July 8, 2024 • 26 mins
Tune in to the vibrant premiere of Season 3 of the WDYM podcast as we kick things off with a celebratory shoutout to Pride Month. We dive into the historical significance of the Stonewall Riots of 1969, discussing why it's crucial to know our history and proudly stand up for our rights. I also take a moment to honor Yahshua and Margarita from the So Mixed Up Podcast (Or So Remixed Up), whose dynamic chemistry and inspiring work fueled the start of the WDYM. Their relentless work ethic taught me valuable lessons.
Ever faced the emotional rollercoaster of job searching after a sudden termination? You're not alone. I share my personal journey through the ups and downs of unemployment, from awkward interviews at Toast and Berry to exploring jobs outside my healthcare background, including a quality assurance role at a bakery. The mental and emotional challenges are real, but maintaining self-worth is critical. Through this candid narrative, I aim to shed light on the importance of mental resilience while navigating the turbulent waters of job hunting.
Finally, get ready for some culinary dreams and amusing brainstorming sessions! Join me as I explore the adventure of naming a food truck, featuring some hilariously vetoed suggestions like "Gee's Spot" and "Gee's Meat Spot." From experimenting with smash burgers and chicken sandwiches to vivid dreams about becoming an executive chef, this chapter is both entertaining and insightful. I also reflect on life's lessons and the growth that comes from facing challenges head-on. As we wrap up with a fresh outro, I extend my heartfelt gratitude to all our listeners for their unwavering support and hope you enjoy the renewed vibe of WDYM.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
you're listening to the wdym the what do you mean?
Podcast, hamilton's number onepodcast.
Now sit back and relax.
Here's hamilton's own, michaelgillespie.
Welcome to season three of thewdym podcast.
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New intro for the new seasonNew vibe.
How do you like it?
I like it a lot because I payfor it.
Welcome to the season premiereof season three, episode one.
How's everybody doing?
I hope everybody's doing good.
Thank you for taking the timeto listen to the new season.
Man, I felt like this is thevibe we wanted to listen to the
new season.
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Man, I felt like this is thevibe I wanted to go to for the
season, just to be up energy, bemore energetic.
And when I did this, I said,yeah, this is it.
This is it Also?
Happy Pride Month.
Happy Pride Month to everybody,the LGBTQIA2S plus P or, just
to keep it short, lgbtqcommunity.
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Happy pride month.
I hope you guys are enjoyingthe heat that June is bringing,
because June is coming with theferocity of the heat.
Man, it's been ridiculously hot, so if you're out there
marching, please drink somewater and keep standing up for
your rights.
But I wanted to give you alittle history of why, why we're
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celebrating Pride Month.
It all started with theStonewall Riots, a series of gay
liberation riots that tookplace over several days,
beginning June 28th 1969.
Riots began after police raidedthe Stonewall Inn, a gay bar
located in the lower Manhattanin New York City.
That is why we celebrate PrideMonth.
Weird transition, but I'm goingwith it, hey, just as long as
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we know our history and whywe're celebrating things, and
keep your rights and keepfighting for them and keep
enjoying Pride Month.
That's what I got to say aboutthat.
Also, I wanted to give a bigshout out to the so Mixed Up
podcast or the so Mixed UpYouTube channel.
This YouTube channel is well, Istarted following so Mixed Up.
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It is Yashua and Margarita, acouple who do the podcast, do
YouTube and all that stuff.
I've seen that they went liveon their Instagram and I follow
them and once I saw it, it'sjust like, oh, I got to see
what's going on.
So, hey, babe, we're live.
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We'll be live on Our Instagram.
See what's up y'all.
It's been a minute.
It's been a hot minute, liketwo years or so.
That's one thing I love aboutso mixed up and, uh, yashua and
margarita, they have a achemistry that I that I enjoy
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and I support them 100.
The reason why I support Yashuaand Margarita is because Yashua
unknowingly created or helpedcreate the WDYM podcast.
One of the reasons why Istarted to do a podcast is just
like me and Yashua was talkingat Christ Hospital one day and
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he's like, yeah, man, I'm aboutto start a podcast.
I said, oh, that's cool.
And I think to myself like dang, if he could do one, why can't
I?
And so you know, I was like yo,I give this man credit for, uh,
creating the wdym.
Uh, yoshua is is one of myco-workers at children's
hospital and then, you know,left there, come back, then,
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went to Christ or, yeah, christHospital.
He was there too.
That's where we came.
Well, he came up with the ideato make his podcast and then he
planted the idea of me making myown podcast.
So without him, there would beno WDYM podcast.
So, joshua, joshua the creator,that's what I'm calling you now
, or that'll be part of thetitle.
You help create the WD podcastand I support you 100%.
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That's why you need to comeback and start doing podcasts,
so I can put you on a link to mypodcast to go to your podcast,
so you and Margarita can getsome success with your podcast,
because I support you guys 100%,100% for supporting me and
giving me the idea to do thepodcast.
With that being said, I do wantto say one more thing about
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Yahshua.
I admire this man's hustle somuch.
Man, again, when you, when youget older and stuff like that,
you never give your friends theflowers or, in my case, the bud.
But, like for you, yahshua wasone of the hardest working
people I've ever met man.
Or, in my case, the bud, budLight.
For you, yash was one of thehardest working people I've ever
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met man.
