 50 there is a problem.


And I just, it just worries me because there's such a, there's just such a nonchalant and the people around here like, you know, I'll go somewhere and like I'm standing in line, I want to keep six ft and I'm like, you know, people like stand right behind me.


Yeah. Mhm, mhm Yeah.


It's like, hey, like, like a is the worst. We went there just to get a couple of things because you can get the little carpet squares for like four bucks as a teacher.


Yeah. Okay.


Those are great. You throw them around the room, kids sit on them and you know when school comes back we're gonna need six ft.


So what I was thinking of doing, duct taping him to the ground.


I mean like that's your circle space so they don't have to find it out themselves.


Yeah. Yeah.


We're in line and like the person is like breathing on me and I'm like, hey, and then she's coughing and I'm like, hey, we've got to.


Oh, I know.


And she's like, what are you one of those pinkos? And like, no, to be fair, I just don't want to die. Like it's rather reasonable. I'd like it where I can go home and not kill my parents if I go over to their house like that.


Yeah.


You want a reason.


Yeah. Yeah. It is, it is crazy. I had that happened to me in target. Like the guy was like clearly in a hurry, but I'm like, okay, can you, you can't wait like two minutes to let me finish checking out before you like ram your car down behind me and like unloading your stuff.


Mhm. Yeah.


Like I'm just like, what is, what is like, I'm like, you know, getting done like two minutes sooner is not worth one of us potentially dying or getting sick or I don't, I don't know.


It's just crazy.


Right.


I don't know.


Yeah. And the worst like most people, they just they're indifferent and it, you know, I just I don't know, I, most of all I fear for my kids at school, you know, as you know, we know that kids can get it, we know that it could be, you know, and I just I I work in an impoverished community, I work in the West House West Monkey School District and it's you know, it's right next to Milwaukee, it's very impoverished and you know, I look at my kids and healthcare could bankrupt.


Harry. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Mhm Yeah.


I mean they are public assistance.


Yeah. Right.


If they got sick they would be and it's just so scary and yet you have adults like you know, I went out to lunch with one of the judges in town because I'm friends with him, I've known him for 20 years and he's like I'm wearing a mask and I'm like you're a pillar of the community, like you need like whether you agree or not sending a message with this and he's like, wow, why does it matter?


Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.


I'm like because kids see you and your if adults aren't doing what they're supposed to kids are and how long before it becomes just across the board, but right.


Yeah. Right, wow.


The good thing is though is, you know, in our jobs with education, we get to educate, we get to help and this will all pass someday.


Yeah.


And when I look back upon this as a historical event, instead of the current event, it will be nice.


Yeah. Yeah.


And you know, I just I'm looking for that day, you know, just as normalcy, I I've always wondered what when they talked about Calvin Coolidge's presidency and he you know, he said we want to return enormously and how there was such a gravitation to that even though it was, you know, draconian policy.


Mhm Yeah.


Um I look and think how soon before we're at that point where the simplest things become, you know, worthy of giving up certain other things for that.


It's just it's a scary town.


But you know right, well thank you for what you do at the collegiate level.


It is. Yeah. We will get through it eventually. Yeah.


Because you know mathematics I I taught four years of high school math because uh Milwaukee public schools which is our largest district and I'm a social studies teacher.


Okay.


But you know the first week our math teacher walked out and they're like well great guess what?


Uh huh.


It's you, I'm like um no woman t I got in college, the only, see what I got was an intermediate algebra and they're like cool you're teaching algebra and geometry now that so there I am like doing the equation on the board and I don't even know it, I'm like god kids are like great young and like no I'm not.


Mm. Oh yeah. Oh, uh huh.


What do you say?


Yeah yeah yeah mm.


Oh guys that's that's called error correcting and it's a very important thing in mathematics. Um It might have looked like I didn't know how to add seven and three together, but clearly why do so it's not stage right?


Mhm uh wow.


Um But the teacher for years and uh just such an appreciation for math teachers and it's because they gave me the option not to teach it, they're like you know Jason what would you like to do?


Uh huh Uh huh Uh huh.


Social studies please. Oh good math teacher, that's great, I still social studies actually, no I'm doing there.


Oh man okay.


Um And I thought that since and then this year you know I've shifted back because I did some administrative work. I was a principal for a while and it was it was a different world but I have such an appreciation for math teachers.


My wife is a math teacher and only you know to have us you know when she'll look at a problem and go tell you do it and then she'll go do you know how to do it?


Oh cool.


Of course I know how to do it but it's gonna take me a little bit longer. But the community like for us we have M. E. T. C. In town Milwaukee area back and then I've worked with Lakeland. I've worked with some uh Gateway which is another one in racine and the committee college is just a phenomenal resource of community and um I know your work but.


Yes thank you. Yeah yeah I enjoy it. And my mom, so I grew up my mom taught nursing at a community college um and so I kind of uh it just kind of made made an impact.


Okay.


It was always it was always fun. I was we would go in with her to her office and different things.


Yeah it was a pleasure talking to you tonight.


So I am fond memories of community college so it's I enjoyed it and for me my goal is to teach not to research. So it's one of the reasons, yep. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah you too Jason and best of luck to you and all in all your screens your classes.


Thank you. Yeah thank you.


So very good. Thank you so much. Yeah it went by really fast so it was really good.


Yeah thank you.


Right all right, bye.


Oh. Mhm. Mhm. I got Mhm. There's no question. Mhm.


I agree.


Hello, how are you?


I'm good. How are you?


Good good. Yeah let me set my timer here.


Get me? Time were set up.


I think I did this last month and nobody showed up so Yeah I had to try like multiple times.


Oh really? Yeah, I don't want Mhm. I had one yesterday and my person didn't show up, so kind of sucks.


Oh yeah. Okay.


But but yeah.


Yeah. So how are you, what state are you in?


Um All right. I'm pretty good. I'm from michigan. Yeah.


Okay. I'm in Ohio yeah.


Okay. Okay. Midwest area.


Yeah.


Cool.


Yeah, I can like introduce myself if you want it.


Okay.


So my name is morgan.


I am 22 years old. Just graduated from college in May. Um I like I said I live in michigan. I love my family. Um I have eight siblings. I come from a really big family. Um What else?


Oh yeah.


I'm currently not working, but I'm looking for a job. I'm trying to work in the marketing and advertising industries and yeah, I'm missing something.


That's that's it.


Okay. My name is Christina and I'm 54 I'm a full time caretaker for my mom, she's elderly.


Yeah. Okay.


So um and uh let's see um would you would you major in, what was your major in college?


Yeah. Uh I majored in communication and media, which was basically like advertising um and cognitive science, which was all about how people make their decisions and stuff.


Okay. Okay. Okay.


So consumer behavior, stuff like that, wow.


Okay. Okay. Okay. Yeah my degree was in business from what what what university did you go to?


Okay. University of michigan.


Okay. You know Ohio State. Yeah so we're rivals.


Okay. Right.


Yeah.


Right now.


So but uh let's see um See I have one brother, so he's older than me.


Yeah. Oh, wow.


Just the two of us, you know? And um let's see I'm very glad the election's over with and I'm glad that we picked a new president.


Huh.


I'm glad we I'm very happy about that you know I'm not a trump I'm not a trump person so yeah so it was by don you know so yeah.


Yeah, Yeah, I agree. Oh, me, me neither. Yeah. Very sad time. Right. No, very satisfied with the results, excited to see what happens next.


Yeah the big thing we got to get through is the pandemic you know because things are pretty scary right now so you're probably glad you get your studies over with you know that you're not having to deal with that.


So. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Yeah. I'm kind of a little sad that I couldn't walk the stage, couldn't really graduate, but you know, it's fine.


Thank you. Yeah true.


It is what it is.


Yeah. Yeah.


Um Yeah. So I'm like kind of hoping that we shut back down a little bit just with all the the spikes in cases that have been happening recently.


Yeah. Mhm.


Um, but yeah, we'll see where binders when he gets in the office.


Yeah. They're saying that we're kind of an exponential spread right now that it may be too late you know and that's kind of scary to yeah because it just it spread to too many people now and it could be just really get really high.


Yeah. Oh, too late. Right.


Um There's some talk that we yes.


Well, I'm not going to know or I know they were talking about that vaccine. Uh, it might be able to come out by the end of the year, but I don't know if, you know, we have a lot of anti-Vaxxers and you know people, so I don't know if everyone will take it.


Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean I'm a person who is pro vaccine but I I haven't seen anything about anyone talking about the safety of this if it's been proven safe.


Yeah.


And that's to me as you know, I'm kind of like I mean I will take it but I want to know before I take it how safe it is because of it's not to save then I may skip it, you know?


Yeah. Right. Mhm.


But if it proves that it's safe then I would, you know?


Right.


But right now everyone is like really happy that it's supposed to be so effective, that nobody is talking about the safety part of it. I did hear that it supposedly is going to be a two dose um thing that you have to take it like in two doses and several weeks apart and that it has some people get kind of flu like symptoms, but that's really not a whole lot different than getting the flu shot.


Mm hmm. Okay. Hello? Um Right.


And if you haven't gotten your flu shot, try to get one this year, they're trying to tell everybody to get a flu shot.


Right. Yeah.


Um But typically I guess some people get um you know, fever and uh kind of flu like symptoms from it, but you know, I'm more concerned about the long term effects because I mean, there have been cases in the past quite a long time ago though where some vaccines didn't have like long term, you know, effects for people.


Yeah. Yeah. No. Right. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Uh huh.


But I think a lot of that has, they've got rid of a lot of that stuff in the last probably 2030 years, I've never heard of um unsafe, you know, um vaccines, so.


Hi. Yeah. Mm hmm. I mean I feel like it is a concern that the pandemic was so sudden and it's like are they rushing it with making the vaccine?


Yeah. Yeah.


Like are they putting like the time and care into making something that's safe?


Oh, so like I share the same feelings with you.


Like I'm very pro vaccine, but I'm also like I'm not going to be in that first group that gets it and you know what?


Yeah. Yeah. I want to see all the data. I mean, I'll go over to pub med on the internet, you know, which is the National Institutes of Health and read all the studies.


Yeah. Right. Yeah.


I mean I want to make sure it's safe.


Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. I definitely understand.


So yeah.


So I so we'll see what happens with that. Um Yeah. And we still have two more bunch of trump.


Hey?


So who knows?


