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‘Tech Tuesday’ with Rich DeMuro | Millennials are Getting Honest · The Bill Handel Show

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  Speaker 3: Tuesday to you. A double taco Tuesday. What'd you say, Amy,
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  Speaker 3: that it's National Taco Day?
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  Speaker 4: Yes, it's National Taco Day and also National Noodle Day.
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  Speaker 1: Which is.
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  Speaker 4: A whole other subject.
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  Speaker 3: You know, the first time I was ever called a
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  Speaker 3: taco was in junior high. Were you ever called a taco?
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  Speaker 1: Taco?
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  Speaker 2: That's funny. My previous radio station tried to get when
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  Speaker 2: they were like, oh, it's a radio names.
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  Speaker 3: They wouldn't call you taco?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I was like, no.
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  Speaker 4: Seriously?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: That crappy on air day.
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  Speaker 4: What is this, 1974?
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  Speaker 2: They were very late 90s.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, but I didn't even get Beaner, except by my bands. Oh,
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  Speaker 3: you can still say that. Back in the day when
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  Speaker 3: I was in a punk band and we all talked
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  Speaker 3: about each other's ethnicities and stuff like that, they called
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  Speaker 3: me Beaner.
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  Speaker 2: Suits you.
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  Speaker 3: I do like me some beans.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 3: Well, let's switch from that to tech. Rich DiMuro is
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  Speaker 3: with us, Rich on Tech, every Saturday from 11 a.m.
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  Speaker 3: to 2 p.m. You can follow him on Instagram at
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  Speaker 3: Rich on Tech. You can see him on KTLA. He's
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  Speaker 3: one of those guys that does not sleep. You can
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  Speaker 3: you get a part of that. We'll talk about that
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  Speaker 3: and also make sure it doesn't go into your clutter
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  Speaker 3: or any of that stuff. Rich, how are you, my friend?
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing fantastic.
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  Speaker 3: Happy Anaheim Prime Big Deal Day.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it seems like these big deal days happen all
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  Speaker 1: the time. So we're in the midst of one right now,
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  Speaker 1: today and tomorrow. And look, it's one of these things
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  Speaker 1: where if you need something, if you're looking to spend money,
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  Speaker 1: if you've had your eye on something, chances are it
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  Speaker 1: is on sale today. There's a couple times a year
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  Speaker 1: when things go on sale. Black Friday, Cyber Monday. you know, during,
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  Speaker 1: you know, just throughout the holidays, it's always a good
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  Speaker 1: time to buy, right? Because they're going to have stuff.
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  Speaker 1: But Prime Day has become this like manufactured event where
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  Speaker 1: things do go on sale. And so if you're looking
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  Speaker 1: for stuff today, I always say a couple of tips.
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  Speaker 1: Number one, obviously check my website, richontech.tv. I've got my
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  Speaker 1: recommendations there of the stuff that I like. So if
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  Speaker 1: you're looking for tech, you can go through and see
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  Speaker 1: if any of that stuff is on sale. And then
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  Speaker 1: on Amazon, they've done a pretty good job helping you
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  Speaker 1: figure out deals. So like right on the homepage, you
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  Speaker 1: can click and they've got the prime big deal days
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  Speaker 1: banner and you can go through and it's like all deals,
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  Speaker 1: today's big deals. You can search by like brands if
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  Speaker 1: you want, by discount percentage. And when you're looking at
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  Speaker 1: a deal, you want to size it up. Make sure
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  Speaker 1: that it's not just nonsense. Amazon actually puts a price
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  Speaker 1: history link right near the price. And so what I
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  Speaker 1: recommend is you click that and it will show you
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  Speaker 1: a chart. And that chart will show you if the
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  Speaker 1: price has gone down past what it's selling for today.
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  Speaker 1: And if it has, don't buy it. If it hasn't,
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  Speaker 1: then it's probably a good deal. Yeah, the history check,
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  Speaker 1: I think, is super smart. That is a great tip.
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  Speaker 1: Who would have thunk from the tech guy? You know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm looking right now. I pull it up, Rich. We
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  Speaker 1: all do it. You put something in your cart for
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  Speaker 1: a long period of time. And right now, my subtotal
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  Speaker 1: of my cart is $ 8, 591.
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  Speaker 4: Wow. Oh, wow.
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  Speaker 1: You got to move some of that to save for later.
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  Speaker 2: I do.