When I used to work at ChristHospital.
I rarely see a day where Yashwas not at work and he does so
much hustling for his family, somuch hustling for his wife and
he was making cups.
He's making a YouTube channel,made two YouTube channels.
He's making an actual podcast.
He's doing the hard grindingand everything.
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I see you, my brother.
I just want to let you know Isupport you, man, 1,000%.
I support you man.
Keep doing you.
Again, thank you for aspiringme to do the WDYL.
Thank you for aspiring me to dothe WDYL.
So where we last left off, yourboy was at home.
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I didn't have a job.
I was a job.
I didn't have a job.
I got fired.
I've never again.
I hate to rehash the pastepisode or the past episode
about this, but this is a tragicevent.
When you get fired, I'm at homeall day.
I'm not even motivated to doanything.
That's the bad part.
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I haven't lifted a weight inover a month and you lose so
much muscle mass when you ain'tworking out.
Learning that now, when I'mtrying to get back into it and I
can barely get 135 up, I waslifting 210 at the beginning of
the year 2024.
I'm at 135.
That's rough, but I credit thatto not having a job.
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So getting on your job, gettingon your search for a job, is
rough.
It's rough because you'reyou're applying for all these
jobs, thinking that yourcredentials, your resume, is top
notch.
So I'm looking at my resume.
I'm like how in the world can Iimprove what it says?
Because, yes, I have grown inmy job.
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I became a director of diningservices.
You know I was there for fouryears but, to be honest, really,
though, I really didn't do anyof my director of dining
services.
You know I was there for fouryears but, to be honest, really,
though, I really didn't do anyof my director dining service
except maybe like three days.
Right, I got to actually be inmy position without, you know,
be in my position, do the actualjob.
And before then I was back tobeing a chef manager because
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position we, we needed theposition field.
So I'm listing that, though I'mlisting that because
technically that was my job andI was doing that.
But where do you start?
Where do you start to get a jobright?
So I initially called mycompany that just recently fired
me.
Shocker.
I went to them I was like, hey,am I rehirable?
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I committed to A18.
You know, I I allegedly um toldconfidential business
information, which is to thisday I still debate.
But you know, I learned from mymistakes and I'm moving on.
But hey, am I rehirable?
And to my shocking surprise, Iam labeled as rehirable.
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Now let's rewind the notionthat I'm rehirable when I was
quote unquote giving awaybusiness, confidential business
information.
If you're giving away confident, confidential business
information, would you want thatperson to be rehired?
I am rehirable, but why would Iwant to work there?
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I mean, yeah, I gave four yearsand everything but, but to go
back there it just felt awkwardto me, at least not right now.
So, but I did apply for jobswith the company and they didn't
reach out to me.
But that's what I was expecting.
I wasn't expecting actually toland a job.
When you start searching forjobs, what is your?
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I'll do this?
I won't do this Like and atthis juncturecture I don't have
a job.
All I do is get up to feed thelizard, the bearded dragon.
Other than that, I have no realpurpose and that play, that
plays with you mentally.
And if you learn anything fromthis podcast episode is how to
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be mentally strong.
Because I struggled with mybegan, you know, being fired or
something that's never happenedto me before.
So I'm, I'm just like you knowwhat?
Let's go, let's go 100% andfind a job.
So I started applying for jobseverywhere, and I, when I mean
everywhere, I mean everywhere.
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Some examples of that isquality assurance at a United
Dairy Farms bakery.
I'm going to make sure thedonuts have O's in them.
Am I willing to do that?
Absolutely.
And so, as I start applying forjobs, I'm looking at how much
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pay, you know, because I'm nottrying to go back down on on my
pay.
I got an expected, uh, lifeexpectancy of life like, yeah,
look, I'm expecting to make xamount of money.
If y'all ain't getting nowhereclose, I'm not applying for it.
I applied for that job.
I applied for jobs in healthcare.
Could you imagine?
You know you've been doinghealth care for the past four or
five years and and I get backinto it.
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This is my opportunity to lookat other things like logistics
and maybe you know any other jobother than health care, because
I don't want to be roped intodoing that.
You know I could still cook.
You know I could be a director,all that stuff.
So I started applying for jobsand the first job that comes up
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is a place called Toast andBerry.
I'm like this is right up myalley.
I'm cooking breakfast foodpotentially.
I get to say I did the applyfor the job and I got an
interview and so she called me.
She's like do you have aproblem waking up at five 30 in
the morning?
I said absolutely not.
Because I'm military, I alwayswake up five o'clock.
I wake up five o'clock everyday.
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I don't get out of my bed.
No, but yeah, I applied fortoast and berry.
So I'm like, okay, this shouldbe easy job cooking.
I'm not a cook Just got to getused to their ways of doing
things.
So I applied for Toast withBarry.
We do the interview.
And we do the interview.
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And she's like well, can we talkabout your previous employer?
I said, yeah, I don't have aproblem with that, you know,
yeah.
So she's like well, we'retalking and it goes.
You know, tell me about yourbackground.
You got a degree.
Then she goes to the previousjob.
Well, are you still at yourprevious job?
Now, that question alone.
When you're asked that like whydoes that matter?
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Like I'm literally applying foryour job, why does it matter if
I'm still at that job, doesthat make sense to you?
But she asked me that and Isaid, no, so we terminated.