Yeah, yeah. He seems to be dragging his feet, which I don't understand this, you know, recount stuff and you know, and then he's thinking about running again in 2020 for like what the hell I mean like really?


Yeah he still hasn't conceded right He's still Uh huh.


You know I mean, but there's people, I mean like I see in my neighborhood, I live in kind of the country so I kind of outside of columbus and I still see, you know, I've seen a few biden's, you know, signs, but you know the trump, they've divided people are taking their signs down, but I still see the trump signs up, you know, and the flags and I'm like, come on people, it's over with, you know, he lost.


Yeah it's a desperation at this point. Mhm. Yeah. Oh yeah I see it everywhere like they are distraught and you know they're doing all these different rallies like here at the um this place called the TCF center where they were counting the votes in Detroit, they showed up in crowds and the protests and everything like let it go, it's fine.


Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.


Yeah.


Well I was reading about these guys that we're going to go after the governor and in michigan the governor Whitmer and you know, some of them are from Ohio and you know, they were from all over and they were talking about on the national news and that they were planning to um execute all the people inside the state capitol and they were also planning to blow it up or that was, you know, I'm like, you know, we got some crazy people here.


Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Right. Yeah he said that's hearing it like you didn't see democrats out here like freaking out blowing stuff up when trump won in 2016 like it's fine, it's okay.


That's scary. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. The republicans get upset if they say that they see antifa, you know, and you know, or they see black lives matter, you know?


That's the only thing they worry about.


Right.


But yeah, anything else?


It's proud voice or they're good people on both sides.


Right right now you know and what you were saying with them coming from Ohio that's like a trend here so back when they were doing the George Floyd protests here in Detroit like people were getting arrested, they were getting tear gas and all that stuff and with them, um, like breaking into buildings and stuff that was all out of state people or like up north people, like why?


Yeah. Right. Uh No, they're not. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Right.


Like you're detracting from the goal, you're creating chaos like for what? Like you're from, Ohio, Why do you care what the michigan governor is doing?


Yeah. Yeah. I mean, really when it comes down to it, any president has very little control over you or I in our life.


And so it's something that you just can't take it too seriously.


Mhm.


I mean, yes, you want your guy or gal to be elected of course.


But you know, people get, I think just to inflamed anymore from social media and stuff, you know, and it's really, it's not just the president, but you got to look at who you elect to legislature.


Yeah. Right.


I mean, that's a big factor to, um, as far as laws and even locally the people that you elect.


Mhm. Right.


So, you know, the president is just one little tiny part of that, you know, and I don't know, it's just um, people are just, I don't know, shooting off steam.


Probably the coronavirus has got some people really agitated. But I mean, I'm kind of chilling.


Yeah. You lost at home. I'm having a great time.


I've been just kind of chilling.


Yeah.


Yeah I mean I'm an introvert so it doesn't really bother me too much. I mean the only thing I'm worried about is getting sick you know or having my mom gets sick because she's 88.


Mm hmm. Yeah. Mhm.


But other than that um you know I'm just kind of chilling like a villain, you know just hanging out and you know it's pretty much like any other year you know so it's not that big a deal other than wearing a mask.


Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Like I honestly, yeah, honestly with coronavirus, like, I mean, I had plans after I graduated, but I don't mind that I'm at home, like it's fine.


But I mean that's no big deal. What? Yeah.


You know, like I have time to get a job.


I live at my parents house. We're not struggling financially. Like they don't mind that I'm here.


Right.


Like honestly I want, I want us to re lockdown. We have to at this point because yeah, that I yeah, I do remain.


Yeah I think we will block down here. Yeah I mean I'm thinking you know happen you know um and I don't see anything wrong with it but some people just really freak out about it and I don't know why you know. I think they.


I just want to um you know, my dad just went to Sam's Club like down the road and he said that some guy was about to fight an employee because he didn't want to put a mask on.


Like why it's a mess.


Yeah. Yeah.


And I keep seeing people just around town. No mask on like in big groups and stuff. Like if everyone would wear a mask, we could get out of this quicker. We could be like Australia who has zero cases now because they all wear masks for, you know, four or five months.


But no, we are with what do we just passed 100,000 cases in a day or something?


Yeah. Yeah. I think we got like 130 some 1000 cases and there's some talk that we could explode up to like 200 even 400,000 cases in a day's time.


I mean, you know and people are like, yeah, I I come across people online who talk about, you know the anti lock.


Right, right, frank for me.


You know, they're very any lockdown and I'm like guys, you're being fools. I said, you know, the whole reason for the lockdown is to keep the hospitals from getting overwhelmed because you know, they can only treat so many people and if they have too many cases, I mean then it becomes a really dangerous situation because you can have somebody who maybe doesn't have corona, but you know, they have like maybe a heart attack or something and they need help.


Mhm.


But you know, the hospital stretched too thin and they can't get the help that they need to sew.


Right. We're going, mm Right.


It compromises everybody's potential you know um ability to be saved or whatever.


What?


So yeah I mean it's it's scary so and you know that's why we have lockdowns.


Oh yes. Yeah. It's like people don't, right.


Yeah.


it's like people don't remember what hospitals were going through at the beginning of the pandemic with them not having enough PPE E. Um them having were garbage bags as like shields I guess.


Uh reusing mass. All that stuff like we don't want to go back to that like we are losing progress at this point so.


Yeah. Oh well I have some friends from overseas, I even have a friend from china and she was talking with me on Skype one day and I don't know how she's able to talk with me through Skype because china bans everything pretty much they but she must be using like a VPN or something but she's like what is your country doing?


Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm.


And this was like several months ago because she's like you know you guys aren't like you know locking things down like you should like we're doing over in our country and and I said well that's you know we kind of like our freedom here.


Mhm. Mhm. Yeah.


But I said you know but she was like people are tearing down you know five G.


Cellphone towers because they think that five G spreads the coronavirus and I'm like yeah I've heard that it's not just here that people have done that, it's been over in europe too, that people have done that.


Yeah. Okay. Oh my gosh. Yeah. Really?


They think that the coronavirus has spread through five G. Cellphone towers, which I'm like that is just like totally you know super crazy.


Mhm. Mhm. Yes. I saw a facebook video that had like one of those blue mass and they like cut it open.


Okay.


They took the wire out that like you squeeze around your nose and they were like this is a five G antenna that's taking all your data.


Yeah. Yeah.


Like what?


What?


People ate it up. They were like oh my God stop using mad.


Mhm. Yeah.


It's just like people are crazy. I don't know what's going.


Yeah.


Yeah I'm like I don't know there's I mean yeah I mean some of these people, I swear my dog is probably smarter than they are.


Or both. Right.


I mean it's like yeah.


Yeah. Oh man. I'm just gonna pray for them and hope for the best because uh huh Yeah, absolutely.


Yeah. Yeah. I mean I think that is when you come across people who believe that the coronavirus was spread through five G. You can you can totally understand how people, like somebody like donald trump, you know, it kind of goes hand in hand, the stupidity, so.


Yeah. Mhm.


Yeah. And I'm, I'm kind of worried like from here, where do we go? Yeah, where do we go from here?


Because you had a big majority or a big, big amount of people in the US voting for somebody like trump like, so what do we do now?


Mm. Yeah.


And there's always the concern like I've seen videos of trump supporters being like, we're going to cause chaos, we're going to kill people stuff like that like and what kind of where what's gonna happen with crime, like his crime going to go up?


I don't know.


It's just so much to think about. Like I'm rambling at this point, but like I'm worried I'm a little worried.


Yeah, I hope not. I hope not. Yeah.


Yeah, I hope not. But uh I think that if they do, it's not certainly not going to help their cause. I think that in a lot of ways, I think that the Republican Party has some serious challenges.


Uh huh Yeah, Absolutely.


I mean, you know, they're still, in my opinion, kind of the old white people's party, um because they're demographically, demographically, they're very out of touch with America is changing. Um uh we they, you know, they're on the wrong side of history as far as climate change, for example, as far as helping, you know, the middle class of wage inequality, um those types of issues, um, yeah, women's rights, abortion, you know, they're on the wrong side of because I mean that to me is not just women's rights there, that also is an environmental issue because, you know, more people creates more problems.


Yeah. Women's rights. Uh huh. Yes. No. Uh huh.


I think we are getting to the point where were too populated, not just in this country but worldwide, it's causing environmental problems, but um they're just they're on the wrong side of history and a lot of issues in my opinion.


Yeah, true. No. Yeah. Right. Uh huh.


And then they're just demographically not reaching out to, you know, changing America America is changing, you know?


Right. All right.


And so Yeah.


Right. Yeah. I feel like I looked at um like an article a few days ago, I think that pretty much show like the vast majority of minority voters, you know, vote for the Democratic candidate women.


Okay. Yeah.


I mean, specifically minority women, there's still, you know, a situation with white white women. Um and like college, college educated people tend to vote more democratic. Like, like you said, it's definitely like that white older generation um and specifically like people who didn't go to college, I guess.


Right. Okay.


Um we're kind of stuck in their ways and not willing to be open to that.


Yeah.


Um Yeah, it doesn't replacement.


Well, I think sometimes how people vote is also how they're brought up. Like I come from a republican family and I do remember when I was 18, the first time I was able to vote, I voted for Ronald Reagan, you know, back then.


Absolutely. Mm. Mm Yeah.


But you know, it was probably, I would say right around the time of George W. Bush, the second Bush that I started talking with people like you know um from other countries. And one of the things that we would do is we would compare our government systems and you know, I started asking about health care and their countries and how they handle health insurance for people.


Uh huh Yeah. Right.


And that's another thing that the republicans are wrong about two is healthcare is a right, it belongs to everybody should have health care.


Mhm. Right.


Um And I think the government needs to be involved to keep prices down um to set the price for you know this procedure or that procedure or whatever.


That's the only way you can really get a control.


Mhm.


Um And I'm a big fan of AOC too so.


Mhm. Yeah.


Uh huh. He's cool.


Uh Anyways but uh uh what I was gonna say was is when I started comparing you know how they do things over there, it started making me wonder what are we doing, why why can't we have that over here and not just staff, but a lot of things and that's when I really kind of changed a democrat and I just don't see going back to Republican and are unless they really change but I don't think that they are, they're really they seem to be even more, you know, crazy then they were probably back in the 19 eighties, you know, when I first started voting, so Yeah.


Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I feel like that's that's a critique I have of like a lot of people my age, they don't actually take the time to research the parties or the candidates and their policies and they're just pretty much voting how their parents vote.


Um which is that's not being an educated or informed voter at all, Great.


Yeah. Right. Right.


Um And yeah, like you said, it's just how people are raised like uh actually, oh back in March, right before everything shut down, I went to D.


Yeah.


C. Um and I went to the african american Museum Museum Mayer with my acquire that.


Uh huh. Did you like it?


Yeah, I loved it. Oh my God, like amazing.


Yeah, there's so much as see in Washington, I would love to see a Smithsonian and all of that, there's so much to see there, so Yeah, Yeah.


I would go back in a heartbeat. Um Yeah. Yes, yes. But yeah, we were standing in the lobby waiting for our tour guide and this group came in, they the kids had to be no older than 12, they all had mega hats on and I'm like, and I'm just like, you all don't even know you're too young to know, right?


Mhm. Oh God, I call them maggots.


Maggots?


Yeah, like you're too young to know what trump's policies are, you don't even know what he's doing to this country, you just blindly thought like they didn't buy those heads themselves, their parents bottle for them, and it's just it's disappointing because, you know, two elections from now to presidential elections from now, they're going to vote Republican because that's what their parents told them to do.


Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, a lot of people, a lot of younger people don't vote and they should, you know, I mean I know that when I had the opportunity to vote, when I was like turn 18, I was like kind of excited about it, you know, and but you know, I think a lot of younger people are kind of like, you know, I don't really care, but they should because it's going to affect their future and the future direction of this country and I'm glad, you know, for any young person who did go out and vote because I think it made us certainly made a difference this year because some of the winds, you know, um we're a razor thin in some areas, you know, like um Arizona and Georgia and things like this, I mean it could have gone either way.


Uh So I don't know, it just I just wish younger people will be a little bit more um enthusiastic about learning um are getting involved in politics, I guess. Whoa. Mhm. Yeah. Mhm. What? Yeah. Right. Mhm. Afternoon. Yeah.


Um you know, if if not enough people had turned out, so, yeah, so I'm I'm really glad that people did get out and voted, you know, so got him out of there, so.


Mhm. Right. Yeah. Okay. Mhm. Yeah, I feel like one of the things, right, I think that one of the things that frustrated me was I had some friends who, uh, friends and family members who chose not to vote, um and they didn't give good arguments, like that's what always gets me.


Yeah. Yeah.


So they would post on social media, I'm not voting, there's nothing you can say about it, and then people would comment and be like, you know, these are the reasons you should vote.


Like, why why do you think you shouldn't do you think your vote doesn't matter, bob bob bob, and they will get mad. They would argue with everyone, and it's just there's never a reason.


Yeah. Well that's like people who vote, that's like people who vote like libertarian or Green Party, it's like why, you know, you know, that those people are not going to win.


Yeah. Okay.


So you may as well vote for somebody, you know, if you don't like how things are the vote for a change, I mean, maybe you don't like the other candidate, but do you like the guy that's in office now, then?


Yeah. We under it. Right. Right.


No, then get him out of there, you know?


Mhm. Right. Like, people have to recognize we're pretty much a two party system, like, so, you know, I'm all for it.


Okay. Yeah. Yeah.


Like if you're libertarian do your thing, but like, recognize what that does in an election like this, Right?


And actually, when you read about the libertarian party, I can't support them either because they're even more whacko than the Republican Party there.


Mhm. I honestly, I don't know anything about them.


I think they're kind of into very small government, um, which to me is very unrealistic, because, you know, you have to have a social safety net, you know, for people, um, and this kind of this me, me, me, you know, it's all about protecting myself and the hell with you doesn't work, you know, in order for democracy to work, you need to have everybody having a fair shot and helping those who can't get ahead or or having trouble, you know, in life or whatever.


Mhm. Right. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Equity. Yeah. Mhm. Wow.


Um But, you know, there's kind of, I think that's one of the problems with the Republican Party is to me, me, me, you know, and we need to be we we me, you know, we we the people, you know, we're in this together type.


Right. Right. Right. Yeah. I mean, if we're only worried about ourselves, how are we supposed to get, Yeah.


Yeah, yeah. We're all in this ship together called the Uss America, so.


Right. Right.


Mhm.


We're gonna have to get used to each other, so, yeah.


Yeah, exactly, exactly. So, Yeah.


Great. All right.


Okay.


Well, it looks like my, my timer has gone off as your is gonna.


Yeah. Okay. I got 26 minutes. I sent my son on a watch here. So yeah, I think we're supposed to speak. Let's see what time here.


Well they're saying 28 minutes, but that's that's when you go and do the survey.


Yeah.


So I think we're supposed to talk, well we can we can talk another four minutes and get it to 30 if you want.


Oh, sure.


That's fine.


Just to be on the safe side. Shell.


How many of these have you done so far?


I was supposed to be my third. I did one successfully before and then the second one yesterday didn't work out.


Okay, Okay.


Uh it's like, okay.


I've done four. Yeah. And I was very glad that he's or he or whoever has expanded it so that you can do. I think seven of these because there are a lot of fun.


There are a lot of fun.


They are like, yeah, the two conversations I've had so far have been nice.


I've been a little worried like, you know, you never know.


Yeah, initially I was, yeah, initially I was kind of worried but yeah, I've had really um it seems like the prolific people.


Yeah. Mhm.


Everyone is really cool, you know, so far.


Yeah, prolific is such a great like survey site.


So. Yeah. Think. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I've I've joined, let's see november last year and I'm I think I'm made about $1000 so far.


It's, you can make money so quick and like most of the surveys are pretty short or if they're not, they're fun like this. Um But yeah, it's such a good website like compared to all the other ones. Mm hmm. One.


So. Yeah. Yeah.


Well, I just joined in september and I've made uh probably close to like 200 so far, so I feel like I'm on a good track.


Okay. Okay, Good, good.


Yeah.


Yeah, yeah, I just keep track of your, the one thing I will say is advice is just keep track of the exchange rate between the dollar and the pound right now, it's up pretty, it's pretty good.


Mm. Okay.


You know, you want to try to, when you go into paypal, you'll see that.


Mhm.


I think the pound is $1.25 which is pretty good. Uh I wouldn't go any lower than that, you know, because that means less money for you.


Okay. Mm.


So you don't have to, you can take the money, you can cash it out any time, but just don't convert it from pounds to dollars and let's see unless the exchange rate is favorable.


Right. Can't take that. Okay.


So.


Okay.


Well, I didn't even think about that before.


That's, wow. Okay.


Yeah. But it makes a, it helps it just gives you more money you know.


Mexico. Mhm.


So so when the dollar is uh when the pound is strong it just means more dollars for you.


Right. Mhm. Yeah, you said 1.25 or higher.


So. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I would say 1.25 or higher. I have seen it like earlier this year I think it was down like 1.171 point 18 which wasn't very good.


So I just kept holding on to it in Paypal and just waited until it went back up again.


Mhm. Yeah.


So yeah sure.


Okay. Excellence.


But yeah but prolific is awesome. I love prolific.


Yeah.


Great website.


Yeah. Um Okay.


Do you use any other like online sites or anything, pardon?


Um so I just signed up for pine cone research, you know that um which I had heard, it's kind of like, it's really hard to get into.


Okay. I've heard of them. Yeah.


Um Yeah, and I heard it was like a super great website, but it's not, it's not really doing it for me.


Okay.


I haven't qualified for any surveys yet. Um, I keep getting screened out, so I'm kind of like, I don't, Yeah.


Peace. Well one thing I will suggest to is if you live near a big city in michigan is sign up for some local marketing companies in your city because I am signed up with some local marketing companies here and I've done like I just recently on Wednesday I didn't in person study with them where I had to travel to a location and it was for some sort of medical research where they wanted me to stick a needle into a dummy and inject medicine into the study.


Okay. Mhm. Oh. Mhm.


And then they asked me questions about the medical device and uh the instructions that came with the uh injectable um syringe and I could pay like $100 just for an hour of my time.


Yeah. Mhm. Uh huh.


So and I've done like three of those studies this year so that was kind of you know cool to do that.


Mhm.


Um you know good money so but that's that's one thing I would suggest doing too, so.


Right. Yeah.


Uh huh.


Yeah. I have a couple other websites like I am, um, survey junkie is one american consumer opinion is another one.


Um, but like prolific is my main one. For sure.


Yeah, yeah, prolific is my main one, too, so yeah.


Yeah.


Okay. I think we're at the 31 minute, almost 32 minutes mark. So it was nice meeting you morgan and I wish you the best in your job search and everything, so I'm sure you'll be quite good, quite well in your in your career, I'm sure of it, so yeah, Yeah, you have a good thanksgiving, so yeah, stay healthy, stay safe, you know?


Mm It was nice meeting you. Yes, thank you. Yeah. Uh, thank you. It was nice meeting you christian. Right? You too. All right. You're saying yes. Yes, yes, yes.


Yeah. So okay, bye, bye.


Already by


exactly, that's right, texas, Haley gary, what is it? Mhm. Hi Alex, yeah, wow. Yeah, Yeah, yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. Yes, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Uh huh. Oh, Mhm, Mhm. Yeah, Yeah. Mhm. Yeah, Yeah. Okay. Yeah, Yeah. Oh yeah, Did you? Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mhm Oh yeah, Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mhm, Mhm. Yeah. Mhm. Thank you. Mhm. Yeah, Okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, yeah, sure, Yeah. Uh huh. Yeah, yeah. Mhm. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Mhm, Mhm. Yeah, mm hmm. Yeah, Yeah. Right. All right, Yeah, Yeah, yeah. Yes, yeah, wow. Mhm. Okay, mm. All right. Mhm. Right, mm. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mhm, True. Uh huh. Mhm Hello, can you see me?


Hello? Yeah. Alright, let's try this, Does that work?


Okay, Yes, I can hear you see, are you the person I'm supposed to chat with?


Okay. Mhm.


Are you a person on the study?


Yeah, I know, I think uh I think you're the person I'm supposed to chat with.


Okay.


Yeah, and California.


All right. Um so what do you want to write about? Where are you located? I'm in Arkansas, I am moved back to Arkansas to take care of my mom, but I was living in Pittsburgh the last 12 years, so it's kind of a kind of a culture shock to come back here.


