 This is State Tech Hawaii. Community Matters here. How you doing? Gardner of the Tech Star here. Another thrilling and exciting episode of P-Bachi Talk. So grab yourself a libation, pull up a chair and sit down and join us. I have Rick's the Fundmeister joining us today. How you doing? Hello. Nice to see you, sir. And we have Debra Tandal. Debra and I work a lot together back in my days at the sitting and counting of Honolulu. Yes. We're the assistant chief of police for a number of years. We've worked on a lot of high tech stuff and we're going to talk about, you know, your career in HPD, not a lot, but then what the heck do you do after 32 years in HPD? And you had 32 years of helping us citizens here in Hawaii. We certainly appreciate all the hard work you've done on that. Thank you. It's been a pleasure. And we did some cool high tech stuff when we were at the city. Yes. You had to help me a lot on the high tech stuff. But it was good. It was fun. We had tech person. It was fun. We did stuff. You know, we got the radio communication system in place, wireless enhanced 911. We got computers in the police cars and all their first, everybody in the same radio system. I mean, and you said I don't know anything and you helped enable all that happen. So I mean, let's, you know, there's, there was something to be said for that. That was a lot of help. So tell us a little bit about yourself. So where did you go to school? Where did you grow up? I grew up on Kauai. I went to Kauai High School, graduated from Kauai High School, went to Kauai Community College, and then I went to Shamanad University. Oh, that's the number three is going there. Yeah. It's a great school. And I graduated from there and at 19, I joined the Honolulu Police Department as a cadet. Okay. And just stayed there for 32. At 19. Yeah. I graduated with four-year degree from Shamanad and then they fired me. Wow. And you spent 32 years? 32 years and four months. Four months for the longest four months. Six days and two hours and 18 minutes. Wow. So you saw a lot then? Yes, a lot. It was a very enjoyable career, very challenging, stressful. When you first got in, were there a lot of women in getting into the field? When I got in, there were 20, 19 or 20. Wow. Yeah. So that, you were groundbreaking when you were coming into that. Yes. But I wasn't one of the firsts of anything. Yeah. You weren't the first assistant chief? No. Female? Nope. You weren't the first assistant chief? No. I think I was the third. The third. Oh, wow. That's pretty close to the beginning. Yeah. But I was very fortunate to have mentors and groundbreakers before me. Yeah. So that have done. Done, yeah. Tell a lot of things. So it was nice to just follow their... Is it a good career? Excellent career. Yeah. Very rewarding. You would recommend it. I would think. Yes. There's a police, Honolulu police department. You can run the gamut from patrol to... Technology. Technology. There's a lot of community service, a lot of working with the community. Doing the budget. Yeah. Doing the budget. A lot of meetings. Got lots of meetings. Paperwork. Yeah. But yeah. Very rewarding. Yeah. It must have been for you to do it for 30 plus years. Yeah. I mean, enjoyed it very much. And we thank you for your service. Yeah. And I thank you for... I certainly enjoyed working with you. You were just a delight. We didn't always agree, but we just... We kept focusing on the task at hand and what we had to get done. Right. It was good. And it was always fun to watch you in your uniform down there in front of the city council. Oh, answering your questions. Yeah. And they never... How come they never cut your budget, but they always cut mine? Must be more important. Yeah. I think it was your point. I think it was your personality. And you had a uniform on. And I tried to copy. Okay. So you grew up here, you spent 30 plus years and so on. This is all exciting. And then you retire. Yes. Okay. And then what does someone do when they retire after a pretty exciting career in public safety? Yeah. It's funny because I always had a passion for Tupperware. I just love Tupperware. It's just an awesome product, quality product. It helps make your life so much easier. And people... A lot of people don't know, but I started selling Tupperware when I was a sergeant in Pro City. I had a... I know, I can't picture that, but... I'm just... I'm just... This is fascinating. I love it. So when I was a sergeant in Pro City, I had a daughter that was about nine. And I had twin boys. And