WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:06.280 It's Nightside with Dan Ray on WBS, Boston's news radio. 2 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:09.240 Pretty cool. Welcome back mister last night for sure, though 3 00:00:09.279 --> 00:00:12.720 Emma was doing a great job in your stead. So 4 00:00:13.359 --> 00:00:17.480 we've got everyone covered here in the news during Nightside, 5 00:00:17.559 --> 00:00:19.839 for sure, we got the best and the brightest right 6 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:22.679 here checking on everything, all the different news stories, says 7 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:25.239 they break. My name is Dan Ray. I'm just doing 8 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:27.120 a talk show. I got the easy part. It's the 9 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:29.679 news people who are working the hardest back in the 10 00:00:30.320 --> 00:00:32.560 in the newsroom of course, as well as Rob Brooks, 11 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:35.159 the producer of this program. As I mentioned, I'm Dan Ray. 12 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:38.079 I'm the host of the aptly named Nightside with Dan Ray, 13 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:40.679 and we have four guests this hour. We are going 14 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:43.320 to start off with the guests, but let me just 15 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:48.280 remind you that coming up beginning tonight at nine o'clock, 16 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:50.840 we will get to some other topics. We're going to 17 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:54.560 talk about the shortage of physicians here in Massachusetts. Yeah, 18 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:56.399 you know, the medical capital of the world. We don't 19 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:00.200 have enough doctors. How about that. And we'll also talk 20 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:03.240 about a Boston City council who now should do the 21 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:07.319 right thing and during her federal trial, she's been indicted. 22 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:09.079 I think it's time for her to resign. We'll talk 23 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:11.719 about that. We also might get into the outburst today 24 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:19.400 of the New York City shooter who is in custody 25 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:21.959 in Altoona, Pennsylvania. If we've got a lot to talk about, 26 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:24.400 and I hope you'll participate and join with us. And 27 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:27.319 before we get the phone calls at nine, we're going 28 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:29.439 to start off with the first of our four guests. 29 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:34.920 His name is Steve McClatchy. He has written about what's 30 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:39.439 called the Great Detachment. There's a Gallup report has been 31 00:01:39.480 --> 00:01:43.719 released and found employees actively looking to switch jobs. You know, 32 00:01:43.799 --> 00:01:46.799 current employees looking at switch jobs at the highest rate 33 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:51.799 since twenty fifteen, since before COVID times. But they're not 34 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:55.920 having much luck because it's a cooling job market. So 35 00:01:56.480 --> 00:02:02.519 Steve McClatchy, I think has some ideas and suggestions maybe 36 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:06.879 for business leaders and for managers, how they can make 37 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:10.280 employees maybe a little bit more happy, if that's possible. 38 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:12.479 Steve McClatchy, how are you They used to be a 39 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:14.360 guy who pitched for the Oakland A's who had a 40 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:18.599 name very similar towards yours to yours, towards towards yours. 41 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:24.159 No, similarly, not related man, not related, but I have 42 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:26.719 a lot of cousins in a big, big family. I'm 43 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:27.759 from the Philadelphia area. 44 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:30.439 Yeah, I think his name was McClatchy. 45 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:30.680 I don't. 46 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:33.280 I don't know if there's any sort of difference in spelling. 47 00:02:33.319 --> 00:02:36.319 Pretty good right handed pitcher for Oakland back. I guess 48 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:41.199 now in the in the eighties or nineties, now last century, we're. 49 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:42.639 All athletes, but none of us hit it to the 50 00:02:42.639 --> 00:02:43.520 professional level. 51 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:47.639 All right, Well, you are a professional at the professional level, 52 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:54.680 helping people build meaningful connections, eliminate conflict, and radically improve engagement. 