Oct 2, 2026 · 1 hr 49 min · 11 segments
We foreground the central question of whether one could employ or dismiss one's own parents, interrogating the collision between filial obligation and managerial prerogative. Drawing upon our personal…
Now, the question of the day, I want to expand that a little bit.
Because the question of the day is, was if you worked with your mother, could you refer to her as anything but mom? Moreover, could you fire your mother if you were her boss? The only thing I would like to change in that is parental units.
Instead of mom, both parental units.
Because I think that Some people may have a different answer if it's mom versus dad.
You know? But it all depends.
But doesn't that kill the spirit of the question? Because I think absolutely people are going to have a different answer whether it's mom or
None.
Not at all.
Wow.
That's not where I was going with it, but okay.
I mean, where were you going with it? Because what he said was true because I was thinking the same thing.
I mean, so, all right.
So, like, let's start with dad first.
Like, first of all, if dad worked for me, I mean, my name's Reuben.
His name's Reuben.
That shit would just be weird.
It would be dad.
That's just what it is.
Now, if I had to fire dad, now, real talk, I don't know if I could fire my dad for doing something stupid because my dad ain't going to do nothing stupid.
How do you know that? He might do something stupid because he knows that you're his son and he's got leverage.
Now, the question of the day, I want to expand that a little bit.
Because the question of the day is, was if you worked with your mother, could you refer to her as anything but mom? Moreover, could you fire your mother if you were her boss? The only thing I would like to change in that is parental units.
Instead of mom, both parental units.
Because I think that Some people may have a different answer if it's mom versus dad.
You know? But it all depends.
But doesn't that kill the spirit of the question? Because I think absolutely people are going to have a different answer whether it's mom or
None.
Not at all.
Wow.
That's not where I was going with it, but okay.
I mean, where were you going with it? Because what he said was true because I was thinking the same thing.
I mean, so, all right.
So, like, let's start with dad first.
Like, first of all, if dad worked for me, I mean, my name's Reuben.
His name's Reuben.
That shit would just be weird.
It would be dad.
That's just what it is.
Now, if I had to fire dad, now, real talk, I don't know if I could fire my dad for doing something stupid because my dad ain't going to do nothing stupid.
How do you know that? He might do something stupid because he knows that you're his son and he's got leverage.
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