 Bingo right on the nose one o'clock perfect here. I am it's Chad from the Electric Academy here guys I got another listener request. Hey, what's up guys? Here's my listener request Watch this get a few things out of the way yesterday I put up a video about me stripping wire and I did some splicing what not and that actually did pretty good I was quite surprised that a lot of you guys watched that so I want to know if you guys want to see more Little demos like that. You want to see I mean I've got pipe benders and stuff That could be been in pipe that sort of thing if you want that. Let me know in the comments below Up top on this Facebook page again I cannot stress enough the free PDF of online resources for electricians Check that bad boy out shoot me an email and I'll shoot it right on over to you Now getting down to business today first. Well, not even I keep saying first Let's talk about this. I keep getting requests So I just keep filtering through and going through this it's been awesome So please send me if you have anything that you want me to talk about Let me know because I really do enjoy doing this one guy said I should be working at home depot putting on the little demos On Saturday morning I know he was taking a jab at me and then another guy kind of came to my defense Chris and said This guy's passionate about what he does. Well, that's an understatement. I absolutely love this stuff So if you have a question at all that you'd like me to address let me know I'm no expert on everything But I will do some digging into it and I do know a lot about the electrical theory because I teach it as well I as I'm out in the field all the time. Now. Here's a good one today Some of you guys might have seen the video a couple minutes before Or a couple minutes couple hours before I got a trouble call. Now. Here's the situation I don't know if I got it figured out yet But these people claim that they were at night there's a mom who lives down in the basement suite and then the daughter and the son laudered upstairs and They have a plug-in portable air conditioner that they put plug-in. That's their bathroom. Okay now what happens is when They turn on this Turn on this guy this portable air conditioner The lights downstairs when she goes to turn them off will stay on and I went I looked at the switch the switch is fine None of this stuff happened while I was there and then same thing She said she was lying in her bed down in the basement and also in the fam would just kick on and just start spinning like crazy So I'm wondering if you guys have experienced anything like that I'm guessing there's some sort of surge happening from the air conditioning unit, but I'm not a hundred percent sure I asked him to give me a show if when it happens again not to touch anything and I'll come down and take a look But again, I'm thinking it's that portable air conditioner. I can't couldn't find anything wrong with anything that wasn't happening Well, I was there so there you go. Let me know All right, you guys here's today's topic. What do you do with the co-worker you dislike and you have to work with them? So this I'm not gonna tell you who it's from because maybe These two people are listening in at the same time, but I think it's a great question because we have all been there Haven't we we've all worked with somebody we can't stand that person that you walk in and you just get that not in your Stomach and you don't want to even work with them or even look at them and it just makes your day drag on So I got this last night and I was not Too busy. I had nothing else from the gauze watching peeky blinders on Netflix awesome show And I thought I'd do some research on this So here's what I came up with I actually did some homework on this one everybody Yeah, I got a little I got this little sheet here little guide for you guys on what to do when you have a co-worker you dislike number one As a human you have a tendency to like people that are like you so maybe this person's just so much unlike you that There's something in you that can't stand them for that reason alone that they're very very different than you So what they suggest you do is try to look for similarities try to find Something that you guys some common ground that you guys can work with and I know that this is just one tip It's not the only tip and it's not the only way I know sometimes there's just gonna be guys out there that absolute douchebags And I'm gonna tell you a little straight up something I am sort of proud of but I would not recommend doing at the end of all this So try to find some common ground get to know the person a little bit. All right, so that's number one number two Maybe it's you Yeah, I said it maybe it's you and not so much them Maybe there's like someone that you can't like somebody that's hurt in the past or somebody that you can't stand and there's something that reminds you of them That just gets to you So what you need to do is you've got to figure out what is it about that person? You don't like instead of just saying why I don't like them try to drill down and figure out What is it about that person that I don't like and then go off of that? Because you might find that there's the reason that you don't like them is maybe they remind you of a you know Your brother who used to beat you up all the time or your dad or whoever There's something about them that brings you to that and once you come into that mindset Then things are pretty good because then you can understand where it's coming from and you can do something about it That's what I find is trying to just be aware of where you're at with things and why you're feeling what you're feeling I know it sounds a little woo-woo for us people Let's keep that in mind. So it's not you. Maybe it's it's not them Maybe it's you and I mean maybe you guys just have those personalities that kind of clash So at that point maybe you just have to Agree to disagree on things and try to just stay out of each other's way Number three Do not take their behavior personally This is a huge one. Maybe they're having a bad day bad week bad hour bad year bad life And they're just taking it out on you. It's not all personal It just might be the way they are and once you realize that that is that don't take it personally again You can totally change your mindset on that. Am I right? So do not take their behavior personally it just could be that they're working some stuff out And they don't know how to realize or they don't even realize they're acting that way and sometimes it really depends on the person But maybe you can talk to them if there's somewhat approachable you can you can go up to them and ask you what's going on man I don't understand what you're