rant · moment 9 of 21
Cashing the Dell Check and Bud's Boiler Betrayal
from Depths of Self-Deception · #30
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4 minTim recounts the awkward verification call at the check cashing place for his Dell commercial check, then discusses his old mortgage industry days, losing his house, and his friend Ray's fear of being murdered over a boiler.
- 17:18Tim does a Dell viral marketing video shoot that runs eight hours and descends into chaos with a filmmaker dad and son arguing about angles.
- 17:53The shoot is a disaster but the check is decent, which is all that matters to him.
- 18:24Tim explains he needs clear direction or he'll do the wrong thing, but it'll be funny.
- 18:55A Chinese woman at a check-cashing place struggles to speak English while calling the guy who wrote the check to verify it's legitimate.
- 19:37At the check-cashing place, a woman tries to upsell Tim on a prepaid Visa card while other people argue nearby.
- 20:07Tim tells Brian he needs to mention that he uses a check-cashing place, framing it as something to work to their advantage.
- 20:22Brian suggests getting an imitation of someone and working from there, though Tim misunderstands and thinks he means Secretary of Agriculture.
- 20:36Brian jokes that Tim needs to make him some fucking money.