>> Speaker A: It. >> Speaker B: Oh, no, dude. >> Speaker A: You must have, like, looked in my diary or something, because you're hitting all my triggers. If it's not over, you're over. You're overboard. >> Speaker B: Oh, really? >> Speaker A: Under is not happening. I don't want to reach under the hood to start my car. I want to push the button and go, you. >> Speaker B: Welcome back to privy. Privy is a podcast about bathrooms recorded
from my home bathroom. Today, I will be joined remotely, um, by a friend, Nate fry. And so I'm going to see here if I can, uh, get him in as quick as possible. Let's see. Here we go. Hot. Sup, dude? How are you? You. What are you doing again? You're doing, like, fiber optic, is that. >> Speaker A: Yeah, I splice fiber optic cables, but, um, I have to do a lot of the placement, too, um, from the co
to the customer. So we place it, dig, uh, holes in the ground, go up on telephone poles, put, um, the fiber optic line in there, and then I come in when we're all done with that, and I splice it all the. Because you have to do them in sections, right, when you go to a different direction or whatever. So I'll have to splice them together and then give people services for whatever they're using it for, whether Internet, phone, or
dang business. Yeah. >> Speaker B: Wow. How'd you get into that? >> Speaker A: So, my dad actually worked for, uh, Rocky Mountain contractors, is the company that does. He worked for them since, uh, for 20 years now. >> Speaker B: Okay. >> Speaker A: So I was originally supposed to be just a groundsman. I was supposed to be the guy that dug the shovels when we can't use a machine and just kind of doing the lazy work because I came from Walmart, so I had no experience
in construction. Um, well, uh, one of the other splicers was getting in some trouble, and they were thinking about that he might not be there too much longer and all that. And they just looked at me and said, nobody wants to learn splicing, because it is very complicated. A lot to learn. And I was kind of nervous about it because they were explaining to me what it was, and I'm just like, ah, I know how to put an item on a shelf when it's not there type of
thing. They're like, no, we have faith in you. We think you can learn how to splice. Um, so I jumped in the trailer, and he showed me what to do, and a lot of it is just learning colors and reading the prints, and it's basically self explanatory, but it's convincing other people that it's more complicated than it actually is. So I still look smart, but it actually is complicated because, um, there's twelve fibers in a buffer tube. There's a buffer tube, and there's
144 buffer tubes in some of these things. So a lot of the ones, it's like, oh, you got to jump. This fiber is damaged, so you have to go from this fiber to that fiber. Well, sometimes there'll be traffic on that fiber. Now I have to go back and do this and figure out what's open. Then I have to go back, figure out the fibers that are open so we can connect to that customer. Or get this. And there is a lot of that stuff. But I got engineers that are quotes. Engineers
that go to college. Yeah, that go to college for, uh, um, all that stuff. They have all this stuff on paper, apparently, but some of their stuff is so messed up because I work on the. I work out in the field. They sit in an office, so they have actually no idea of what's going on out there. And the biggest problem is they're like, well, our papers say that this is open. This is open, and this is open. I'm like, then why, when I put my light fiber detector on
it, is there light on that? No, there isn't no light on it because our records show it should be on this fiber and that fiber, not this fiber. I'm like, yeah, but I'm looking at that. Well, you're not in the right buffer tube. No, the buffer tubes are color coded. Unless I'm colorblind. Now, orange is still orange, but they'll sit there and argue with me. But what happens is there are splicers that will make a change, but not update, not tell it to the
engineers, and it won't get updated. And that's where a lot of their problems. But the engineers don't want to admit they're wrong. >> Speaker B: Right. >> Speaker A: So they'll sit there and argue with you over the. And I think that's why a lot of people don't want to make the changes in the system, is because the engineers will sit there and argue with them, and they don't want to argue with the engineers. Well, now I come in 20 years later, and I see this mess.
I'm like, well, thanks, guys. Now you messed all made up. So I take a job that should be probably 20 or probably a two day job. It'll take me two weeks. Just trying to jump fibers, man. >> Speaker B: That sucks. >> Speaker A: Yeah. So I guess I wasn't correct in saying it was easy, but the idea of the job is easy, like the splicing and getting that, but it's the troubleshooting that's the biggest problem with fiber optic splicing.
>> Speaker B: Yeah, dude. Uh, I'm going to kind of just open it up to you. If you have stories to share, I have questions, of course. Um, and then I also have an inquiry into your memory. Um, but do you have any sort of wild bathroom stories or things that you've experienced? I mean, you worked at Walmart, so I know there's got to be something out there, but, um, like, just a. >> Speaker A: Bathroom story, just in general. >> Speaker B: Dude, anything?
>> Speaker A: I'll start with way back, about how long ago did I work at Walmart? Did I start there? It was about the third day on my job. So we'll say good old 2013. Ten years ago. Holy cow. Yeah, ten years ago. Um, they were like, they always told, and I knew they were bsing me when they told me they work when I applied at Walmart. And the first thing they said is, yeah, we don't really have a lot of issues here. And I'm like, I bet you're lying to. So. And of course
they were, because on the third day. Well, I'll start with the biggest thing. On the second day of job, we had a lady come through who, uh, consumed her delights and decided to go pick up more wine in the wine section and had no control over her hands or her body and dumped three, four bottles of wine and broke all four of them. And we had to clean that up. >> Speaker B: Oh, my gosh.