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  Speaker 3: That's the sad part is I probably got another 30
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  Speaker 3: items in the save for later. But here's the deal.
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  Speaker 3: I always check that first to see if there's something
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  Speaker 3: that's on sale that's in there. And if it's something
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  Speaker 3: I have been needing and been putting off, that's something
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  Speaker 3: I will do. But the secondary part that you just
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  Speaker 3: said is an important part of that still. Is it
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  Speaker 3: the cheapest it's been? in the past 30 days or whatever,
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  Speaker 3: and checking those things can be important. I find electronics,
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  Speaker 3: especially those associated with Amazon, you're going to get the
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  Speaker 3: best deal on those because they want you in their ecosystem, right?
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  Speaker 1: Yep. And the margins are big on those because it's Amazon, right?
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  Speaker 1: They control the pricing. They control when those go on sale,
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  Speaker 1: and they always go on sale during Prime. But yeah,
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  Speaker 1: when you're looking at that cart that you're talking about,
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  Speaker 1: there's usually a little banner that either says like limited
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  Speaker 1: time deal or prime big deal or a percentage off.
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  Speaker 1: And so it's just a real easy way to spot things.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Neil, the other place I like to look
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  Speaker 1: is if you go to amazon.com slash buy again, and
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  Speaker 1: this is a page you may have seen before, but
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  Speaker 1: basically it's all the stuff that you've purchased. And they
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  Speaker 1: have a new link now up at the top where
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  Speaker 1: it says deals and So you tap that and all
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  Speaker 1: the stuff that you've purchased in the past, like this
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  Speaker 1: magnesium powder I like that's super expensive, you know, helps
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  Speaker 1: you sleep. You said I never sleep, but I like
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  Speaker 1: to sleep sometimes.
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  Speaker 3: Well, yeah, but you have to knock yourself out. It's
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  Speaker 3: the only way.
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  Speaker 1: This stuff is natural, but it's great. I'm not kidding.
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  Speaker 1: Like somehow it does knock you out. My wife and
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  Speaker 1: I both agree. And anyway, it's expensive. And sure enough,
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  Speaker 1: it's 15% off today. And I know because I buy
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  Speaker 1: that stuff not often, but, you know, somewhat regularly. It
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  Speaker 1: never goes on sale. So the fact that it's on
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  Speaker 1: sale today is a good thing. So that Amazon.com slash
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  Speaker 1: buy again is a great, you know, it's a boring stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Like you can see your cascade complete dishwasher pods. But hey,
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  Speaker 1: if you're going to save 25% today, you need those anyway.
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  Speaker 1: Go ahead.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, no, that is a hot tip because on things
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  Speaker 3: that I don't have on, God, what do they call it?
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  Speaker 3: Subscribe and save. Subscribe and save. Things that I don't
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  Speaker 3: have on that. I do go back because often my
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  Speaker 3: wife will say, hey, we need such and such. Or
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  Speaker 3: you remember that thing we bought some time ago? I
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  Speaker 3: just go back through there. And, you know, maybe it's
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  Speaker 3: a leg brace or something like that. And then I
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  Speaker 3: didn't need it for a while and I can't find it.
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  Speaker 3: Whatever it is, that's a hot tip.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 3: When we come back, there's much more to talk about,
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  Speaker 3: including holiday travel. It's strange, Rich, how Even as somebody
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  Speaker 3: who's a tech guy, you have to be multifaceted because
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  Speaker 3: everything goes back to the hub, which is tech nowadays.
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  Speaker 3: Even travel, you know, obviously AI, all these things. All right.
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  Speaker 3: Hollywood travel, sir. And tech. How do those combine?
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  Speaker 1: Well, so Google analyzed about five years of data. And
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  Speaker 1: you've heard this thing, this whole like, oh, you got
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  Speaker 1: to wake up on a Tuesday at 2 a.m. and
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  Speaker 1: book your ticket. Like, that is just not true. And
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  Speaker 1: they basically decided that, you know, with all this data
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  Speaker 1: and all the AI that, you know, all the price
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  Speaker 1: movement up and down, that's just not true anymore. So
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  Speaker 1: the real information is this. Number one, lowest prices for
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  Speaker 1: Thanksgiving about 34 days before departure. generally cheapest 21 to 57.
