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Welcome to business pants. We are free flow. We are Matt Ari. Jesse Damien today's podcast. Business pants, corporate theater. Let me hand it off to our MC. Get the show going. Up first, it's not a corporate holiday season. Without the corporate holiday cups over at our favorite drug dealer. Stop box. But this story is not about that, annual culture War. It's about a simple suicide, awareness pin in Western New York. A former Starbucks but a star and Union organizer has cleared. He was fired by the American coffee chain for our fusing, to remove a suicide awareness pin, which memorialized a former co-worker, The Barista was fired from one of the three Starbucks chains in Buffalo, New York the site where unionization efforts throughout the country, began late last year. According to Bloomberg, the Barista was told by management that the pin violated Starbucks dress code tonight. or corporate players presents this story in two parts, both Parts feature. A delightful audio mashup with the cult classic film Office Space. Please enjoy part 1. remember about 20 years ago, when we imagined bosses chastise in us for how say, not wearing enough pins for not showing enough enthusiasm, well, let's gotten worse. We're doing just that we're even one pin and a pen with a message in a Cause Is now enough to have managers at Starbucks, fire. Their employees. If only 20 years ago, we could have foreseen such an office space. Hi. Welcome to Starbucks. What can I get for you? Hi. Could I have a grande mocha and can I just say? Thank you so much for wearing that pin. Oh sure. You know, after what happened to Jeremy here, I think it's a nice tribute and I know that having that phone number in as many places as possible is helped many people. Myself included. My two managers are calling me. Here's your Grande mocha sir. Thank you. Have a great day. Yeah, standing mic. I'm sorry. I was late early. I was We need to talk. Really. I have one piece on, it's a suicide awareness pin. I thought it might help. The customers, you know, be aware ever since what happened with Jeremy. Well. Okay, zero is the minimum. Oh, okay. Now you know it's up to you whether or not you want to just do the bare minimum or well. Like Brian, for example, he has zero pieces of flair. Okay. Jennifer over there is wearing one and it's a cup of job a joke, got me. Okay. So you so you want me to wear more, no, we want you to wear less, less your bum, and people out here in your own time, Joanna. But Joanna. Yeah, people can get a mocha anywhere. Okay. But they come here to Starbucks. Okay. It comes for the atmosphere and the attitude. Okay, that's what the players about, it's about fun. Yeah, oh, okay. So wait, you want me to take off the pin that is helping people be aware of something that affects us. All something that helps people be aware of solutions to something that could have could be affecting them personally, and it's also a nice tribute to Jeremy. He was a co-worker here and and more importantly he was a friend of mine. Will you stand in my judge me for wearing this? Look. We want you to express. Your wearing more than the bare, minimum is good then, okay? And if you feel that wearing more than just a cup of coffee, you know, something that helps people is good and okay, but some people choose to wear less and we encourage that. Heals the headline? Warren Buffett's right hand, man. Charlie Munger continues to celebrate cryptos demise Following the collapse of FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange which at one point was valued at 32 billion dollars. In this piece. Charlie manga, Buffet to BFF and Bookshop Hathaways. Vice chair is so pretty pleased with himself, that he is moved to song. Good morning, good morning, good morning. Good morning, Sophie. What a lovely day, it is today. Mr. Munger my you are cheery today and why shouldn't I be? Did you see the papers FTX is on the verge of virtual collapse and the whole of cryptocurrency is sliding down the hell with it. Oh yes I did see that. That is why you are so happy this morning. I am more than happy. Dear child, I am ecstatic. I've been warning investors how stupid and delusional and disgusting and outright dangerous is fairy tale. Currency is for years now, I knew it would ultimately crumble but I was worried. It would take our fragile economy with it safely that has not have indeed. I just cannot understand how so many were hornswoggled into believing that this virtual nonsense could equal good old, fashioned hard tangible currency. Jesus, what idiot's? I have to give the Chinese credit for Banning crypto. We should be doing the same thing. Well, Mr. Manga, you are one of the loudest critics of cryptocurrency. As usual. Your advice proved