So I'm honest about I'm onething about me.
Like I, just I'm honest.
Like, yeah, I was terminated.
So what were you terminated for?
At the time I did not know whyI was terminated other than the
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a18 code.
So she's like well, why are weterminated?
I than the A18 code?
So she's like, well, why are weterminated?
I said, well, I don't know, butI have a podcast.
And she's like, oh, okay, well,what is your podcast called?
And so I give her the podcast.
And when she asked that afterthe interview, I'm like I'm
looking at the numbers because Isee when my numbers spike.
I'm looking at what episode itis and you know, seeing if
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they're going to any certainepisode to do a background check
.
I don't know, but you ask thatquestion.
That's what I'm expecting.
And then this is one of thequestions that I hate being
asked um, she's like well, we're, you know, we listed your price
from 60 to 65.
What are you asking for?
And then that's the part thatthat's the worst question,
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because you're like what do yousay?
Like, um, can I, uh, can Iphone a friend real quick?
No, that's not a good idea, Ishouldn't do that.
So I do I list myself morebecause I value myself high, or
do I go low?
So I get the ball?
Well, well, we'll pay him lowerthan and he'll come on.
So that's one of the questionsthat I ask myself.
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What did I do?
I asked for more.
Are you crazy?
I'm like look, 65 is generous,but I'm not used to that.
I'm not used to that.
My expectations are higher.
So therefore, I asked forhigher.
And then that means well, mrGurgle, mr Gillespie, we will
call you back, click, she's likequick with it.
Needless to say, they didn'tcall me back.
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Hey, I have self value ofmyself.
Okay, I know what I'm going tobring to the table.
You're paying 65.
I want.
I think I asked for 70.
Click, okay, that's fine.
You don't want to pay me?
That is a okay.
So I'm applying for all thesejobs.
And it gets to a point wheregets to a point where, like, I
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don't know, I don't know what Iwant to do.
Like, do I still want to be inthe food service industry
Because it's rough?
Like like I can't get inanywhere.
I applied for over 17 jobs in aspan of a month, I think, and
everything going from dietarymanager, executive chef, food
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safety and standards forstereotech oh, now, I've had a
stereotech exam before or surveyor whatever.
That stuff was rough.
They look for every nook andcranny to be wrong.
I was like man, do I want to dothat?
I said absolutely.
I want to go to thesefacilities and say is that pan
cracked?
Sir?
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You failed your inspection.
Go up in there, mess witheverybody.
No, I didn't want to do that,but that's the point.
I was so desperate to find a job.
At one point I even applied forjobs with schools, like one
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place downtown Cincinnati.
They were looking for a chef.
I'm like, well, last time Iworked for a school, I did no
cooking whatsoever.
All I did was deliver productfrom one school to another
school and they had no way.
No way I can make a sauce, noway I could cook.
They had no stoves.
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And I'm like I don't want to dothat again.
I don't want to set myself upfor failure.
I applied for two schools.
One called me back immediately.
I said nah.
I said I'm not going to setmyself up for failure because I
started asking questions likehey, do you guys have a stove?
Like no, we do things different.
Now we got to steam this.
Conventional ovens,conventional ovens steam this,
so you don't have to cook at all.
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I said that's part of my job,that's part of my career, like I
cook, you understand?
So yeah, needless to say, Ididn't do that.
Training managers, all thatDidn't work.
I said you know what?
Why don't I go in business formyself and start an OnlyFans?
No, I'm just kidding, I'mkidding.
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No.
I said why don't I start a foodtruck?
Start a food truck?
That's a great idea, becauseyou know, I've been in this.
I've been cooking for roughlyalmost 10 years now consecutive
management, cooking stuff likethat.
I can do this, I can do thisand it's something that is
opportunity that I, that I cando, that I can muster.
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You know, use my status and myexpertise to build it from the
ground up.
And funny to mention that,before I was let go of my
company, I was talking to one ofthe cooks at my spot and we
were talking about doing a foodtruck together and I was like
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that's not a bad idea.
I was also talking to a friendof mine named Cindy.
She said if you do a food truck, you should do a food truck
because you know you make goodfood.
I said you know what?
That's not a bad idea.
Then I talked to my boy, josh,and he's he is more Josh, my
friend Josh.
He's also a chef like me and heis ready.
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He is ready to do the foodtruck, but we don't have the
financial stability or advanceadvancement to start a food
truck.
But he has a great idea.
He has this great idea wetalked about and it's it's, it's
amazing, it's an amazing ideaand if we do the food truck is
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his idea, is is genius.
So everybody's pushing me to doa food truck, but it makes I'm
a little uncertain about theidea first.
First, the name.
What do I name a food truck?
I?
I have an idea.
It starts before I called thisthe WDYM podcast.
I was going to call it G's Spot.
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What's wrong with that, listen?
Yeah, I know it sounds funky,but I thought that was a good
idea.
You know it would.
You know?
Oh, their name will get thenotoriety of it and then once
they find out I'm not talkingabout that, then you know I got
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him.
So I was like name the foodtruck G Spot, but my wife will
not let me name it that.
Then I said G's Meat Spot andshe also said no to that too.
So I'm like all right, I needto come up with a name.
So that's where I'm at with thefood truck.
But I got an idea and if Joshgets on, we have an idea
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together.