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  Speaker 1: So basically, bottom line for Thanksgiving, you got to book
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  Speaker 1: right now, like in October. For Christmas, about 56 days
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  Speaker 1: before departure, that's when prices are lowest. So late October
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  Speaker 1: through mid-November. And if you've been looking at these tickets already,
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  Speaker 1: you know that airfare is definitely more expensive this year
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  Speaker 1: than in years past, just the way it is. Gas prices,
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  Speaker 1: all that good stuff, I'm sure is contributing. The buy
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  Speaker 1: on Tuesday thing, they say this barely matters. It's such
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  Speaker 1: a negligible amount that don't even worry about it. So
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  Speaker 1: just book when the ticket is best for you. If
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  Speaker 1: you really want to save, the way to save is,
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  Speaker 1: and we already know the answer to this. You got
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  Speaker 1: to fly in a days. Nobody wants to fly, which
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  Speaker 1: is departing on a Monday, returning on a Tuesday or
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  Speaker 1: Wednesday that saves about 14%. And then if you want
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  Speaker 1: to save even more, you got to give up those
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  Speaker 1: nonstop flights. You got to connect and you, you know,
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  Speaker 1: nonstop flights are about 20% more on average.
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  Speaker 3: We did a story yesterday, Rich, about how solo travel
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  Speaker 3: is becoming more popular and that the travel industry is
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  Speaker 3: trying to pivot. It used to be that if you're
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  Speaker 3: flying by yourself, you could get deals or you could
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  Speaker 3: be flexible on those things. Do you think that now
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  Speaker 3: with this trend, that they're going to get onto that
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  Speaker 3: and want to make their money still and start upping
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  Speaker 3: the prices of just a single person or any of
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  Speaker 3: those things? Do you find that might change?
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  Speaker 1: Look, I mean, if the industry could figure out a
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  Speaker 1: way to squeeze more money from people, absolutely. But at
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  Speaker 1: the end of the day, I think the magic of
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  Speaker 1: the single and solo travel is that you are the
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  Speaker 1: most flexible, right? So I think flexibility when you're traveling
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  Speaker 1: is the absolute best way to save money. And also,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you can walk in like one of my
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  Speaker 1: favorite things is, and my wife and I talk about this,
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  Speaker 1: even when you're, you know, as a couple is like,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the hottest table in town. A lot of
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  Speaker 1: times you just go into the bar and there's two
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  Speaker 1: seats or a seat. You can grab like the hottest
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  Speaker 1: restaurant in town and it's like, okay. And you know
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  Speaker 1: this better than I do. You're the food guy, but like,
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  Speaker 1: You can get a lot of stuff when you're flexible.
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  Speaker 1: Let's put it that way.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, the bar. And you go to Disneyland, and if
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  Speaker 3: it's just my wife and me, if we steal some
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  Speaker 3: time while our boy is at school or something, and
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  Speaker 3: we run out there. We do single riders all the
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  Speaker 3: time because it flies by. It's just easier to get
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  Speaker 3: a ride off single rider. And then we can hold
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  Speaker 3: hands once we get off the ride and enjoy the
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  Speaker 3: rest of the day. But like you said, I'm curious
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  Speaker 3: if they're going to start finding ways to do that.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 3: One last quick question that's not on the rundown. What
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  Speaker 3: is the hot... tech or app or something that you're
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  Speaker 3: using right now that you're giddy about or you're excited about?
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  Speaker 1: About? Oh my gosh. I mean, actually it's, it is
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  Speaker 1: an app. It's a, there's two of them. There's a
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  Speaker 1: muse for meta. I think we talked about this last week.
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  Speaker 1: Have you been using it?
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  Speaker 3: No, I was a little nervous to figure out like,
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  Speaker 3: how am I going to use, what is this? And
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  Speaker 3: I heard you talk about it, which always gives me
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  Speaker 3: a little bit of more courage about something. Um, but
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  Speaker 3: I haven't had the time to sit down and, and
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  Speaker 3: figure it out for myself. So why is that?
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  Speaker 1: Okay. Well, just quick quick story. So my wife said
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  Speaker 1: I had to order pizza for my kid's birthday party
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  Speaker 1: over the weekend. And, you know, I had a busy
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  Speaker 1: day and I was like, you know what? I bet
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  Speaker 1: you I can offload this to the AI agent. And
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  Speaker 1: so I just told the agent, I said, look, we
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  Speaker 1: have 12 kids coming over, two adults, three adults, you know,
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  Speaker 1: two kids don't eat pizza. One person likes pepperoni. Another
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  Speaker 1: person likes veggie. Another person likes cheese. Tell me how,
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  Speaker 1: you know, just put in the order at Domino's, right?
