David Marchese

And so much of what you just said paralleled exactly my experience of that, the way you're just sort of thrown in with this group of disparate people. Yeah. Somehow you make it work. You know, people get on your nerves. There's other people you like. There's people you can rely on. There's people you can't rely on. But at the end of the night, everyone has done their jobs.

And so much of what you just said paralleled exactly my experience of that, the way you're just sort of thrown in with this group of disparate people. Yeah. Somehow you make it work. You know, people get on your nerves. There's other people you like. There's people you can rely on. There's people you can't rely on. But at the end of the night, everyone has done their jobs.

But I will say we worked a lot of bar mitzvahs and weddings and the parties for that, you know, anniversaries, retirement parties. And that's when I realized, like, that you learn so much about people from the way they treat their presumed subordinates.

But I will say we worked a lot of bar mitzvahs and weddings and the parties for that, you know, anniversaries, retirement parties. And that's when I realized, like, that you learn so much about people from the way they treat their presumed subordinates.

No.

No.

Yeah. Well, you know, that story and your book and the experience you described of working at a fast food restaurant really connect for me to a larger question I have about the country and how we understand each other. The Emperor of Gladness is set in this small town in Connecticut, and it's a town where it seems like there are not great job prospects. You know, there's a lot of poverty.

Yeah. Well, you know, that story and your book and the experience you described of working at a fast food restaurant really connect for me to a larger question I have about the country and how we understand each other. The Emperor of Gladness is set in this small town in Connecticut, and it's a town where it seems like there are not great job prospects. You know, there's a lot of poverty.

What do you understand about – places like East Hartford, that maybe doesn't get communicated widely enough.

What do you understand about – places like East Hartford, that maybe doesn't get communicated widely enough.

Are they still both in Connecticut?

Are they still both in Connecticut?

Where do you think it comes from?

Where do you think it comes from?

Were you, you exhibited cruelty?

Were you, you exhibited cruelty?

He was like a sloppy thief, basically.

He was like a sloppy thief, basically.

Right, he was showing you he could take your valuable thing. Yeah, yeah.

Right, he was showing you he could take your valuable thing. Yeah, yeah.