Surviving Holiday Potlucks: Do's, Don'ts, and Disasters

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[00:00:15] So again, we're talking about potlucks and if you have to, because I know some folks do like it, and you know what? I get it. Some offices are close enough, right?

[00:00:25] And they, and look, some people don't have family nearby. That's a good call. That's a good call out. Your work family is your family.

[00:00:35] Welcome back folks. This is another episode of It's About Your Paycheck Holiday Edition. What's up, Walt? How you doing?

[00:00:43] Matt, I'm good. How about you?

[00:00:45] I'm good, man. I'm good. I love the fun episodes. Like a little kind of just a little bit more lighthearted and fun and things like that.

[00:00:53] I take payroll seriously, folks. I just get caught up and think, right? We, shoot, y'all missed it. The other show we got me and Walt got into a heated debate on some stuff.

[00:01:02] It wasn't, it wasn't heated. It wasn't heated. I'm exaggerating. I'm exaggerating.

[00:01:08] It was on this show? It was on this show, right?

[00:01:10] I don't think so. No, it was Earned Wage Access. So I think it was, right?

[00:01:14] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It was, I think it was about payroll. If y'all wanna see the drama, go listen to that episode 132? I think it was.

[00:01:22] Yeah. 132. You got that drama for your mama.

[00:01:25] The drama for your mama. Today we're talking about potluck dinners. It's the holidays, oh, potluck lunches, rather.

[00:01:33] It's holiday season. And I feel like we talk about it every year cause it's such a talking point at work.

[00:01:41] Such a thing, right? We found a bunch of horror stories.

[00:01:45] Yeah.

[00:01:46] Um, oh, you have, actually, so we got a few in the pay news update too that we can talk about.

[00:01:51] Yeah. Yeah.

[00:01:52] I got some do's and don'ts for the main things. And then we're going to talk about some horror stories and then we're going to have at the end, you know, we do that little question at the end where we're going to do, would you rather?

[00:02:04] Yes. I'll just read it through. So you got five. So look, you want to do the first three, I'll do the last two.

[00:02:08] Yeah, let's do it.

[00:02:10] Okay.

[00:02:10] All right. So the first, the first one, now these are horror stories like for potlucks. All right. There was a, they call this one the epic mayo disaster.

[00:02:19] Having a 2018 at a bank of America office in Charlotte, uh, potato salad was left exaggerated for four hours.

[00:02:28] How that happened? I don't know.

[00:02:30] Cause they brought it in the morning and they left it on the counter until lunch. Come on.

[00:02:35] And as a result, 12 employees called in sick the next day.

[00:02:41] We can laugh after the fact.

[00:02:43] And I hope, and I hope that there weren't raisins in the potato salad.

[00:02:46] No, no raisins in the potato. Wait, you know what's funny? My, in my family, my aunt does it with apples.

[00:02:53] That I'm not mad at that.

[00:02:54] No, no fruit in my potato salad leaves. No nuts. I'm real basic on the, wait a minute. So how you do potato salad?

[00:03:02] So I do, I like the Southern. I think what's that? I think they put a little bit of, I don't like the mustard.

[00:03:11] I like mustard. So I take that a little bit.

[00:03:13] A little paprika, the egg, some celery, onion. Sometimes I can do the red skin potatoes.

[00:03:20] Okay. Yeah. That's like a, yeah, that they have a different style for that one. Yeah. I said mustard. My wife turned up on this. She was like, she don't like mustard. I thought.

[00:03:27] All right. What's the next one? The next one was the great nutmeg mix up. 2019. It happened at a Seattle tech startup where an employee who made the eggnog misread the recipe.

[00:03:40] So it's one fourth teaspoon. They put in 14 teaspoons. And I don't know if you know this, but nutmeg is a strong additive, right?

[00:03:49] I didn't know that.

[00:03:50] It can cause nausea. It can cause anxiety. It can cause, some people say it could cause hallucinations too. If you take too much of it.

[00:03:58] Oh my gosh.

[00:04:00] Well, it affected the entire marketing department.

[00:04:04] Yo, that's crazy.

[00:04:06] And then the last one that I have is, well, somebody did a vegan prank at a law firm in Chicago. Someone labeled real meat as vegan meat substitute.

[00:04:19] And so that resulted in three lawsuits and that person read through.

[00:04:26] Oh my goodness.

[00:04:28] Why would you play around at a law firm?

[00:04:32] Why would you play around at all?

[00:04:34] You fair fair. That's true.

[00:04:37] Especially with that, with the vegan stuff.

[00:04:39] Yeah.

[00:04:39] You can't mess with vegans.

[00:04:41] You catch a beat down from the wrong vegans.

[00:04:44] Word up.

[00:04:45] I had, you mentioned, what was this?

[00:04:48] Oh, nutmeg and the eggnog.

[00:04:50] The eggnog made me think of one year, like I'm Puerto Rican.

[00:04:53] I don't know if people could see.

[00:04:54] Um, so every year we do coquito, which is this blood, this Latino version of few Latin cultures do it.

[00:05:00] Right?

[00:05:00] Yeah. So we gift it a lot of times.

[00:05:02] It's a really nice gift for folks that like it or whatever.

[00:05:05] I remember one year I brought it to work as a gift and got in, not in trouble, but hey, you can't bring alcohol in it and that.

[00:05:13] And you got, and I was like, oh yeah, no, it's just a gift.

[00:05:17] We're not drinking it at work.

[00:05:19] Yeah.

[00:05:20] HR.

[00:05:21] You gotta call the HR.

[00:05:24] Okay.

[00:05:25] All right.

[00:05:25] I got two.

[00:05:26] So this was called the famous death by chocolate incident.

[00:05:29] That's not cool.

[00:05:30] Okay.

[00:05:30] Netflix HQ, a baker forgot to mention ghost peppered chocolate truffles.

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[00:06:00] And it resulted in two ambulance calls and a new labeling policy.

[00:06:04] Oh, I bet it did.

[00:06:06] Oh my gosh.

[00:06:07] Heck yeah.

[00:06:08] Have you ever had ghost pepper?

[00:06:10] Ghost pepper.

[00:06:10] I don't.

[00:06:11] Oh, maybe.

[00:06:13] I feel like my son gave me, we got ghost pepper chips one time, but it must've been a very light, like very lightly.

[00:06:23] Cause I was able to handle the chip.

[00:06:25] I only wanted one chip.

[00:06:27] But you, what about you?

[00:06:28] Yeah.

[00:06:28] I've had ghost, ghost pepper.

[00:06:30] It's serious, right?

[00:06:31] Yeah.

