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Chris and the Bootleg Tony Robbins Sales Seminar

from A Can of Sweetened Honey · #84

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Tim tells a long story about a coworker named Chris who mockingly repeated a motivational speaker's phrases ("focus," "baby steps"), was in financial free-fall buying koi fish he couldn't afford, threatened an attorney's life, and got wasted on Holy Thursday.

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  • 32:57Chris's boss described him as someone who doesn't help anybody out, comparing him to an empty pond.
  • 33:23During a meeting where management was scolding Chris, he apologized by saying he got drunk with Dylan on Easter Thursday.
  • 33:49Tim describes how Chris and Dylan got obliterated at a bar in the middle of the day and drove back to the office.
  • 34:13Chris defended getting drunk at work by saying it was Holy Thursday, a Catholic celebration.
  • 34:31Tim explains what Holy Thursday actually is—when Jesus was betrayed, imprisoned, and killed—not a drinking holiday.
  • 34:43The manager told Chris he wouldn't yell at 22-year-old Dylan but questioned why a 40-year-old man was getting hammered at work.
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