Okay. Okay. Yeah. What? Okay. Right. Right, and when did you do that?


Mhm. Um last august I sold my house and quit my job and moved back to actually to even smaller town than where I grew up. So I hate it.


Yeah, it's uh you know, weird times right now, obviously um we're working from home and looks like you've got a cat.


So how are you, how do you like in life? Yeah, I've got cats and dogs back here.


Okay. There's a long white cat, they're kind of right on the side of the screen.


Yeah, that's a dog actually, but there is a cat right next to you, just can't see.


Oh, dog, Okay, Okay. Um so yeah, kind of a weird time in general, just obviously working from home, I'm fortunate I've got a job where I can do that and you know, the just a lot of, you know, just weird stuff in general just happening.


Yeah, I'm the same way, I don't leave the house a lot because I don't want to expose my mom. Um but then I was supposed to start a new job and they canceled it because of this. It just started in March. So it's really hard to find a job during a pandemic.


Yeah. Yeah. No, I hear you. We are when we are we had within my business, we just last week went through some downsizing inside a couple of folks that had to leave.


Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.


And I mean it's just, you know, it's bad enough when it happens in general, but, you know, during the current environment, I mean, it's just just that much worse.


Mhm. It's just Mhm Yeah, I'm I don't know, I got a job with the post office I think, but I'm gonna have to drive 45 minutes, so, but I mean it pays okay for here, it's a lot less than, you know what I was making in Pittsburgh, but that's to be expected, but it's better than no money coming in, so good.


Right. Right. Yeah, exactly, Exactly. Yeah.


Mhm Yeah, Should Yeah, so sweet.


I'm, you know, kind of kind of like you said, I I've got my parents that live just about a mile or so away and so my dad's 80 and my mom's 75 you know, same thing, you know, obviously the last thing we want them to do is is be out and about and uh, they've been really good about it.


No. Right.


They've, you know, we've, we've been trying to deliver groceries to them and take stuff over as they need.


Yeah.


And uh, you know, I think they've left the house, you know, maybe 56 times in total.


Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Uh huh.


And, you know, all of those times, it's essentially just, you know, curbside pickup or something like that.


Yeah. Say cool. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah, I'm my mom's primary caregiver, so she's telling everybody, I'm basically keeping her hostage here in the house. She never sees anybody and like people, like one of her friends tried to come visit her and I wouldn't let her come in, this is in the beginning, and I was like, and she didn't have a mask on or anything, I was like why would you do that?


Yeah. Right. Right.


You know she's high risk like why would you just show up and then the next time I let her visit but where masks and sit on the other side of the room because you know I haven't protected her for three or four months for somebody just to waltz on it and like spread there germs everywhere and then I have to go to walmart and no one here believes they all think it's a hoax.


Right. Right. Right. Absolutely. Right.


So there's like no social distancing, no wearing masks I wear a mask and I'm just like dodging people trying to get what I need and get out but no one here cares. And California I heard is getting a lot worse so it's what it step yeah.


It has in fact in fact our governor today basically rolled everything back for the whole state, so so like we had like hair care and um indoor dining, some of that had already started um and he basically said, nope, all that has to be put on hold indefinitely because because yeah, I mean the numbers have have definitely jumped up and I'm in the northern part of the state, but the luckily ours is it's okay, but it's not terrible, but uh the southern part of the state is really bad.


Yeah. Yeah yep. Yeah. Yeah mm. That, yeah. Mhm. It's yeah. All right. Yeah I used to, well I was stationed in Monterey briefly but that's as far north as I went except for to visit san Francisco on the weekends sometimes.


Yeah. Right.


But I'm sure you haven't been to Arkansas because there's nothing here.


Um I've been through the state.


Yeah it's not a lot you know to stop and see. So we didn't have anything shut down really here. They had some they had restaurant shut down briefly and then now it's for masks until you get seated and then you can take your mask off. My aunt owns a restaurant here in town and they have like all the tables spread out really far and you just have to wear your mask when you go to the table and that's it.


Right, right, that's uh that's kind of kind of scared.


But everything else is just business as usual so that that it is because there's not a lot of you know everything all civilizations at least an hour away.


Uh huh. Mhm.


So I have to go either to the local walmart at the local grocery store and there's like a tractor supply, but just not a lot here.


Right. Right.


So.


Right, So so so so this is like the make the seventh time on the study that had been scheduled for a time and this is the first time somebody's actually shown up.


Yeah, yeah, so, so yeah, seven step step step, yep. Yeah. Oh no, you know, I didn't show up for my last one, this is this is my second one scheduled the first time. It's so stupid. I I have an amazon show and so I was like, hey Alexa, um give me a reminder of chat date. Well it came and went and I was like, it said check date, so I was like why did I tell myself to check the date? And then I just went out my life, like I just completely had forgotten about it.


Right. Uh huh. Three, Well I guess I've had I think six of these prior to, I mean it was almost I was almost assuming that was kind of the norm.


And and so, so I love somebody hanging, I feel really bad about it, so maybe it was part of the test to see how you'd react, like they're watching you, so, so No, well at least they did something.


Yeah, I I didn't mind, I mean because they when when you showed up and uh you know I just wait for 10 or 15 minutes and nobody would show up, you just submit the or you fill out the rest of it submitted and I think they sent you a dollar 50 for the time or something.


I used to um work on a college campus for about nine years and I did a lot of studies, like it was so easy money on my on my lunch breaks and stuff.


Yeah.


And we were also worked at Carnegie Mellon University, and then we were right next to the University of Pittsburgh, so they would also have studies in between the two I could like or go after work or go at lunch, and like, I always had a side income coming in from studies, it's right, well, when I still smoked, I did a smoking study and I think I ended up making like $700 off of that, just going after work a couple of days a week.


Right, mm. Yeah, it's a it's a nice way to make make a little bit of extra money on the side and uh Right, right.


And they would test to see if I was cheating because they were giving me these other cigarettes to smoke that were really bad, but they had less nicotine and or at least I assume they did because like didn't get any satisfaction from them and the whole thing was, it was a double blind study, so I couldn't know if they were normal cigarettes, but and then they also gave us like little scratch offs for lottery, so I never won. Uh huh.


Yeah, I did, I did one a few years ago for um I think it was the toothbrush company sonic care and had gotten enrolled in one of their studies and it was like every like two weeks they kept sending us like another $200.


Yeah. Mm. Yeah. Mhm. Yeah. Two.


And I couldn't, it never made sense. They were just you know, here's here's more money in like so after a month that it must have been at least 600 or $700.


Yeah. Yeah. That Oh wow, I did one for um it was like crest or Colgate where they had me by the toothpaste online and they reimburse you for it and I could only get like a five pack at the time and they reimburse me for, and then I didn't run out of toothpaste for like a really long time and I think they sent me some then too.


Right? Right. Well you okay.


Yeah, I had a lot of toothpaste, like a lot. Okay, mm.


Um We have the the try and think of the name of it, the um consumer products company um drawing a blank.


Mhm. Yeah, Is it like pinky or no?


They do like Lysol and hold up. Um I should know because their base they're based here in northern California.


Mhm. Yeah.


But anyway they've got a they've got probably about 20 minutes away, they've got a research center and they'll periodically, you know, they'll they'll send you invites for like you know various tests.


Okay. Yeah. Right. So yeah, so yeah, trump.


Um And some of them you know you go in there and they're kind of the standard ones, you know, try these wipes or you know what do you think about this new product?


Mhm.


But one of the items they also offer is the fresh step cat litter.


Yeah. Uh huh.


And so they'll periodically do these cat litter tests where you basically you you like you identify a time you drive through.


Yeah. Yeah.


They give you two boxes of cat litter and we have cats here.


But yeah.


Also they give you two boxes of cat litter and basically use one box for two weeks and then they send you like about five minutes study and then you use the other one for two weeks and same thing.


Yeah. Yeah. Mhm.


We'll send you a five minute study. And um at the end of it not only do you get the the cat litter itself but then they also send you like a 50 or $75 gift card. So it works out pretty well and you know your your time is basically whatever time it takes to drive there and pick up the letter.


So yeah, I wish they do that here. I um I did one time in Pittsburgh, there's a place downtown and I got in for one, it was like 100 bucks for me to go spend an hour talking about um contact lens solution.


Yeah.


So that's all we had to do. We didn't even have to try it. We just had to say what brand we used, we had to bring our bottle in what we liked about it while we used it. And I was just like, because it's cheap because after a while you start to realize there's just not a big difference anyway.


Right. Right.


That yeah, that's why I hate being out here so isolated for the last year.


Yeah and I've done I've done a couple of uh in person ones as well and uh you know it's always it's always interesting just you know the group of people that come together and just you know sometimes you go in there not really knowing what they're going to talk to you about and other times you know you have a pretty good idea of you know what the what the topic is or you know what you're going to cover.


And I don't know how to act like I'm talking to you is like the first face to face discussion with a stranger.


I've had months except for you know the cashier at walmart and she's behind the big glass and we both have mask fun.


Right.


Yeah. So I'm supposed to be what 20 25 minutes or?


25 minutes I think. Yeah.


So and I know they were real there since this is like the seventh time I've gone through the process there are very specific, you know that has to be you know the full 25 minutes, so um.


So. Yeah. Yeah. It's a Mhm. Yes. Yeah. I saw that. I said you won't get paid if you don't stay the full 25 minutes, right?


Right. Right. Right. Yeah. Actually you know, probably X 26 27 after. We should we should definitely at that point have our 25 minutes in.


Um I don't know what else to talk about. Uh I went to the pharmacy today and I took my mom to the doctor for M. R. I. That's all I've done all day long and I played a video game because I just do that a lot down because I don't have anything else to do.


Yeah. Mhm.


And I'm waiting to hear back from the post office so I can go to my drug test and then I can push around a cart and sort mel. But they pay pretty well like I said, I mean it's better than nothing.


But Right, basically, yeah, so I'm kind of in the in the tech industry just do a lot of like planning and coordination, kind of working with project teams and getting stuff set up in underway.


So you work just a regular 9 to 5 kind of thing at home. It's not. Yeah. What? Yeah. Step step.


So we're we're kind of spread out all over the country.


Yeah.


So, you know, whether we work from home or whether we work from the office, it doesn't really make that much of a difference.


Yeah. Uh huh. Yeah. I would love to have that kind of job because it's just so hard to find anything in a small town to begin with.