53 00:02:54.719 --> 00:02:57.719 You've been advised to Fortune five hundred companies. So who's 54 00:02:57.759 --> 00:03:01.560 the fault here? Is it that the the employees just 55 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:05.479 have itchy feed and want to keep moving, or a 56 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:09.639 management companies around this country, both large and small, not 57 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:13.439 doing a good job inducing their employee employees to settle 58 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:16.000 in and be part of a program for a long 59 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:19.599 period of time. Where's the fault? If? If it lies anywhere, 60 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:20.960 what does it lie? 61 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:24.520 Yeah, there's so many different contributing factors to why this 62 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:27.400 is going on. You had, you know, during COVID it 63 00:03:27.479 --> 00:03:28.919 put off a lot of people that were going to 64 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:32.240 change jobs. As soon as that kind of that time passed, 65 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:36.240 everybody started switching. The job market was hot. And now 66 00:03:36.439 --> 00:03:41.159 you know, with inflation and tightening budgets, you know, people 67 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:44.039 aren't hiring. So now people want to switch and there's 68 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:46.319 not any place to go, and you want to be 69 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:51.120 tied to the organization's mission and its purpose. Now you 70 00:03:51.240 --> 00:03:54.520 have different ways of working that is contributing to it 71 00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:56.759 as well. You have remote workers. You go to communicate 72 00:03:56.759 --> 00:03:59.800 with somebody, they're not there, when are they available? Now 73 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:02.199 you have employees that want to work remote leads sometimes 74 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:05.840 during the office. So as far as team and bonding 75 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:09.360 and creating great relationships, that's kind of a different way 76 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:12.960 of going about doing that. You know, at the foundation 77 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:16.920 of business dan is agreements, right, very simply, I give 78 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:18.800 you ten dollars, you give me a sandwich. You know, 79 00:04:18.839 --> 00:04:21.399 we did business together. And when you get used to 80 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:23.920 the kind of agreements where you're really good at them, 81 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:27.399 and then that game gets changed and now you have 82 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:30.439 remote workers. So now what are the agreements? You know, 83 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:32.199 when are you working, when are you not working? When 84 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:35.199 are you expected to be online? How do you communicate 85 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:37.199 with your team when you need to be in the office. 86 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:39.279 If you work late at night, can you take off 87 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:41.240 a little bit more time during the day. Like, these 88 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:44.680 are all new agreements, and there's a lot of confusion, 89 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:49.439 and until that gets settled and those expectations are set 90 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:51.839 and then we can start to acknowledge people, Hey, great job, 91 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:54.560 you're doing awesome, fantastic. We don't have the agreements. We 92 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:56.360 don't know what's above and beyond the agreements. We don't 93 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:59.120 know when people are going the extra mile and really contributing. 94 00:04:59.439 --> 00:05:02.560 And if you're not getting appreciated and getting valued, that's 95 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:05.360 certainly going to contribute to a feeling of detachment. 96 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:09.839 But hasn't that always even before COVID, as we like 97 00:05:09.920 --> 00:05:13.800 to say before COVID times, hasn't that always been the 98 00:05:13.839 --> 00:05:18.920 way that there were good employers who who gave people 99 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:22.360 some flexibility with their jobs as long as they had 100 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:27.759 the common sense and the maturity to handle that flexibility. 101 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:28.600 Has much, Yeah, but. 102 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:29.839 It was slower. Damn. 103 00:05:30.439 --> 00:05:34.079 COVID threw us into just a mess all at one 104 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:37.120 time where all of those things had to be established 105 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:39.560 right away. It was hey, oh, I want to take 106 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:41.439 you Mondays off. It was like, all right, we'll try 107 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:43.639 it with these employees and it's working, and I know 108 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:45.680 how to manage them remotely, and I'm getting all of 109 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:48.639 a sudden, your entire workforce was remote. It really threw 110 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:52.680 a curveball at a manager's ability. I mean to take 111 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:55.360 advantage of all the communication systems and to leverage. And 112 00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:58.560 there's people still not comfortable jumping on Zoom and Microsoft 113 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:01.199 Teams and doing a face to face working remotely, and 114 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:04.680 you know, how do you collaborate and how do you communicate? 