>> Speaker A: So we'll start there. But going on to the fun part, I had a lady come up to me, and I was carrying the bathroom cleaning cart, and she goes, hey, sir, uh, are you maintenance? Do you clean the bathrooms? I was like, yeah, actually, I do. Is there one of the bathrooms? Yeah. The last stall in the lady's bathroom is a little, uh, she was very calm, so I figured, oh, there was toilet paper or there's, uh, this or that there. And I was like, yeah, if you don't mind
cleaning up. It looks gross in there. I was like, absolutely. I was. I 18 or 19 at that time. Doesn't matter. However, I walk in there, and I was doing bathrooms by myself because it was a crazy day, right? So we usually try to do double up, uh, especially on days that it's busy. Get two of us in there, clean it, and get it out. I walked in there, I poked my. Know. Maintenance, anyone in? No. No answer. So I block it off. I poked my head in there, got on that radio, hey, Demetri, who's my.
You still. He's like, I just finished doing what I was doing. Yeah, we need help. Uh, in the lady's bathroom. I am not doing this by myself. There were three out of the four stalls, or five or, however, were filled to the brim with boat. Just to the top, it looked like each one of them at the same time, like, hey, let's have a taco bell eating contest and then go shopping at Walmart, is the idea. It was the bottom of, uh, the bottom of the toilet and then the top part
in the women's bathroom. And three. So the first one was bad, the second and, uh, the handicapped one were just demolished. And I wanted to go back and find that lady and be like, hey, next time, give me a little, like, something that it's going to be bad. So I have my mindset of where I'm going to be, right. I was going in there, mindset m I'm going to go maybe find a little bit of stuff
on the toilet or whatever. But no, it took us, we had to get bleach and all this stuff and the other parts that are connected by the bathroom, they were torn out and all over the floor. Uh, what we think happened was somebody was having, I don't know if you know much about great Falls, which I know you do, but the habits aren't the greatest as far as, um, cutting the edge on life. So we think that's what happened. It was somebody who had a trip
and just went nuts. But how they had explosives like that on their rear ends was amazing to us. I mean, we weren't even mad. It was just like, wow, I'm not alone. >> Speaker B: I'm validated. Oh, my gosh. >> Speaker A: We've had other things like that, but it's usually just one in the future. So it took us about two. We had to shut that bathroom down for 2 hours just to make sure because it was dried on there. Nobody
problem. Or, uh, it wasn't 2 hours because we cleaned the bathroom every 2 hours. So it had to have happened, like, right after we did our first cleaning, because we have to clean those bathrooms every 2 hours. >> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker A: So it had to happen in between that time, and it was just about the time I had to go clean. Anyway, that's, uh, why I had that cart is because that's what I was going to do. So I was on my way there anyway.
Sorry, my memory is a little hazy, but. No, you're good. Yeah, but, uh, that will stick onto me. Like that happened yesterday. I will never forget that. And I was just sitting there in Demetrio. He's a little spanish man who has a lot of energy, right? He comes in there, he starts, lady. He was screaming so loud about it because he gets hyped up about that stuff. Lady walked in, he's. Are you guys okay in there? I'm like, yeah, uh, we have a
little issue we got to deal with. We're cleaning it up, and she's like, oh, I thought somebody was hurt. It was crazy. Yeah, it was funny. Oh, my gosh. >> Speaker B: At Walmart, did you ever have anybody poop? Not in the bathroom. >> Speaker A: Oh, yeah, they always do. In the fitting rooms. >> Speaker B: Oh, no. >> Speaker A: Oh, yeah. In the fitting. Uh, the, um. After there was a while, and this, actually, I started doing this about a year or so after I start
working there. I do the bathroom cleanups, and then I stroll on by the old fitting rooms. Hey, how are you guys doing over here? Any messes? Do you go look through all the. No, we're good so far. We'll call you if we need you. Because I just pass out because the one time I stopped by. Yeah. So I think somebody peed. And we don't know if somebody spilled water or lemon, but we were pretty sure it's pee. >> Speaker B: Oh, my God.
Do they know why? Or is it just, like, the bathrooms or just prank? >> Speaker A: Yeah. You know, mean. Great falls is mean. Uh, it's not just great falls, but Great Falls is more common for stupid people than I care to. I mean, the biggest part is the substance abuse. >> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker A: People do crazy stuff, and there's nothing you can do about it. >> Speaker B: Man, that's crazy. Wow. Changing room. I was expecting, like. Yeah, I don't know what
I was expecting, but it wasn't the changing. Huh? >> Speaker A: Huh? Yeah. Changing rooms. Absolutely. And actually, uh, Demetrio, he's actually working back at that. He actually says he hadn't had a. And I don't know if it's just people finally clicking like, oh, these aren't the bathrooms, or if it was just. Or something. But he said in the past five years, and actually, the past two years I worked there, I haven't had a problem in the changing rooms. >> Speaker B: Wow.
>> Speaker A: Before I switched jobs. But, um, yeah, I haven't had any. Or a couple of problems here and there, but those were like a child. But as far as, like, adults or whatever, uh, they just quit. It seemed like there was just, uh, a wave that just like, all right, we need to just start using the bathroom. >> Speaker B: We need to get it together. >> Speaker A: There's finally a moment where they feel it's like, there's got to be, like, a community of these people.
All right, call to the order of the people who poop in the thing. All right, no more changing rooms. We're done with the changing rooms. Uh, we got to stop gavel. Yeah. Here you are. Yay or nay? >> Speaker B: Yay. >> Speaker A: So they just smacked the gavel, and that was the end of just. There's got to be a community of those people. >> Speaker B: They're meeting up somewhere, or they just.
>> Speaker A: Moved, like, all right, great falls is getting old. Let's go to Calisbell. >> Speaker B: Oh, dude, I bet the people in calispell would have a field day if that happened. Up. >> Speaker A: And especially with all the, uh, neat freak Californians that are moving up there, they would not have an okay time with that. >> Speaker B: Oh, my gosh. That's so funny.
