My business might have 32 days before it's shut down by NYC 😔

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[@rossmanngroup]

8:20 the sad part is I became the dick I discussed in this video, a year and a half later. :(

[@sephondranzer]

I mean, was it or was it not a mistake to open shop in NY? You needed to GTFO for real. It was an unfortunate move, but not a dick one IMO.

[@fixitfelix718]

never forget destiny v Jordan Peterson...thats a dick move haha..you are Not a dick by the way!..you were just able to move away..for survival ...you went above and beyond For your employees.....you know REAL AHOLES ..you are not them bro..

[@davidsflooringco]

saw youre thinking about suing new your state to MAYBE save 1 person from going to the loss of not potentially getting funding to expand their business....wouldnt it be better to give to a charity that digs wells in africa for over 20,000 people ( i did the math of a charity website..water for life... or help ukrainian refugees because as painful as it was i would think those 2 options would get a better ROI.

[@rossmanngroup]

@@davidsflooringco i seek to fix the problems that i encounter in the world and i help the people close to me. one could essentially apply this line of thinking to literally any problem, and we would solve nothing.

[@Marynicole830]

@@rossmanngroup yeah I never got this. We can’t fix all the problems in the world but if everyone helped a cause they feel strongly for then those people in Africa would already have clean water. The answer isn’t to dictate the issues other people tackle but to tackle those problems you care about yourself.

[@jonnyblade3234]

This isn't inefficiency. This is deliberate malice intended to generate revenue through fines

[@LG141602]

I know an artist in Spain who was living there in a house with friends. And they want to tax him on his art. Not because he's a resident. But, because he was living with a friend in his house. So that's another excuse for them to take 32% of his money.

[@spencerguffey5078]

DING DING DING DING ... you get it

[@neonteepee8453]

I agree Australia is desperately trying to fine anyone it can for anything it can. I did all the physical testing and got all the paper work for my cars rego renewal, paid and renewed the insurance, green slip etc but forgot the actual rego I was tired having just got back from 3 months in the UK. Reading advice online, normally you would write a letter saying ooops I'm terribly sorry you can see I did all the other stuff its not like I was avoiding doing it and you would get a 'Dont do it again or else' back and the fine would be cancelled. I did that and got a 'your fine is $700+ please pay here and do it pronto or else' When the state has paid out a bajillion dollars in 'income support' for all the out of work barristas, cafe staff, theatre actors, and other essential members of society they have to recover that money somehow.

[@magsec5]

@@neonteepee8453 soz to hear that. But they’ll literally printing money, but it’s not for us. We gotta vote them out.

[@SvendleBerries]

Its a part of a larger plot to destroy small businesses. Because, like with everything else, including the coof, big businesses are barely affected, if affected at all. Why? Because they can afford it without even blinking. A "large" fine is chump change to them. Even if they were made to pay it, they would make it back within a day or less. And the government knows it, and does nothing to change it. Meanwhile, mega corporations are getting all the extra business because theres nowhere else to go. And these corporations, strangely enough, juuuust so happen to be politically aligned with the politicians who are allowing this to happen. The same politicians who also juuuust so happen to take political donations from the CEOs of said corporations and their lobbyists. Its all a work.

[@BotterBoyNova]

The level of incompetence and inefficiency is astounding. I wish you the best of luck with this situation

[@robertthabassist]

its not, they are doing this on purpose to him, someone high up and corrupt in nyc is screwing with him because theyre anti right to repair either due to bribes or threats. big companies will absolutely do anything to fuck with him

[@jeffreymason7049]

@@robertthabassist "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" - NYC government is a dumpster fire and I don't think they could even figure out how to screw LR over if someone handed them a lit molotov cocktail.

[@trevor7355]

Just the way it was made to be.

[@JohnS-il1dr]

@Briscoe17555 yup the mob never left. They just became legitimate under government jobs

[@gordonlawrence1448]

@@jeffreymason7049 Yes but stupidity does not fit all the facts. IE when something happens through stupidity the outcome is random. If something happens the same way every time it is policy or procedure.

[@berfwellington2552]

When the mafia is more business friendly than the the city officials.

[@orppranator5230]

The mafia has always been more business friendly than city officials.

[@andrewmichael345]

City officials are the criminals

[@1LuvMLPFiM]

I heard Yakuza owns legit businesses in Japan too.