115 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:08.480 Those things are still they're not as smooth. I had 116 00:06:08.519 --> 00:06:11.160 a Zoom call this week where now I can't hear you. 117 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:13.160 I got to relog in and then they logged in. 118 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:15.959 I couldn't understand them. The audio is all just like, 119 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:19.000 there's technical difficulties and you're trying to get work done. 120 00:06:19.000 --> 00:06:22.360 Your customer is demanding quality and speed from you. And 121 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:24.600 not only do they want the quality and speed, their 122 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:29.800 expectations are even higher. Why inflation, everything got more expensive, 123 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:32.839 so the customer figures, hey, this is more expensive, don't 124 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:35.879 I deserve more? No, you're getting the same thing that 125 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:38.639 you used to get for a higher price. And that 126 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:40.839 doesn't sit well with the customer. If I'm paying more. 127 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:43.560 I should get more, but inflation made just everything more 128 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:46.800 expensive without getting more for it, We're getting the same thing. 129 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:51.000 So those expectations make customers really upset and that's difficult 130 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:53.079 to deal with on a day to day basis. 131 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:59.800 Well, you have described a perfect economic conundrum. You described 132 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:01.759 this very well. By the way, I don't know how 133 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:04.600 we how problem. 134 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:08.759 Yeah, So what we need to do is get our expectations, 135 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:11.879 our agreements right, start being able to acknowledge people, because 136 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:13.879 that's going to be one of the biggest things that 137 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:17.199 engages people. Now that there's a word, Dan that is overused, right, 138 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:20.199 the word engagement, let me share with you exactly how 139 00:07:20.240 --> 00:07:24.399 it's measured. It's measured in discretionary effort. So, if you 140 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:27.480 do your job, Dan, you do it well, you're considered disengaged. 141 00:07:28.360 --> 00:07:30.959 Engagement is you do more than your paid to do. 142 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:33.240 You come into work early, you stay late, you work 143 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:35.279 on the weekend, you help somebody else with their job, 144 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:37.319 and that's not your job to do that. When you're 145 00:07:37.319 --> 00:07:40.720 going above and beyond, you're considered engaged. This is why 146 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:43.879 it's such a valuable metric and everybody wants to figure 147 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:47.079 out how to grow it. Because if you employees doing 148 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:49.800 more than their paid they're your most valuable employees. So 149 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:53.560 if you wanted the silver bullet with engagement, if you 150 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:55.839 on a scale of one to five, give your boss 151 00:07:55.879 --> 00:07:59.639 a five that you strongly agree that your boss gives 152 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:02.680 you pop. How does it a feedback and emphasizes your strengths, 153 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:06.360 what you're good at. You have a sixty seven percent 154 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:09.160 chance that employees engage. The national average stand is under 155 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:13.560 twenty percent, So you can jump over forty points just 156 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:18.920 by doing one thing really well. Appreciating, valuing, acknowledging, recognize. 157 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:20.839 It doesn't always have to be public. It has to 158 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:24.000 be sincere. It has to be specific. The employee needs 159 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:27.399 to know that their contribution means something that is number 160 00:08:27.480 --> 00:08:30.199 one contributing factor to engagement. 161 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:35.120 So I don't think I don't think most bosses understand 162 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:40.840 this simple rubric that most employees will strive to do 163 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:45.159 better if they get an occasional pat on the backing 164 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:49.039 for doing extra. They're not necessarily yeah, they're like a raise. 