Well, say I'm going to start in on questions, and if you get a story that comes to mind, you just shout it out. So, the first question, uh, is, what type of toilet paper do you use at your homestead? What are you wiping with? >> Speaker A: What am I wiping with? Uh, Charmin. >> Speaker B: Charmin. Oh. Let's go. Um, do you get the blue bag or red bag? >> Speaker A: Charmin, do you know red? I will not wipe without red.
>> Speaker B: I refuse to wipe without red. So it's interesting to me because out, like, we have Costco, um, it's essentially like Sam's club, but it's not Sam's club. I don't know. It's Kirkland brand. >> Speaker A: Yeah, we. Are we up in. >> Speaker B: Okay. Yeah. I just feel like everybody I ask over here in Oregon, they're like, oh, yeah, Costco toilet paper. And I'm like, okay, but charming. Hey, um, and when you
guys put it on the roll, are you folding it over? Are you folding it under? Which way is it? Ah. >> Speaker A: Oh, no, dude, you must have looked in my diary or something, because you're hitting all my triggers. If it's not over, you're over. You're overboard. >> Speaker B: Oh, really? >> Speaker A: Under is not happening. I don't want to reach under the hood to start my car. I want to push the button and go. >> Speaker B: He's got to reach for it.
Does, uh, Diana, is she on board with that, or is that one of those points of contention? >> Speaker A: No, that's one of the main reasons we're getting along the greatest these days. Bathroom etiquette is very important in our household. >> Speaker B: Yeah. Uh, I regularly just frustrate Anna because I just sling it on there. I don't look. >> Speaker A: Oh, really? >> Speaker B: Sometimes I get it. Right. And sometimes it's just like, I got
it on the roll. I did it. Uh, I've succeeded. And she has informed me, like, no, it needs to go over, otherwise you've done a bad thing. Um, yeah, she would agree. Um, are you a bar soap or a liquid soap, lad? >> Speaker A: Liquid soap. >> Speaker B: Liquid soap. What are you using these days for. >> Speaker A: Liquid soap, as far as body goes? Old spice. >> Speaker B: There you go. >> Speaker A: Okay. >> Speaker B: Spice.
>> Speaker A: It reminds me of pirates. I'm pirates. >> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker A: And then, um, I do the two in one. And actually, because there's a two in one suave. That does, uh, anti dandruff. And I have horrible dandruff, dude. Same with that suave antidandriff stuff. Two in one, not a speck of dandruff. >> Speaker B: Dang. Really? >> Speaker A: Yes.
>> Speaker B: I might have to seek that out. I fooled around with the head and shoulders for a while because, I don't know, it said it would do it, but I hit or miss on it. All right, so liquid soap, have you. Okay, yeah. Uh, so that's mostly, I think, you shower. But what is your opinion? How do you feel about baths? So taking a bath, what's your take on that? How are you doing with it? >> Speaker A: Actually? Um, if I'm healthy, not tired, um, just in a good mood, sort
of ready to go to work. I'm a shower boy. Yeah, I shower. The heck I would choose over that. But there are some mornings which I haven't done it well, actually, I'll tell you my opinion and then tell you the story afterward. But, uh, when I'm tired and I wake up and I've worked overtime, because with this new job, I work 60 hours, a lot of the time, I'll wake up, uh, and just see, like, you know what? I might just bathe today. I might lay in my film and do it because I can't stand there. I got
it over tired. But it has to be to that point for me to be okay with that. And, um, it's not like one of those things where I get home and be like, uh oh, I'm in a bath. No, I am definitely a shower like homeboy. But like I said, I have my mornings where I'm so exhausted. I will late, actually. But where I was going with that, why I wanted to tell you a story after that was I'm okay with the bath. But what I've done, and I actually think this is
better, is I won't do a bath. I will lay down while the shower is going and let it the full spread. And I will lay in there and let the warmth kind of go all over, and that actually feels a lot better. So I've actually been doing that more often. >> Speaker B: Interesting. >> Speaker A: In the shower and let the kind of take care of its business. That way I can lay there and do my hair. >> Speaker B: Huh? In my brain, you're
laying on your back. We might be getting too intimate on that one, but not at all. Wow. I've never heard anybody do that. Um, and I'm open to trying it. Yeah, that's a new one for me. >> Speaker A: And I've never done it when I'm fully awake or fully. So I don't know how it is. But, uh, those are days where I'm just exhausted. >> Speaker B: Right. >> Speaker A: So I'll try it, because
we had this conversation. So I might try it and be like, I'm going to do it when I have my energy and just see if it's different, if it's a different experience. Because it might be weird for me because I'm not exhausted. I'm like, why am I just laying here? But, um, I don't know. I might try it when I'm not. But it does feel good. Uh, there's something almost calming about. >> Speaker B: Interesting. >> Speaker A: Huh. >> Speaker B: Huh. Do, uh, does Diana know you do that?
>> Speaker A: I don't know. I've never talked to her about. >> Speaker B: Yeah. I'm just curious because, uh, I'm trying to figure out what Anna would do if she walked in. And I'm like, see? >> Speaker A: And that's the thing is I keep my bathroom locked. I don't like Diana walking in, um, on me. >> Speaker B: Oh, really? >> Speaker A: Okay. I don't know if I'm insecure or what it is, but there are times. But 90% of the time, that door is locked tight.
>> Speaker B: Yeah, that's fair. >> Speaker A: I don't want somebody walking in on me, even if it is Diana. It's just weird for me. Unless you really need something. I'll go and unlock it. But other than that, I, like. >> Speaker B: That's your zone. >> Speaker A: Yeah, exactly. It's my, like, especially when I'm doing something embarrassing. Lying in the shower, just taking the water. I never really thought about what her opinion on that would be.