[@woswasdenni1914]

dude de blasio, cumo, that do those name scream? ever heard cumo talk? its like they escaped from a bad mafia movie

[@CantankerousDave]

After the big earthquake in Kobe, Japan in 1995, the local yakuza was out in force distributing food, water, and blankets while the city and national governments were dithering.

[@slicker1444]

There is a little known law that I had to use to save my house when they cancelled my insurance because of their mistake. It was simple the contract is considered valid if the party excepts your payment. So if they cashed the check you should be good? but check with your attorney.7

[@werefrogofassyria6609]

That's with contract law. Your license to do business isn't a contract.

[@m.goedeker7381]

Actually it is…. Sny payment that is accepted for something is a contract, full stop. If there is an email that says they didn’t accept it or the payment didn’t go through then it is not a contract. A contract is an agreement for something with a payment of some kind for that service.

[@rossmanngroup]

To answer some common questions: a) I have already emailed & called, and I patiently await a reply... b) You can't re-renew with a 13 month old PIN if you already renewed. c) You can't show up in person without an appointment. d) Appointments are only granted by means of contact that don't reply. e) Yes I have two other licenses that AREN'T expired, but those are useless, they are for selling laptops, not fixing laptops, which I don't do anymore anyway after the city was unable to give me a straight answer on how to do so without being fined: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5qbkGyNfNBmhc0 - I need this license in the video to be able to actually do repairs. f) Just listen to this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5qbkGyNfNBmhc0 This is what I am dealing with. After 15+ minutes and being transferred to two people, they can't answer a basic question about a rule they fined me for breaking that they can't even explain. *They never emailed or called me back, which has been the behavior I have come to expect over the past nine years.* *I am serious, if you work for the city and have any way of applying my 13 month old payment to this license renewal, you have the gratitude of myself & 14 of my employees who will get to continue paying their rents, mortgages, & food bill for their kids.* In spite of what people think, I am not a millionaire. If I'm forced to close - I can't afford to pay these people. I do not want that to happen. _I am not meming, I never get responses to DCA emails - not 3 months ago, not for NINE YEARS, and I don't expect to be able to now. Since I cannot sort this out in person due to the COVID closures, this channel is my only hope of reaching someone who can help me sort this out._ *Thank you.*

[@billypeterson9284]

Is it not possible that in 2020 when you paid for the license it was the 2020-2021 license and now you need a new one because it has been a year since then?

[@CaptainDeston]

It's very much understated the margins most small business owners work with for their means of operation and income. God speed to you.

[@TomSidProductions]

Have you ever thought of reaching the local news for help? This sounds like a story they would be all over. Maybe like abc7ny?

[@KA-vs7nl]

🖕 government

[@rossmanngroup]

@@billypeterson9284 No. It is renewed for two years, not one. and even then - THEY NEVER MAILED ME A NEW ONE!

[@dragonslayer69420]

When you told that heartwarming employee story it hit a nerve. How many meaningful lives, relationships, jobs, families, technological progresses and more have been lost over the years to this unnecessary tyranny?

[@WetaMantis]

Bureaucracy

[@Ok-lu8gx]

ok

[@jl6723]

@@WetaMantis There is little difference between bureaucracy and tyranny. Especially when that bureaucracy has incredible power over you.

[@keqet12]

"We are in this together"

[@BigHenFor]

I think New York city is just too big to be governed efficiently. Cities grew because of economies of scale but those economies aren't infinite. There's a time where things are just too complex to be run efficiently by a central government. It seems as if NYC needs to have regional devolution and bring back services closer to the people it's meant to serve. As it is, the local central government has too much power for an incompetent administration. The city leaders pay too much attention to the big corporations, and not enough to what we call SMEs - small and medium enterprises that employ less than a hundred people. They are the real backbone of any Capitalist economy. If they are forced out of business through negligence of government, the consumer will suffer.

[@420jaynay]

People still don't understand. Louis doesn't just walk away because it gets hard. He fights so others can have an easier path. Thanks for what you do!

[@TOAOM123]

I can respect that But wouldn't it be more efficacious to go somewhere with lower tax burdens, allowing him to accumulate more financially power to fight with better backing?

[@scandinerdian1961]

@@TOAOM123 A tough but valid point. Sometimes it's better to retreat in order to fight another day.