165 00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:51.759 But if you walk out of there on a Friday 166 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:54.519 and your boss says, hey, great job this week, that 167 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:56.720 can get you through the weekend and make you look 168 00:08:56.720 --> 00:08:59.200 forward to Monday. Morning, and too many bosses in America 169 00:08:59.279 --> 00:08:59.960 don't understand it. 170 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:05.399 And the data proves that. Man, the data reinforces exactly 171 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:09.080 what you're saying that when employees feel valued and appreciated, 172 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:12.519 they're more engaged. As a matter of fact, the higher 173 00:09:12.519 --> 00:09:16.159 the engagement, it takes an employee an increase of twenty 174 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:19.279 to thirty percent pay raise forget to get them to 175 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:21.919 even think about leaving the job they're in. When you 176 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:25.159 like your boss, you feel valued by your contributions with 177 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:27.559 your boss. Well, again, let's go back to what are 178 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:29.559 the agreements? What are you being paid to do? How 179 00:09:29.559 --> 00:09:31.799 do we know if someone's going above and beyond? So 180 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:34.639 we got to get that right and if we do it, 181 00:09:34.679 --> 00:09:38.360 really is the solution to what this problem is. This 182 00:09:38.440 --> 00:09:41.120 problem is causing. The other thing is, you know, you 183 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:43.159 want to know your work has an impact. What does 184 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:46.360 your organization do? What's the impact of it? When you 185 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:49.360 can revisit that with your employees and say, hey, we're 186 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:52.240 making a difference. We're not just all making money and 187 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:56.159 making widgets. We are making an impact. We have a mission, 188 00:09:56.440 --> 00:09:58.759 we have values and we are we have a purpose 189 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:00.840 and we are making an impac act on that mission. 190 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:04.240 Well, I love your philosophy and I love the passion 191 00:10:04.639 --> 00:10:07.480 with which you express it. Steve, and as I understand 192 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:10.759 that you have a consulting and training and consulting company, 193 00:10:10.799 --> 00:10:15.039 and also you're well sought after speaker. How can folks 194 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:17.200 get in touch with you and tell us about the book? 195 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:21.279 The book is leading Relationships, build meaningful connections, eliminate conflict, 196 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:25.399 and radically improve engagement. I'm assuming that is available Amazon 197 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:27.320 and all bookstores and you can find that. 198 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:29.360 Yes, you can pre order it. It doesn't come out there 199 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:32.480 until February fifth. I couldn't even we're excited about this book. 200 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:35.039 This book is twenty three years in the making. There 201 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:37.840 hasn't been anything new in the area of relationships in 202 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:41.399 over thirty years. This is a framework that really helps 203 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:43.679 you to diagnose the biggest problems you have in your 204 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:46.279 relationships and how to solve them. And it comes out 205 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:49.480 February fifth. You can pre order it on Amazon, Barnes 206 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:52.679 and Noble Books a million. The best way to get 207 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:54.519 in touch with me if you have a retreat, if 208 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:58.120 you want employee development. Leadership development is a leer dot com. 209 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:00.960 It's a L L E E our dot com. That's 210 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:02.759 the basically to reach me Steve at a lear dot com. 211 00:11:02.840 --> 00:11:03.720 It's my email address. 212 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:07.840 Sounds great. Again, I think you got the right message. 213 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:12.039 I wish more people who are in charge of others 214 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:15.039 were to understand that. Again, a patent the back goes 215 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:17.240 a hell of a lot long, but does a lot 216 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:20.320 more than a kick in the butt and maybe even 217 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:24.879 then a bit of a pay raise. Steve, appreciate it, 218 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:25.679 Steve McClatchy. 219 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:27.480 Dan, great talking to you. Thanks for having me tonight. 220 00:11:27.559 --> 00:11:29.279 Great to talk to you as well. We'll talk again 221 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:31.679 we come up. We're going to talk about a little 222 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:34.960 bit of a downer subject, troubling Toyland. Gonna watch out 223 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:39.200 for this year's most dangerous toys. This is always a problem. 224 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:42.080 You want to get your kid, particularly the young children, 225 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:45.320 your grandchild, your your your son, your daughter, maybe a 226 00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:47.879 niece or nephew, good toy, but you want to make 227 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:50.320 sure it's doesn't have some hidden dangers. When we talk 228 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:54.840 with doctor Fami Farah about the ten most dangerous toys, 229 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:57.440 and I hope none of these toys are on your list. 230 00:11:57.519 --> 00:11:58.759 Back on Night Side right after this. 231 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:03.679 Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World 232 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:07.360 Nice Side Studios on WBZ News Radio. 