Interview · moment 10 of 17
Devin's Bakery Delivery Job and Socialists Who Hate Work
from The Big Booth (with Devan Costa) · #141
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8 minGuest
Devin describes his miserable graveyard-shift bakery delivery job under a militant boss, which launches Tim into a rant about trust-fund socialists who despise work and family, contrasted with immigrants who make good money doing home health aide work.
- 34:29Tim worked the graveyard shift at a bakery in L.A., packing and delivering bread from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. for two years.
- 34:53The job destroyed his health due to stress and strict time constraints; he quit after his Israeli boss turned out to be a militant psychopath.
- 35:27Tim believes people should be treated with basic humanity and explained why, not dismissed outright.
- 35:59Stealing money from a mean waitress in 11th grade was absolutely the right thing to do, and he'd do it again tomorrow.
- 36:48Tim insists he believes in people's greatness, even when they disappoint him at places like Fridays.
- 37:12Applebee's Friday's has soft, garlicky breadsticks, an amazing three-for-all meal, and once had the Jack Daniel sandwich as a top fast-casual option.
- 37:47Friday's was founded by someone now running his uncle's restaurant group and invented cocktail hour—it's a legendary spot, not Denny's.
- 38:47His girlfriend, a waitress at Hillstone Houston's, cons her tables by making them feel like her best friend to take them for all they're worth.
- 39:47Socialists whose parents are multimillionaires loathe work and workers because every job and boss they've had was horrible.
- 40:33There's a way out of shitty jobs for many people; attitude and perspective determine whether your life is good or ruined.
- 41:31Tim challenges socialists to explain what exactly they want to spend their lives doing if they hate work, family, and hierarchies.
- 42:09Rich kids whose parents finance their lives don't understand the pride of figuring something out on your own—that's what gives life meaning.
- 42:25Without the ability to achieve things through your own effort, what is the point of anything or any reason to try at all?