sergeants didn't get paid very well back then. And as I was going to say, HPV paid really well. Yeah. Luckily, they've raised the pay quite substantially, but we didn't get paid well back there. And I had a Tupperware addiction. So between Tupperware addiction and having to help pay the bills, it was a great way to make extra money. So I have two really separate lives, work and my play life, and church and play. Got to experience the Tupperware side of me and the work. Not so much. Not so much. In that sense. Yeah. Where else can you make money when you have parties? You go to somebody's house, you have a party, eat food, talk, cook. Yeah. We're going to talk about some of this cool... Yeah, this is a tech show. So I never thought that Tupperware would be high-tech. You're surprised. Yeah. I'm scared. Do you have any? I actually have a whole bag of tech things. Is there a Tupperware with Bluetooth in it? Not yet. Maybe next year. Next year. That would be an idea. You can take that back to the convention. You can talk and say, turn on my pressure cooker. Yeah. That would be awesome. Alexa, turn on my pressure cooker. Or if you can't find it, where's my Tupperware? Yeah. With the tracking. Yeah. Where's my lid? Yeah, I remember. Sorry. As a kid, I remember. Tupperware must be... Well, shoots. I mean, I remember Tupperware. I do. Okay. Let's guess. How many years? Oh, good question. A hundred? No, not that much. Not that much? Okay. But this year, Tupperware makes it 70th anniversary. 70th anniversary of Tupperware. 70th anniversary of Tupperware. Yeah. So everything you're going to see with Tupperware this year says 70. The catalog says 70 on it. 70 on it. Everything is Tupperware. Yeah. So is it as popular? Because there's so many other things now. How the plastics industry has... You know, I go to Safeway or all the places, you know, glad bags and all the different kinds of containers. There's just a million different types out there now. Is Tupperware still leading the charge? Yeah. We say that it's not your grandma's Tupperware anymore. Okay. There's a lot. There's so much more out there than just containers. Yeah. And the containers that are out there aren't quality containers. And Tupperware has quality products that have a lifetime warranty. Yeah. So that's... Yeah. I should have a lifetime warranty. Yeah. I don't come with a lifetime warranty. I can tell you that none of the dishes I have at home have lifetime warranty. Right. I don't think so. So if you have a container from 70 years ago and you're missing a lid or your lid is cracked, you give it to me and I'll help get you another one. Oh, really? For free? Oh, I'll go to the Goodwill store and I'll pick up. People do go to the Goodwill store and they give it to me. I'm like, okay, I'll replace it because you don't have to store a receipt or anything because that's the only thing we make is Tupperware. The stuff they call in the store Tupperware is not Tupperware. Oh. So that's an interesting... There's a business model for you. Right? I'll stand by my product. They stand by their product. For 70 years. Plus. Plus. Plus. No receipts needed. Nothing. Nothing. That's pretty cool. And if they don't make it any longer, because you can't make the same products for 70 years, obviously, they'll give you your credit or give you something close to it. Wow. Now with the internet, so the advent of the internet and online purchasing and those kinds of things. So, you know, you said earlier, where else can you go and have, eat food and meet with friends and things like that. But has the business changed because of... Can I buy Tupperware online? Yup. You can go to my website. Okay, so yeah, we've got your website. We'll put that up. We'll get that up in a second. But we've got www. www.mytupperware.com that we handle and you can see all the sale items that are on sale and just order from the comfort of your home. Right. We do it. There's so many more, because of technology, there's so many more possibilities. You can have Facebook parties. You can have online demos. You can, it's just endless possibilities. Or you can just sit at your home and type in a computer and buy all the Tupperware you want. And just, and do it that way. Yeah. Do it on my website though. Yeah, yeah. Do you deliver it or do they mail it straight to you? If you order it from your house and you want it mailed to your house, they'll mail it. Or you can go online and order stuff and ship it to your friend as a present. We do that. Oh, wow. Yeah. Or