233 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:10.720 All right, we've had a little bit of a change 234 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:13.600 in online up here, and I want to Malcolm welcome 235 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:19.120 Chris Menta. He's a part of at Kroquetti's outlet, part 236 00:12:19.279 --> 00:12:23.440 of the butcher shop that is opening up soon. Okay, 237 00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:26.960 So I'm a little confused by that. Are you guys 238 00:12:27.039 --> 00:12:29.639 open working now at this point, Chris, or are you 239 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:33.000 in the process of getting this butcher shop up and running. 240 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:37.039 No, the butcher shop has been We've actually been around 241 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:39.480 for one hundred and seventeen years we started. 242 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:42.960 You're gonna last at one hundred and that's that's pretty impressive. Okay. 243 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:47.440 I don't know why we're and we've been in Bridgewater 244 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:51.240 E's Bridgewater now since nineteen seventy seven. So it's it's 245 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:54.879 a butcher shop in the front. And my partner, who's 246 00:12:54.879 --> 00:13:00.440 a four generation owner, Carlo, had a building behind him 247 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:03.759 that he had a small distribution company. He sold it 248 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:07.679 off and he contacted me and said, hey, listen, you 249 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:09.360 want to throw your hat back in the ring again. 250 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:11.639 I had kind of retired from the food business, and 251 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:17.000 he said, let's open up a deep discount food store 252 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:19.639 so we can help out families in the area. You know, 253 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:22.159 we both had been talking about it for years, how 254 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:27.320 the cost of food is really hammering families, and we 255 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:32.320 had a shot to open up this facility. So we 256 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:35.399 remodeled it and it's called the Outlet at Corsettes. It's 257 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:38.440 going to be behind the butcher shop. We're not open yet. 258 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:43.080 We're probably going to open up in January, but it's 259 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:46.960 an opportunity for families to really save and as you know, 260 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:49.399 food is just at an all time high. 261 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:51.919 Okay, So what you're doing though in the meantime is 262 00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:53.879 I understand that, And I think the reason why we're 263 00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:59.320 having you on tonight is that your employees are gathering 264 00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:01.559 hundreds of to always ahead of your you do an 265 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:05.240 annual toy drive with the which which Fight Apartment? The 266 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:06.960 Fight Apartment in East Bridgewater. 267 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:12.120 This is the East Bridgewater. So part of opening the outlet, 268 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:16.320 we wanted to have a community component to it where 269 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:18.600 we would you know, be able to help out in 270 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:21.600 the community. So, like I said, the outlet's not even 271 00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:25.000 open yet. We started with Thanksgiving. We handed out four 272 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:32.039 hundred and twelve turkeys to very deserving veterans and it 273 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:35.360 became so overwhelming for us that we said, hey, you 274 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:37.279 know what, let's do a toy drive. It'll be our 275 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:40.720 first annual. We're not open yet, but let's do this. 276 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:43.600 And every Monday we have a morning huddle with our 277 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:46.039 team in the butcher shop and we said, hey, listen, 278 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:48.440 this is something that's really near and dear to our hearts. 279 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:51.639 We'd like everybody to get involved. Whatever way you can 280 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:55.039 help would be awesome. About five days later, I walked 281 00:14:55.080 --> 00:14:57.960 in and I literally was looking at over three hundred 282 00:14:57.960 --> 00:15:00.360 toys and I have less than forty employees, so you 283 00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:02.000 do the mass. 284 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:05.639 And it was a couple close to ten toys per 285 00:15:06.399 --> 00:15:09.440 per employee. So when will the toys be distributed or 286 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:11.840 are they being distributed as we go along? 