[00:06:31] High school.

[00:06:33] All this, all this is on side.

[00:06:36] Oh, that's crazy.

[00:06:38] And if you can't handle spice and you're eating that.

[00:06:40] Oh my God.

[00:06:40] You're done.

[00:06:41] You're done.

[00:06:42] Yeah.

[00:06:42] I wouldn't want, yeah.

[00:06:43] I wouldn't.

[00:06:44] I like spice to the point where it enhances flavor, but not to the point where it's burning my mouth.

[00:06:49] You can't taste that anymore.

[00:06:50] And I can't eat any.

[00:06:51] Yeah.

[00:06:51] You can, you're numb.

[00:06:52] You go numb like that.

[00:06:53] And I get everybody has a different school.

[00:06:55] Hey, each is yours.

[00:06:56] Each is all.

[00:06:57] The last one is the crock pot fire of 2020.

[00:07:01] Location is a Detroit auto plant and six crock pots, one power strip.

[00:07:08] Oh my gosh.

[00:07:09] Whoa.

[00:07:09] The building had to evacuate and new safety protocols were put into place.

[00:07:14] Of course.

[00:07:15] There's a note.

[00:07:15] We want to give a safety note, right?

[00:07:17] While these stories are based on real potluck disasters, I've heard about these specific links and sources for illustration only.

[00:07:23] You want to fact check or use verified sources for your, you know, research.

[00:07:28] You can.

[00:07:29] So that's what that's all we, we just sharing for, for laughs folks.

[00:07:33] That's it.

[00:07:34] These are real stories though.

[00:07:35] Yeah.

[00:07:36] Um, and that happened over the few years, but before we get into our suggestions for potluck,

[00:07:41] whether you're in a payroll department or whatever department you're in, no matter what you're in,

[00:07:46] no matter where you work, we're going to give you some great guidelines for the potluck.

[00:07:51] I, my number one thing is don't do it, but we'll get.

[00:07:55] Okay.

[00:07:56] Number one suggestion.

[00:07:57] Don't have a, don't do it.

[00:07:58] It's for you.

[00:07:59] Number two suggestion.

[00:08:00] Listen, number one.

[00:08:03] Before we get into the suggestions, we got to pay the bills.

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[00:09:37] Which one of the do's or don'ts?

[00:09:38] I'll do the don'ts.

[00:09:39] Go ahead and do the don'ts.

[00:09:41] Okay.

[00:09:41] All right, cool.

[00:09:42] So again, we're talking about potlucks.

[00:09:44] And if you're, if you have to, cause I know some folks do like it and you know what?

[00:09:48] I get it.

[00:09:49] Some offices are close enough and right.

[00:09:52] And they, and look, some people don't have family nearby.

[00:09:56] That's a good call.

[00:09:57] That's a good call out.

[00:09:58] Your work family is your family.

[00:10:01] That's a good call out.

[00:10:02] That's dope.

[00:10:02] So if you are doing it, here are some good tips to put out some rules, set some guidelines, label your dishes.

[00:10:09] Like the folks at Netflix had put into place, right?

[00:10:13] Yeah.

[00:10:13] Label your dish.

[00:10:14] Like your life depends on it.

[00:10:16] Yeah.

[00:10:16] Bro, think of it like a food dating profile.

[00:10:18] List all your ingredients.

[00:10:21] Reference that, that time at Google when unlabeled nuts sent a VP to ER.

[00:10:25] Ooh, wow.

[00:10:26] Yep.

[00:10:27] So look at that.

[00:10:28] Include a spice level warning.

[00:10:30] If you're channeling your inner Gordon Ramsay.

[00:10:33] That's a, but that's a good one.

[00:10:34] Like the ghost pepper thing.

[00:10:35] Not everybody can handle spicy stuff.

[00:10:37] No, not at all.

[00:10:38] You can handle it and your stomach can handle it.

[00:10:40] Somebody else like that.

[00:10:41] It doesn't.

[00:10:41] Yes.

[00:10:42] Some people mayo is spicy.

[00:10:43] There you go.

[00:10:44] You, you, you.

[00:10:46] Uh, temperature control is your best friend.

[00:10:49] Nobody wants lukewarm mac and cheese or melted ice cream or melted ice cream cake.

[00:10:54] Yeah.

[00:10:54] They, they leave the ice cream.

[00:10:55] They, I don't leave.

[00:10:56] How do you buy an ice cream cake and you don't have a freezer to put the ice cream cake in?

[00:11:00] Like you sound like you're speaking from some experience there with the ice cream cake.

[00:11:04] Yeah.

[00:11:04] I love ice cream cake.

[00:11:06] But now when you left it out on the counter for an hour.

[00:11:09] Come on.

[00:11:10] Anywho.

[00:11:10] Kevin, remember Kevin, Kevin's famous scene from the office and this chili.

[00:11:16] Yeah.

[00:11:16] Go watch it.

[00:11:17] You see what you're talking about.

[00:11:19] Yeah.

[00:11:19] So invest in those hot and cold bags from Amazon.

[00:11:22] They're like 20 or 30 bucks.

[00:11:24] Sometimes you can get them from Publix.

[00:11:26] I think sells them sometimes.

[00:11:27] They have all variations of these bags.

[00:11:30] It's worth it.

[00:11:31] Invest in it.

[00:11:32] And I think be like plan it out guys, put a little potluck team committee together, figure out who's bringing what does it fit in the fridge?

[00:11:41] Do you even have a fridge?

[00:11:42] If you don't have a fridge at work that you really want to consider, Hey, can somebody bring in the cooler and really try to figure it out so that nothing goes, nothing is hot or cold.

[00:11:52] Yep.

[00:11:52] Um, and then the last one before I pass off to Walt is sign up early and coordinate kind of what I was just speaking to put that committee together.

[00:12:01] We use an online doc or something to, or there's a ton of online tools that you can share and everybody sees who's bringing what type of dip.

[00:12:11] If you're going to do it right.

[00:12:12] We're right.

[00:12:13] For real.

[00:12:14] This is avoid the seven layer dip showdown of 2022.

[00:12:17] Yeah.

[00:12:18] Think about that.

[00:12:19] Like I think that happened on Microsoft, right?

[00:12:22] Oh really?

[00:12:23] Yeah.

[00:12:24] Like I think it was a true story from Microsoft, man.

[00:12:26] Like, so think about that.

[00:12:27] Like you expect them to have a potluck and everybody just bringing several layer dip.

[00:12:31] You're just like, Oh.

[00:12:32] Oh, that's hilarious.

[00:12:34] See, but that's what you, that to the point, if you're not coordinating.