you can do a combination. It's funny. It's like you said, it's not your grandmother's Tupperware. I still remember the Tupperware parties. Right. Well, we still have Tupperware parties. And actually that's where you get the majority of your sales from is at a Tupperware party because I can come to your house, I can make you beef stew in 30 minutes in a pressure cooker. That's a pressure cooker? This is the pressure cooker right here. So we can make beef stew in 30 minutes. We eat lunch, dinner. Oh, we're sitting and talking. Sorry, sorry. Then you can have a libation while you're doing that too. Yeah. I should have looked at what a libation is. We should have started one at the beginning of the show. We should have done it already. Actually this one we can make potato salad at 18 minutes. We could be done before the show is over. Wow. So wait, so does this go in the microwave? They all go in the microwave. Oh, so that's a pressure cooker that you put in the microwave. Yeah. That's pretty high tech. I think so. I think the grill is even more high tech. A grill. A grill. You don't have to go outside, set up, although I heard that's a guy thing. Oh, Jesus. Can I see Jesus? This weighs a ton. Yeah. It looks like it's metal. I know it looks like it. Everybody asked me how does it work. Am I high tech person? Yeah. It's magic. It's magic. You just stick it in and it grills it. But they have receptors in there that are insulated. I hope I'm saying it right. Then it comes with a book that explains all of that. Heats it up to 425 degrees. Wow. And grills it. You can put a nice steak in that. Yeah, I have. You don't have to turn your whole grill on and have all that smoke and flames and all. You can just throw the steak in here and grill it. My wife put a sweet potato on fire in the microwave a few weeks ago, so that was not a good thing. That's not good. So this is really good. Grilled chicken breast. I was amazed. Three minutes on each side. It's cooked. Really? Now, okay, we're going to take away all the restaurant business. There's no reason to go to the restaurant. I mean, I wish people could feel the weight of this thing. Yeah. This is a weapon. That's really, that's really well. You can also... This is heavy. You make casseroles. There's two settings. So you can make a casserole or you can grill food. So you can make lasagna in about 15 minutes. This is definitely your mom's Tupperware. Yeah. I need to go to your website and get a couple of these. Because you couldn't put my mom's Tupperware. Yeah. So you see... In the microwave. You're back in your day. I know. You couldn't even put it in. There was no such thing in the microwave back in your day. You couldn't even put it in the oven. Oh, no. We have a whole bunch that can go in the oven. So there's a casserole. So you can make lasagna, macaroni and cheese. And then on this way, it goes all the way down and it grills it. So it's really easy. You can make spam, Portuguese sausage. You destroy the corned beef hash. Right. Destroy it in there. Stick it in. Microwave it. It comes out grilled. You don't have to stand there by the stove. I need to sneak a few of those home. Not letting my Mrs. know where they are. When she comes home and finds out I've been slaving over the microwave all day. Okay, so we've gone halfway through the show. We've still got a few more things. I want to talk about how you start the Tupperware business and how you keep this thing going from being a sergeant. Yeah. Pearl Ridge, you said? Pearl City. Pearl City. Pearl City. All right. Go to the techs out here. Rick's the fundmeister. Deborah Tandel. Retired. But not so much retired that she's still... Right. Busted on Tupperware. We'll be back in a minute after we pay some bills. This is Stink Tech, Hawaii, raising public awareness. Cheer on our heroes and toast their success. Elevate your Match Day experience. If you drink, never drive. The host of Voice of the Veteran, seen here live every Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m. on Stink Tech, Hawaii. As a fellow veteran and veteran's advocate with over 23 years experience serving veterans, active duty, and family members, I hope to educate everyone on benefits and accessibility services and inviting professionals in the field to appear on the show. In addition, I hope to plan on inviting guest veterans to talk about their concerns and possibly offer solutions. As we navigate and work together through issues, we can all benefit. Please join me every Thursday at 1 p.m. for the Voice of