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  Speaker 1: And I know it's Domino's, kids love Domino's, whatever. And
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  Speaker 1: For me, I'd have like a local Italian place. I
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  Speaker 1: get it.
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  Speaker 3: We all do that. There's even a time for Little Caesars, man.
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  Speaker 3: Of course. There's a time for everything. Not to mention
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  Speaker 3: the pan pizza at Domino's is actually very good.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. Yeah. Exactly. Anyway, so long story short, it
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  Speaker 1: did the whole order, figured out how many pizzas, found
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  Speaker 1: the best deal. scheduled the delivery. And at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the day, it just said, okay, it's ready for
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  Speaker 1: your credit card number, pop it in. And if you want,
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  Speaker 1: it could even do that. But I just said, hey,
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  Speaker 1: stop at the credit card. I'll do that. But it's
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  Speaker 1: just like little things like that, where two years ago,
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  Speaker 1: a year ago, if you would have asked me if
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  Speaker 1: I would have ever done that, I would have said
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  Speaker 1: absolutely not. It's silly. But now I'm realizing that there's
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  Speaker 1: so many ways you can use these agents to your
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  Speaker 1: advantage to save you time. to help you have an
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  Speaker 1: edge over things and just really do things that you
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  Speaker 1: maybe don't have the time for or just can't figure
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  Speaker 1: out on your own. And it's really pretty interesting, actually.
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  Speaker 3: Does it work with DoorDash and the like?
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  Speaker 1: You know, DoorDash has their own thing with like, they're
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  Speaker 1: doing with Gemini, I believe.
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  Speaker 3: Because I was just curious, because like my son, you
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  Speaker 3: know this, they eat the same thing. So rather than
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  Speaker 3: having to go and put it in every time, if
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  Speaker 3: I just said, get the usual.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Interesting.
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  Speaker 1: The idea is that is that you'd be able to
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  Speaker 1: do that in the future and not just say, get
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  Speaker 1: me the usual, but get me the usual and also
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  Speaker 1: check to make sure if there's any new promotions or
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  Speaker 1: deals that I can take advantage of. You know, these
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  Speaker 1: things can go a step further and do kind of
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  Speaker 1: like the legwork that you may not want to do.
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  Speaker 1: And they can take the time. Like I had to
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  Speaker 1: do a thing for me last night for a half
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  Speaker 1: an hour while I was, you know, getting ready for bed.
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  Speaker 1: It just literally was on my computer flipping through tabs
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  Speaker 1: and doing stuff like on its own. to give me
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  Speaker 1: a report about something that, you know, would have taken
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  Speaker 1: me an hour to do.
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  Speaker 3: We got to get you out, get it sponsored and
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  Speaker 3: do a public event, connect with some of our listeners
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  Speaker 3: and just do that. How to simplify your life using
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  Speaker 3: AI or these types of things. I think it would
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  Speaker 3: be huge. I think people would love to come see you.
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  Speaker 3: And I want to talk to the bosses around here.
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  Speaker 3: Damn it. All right, buddy. Talk to the powers that be. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: the powers of which I am no longer. So I'm
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  Speaker 3: just a peon around here. I know nothing. Rich DiMuro,
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  Speaker 3: you can hear him, Rich on Tech, every Saturday from
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  Speaker 3: 11 to 2 p.m. Great show and appointment listening. And
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  Speaker 3: you can hit him up on Instagram, Rich on Tech.
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  Speaker 3: Get his newsletter. You can see him on KTLA. Thanks, Rich.
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  Speaker 3: Catch you next time.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Thanks, Neil.
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  Speaker 3: KFI AM 640 live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Neil
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  Speaker 3: Saavedra in the morning. Crew Handle will be back next week.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks for hanging out with us the past couple weeks here.
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  Speaker 3: Kono's leaving us tomorrow. It'll be his last day. Tell
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  Speaker 3: everybody where you're going, by the way. What are you
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  Speaker 3: going to be doing? People want to know.
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  Speaker 2: So there's a massive sports complex opening up in Ontario
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  Speaker 2: right next to the Tower Buzzers field. It's called Ontario
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  Speaker 2: Sports Empire. Grand opening, October 24th. Come out. But I'll
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  Speaker 2: be the operations supervisor there.
