Short transcript of a conversational YouTube clip where two speakers discuss personal hardship, family financial struggle, early entry into work (starting at age 14), and the importance of treating people with humanity and respect. The speakers emphasize parental sacrifice, working multiple jobs, feelings of devaluation at work, and the motivational impact of family support.
Treat people like humans. Like, as long as you treat people like humans, you'll make it out.
There were some times where I would wake up in the middle of the night, my parents were arguing and stuff because there wasn't enough money and this and this and that. So, like, I started working as soon as I could. Started working at 14, just trying to make any type of money at all.
Just to afford myself.
So they didn't have to afford me at all.
Because at the end of the day.
I wouldn't be here if it wasn't with his help. Because I could not do this by myself. There's no way I could do this by myself. You know, he had to work very bad jobs, two, three at a time, just trying to get us by that usual struggle.
Story, and it sucks.
That is the usual struggle story, right? Like, it shouldn't be like that, hey, dad, you're gonna work for me now. And it's like that whole onboarding process was kind of weird. So we just say, like, hey, you're working with me. Just watching all of that sacrifice growing up just made me feel like I have to do something in order to make everything worth it.
I know how I felt when I was working at the job. It just feels like it's, like, devaluating. Almost like you're just another number or just another metric to look at. It's like, dude, like, you gotta.