the Veteran. Aloha. Aloha. Go to the techs out here. Welcome back to Yubachi Talk. I have Rick's the fundmeister with me. Deborah Tandel. Retired. Number two in the HPD department. Four. Number four? Yeah. I always thought you were number two. Actually, in my book, you were number one. Two deputies before me. In my book, you were always number one. Oh, thank you. I appreciate that. And now that you're retired, I don't have to suck up. No. So I'm just telling you. And again, like I said, we had a great time working together. Out of fun. And so on. And we did some stuff. Stuff that was great. And what we're talking about, like, so a lot of people get out of public safety and they go into, I see a lot of security guards down at the airport. I see a lot of our old friends. I run into them all the time when I catch a new plane. They're like, what are you doing here? I'm bored. 90% of the time I was bored. I had to do something. Right. And because they had the credentials and whatever, they were able to go down and start, you know, at least carry what their training was to this level. Now, what I find fascinating is you have 32 years of your training in public safety. And now you're. Tupperware. Tupperware. But you probably sell the safest Tupperware in the state. So your family sells this? I watch my grandsons. They're five years old and three years old. The five-year-old sells it at preschool. So grandma gives them the brochure and he takes it to the teacher. And he tells me, grandma, she wants to order something. I'm like, okay. Grandma, buy you a toy. They're on commission sales. Actually, they just got stencils for kids. So I got them that Tupperware. Tupperware stencils. Yeah. Do you remember the old stencils? They came out with them for a few weeks. Do you remember Tupperware? I remember Tupperware, but I don't remember Tupperware stencils. Oh, your parents didn't treat you. Yeah, my mom was holding back. I know, right? She didn't want you to know. I never knew about Tupperware stencils either. So 70 years of Tupperware, of which you've been selling for about... 21. 21. 21, I thought you said 41 there. 21. 21 years you've been selling Tupperware. So what's been the most exciting thing about this stuff? I mean, it's a fascinating business. I mean, the technology's changed. What's been the thing that's kept you doing it? I love people. I think that's why I got in the police department is I love people. I love helping people. But with Tupperware, you meet so many neat people. They invite you to your house. You cook them dinner. You have fun. You party. So it's a lot of fun. It's... When you show them what you can do, I make them potato salad in 18 minutes. And they're amazed. And it helps them... Do you wear your uniform? No. Yeah, my Tupperware... No, it's great to see you in your... Yeah, with the bling on top on the uniform. I have 21 different t-shirts that have slogans on them. Like my husband said, if I buy any more Tupperware, he'll leave me. I'll miss him. You know, I have a lot of shirts. Like if you don't like Tupperware, you probably won't like me and I'm okay with that. I have like 21 shirts like that. So are there a lot of people in Hawaii that are still selling Tupperware? Oh, yeah, definitely. A lot of people, yeah. So why is it... I mean, I know about it because I keep in touch with you and you're always so excited about this stuff. But I still don't hear a lot about it. I think... I don't know why, because it's still networking and all that. For a while in Hawaii, we didn't have that many people selling Tupperware. And we still get told they still sell Tupperware and then when the people find out they're excited because they know what a quality product it is. Well, again, when I saw you... Oh, we got to talk about your infamous room. But when I saw that you were selling Tupperware, I went, God, Tupperware's still around. Yeah, better than ever. Better than ever. So again, I mean, you're into this big time. Tell us about your special room that you have for your Tupperware. Yeah, I really love Tupperware. Well, we're retired and most of our kids have left the house. So we have kind of a big house. And I love playing with my Tupperware. So I've made my family room into a Tupperware room. And when I do meal prep workshops or have a party, a bingo party, or do a demo or a YouTube video, I would have to upside down the whole living room or my husband would be sitting there watching while everybody was doing their meal prep. So I told him, why don't I just make