Some people say that business and friendship don't mix.
Others, on the other hand
maintain that businesses are built on friendship.
Whichever path you chose, remember there is a constant.
And that constant is setting boundaries.
In this video, we are going to explore how to maintain those boundaries.
In moments of anger, confusion, and fear.
Because at the end of the day, anger, confusion and fear
are always my top 3 techniques with dealing with any problem.
Disease, filth, and squalor.
These three words describe Cib's apartment easily,
and it's exactly where I was headed.
after being prescribed antibiotics for acute tonsilicis,
being around Cib was a death trap.
And as the show runner for our live performance in 8 days,
I couldn't afford to get sick.
So why am I here? Why am I risking everything?
I needed my SD card back.
All I had was a 32 GB card and
that wasn't going to be enough to film with.
Speaking of needing things, I was also headed to Parker's.
And last but not least, I needed to stop at James' apartment.
Because he just got a golden retriever puppy
and that was going to be the only highlight of my entire day.
The dog was good, I liked what I saw, there were no complaints from me.
However, there were complaints I wanted to bring up with Parker.
That's right, 'Stevensuptic.com' still exists.
And there are still a couple pieces of merch on it.
One being a Gimp mug and the other being a Kill Me poster.
Since this merch site isn't going to exist much longer,
we figured we'd be doing a going out of business sale for it.
Yet there is no point in doing a sale for it if I wasn't going to paid at all.
And now back to fear,
"fear", being Cib's apartment.
Being bed ridden has made Cib a bit of a homebody recently.
And socially, I could tell he needed something more.
Which also meant, that getting
an SD card wasn't going to be a simple asking for my SD card back situation.
What Cib didn't realize is that
making me do a riddle to get my own SD card back
would lead me to never letting him borrow anything ever again.
I miss the old James;
The one that existed before we started leaving him out of band practice.
The James that didn't sneak around, the James we all knew and loved.
I don't know what he's doing beyond that room, but I can't imagine it's any fun to watch.
I almost would have rather caught him masturbating.
Part of me just wanted to cut the losses,
buy a new SD card off of Amazon and go home,
but another part of me was like,
'Hey, why don't we just solve this riddle dude.'
Using what little money I have left,
I've hired 3 mercenaries to keep guard during the live show.
Just in case James tries anything with his recorder.
I was getting nowhere fast with Cib's riddles.
It didn't make sense, he kept saying knees, bees trees, and
he just kept rhyming, and adding to the riddle.
And I'm pretty sure there's a major rule
that says you cant add to a riddle when somebody's already solving it.
Or, in general. But Cib doesn't play by the rules.
And that's because God didn't play by the rules when he created Cib without any chromosomes.
'The card you seek is beneath the pea tree.'
That was the original riddle.
And this is.. where it ended up.
Just in his pocket.
I have to hand it to Parker.
He used confusion against me.
And I left his house with no money, and with less knowledge than I came in with.
Cib's a little bit like the Babadook,
In the sense that he comes at night out of a children's book.
And I was definitley getting some creepy vibes towards the end of the riddle.
There was no way I was going to get sick,
so I figured I was going to leave as soon as possible.
Fear, the strongest motivator.
Cib is unintentionally the master of fear.
Anger, on the other hand,
anger leads to hate.
At least that's what I learned in the Lord of the Ri-n'g'ving's.
And there you go,
You've just witnessed my 3 business management techniques.
Anger, confusion, and fear.
Getting into buisness with your friends is potentially a thankless job.
By the end of this,
if you're still interested in getting into business with your friends,
all I need to ask you is,
Did you watch the video?