[00:12:37] So this last point is track.

[00:12:39] Who's bringing what?

[00:12:41] Five desserts and no main dishes is a party fail.

[00:12:44] Fail.

[00:12:45] Right.

[00:12:45] That's a coffee break.

[00:12:47] Really?

[00:12:47] That's not a party.

[00:12:48] That's coffee break.

[00:12:49] That's everybody.

[00:12:49] All right.

[00:12:51] Cause we're getting the coffee.

[00:12:53] Yeah, exactly.

[00:12:54] And then you ain't got no coffee.

[00:12:55] Coordination is key for this.

[00:12:57] Who's bringing what?

[00:12:58] And you're not, it doesn't have to.

[00:13:00] It's like the way you coordinate folks, we're all adults.

[00:13:03] You should be able to figure it out.

[00:13:04] One person at your job and the team should be able to coordinate.

[00:13:07] Hey, we need two proteins or three proteins.

[00:13:11] We need a few sides.

[00:13:12] We need, maybe we need an appetizer.

[00:13:15] Maybe do you have how much time do you have to do this potluck?

[00:13:18] Is it at lunch time?

[00:13:20] Exactly.

[00:13:20] Or you get permission from your bosses to make sure, Hey, we're good with this.

[00:13:25] One of my, one of, and I'll, and I'm sorry for sidetracking.

[00:13:28] One of our, one of, one of the spots I was at years ago did a Thanksgiving thing.

[00:13:33] And I was in the HR department and I was like, no potluck.

[00:13:38] And what they did was they got single meals from, I think it was like Boston market type of place or something like that.

[00:13:44] And everybody had a single dish and it was a pre single package.

[00:13:50] Yep.

[00:13:50] We wasn't no trees and all that.

[00:13:52] Every was, and I thought that was great because our meals were separated.

[00:13:56] We came right at lunch and boom, we ate right away.

[00:13:58] Everybody got what they wanted.

[00:14:00] You always going to get people that complain.

[00:14:01] So that's somewhere on here too.

[00:14:03] Don't listen to the naysayers.

[00:14:05] That's part of the post.

[00:14:06] Yep.

[00:14:07] Oh, is it?

[00:14:08] No, no, no.

[00:14:08] That's a good don't.

[00:14:14] I don't know how big or small your group is.

[00:14:16] Hopefully everybody's happy, but look, somebody is always going to complain about something.

[00:14:20] All right.

[00:14:20] So Walt has the don'ts.

[00:14:22] Look, and again, these are just our suggestions.

[00:14:25] Yeah.

[00:14:25] We're getting an environment where people love that.

[00:14:28] Just take, take gauge, gauge the, the audience or the environment you're in to see what everybody likes and where everybody is on.

[00:14:36] Number one, the number one don't is save that tick tock recipe, especially if you're doing it for the first.

[00:14:42] Yes.

[00:14:43] Save that experimental, experimental cooking for your family because they're the ones who really have to love you at the end of the day.

[00:14:50] Word.

[00:14:50] You know, there was a re try it on them first.

[00:14:52] Yes.

[00:14:53] And then you can.

[00:14:53] Get a taste.

[00:14:55] There was a, I don't know if you remember where we work, right?

[00:14:58] They had a curry situation that I guess is still talked about in tech circle.

[00:15:03] So maybe somebody tried to make curry for the first time and then, and then go over well.

[00:15:07] So like you want to stick to your greatest hits.

[00:15:10] So if you're known for something like.

[00:15:11] Yes.

[00:15:12] That's what you're right.

[00:15:13] His family, his mama is known for that cornbread and chili.

[00:15:17] Now trust me when I say it's hitting.

[00:15:19] It's busting.

[00:15:20] Trust me.

[00:15:21] You know what I'm saying?

[00:15:22] So stick to your greatest hits and save that extra experimental jazz fusion you want to work on.

[00:15:29] Save that for a whole.

[00:15:30] Word.

[00:15:30] Yeah.

[00:15:31] Yeah, exactly.

[00:15:32] Look, it's okay to experiment, but you try it out first.

[00:15:35] Go try it on the batch that you're making to bring in.

[00:15:38] Cause if it's horrible, then you.

[00:15:40] It's my first time making that.

[00:15:41] I just wanted to try something.

[00:15:42] I just want to try something new.

[00:15:44] Hey, don't bring stinky food to the pot.

[00:15:49] Yeah.

[00:15:49] Nobody wants the fit.

[00:15:50] You know, as much as people like fish and seafood, you got to heat it up.

[00:15:54] It's staying the smells and you're at work.

[00:15:56] Sometimes you can't open windows and work.

[00:15:58] And that smell can, can overwhelm and over everything.

[00:16:01] You just like, Oh my God.

[00:16:02] The whole room smells like tuna casserole now.

[00:16:05] It might be great.

[00:16:06] But somebody's going home.

[00:16:08] Somebody's going to use that as an excuse to be like, I'm sick.

[00:16:11] I got to go home because this one brought in a snapper dish or the bass that they fished

[00:16:17] out last weekend and they brought it this Friday.

[00:16:20] Come on.

[00:16:21] You know what I mean?

[00:16:21] Yep.

[00:16:22] Especially cause you're not outside.

[00:16:23] If it's outside, then Hey, maybe you have a little bit of leeway, but again, most offices

[00:16:29] are very closed and no ventilation.

[00:16:32] Yep.

[00:16:32] Don't be that guy or gal.

[00:16:34] Don't be that person.

[00:16:35] Nope.

[00:16:35] Don't be that person.

[00:16:36] Consider foods that taste good at room temp.

[00:16:39] Remember that potato salad.

[00:16:42] That was a four four.

[00:16:43] Look, everybody tasted good, but Hey, the next day it wasn't, it didn't come out good

[00:16:47] for some people.

[00:16:48] Cause I need my potato salad cold.

[00:16:50] I'm cold too.

[00:16:51] Not room temp.

[00:16:52] Not room temp.

[00:16:53] Room temp makes me think this is bad.

[00:16:56] Like it's been out too long.

[00:16:57] Cause you know, if you work in a hot environment and it's just like, Hey, look, you ever had

[00:17:02] somebody, wait, I gotta go get it from the car.

[00:17:05] What?

[00:17:06] You left it in the car this whole time?

[00:17:08] No.

[00:17:09] Oh, you got the chips.

[00:17:10] Come on.

[00:17:11] The sun, the sun kept it hot.

[00:17:13] So we're good.

[00:17:16] I'm gonna get sick right now.

[00:17:17] Come on, man.

[00:17:18] So don't forget tools of the trade.