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  Speaker 3: That's awesome. Congratulations, buddy.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: I know it's closer to you, and God knows it's
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  Speaker 3: for more money. It is for more, and it was
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  Speaker 3: last-minute offer. It was random, so that's why it's so quick.
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  Speaker 3: Are you going to have a second job still?
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  Speaker 2: So it's going to take out a couple of my
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  Speaker 2: gig works because it's completely opposite hours of what I
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  Speaker 2: do here.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm hoping to keep one or two of them.
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  Speaker 3: Good for you, man.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, you still won't have normal hours, though, because sports
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  Speaker 4: happen at night, right?
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So most of them, it's like a swing shift. It's
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  Speaker 2: like 4 to 11 p.m.
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  Speaker 4: Wow.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I hope you're able to hang out with your kids,
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  Speaker 3: to do more of that stuff, because trust me, as
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  Speaker 3: I get older, that's the stuff I want.
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  Speaker 2: They can come out because in the morning, some of
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  Speaker 2: these fields are open to the public, and they have
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  Speaker 2: three massive playgrounds for the public.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, that's cool.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Well, we'll talk more about that tomorrow. Our buddy Kono
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  Speaker 3: is going to be leaving us, a huge part of
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  Speaker 3: the show, obviously, and we'll be sad to see him go.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 3: So millennials apparently– are being brutally honest about things they
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  Speaker 3: grew up with. But they're like, hey, younger generations, you
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  Speaker 3: seem to be rejecting these things. There's a Reddit thread
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  Speaker 3: where millennials are saying, hey, this was normal. And I
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  Speaker 3: got to tell you, I look at some of these things,
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  Speaker 3: I go, I don't think millennials were really doing these
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  Speaker 3: to begin with. But they're saying, you know, don't do
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  Speaker 3: these things. We thought they were normal. let's see what
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  Speaker 3: you feel about them. So these are lessons that were
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  Speaker 3: considered the norm, so says millennials on this Reddit thread,
• 15:40
  Speaker 3: where these millennials are sharing something they thought or was
• 15:44
  Speaker 3: taught was the norm, and they're glad that the newer
• 15:49
  Speaker 3: generations are rejecting them. So being expected to be reachable
• 15:53
  Speaker 3: for work outside of work hours just because you own
• 15:55
  Speaker 3: a phone. I get that. I too stand by that.
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: And I was somebody who, well, I was in management,
• 16:04
  Speaker 3: so I would have to. I would have to be,
• 16:09
  Speaker 3: it was 24-7. You're in a news talk. You got
• 16:12
  Speaker 3: to be available 24-7. But there were times where I
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: got called at 1.30 in the morning while being in
• 16:19
  Speaker 3: India on my honeymoon that wasn't, yeah, probably should have
• 16:25
  Speaker 3: not picked up. But those things happen. So I'll give
• 16:29
  Speaker 3: you that one. I like that. You got to set
• 16:31
  Speaker 3: boundaries in your life. Otherwise, you'll get sucked dry. And
• 16:36
  Speaker 3: most companies won't do crap for you. You are a commodity.
• 16:41
  Speaker 3: And really, stop thinking that they're going to give you
• 16:44
  Speaker 3: the gold watch. They don't do that anymore. But there
• 16:46
  Speaker 3: was a time when they did. And being there for
• 16:49
  Speaker 3: 30 years meant something. Nowadays, it doesn't. I will get
• 16:52
  Speaker 3: nothing when I leave here after 30 years. I guarantee it.
• 16:59
  Speaker 3: Being expected or traditional gender roles. This one, I'm not sure.
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: It says, including starting a family. Imagine a future where
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: the majority of people were raised by parents who actively
• 17:10
  Speaker 3: planned and were excited to have kids. What does that mean?
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: And had two parents who were actively engaged in parenting.