>> Speaker B: Maybe she does it and you just don't even know it. >> Speaker A: Yeah, we both have that. >> Speaker B: Accidentally doing it. Um. Have you ever taken a shower in the dark? >> Speaker A: I cannot. Absolutely. >> Speaker B: Really? >> Speaker A: I can't do it. Uh, I have horrible anxiety. No. And that's why with the, um, bathroom things, certain things. And it's not just the bathroom. It's things around
the house. Well, what happened and I'll get into my anxiety a little bit, if you don't mind. >> Speaker B: Go for it. >> Speaker A: Um, so Walmart, you know how during school I was very, and I still am, actually, but ever since got into Walmart, I got hammered over everything because I was the guy that did everything. You didn't have to ask. Everyone expected me. We expect Nate to do this. Nate is expect to do that. I built such a expectation at Walmart because I
did everything there. I was there for ten years, almost ten years that they were grown. When I didn't do something extra or above and beyond, they ran me about it. Well, you did this yesterday you did that, that, and today you did this, this and this. Why did you not do that, that and that. Like, I'm tired today. I'm not in the mood. I'm having a bad
day today. I don't want to work overtime. I don't want to do this because there were times I worked 50 hours at Walmart just because I wanted money. Um, but then they grilled me and grilled me so hard, I could hardly work 40 hours. I was hardly working a full week. I would come up with excuses. This is to my full shame, but I would lie about my blood sugars just to go home early so it wouldn't come against me. >> Speaker B: Right? Yeah.
>> Speaker A: Because I was so depressed and had so much. And then me and Diana went through the times. Mhm. Through some tough times because of that, because I was so angry. And actually, uh, there were kids that started there and they were high school kids. And I used to love it when high school kids started because I'm going to be like, hey, this is what you're going to expect out of the world. There's going to be a lot of tough times about this. You're in the real world now. And I
loved it when. I mean, I didn't say that to them, but I kind of hinted at that. But I told him, just, if you're going through times, don't be afraid to ask. All of us have been through what you're going through and all this. I would just try to encourage them and do all that so they knew what to expect. Well, um, the last few months I was at Walmart, we hired 216 year olders who never worked a job. Their mom had to put their. I
heard their backstory because they were kind of very open. Their mom put their foot down and said, you guys need to find a job and see what it is this summer. You guys are working, you guys are getting jobs. And they were kind of upset about it. Well, these kids. So in my mind, I thought these kids were just slacking off and looking for a reason to get out
of stuff to do. So they were sitting in what is called aisle three, and that's where we get our, um, groceries, where we put our grocery carts to take out to the floor. They were in aisle two, actually. So they go into aisle two, and they're standing there, and I go in there. I was like, what are you kids doing, man? Can't just hide it. And I just snap at these kids. We don't just sit here and mess around and goof around like that, man.
We're here to work. And if you guys don't want to do that and just find something else, because I'm not going to sit here and put up with it. Those kids stared at me, and they were like, dude, uh, we were told to come to aisle two to get groceries, and we were looking for the carts. I stared at him, and I just, uh, big open mind. And the one kid goes, hey, are you all right? I was like, no, I'm not, man. I'm stressed out. And they're like, yeah, we could tell, man. You just, uh, came on court.
I said, al three is over here, man. Let's figure out where you need to go. And I kind of explained to him my situation. I said, guys, I've just been under a lot of stress, man. I'm sorry. And he goes, yeah. He just like, whoa, who is this guy? >> Speaker B: Right? >> Speaker A: Um. Uh, I did talk to him a little bit, and after getting to know him, they understood. But to this day, I still feel guilty about it. >> Speaker B: Right?
>> Speaker A: It was hard. And that's where I was really thinking. That's actually what really kicked me in the gear to find a new job. Yeah, that's where my dad finally like, hey, how about you try working for me? Because I was telling dad, and mom and dad even noticed how bad I was getting, right? They noticed how angry I was. I'd come home, go visit them, and I wouldn't want to do anything. I would just sit there, and I would just complain and argue and just be a bitter.
Their mom didn't like it. Mom was getting real upset. My mom's an emotional lady anyway, and she was getting really worried. So now I'm getting back to old Nate with this new job. So it's kind of know. It's. >> Speaker B: It's. It's awful. Uh, I'm certain that Walmart's not the only place like that where you have these folks who they've put in years, and instead of kind of honoring that, it kind of gets tossed back on them.
Um, that experience is kind of the reason that people almost take advantage. It's awful. I know that I wasn't at McDonald's long, but I could see that I never had that because I wasn't there long, but I could see folks who had been there eight, nine years, and that was them. And it's like, oh, man, this is, um. Yeah, yeah, it's. That sucks, dude. I'm glad got away from that or moved on to something that's better for you, though, because, um. Um, that's good stuff.
>> Speaker A: And that's the really good thing about this job, is nobody am I? Because I'm the only fiber splicer in gray falls. >> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker A: Wow. Um, my foreman, he comes in, he's the placement guy. He's not a splicer at all. He knows a little bit about it. So he comes up to me, he's like, hey, uh, it says you're on the paperwork. This was only supposed to be a three hour job. It looks like you're 8 hours into it already. What's going on?
I was like, well, this, that, and this. This isn't working, so I have to do this. I've been on the phone with the engineer, and he doesn't know what to do. And, dude, it's just been a bad, um, you know, I start getting anxiety because I start remembering how Walmart managers treat me. So I start getting hyper with thing. He's like, oh, all right, cool, man. Thanks for letting me know. I'll just let you do awesome. Cool.
>> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker A: Ah, just keep me updated and keep in touch with those engineers, because if you keep in touch with them and they know what's going on, you're not going to get nothing. I was like, okay, yeah, all right, catch. You just call me when you're getting ahead, I guess. >> Speaker B: Yeah, that's awesome, dude. That's super cool. So no dark shower, anxiety inducing. Perfect. Um, you ever eat anything in the shower, by any chance?