287 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:16.480 So actually we haven't even started to drive yet. It's 288 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:20.320 this Saturday, nine to two at behind the butcher shopping 289 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:24.440 Corsetti's Oakdale Packing at the outlet. People could bring down 290 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:27.960 a new unwrapped toy. We're going to actually give them 291 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:31.120 a five pound bag of chicken nuggets because the theme 292 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:33.879 of this year is a nug Life Christmas Toy Drive. 293 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:37.159 We sell a tremendous amount of chicken nuggets and we 294 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:39.080 wanted to have fun with it. About a year ago 295 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:41.759 and we came up with this whole nug life and 296 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:44.840 we're having a blast with it. So we said, you 297 00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:46.720 know what we're going to hand people. You bring us 298 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:48.360 a toy, We're going to hand your five pound bag 299 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:49.320 of chicken nuggets. 300 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:52.000 Sounds it sounds like everybody wins here. 301 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:55.919 This is it's a total win at the end of. 302 00:15:56.960 --> 00:16:01.840 So they will there will be a day people, you know, 303 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:05.080 start this weekend, Saddy bringing toys in and then when 304 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:07.320 do you distribute the toys? When when does city? 305 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:10.600 Well, we're going to actually turn them over toys. We're 306 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:13.080 actually going to turn them over to the East Bridgewater 307 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:16.639 Fire Department, who we partnered with along with Toys for Tots, 308 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:19.720 So they're going to distribute it within the community, which 309 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:20.480 were really. 310 00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:22.360 They're gonna work. They're gonna work hand in hand with 311 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:27.320 Santa Claus. I'm sure in doing this absolutely absolutely, absolutely well, Chris, 312 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:32.320 that sounds like a great way to work within the community. 313 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:36.120 You folks have been in the each East Bridgewater community 314 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:36.919 for how many years? 315 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:40.320 Since since nineteen seventy seven? 316 00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:43.480 Okay, well that's coming up on fifty years when you 317 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:46.919 when you think about it, so they must love you 318 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:49.200 down there in East Bridgewater, and they're gonna love you 319 00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:53.240 even more with some chicken nuggets and some toys being distributed. 320 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:56.559 Sounds absolutely You guys should become the You should be 321 00:16:56.600 --> 00:17:00.000 the East Bridgewater Citizens of the Year. Thanks for sharing 322 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:03.159 now again. Give us the location where people can come 323 00:17:03.559 --> 00:17:08.960 this Saturday and drop off some new unwrapped toys and 324 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:11.480 in exchange, pick up some chicken. 325 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:16.880 Give us the Corsettis Oakdale Packing in East Bridgewater, Massachusett's 326 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:20.319 three seventy eight Pleasant Street. It'll be on the rear 327 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:23.200 of the parking lot where it says the outlet at Corsettis. 328 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:26.480 You can't miss it. It's a huge billboard. And just 329 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:28.960 come through the front door. You'll see the fire Fire 330 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:31.279 Department's gonna have some fire trucks there so we can 331 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:34.680 help fill them with toys. There's gonna be a lot 332 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:37.279 going on. We have a food truck, but bring an 333 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:40.279 unwrapped toy down. We can't wait to pass you a 334 00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:43.359 five pounds bag of chicken nuggets. And it's gonna be 335 00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:45.519 a great time. We're gonna have some food, some fun. 336 00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:47.759 It's gonna be a win for everybody. 