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: I thought that was, is that the bad thing? Like,
• 17:23
  Speaker 3: don't think you have to do this. I don't know
• 17:26
  Speaker 3: what that is. Do you think people shouldn't be raised
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: by two parents? I mean, preferably raised by parents who
• 17:33
  Speaker 3: have actively planned. So I'm not sure if that's a
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: positive or negative there. That discussing your work conditions or
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: pay with your coworkers is wrong. Now, I think that's
• 17:45
  Speaker 3: tacky unless it's necessary. If I think I can help
• 17:49
  Speaker 3: someone and say, hey, listen, this is how you make more,
• 17:53
  Speaker 3: or this is what you could do. Of course, I
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: would give whatever information I could, but it just brings
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: everybody down if you're constantly talking about what's wrong. Get
• 18:04
  Speaker 3: up and go. You don't have to stay. Women not
• 18:08
  Speaker 3: having to wear heels when they go out. Who makes
• 18:11
  Speaker 3: people wear what? I don't make anybody wear something to
• 18:14
  Speaker 3: go out. Wear what you want to wear. Are we
• 18:20
  Speaker 3: taught or do we have a response to women in heels?
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: We do.
• 18:24
  Speaker 3: I don't know why. Is it genetic? I have no
• 18:27
  Speaker 3: idea why. It shows the, you know, the calves and
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: legs and women have beautiful legs. I'm sorry. That's a
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: really cool thing. But I guess Kono, you, if you
• 18:38
  Speaker 3: feel more comfortable in flats, buddy, go for it.
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: You forgot their butts.
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: I wasn't going to go there, but yes, it does
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: enhance everything. All right, I love seeing younger retail service
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: workers take down and not just cater to rude customers.
• 18:56
  Speaker 3: I never would have dared. I've done retail work. It's
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: part of your job. That's your service. Now, if they were,
• 19:11
  Speaker 3: as a manager, oh, man, I love doing that, taking
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: apart someone that took apart my crew. I wouldn't let
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: people treat them horribly. But if you've got rude people, yeah,
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: it sucks, but that's part of the job. Don't do that.
• 19:27
  Speaker 3: Seeing people, if they're being violent or if they come to,
• 19:31
  Speaker 3: you know, I love that as long, you know, just
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: like anybody else, take them down. That, you know, being
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: inhumane is one thing. Because people are getting worse, throwing
• 19:41
  Speaker 3: crap at you and stuff like that. I'm all for that.
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: Stand your ground. And as a manager, you kick their
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: ass out of there. But just... you know, as a
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: worker having to deal with the public that aren't always friendly,
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: that's the public. Don't be that person is the best thing.
• 20:00
  Speaker 3: So kind of interesting that those things seem to be
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: changing along with smoking coming back, which should be nice.
• 20:06
  Speaker 3: Good Tuesday morning to you, Neil Saavedra and the morning
• 20:09
  Speaker 3: crew here. Handle will be back next week. Thank you
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: for all your kind words and all of your talkbacks
• 20:19
  Speaker 3: and all of that stuff. Gary and Shannon, coming up next,
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: you go and stick around, won't you, for that. All right, Kono,
• 20:27
  Speaker 3: you're getting a lot of nice words as well, sir.
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: I appreciate it.
• 20:32
  Speaker 3: People, sad to see you go. Tomorrow's his last day.
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: I will tell you, I don't think, she hasn't said it,
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: but I don't think there's anyone sadder than my mom.
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: This is our connection.
• 20:45
  Speaker 4: That's right, because you guys have been listening to KFI
• 20:47
  Speaker 4: since you were a bitty child.
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: She listens every morning. She hears me every morning. She
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: knows I'm safe and I get to work because you
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: say hi to me. So I love you, mom. I
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: know you're listening. And grandma. My grandma listens too.
• 21:01
  Speaker 3: And I love you guys too.
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: Okay, move on.
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: I do. I love them.
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: Don't make it weird, Neil.
• 21:06
  Speaker 3: I love them so much.
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 21:08
  Speaker 4: Oh, did you see the one talk back, Neil, about
• 21:10
  Speaker 4: how we could keep Kono?
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: What?
• 21:15
  Speaker 4: Kono can't leave. I've been listening to you guys for
• 21:18
  Speaker 4: over 10 years. Oh, my gosh. I think KFI should
• 21:19
  Speaker 4: spring for a driver so Kono could sleep on the
• 21:22
  Speaker 4: way to work and sleep on the way home. Yeah,
• 21:24
  Speaker 4: that sounds like a deal.
• 21:27
  Speaker 3: That's so funny because he sleeps during the show. I mean,
• 21:30
  Speaker 3: he gets rest.
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: Oh, you're boring.
• 21:33
  Speaker 3: Oh, is that right? Oh, you've read the talkbacks? A kid,
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: a kid. You're terrific, all of you. We will miss you.
• 21:43
  Speaker 3: You're my buddy.