Whoever Josh gets on, we havean idea together.
Whoever you know, they're stillin the very beginning stages of
development when it comes tothe food truck, because right
now I'm experimenting with smashburgers and chicken sandwiches
and stuff like that and I'mworking on that.
It's a work in progress, to saythe least.
So with that in the back burner, I'm still trying to find a job
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.
After application afterapplication, after Indeed to
ZipRecruiter and everything, Idecided to just go to sleep.
I decided to just go to sleepand worry about it later.
After doing this for so long,it gets mentally exhausting, so
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I just went to sleep.
When I went to sleep, I had adream.
He's got a dream.
He's got a dream that I finallylanded a job.
In this dream I was working in akitchen, again as an executive
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chef.
Real funny that I'm having thisdream that I'm back in the
kitchen, because I initiallyapplied for jobs outside the
kitchen.
I did not want to worknecessarily back in the kitchen.
Um, you know, you've been doingit so long.
You might want to just take amental break and just try to do
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something different, see if yourskills apply In the outside
world Instead of in the kitchen.
In this dream I was theexecutive chef.
So in this dream they was likehey, why don't we have a chef's
demo for you?
I got no problem doing that.
I enjoy cooking, especially achef's demo for you.
I got no problem doing that.
I enjoy cooking, especially achef's demo, or what we call a
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black basket.
Now you may watch the foodnetwork and seen chopped before
where they give a black basketand you don't know what's in it.
That is like the ultimate funand scary thing at the same time
, because if you get somethingthat you don't know how to cook,
then you're screwed right.
I've had, I think, three blackbasket or chef demos I've done
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before.
One was at a previous job,whoever you want to say it, of
course I had one in culinaryschool and now I got this one
and the hardest thing I've evergotten was lintels.
If you, if you, never cooklintels.
I have never cooked lintelsbefore.
So it was a.
It was a shocker and a surpriseto me.
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My first basket, I got lintels,potatoes and a cut of steak.
What I did?
I just put the lintels in waterand boiled them.
Boiled them the whole time,because that's what you have to
do it In actuality.
I just got lucky and guess right, this one, this one in this
dream I had, it was fish.
It was fish, ribs and beef tips.
Immediately I I x the ribs.
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We ain't having cooking ribs, Idon't got time.
I cook my ribs overnight.
I cook my ribs.
So overnight they come out sotender and you can literally
pull the bone off the rib.
So I was like, look, I'm not,I'm not messing around with that
.
I don't know if they even gotliquid smoke.
I don't know this kitchen verywell.
In this dream I'm not doingribs.
The beef tips I was like that's, that's an interesting idea.
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And I'm just I'm initiallythinking, uh, schist kebabs.
I was like no, that's, that'stoo simple.
Again, not familiar with thiskitchen.
And I got to think how I cookcompared to how someone else
would perceive my cooking.
So I X-Nated the beef tips, soI went with the fish.
Fish is the easiest thing tocook.
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Not to say that I'm a no, I'mnot even going to lie.
I don't cook fish normallybecause nobody in my house eats
fish.
So the only time I get to cookfish is when I eat fish and
stuff like that.
So I was like, all right, let'sgo with the fish.
And then immediately I wasthinking in this dream that if
I'm using fish, I'm going to useasparagus.
If I use asparagus, I use rice.
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So therefore it's balanced.
So therefore that idea iscaught.
I got my main entree alreadyplotted out and everything in
this dream.
I have to have a salad, adressing, an entree and
appetizer in this dream.
So I use my previous knowledgein this dream to make things
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that I've done before Duh.
So I had everything ready to goin this dream.
So as I'm cooking in my dream,in the corner of my eye, I see
Boo Boo the Fool in my dream.
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When I saw Boo Boo the Fool inmy dream, that when I saw Boo
Boo the Fool in my dream, Iinitially did this look who it
is.
Yeah, that's how I felt on theinside.
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And then I immediately woke up.
I this is.
There's no way that this wouldhappen.
I woke up from the dream andeverything I thought that was.
You know, that was like apremonition, like that, because
usually when I dream and it'svivid, like that, and I'm you
know that I could rememberthings the next day and
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everything that's a vivid dream.
Usually that's call me weird orwhatever.
That is a, a vision or aforesight or something that's
going to happen down the line.
So it got me thinking whatwould happen if I saw boo boo
the fool again?
This is the hard part, becauseyou always, when things happen,
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you're always like, well, if Ihad a second chance, or if I can
correct this, or if I see thisperson again and you talk this,
this game in your brain.
I, on the other hand, didndidn't, I didn't, I didn't think
that way.
I didn't think that way becausethis is life.
If I was, if I happen to eversee Boo Boo the Fool treated any
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differently because, at the endof the day, I learned a lesson
in life.
Right, learning that lesson wasso valuable to me in the real
world because it cost me so much, like I said before, and the
idea of seeing boo-boo the foolwould be a character test for me
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to make sure that, hey, despiteeverything that happened, if
this ever happened in reality,that I can overcome it and, you
know, make the best of thatsituation if that ever happened.
But you know, as of now, stillon the job search hopefully I'll
find something soon but yeah,that, those, those dreams right
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there, those, those, thosedreams are almost the most
scariest versions of a dream.
You know what I'm saying.
With that being said, we areending the episode and also
notice, this is an outro.