[00:17:21] Right?

[00:17:21] So don't forget utensils, right?

[00:17:23] Yes.

[00:17:23] Especially working in an environment that doesn't necessarily have a kitchen or a standard break

[00:17:28] room.

[00:17:29] Look, there was a situation I think that may happen at Twitter where they brought two

[00:17:34] gallons of soup and no ladles.

[00:17:36] Yeah.

[00:17:37] So how are you going to serve everybody?

[00:17:38] Pour it.

[00:17:39] Yo, hold on.

[00:17:40] What's it?

[00:17:42] Give me one of those styrofoam cups and I'll scoop it out for you.

[00:17:46] Cause then you got your fingers and imagine, oh yeah, I'm gonna scoop it out.

[00:17:50] Come on.

[00:17:51] And also you want to bring containers for leftovers, right?

[00:17:53] Look, I know Brian, unless, unless you've changed over the years and, and I'm going

[00:17:58] to, and it's okay if you change, but Brian doesn't waste.

[00:18:02] So, brain can, brain containers from leftovers, right?

[00:18:06] Yeah.

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[00:18:17] You said you got it worse.

[00:18:18] Like I got worse.

[00:18:19] Yeah.

[00:18:20] Like look, I got kids, bro.

[00:18:21] You know how crazy I get with this stuff.

[00:18:23] I don't, I don't like wasting either.

[00:18:25] I'm less like, man, I will eat that brain containers, right?

[00:18:27] Especially today is as much as expensive as groceries are.

[00:18:31] No, I got a vacuum sealer and a freezer.

[00:18:34] So things are going away.

[00:18:36] Shoot.

[00:18:37] Or don't make, this is more for home cooking.

[00:18:39] If you have leftovers all the time and they go to waste, stop making so much.

[00:18:42] Yep.

[00:18:42] Right.

[00:18:43] Cut your portions down.

[00:18:44] But yeah.

[00:18:44] Look, if you have a small team and you work with them and then there's only like five,

[00:18:50] four or five of y'all and you have a pizza party.

[00:18:52] And, but you buy 20 pizzas.

[00:18:54] We don't need that many pizzas.

[00:18:56] Yes.

[00:18:57] I had that one time we had, we had this vendor come in and it was a big office, but they really

[00:19:04] went crazy on the pizza.

[00:19:06] Yeah.

[00:19:06] To the point that like accounting was mad.

[00:19:09] You know what I mean?

[00:19:10] Oh wow.

[00:19:11] Because this is a vendor we paid and they like, they just took our money and make, but

[00:19:17] the employees weren't mad.

[00:19:19] You know why?

[00:19:19] Cause everybody went home with at least one or two pizza pies.

[00:19:22] Yep.

[00:19:22] I got them.

[00:19:22] My refeed myself and my family for the next year.

[00:19:25] Yep.

[00:19:26] To make.

[00:19:27] Yep.

[00:19:28] Depending on the toppings too though.

[00:19:30] Cause how long you don't have that meat out.

[00:19:32] Yeah.

[00:19:32] I'm shoot in my house.

[00:19:34] There's sometimes depending on what I'm making, I wear gloves, even in my own home.

[00:19:37] Cause I don't, I just wish I'm, I think we all are just very conscious of cross contamination.

[00:19:44] They're germ.

[00:19:45] I'm a germaphobe.

[00:19:46] That's one thing about me.

[00:19:47] If you, if I bring a dish, you know that the dish is safe.

[00:19:50] Yeah.

[00:19:51] Brian is not taking this dog, Charlie's paw and making cookies.

[00:19:53] Isn't that?

[00:19:54] Oh my God.

[00:19:55] Yes.

[00:19:55] I'm so glad you said that.

[00:19:57] Folks.

[00:19:58] Y'all gotta look up the horror stories.

[00:19:59] Cause I remember one year that was, it took the dog paw.

[00:20:02] Oh, it was like a story.

[00:20:04] It was like, Oh, Oh, the, how'd you get these cookies?

[00:20:06] It's so bird red.

[00:20:07] Oh, I just used my dog's paw for every.

[00:20:11] Like, I would be like, I watched it.

[00:20:13] I watched it.

[00:20:14] His paw is clean.

[00:20:15] The heat, the heat kills it.

[00:20:16] The heat.

[00:20:16] I baked them after.

[00:20:17] Yeah.

[00:20:18] The heat kills.

[00:20:19] Are you like.

[00:20:20] Yeah.

[00:20:20] For real, man.

[00:20:21] Oh my gosh.

[00:20:23] There's so many bad stories.

[00:20:25] And then just think about it.

[00:20:26] If you got a disgruntled worker, if the, if there's somebody at work that don't like

[00:20:29] anybody and they're bringing in a dish, why would you eat from them?

[00:20:32] Bro.

[00:20:33] I don't.

[00:20:33] Did you get that story I shared with you?

[00:20:35] I don't know if it was.

[00:20:36] Yes.

[00:20:36] I thought it was going to be in this here.

[00:20:38] No, I totally forgot about it.

[00:20:40] I just, you just reminded me of.

[00:20:41] Just remember.

[00:20:41] What was it?

[00:20:42] It was like 46 people got sick because from one employee's dish at the potluck.

[00:20:50] Yeah.

[00:20:50] And the Christian.

[00:20:51] Oh, you got the one more don't here.

[00:20:53] Oh, okay.

[00:20:53] Okay.

[00:20:53] So the last don't is, you know, don't pull a no show, no food rule.

[00:20:59] No food.

[00:20:59] Oh, I forgot those last minute store runs that screams.

[00:21:03] Look, I forgot about this.

[00:21:04] You know, even if you had Apple emails, Apple notice, even if you put your name on the

[00:21:09] signup sheet, don't pull that move.

[00:21:10] Cause usually in most work environments, they keep giving reminders.

[00:21:14] Hey, remember the potluck.

[00:21:15] Heck yeah.

[00:21:15] Remember the potluck.

[00:21:16] Yup.

[00:21:17] And then look, you can't, that little old excuse.

[00:21:20] I'll bring the ice.

[00:21:21] Yup.

[00:21:21] Know what I'm saying?

[00:21:22] I'm looking at this last one.

[00:21:23] Yeah.

[00:21:24] See, that's what you got to assign.

[00:21:25] Yeah.

[00:21:26] You can bring the ice if we assigned you the ice.

[00:21:28] Yup.

[00:21:29] I brought extra ice.

[00:21:30] This last one is crazy.

[00:21:31] Yeah.

[00:21:31] Look, so apples potlucks have a wall of shame for repeat offenders.