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: We have become buddies.
• 21:46
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: Not quite friends.
• 21:48
  Speaker 3: You're my bro. But buddies. You know, everybody that comes
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: on here and works and fills in for you, of course,
• 21:53
  Speaker 3: they do a nice job. But it's like when the
• 21:55
  Speaker 3: hot girl's not in class and not in, you know,
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: remedial reading or whatever.
• 22:00
  Speaker 4: You think Kona's hot?
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: Yes, Kono's a handsome man, but that's not what I
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: was talking about. Amy, don't make it weird. I was
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: just saying that I like our team. I don't like
• 22:11
  Speaker 3: when any of you are out. You know, Ann's going
• 22:13
  Speaker 3: to be out tomorrow. I got to deal with you.
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: What do you want for breakfast tomorrow? I'll treat. What
• 22:21
  Speaker 3: do you want? What will make you happy, Kono?
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: Oh, I don't know. Yeah, you do.
• 22:29
  Speaker 3: What are you thinking, buddy?
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: Or mull it over.
• 22:31
  Speaker 3: Okay, mull it over. Let me know.
• 22:34
  Speaker 4: You could have day-old tacos. I mean, it's Taco Tuesday.
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: Yeah, but whatever you need, pal. We'll make that happen.
• 22:41
  Speaker 3: All right, prediction market.
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: You know what?
• 22:43
  Speaker 3: I'll save this for tomorrow because I feel like we've
• 22:47
  Speaker 3: only got a minute, right? Tono, is there any intellectual
• 22:52
  Speaker 3: wisdom about your time here that you'd like to pass
• 22:55
  Speaker 3: on to anybody? Anything you've learned? Let's say from an
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: elder statesman on the show or you know, whismatic words
• 23:03
  Speaker 3: that have been passed on to you from, I don't know,
• 23:07
  Speaker 3: someone from here.
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 23:08
  Speaker 3: Somebody that maybe it's on the show, sometimes hosting that
• 23:12
  Speaker 3: might really pave the way for you as a thought
• 23:17
  Speaker 3: leader and a mentor. No, no, don't think nothing that
• 23:25
  Speaker 3: maybe someone has said. Maybe somebody that you look to
• 23:32
  Speaker 3: as a guidance, nay, a light.
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: I mean, Bill isn't here. So the things I would say.
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: Oh, great.
• 23:41
  Speaker 3: You're going to use for your new team on your
• 23:44
  Speaker 3: new job. You're going to be like, as Rex the
• 23:47
  Speaker 3: Wonder Horse once said. Have I ever?
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: You have given me some pretty sweet tips on for
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: the grill.
• 23:59
  Speaker 3: I try. And I even passed a book on to
• 24:01
  Speaker 3: you today.
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: You did.
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: The Blackstone.
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: I'm the worst Blackstone user, but I love it. How
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: many times?
• 24:07
  Speaker 3: Yeah, they're the best, man. You're going to do great.
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: I love to go in the backyard and get bit
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: by mosquitoes and just drink my beer. And then I
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: clean it. It is my favorite part. So thanks.
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah.
• 24:17
  Speaker 3: Well, it's hot. It's the best. Flat tops. Cleaning a
• 24:21
  Speaker 3: flat top that's hot is a thing of beauty.
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: So I rarely listen to you unless you're talking about grilling.
• 24:30
  Speaker 3: That's sort of a compliment. You know, I was made
• 24:33
  Speaker 3: into a meme after something I said on Tim Conway's
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: show on Friday.
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: Jigglypuff?
• 24:41
  Speaker 3: Kind of a big deal now. Dummy.
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: All right.
• 24:46
  Speaker 3: Kono's last day tomorrow. We'll talk to Kono a little
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: bit tomorrow as well as we send him off. We're
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: very sad about that. but I just got a text
• 24:55
  Speaker 3: from your mom and your grandma, and they said they're
• 24:57
  Speaker 3: going to be listening regardless, which is nice. Oh, your
• 25:01
  Speaker 3: dad just, you're funny as hell, Saavedra. I can't wait
• 25:05
  Speaker 3: for you to have more time. Now my stupid son
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: won't be, okay, that's cool.
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: That's probably accurate.
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: That's probably actually my dad, yeah.
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: All right, Gary Shannon coming up, so go nowheres. This
• 25:17
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• 25:19
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• 25:22
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• 25:23
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• 25:24
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