Episode 108

#108. “It Come Clean Off”

Cake & Cookies. The Robb & Katie Show

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I'm Jake Stouck, co-founder and CEO of Serval.

We built Serval to automate the IT work

that slows companies down.

Onboarding, password resets, access to applications,

my laptop stopped working.

While employees wait for help,

their real work is put on hold.

IT desperately wants to automate this work

and that's why they need Serval.

You just tell Serval what you wanna automate

in plain English and it's built.

No drag and drop workflows, no expensive consultants.

Employees get unblocked and IT teams

go from drowning in tickets

to building what actually matters.

With Serval, IT becomes the AI engine

powering the entire company.

This is a new way to run IT.

We guarantee you'll automate 50% of all tickets

and we'll prove it to you in a free four-week pilot.

Go to serval.com slash tickets.

That's S-E-R-V-A-L.com slash tickets.

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every month this summer.

You know what, Mike?

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Let me make your head bigger.

Is such a thing possible?

Ah.

Do you mean like on the monitor

or like by telling me how handsome I am?

He'll never fit through the door.

He's still outside.

No, I have to go into full screen mode.

Oh, of course.

You can capture my beauty and see my beard.

I just colored my beard, you see.

I know.

You noticed, but you weren't going to say anything.

Well, you had told me that you were going to do it.

Yeah.

So why was I?

I knew I'd be in a prom picture.

Must look my best.

But why?

Why?