[00:21:36] No doubt.

[00:21:37] Kitty.

[00:21:37] Maybe.

[00:21:38] Maybe.

[00:21:40] If you know somebody Apple, let us know.

[00:21:42] Yeah.

[00:21:42] They could confirm it.

[00:21:44] Oh my goodness, bro.

[00:21:46] It's so many stories.

[00:21:47] So many things.

[00:21:49] And look, I love eating.

[00:21:50] I love the, the, the fellowship, the socialization of it all.

[00:21:56] But.

[00:21:56] I could tell on myself, right?

[00:21:58] There was one day that I was like, oh, I'm going to buy a dessert and I wanted to do

[00:22:02] with it and like, you buy cakes and stuff online.

[00:22:05] Yeah.

[00:22:05] And have a ship.

[00:22:06] So I was like, oh, that's what I'm going to do.

[00:22:07] Okay.

[00:22:07] But I had never, but I had never tried it.

[00:22:10] Oh.

[00:22:11] I had never.

[00:22:12] I mean, okay.

[00:22:13] Fair.

[00:22:14] It had good rate.

[00:22:14] So what happened?

[00:22:15] So it came and it was like the driest cake off.

[00:22:20] It was the driest cake.

[00:22:21] Oh, I have a camera in there.

[00:22:25] There you go.

[00:22:26] Oh, it switched again.

[00:22:27] It did the same thing.

[00:22:28] I don't know what's wrong with my camera.

[00:22:30] Now it's going to mess up the video again.

[00:22:33] Why?

[00:22:34] Because I don't know if you noticed in the last recording that happened, it stopped showing

[00:22:38] me at a certain point.

[00:22:39] It did?

[00:22:40] Yeah.

[00:22:41] That means that must've been the one you edited.

[00:22:44] I don't think I've come across that.

[00:22:46] If y'all don't see Walt, you know why.

[00:22:49] You just hear my voice.

[00:22:50] But even though it's recording here, even though, oh man, that's crazy.

[00:22:54] Yeah.

[00:22:55] Yeah, exactly.

[00:22:57] Um, I didn't even touch me though.

[00:22:59] I don't know what.

[00:23:01] We can half on.

[00:23:02] Do you want to try to switch your back or?

[00:23:04] Nah, I feel like they, you mean this recording and then do another.

[00:23:11] No, man.

[00:23:12] Cause it's going to, no, no, right.

[00:23:14] Yeah.

[00:23:14] I'm just saying, yeah.

[00:23:15] Do another recording that we just, I just add this last part to it.

[00:23:19] The editing is on you.

[00:23:20] So it's gonna see.

[00:23:22] This is yours to edit this one.

[00:23:24] Yeah.

[00:23:25] I'm just, what you want to do?

[00:23:27] We got five minutes left.

[00:23:28] Now there's no.

[00:23:29] Isn't there.

[00:23:30] Um, yeah.

[00:23:34] Oh man, that sucks.

[00:23:35] Um, I don't, my laptop is just an acting up bro.

[00:23:39] Well, let me ask you a question.

[00:23:40] So it looks like, cause like I don't open, I don't leave my laptop open.

[00:23:44] Mm-hmm.

[00:23:45] You do?

[00:23:45] No, I close it.

[00:23:47] So then what camera is it coming from?

[00:23:49] Hey.

[00:23:50] What camera is it coming from?

[00:23:52] It's coming from.

[00:23:52] How do you have two cameras then?

[00:23:56] I don't know.

[00:23:57] I don't know what's going on.

[00:23:58] Why my laptop is like.

[00:23:59] Nah, I don't see you at all.

[00:24:03] Oh, we lost you now.

[00:24:09] Oh, and he has to stop it.

[00:24:11] So this is probably gonna get.

[00:24:12] Did, did, did.

[00:24:13] Edited, did.

[00:24:35] It's still recording though.

[00:25:19] I'm here.

[00:25:19] Yeah.

[00:25:20] I can hear you now.

[00:25:21] I can't see you.

[00:25:33] What do you, how are you on now?

[00:25:35] Honestly, bro.

[00:25:36] That's the show really.

[00:25:37] We, we don't have to do this last segments.

[00:25:44] We did, but if we can't.

[00:25:47] Oh, so we want to do just audio.

[00:25:48] If that's what you're saying.

[00:25:52] Oh, you're trying to get the cameras back.

[00:25:57] It's still recording.

[00:25:58] So if you get the camera back then, or you want to, you want to.

[00:26:00] Or you could stop it.

[00:26:01] I can't stop it.

[00:26:09] We're recording.

[00:26:11] All right.

[00:26:12] We are back folks.

[00:26:14] Sorry for the technical difficulties.

[00:26:16] Yeah.

[00:26:17] Sorry for the little blip there.

[00:26:18] We're going to edit it right in.

[00:26:19] So they won't even know, but it's all right.

[00:26:21] We had to fix some things.

[00:26:23] So just to close the show out folks, we have, it's a this or that.

[00:26:27] Well, has a, would you rather.

[00:26:29] Right.

[00:26:30] Okay.

[00:26:30] So it's eight.

[00:26:31] So we're gonna do the first four and I'll do the last.

[00:26:34] Yep.

[00:26:34] So, and then we both answer it.

[00:26:37] Okay.

[00:26:38] Fair.

[00:26:38] Okay.

[00:26:39] So would you rather accidentally drop your casserole in front of your CFO or CEO, or realize

[00:26:47] that you use salt in your, instead of a cookie sugar in your famous cookies?

[00:26:53] Which would you rather have?

[00:26:55] Banana potluck.

[00:26:58] Yeah.

[00:26:58] Either one, you're out of dish.

[00:27:00] Yeah.

[00:27:03] Either one, everyone.

[00:27:05] I, gosh, I, I guess I feel like I go with the first one.

[00:27:09] I draw accidentally drop it in front of the CEO.

[00:27:11] It's all right.

[00:27:12] At least I got a witness.

[00:27:13] Yeah.

[00:27:13] Oh man.

[00:27:14] He dropped it.

[00:27:14] I saw it this morning.

[00:27:15] Yeah.

[00:27:16] Maybe.

[00:27:16] Yep.

[00:27:17] Get it all.

[00:27:17] What about you?

[00:27:18] We're nice shoes.

[00:27:20] No, now I, Oh no.

[00:27:21] Drop.

[00:27:21] I didn't want to drop it on anybody.

[00:27:24] No, I feel cool.

[00:27:25] Look, I rather.

[00:27:28] Cause you made a good point.

[00:27:29] Either way.

[00:27:30] You're out of this.