So if I had something that could work from home, that's why I had my camera and things set up. I had a um an interview, a video or you know, interview and then I guess I didn't get the job because I didn't hear from him. But I imagine right now people are really scrambling for those any legitimate work from home positions. So I tried, I tried doing the home call center did not work out well they put me on overnights even though my offer letter had daytime and my first shift was seven PM to like four a.m. And I was like I can't work this shift.


And they're like well that's your shift. So I'm like okay, I quit, you know, thanks for making me sit through two weeks of training at least it was paid training but still it's such a waste of time and that was helping with their unemployment.


Yeah. Right. Right.


They were people that got him, it was for Bank of America, they did the debit cards or the in California, we did California's.


All right.


Um and it was basically, we were just customer service for that, but we were you know, contracted out to do it, we weren't working for Bank of America. So is that one of their states as well?


Right.


We did also did like child support cards for some other states and people are really angry about their money and I don't blame them. And I just sit there like I am so sorry, I'm so sorry. I know you need that money. I really understand, clip correct.


Right. I would read that like a lot of the people that that would get the debit cards as part of the covid relief, they didn't recognize that it was, you know, like from the government and they just thought it was, you know, some sort of uh advertisement or something that would throw them away or cut them up or.


Oh gosh. Yeah, no, mine was direct deposited. Thank goodness. Uh you know, the, the system didn't recognize my information until it was like a month after everybody else had started getting there. And I was like, well, you know, I don't understand all my peers that everybody has theirs and then it just showed up and then I was in the system like there was really no time lapse between me being able to check on the status and me receiving it in my bank account.


Mhm.


And then my mom got hers right away because she was on Social Security.


Hey.


So she was lucky. I'm hoping for another one. But you know, okay, lots of people need it.


Yeah.


But people that are in charge don't need it. So what do they care?


Yeah, I mean I'm I'm certainly, I mean it's the last couple of days, I mean I've heard a lot of discussion about it, but it seems like right now they're not really sure which which direction to go.


Yeah. Yeah. They don't want it. I mean if fiscally conservative, I guess they don't mind us give any money because you know, I'll just become a bomb and live under a bridge and live off their money because you know, only people that need help or bad people is what they make it sound like.


Mhm. Mhm.


Yeah. Um Anyway, I'm not very happy with the current administration.


No, no I neither am I uh we're just counting down the days.


Yeah. What? Well they are really attacking fallacy or however you say is they And saying he was saying the exact same. They don't understand that in science you use what information you have available at the time and that it evolves with new information as it comes in.


But they're just like, well he was wrong in january, who cares if he was wrong in january and when he was right, you never listened to him anyway.


I mean, I don't know. They're really throwing him to the wolves. He didn't seem to really care, but yeah, but he could retire easily, but Right.


No, no, he I think he kind of you know, he realizes that you know he's you know he's been doing this for you know 40 years, 50 years. Oh yeah, yeah, but you know I think he's one of those folks that you know, I think he feels a sense of duty and service and um you know and I think he sees himself as a sort of a you know a steward for the people and so you know I think I think he you know I think he will he will come out of this just fine I think you know people will look back you know a number of years and you know he'll be viewed as you know one of the folks that helped kind of guide us through the time and you know even as he was kind of being you know personally attacked and you know his name kind of thrown under the bus I think people will look back and you know appreciate for what he did.


Yeah. So sweet. Yeah. What? Uh huh. Yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah. So yeah, now I was really surprised they let him speak as much as they did in the beginning. I was like, he's completely contradicting everything they're saying and they're letting him, I was like, this can't last long and eventually, I don't know, I mean trump wore a mask. Did you see that?


I did I did over the weekend at walter reed.


Okay. And it's freaking july, this has been going on since february and all of a sudden uh okay. how better not get started? This could go on for another hour.


Yeah. All right.


It's literally all I have right now is I watch the news and I play video games and I take care of my mom.


Mhm.


So I just sit around and getting angry. Like, I can't believe this, what you know on facebook.


Yeah. Yeah it's it's definitely difficult in the current environment because yeah we're we are just so limited on what we can do and where we can go and Oh yeah.


Yeah. Yeah. And you can't there's people you can't argue with, no matter how wrong they are, you can't really argue with someone that doesn't believe that virus that this virus exists when there's people dying. I mean, they're like, do you know anybody personally? Oh my God, you are such a drooling morons. Go away.


Yeah. Oh yeah.


There were.


It is it is it is it's scary to think that, you know, there's that much denial out there and you know that many people that that just just I can't accept that this is happening and that you've got to change behaviors and you've got to think differently and um thank you.


Yeah. Mhm. Well, yeah, sure. And you have to see if they have to see it to believe it in. You can't I'm still can't see it, I'm sorry. And also it's just like anti intellectualism to begin with, just like, oh, you know, people that went to college and they're learning all these liberal ideas. They're being indoctrinated. No, they're educated. Why do you think everyone, people with education are the ones that are not supporting this?


Yeah.


It's not because it's a big damn conspiracy that people smarter than you are trying to trick you.


Mhm. Mhm. Yeah.


Like you. Yeah. Oh, stop.


If Yeah. Yes.


We only have two minutes left. I don't think stop talking by then if I can.


Yeah. Right, right.


Mhm. Oh yeah. But yeah, it's very irritating.


The yeah, there was there was something that was going to say about that. Mhm.


Mhm.


I know I had a good thought, but I lost it.


Mhm. Well, I mean, it's just people's fear of the anything that they don't understand and they don't understand a lot.


Yeah. Mhm.


Especially, you know, in the Southern states where, you know, the education is subpar to begin with and and has been held back, we are funding.


What?


So the poorest states have the worst funding and they're also, you know, just happened to be Republican states. It's just a coincidence.


Okay.


I am.


Uh maybe a little bit more than a coincidence.


Yeah. Okay. Yeah. That's, I mean, I've moved away from here 17 years ago for a reason. Just like I couldn't, I tried to get my mom to move north with me, but I couldn't get rid of budge. She's been her all her life.


Yeah, I was I was wondering I was wondering about that.


Yeah.


I didn't, but that makes sense.


It's sometimes hard to change.


So sure. Right. And to be a stereo stereotypical southern family, I had to move down here because my brother went to prison for meth and he was living with her and I didn't realize just how bad things have gotten here.


Mhm, mm.


I had actually, when he was, um, before he went to prison, when he got out of jail, I had to like throw him out of the house. We had the police here several times, but you know, there's a huge meth problem here, but they seem to think they have the moral high ground when it's so bad.


Yeah, no, I did not.


Did you see that cat? She's huge.


Uh huh. We m we were fortunate about a week, so one of our cats had passed away right around uh end of the year, and so about a week before everything started, like in in March with the virus, we we actually had adopted a kitten and you know, we didn't kind of know how things were gonna, you know, I don't think we had any sense is to you know, how quickly things were going to change.


Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, but it's good. Yeah. Yeah.


But I would say having a kitten when you're in quarantine and lockdown, I would recommend that for everybody, it probably probably kept all of our all of our sanity.


Okay. And. Okay. Yeah. I have five cats, so I can't can I moved here? My mom already had two dogs, I had two dogs and five wait two dogs and five cats. But I had a really big house. Um I mean the cats have the wrong room and then I moved down here and the house is much smaller. I had, you know, two stories aren't as common, so it's just like a ranch and it's um other bedrooms are small, it's just so small to have all these animals.


Right.


Like I'm going crazy. I'm I'm like constantly going around like cleaning out litter boxes and cleaning up messes. And anyway, I had to get all the floors replaced because they weren't used to having carpet.


So I had to get hardwood hard floors put down because they were like oh carpet. And they think it's the same thing as a P pad because they have been be pat trained so it was mess.


Right. Right. Uh huh. Yeah, we're good.


But it's okay now. Nice hard floors. Yeah. Well I think we did it now.


I think we get the 25 minutes.


Do we just close this out? I know you haven't completed one of these I mean.


Yeah, I don't get close this out and then there's on the other page, there's a like a survey and then they said it's like kind of 15 minutes or so, of additional questions and then, yep, and then finish that and submitted and they paid pretty quickly, so yeah, okay, yep, I'm glad I finally finally was able to to finish it, so uh that's


Okay. Yeah, I got that. Okay. Good. I could use, well thanks for chatting. I'm glad that you finally showed up for you. All right. All right. Okay.


Oh world, I hear you kid, That's great. Yeah. All of yeah, I yeah, walk up. Okay. Uh One of the rescues lost a riverboat bra. Uh huh. Yes, yeah, Yeah.


Hey, how you doing, man?


The movie. How are you doing today?


I'm well, I'm Ian how are you talk any time?


My name is Kai Kyle, Uh huh. You know, frequent, I'm as good as it can be for monday and you know, that's, that's like that's like drinking a couple of flavored bleach.


How are you this fine, monday morning? Yeah.


It's it's still brutes.


Uh I like your attitude, man.


Yeah. Okay.


Um Yeah, this is uh this is the second one of these that I've done.


Okay, what can you do?


The first one didn't go so smoothly, but uh, I have a feeling this was going to go much better.


Hopefully. So hopefully, so, so where are you located?


Yeah, so uh, I'm in Central New Jersey. How about you?


Okay, I'm I'm in um pretty close, I'm in new york, so it's not far from you.


Okay. All right, cool. Um yeah, I don't know, it's a little bit, I used to go through the past station all the time on the way to work, so.


Mhm.


And uh, my buddy used to live in ironbound, um, lots of restaurants down there. I've been uh, been eating around there for at least 10, 12 years, so I don't know what it's like now, but uh yeah, but I mean we used to love going down there uh, Iberian Peninsula, like all those uh, like the Brazilian steak houses, things like that, stuff for the Portuguese places.


Oh wow. Mhm. Portuguese places, definitely.


Uh huh.


I mean it's 10 years, it's been a while, so I'm quite sure it's probably, I wouldn't it's probably a lot different though, I mean it's it's driving and everything now so it's probably a lot more.


Yeah. Cool. Good. Good to hear it.


It's um it's definitely I would say um yeah, it's definitely expanded a lot because for a while it was just you know, maybe a mile mile and a half, but it's probably like three or four miles and it's out some more too. So um we go we go here.


Yeah. Is that a good thing?


Is that a good thing?