[@YTInnovativeSolution]

I am grateful for his contributions to this website and the world.

[@deweywsu]

Or does he fight because it makes for good KZbin content?

[@MH3GL]

You can only run so far. At some point, there will be nowhere left to go.

[@bn880]

Massive respect for recognizing and rewarding your employees' loyalty! Business owners like you are very rare.

[@TheSimba86]

That gray hair he's getting is "NYC bureaucracy gray"

[@i-never-look-at-replies-lol]

I tried to buy some Just For Men in that color down at my local ransacked Walgreens, but I couldn't afford it after NYC's tax charges were added onto the cost

[@bjseaward27]

@@i-never-look-at-replies-lol on the plus side if you stare at the price tag for long enough you won't have to buy it

[@TheSimba86]

@@i-never-look-at-replies-lol It's easy to get, just open a business in new york city

[@jero37]

Your avatar is so very appropriate.

[@vladimirlenin3562]

@@geromd91 you mean neoliberals?

[@STLMTB]

It's almost like NY is giving you their blessing to move to Florida in their own f'd up way.

[@moosiemoose1337]

If he moves to Florida, I will buy broken MacBook and take it to him for repair.

[@rossmanngroup]

The only thing that kept me here is that I didn't want my current employees to lose their jobs. I am a demanding, difficult person to work for; and they have been loyal through _EVERYTHING._ They've earned my loyalty back. If NYC twists my hand and says I *legally can't do business here* & pay them, as horrible as that would be... it'd mean I'd have nothing left keeping me here. Literally nothing.

[@davids2311]

@@rossmanngroup its bullshit man nyc is a shitty place

[@Sconechoc]

@@rossmanngroup you're a very caring boss.

[@GuitarJawn]

08:00 Exaclty

[@redneckgoatfarmer]

20 years in business in NYC I never complied. I ignored them and they ignored me. Just ignore DCA until it escalates. Once it escalates you can deal with it. Most likely it will never escalate... PS: I finally closed down and left.

[@leonardonetagamer]

Yep, the only good part about how big and disorganized they are (which has plagued Louis for so long, is that they don't keep track of things, so long as you don't respond to their inquiries they forget about you and move on, its funny but sad.

[@scottperry7311]

Smart man. I got out of the tri state are 20 years ago, and have been happy every since.

[@melv432100]

@@scottperry7311, I left twenty-nine years ago

[@Mr_Wh1]

Is NY really just an even crappier California, without the sunny weather?

[@qleap25]

All those closed business up and down every street says shows NYC is dying quickly.

[@AndecIunson]

dude.. you are without a doubt one of the best company owners i know of, i wish more people was like you. i dont agree with you on all points but probably on most, i feel for you. i wish people generally would choose to do quality work. most people dont though, just enough is was most people work with..

[@Hyprmtr]

The letter states the pandemic has ended but, no walk ins are available for health and safety reasons. LMAO

[@juliekostas7322]

NYC has been a nightmare. The Siren Song of south Florida is calling me- that’s for sure.

[@rossmanngroup]

They're gonna milk that as long as they can.

[@MrBottlecapBill]

@@rossmanngroup They don't want to have to go back to work lol.

[@mrcrazyattire723]

They don't want to do their damn jobs! Why do you pay taxes?!

[@Jamoise]

They just want to take money of people who actually earn a living so they can distribute it to people who don't work at all. and soon there will be no one left who actually works, and NYC will be forever asking for money from Federal government to continue to run the city into the ground.

[@johnvox7749]

The world needs more people like you. You’re a hardworking, intelligent and good man.

[@lostynwonder9588]

They want the exact opposite

[@suicidalteddy]

Nyc is a circus

[@SirMegaManNeoX]

"We can't let you in without an appointment." "I'm STANDING HERE, so MAKE ONE..."

[@Ferit2813]

Yep. This is what he needs to do. It's the only way at this point. Become the Karen!!! It's the only chance you'll ever get

[@_PatrickO]

He should lie and claim he had one, but forgot to print it. If they let him in and send him to the appointment person, they may just assume he had one and fix his stuff.