[00:27:31] Yeah.

[00:27:32] You know what I'm saying?

[00:27:32] Like the cookies, you can go to the store and get something star, but the store bought really

[00:27:36] quick too.

[00:27:37] True.

[00:27:37] Same thing with the.

[00:27:39] I think I'll do the latter with the cookies.

[00:27:41] Hey, don't leave me cookies.

[00:27:43] True.

[00:27:43] I'm gonna run to the store and get some more cookies.

[00:27:46] Yeah.

[00:27:46] That's true.

[00:27:47] That's true.

[00:27:47] That's a quick fix.

[00:27:49] Yeah.

[00:27:49] So would you rather be the person who brought three bottles of wine, but no opener or the

[00:27:56] person who brought elaborate sushi that got warm during transit?

[00:28:03] The wine.

[00:28:04] Cause somebody could run to the store and get a bottle and get an opener.

[00:28:07] Yep.

[00:28:08] Yep.

[00:28:09] That's a word.

[00:28:10] Play it for me.

[00:28:11] All right.

[00:28:12] Would you rather have to eat uncle Bob from accounting's mystery meat surprise or explain

[00:28:19] the Karen from HR why you don't try her gluten free, sugar free joy free brownies.

[00:28:26] I want, I'll rather try.

[00:28:28] I actually try the sugar free joy free brownies.

[00:28:31] I'm going brownies.

[00:28:33] Really?

[00:28:34] Yes.

[00:28:34] I'm not trying no mystery meat surprise.

[00:28:37] You just try my gumbo.

[00:28:38] No, thanks.

[00:28:39] I got 50, 11 things in here.

[00:28:41] Oh, huh?

[00:28:42] I put the kitchen sink in it.

[00:28:43] I bet you did.

[00:28:45] You ever see those videos where people actually use the kitchen sink to do something like bare

[00:28:50] and broad.

[00:28:51] That's so unhealthy because most people don't like scrub clean the kitchen sink.

[00:28:56] There's so much.

[00:28:57] You wash your dishes in there.

[00:28:58] Like stuff sits in there all the time.

[00:29:00] You have to sterilize that.

[00:29:01] You just can't wipe it out and be like, Oh, it's good.

[00:29:03] Now I'm going to just let me sit in there raw.

[00:29:08] And.

[00:29:08] Oh, it was awesome.

[00:29:09] The video.

[00:29:10] And then right now is the videos are heavy right now.

[00:29:12] Somebody talking about, Oh, my mom washing the collard greens in the bathtub.

[00:29:16] I mean, they put me a lot of me in the bathtub to the frauds.

[00:29:21] Like, who does this?

[00:29:24] Okay.

[00:29:25] Brownies.

[00:29:26] I'm going with the bad brownies because then you can take a little piece and black.

[00:29:29] Oh, yeah.

[00:29:29] It's really good.

[00:29:31] Spit it out.

[00:29:33] All right.

[00:29:33] And the last one, would you rather be stuck manning the crock pot table for two hours

[00:29:39] or be the person who has to spend, who has to send a, who took my vintage Tupperware email?

[00:29:46] I'll stay at the table of crock pots.

[00:29:48] That's no problem.

[00:29:49] No, I'm sending that email.

[00:29:50] Are you sending the email?

[00:29:52] What?

[00:29:53] Who did crock pot?

[00:29:55] My grandma gave it to me.

[00:29:57] What would you sign off of me?

[00:29:58] What would you sign off of me?

[00:30:00] I knew it was crazy.

[00:30:02] All right.

[00:30:03] Here's the last one.

[00:30:03] Let's see.

[00:30:04] Would you rather have your dish be the only one completely untouched or have everyone love

[00:30:10] it, but find out later your zipper was down during their entire explanation of the recipe?

[00:30:16] Oh my God.

[00:30:17] That's so weird.

[00:30:18] You go first.

[00:30:20] Oh, I w I would rather just my zipper's down or whatever.

[00:30:24] And it's probably happened to me in real life anyway.

[00:30:26] Yeah.

[00:30:26] No doubt.

[00:30:27] Golf is all good.

[00:30:28] Hey, wrist shit.

[00:30:29] New work.

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[00:30:47] Thanks.

[00:30:49] That happened.

[00:30:50] That happened.

[00:30:51] But everybody loves food.

[00:30:52] We good.

[00:30:53] No doubt.

[00:30:54] Funny story.

[00:30:55] Yeah.

[00:30:55] Cause they don't touch your food.

[00:30:56] That's like, Oh, you're like, damn, I gotta take the whole tray back home.

[00:31:00] I'm going to be hurt.

[00:31:03] All right.

[00:31:04] Would you rather be the person who started the, was that chicken fully cooked rumor?

[00:31:10] Or the one who knocked over the entire dessert table reaching for the last cookie.

[00:31:15] Oh, I do the, I did one of these.

[00:31:23] Which one?

[00:31:24] Which one?

[00:31:25] The first one.

[00:31:26] You started the rumor about with that chicken.

[00:31:27] I was like, Oh man.

[00:31:29] I don't know if you should eat the chicken cause he was barbecuing the chicken.

[00:31:31] They like rubbing the, the dipping the chicken back in the raw chicken, putting the cooked

[00:31:35] chicken back in with the raw chicken on the, you know, the side of the pie.

[00:31:39] I was just the pan.

[00:31:40] I'm going to eat.

[00:31:42] Oh man.

[00:31:44] I would.

[00:31:45] Yeah.

[00:31:45] I would go with the first one also.

[00:31:47] I do not want to be the one knocking up all the desserts.

[00:31:50] Come on.

[00:31:52] That'd be so embarrassing though.

[00:31:53] Yes.

[00:31:54] All right.

[00:31:55] Would you rather have to taste test everything spicy or be the unofficial photographer documenting

[00:32:02] everyone's reactions to the spicy dishes?

[00:32:05] I'd rather see everybody's reactions.

[00:32:06] Yeah.

[00:32:08] I'm going to go with that one too.

[00:32:09] I ain't trying to taste everything.

[00:32:10] Nope.

[00:32:11] Nope.

[00:32:11] I don't even want, I first of all, put me down as I'm not coming.

[00:32:15] Cause I got PTO.

[00:32:18] I'm on PTO.

[00:32:19] Where there's a potluck.

[00:32:20] Oh man.

[00:32:20] I got PTO.

[00:32:21] I had already some PTO.

[00:32:23] I already some member.

[00:32:24] Yep.

[00:32:25] All right.

[00:32:26] Last one.

[00:32:27] Uh, would you rather be known as the person whose dish caused a small fire or the one whose

[00:32:35] dish caused the impromptu office dance party?