acting like this. So that's something to think about Here's a huge one number four Manage your reaction now. Here's the thing you can't control the way that they're gonna act There's nothing you can do to change the way that they're gonna act They're gonna be who they can they're gonna be but you are controlled They are a hundred percent in control of what you can how you react to them So you're in some control in this situation that goes back to the hole It might be you you can react the way you're gonna react You can get in their face and you can say things like whatever I get it get out of me get out of the way Whatever, but you just can't react that's on you So you've got a your reaction is you their reaction is them and the only control you have over that is yourself Cool, and then number five The best way to do this to deal with the top four there is to just Adopt the I don't care attitude or commonly called the I don't give a shit attitude Just realize if you realize that it's not personal if you realize that it might have something to do with you Or that they're going through their own stuff maybe uh Just adopting an I don't care attitude. I know it sounds way easier said than done I get that because sometimes they're just great on you. So there's that All right, so what do we learn here? Let me just go through my list here of what we learned What you want to do is you want to manage your own reaction and behavior first? All right, you can only control you You might want to practice the old I don't care attitude or they call it practice emotional detachment So the person's behavior doesn't bother you and you do want to spend time trying to get to know the person Because you know what? Maybe you're gonna better understand what motivates them What you don't want to do is assume that that's all the other person is it's just a hole or a douche bag and That it's all on them again You might play some into this as well, right and they might be going through some stuff So maybe have a little bit of empathy with that Here's a big one don't commiserate with others Because and what I mean by commiserate is just don't get talking down about somebody to other people That drives me crazy when I'm on a site and I just walk away from those discussions because honestly they're not worth having and It just makes you look like an idiot because you're sitting there trying to run somebody down and trying to gain support for that Number three here's a big one try not to get in their face about it If they're somewhat approachable talk to them, but most of the time people like that are not approachable So it's just one of those Have that attitude that you don't care because honestly at the end of the day There's nothing you can do for them anyways, they got to do it all on their own and getting in their face is only gonna cause a fight So hopefully that helps you out a bit Here's a little story about what I did with a guy that I worked with worked for a fairly decent size company There was like 25 guys and we would all meet in the morning We were at service so we would all meet at the shop and talk and there's this one guy who is kind of a Foreman on the construction side of it all he was a real jerk people our People did not like this guy and he was a bit of a bully to people so What What I did was back before the internet was a huge thing They had this thing called the buy and sell and it was just I some of you guys have seen this It's just like a it's a newspaper of classified ads and this guy was constantly on the buy and sell always looking for new trucks And that sort of stuff so what I did was I put an ad in the buy and sell Saying that he was selling his truck. He loved his truck I said that he was selling his truck and To give him a call and I put it at a dirt cheap price like there's no way he wasn't gonna get phone calls Not too cheap where it was a joke but cheap enough that you know This might be legit and then I said that he was working night shifts so that the best time to call him was between 2 a.m. And 5 a.m. Yeah, you got a lot of phone calls. He came into the next morning just raging about that So I never Fessed up that that was me and I'm not gonna fess up that person right now because they will kill me But that's not how to handle it. Do not play pranks Maybe I'll just show him pranks because that there's a guy Rob Kemp that pranked me a few times When I was working up in the oil sands in Fort McMurray And so I've got lots of funny stories to tell about him and I in our pranking together Anyhow, that's it for today. So that's what I would do like I said I've written up this little guide I did a lot of research last night and so wrote up this guide if you want a copy of the guide Just let me know send me a private message. I'll send it your way Let's keep these videos going keep sharing these things. It's getting out there, which is great Can you give me some likes some comments? What do you guys do somebody mentioned that they'd like to go to the gym after work just to work off the steam? That's a great idea because honestly at the end of the day You don't want to be taken out the crap that they put you through on somebody else The best way to do that is to work that stuff through right Let me know how are you guys dealing with this stuff? What are you guys doing? This is just the stuff that I've kind of dealt with on my own and Kind of did some research on what are you guys doing to deal with people that you don't like to work with and I know you some You're gonna say, you know get off the site or kick them off or get them fired Whatever I want to hear some real legit answers. Cool. All right got another one in the can for tomorrow It's a good or as well Let's keep this going again. Check out the website. It's right there www.theelectricacademy.com. There's where all my video tutorials go and Give this page alike if you will and check out that online resource It's awesome, and we will talk to you guys tomorrow. Hope you're working safe out there. Oh, and if you guys Thanks, Wesley. I really appreciate that man. I'm trying Let me know what you think about that AC unit could an AC unit surge and cause some issues everything Here's the thing I didn't mention everything that was happening like the fan spinning and the lights blinking off and on They're all in the same circuit as the AC unit, so I'm thinking it's got to be in that AC unit I just I rang it out and everything and everything seemed fine, but I'm thinking there's some sort of surge happening And it was love your input on that We will talk to you guys tomorrow keep working safe if I figure out anything on this thing. I'll let you know and Yeah, have a great day. Work safe guys. See you tomorrow. Bye