Ted Nguyen
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474 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard 20 Dec
Ted Nguyen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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We all went on this trip together and now we're not going to see each other. These dudes are just... Dudes are just whipping it out left and right. All right. Can't play on basketball court office. Oh, excuse me. Can't play on office basketball court. All right. Long time fan. Thanks for the content. Six foot one, 180. Haven't lifted in a while.
My last bench was a 240 max, which I'm still pretty proud of. You should be. It's good. Player comp is maybe late career Rasheed Wallace or maybe LiAngelo Ball. or air on holiday because I went to UCLA and have a much more talented brother. The Angelo ball.
Yeah. Good rap career. You guys see that little jello? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, I was psyched. I went on hoops hype in the first seven stories were about his record deal. I work at a marketing office, which is located in a huge converted warehouse. At the center of it is a beautiful basketball court with wooden floors and glass backboards. Damn. Sounds like Heaven. Center of a warehouse? Yeah.
I don't know what the logic was of putting a basketball court in a business office, but I always enjoyed getting some free throws in before or after meetings. I would sometimes hear grumblings about people being annoyed by the sound of balls bouncing, but I always thought that people should just wear headphones or get used to what was essentially white noise. I don't know about that, dude.
I mean, I couldn't be more on your side of wanting to get some shots up here, but... All right, so a few months ago, I saw a sign put up that said the basketball court could only be used after 3 p.m. or between 12 and 1 p.m. I found this a bit disheartening, but didn't have a real issue.
I came into work really early the other day to beat traffic and had a bit of an inner conflict as to whether it'd be appropriate to get some shots up. It was around 7.20 a.m., and the office was 95% empty, though it wasn't after 3 p.m. or the 12 to 1 window. I thought it was fine since it was well before the workday. The sign also did not specify when restrictions on the basketball court started.
I think it kind of does, though, buddy. Yeah, I think it does. Yeah. If it was, say, 3 a.m., would that be allowed? 5 a.m.? In my head, I thought 8 a.m. made sense. Again, our guy showed up at 7.20. I began shooting free throws when one of the few people comes at me hot, asking me to, quote, calm down with the basketball.
I sheepishly say that I didn't know what the hour what hour the restrictions started and he angrily said I obviously couldn't play now to which I meekly asked him to calm down as I put the ball away and walk back towards my desk not wanting to escalate the situation both because I'm non-confrontational but also because I thought I was kind of in the wrong he yelled thank you as I walked away which I ignored now sitting at my desk and stewing for a few hours
I'm wondering, did he send this email, Dave? I love those. I'm wondering if I should ask the building's management to make a sign that more accurately describes when shooting free throws is permitted. I'm also tempted to play during the allotted lunch hours today, but as loudly and obnoxiously as possible, yelling and one and whatnot, just out of spite. Yo, next. Yeah. What if you...
basketball is life the rest is just details just screaming and one t-shirt slogans now i understand the need for a calm workplace but i feel wrong letting a beautiful basketball court go unused and i don't want the hellishly monotonous corporate conformity culture to win do my complaints have any validity what should i do uh i can't believe i can't believe i'm about to say this
As someone that, I mean, every time you see a hoop and a ball, it's just like, you know, it's my happy place. It's just, it's, I think you're wrong. And I think it's, I think it's pretty understood. Like we don't need more fucking signs in life, man.
Every time I see a sign for something that's painfully obvious, I just go, you know, would we just be better off if we were like, hey, if you needed that sign to not do the thing the sign is telling you to not do, can we just split up? Can we just draw a line? You get these six states. And the rest of us will take the other 44. It's like leprosy island.
Right. Like, if you were on the fence about what you could or couldn't do, but this sign, like, helped you understand, if that's the kind of direction you need in your life, like, maybe the rest of us would all be better off if we didn't have to put up those signs for you. So now, look, this is basketball. To Saruti's point, or I forget who said it, why...
Butler's Gym is just this gorgeous facility right in the middle of your warehouse. But I think at 720, it's probably kind of understood that you shouldn't be... Unless you knew you were the only person there, which you know that you weren't because you said it was 5%. So then to say, well, the sign says 12 to 1. You know what the sign saying 12 to 1 and after 3 means?
I don't think that's like a running clock after 3. The 12 to 1 is your indicator that 720 is out, man. And as much as I love this and it would be, I think I'd have to quit. I couldn't work here. Just having that there staring at me the entire time.
And I don't actually have a problem with you playing from 12 to one and being super obnoxious about it because that guy lets you have it a little bit and you're kind of pissed about it. Let's be honest.
Yeah, but remember, our emailer is asking for like a more accurate sign. And what I'd say is, I think the 12 to 1 tells you that 720 is wrong.
Are they, though? Because I'll tell you, there's a few times I've stared at them for 10 minutes. Yeah, me too. What the fuck does that mean, though?
And it's always weird, too, because then when you come back and you get a ticket, the sign is so much clearer after the ticket. You're like, every other Wednesday. It's like it's in a foreign language while you're wondering if you're good. And then once you get the ticket, it's like somebody translated it for you. And you're like, okay, yep, this makes sense now.
That sounds like you got two women's bathrooms.
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