337 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:50.119 That's great. Chris Menta Thank you very much for what 338 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:52.799 you do your fixedure in Eastbridge Water. Thanks for joining 339 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:54.119 us tonight on nights that we'll talk. 340 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:56.720 Thank you so much. And Merry Christmas, and Merry Christmas 341 00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:56.920 to you. 342 00:17:57.240 --> 00:18:00.000 Is that is my holiday. Merry Christmas to you, Chris, 343 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:03.400 thanks very much. All Right, when we get back, I'm 344 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:05.119 not sure we're going to go. We have two more 345 00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:08.599 guests scheduled and hopefully they'll both both be here. I've 346 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:11.279 got to check with Rob. He's running the showback at 347 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:14.000 Broadcast Central. In the meantime, stick around here. We got 348 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:15.599 the news at the bottom of the hour for you, 349 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:18.359 and then we'll be back on a Tuesday night edition 350 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:21.039 of Nightside with Dan Ray right here in WBZ Boston's 351 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:24.640 News Radio ten thirty on your amw WALKSA can download 352 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:28.039 if you like. Pretty easy. You can download the iHeart app. 353 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:31.119 It's free. Just go to your your app store and 354 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:34.279 you can then hear listen to ihat three hundred and 355 00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:37.279 sixty five days a year, twenty four to seven, wherever 356 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:41.480 you are in the world. Coming back on Nightside after this, You're. 357 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:47.319 On night Side with Dan Ray. I'm WBZ Boston's News Radio. 358 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:52.480 Well, Christmas is right around the corner. It's not what 359 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:57.559 you think about it. It's fifteen days away and a 360 00:18:57.599 --> 00:19:01.319 lot of toys that Santa Claus is going to bring 361 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:05.279 to children around the country. And with us is doctor 362 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:11.519 Fammi Farah. She's a cardiologist, a board certified invasive cardiologist. 363 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:16.200 But she's going to tell us about this list, a 364 00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:23.279 toy toy list of basically toys that can cause harm. 365 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:26.400 I mean, I would have thought at this point, doctor Fara, 366 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:29.839 that they would have washed all those harmful toys out 367 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:34.240 of the out of the product line. What's going on. 368 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:39.440 I think one of the issues could be that toys 369 00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:43.279 they're coming from, you know, different parts of the world. 370 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:48.359 With online shopping, I think it's just very easy for 371 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:50.960 people to get toys from anywhere, and maybe there aren't 372 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:54.839 as much regulation as there used to be at one point. 373 00:19:56.880 --> 00:19:58.519 Yeah, I think I think you're right at that. As 374 00:19:58.519 --> 00:20:00.680 a matter of fact, this report actually is from a 375 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:04.799 group here in Boston called World Against Toys Causing Harm. 376 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:09.000 You're familiar with the list, I assume, I hope I. 377 00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:12.960 Have seen the list, yes, okay, and they've been doing 378 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:18.559 this for fifty two years, and the toys and toys 379 00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:21.799 that They're not what you call classic toys, not toys 380 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:24.599 that any of us would have heard well that I've 381 00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:25.680 not heard of. 382 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:33.279 But some of them the Pinvoke toy, cold forty five pistol, 383 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:38.279 the Bristol hedgehog, a kinetic sand scent ice cream treats. 384 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:43.359 What is I hate to ask this of you, but 385 00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:46.240 since I have the list here, have you had a 386 00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:48.680 chance to look at any of these toys? Or or 387 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:51.920 am I asking you questions that that are a little 388 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:53.240 unfair At this point. 389 00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:57.799 I have looked up a few, but not all, I 390 00:20:57.880 --> 00:21:01.039 must admit, But yes, some of the are very interesting, 391 00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:05.599 like you know, the ice wroom treats for example, the 392 00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:10.720 sands and ice wroom treats. My assumption would be there 393 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:15.519 are small particles that small children can, you know, easily 394 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:19.240 put into their mouths and try to ingest. That wouldn't 395 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:19.720 be so good? 396 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:22.000 Yeah, a lot of Yeah. A lot of these injuries 397 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:30.039 are injuries to eyes, potential for suffocation. Again, the names 398 00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:34.519 don't mean much to me, but one of them is Transformers, 399 00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:39.000 Earth Sparks, Cybersley. What what should parents do when they're 400 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:42.720 consulting with Santa Claus about a toy, particularly for young kids, 401 00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:45.559