Ah, ah, ah, yeah, new outro forthe new season.
Man, I had to do it.
I thought the other one waslate, but it works for me.
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But now I got a new one.
I'm your host, michaelGillespie of the WDYM.
Thank you for tuning in toseason three.
I will talk to you guys later.
I'm out.
Girl Scout, boy Scout, peace.
Thank you.
you're listening to the wdym the what do you mean?
Podcast, hamilton's number onepodcast.
Now sit back and relax.
Here's hamilton's own, michaelgillespie.
Welcome to season three of thewdym podcast.
(00:25):
New intro for the new seasonNew vibe.
How do you like it?
I like it a lot because I payfor it.
Welcome to the season premiereof season three, episode one.
How's everybody doing?
I hope everybody's doing good.
Thank you for taking the timeto listen to the new season.
Man, I felt like this is thevibe we wanted to listen to the
new season.
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Man, I felt like this is thevibe I wanted to go to for the
season, just to be up energy, bemore energetic.
And when I did this, I said,yeah, this is it.
This is it Also?
Happy Pride Month.
Happy Pride Month to everybody,the LGBTQIA2S plus P or, just
to keep it short, lgbtqcommunity.
(01:06):
Happy pride month.
I hope you guys are enjoyingthe heat that June is bringing,
because June is coming with theferocity of the heat.
Man, it's been ridiculously hot, so if you're out there
marching, please drink somewater and keep standing up for
your rights.
But I wanted to give you alittle history of why, why we're
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celebrating Pride Month.
It all started with theStonewall Riots, a series of gay
liberation riots that tookplace over several days,
beginning June 28th 1969.
Riots began after police raidedthe Stonewall Inn, a gay bar
located in the lower Manhattanin New York City.
That is why we celebrate PrideMonth.
Weird transition, but I'm goingwith it, hey, just as long as
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we know our history and whywe're celebrating things, and
keep your rights and keepfighting for them and keep
enjoying Pride Month.
That's what I got to say aboutthat.
Also, I wanted to give a bigshout out to the so Mixed Up
podcast or the so Mixed UpYouTube channel.
This YouTube channel is well, Istarted following so Mixed Up.
(02:15):
It is Yashua and Margarita, acouple who do the podcast, do
YouTube and all that stuff.
I've seen that they went liveon their Instagram and I follow
them and once I saw it, it'sjust like, oh, I got to see
what's going on.
So, hey, babe, we're live.
(02:36):
We'll be live on Our Instagram.
See what's up y'all.
It's been a minute.
It's been a hot minute, liketwo years or so.
That's one thing I love aboutso mixed up and, uh, yashua and
margarita, they have a achemistry that I that I enjoy
(03:00):
and I support them 100.
The reason why I support Yashuaand Margarita is because Yashua
unknowingly created or helpedcreate the WDYM podcast.
One of the reasons why Istarted to do a podcast is just
like me and Yashua was talkingat Christ Hospital one day and
(03:20):
he's like, yeah, man, I'm aboutto start a podcast.
I said, oh, that's cool.
And I think to myself like dang, if he could do one, why can't
I?
And so you know, I was like yo,I give this man credit for, uh,
creating the wdym.
Uh, yoshua is is one of myco-workers at children's
hospital and then, you know,left there, come back, then,
(03:42):
went to Christ or, yeah, christHospital.
He was there too.
That's where we came.
Well, he came up with the ideato make his podcast and then he
planted the idea of me making myown podcast.
So without him, there would beno WDYM podcast.
So, joshua, joshua the creator,that's what I'm calling you now
, or that'll be part of thetitle.
You help create the WD podcastand I support you 100%.
(04:08):
That's why you need to comeback and start doing podcasts,
so I can put you on a link to mypodcast to go to your podcast,
so you and Margarita can getsome success with your podcast,
because I support you guys 100%,100% for supporting me and
giving me the idea to do thepodcast.
With that being said, I do wantto say one more thing about
(04:28):
Yahshua.
I admire this man's hustle somuch.
Man, again, when you, when youget older and stuff like that,
you never give your friends theflowers or, in my case, the bud.
But, like for you, yahshua wasone of the hardest working
people I've ever met man.
Or, in my case, the bud, budLight.
For you, yash was one of thehardest working people I've ever
(04:50):
met man.
When I used to work at ChristHospital.
I rarely see a day where Yashwas not at work and he does so
much hustling for his family, somuch hustling for his wife and
he was making cups.
He's making a YouTube channel,made two YouTube channels.
He's making an actual podcast.
He's doing the hard grindingand everything.
(05:10):
I see you, my brother.
I just want to let you know Isupport you, man, 1,000%.
I support you man.
Keep doing you.
Again, thank you for aspiringme to do the WDYL.
Thank you for aspiring me to dothe WDYL.
So where we last left off, yourboy was at home.
(05:32):
I didn't have a job.
I was a job.
I didn't have a job.
I got fired.
I've never again.
I hate to rehash the pastepisode or the past episode
about this, but this is a tragicevent.
When you get fired, I'm at homeall day.
I'm not even motivated to doanything.
That's the bad part.
(05:53):
I haven't lifted a weight inover a month and you lose so
much muscle mass when you ain'tworking out.
Learning that now, when I'mtrying to get back into it and I
can barely get 135 up, I waslifting 210 at the beginning of
the year 2024.