[@tinkthestrange]

Sadly that won’t work, they just close the door and threaten to call the cops

[@WolfGamingProductions]

I know this isn't nearly the same in regards to dealing with a business or government body... Tho small similarities to it on the most minor of scales. Months ago when I had met up with a friend to pick up some parts in their local area.. Easier to deal with them than you go through online services that never get back to you.. That's beside the point. Can't enter the store to buy anything.. Ok buy online collect in person oh but wait can't collect till the final hour the store is open for even tho it's been open for business from 09:00AM - 18:00PM.. Got there slightly early.. Refuse to hear anything told to go away for a while... Fine go try to order a coffee/Tea for my friend & I... We can't we're standing right their but told in broken English thru a mask muffling it further "No no orders.. Must order app!" Huh... Ok after getting that across even eventually even tho broken english, muffled voice & them refusing to allow us near the counter.. App installed.. Account made.. Oh wait now.. The app is bust & won't allow you to order "please try later" I show them that after try multiple times.. They just get with "can't order, most use app! You away!"... Safe to say a business that I'll never deal with if when they can't deal with you in person but for you to use an online service but said service is also bust (still is to this day) then tell you to get lost rather than doing the normal thing.. Talking & dealing with a service as simple as that in person when your online system is bust & said system was only put in place due to people being scared of this dumb mess... I don't blame the employee.. Tho when everything is bust not the best idea to shout at people rather than ask calmly..

[@nesq4104]

Ny does this tactic when a developer wants your property.

[@joshuarichardson6529]

Not just New York, all the major cities. If there's money to be made, the government and developers will work together to get it. I grew up in Portland at a time when a bunch of developers wanted land owned by a farmer, who wouldn't sell. A few months later, a bunch of criminals snuck onto his land and burned his house down "by accident". The developers came back with another offer to the farmer, while the county government refused his license to rebuild his house. He was basically forced to sell his land. It's all sub-divisions now, with the people living there not knowing the story.

[@inparis5724]

@@joshuarichardson6529 Is there anywhere I can read more about that? That's incredibly fucked

[@imnotarob0t1984]

@@joshuarichardson6529 eminent domain

[@billwilson3665]

@@joshuarichardson6529 It's because democrats are bolsheviks.

[@pollypurree1834]

@@billwilson3665 Both parties do it

[@TheLastJinchuriki]

Only now do I truly grasp Ricks words "They're bureaucrats, Morty, I don't respect them."

[@suicidalteddy]

You have learned me much

[@rentstoohigh1587]

Yep

[@arthurcuesta6041]

@@Channel-gz9hm Funniest shit I've ever seen.

[@sweet5304]

Big updoot, fine sire.

[@tamake4492]

"Your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer!"

[@reply7007]

Sorry Ross, this is awful. I lost my business halfway through the pandemic... I've been homeless twice since then and have lost almost 90% of all my belongings.

[@rossmanngroup]

I wish you the best of luck in recovering.

[@HBG313]

...

[@runvnc208]

It says his name. HTW did you get Ross from that?

[@envynemo4170]

im been in the same boat. i feel like government is doing everything to shutdown and kill small businesses

[@georgebanuelos1]

What business did you have?

[@surreptitiousscreamer]

I feel sorry for Louis, not because of what is happening to him as such but because he is a nice guy getting s**t on by life because he is a nice guy. We need more people like this and the world is busy trying to ensure he changes. Thanks for being you, L.R.

[@jba2048]

I feel like New York City just wants all of its small businesses to shut down. I don’t get it. Is Amazon buying the city to use as a giant warehouse or something? Sorry, it’s just like there’s a big sign saying “Welcome to New York City, Get Out”. End of rant.

[@Nobody-dc8dp]

Nah at this point Louis shouldn't be nice and should actually just drop a computer virus into the mainframe of the pentagon.

[@azharulhisham1960]

Good guys doing business, trying to compliance with every rule, will be eaten alive by bureaucracy.. Meanwhile those who always breaking the rules, managed to bend the rules for them, not punished, even got tax break.. The reason is they can only intimidate small honest business owners, but scares of big 'sharks'.. Reality of life, its the same anywhere

[@theParticleGod]

Louis, I have had a few really good bosses in my time, and what has separated the good from the bad has been a willingness to put themselves in the line of fire to protect the people they are in charge of. I see a lot of that in you, and a lot of love for your employees - because of that I can't accept that you could possibly be a shitty boss.

[@gropweler]

This is not random incompetence, it's a generation of applied systemic subversion. It's art, really. Really impressive.

[@larrylentini5688]

That's a good way of putting it.