>> Speaker A: I can't. No. >> Speaker B: Same story. >> Speaker A: Kind of like, yeah, not anxiety, but musty food is not a Nate thing to do. >> Speaker B: Musty food is not a nate. What about a cold drink in the shower? You ever pop one of those open? >> Speaker A: Oh, God. Uh, no. You know what's funny is I've never even thought about it. It's not even been a thought. That's the same with the bathroom. Uh, no, it's just that
idea. I mean, I've never really thought about it. But now that I am, because my idea is I want to get in there and out. >> Speaker B: Okay. Yeah. Just post up for a bit, have a little snack on the toilet, anything on the, um. Do you. Okay, I got to ask you. So do you remember in my brain, it was freshman pe? But I remember we all walk down in the locker room, and it's just James Curtis, Dave's older brother, sitting butt naked, sprawled on the toilet, eating a cupcake. Do you have this?
And to this day, uh, whenever I think of someone eating on the toilet, that's just the picture. And I'm just like, gosh, here we are. Um, have you ever gone poop while you're in the shower? Like, waffle stomp it? >> Speaker A: I don't even pee in the shower, bro. >> Speaker B: What? >> Speaker A: No. >> Speaker B: Oh, dude. Hey. This might be, like, bad confessions, but I do every single time I pee in the shower. Every time. >> Speaker A: Really?
>> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker A: You are a better man than I, Hunter. I squimish at the thought. Really? Because I'm afraid that one day my drain is going to back up when I'm doing it, and it's going to get. I found out I'm OCD. >> Speaker B: Okay? >> Speaker A: So that's where a lot of my problems are new. So. Not diagnosed OCD, but I have OCD. Um, what do you call that, like, symptoms type thing? Right? >> Speaker B: You got all the things that point to it.
>> Speaker A: Yeah. >> Speaker B: So you're like, you wouldn't waffle. >> Speaker A: Stop it. It would freak me out. And I heard that I would rather suffer with athletes foot than ever have to pee on my feet. >> Speaker B: Really? >> Speaker A: And I heard that got disproved, which I'm hoping is still true, that peeing on your feet gets rid of athletes
foot. And I'm hoping that's still a disproven thing, because if that's, uh, the only cure, on top of that, it's like, why would you pee on your feet when you can just use athletes foot powder? >> Speaker B: Yeah. Uh, you're right. But also, I do regularly try to hit my feet just because it can't hurt, is my thought. >> Speaker A: Am I not a man? Because I swear, this is all stuff like I've heard other people do, but me, I cringe at the thought.
>> Speaker B: I don't think it's a man. A. I, uh, think it's your more, uh, normal thinking. Because I'm sitting here. Cause and I've told Anna, and she's like, stop doing bat. There's a toilet, right? And I don't know. I get in the shower, and then I'm like, oh, yeah, I forgot to pee. Time to go. Uh, I don't know. It's just my way. >> Speaker A: The idea of other people doing doesn't freak me out. But I couldn't do it to myself if people told me, I'm like, oh, that's your business.
It's not, like, a disgusting. But for me, I couldn't do it to myself. >> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker A: Hm. >> Speaker B: Fair enough. Okay, so do you have any pet peeves that happen in the bathroom? Um, I assume that you and Diana share a. Guys, is there any pet peeves that are like. Or maybe she has some that she's made aware of to you of, like, hey, you got to quit. >> Speaker A: That sounds familiar. I'm trying to think of, well,
you know what's really bad, actually? Uh, so I get bad sneezes and coughs. Yeah, there's a lot of splash action going around the thing. Um, and sometimes I have uncontrollable wiggle or I'll twitch. Sometimes I have twitches. And what's really stupid, and this is where it's really bad, is, oh, I got to clean up. After I'm done. I'll clean it up. I'll be a responsible adult. In my brain, I'm telling me this, right? And then all of a sudden, I go, hey, remember that Pokemon episode you watched at
1997? Remember when that Pokemon did this thing? And then I'm done. And then I ADHD, and then I look at the sink. Hey, you should wash your hands. But, oh, look at this wall punk. My brain does that. And then she comes at night. Yeah. So that's my big problem. And even getting water after I step out, um, sometimes that bathroom thing will get moved under the sink, the, uh, little stepping pad that you're supposed to put your wet feet on. And she's like,
why don't you dry off before you get out of the shower? I said, I want to look at myself in the mirror when I'm drying myself off. Thank you. And, I mean, I will not do it. That towel goes on after. I have to know. It's like a confirmation that I'm done. I step out of the shower, then I towel myself. I have one, two, three steps. Uh, yeah, that drives are crazy. But again, I'm like, okay, I'll clean this puddle up.
Uh, and that's my biggest downfall with everything, even when I'm working, is I have this plan of things to do, and then I'll think about last night's dinner that tasted so amazing, and I could still kind of smell it. And I'm like, then m. I walk out and see if there's any more in the fridge. I lose track of everything. >> Speaker B: Dang. Hey, at least you can trace how you got to that. You know what I mean? Um. Man. Yeah. Okay. Something that I wanted to say. So the splash zone.
When we were in high school, when Joe had moved to Great Falls, he had moved to that house in Great Falls. We were over at his house one night, and I remember you went down the hall to go to the bathroom. I remember all of us were listening to here and never heard you go to the bathroom. And you came out and were like, dude, did you even go? And you're like, yeah, you got to aim it so that way, it just hits right inside the bowl, and there's no water
splash, nothing. And that was the first time I had ever heard of anybody doing that. Changed my life. Uh, I still do that. Yeah. >> Speaker A: Just not when I'm at home, like, with Diana. That's where the splash zone comes into my dysfunction. Because when I'm at home in my time, whatever, I'll make all the noise in the world. But when I'm at somebody's house to this day, I think it's just a respectful. It's better than sitting down in the toilet, because you can either sit.