my Tupperware room? And he said, whoa. So when we made our second floor, we roughed in a kitchen in our closet in the family room. So instead of having people walk through my living room and through everything in our house, I remodeled and made stairs outside so you can walk from outside up into my Tupperware room and I have a kitchen there and we can do our meal prep or do a demo at a party and not bother anybody in the house. You know, when you were with HPD, you took everything to the extreme and you haven't changed. It's haven't changed so much. Yeah. And I lived out in Waianae, so it's really hot, so we put split air in so that everybody's cool. Cool. Wow. That's right. You do. You live up in Waianae. You didn't grow up in Waianae because you grew up in Kauai. Right. But that's the closest I could get back to Kauai. Right. Geographically too. Geographically. Wow. That's so fun. That's so fun. A lot of fun. She feels her own room. Nice though, yeah? Yeah. How long have you been married? 37 years. Yeah. In the same house, over 37 years. 37 years. And he still... He still puts up with me. He's sorry. Yeah. He still puts up with me. No. He doesn't have a Tupperware t-shirt, but he does help me a lot with it. Oh, that's good. I got him to go out and wear Tupperware shirts when he was out with you. I never thought about getting him a shirt. If he watches this show, and he's like, oh my God, how dare you say that. I have to get him a t-shirt. I'll see him at the baseball game with a U-ink shirt on and embroidered on the other side. Tupperware. My wife's here, Tupperware. Right. I got to get that. My wife sells Tupperware, hit me up for something. It was funny because one of the first shirts I came out with when I went back to having parties and all, it says date me, and I was like, that doesn't sound right. A walker all going, date me. Ooh, I don't even want to do that in this day and age. Yeah. So do they still have Tupperware conventions? The Jubilee, yeah. The Jubilee. It just came to mind. In August. In August. It's limited to only 3,000 people. Oh, it's limited to only 3,000 people. There's a waiting list. Oh, Molly. And it's hard to... You have to qualify to go. You can't just go. You have to qualify to go and pay. Like sales. How many sales do you have? How much sales, recruits, and all. So... So, wow. I'm just more intrigued by this every minute. It's a multinational, like this, it's nation... So multinational. Worldwide. So it's a worldwide... I noticed too... Hey, go ahead. Hey, Angus could... Maybe Angus could get it. I have a puppet, Scottish puppet. We could get him selling Tupperware. Oh, really? Yeah. I can make a Hengus in 8 minutes. Yeah. You know what? If he could get there to the Jubilee. That'd be funny. That's... Yeah. But okay, it's worldwide, but I also noticed... I was looking for labels, like where things are made. And I always think things are made in China. No. No. And this is a... This is a multi-function device, if I've ever saw one. Yes. Look at the parts in here. This has got more parts than... This one you can make potato salad in 18 minutes. It's my favorite, because Kauai, we know how to make potato salad. Yeah. You guys make great potatoes. Yeah. I love Kauai potato salad. What does it say? I don't have my glasses. Made in France. Oh, yeah. See? This is not... This is not... Yeah. So, yeah, show you how it works. Okay. Show me how it works. You can make pasta in. Okay. You just stick it in with pasta and boil it. In the microwave. In the microwave. Yeah, in the microwave. And then you can... That piece. This piece, okay. You can put it here. And then there's a cover. And you can make rice in the microwave. So that's... Ooh. So there's local style for your stem. Yeah. So rice in the microwave. Yeah. I'm gonna move this... Yeah. Microwave rice. I love it. My favorite... Most of the time, I tell people, don't buy one product just for one thing. But if this could only make potatoes out, I would have bought it just for that. A cup and a half of macaroni on the bottom. Water up to here. Right. You put this part. Now, this part is specially lined, if y'all know how heavy it is. Oh, geez. Another one weighs a ton. Yeah. Especially lined. So microwaves don't hit it. Hit the food. Oh. It only hits the water in the bottom. Oh. So it steams whatever food it is. This is high-tech stuff. You told me to bring high-tech stuff. Okay. So you put two or three eggs on the bottom. So you have your macaroni. Okay. Your eggs. Okay. And then you cut up... I