Jimmy John Liautaud
speaker
1,897 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2017
last heard Nov 2021
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Back when I started Jimmy John's in Charleston, Illinois, there was a issue in in Charleston that it had really bad water.
And I noticed that
When I opened my first store and I was interviewing people that I would interview people, and I would interview these wonderful people that had these horrendous, horrendous teeth.
And you know, I was a fat kid when I was little and I wasn't just bullied and teased and beat up on back when when when that was okay to do.
And as I would interview these beautiful people and they'd come uh interview with me and they wouldn't have jobs.
And so I said, you know, I
Really need some people, and this poor individual I'm interviewing is a wonderful individual, but has these rotten teeth.
I I said, Listen, I'm gonna hire you and I would in in a safe way bring up the teeth that's a you know, would you be open to me fixing your teeth and and helping you with your smile?
And and I did it in a manner that was uh positive and and reassuring.
And I had a couple of wins way back in 1983 when I opened the first Jimmy Johns.
And so I'd give uh an individual a smile.
My first uh one was a was an old woman by the name of uh Winola Grant, and I think she's passed away now.
And it w it was a situation where, long story short, I did a total rebuild of of her smile, and she went on to be my, you know, she worked for me for like seven years in Charleston, Illinois.
Illinois.
And I said, boy, this is interesting how people get passed over because of how they look.
And and I needed people and and I I needed good people and and because people get passed over, uh, because they're judged the way I was judged as a fat kid, I mean, back in the early days, and you go into a restaurant by yourself and and you're a fat guy, they put you back in the corner, you know, upstairs.
And and if you walk into a restaurant and you're a beautiful person, they put you right in front and showcase you.
That was my that was my life.
So
Long story short, my journey of helping people, I needed help at Jimmy Jones as I started helping by by fixing teeth.
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