I'm at 135.
That's rough, but I credit thatto not having a job.
(06:17):
So getting on your job, gettingon your search for a job, is
rough.
It's rough because you'reyou're applying for all these
jobs, thinking that yourcredentials, your resume, is top
notch.
So I'm looking at my resume.
I'm like how in the world can Iimprove what it says?
Because, yes, I have grown inmy job.
(06:39):
I became a director of diningservices.
You know I was there for fouryears but, to be honest, really,
though, I really didn't do anyof my director of dining
services.
You know I was there for fouryears but, to be honest, really,
though, I really didn't do anyof my director dining service
except maybe like three days.
Right, I got to actually be inmy position without, you know,
be in my position, do the actualjob.
And before then I was back tobeing a chef manager because
(07:02):
position we, we needed theposition field.
So I'm listing that, though I'mlisting that because
technically that was my job andI was doing that.
But where do you start?
Where do you start to get a jobright?
So I initially called mycompany that just recently fired
me.
Shocker.
I went to them I was like, hey,am I rehirable?
(07:27):
I committed to A18.
You know, I I allegedly um toldconfidential business
information, which is to thisday I still debate.
But you know, I learned from mymistakes and I'm moving on.
But hey, am I rehirable?
And to my shocking surprise, Iam labeled as rehirable.
(07:50):
Now let's rewind the notionthat I'm rehirable when I was
quote unquote giving awaybusiness, confidential business
information.
If you're giving away confident, confidential business
information, would you want thatperson to be rehired?
I am rehirable, but why would Iwant to work there?
(08:12):
I mean, yeah, I gave four yearsand everything but, but to go
back there it just felt awkwardto me, at least not right now.
So, but I did apply for jobswith the company and they didn't
reach out to me.
But that's what I was expecting.
I wasn't expecting actually toland a job.
When you start searching forjobs, what is your?
(08:35):
I'll do this?
I won't do this Like and atthis juncturecture I don't have
a job.
All I do is get up to feed thelizard, the bearded dragon.
Other than that, I have no realpurpose and that play, that
plays with you mentally.
And if you learn anything fromthis podcast episode is how to
(08:55):
be mentally strong.
Because I struggled with mybegan, you know, being fired or
something that's never happenedto me before.
So I'm, I'm just like you knowwhat?
Let's go, let's go 100% andfind a job.
So I started applying for jobseverywhere, and I, when I mean
everywhere, I mean everywhere.
(09:18):
Some examples of that isquality assurance at a United
Dairy Farms bakery.
I'm going to make sure thedonuts have O's in them.
Am I willing to do that?
Absolutely.
And so, as I start applying forjobs, I'm looking at how much
(09:42):
pay, you know, because I'm nottrying to go back down on on my
pay.
I got an expected, uh, lifeexpectancy of life like, yeah,
look, I'm expecting to make xamount of money.
If y'all ain't getting nowhereclose, I'm not applying for it.
I applied for that job.
I applied for jobs in healthcare.
Could you imagine?
You know you've been doinghealth care for the past four or
five years and and I get backinto it.
(10:03):
This is my opportunity to lookat other things like logistics
and maybe you know any other jobother than health care, because
I don't want to be roped intodoing that.
You know I could still cook.
You know I could be a director,all that stuff.
So I started applying for jobsand the first job that comes up
(10:25):
is a place called Toast andBerry.
I'm like this is right up myalley.
I'm cooking breakfast foodpotentially.
I get to say I did the applyfor the job and I got an
interview and so she called me.
She's like do you have aproblem waking up at five 30 in
the morning?
I said absolutely not.
Because I'm military, I alwayswake up five o'clock.
I wake up five o'clock everyday.
(10:45):
I don't get out of my bed.
No, but yeah, I applied fortoast and berry.
So I'm like, okay, this shouldbe easy job cooking.
I'm not a cook Just got to getused to their ways of doing
things.
So I applied for Toast withBarry.
We do the interview.
And we do the interview.
(11:06):
And she's like well, can we talkabout your previous employer?
I said, yeah, I don't have aproblem with that, you know,
yeah.
So she's like well, we'retalking and it goes.
You know, tell me about yourbackground.
You got a degree.
Then she goes to the previousjob.
Well, are you still at yourprevious job?
Now, that question alone.
When you're asked that like whydoes that matter?
(11:30):
Like I'm literally applying foryour job, why does it matter if
I'm still at that job, doesthat make sense to you?
But she asked me that and Isaid, no, so we terminated.
So I'm honest about I'm onething about me.
Like I, just I'm honest.
Like, yeah, I was terminated.
So what were you terminated for?
At the time I did not know whyI was terminated other than the
(11:54):
a18 code.
So she's like well, why are weterminated?
I than the A18 code?
So she's like, well, why are weterminated?
I said, well, I don't know, butI have a podcast.
And she's like, oh, okay, well,what is your podcast called?
And so I give her the podcast.
And when she asked that afterthe interview, I'm like I'm
looking at the numbers because Isee when my numbers spike.
I'm looking at what episode itis and you know, seeing if
(12:19):
they're going to any certainepisode to do a background check
.
I don't know, but you ask thatquestion.
That's what I'm expecting.
And then this is one of thequestions that I hate being
asked um, she's like well, we're, you know, we listed your price
from 60 to 65.