[00:32:39] Oh, that's an easy one.

[00:32:40] What about the dance party?

[00:32:42] The dance party.

[00:32:43] Yeah.

[00:32:43] The dance battle or something like that.

[00:32:45] Oh man.

[00:32:46] Yeah.

[00:32:46] Heck yeah.

[00:32:47] That's you inside of the party.

[00:32:50] Yeah.

[00:32:51] That's the coquito.

[00:32:53] See, that's what I'm saying.

[00:32:54] Right.

[00:32:54] Get loose.

[00:32:54] Some rum.

[00:32:55] Oh yeah.

[00:32:57] Wifey actually gets somebody with a good rum cake.

[00:32:59] Like it's, they soak it in rum after it's baked.

[00:33:03] Oh, that's good.

[00:33:04] So you are, it's right.

[00:33:05] Like you could, this is dripping.

[00:33:07] Yeah.

[00:33:08] Wow.

[00:33:08] What's up?

[00:33:09] Yeah.

[00:33:09] It's good folks.

[00:33:11] Whatever you like this holiday season, whether you do like potlucks or do not like potlucks,

[00:33:17] be mindful of people's pockets also.

[00:33:19] Yep.

[00:33:20] Give good options for something inexpensive and things like that.

[00:33:24] Give some type of opt out, make, make people comfortable to opt out if they can.

[00:33:29] Things, sometimes things like people can't afford to do these little things.

[00:33:33] It may seem, oh, it's cheap.

[00:33:35] Ah, we didn't ask him for it.

[00:33:36] Like you say.

[00:33:37] Yeah.

[00:33:37] It might be cheap to you or I.

[00:33:39] Right.

[00:33:39] Right.

[00:33:40] But you don't know what they're going through.

[00:33:42] You don't know what's going on.

[00:33:43] I remember one year.

[00:33:44] So it was a, it was a young person and struggle was real trying to be good with their money.

[00:33:51] Yeah.

[00:33:51] And we did, we did a white elephant, which I also do not like.

[00:33:56] You ever heard of the white elephant thing?

[00:33:57] Yeah.

[00:33:58] You told me this story.

[00:33:59] Yeah.

[00:33:59] It was the first time.

[00:34:00] First of all, I didn't hear about white elephant until I came down to Florida, but I,

[00:34:05] I don't like it.

[00:34:07] It, if, if you're going to run it, that requires strict rules, adherence, and it's too much.

[00:34:12] Come on.

[00:34:13] Anywho, if you're not familiar with the white elephant, it's everybody gift gives, but you

[00:34:18] get a, it's like a round robin and people get to take away the gift.

[00:34:21] If they see it, Oh, I want it.

[00:34:23] I'm taking yours, but you can only do one or two takes or it's ridiculous.

[00:34:27] I think people get salty about that, bro.

[00:34:30] Of course.

[00:34:31] Come on.

[00:34:32] Why would you?

[00:34:32] It doesn't make any sense to me.

[00:34:34] Anywho, this person was clever enough to contribute two or three things to the white elephant, but

[00:34:43] strategic enough to take it all back.

[00:34:47] And then went and returned it for their money back.

[00:34:50] Oh, geez.

[00:34:51] So they were still part of the whole thing.

[00:34:54] Nobody really knew at all.

[00:34:55] Oh, geez.

[00:34:55] Right.

[00:34:56] It was, it was, it's somebody's take on secret Santa.

[00:34:59] Yeah.

[00:35:00] You know what I mean?

[00:35:00] And then just do us or don't do a seat.

[00:35:03] Don't do these things.

[00:35:05] Like, I don't understand how much employee relation issues we need for people to realize

[00:35:13] folks, keep it simple.

[00:35:16] Keep it respectful.

[00:35:17] Don't do these things.

[00:35:19] Try to just, man, it's tough.

[00:35:22] That is only that, but you gotta know your climate, know your, know your audience.

[00:35:28] You work with these, take surveys.

[00:35:30] Yes.

[00:35:31] You know what I mean?

[00:35:32] If you've been working somewhere and everybody's cool with that type of stuff and they're down

[00:35:36] with that.

[00:35:37] Right.

[00:35:37] Do you.

[00:35:38] Right.

[00:35:39] But if everybody's in exaggerating.

[00:35:42] Yep.

[00:35:42] Do you, but do it wisely, right?

[00:35:44] Yeah.

[00:35:44] Do you, do you have any one-off stories that stick out before we go?

[00:35:49] Oh man.

[00:35:50] For holiday parties?

[00:35:51] Yeah.

[00:35:51] Just how they, any good ones.

[00:35:54] Do we have any good ones?

[00:35:55] I think there's a lot of times where I don't know why it always happens, but it, I don't

[00:36:01] know.

[00:36:01] I'm not gonna say it irritates me, but I'm just like, I just always stick my head because

[00:36:04] for whatever reason, from Christmas party or a holiday party, somebody wants to rap Coolio's.

[00:36:12] What's that?

[00:36:12] Is that Gaseous?

[00:36:13] No, not Gaseous Paradise.

[00:36:15] Tell me.

[00:36:16] What about that Coolio song?

[00:36:18] Sing it, bro.

[00:36:19] Tell me why are we so blind to see that the ones we heard.

[00:36:27] I think it is Gaseous Paradise, right?

[00:36:29] Yeah, I guess it's Fairbatch, right?

[00:36:30] The hook or something to Gaseous Paradise.

[00:36:33] Why?

[00:36:34] Is that a holiday song?

[00:36:38] And this has happened more than once for you?

[00:36:40] It's still on the mark.

[00:36:41] Oh, I don't know.

[00:36:42] Huh.

[00:36:43] Who does the, like...

[00:36:46] This is what I'm saying, folks.

[00:36:48] Who does this?

[00:36:50] Who does it?

[00:36:52] Who?

[00:36:53] Why?

[00:36:54] I don't get it.

[00:36:55] I really don't get it.

[00:36:56] I'm trying to think of good ones.

[00:36:58] I guess we, I guess the good ones you forget, right?

[00:37:01] It's the bad ones that are like, oh my God, this here and that.

[00:37:05] Yeah.

[00:37:05] Yeah.

[00:37:05] Oh, another one was, nah, it's this silly stuff.

[00:37:08] Holidays as a...

[00:37:09] You gotta be careful even doing holiday stuff because not everybody celebrates the same holidays.

[00:37:15] And no matter what, it becomes Christmas.

[00:37:19] No matter what friggin...

[00:37:20] Oh, it's just a holiday party.