use potatoes and sweet potatoes. White sweet potatoes. Okay. You peel them and you cut them up like you're gonna eat them in the potato salad. Right. Throw it all in here. You put the special lid that's also shielded and you stick it in 18 minutes. You've met potato salad is done. Potato salad can be warm. Well, you have to cool them up. Oh, okay. Some people eat hot potatoes, hot... What is that? Hot potato salad? Yeah, hot potato salad. I don't... You have to cool it off. But you just... Put it in the fridge afterwards. You just take all the stuff out of here, dump it into a bowl. Let it cool off and then you can add whatever you like in your potato salad. Crab, mayonnaise... All the stuff inside. Black olives. It's so simple. That's pretty cool. And there's only one... Cool. Yeah. You don't have to put all kinds of... Yeah, so you don't have to boil the macaroni and boil the potato and boil the egg. Yeah. Let it cool off, peel off. You know what this is? This is environmentally that contributes to lowering greenhouse gases. Yeah. There's another promo you could say when you're... Because of all that electricity... I'm not burning all these electricity. I'm not burning all the gasoline or the electric bill or whatever. Your HECO bill is going to go down and it's environmentally sustainable. Yeah. There's so many things because you can put vegetables and shrimp and fish and cook it all at one time and you have your meal. Some people put orzo on the bottom. I like orzo. I never knew I liked it until I tried it. You put it in there. Mm-hmm. So put it in there. So what is this? What would this little puppy cost? $1.29. Oh, that's not bad. But if you have a party you can get it at half price. Oh, if I have a party I can get it at half price. Yeah. Everything at half price and everything in a catalog but depending on yourselves is how many things you can get at half price. Oh, okay. Yeah. So it's still a fun kind of the way you get to negotiating and all the things. Well, the rewards program and the host bonuses are awesome. We get to give away a lot at the top of the world. We have a party room in our condo. I wonder if I should do one for the condo. Most of the people in our condo are my age. I call the place Seizure World. We're all getting up there. They'd love a top or wear a party. Yeah, they'd love a top. They'd all come down to that room. They'd be coming down to that room because they'd go like, I've got to live with the crack in it, can you? Yeah. As well as back 70 years. Yeah. Wow. Okay, so can we get, we've only got a minute left. So can we pop Debra's website up? If not, we're just going to say what it is again. Oh, yeah. It was up there. It was up there? Oh, terrific. WW. I was checking. Make sure it was right. Right there. Yeah. So we've got to check out your website, mytupperwear.com forward slash Debra Tando. Debbie Tando. Debbie Tando. The DEVBIE Tando. We'll change that for when we do the final edit. Thank you. And we'll get that up there. And so we can, I'm going to go check out your, all the stuff, the sales specials are awesome. Awesome. So I always tell everybody, look for all the sales items first. Get what you want because we're all on a budget. Yeah. Get, except when Tupperware, I buy what you do. And this sounds like a Tupperware sales show, but it is. But my, my point is it's not your grandmother's Tupperware anymore. It's my tech. And beyond my fat, beyond my fathoming. You're kidding. Beyond my fathoming. Perfect. You know, public safety to environmental protection. That's the way you, that's how I do it. Teaching people how to feed their families inexpensively and healthy without going out for dinner every night. All right. So here we got it. See, wwwmytupperwear.com forward slash Debi Tando. That's it. And we'll get you up there. Debbie, well thank you so much. Thank you. And thank you so much for the wonderful years in public safety. Thank you. I mean, you've done a lot for this community and, and you can continue. Have fun. To amaze me and have this terrific self. It's great. Mr. Funmeister, it's always a pleasure having you. Thank you. This is a good one. This is a good one. Please watch the show whenever you can. It'll be up on YouTube with, you know, this one will be up along with 140 plus others that are there. But this is probably the most exciting one we've had in a long time. Oh, God. You guys look different. Definitely. And like we say at the end of every show- Remember I cured you up on this. One, two, three. How are you doing?