correct. Yes. But at what price? So many lost so much with this FTX Fiasco millions and millions. There were life savings and retirement Savings in there. But you know what? Fuck them. How ridiculously stupid do you have to be to invest in something that isn't real? It's like investing in Santa's workshop, for Christ's sake. These thunderheads wanted quick riches and didn't give due diligence to the whole process, they will get no sympathies from me, boohoo to the greedy, astronomy lot. Yeah. All right, tell you I'm so happy right now that I I feel a song coming on. I'm so a song. Yes, a song. Oh, here it comes. It's beginning to be the end of crypto and I told you so they're terrible. Currency is just like venereal disease. We should have banned them like the Chinese long ago. It's beginning to be the death of Bitcoin. Let's Dance on and scream. Oh, it's a prettiest thing to me. It feels me up with Glee. It's beautiful collapse of the evil. FTX a goddamn dream come true. It was delusional and dangerous. Yeah, that's popularity. Grew and grew. It was an open source for kidnappers extortions blackmailers. Ends. Oh it's spaghetti to be the end of Krypto. Happy to see it. Go. Here's a message for Larry Thomas Giselle. You can go to hell. You're mindless promotion was an uneducated new. Low. Let's hear it for the collapse of Krypto worthless, currency, snake oil. It's nothing but make believe screw you penguin freed you and your ilk make my blood. I hope to Christ at this is the end of triple. It almost destroyed the FED. Thankfully, they listened to me with some help from war. And me. What the hell would you do without us? You Thank you. So Sophie. Oh my goodness. That took a lot out of me. Send up the transfusion crew. I need some fresh blood Our next piece is part two of that Starbucks toy about the suicide awareness pin. Again this Peach features a mash-up with the cult classic film Office Space. We now take you back to Starbucks, where Joanna is back at work. You will remember last week, she got a dressing down from her managers for wearing a suicide awareness pin. And well, let's see what's happening this week. Thank you for coming to Starbucks. Have a great Monday. Thanks happy Monday. Yeah. Hey Stan. Hey Mike, what's up? We need to talk. Do you know what this is about? My Flair. Yeah. or your lack of flair, because You're still not wearing a lack of flair what you're still wearing your suicide awareness pin join. I thought you said you wanted me to express myself. Well, this is me expressing myself. Joanna and helping people. Lots of people have thanked me already all last week. Let me ask you a question, Joanna. What do you think of a person who only does the bare minimum intent? It's the type of person we want. What do I think? You know what Stan if you want me to wear 0 pieces of flair? Like you're pretty boy Brian there. Why don't you just make the rule being wearing? Zero pieces of flair? Well, I thought I remembered you saying that you wanted to express yourself. Yeah. You know what? Yeah, I do. I do want to express myself. Okay. And I don't need 0 pieces of flair to do it. You're fired it. All right, there's my flare. Okay. And this is me expressing myself, okay? Okay. Joanna. You don't need to flip the bird at us like that. There it is. What's your hand down? I hate this job. I hate this goddamn job and I don't need it. Sounds like so many has got a case of the Mondays. I don't shove it. Take this job and shove it. And finally, we end up magical. Corporate theater Carpet Ride with this incredible analysis of the CEO leadership change at Disney. Bob, I got taking over for begood. Bob chapek. This piece. Covers that story with a extremely unique, the store called perspective, comparing the events to the Friendship of former presidents in the United States Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft's. With a mark piece called past meets present. This piece is quite a historical achievement. Please enjoy and please learn something. Thank you. Ghost what kind of abominable black magic? Is this where the infernal? Hell am I and who are what are you? Calm down, Mr. President, I'm good in Summit and we have brought you from Beyond to the year. 2022 to be a guest on the historical business podcast past meets present. What does Sam Hill is a pod grass. You're speaking English dear boy, but I'm not understanding The Words. The year 2022 is this yet another level to the endless nightmare called purgatory. Good God. I, I actually seem to have knowledge about those men, but, but for the life of me, I do not know how Part of the Abominable black magic as you call it. So if you will, please share with us your Insight on the similarities of these two friendships. Oh, my well, yeah, yes, you are quite right. There