I didn't hear um Yeah because I mean yeah because it means the businesses are thriving and you know it's their own little community so as that gets bigger, that's their community and everything getting bigger I would think and they have a lot of the shops and you know they have a lot of um you know main main main mainstream stores and stuff like that before.


Sorry? Is that a good thing? Yeah? Right. Right. Alright. Cool. Cool. Good. Good to hear.


They used to have just mostly you know, community stores and stuff like that which they do, they still have a lot of those, but they also sprinkled a few, you know, mainstream stores in there as well pretty much uh That's cool with it, I don't know what you're talking because it's coming back.


Right. Right. Right, cool, cool. I'm uh I'm in basking Ridge, which is uh maybe 2025 minutes west. You drive down 78. Yeah. Uh Yeah. All right. So how are you holding up during this corona madness? Mhm. Uh huh. Doing the best you can. Right.


Unfortunately, reason this is true.


Yeah, I know, I know it's everyone's talking about the second wave and everything, but I don't think it ever really went away, you know, and right until we have a vaccine, until people do the right thing.


But I think, I think the second wave is going to come more so because the people who were paying much attention to it before, when it was like really bad and then as soon as any type of restrictions were lifted, they went back to being crazy. So, and like, so I knew it was like, I'm more in agreeance with you. I don't think it's a second wave. I think it's the first wave just coming back because it's a virus, It's not going anywhere.


Um You know, I've seen a lot of what you're describing to, it's like as soon as any sort of restrictions are lifted, they're going crazy, right? It's as if nothing's going on and that's not going to help anybody.


Mm right? Not all of them.


Um Yeah, it doesn't make sense.


All, of course.


But I mean, I guess you're you're a practical person and your ballistic and I'd like to believe that I am too. It's just, you know, until everybody thinks the way that we do, it's gonna be challenging to overcome this.


And one of the things that bothers you a lot is people who get offended, like, you know, like I might have my mask down a little bit if I'm like somewhere where I'm not around a lot of people, but if someone starts coming anywhere in my vicinity, I put my mask on and had a young lady, I don't know why you put your mask on.


Yeah. Right. Right.


I'm not going to give you anything. I'm like, how do you know what I don't have?


Right. So, I'm trying to protect you too. It's not just me protecting myself.


That's how it's supposed to be.


I'm trying to help other people.


And then like, it was cool though because I think I really legitimately saw a light bulb pop over and so hopefully she went home with some, with the way to do things, you know, don't look at it as from your perspective.


Right. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Right. Right. Well, good. Good for you. Hopefully, hopefully that light bulb did go off.


Okay.


But, uh, you know, it's I I respect people's opinions on things, but when you're trying to do the right thing to help other people out, it's not about you anymore.


Oh, good. Right, right.


So, um, and that's I think a lot of people are failing to see that.


Um, and that's right.


Yeah.


And, and like that, you know, when, when it first was being discussed and everything, that's, that was the main thing that stuck in my head. You know, you're not only protecting yourself, you're protecting mothers. I'm like, okay, that's what we do, because that's how we'll get rid of it.


Right.


As you said, it's practical thinking and unfortunately practical and common sense aren't that common.


Right. It's unfortunate, especially uh you know, because you look at the leadership, right? At the federal level, that's certainly not helping.


Yeah, Not at all.


Um you know, regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, you need good leadership from the top, otherwise it's going to be a disaster and I think we've seen that come to play here.


Yeah, yeah, definitely. The disaster is definitely amongst us. And as you said, you don't have you don't have to have a particular political leading you political leaning, you just it's like you're not supposed to do that.


You know, it doesn't matter if they were crowded, Republican libertarian, whatever, you're just not supposed to do that.


Right, Right, mm, I think that's the thing, yeah, yeah, yep.


And then you had, you know them. And then remember when it was like, not too long when he had what was it in? Um I want to say it was in Tulsa Oklahoma when he had the thing and then all his people were sitting with them and they didn't have a mask. Like three of them died. Since then. Like you you shouldn't have to be be over the head to believe in science. I mean it's it is what it is therefore it's not gonna affect.


It doesn't work.


Wasn't work.


Yeah, it's pretty bad. And then so not only Tulsa, but then he continued to do that in other places with these rallies and even even after catching it himself.


All right. Mhm. Right.


All right, so it's uh pretty, pretty insane. Uh Right, Right.


Yeah. I mean even if you if that isn't your thing, you have to put forth the guys of you know this is what you should do. I'll do it any time you see me, I might not do it, you know? But I'll do it every time you see me because this is what you should be doing as well.


Mhm. Right, Right. It's not it's really not that hard either, right? Like people are saying it's, you know, infringing on their freedoms and all that stuff, you're just putting a mask on my friends like that, that's it, It's really not that big of a deal, you know, I'm not asking to lock yourself up and you know where these like crazy scuba gear things or whatever it Well, right, right.


Yeah. Yeah. Oh that's Oh. Mhm. Mhm. That hazmat suit or something.


Uh So I don't know man, I really don't um on on that note, um I did uh drop off my vote the other day last week, so I'm pretty happy about that.


Good deal good deal hopefully.


Hopefully, you know, if we get out in enough numbers we can make a difference here and yeah yeah get our country back to where it needs to be or it should be.


So bro, I was I was a little smoke though because I was actually one of the first people to um to do the mail in. And then we hear a few days later about the guy with the truck or the mail guy who had like a whole bunch of balance and stuff and he tried this whole, oh boy, you know what, I'm just like I said by the early Earl five was in there, but I think it was somewhere down, I think it was South Jersey.


Mhm. Oh couple 100 or 1000 whatever just yeah. Uh Yeah. So okay, yeah, there is a place online where you can check to make sure that they received it too, so yeah.


I'm not your story pull them. I'll definitely look the product who mhm Yeah.


Yeah, one of my friends told me about that. If you just search for the uh I think it's on the New Jersey voting website, um you just put in your either your voter I. D. Or your license driver's license number and it'll tell you the status whether it was received when it was received, if it was processed, all that stuff. So give you a little bit of peace of month.


Oh, I got to get out of the yeah, because it Hello?


Yeah, because I mean it's very discouraging and I think that's what some people want is to discourage people, right? Like not knowing whether or not the effort that you made to vote even matters, but it does matter.


Course. Yeah, Yeah, it should matter and it's it's um it's something that you should exercise.


So. Yeah.


I mean, I mean, I've been a pretty big advocate for people voting for quite some time because I've always told people, you can't just come out in droves to, you know, the for the big elections, you have to every one of those elections because those have as much to do with who gets up at the top is anything that's Uh huh Right, yep, To control all those people, you got to exercise your right to vote every time you have it because if you didn't have it, you have to complain about what you mean.


Yeah. Right. Right. Right. Yeah. Absolutely, 100%. Right. Uh I mean, you look at some of the uh the question of activities that are going on in the Senate right now, it's because of uh one side being the majority, right? So to your point, like it does make a difference at every single level, and your local mayor, that's that he or she is going to be the one that goes to the next level and the next level, and kind of you. Right, Right. Yeah. Yeah, I couldn't agree with you more.


I can't vote, What do you mean?


Yeah.


I can't well, you know, you've been voting, why do you want to vote now? Because but that that's our society as a whole, as soon as you're told you can or can't do something, we're gonna unpractical people will do the opposite and Right, right, it's right here, bro.


Right. Yeah, you're right, Right. What do you mean I have to do this or I can't do this? Uh Yeah, so, I mean that's that's part of the root problem here, too, it's not just the politicians, but these politicians are being put in power by people who don't care or don't care to understand all that's involved and they don't get involved, so, yeah, it's challenging, but uh I guess uh you know, we'll see what happens in a couple weeks, uh fingers crossed, man. Mhm.


Two weeks from tomorrow.


Mhm. Yeah.


That's great.


Yeah. Yeah, I know, again, I can't believe it. Um you know, it's been a challenging year for sure, but there's a lot of the line in in two weeks of the day. Oh, man.


Uh My favorite thing um Well, one of my favorite things that came out of um the Covid was one of the, someone said that ever since the Covid hit every day has been blurs day.


Mhm.


I love that.


I haven't heard that, that's pretty good, yeah, and Yeah.


Yeah, I like that. Ever since the corporate head every day has been blurred today, Which is true bro. It it spend it seems to have been creeping along so slowly and then all of a sudden it was july, it was like the individual days were slow, but somehow the whole passage of time in itself is fast, it was great.


Yeah. Right, Right, right, right, right. Um and now now, yeah, now it's november who was july yesterday, It is november, basically, Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm just uh yeah, so you know, if things go well in a couple weeks, then we can end 2020 in a good way and start 2021 in a better way.


It was I'll smoke linger. The only thing I'm not mad about is I don't think we can get 2020 out of here fast enough bro. So the thought he hasn't been going to be best for a lot of people. Mhm. Right, because if it goes another way it will be just the continuation of blurred today.


That's uh yeah, and it will get even worse, I'm trying to think of some other words beyond blur.


Oh I don't think it will be either, but we were hoping for the best and like I said, I encourage everyone I know like you know vote like because we're gonna have each one of the past three presidential elections when they elected Obama, when they elected trump both of those who due to the highs ever voter turnout.


Uh and I'm not sure I should be repeating them, but it's gonna get worse. If that happens then it's not gonna be pretty, Yeah. Right.


And that was uh so we're gonna need we're gonna need one more higher turnout than the last two we've had.


Right, right. Yeah, I mean, I'm seeing encouraging numbers, yeah, you're seeing early, early voting is higher than it's ever been.


You just got Mhm. Right, correct.


Um But it could be a little bit misleading because the early turnout is people that are 100 they were going to vote anyways. Right? So hopefully we'll get the people that, you know, the first time voters or the people that have been on the fence and and didn't know who to vote for the past actually come out and cast their votes.


Uh You know, right, take advantage of your right, you know, don't just they don't just say well he's gonna win anyway or they're going to win anyway, so I'm like no you don't know because it made, if it's enough of you people that think that to actually vote, it may make a big difference, it can make a big right, okay.


I'm not going to tell you who to vote for, but you should cast a vote, like the right thing to do. Right. Right. So you Right. Yeah. Yeah. I had I have a close friend who thinks like that is like, oh my one vote doesn't make a difference in like we we had an argument for hours over this and like if everybody felt the way that you do, then you're right, it wouldn't matter. But it's the power of the collective votes is like, you have to go out and do what you can, you can't tell millions of other people to vote. You can't force them to vote, but you can make that decision for yourself, but Right.