What are you asking for?
And then that's the part thatthat's the worst question,
(12:40):
because you're like what do yousay?
Like, um, can I, uh, can Iphone a friend real quick?
No, that's not a good idea, Ishouldn't do that.
So I do I list myself morebecause I value myself high, or
do I go low?
So I get the ball?
Well, well, we'll pay him lowerthan and he'll come on.
So that's one of the questionsthat I ask myself.
(13:03):
What did I do?
I asked for more.
Are you crazy?
I'm like look, 65 is generous,but I'm not used to that.
I'm not used to that.
My expectations are higher.
So therefore, I asked forhigher.
And then that means well, mrGurgle, mr Gillespie, we will
call you back, click, she's likequick with it.
Needless to say, they didn'tcall me back.
(13:25):
Hey, I have self value ofmyself.
Okay, I know what I'm going tobring to the table.
You're paying 65.
I want.
I think I asked for 70.
Click, okay, that's fine.
You don't want to pay me?
That is a okay.
So I'm applying for all thesejobs.
And it gets to a point wheregets to a point where, like, I
(13:51):
don't know, I don't know what Iwant to do.
Like, do I still want to be inthe food service industry
Because it's rough?
Like like I can't get inanywhere.
I applied for over 17 jobs in aspan of a month, I think, and
everything going from dietarymanager, executive chef, food
(14:11):
safety and standards forstereotech oh, now, I've had a
stereotech exam before or surveyor whatever.
That stuff was rough.
They look for every nook andcranny to be wrong.
I was like man, do I want to dothat?
I said absolutely.
I want to go to thesefacilities and say is that pan
cracked?
Sir?
(14:31):
You failed your inspection.
Go up in there, mess witheverybody.
No, I didn't want to do that,but that's the point.
I was so desperate to find a job.
At one point I even applied forjobs with schools, like one
(14:51):
place downtown Cincinnati.
They were looking for a chef.
I'm like, well, last time Iworked for a school, I did no
cooking whatsoever.
All I did was deliver productfrom one school to another
school and they had no way.
No way I can make a sauce, noway I could cook.
They had no stoves.
(15:12):
And I'm like I don't want to dothat again.
I don't want to set myself upfor failure.
I applied for two schools.
One called me back immediately.
I said nah.
I said I'm not going to setmyself up for failure because I
started asking questions likehey, do you guys have a stove?
Like no, we do things different.
Now we got to steam this.
Conventional ovens,conventional ovens steam this,
so you don't have to cook at all.
(15:33):
I said that's part of my job,that's part of my career, like I
cook, you understand?
So yeah, needless to say, Ididn't do that.
Training managers, all thatDidn't work.
I said you know what?
Why don't I go in business formyself and start an OnlyFans?
No, I'm just kidding, I'mkidding.
(15:53):
No.
I said why don't I start a foodtruck?
Start a food truck?
That's a great idea, becauseyou know, I've been in this.
I've been cooking for roughlyalmost 10 years now consecutive
management, cooking stuff likethat.
I can do this, I can do thisand it's something that is
opportunity that I, that I cando, that I can muster.
(16:15):
You know, use my status and myexpertise to build it from the
ground up.
And funny to mention that,before I was let go of my
company, I was talking to one ofthe cooks at my spot and we
were talking about doing a foodtruck together and I was like
(16:35):
that's not a bad idea.
I was also talking to a friendof mine named Cindy.
She said if you do a food truck, you should do a food truck
because you know you make goodfood.
I said you know what?
That's not a bad idea.
Then I talked to my boy, josh,and he's he is more Josh, my
friend Josh.
He's also a chef like me and heis ready.
(16:59):
He is ready to do the foodtruck, but we don't have the
financial stability or advanceadvancement to start a food
truck.
But he has a great idea.
He has this great idea wetalked about and it's it's, it's
amazing, it's an amazing ideaand if we do the food truck is
(17:21):
his idea, is is genius.
So everybody's pushing me to doa food truck, but it makes I'm
a little uncertain about theidea first.
First, the name.
What do I name a food truck?
I?
I have an idea.
It starts before I called thisthe WDYM podcast.
I was going to call it G's Spot.
(17:44):
What's wrong with that, listen?
Yeah, I know it sounds funky,but I thought that was a good
idea.
You know it would.
You know?
Oh, their name will get thenotoriety of it and then once
they find out I'm not talkingabout that, then you know I got
(18:05):
him.
So I was like name the foodtruck G Spot, but my wife will
not let me name it that.
Then I said G's Meat Spot andshe also said no to that too.
So I'm like all right, I needto come up with a name.
So that's where I'm at with thefood truck.
But I got an idea and if Joshgets on, we have an idea
(18:26):
together.
Whoever Josh gets on, we havean idea together.
Whoever you know, they're stillin the very beginning stages of
development when it comes tothe food truck, because right
now I'm experimenting with smashburgers and chicken sandwiches
and stuff like that and I'mworking on that.
It's a work in progress, to saythe least.
So with that in the back burner, I'm still trying to find a job
(18:51):
.
After application afterapplication, after Indeed to
ZipRecruiter and everything, Idecided to just go to sleep.
I decided to just go to sleepand worry about it later.
After doing this for so long,it gets mentally exhausting, so
(19:12):
I just went to sleep.
When I went to sleep, I had adream.