are some unfortunate similarities. I can definitely sum it up with one word ego. That most vain and selfish sin that I too often show in the light of day. I have no regrets about my well-known and mission in life, nor should anyone who strives to be the best that they can and any aspect of one's life. But when that ambition impedes, unvalued friendships that my dear boy is truly tragic. It seems this Eiger fellow has the same ego and ambition that I had. He found it hard to give up his role as leader and wanted to make sure that his policies were continued when he was gone. I seen now that that was not the current attitude. When you depart from a position of power, one cannot expect one successor politically or otherwise, to conform to their predecessors. Will one must be their own individual by God. That's the American way. Oh, why was it so difficult for you to hand over the reins for say? I am excuse me, dear boy. But what in Hades is that horribly pungent odor. Yes, 103 years. Quite right. It was difficult for me to hand over the reins because I truly love being present. I honor the two-term tradition of the US Presidency when my eight years was up, but there was still so much that I wanted to do. That's why I chose William Taft as my successor, I had made him his Secretary of War during my Administration and saw in him a man that would carry on my policies. I was wrong to assume that I know now. What's tough was elected in 1908, he based his administration on a more business-centric and limited government form of republicanism in direct conflict with your very Progressive vision. Displeased with your former protege's approach you then ran for president. In 1912 to unseat task, when you couldn't build significant support among Republicans, you formed the progressive or Bull Moose Party and that split resulted in the election of the democratic Contender Woodrow Wilson. Yeah, it's a tragic misfire on my part. I will forever blame myself for the election of that racist. Bleeding heart prison as president. Oh, great Scott. My hand just fell off. No, this isn't right. This isn't right. Absolute confidence in your decision to make quick decisions. And as a former judge to make decisions yes quite right much like the charismatic I and the more and a little cheap pick. Are going to take stock of his methods and realize when it is time to pack your things and move on to the next challenge. Yes Yes, Dear Boy. I do even though we had a hurtful falling out, we were able to somewhat reconcile before my death. I do wish. I had done it sooner and had said more to him about the matter before my demise. What? Oh no, you don't mean. Relax Bill, it's only temporary. It is Bill. We are conjured up to be on some sort of futuristic radio show to discuss the relationship of Bob chapek. And Bob Iger. How do I know who they are? I mean, I know who they are, but How black magic as far as I can? Decipher It's us. We're rotting. I'm afraid. Can you tell us how you felt when Mr? Roosevelt started to criticize your actions when you took over the presidency. Well, I I was greatly hurt. It was rather unexpected if I maybe totally candid. Teddy. And I had a very congenial relationship before that I realize we had very different personalities and even approaches to business but we did enjoy each other's company. Yes, the quote you directly. It is very hot to take all these blows from Roosevelt. I do not know what he is trying to do except to make my way more difficult. It is very hard to see a close friendship going to pieces like a rope of sand rope of sand confounded bill that's down, right melancholic. I was very troubled by your criticism. You know, I remember that at one point, two referred to me as a and you countered with calling me a dangerous egotist. But how right? You were my friend. History. They work for our cartoon mouse Factory. I do remember this. Ridiculous company when it began in the late 20s, and I'm truly astounded that. It's still exists today. Oh, bully to that. Like I said, there is Bill. We are rotting. Well, let me just reiterate it. I do deeply regret the way I treated you Bill. I am glad we got to chat a bit before I passed that did give me great peace and I do hope that these two Bobs can ultimately patch up their differences and come to the realization that come rotary outweighs personal and bishan every time. thank you, Ted, you know, I'm also glad that we communicated because Something like that does not one soul. I'm happy. We both did not depart this Mortal coil Without Anger, still intact. I also hope the men in question can come to their senses. Oh, Jesus Christ, my God. We are bored super metrics in. We will be back tomorrow without this silly voice. I promise And please go ahead. Share this podcast with Your? Pal.