>> Speaker B: Yeah, every now and then, I'll hit the sit down. >> Speaker A: Uh, hey, sure. There's nothing to be embarrassed about on that. >> Speaker B: Sometimes I'm just like, you know what? I do it at work is where it happens, because so I work at a high school, and I'm like, man, if I goof this and I just splatter my leg, or something bad happens, which happens more than it should, I'm like, I got to be in front of teens the rest of the day. I can't pee on myself and be
around teens. It just cannot happen. And so I will just sit down and be like, I'm going to make sure everything's going, bam, straight in the bowl. Um, yeah. Um, but, yeah, your aim thing, that changed my life. It might be too much to say, but I'd never heard anybody do that. And, um, kind of same story. I don't use that at home. Like, Anna has described my peeing as disruptive. Um, and so it's like, okay, uh, um, do you have a restaurant establishment in mind that is, like,
if I eat here, it's going to be bad. Like, I'm going to be on the pot. >> Speaker A: A restaurant establishment that is bad for the. That is a quick tango. >> Speaker B: Um. >> Speaker A: There'S a restaurant. Hold on. Give me a minute. Oh, now I'm just thinking of, uh, the new peaking. >> Speaker B: Oh, shoot. Uh, chinese food. >> Speaker A: Yep. New peaking. And, um, Tracy's, they had got new owners. >> Speaker B: Okay. >> Speaker A: Central. And they
make a mean breakfast. It's called the protein platter. It is eggs, meat galore. They have sausage, ham, but they're thick and big. >> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker A: And the, uh, eggs are to die for, but they just load your plate with protein. >> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker A: And it's pretty pricey, but you definitely get what you pay for type of thing. >> Speaker B: Right. >> Speaker A: But I
eat that. I buckle up and start heading home because I know what's coming next. I cannot protein the protein platter for breakfast. Yes. And they serve it all day. M so I made the mistake. I'm going to tell some splicer stories. >> Speaker B: Let's go. >> Speaker A: I'm going to start off. So we can't really make any connections. But I did, uh, the schools, all the schools fibers in there. And we're working on the hospital now. And we're working here. We're working
there. Well, luckily, um, we were in the, uh, school. Well, it's weird because, um, they never really built, uh, a proper basement crawling under. I had to go under all the school or under all the buildings, all these places. And actually I won't give any specific because it actually wasn't a school. I don't think this was in the school, actually. I think this was another place. But anyway, so what happened was my budy talked me into going to Tracy's.
>> Speaker B: Mhm. >> Speaker A: And I was like, oh, I'll order the platter, I'll order that. Forgetting entirely what happens to poor little old Nate in his not very sturdy body, we go there. Uh, but I figured, oh, I'm going to be splicing. I know I'm going to be splicing. So I'm going to be near a bathroom. Well, the problem with that is when we started pulling the fiber into the room, the fiber got caught under the floor so that we put it in
conduit. Um, something happened under, so I had to crawl under, uh, the thing. And it was a crawl space, probably two and a half, 3ft of crawl space. >> Speaker B: That's not a lot. >> Speaker A: So I'm army crawling. And luckily, um, I always carry a shovel with me in case I have to dig out, if I have to use my shoulder to put stuff up. So I carry this little compact shovel that you can extend out and extend in. It's pretty, um, well, your boy Nate, it was in this
building and I can't remember. I keep thinking it was the schools, but it wasn't the schools. It was in this other building. Well, um, we get in, and we're pulling that fiber through, and, well, what happened is that conduit nodded because it was that stuff that's flammy and kind of wherever. And, uh, while it bundled up, so I crawled under there, and I kind of straightened it out, and I got it. While I was crawling under,
uh, Nate's getting all dread and moany. So I take my little shovel, and I start digging down, because I'm lost underground. The building was so big, I forgot where that exit point was, um, to go back, and the guy was waiting for me, so I dug a hole, and it was a good size hole, actually. I kept going, and I was hurrying, so I had a lot of hurry and momentum behind me, but I couldn't squat, obviously. I had to lay down like this. I'm like this. And then making sure my, uh, things are
so I'm sideways. Laying sideways because I can't up and down. Oh, uh, my gosh. So I dug this hole, and just hoping that the droppings are going in the hole that I dug, and I looked back, and I just buried all in there. >> Speaker B: Oh, my. >> Speaker A: But luckily, it was a pretty deep hole that I dug. But the whole time I was digging that hole, I was struggling. Luckily, it was soft because it was kind know, it was musty under there and moist,
so it wasn't like our dirt. It was soft. So that really saved my day. And I dug a deep hole, and I buried it, and I was. But the problem is, what's the biggest problem there, hunter? >> Speaker B: You ain't got nothing to wipe. >> Speaker A: I ain't got a dang thing to wipe. I'm just. I get that thing up, and then, uh, I get up there, and the guys are like, all right, man. We almost got this fiber, and you could start slicing. I'm like, I got to go to the bathroom, but I
just needed a drop zone. And it was the worst crawling out experience I ever had. >> Speaker B: Oh, my gosh. I believe it. >> Speaker A: It was just a godsend that it was softer. Yeah, I could dig a deep hole. >> Speaker B: Oh, man, poop sideways. >> Speaker A: Yeah, I had to. I mean, I was kind of angled so it was, like, not straight, uh, sideways. I kind of angled it over the hole there. But. >> Speaker B: Did that feel weird to do?