Right, and and if those millions of each one of them can get their mind frame in the correct way, then that would make a big difference.


Right. So, well, uh, this is a good start to the conversation. Uh, yeah, I'm glad I met you task a good good shot.


That's awesome. Glad to meet you too. And it's awesome chap.


Yeah. So, uh, this week the weather is going to be nice. We got that going for us.


It does nothing like good old summertime weather in late october huh.


Mm. Yeah, that won't see That's crazy, too right.


There's these weather is the worst our weather is the worst.


But yeah, I mean, I was I was born and raised in Kansas, all right.


Uh Right okay.


So I moved to New Jersey when I was 11. Now, let me tell you about the first um, this is a long time ago obviously, but in the winter it would get to like 10 below in the summers it would get 210.


Okay. Uh Uh huh.


So, uh, yeah. So you don't have it that bad here. It's not the greatest, don't get me wrong, but it can always be worse.


Okay.


That's, that's how I see it.


And you have a lot of like internal weather stuff, tornadoes and stuff like that as well so.


Yeah. Yeah.


Right.


In grade school we used to do like tornado drills. Like, I don't know if they ever had him in, in Jersey, but um, you know, I asked my friends here like they're like, what are you talking about tornado drill?


Oh look it's a little trouble.


What do without that?


Yeah. What do you what do you use that on? Is that when a regular No no not that type of drill exercise type of drill.


Exactly? Right. Yeah. Yeah. Right. And the best thing is they would tell us to get under our desks like that would make a difference in a tornado.


Yeah.


Right, okay.


Good. The roof of the schools called But I'm under this desk.


Yeah. So I'll be okay. I'll be just fine.


All right.


Oh man.


That's crazy I mean but what else is there to do honestly?


Yeah. Mm hmm.


You know?


Yeah. I mean, I guess in fairness, like what else could we have done?


Like that's, it's something right.


Oh right.


At least at least they tried.


Yeah it is funny if you think about it like wait a minute this 20 opening up this whole school but I'm cool under this desk.


Yeah. Right, right.


Good stuff.


Uh huh.


I'm good.


This desk, it's lighter than I am, but it will protect me. Yeah.


Oh yeah it's crazy thanks.


Yeah, Yeah.


We're part of Canada's deliver Lawrence.


So, uh, uh Lawrence, so both my parents were students at the University of Kansas, so it was about half an hour of Kansas city.


Mhm. Mhm.


So that, that part of Kansas isn't what everybody else pictures, you know, just flat farmlands and everything. But you go outside of that immediate area and it's exactly what you think of.


Mhm.


Um, just nothing but like going west there towards Colorado.


Okay.


It's just well that nothing farmland.


Mhm, wow, cool.


Uh, I didn't see that part of the state too much thankfully. But you know, Lawrence is like, it's like any other college town, right? Um, not as much like not as much like Rutgers, Newark, but maybe Rutgers, new Brunswick or Rutgers scattered like just the college town.


Mhm. Guys, Yeah. Right, Right.


Um, so it wasn't it wasn't that bad. There wasn't much to do though. Um You know I did was play basketball all day long and then uh I love basketball man and then I stopped growing and that was it for my basketball career.


Yes. Yeah, it's yeah. Okay.


Oh. Uh Yeah it was it's like a Yeah.


I would like giving you some of my height bro, I was 64 from now. I'm 64 I wasn't integrated basketball. I would love to have donated some of my height that other people would have gotten a better job out of the truck, got to hook you right on up.


Oh man. If I met you 30 years ago I met you 30 years ago we could we could have traded.


So uh right on up and all I get out of being told most is the ability to see how many things I can knock my head up against during the course of the right now.


That's funny. Yeah. No.


That about it, that's the bottom mark.


Oh that's funny.


There's car door tomorrow might be the cabinet, It's fun, keeps you on your toes.


Uh No, you gotta stay off your toes.


Mhm.


You got to stay low.


There is almost gonna put me on my back. Yes.


That's funny.


Right. About the fact it's terrible.


Yeah. So what else is going on? Sad You're not a Jets fan, are you?


Ah boy, No, I'm pretty big football friend, even though it's hard to be nowadays, but we, we, it wouldn't matter right now, but now I'm a giant but it well, let me see.


Uh huh. Uh Oh yeah. Hey they want okay good good play.


We got no, we got our first nine loss, we didn't win that game. Riverboat, Ron gave us that game.


Mhm. Yeah. Good point.


Hey, let's go. What are you going to go ahead and go straight to them? I'm like, people go for to go for two because you're not gonna get it, we'll get a win or a non loss.


Yeah. Right. Not much.


We'll be the non hearts today.


Okay. That's a good way to put it. That's hilarious here.


That's when we're in love check with his work. So y'all todd didn't know we didn't try either.


Yeah. Yeah.


So you want, oh, we didn't move.


Mhm Because because because dave Danny dimes was trying to give it to you all.


That's funny. Yeah.


Mm I was telling my buddy, I'm like, he's gonna find a way and like, I'm like, what you have to do appreciate is how creative the interception was.


Well Uh huh he had to do a lot of, a lot of homework, a lot of film study to get that right.


It took him a while and getting out of his system. You had to like the level of of where he went to do that. You know I mean it wasn't it was a joke, it wasn't it wasn't a dime store interception, you know it was all in the quarter, end zone, druggie street and everything was spectacular.


Yeah.


It's still an interception.


Yeah. He, he read the defense and threw it in just the right place.


Hey dad, this is the only place he could catch you any card.


It was really facing catching, he caught it.


Uh Yeah.


Good job there Danny. But we got off the schneid but yeah yeah.


Yeah. Hey, but listen, at least you've had a couple of super bowls in your lifetime, you know, you watch them.


Mhm Yeah. Uh I did.


Yeah. All right. Like I was a chief's fan and you know, people that don't know me, they're like without the background, but I told you being from Kansas, um, like, oh bandwagon fan over here, like no, you don't understand like I suffered through my whole lifetime.


Mhm. All suffering friend bro, you get it correct?


A garbage. Yeah.


I'm long, hopefully I'm not a bang rak.


Mhm Uh huh.


Right. Exactly. I mean, I want some garbage garbage use for years under marty schottenheimer like they scroll like three points and be high five and for a game like you kick a field goal.


Wait uh huh. Yeah. Oh wow.


Yes, Yes, we're going the right way.


Yeah we're not getting cut out this game.


Yeah, exactly. Oh, I celebrated that a lot. Um So but yeah, I mean the Giants will turn it around and you know, I don't root against Giants or Jets like I want both teams to do well, you know, unless they're playing my team, but like you don't want to see anybody like downtrodden and just no.


Mhm You know, you know you know it's difficult to hear just how down some dude like I mean I would probably be too but I'm more of a fan and a fanatic so I don't go overboard.


Okay.


It bothers me.


Right. Right.


But my day would have been one if I would have been the type of person overreacting stuff like that. I'd be all right anyway because by now I'd be nothing to. It gives me a little bit of time to get used to it so I'd still be okay.


Oh right, right.


Mhm.


Yeah. Uh But yeah, I mean I love football though, I just love watching, although yesterday, I don't know if you're watching yesterday afternoon, but the second set of games, the four o'clock games, they were both hard to watch.


Um. Mhm.


I mean, well the Jet was the Jets dolphins, right?


Of, yeah.


And it was over before it started. Uh And the pack and the books like that got out of control pretty early too.


Oh wow. Yeah.


I don't know what happened. Aaron Rodgers.


I don't know either because it was hilarious because like oh he's about to be the M.


Yeah.


V. P. We might move your head in the stands, the rust and then he goes out here and I'm like you know obviously I've seen the games he played in before that but you know what I mean?


Yeah. Huh. Yeah.


I'm like, this is the dude you were talking about because he must have thought it was like 13 people on his team because he kept throwing it to the buccaneers.


Right. Right. Uh That one pick six was Yeah.


So I guess two of them must have had all, He must have just looked at the number and then look at the jersey color over. Well that's no, that's number 35 but he's, he has a buccaneer uniform or oh, I was going into the number.


Mhm. Oh.


That's my bad.


Oh my God.


Yeah, I was just throwing the numbers. I wasn't paying attention to uniform colors. I thought that was something doing and come back.


I mean I mean he could have been thrown to a spot. Yeah it was pretty bad and I didn't yeah.


It got out of hand real fast.


Yeah. Um I didn't want to want to last night's game either The Niners and the Rams but Yeah.


I didn't watch it too much. Um, I'm like, I need, I need my rest. So I'm not going to be stated that cool thing for you today.


You got a monday night on pretty much in the middle of the afternoon today, expect both of five o'clock.


Yeah I think it's at five o'clock.


Yeah. That's crazy.


Yeah. Yeah we get wrapped up early and get ready to watch that game so we'll see.


That's cool.


But yeah my home has been having kind of a tough season two you know he definitely hasn't been looking like himself the last couple of years but hopefully you can start turning that around.


Mhm.


I mean it's not easy like if teams are just they're gearing up to stop you it's not going to be right.


All right. Pretty much pretty much, you know. Yeah, pretty much for the fallen tents and purposes, as with any other um, you know, champion from the previous season. They're going to get every team's best game.


Right. Yeah that's just the way it is.


Yeah.


You got to get ready for it.


Every every team is going to give them the best game that they got on them and then in them for that season and then, you know, everybody, you know that a little bit of variants can make a big difference in the outcome of the games.


Right? Right.


But um, he's awesome. So I don't see him being in any right for too long because he's just, excuse me.


Yeah, well he's got, he's got the right attitude to, he's got great attitude.


He's an incredible, it's awesome.


Yeah, yeah, yeah, so we'll see how that can you go.


It's what you Chiefs fans deserve that for that long suffering from really Lupron.


Thanks buddy. I appreciate that.


You deserve the patty Mahomes.


Thanks man.


Yeah, I mean it's about tom you guys deserve that patty moons and everything bro.


Uh huh. Yeah, yeah, it hasn't won. And the Royals one, I don't know if you're in a base blown up, but the Royals won in 2015 to yeah, so that, that was a good feeling, but yeah, so it worked.


Uh Yeah like my Yankees got out of here unfortunately.