He's got a dream.
He's got a dream that I finallylanded a job.
In this dream I was working in akitchen, again as an executive
(19:33):
chef.
Real funny that I'm having thisdream that I'm back in the
kitchen, because I initiallyapplied for jobs outside the
kitchen.
I did not want to worknecessarily back in the kitchen.
Um, you know, you've been doingit so long.
You might want to just take amental break and just try to do
(19:53):
something different, see if yourskills apply In the outside
world Instead of in the kitchen.
In this dream I was theexecutive chef.
So in this dream they was likehey, why don't we have a chef's
demo for you?
I got no problem doing that.
I enjoy cooking, especially achef's demo for you.
I got no problem doing that.
I enjoy cooking, especially achef's demo, or what we call a
(20:15):
black basket.
Now you may watch the foodnetwork and seen chopped before
where they give a black basketand you don't know what's in it.
That is like the ultimate funand scary thing at the same time
, because if you get somethingthat you don't know how to cook,
then you're screwed right.
I've had, I think, three blackbasket or chef demos I've done
(20:39):
before.
One was at a previous job,whoever you want to say it, of
course I had one in culinaryschool and now I got this one
and the hardest thing I've evergotten was lintels.
If you, if you, never cooklintels.
I have never cooked lintelsbefore.
So it was a.
It was a shocker and a surpriseto me.
(21:00):
My first basket, I got lintels,potatoes and a cut of steak.
What I did?
I just put the lintels in waterand boiled them.
Boiled them the whole time,because that's what you have to
do it In actuality.
I just got lucky and guess right, this one, this one in this
dream I had, it was fish.
It was fish, ribs and beef tips.
Immediately I I x the ribs.
(21:20):
We ain't having cooking ribs, Idon't got time.
I cook my ribs overnight.
I cook my ribs.
So overnight they come out sotender and you can literally
pull the bone off the rib.
So I was like, look, I'm not,I'm not messing around with that
.
I don't know if they even gotliquid smoke.
I don't know this kitchen verywell.
In this dream I'm not doingribs.
The beef tips I was like that's, that's an interesting idea.
(21:41):
And I'm just I'm initiallythinking, uh, schist kebabs.
I was like no, that's, that'stoo simple.
Again, not familiar with thiskitchen.
And I got to think how I cookcompared to how someone else
would perceive my cooking.
So I X-Nated the beef tips, soI went with the fish.
Fish is the easiest thing tocook.
(22:01):
Not to say that I'm a no, I'mnot even going to lie.
I don't cook fish normallybecause nobody in my house eats
fish.
So the only time I get to cookfish is when I eat fish and
stuff like that.
So I was like, all right, let'sgo with the fish.
And then immediately I wasthinking in this dream that if
I'm using fish, I'm going to useasparagus.
If I use asparagus, I use rice.
(22:23):
So therefore it's balanced.
So therefore that idea iscaught.
I got my main entree alreadyplotted out and everything in
this dream.
I have to have a salad, adressing, an entree and
appetizer in this dream.
So I use my previous knowledgein this dream to make things
(22:47):
that I've done before Duh.
So I had everything ready to goin this dream.
So as I'm cooking in my dream,in the corner of my eye, I see
Boo Boo the Fool in my dream.
(23:07):
When I saw Boo Boo the Fool inmy dream, that when I saw Boo
Boo the Fool in my dream, Iinitially did this look who it
is.
Yeah, that's how I felt on theinside.
(23:31):
And then I immediately woke up.
I this is.
There's no way that this wouldhappen.
I woke up from the dream andeverything I thought that was.
You know, that was like apremonition, like that, because
usually when I dream and it'svivid, like that, and I'm you
know that I could rememberthings the next day and
(23:51):
everything that's a vivid dream.
Usually that's call me weird orwhatever.
That is a, a vision or aforesight or something that's
going to happen down the line.
So it got me thinking whatwould happen if I saw boo boo
the fool again?
This is the hard part, becauseyou always, when things happen,
(24:14):
you're always like, well, if Ihad a second chance, or if I can
correct this, or if I see thisperson again and you talk this,
this game in your brain.
I, on the other hand, didndidn't, I didn't, I didn't think
that way.
I didn't think that way becausethis is life.
If I was, if I happen to eversee Boo Boo the Fool treated any
(24:39):
differently because, at the endof the day, I learned a lesson
in life.
Right, learning that lesson wasso valuable to me in the real
world because it cost me so much, like I said before, and the
idea of seeing boo-boo the foolwould be a character test for me
(25:04):
to make sure that, hey, despiteeverything that happened, if
this ever happened in reality,that I can overcome it and, you
know, make the best of thatsituation if that ever happened.
But you know, as of now, stillon the job search hopefully I'll
find something soon but yeah,that, those, those dreams right
(25:28):
there, those, those, thosedreams are almost the most
scariest versions of a dream.
You know what I'm saying.
With that being said, we areending the episode and also
notice, this is an outro.
Ah, ah, ah, yeah, new outro forthe new season.
Man, I had to do it.
I thought the other one waslate, but it works for me.
(25:50):
But now I got a new one.
I'm your host, michaelGillespie of the WDYM.
Thank you for tuning in toseason three.
I will talk to you guys later.
I'm out.
Girl Scout, boy Scout, peace.
Thank you.
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