>> Speaker A: It was the worst thing ever. The only comforting thing is I was underground where not a dang person could see me. >> Speaker B: Right. >> Speaker A: I knew the situation, but I was in that mode where there was no other choice. It was either that or crawl out a hole with my Jimmy John's being, um, stanky. So it was that bad. And so I did my business and I buried it up.
And luckily, uh, there was some loose tarp there that I kind of just packed on top of that dirt, and I kind of did that and then buried that tarp, too. So it was kind of double protected. >> Speaker B: Oh, my gosh. That's awesome. Just marked it. Oh, man. Uh, I couldn't imagine. I talked to a guy, and we were saying how the urge to go to the bathroom, it always hits at the worst moment. But I do not do tight spaces.
I could not imagine being underneath that building and being like, oh, my gosh. Oh, gosh. Yeah, that sounds terrible. >> Speaker A: And another bad one is when I'm in my splice trailer. There is no bathroom in my splice trailer. >> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker A: So I'll be in a residential area where a bunch of homes, but the nearest gas station is far away. Well, those cords are connected underground. Those fibers connected underground. Those cords are
coming into my splice trailer. And I can't just bury that up. Uh, close my splice case in the middle of a splice and put that away and then go. Sometimes I could disconnect my trailer, but in some of them areas, you don't want to disconnect your trailer. >> Speaker B: Right. >> Speaker A: People are pretty nasty, and I was in a bad area. So, uh, right on central, there were the glory of great falls. Right on central. And I was, like, far away from a gas station
and everything. It's not like I had to poop or anything. I had to pee. Luckily, I have, like, a Gatorade bottle, so I pee in Gatorade bottles. I always carry empty Gatorade bottles. >> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker A: And that's, like, the thing. But when you have to go number two in those situations, sometimes you just got to lock everything up, keep your splice trailer locked, and then just walk and keep walking until you find a gas station and you're that far away.
Ah. So what I did is, um, I bought a little rope to tie around my walk. So when I disconnect from my trailer, it's called my poop rope. Um, the circular thing. >> Speaker B: There you go. >> Speaker A: My trailer. I call it my poop rope. >> Speaker B: Somebody's going to be walking around great falls and see that and, ah, I know what's happening. >> Speaker A: Yeah, that's. Well, you know what? I don't have my CDL yet. >> Speaker B: Okay.
>> Speaker A: Um, so it was kind of cool. I got into a car wreck a couple of days ago, there was a guy that was, uh. I had a straightaway green light on. I don't know if you ever remember Great falls much, but on 30 Eigth and Second Avenue. >> Speaker B: Oh, man, it's been a minute. >> Speaker A: So you know where the airport is? >> Speaker B: Yes. >> Speaker A: Or not the airport. The air force base? >> Speaker B: Yes.
>> Speaker A: Yeah. Where you're going down there's, uh, second Avenue. Uh, that's the one that goes right. You drive up there and it goes right into the base. And then there's the. >> Speaker B: Yep. >> Speaker A: So there's the schools there, and then there's that. Busy where Schulte's gas station is? Yeah, it was that street. >> Speaker B: Okay. >> Speaker A: So I had a green light and I was going while this guy was in the other opposing lane, or, uh,
the westbound lane, I was heading east. While he didn't jump into the turn lane and turn, he turned. While the light was green, he turned from there and slammed right into my truck. My trailer was attached. Luckily, my trailer didn't get damaged, but my front end was all smashed in. Well, that was the only non dot vehicle that they had. And I've been having problems with my blood sugars and trying to get a guy that. It's really hard to get your CDL with diabetes. >> Speaker B: It's crazy.
>> Speaker A: Impossible, almost. So I've been still trying to fight it to get it right. But, um, after that, I was like, crap, what am I going to do? There's no more dot vehicles. That was an old boss truck. They updated their boss trucks, and I got an old foreman truck. And so I'm like, well, crap. Now I don't know what I'm going to do. Well, because they like what I do. And Kurt calls. That's Brandon's, my foreman's boss.
Um, he calls us and he goes, hey, uh, I'm going to drop the GVW on this truck so you can have another non dot vehicle. >> Speaker B: Nice. >> Speaker A: So he just dropped a truck for me so I could have hooked you up. >> Speaker B: Dang, that's awesome, dude. That's super cool. >> Speaker A: Yeah. Um. >> Speaker B: Uh, this might be a weird. I don't know if. Does diabetes make anything different as far as bathrooming? >> Speaker A: Let's talk about it.
>> Speaker B: Perfect. You're just saying. I'm like, I wonder. >> Speaker A: So, obviously going to the bathroom, and I don't know if you remember this, but when my blood sugars got high, I was going to the bathroom all the time. I don't know if you remember that about me. >> Speaker B: Oh, yeah. >> Speaker A: So high blood sugars has always been, uh, go pee more frequently, there's been a new symptom of mine. It's been making me poop more now.
>> Speaker B: Interesting. >> Speaker A: Yeah. And that's never really been a problem. But now it's like, when my blood sugar is high, I go, like, twice as much. >> Speaker B: Huh. Interesting. >> Speaker A: Yeah. I don't like it, but, yeah, I still go pee a lot. But now the poop is like, I got to join this ride now. >> Speaker B: Oh, my gosh. Wow, that's interesting. When you get it down, can you notice, like, yeah, I don't have to go to the bathroom
as often. Interesting. >> Speaker A: Yeah. >> Speaker B: Wow, that's fascinating. Um, diabetes. I mean, you're very well acquainted with it. Besides you and my uncle and folks that Shane, later on in Shane's high school. Um. Uh, like, it's. I. Anna had the pregnancy, um, minute. The minute that our son was like, it was fine, and it was like, it's so weird. And it's strange how much it affects. >> Speaker A: Did the doctors ever explain it to you guys, why it happens?