[00:37:23] It's Christmas.

[00:37:23] How about this person don't have a holiday during this season?

[00:37:25] What party is it for them?

[00:37:27] Yep.

[00:37:28] You gotta be like, it's a winter festival.

[00:37:31] Again, I think you nailed it, right?

[00:37:33] Know your team, know your audience.

[00:37:36] You know, figure out what it was.

[00:37:38] But I bet I was one year, I was with some and it was like, yeah, we're gonna do a holiday thing.

[00:37:44] And then came in, ate real quick, no music, no nothing.

[00:37:50] Mad dry.

[00:37:51] I bet it's the old teacher.

[00:37:53] Like, why did we do this?

[00:37:56] I've seen both sides of it.

[00:37:58] I've seen like where there's been a balanced ordeal.

[00:38:01] And I've seen where it's been like, it's dry.

[00:38:05] Like everybody just like, talking about work.

[00:38:07] Oh yeah.

[00:38:08] Yeah.

[00:38:08] Oh gosh.

[00:38:09] Well, did you give me that report?

[00:38:10] And I was just like, God.

[00:38:11] I've also seen it when everything was lit.

[00:38:14] Yeah.

[00:38:15] To the lits, you gotta be careful.

[00:38:18] They had beer, wine.

[00:38:20] Because even that...

[00:38:21] That...

[00:38:22] Yep.

[00:38:22] See, I remember doing that one time we had in-house legal.

[00:38:25] And they were like, no alcohol, get waivers.

[00:38:28] If they do alcohol, we gotta get waivers.

[00:38:30] In-house legal at this place was getting turned up too.

[00:38:33] Oh, see?

[00:38:33] That's crazy.

[00:38:35] However y'all enjoy the season, or if you don't, again, you gotta know your folks.

[00:38:41] Cause if you're in a diverse, your company is properly diversified, you're gonna have somebody

[00:38:46] that don't celebrate.

[00:38:47] Absolutely.

[00:38:48] Don't be getting mad at people for being like, no, I'm sorry.

[00:38:50] I'm gonna pass.

[00:38:51] Thank you.

[00:38:52] I appreciate it.

[00:38:52] Don't bully anybody.

[00:38:54] Don't call anybody out in the lane.

[00:38:55] Yeah, don't bully anybody.

[00:38:56] Oh, you're such a grinch and this and that.

[00:38:58] No, just because I don't celebrate.

[00:39:00] I don't celebrate.

[00:39:00] I don't celebrate Christmas, so you call me whatever you want.

[00:39:03] You know?

[00:39:04] I mean...

[00:39:06] Hello.

[00:39:06] To each their home.

[00:39:07] To each their home.

[00:39:08] Yes.

[00:39:08] Be respectful, man.

[00:39:10] Be respectful.

[00:39:11] And remember, I'll give you some last paycheck things.

[00:39:15] If you're getting gifts and they throw it on the end of the year W2, keep that in mind.

[00:39:20] Cause everything over 20, $25 is basically taxable.

[00:39:24] If y'all got gift cards and then, and then next thing you know, you see it on your paycheck.

[00:39:30] That's why.

[00:39:31] Cause it's taxable.

[00:39:32] Yeah.

[00:39:33] Some companies do it.

[00:39:35] Yeah.

[00:39:35] And some companies don't, which is fine.

[00:39:37] They technically IRS tax, we want you to tax anything over, I believe $25, 25 and up.

[00:39:46] Um, so be mindful of that.

[00:39:48] If it pops up on your, your W2 or your check two weeks later, you'd be like, how come there's $50 on my check, but I didn't get $50.

[00:39:55] Oh, it's a taxable item because we gave you a $50 gift card for Christmas.

[00:39:59] Bonuses.

[00:40:00] For holiday bonus.

[00:40:01] Yeah.

[00:40:01] Yeah.

[00:40:02] And you get a, you get a bonus.

[00:40:03] Remember that you may be taxed at a supplemental rate.

[00:40:07] May.

[00:40:07] Right.

[00:40:08] That's correct.

[00:40:09] That's correct.

[00:40:09] They get it then.

[00:40:10] Supplemental rate means they get to tax you at a flat rate that could be higher than yours.

[00:40:15] You could get taxed low and then you're getting this bonus at a supplemental rate.

[00:40:19] That's higher tax and you getting hurt on it.

[00:40:21] And here's one nugget for you.

[00:40:23] You want to make sure, especially if you're the, if you're a payroll prank, this as an employee that's listening to this,

[00:40:30] when you run those checks with a supplemental rate, you want to make sure that you're just doing it to capture the supplemental rate and not that extra.

[00:40:39] If you're putting it in one check.

[00:40:41] Yeah.

[00:40:42] Yeah.

[00:40:42] Right.

[00:40:42] Because you hold check at the supplemental rate.

[00:40:45] Even if you do an off cycle in some systems.

[00:40:47] Yep.

[00:40:47] Oh.

[00:40:48] And you, and you do just put the supplemental rate and you don't set up a batch like that.

[00:40:53] Uh huh.

[00:40:53] In certain systems.

[00:40:55] It'll do the supplemental rate and add that person's, the employee's tax.

[00:40:59] Tax.

[00:41:00] Yes, bro.

[00:41:00] Oh my.

[00:41:01] So it's both.

[00:41:01] It's not instead of.

[00:41:03] Great call out.

[00:41:04] See folks, come, you got, this is why you gotta listen to the show.

[00:41:07] Cause we giving you the free game and you do the math.

[00:41:12] If you ever have a, please reach out to us.

[00:41:15] We will absolutely walk you through that calculation.

[00:41:18] Reach out on LinkedIn, reach out on the website.

[00:41:20] We got an info there.

[00:41:22] You can info at it's about payroll.io.

[00:41:25] Yep.

[00:41:26] Um, if it's not on the site, it should be there, but we're on LinkedIn.

[00:41:29] Come reach out, man.

[00:41:30] Happy to help folks figure out the calculations and make sure you're getting properly taxed

[00:41:35] and paid properly and all the good stuff.

[00:41:38] But yeah, cool.

[00:41:39] Great call out.

[00:41:40] Happy holidays, folks.

[00:41:42] We hope you have a great and a season.

[00:41:44] However you want it to be really, whatever you guys do, whatever y'all do.

[00:41:48] What else folks do?

[00:41:50] Yeah.

[00:41:50] Cool, man.

[00:41:52] Good stuff.

[00:41:53] My.

[00:41:54] I love you.

[00:41:55] Peace.

[00:41:56] Peace.

[00:41:56] Peace.

[00:41:58] Peace.

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