Yeah, I'm a Yankees, I'm a Yankees fan to the I man, I need a couple hours to tell you about all my issues with, they've done Oh shit, yeah, uh and yeah, I'm a lifelong, yeah, I'm going to expand to, there was the Kansas city Kings were in Kansas city when I was really young and then they moved out of there, they went to Seattle.


Yeah. The devil's never got started to share in the next. Yeah. You don't even talk about the next. Yeah. Mhm.


Um so I moved to New Jersey and became a knicks man.


Yeah sure about the pickle.


So I've been struggling with that ever since. Two uh Charles smith Charles smith get rejected like five times underneath the basket.


Yeah.


Oh God I'm sorry to bring these things up.


Oh those were the days.


Oh man. Right. Yeah but oh wow we made we did 25 minutes ready to, yeah yeah it's 6 10 playing like 5 10.


Yeah. 56 again. Dammit Charles smith, you million 16 bro. What are you going? Yeah mm.


Uh Uh huh. Uh Yeah yeah yeah.


Step we one of those situations where it can only get better. It's not too many basements below the basement.


Yeah. Right.


All right.


Right. Yeah hopefully that's it that's it hopefully yeah yeah yeah but Todd it was great talking with you my man.


I hope you guys don't create a sub basement. That's too much what it was awesome talking to you buddy.


Um Yeah stay safe and be good. All right all right take it easy man.


You didn't say bro. Take it easy bro.


But.


Okay. Yeah. Uh huh, mm Oh mm. Yeah, yeah, yeah mhm mhm Hi, how are you?


Hello. Good hurry up.


Good. Mhm Oh no, it's good like.


Uh huh. Sorry I couldn't tell if my audio was on or not. Okay.


Yeah, I'm, my name is stefania.


Yeah. So what is your name?


What's yours?


Can you repeat that Catania t fine.


No, stefania, stefania, that's okay.


I'm sorry I'm taylor nice to meet you.


It's right here.


Sorry, I'm trying to get my screen set up. So how are you today?


Pretty good. How about you?


Yeah, I just took a little nap which is why my hair is crazy. I didn't try to but it just happened.


Okay. Uh huh.


So are you are you located in the United States?


I was going to take a nap right after this then. Yeah. Yeah, I am in new york, upstate new york.


Okay. So you're on the East Coast Hill?


Yeah.


I know I try not to nap between like four and seven because then I figure I won't sleep but it just happened today.


Are you also on the East Coast?


Yes, I'm in north Carolina but I'm originally from pennsylvania so I've always been on the East Coast.


Oh yes, I'm in school, currently a sophomore in college.


So are you working, are you in school? Okay. Oh wow. Is your school currently in person or online?


Um so I'll be going back on campus the 27th actually because I'm a biochem major, so I have a lot of labs, I think like they have a choice, like you have a choice of being completely remote or like coming on campus and most like business kids are like english majors have chosen to like not come back on campus.


Mm. Oh. Mhm. So are the other programs going back on on person on campus to or just your program? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So obviously you're not at N.


Y. U. Because they're quarantining their kids and not feeding them and stuff.


I've been seeing that all over Tiktok.


Yeah, I've heard about that. That's like ridiculous. Like even my school, they're like, it's like taking a while for them to get in like the coronavirus like test results. So like kids been stuck in their rooms for like 24 hours and like the school gave them food, but when it's like a bagel in a salad and I'm like scared to like, I'm like, I don't know if I should bring food myself, but they said don't bring any food because like I was like, this is so confusing but like hopefully.


Mhm, wow, mm. Oh, so did you have to get tested? Like do you live around there or did you have to move back for school?


Mhm. Yeah, I have to move back, go up, I go to boston college so I have to drive up to boston and then when I arrive I'm going to get a test and then have to quarantine in my room until I get my test results.


Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. Oh wow.


That's interesting. So do you have to go to like the health campus or something to get the test done?


Yeah. No, they like put the testing center inside of the football stadium.


Oh yeah.


It's weird. But I guess that's the only place they had enough space for everyone to be like separated enough so that I have to like make a loop around and like there's like checkpoints around campus before I can finally have like access to my room which is God.


Yeah. I don't know, wow, wow.


But like my some of my roommates have already arrived on campus and they told me like you know it's taken a while for them to get back.


Yeah. Mhm.


But like the process to get the test was pretty simple.


Yeah. It sounds like people are getting tested really quickly. I know one of my coworkers, her son just got tested at east Carolina yesterday and he got the results today.


It. Mhm.


So it seems like colleges are getting their hands on the rapid results.


Yeah. Yeah. Yeah we just need to like um we're supposed to have an app and stuff but the app is not working so like they just need to fix that because like this is gonna be such a stressful semester to begin with so like let's not have any issues.


Oh no. Yeah, definitely.


But yeah.


I saw that. I think it's Illinois. They're Illinois or indiana. I think it was Illinois. They have like an app where you, you have everything logged in there and you get your temperature taken like every day or every few days and then you have like on your phone, if you aren't positive then your green status and you can be admitted into the bars and the different school buildings.


Mhm. Yeah. But yeah. Mhm.


But if you test positive then it restricts you from accessing things.


For what?


So it seems like they're doing a really good job.


Super smart.


A lot of other schools are not.


Not your company but wow, that's a really smart system right?


But yeah, it seems like they really have it down. So hopefully, I mean, I feel like next week or this week is kind of a late start, so hopefully boston knows what they're doing.


Yeah, I'm just scared because like apparently the football team is like in session which is like they're not planning.


Um Mhm.


I hope they're not playing. I'm playing football. Like I don't think anything they're going to come to play football at all. Like that's just ridiculous.


Mhm. Yeah, I'm a big penn state fan and they the big 10 closed for the year, but every other conferences planning on playing.


So like Mhm.


And it's so strange because in Alabama I guess 500 kids, they've been back for a week and 500 students tested positive.


Yeah.


So it's like they're not, they're not playing football this year, right, That's funny.


Oh my God. Yeah. I sure hope not because like I won't allow it not on my campus. I can't out of there's eight of us.


So how many roommates do you have? Oh my God.


Yeah, but it's like a sweet so it's like a sweet.


So like we have like a kitchen, two bathrooms, like a living room and stuff so it's like it's pretty spacious because like I was like um I just chose randomly because I had a plan to get like a single for myself.


Yeah, wow. Mhm, mm hmm.


I told my like my roommate was also like my best friend, I was like don't worry about me because if you wait for me then you'll have no one and they'll put you random. So like go with the other friend. And then because of the virus, they're like, yeah, I know we don't have space for singles.


Yeah, wow.


So like I was just like, okay put me randomly. But I got lucky because I know five of the girls. And then like, yeah, so I was like, that's such a like a good coincidence.


I know. Oh yeah.


But like, thank you.


What are the odds of that?


Yeah. Yeah. I currently don't have a direct movement because they like boost her.


Oh, okay.


But like, so I'm hoping like maybe I just have a room to myself and the sleep. But I doubt it. My school is super weird with housing.


That would be really nice.


They like move people and whatever they want. Yeah, it would be okay.


Yeah. So how far is your hometown from your school?


Two hours and 58 minutes coming up.


Oh my gosh, that's a lot closer than I thought.


Yeah. It's closer, my school is closer to my hometown.


Okay, wow.


The new york city is to my hometown, which is interesting. New york's huge now that you can go right.


So are you making the drive back tomorrow if you start classes on thursday?


Um Oh, tomorrow what?


Yeah. Did you say you start on the 27th?


Yeah. Yeah. No, no, I moved back on Tourism with the classes start on the 31st.


Oh, okay. Gotcha. I was gonna say you're gonna have to get moving if you have to leave tomorrow.


Yeah. Uh huh. Oh no, no, I didn't feel at home, I'm like packed and everything just ready to leave, but not really such a weird situation.


Uh huh. And yeah, yeah. It's hard to be excited about going back right now with all the uncertainty and you don't know if once you get there, if they're going to send you right home, so Yeah.


Mhm. Yeah, that's what I'm super scared about, like trying to pack super lightly just in case like if they send me back, I'm just like outward there really quickly because like the first time they set up kicked us out, kicked us out, but they gave us like four day notice and they're like, you have to go figure it out and like even the kids who like were international students they have to go to and I was just like, this is not fair who like, just like that.


Oh wow. Mhm wow. So in the spring they said like you need to leave, you need to go home.


I was like, everybody was anticipating it, but the way they went about it was super like, what was it?


Yeah. And it's hard, especially if you are in any of the science and engineering and you know, any of those programs that the labs are so important.


Oh yeah, like learning remotely for like him or like by like by kevin, that was like, I just, I'm not excited for that.


That's really hard. Oh yeah.


Like it was, it was hard last semester just because like, I did not know what was going on at all.


Mhm.


I'm lucky I've been passed.


Uh huh.


But now like, it's like weirdly hybrid, we don't have a schedule. Like one of my teachers lost our testing time. Like I don't know how you do that. He was like a class. Like I lost the time interval for testing, I'll make it up for you guys.


Oh my gosh.


It sounds like, so when are you going to test you? He goes, oh, just ask the teacher to switch with me. And I'm like, if you do it at a time where I'm not available then I'm going to have to lose my class.


Yeah. Yeah.


And it's like my schedule cannot change anymore. So it's like kind of ridiculous. Everything, insane.


And that's it's just a lot of stress on people and a lot of uncertainty and I think if you knew when the end date would be, would be one thing, but it's like this thing could be on on next summer to you really have no idea.


Mhm. Oh no, no, no, hopefully it does not.


So. Yeah. Okay.


This this is such a weird summer, like it's been such a long summer, but it's in such a short summer.


I agree. Yeah.


I just this is creeping me out the seal until we Yeah.


Yeah. You couldn't do a whole lot. That the first time I did one of these conversations was I'm trying to think if I was still in north Carolina or if I left to go back to pennsylvania.


Yeah. Okay. Yeah.


It was like right around the time this all started and I think I must have just got back to pennsylvania.


Oh really? Yeah.


So like you didn't know how serious it would be.


Mhm.


Like, I think at that point I had wedding scheduled for the summer and I was like, oh like the weddings will still happen.


Yeah. Yes. And Mhm Yeah.


And now thinking back to that point in March, it's like, oh my gosh! For six months now, we've been living in this weird world.


Six months? That's insane, wow.


Yeah.


Oh my God.


When you think about it?