>> Speaker B: Um, for her, they just said that because she is sharing so much of the fluids, or bodily fluids and insulin, or. I can't remember what it was, but essentially, her pancreas is doing for both, and it wasn't used to doing it for both. And so it defaults to protect the baby, and then the adult, the mom experiences what is diabetes for the time. >> Speaker A: Right? >> Speaker B: Yeah. I was like, what?
>> Speaker A: Heck, yeah. Because, uh, we did a research on it because I was worried about Diana getting it. And that's basically what it is, is if your body is more immune, has a higher immunity, she might just have a higher immunity. That's what causes it. It was same with my sister kristen, and I've experienced different levels of immunity through my diabetes. >> Speaker B: Right. Interesting. >> Speaker A: Uh, so I'll have, like, three months where I'll take ten units
of insulin per meal. Well, that next month, uh, that's way too much insulin. And then the month after that, that's way too. Less insulin. I have to take 15 units. >> Speaker B: Beard. >> Speaker A: My immunity level changes with. >> Speaker B: Interesting. >> Speaker A: But then I'll get used to the 15. Well, it's like, uh, now this is too much. It'll start going low, and I'll be at a 68 to 70 level. Well, it's like, oh,
now I have to go back to ten. And then ten. Right now I'm just taking ten, and it's working just fine. >> Speaker B: I never knew that. That's interesting. Like, it fluctuates. >> Speaker A: Yeah. Your insulin immunity changes. >> Speaker B: Weird. I did not know that. I thought it was just kind of like, you need it and you need this much and you take this much.
>> Speaker A: And that's why I had to get off the pump is because my pump was at a set range for how much it was giving me. >> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker A: And it's not every diabetic, it's just those who have a range of immunity. >> Speaker B: Interesting. Huh? That's crazy. I've interacting with my uncle. It's insane what they're charging for insulin. It should be illegal. Like how much they, uh.
>> Speaker A: Yeah. And that was the other really good thing about this job is I used to spend 400 a month for all my supply. 400 a month for all my supply. And that's why I was. Now I'm making twice the money. I'm making this and that, and I don't even pay for my insurance. >> Speaker B: Awesome. >> Speaker A: It's all through our union. I'm union now. But, um, I spend $20 for each item, but I have the patches for this, the patches for that.
Um, so total, I'm spending $100, but that's for a three month supply. >> Speaker B: Wow. That's significantly better. Wow. >> Speaker A: Uh, yeah. >> Speaker B: That's crazy. >> Speaker A: And that's for five items because it's $20 for each item and I have to order five items. That's a three month supply. But there's like those insulin caps they use for my pins because I'm on insulin pins now. >> Speaker B: Mhm.
>> Speaker A: Those will last me six months. So there are times where I don't have to order it for another. So sometimes it'll only be like $80 or 60, depending on what. I don't need that next month. >> Speaker B: Weird. Ah, that's interesting. Huh. Um, well, do you have any, uh, my thing is honking at me again here and I should probably wrap up so you can go enjoy the rest of your evening.
Um, do you have any last minute thoughts of words of wisdom for just bathroom wisdom for people? Yeah. >> Speaker A: If you're in the middle of doing any type of job, whether aerial or underground, take a minute, take a minute, squat in the pot, and then go about your busy schedule, even if you're late. >> Speaker B: So if you're above ground, like in the sky or below the ground. >> Speaker A: Yeah, because sometimes I do aerial in a bucket truck. And those
moments hit, too. I didn't think about that. But that one. You can't dig a hole in the sky. >> Speaker B: Yeah. >> Speaker A: Squat down, hold the job up while you go your business and you poop. >> Speaker B: Into something, like inside the bucket. Have you ever gone over the edge of the bucket? >> Speaker A: No. So when we're in the bucket truck, and we're doing aerial. We can actually leave the job because a lot of that stuff is supported to the pole, so you can just go
down and drive off to down wherever. And that aerial stuff is when we do aerial work, uh, we have nothing else to do, right? Because it's quick and easy work. >> Speaker B: Oh, man, that's a long way up. I'd get freaked out. I would pass out. >> Speaker A: It took me about a month and a half to get used to doing aerial work and bucket drop, man, I'd. >> Speaker B: Be afraid of falling out of the dang thing.
>> Speaker A: M. Well, you're strapped up, obviously, but even when you're strapped up, it's like, if I fall out of this, is this strap going to hold right? Yep. >> Speaker B: That's exactly like. >> Speaker A: It doesn't matter. >> Speaker B: No, man. Well, Nathan, I appreciate you taking, uh, the time and letting me ask you weird questions, man. Yeah, well, hey, the legend. Nate. I'll let you get back to it. I appreciate you recording, man.
>> Speaker A: Yeah, dude, I know. We've been trying to work on this forever today. >> Speaker B: Hey, it's all good. I'm glad it worked out. And, um, I'll have to try to hit you up and text you a little more often. That's something that I've found is reconnecting, um, and getting together. It's been good. >> Speaker A: My problem. But my biggest problem is, like I said, I've been working a lot of hours, so it's hard for me, but I do try.
>> Speaker B: Yeah, no worries, dude. >> Speaker A: All right. >> Speaker B: Sweet, man. You have a good rest of your night, okay? >> Speaker A: Yeah. >> Speaker B: Later, dude. This has been another episode of privy. Uh, you can follow us at privycast, uh, anywhere you get your social media, you can send us an email. Privycast@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you. Um, thanks again to Nate for being
here. Uh, thank you, Kevin and Pottington, for the use of your music. Keep pooping in the free world. Wash your butthole, own your stank poop before going in the bucket. And now, as always, don't forget to flash.