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The Uncertain Hour

Marketplace

Government, News

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Jerry Vazquez always dreamed of working for himself. So when he saw a notice in the PennySaver advertising janitorial franchises, he decided to go all in. Pretty soon after, he was in debt to the company and earning less than minimum wage doing a really dirty job. He’d wanted his own business — and on paper, he did — but it felt like something entirely different.

Correction (Feb. 4, 2021): A previous version of this podcast description misspelled Jerry Vazquez’s name. The text has been corrected.

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0:00.0	Hey there, just a heads up before we start that this episode contains some foul language,
0:06.1	starting with my next sentence.
0:08.8	But I think there's actually something appropriate about beginning this new season of our show
0:13.2	with the story of a job involving, here it comes, shit.
0:18.9	Because a lot of people we've talked to this season have shitty jobs, like the job that
0:23.4	belong to this guy.
0:25.0	My name is Herarovasquez.
0:27.5	Everyone calls him Jerry.
0:28.9	Ever since I was a little kid, one of my second or third grade teachers started calling
0:34.3	me Jerry.
0:35.3	And everybody started calling me Jerry, so I just stuck.
0:37.9	How do you feel about Jerry?
0:39.6	I like it.
0:40.6	I like my Spanish name too.
0:42.2	It's pretty cool.
0:43.2	I actually love it, my Spanish name.
0:45.5	But you can call me either one.
0:47.3	It's all good.
0:49.2	And that's the kind of guy Jerry is.
0:51.1	Flexible.
0:52.1	Accommodating.
0:53.1	He has a passion for feeding hummingbirds and watching old movies.
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