I'm Jake Stouck, co-founder and CEO of Serval. We built Serval to automate the IT work that slows companies down. Onboarding, password resets, access to applications, my laptop stopped working. While employees wait for help, their real work is put on hold. IT desperately wants to automate this work and that's why they need Serval. You just tell Serval what you wanna automate in plain English and it's built. No drag and drop workflows, no expensive consultants. Employees get unblocked and IT teams go from drowning in tickets to building what actually matters. With Serval, IT becomes the AI engine powering the entire company. This is a new way to run IT. We guarantee you'll automate 50% of all tickets and we'll prove it to you in a free four-week pilot. Go to serval.com slash tickets. That's S-E-R-V-A-L.com slash tickets. My electric bill keeps creeping up every month this summer. You know what, Mike? We hear that from Florida homeowners all the time. Renewal by Anderson's energy-efficient replacement windows can help reduce heat transfer, improving comfort and lowering energy costs. Nice. And you've got some end-of-the-summer savings happening? That's right. This month only, buy four windows or doors and get the fifth free, plus 12-month special financing. Just go to bestwindowsflorida.com to schedule your free in-home design consultation to claim these savings. Restrictions apply. License number CGC 1527613. Let me make your head bigger. Is such a thing possible? Ah. Do you mean like on the monitor or like by telling me how handsome I am? He'll never fit through the door. He's still outside. No, I have to go into full screen mode. Oh, of course. You can capture my beauty and see my beard. I just colored my beard, you see. I know. You noticed, but you weren't going to say anything. Well, you had told me that you were going to do it. Yeah. So why was I? I knew I'd be in a prom picture. Must look my best. But why? Why? Okay. Go ahead. I need to know why you've... It was suggested to me by coworkers to try it. I know, but... And I found the effect quite startling. Does Carrie like it? Does she care? It's Mother's Day. She's not weighed in. She's not weighed in. But she hasn't complained. Did she notice? She noticed. Well, I mean, you know, the coloring tray was on the sink. Clean up after yourself, Rob. It's a whole thing. And also, I will say this that's very disconcerting, is you're supposed to put the goo in and it waits for five minutes and then you run into the shower and wash it off. Well, before you wash it off... Oh, wait. What? Okay, go ahead. It's startling. You see, the way it looks right now, if you didn't know my face as well as you know my face, it doesn't look unnatural. I mean, just for a passerby, it looks fine. The main reason is that my chin, my chinny-chin-chin is mostly gray and it's not the best look. So this sort of evens it out. That being said, after the stuff has been in for five minutes and about two seconds, if you look at yourself in the mirror before you hop in the shower, your beard is really the color of an eight ball. It is shiny and black and so well-defined. It really looks like you fell asleep in college and someone came after you with Sharpies. This is sort of like the Mr. Potato Head beard. And the first time I did it, I went... Ah! Ah! Oh, no, this isn't going to turn out well. Yeah, because I did it on a Sunday night because, you know what? You have a beer and you say, all right, I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it, I'm going to do it, I'm going to do it. Is that how it happened? Well, it was a Sunday night. I don't know how much I'd had to drink, but I'm sure I had something to drink. And so I went and I did... Damn it. And so... I don't have any alcohol. I only have like fancy wines in the wine fridge. All I have is a Diet Coke. So I apologize in advance to the listeners. But when I saw... Nobody likes you when you're sober. No one likes me when I'm drunk. Let's just keep it simple. No one likes me. So I see myself in the mirror. And I don't want to make this any more horrific than it already is, but I am about to go in the shower, so I am sans clothes. And I just see myself in the mirror. As one is, should be. Although, do you ever do the thing where you forget to take off your socks? No, because I don't wear socks very often. Oh. I don't like to have dirty feet, so I... I love having dirty feet. I hate... I don't... It's a... I don't... I don't like my hands to be wet, and I don't like dirty feet. This is a conundrum, because if your feet are dirty, you're almost certainly going to have to get your hands wet to clean your feet. Well, I don't mean like in the shower, but like... What's a woman to do? If I'm holding a beverage, I can... Oh, condensation, yes. That's why you prefer stemware, which is, you know, science, technology, and engineering and math. It's why I have two full drawers of koozies in various sizes. For all needs. For all your koozie needs. Yes, so you're naked. Yes, and my beard is just as black as a thousand midnights. And I... Johnny Midnight? And I pause, because I know that... I'm Brad. I know that in about 12 hours, I'm going to be driving into Georgetown to see some of my friends that are not necessarily kind when misfortune falls upon you. And I play this playlist... Perhaps they're the busters of balls. Yes, they are. And so this playlist is zooming through my head of me showing up with this glistening black beard. It's like, ahoy, matey! Arr! Arr! And I'm actually considering... I may have to, for the first time in years, shave everything off, because... Everything? Well, just the face. Okay. Well, I mean, as I said, I only had 12 hours. It's... But... You and Robin Williams. It turns out... Yeah. Looks like a sweater. So it turns out, once you shampoo it out, it comes to a more natural color. But it is still startling, and it happens fast. It's between minute four and minute five. Then it just goes, boom! Boom! But that's not the reason I brought you here. Is Mike still... Still... No, Mike is not coloring it right now, but Oscar is, which surprised me. Oscar has gone gray? In his beard, he says. So Oscar colors his beard. But his hair is black already. His is easy. He could do it, you know, with a magic marker. So do you use different colors? Or do you and Oscar use the same color to color your beard? No, he uses a Colombian black. No. Bolivian black, it's called, I believe. I... I was gonna say. Uh, no, I use a dark brown. I believe the number is 44. I don't expect you to understand, because the product I use is just for men. Oh, I... And you're a... I'm certain I don't understand hair color at all. Well, no, but I'm just saying you're a lady. You can't use just for men. Nobody has ever accused me of such a thing. That's no lady. That's my wife. But that's the reason... The reason I wanted to bring you here is that... We'll get into this, I'm sure, in a moment. But yesterday was prom for Julia, her senior prom. I know. And, uh, that means Robert, who is a sophomore from the Latin meaning wise fool, uh, had some friends over because they did not go to prom because the prom is the, uh, that is the, uh, territory of the junior and the senior. Yes. So last night we had Aiden and Robert and Sam and Barrett, who has red hair. You know what I call him? Call him Riverdale. Oh, dear. He looks a little like Archie Andrews. Cause I didn't want to call him Archie cause I thought Archie was diminishing him. And then what happens... So I went with Riverdale. What happens is a prince is born and they came, they name him Archie. I was totally off base. So anyway, Riverdale is over and Sam and Aiden and Robert and I come downstairs. And when this happens, since it's a Saturday night and I don't have much to do in my, my office slash cave downstairs, I say, go downstairs, watch the big TV, have fun. You know, it's a good room. It's quiet. And you'd be away from all the grownups. Can I, I, can I... Of course. They're all sitting on different areas and they're on their phones. Probably, but I don't bother them. But I know that they're watching. What happens, I think, is they watch a lot of YouTube on the big screen cause I have that Apple TV. Because it's always a good game coming down trying to find the, the Apple TV remote is the size of a, this is a dated reference, but some will get it. It's the size of a chicklet. You remember the pieces of gum? Um, so it's very hard to sometimes locate. I was able to find it in a little time today, but that's not the point of the story is I came down and sat at my desk and since we haven't done cake and cookies and I think it's been at least two weeks, uh, I had to make sure that we were updated on Skype and I looked and on a week or 10 days, that is one of the most undescriptive lengths of time you can do. A lot of insurance people say that. When will it go through? Week? 10 days? I don't know. Oh, you're going to deal with... Insurance people. I know. Should we start the show? No, I've got to tell the story because, because then we'll start the show. That's a good sentence. I've got to tell the story because then we'll start the show. Okay. So I come down and I sit at my desk and start to, uh, you know, update Skype and find out the button that hasn't been ticked because we tried to talk for about 10 minutes before we could talk. It was, you were so frustrated looking. I, Rob. I know. It's not because of that. I know. Well, you know, but... The frustration that is deep within my soul right now. And I said, Deedle, I know that all of that's going on, but the last thing you needed was me just saying, are you sure you can hear me? I know. And I was like, really? I know. It's like, not today. At one point I gave you the okay sign, but I almost flipped it right back on my own. It was definitely a finger related gesture. So I sit down at my desk and I'm doing, and I look and there is one of my least favorite things ever since the kids were small. I hate socks. I mean, I understand that you have to have them and you wear them, but there's nothing worse than baby socks because they're small and they get misplaced and they're everywhere. Well, now I look down and there's two obviously dirty teenager boy ankle height white socks at my desk. On your desk? On my desk. Ew. So I yell up to Robert. Robert. I say, Robert. And I, yes. I'm sorry. Yes. And I say, I found two socks on my desk. Do you know anything about that? He said, and I quote, what color are they? I said, why does that matter? There are socks on my desk. He says, well, are they white? I said, yes. He said, they're Sam's. I said, well, you tell Sam, A, that we have his socks. B, don't leave them behind. And C, it's never okay to put socks on my desk. Don't do this. How does he know? I don't know. But wait. Okay. Here is, as we like to say, the epilogue to the story. I do a quick sweep of the basement to throw away soda cans and wipe crumbs off the table because they ate zebra cakes from Little Debbie last night. Big mover, apparently. And what do I see on the floor? Another pair of socks. And I yell up to Robert. I said, Robert. Yes. I found another pair of socks. He says, are they Nike? How? I said, yeah. He says, those are Barrett's. What the crap? What weirdos? I'm so sorry, Rob. I know this is your child. I know. But what weirdos. I know. And I said, how do you know they're Barrett's? He says, he couldn't find them. I said, how could I find them? Because they came off Barrett's feet, ostensibly, and went to their final resting place. Weren't they drunk? No. They were. They're just birds. They might. I don't. They're just boys. Well, you know there's a game. It's called Drunk Hire Stupid. And Robert came in first. I'm not trying to imply anything. Well, no implication received. But I do know this. It's never okay. And I'm not. No. When they write a big list of adjectives in my obituary when I pass, thoughtful is not probabl

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