[@RadDadisRad]

I agree, I’ve had that happen for my vehicle registration along with paying for my kids summer camp! I was just charged 2X for 1 of my kids for a week of summer camp.

[@GOMFER11]

@possum “don’t have kids” says the generation of applied systemic subversion.

[@mkaga8566]

oh vey shut it down

[@gropweler]

@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 The disease is us agreeing to porn and debt. Without that, leftism is out of ammo.

[@johntheos]

It's good to see a businessman who actually cares about his employees.

[@Ochropyra]

In my experience most Employers that actually look their employees in the eyes do care. It’s the amazons of the world that have 20 layers from Boss to package driver that fail excessively

[@padkirsch]

INTEGRITY! RARE in Corporations and Business these days; sadly... 🙁

[@MrPir84free]

@@Ochropyra Amazon cares so much about that $15 an hour that they say that they're paying all of their employees so much that they are starting to bring in robots to replace them. So, there's that.. Reality is, large stores like Amazon pushed this $15 an hour because it helps to drive the smaller businesses out of business; once that's done, the only thing that they need to do is automate a bunch of jobs to make it more profitable, and that means robots and automation.

[@SquareNoggin]

@@Ochropyra Yeah small businesses don't usually do too well if they have to keep rehiring their people. It's what's so sickening about the new post 2020 wave of government micromanaging businesses - all this stuff is going to greatly advantage the Amazons of the world over the small fish.

[@Volkaer]

Most business owners do. For a small business, a valuable and loyal employee who you can rely on is the difference between going bankrupt or staying open. It's the large mega-corporations and franchises (basically any place with an HR department) where employees become just a number.

[@FreeThinkingperson]

Mail them a certified letter and so when they pull carp you can prove to judge they are incompetent and screwed up.

[@SireSquish]

That's probably one of the most sensible suggestions I've read so far in these comments.

[@mwambak1438]

@@SireSquish Absolutely .. .. this is a very smart suggestion.

[@ParadoxicalThird]

I've tried this several times with government entities. They usually will refuse them, sometimes aggressively/violently. I sent a certified letter to SSA some years back and their response was to call me over the phone and tell me that if I 'tried a stunt like this again' they would 'put me in jail'. Because i sent them a copy of my Lease that they had repeatedly demanded but 'lost' when I sent it to them, or delivered it in person. They also claimed they had not accepted it despite having used the info on the letter to contact me, and the receipt having listed it as delivered. I hung up the phone on them and got a lawyer to send the notice instead.

[@alberthitter7467]

Dude, I own a very small business and I can feel your pain on this dead-end situation. Your mind is on the right track, so (along with the others here) I will wish you the best of luck and patience, resolving this situation.

[@daviddavies3637]

"I know New York bureaucracy is not the most efficient thing." From the sounds of it, that's Louis being painfully diplomatic. It's like saying "I know Hitler was not the nicest person."

[@juniorjames7076]

I just spent a year teaching English in Ukraine. I have come to admire the efficiency of corrupt municipal administrations. A nice bottle of cognac gets you a speedy Work Visa & Residency card. Hey, when in Rome!

[@bullshitdepartment]

@@juniorjames7076 why would you go to Ukraine?

[@juniorjames7076]

@@bullshitdepartment State Department internship. Chance to travel and discover foreign cultures. why not?

[@MrPaukann]

@@juniorjames7076, yeah, in Russia it's either relatively simple and quick to do or you can get "help". Lately, with most things going online, it's more and more the first kind. I don't operate a business, but my family members do and I've never heard complaints like Luis'.

[@juniorjames7076]

@@MrPaukann The university I was teaching at gave me frank instructions to give the Vice-Dean a bottle of cognac with my visa/residency application so he could smooth things along with Visa Bureau. I didn't even stop to question the ethics. Ha ha. I'm a realist and I do what I'm told.

[@Interrobang212]

It's easy to be angry, snarky or self righteous about this stuff. But this is a genuine tragedy. Louis, my heart hurts for you, but especially for your employees. This is a complete injustice. Hopefully someone at the DCA gets their head out of their ass and does what is right.

[@MrCow579]

I work for the government. Trust me, they're all incompetent fucks that hang around the coffee machine all day. I see it everywhere, even in the military. the moment they get a desk job is the moment they become useless.

[@StanleyDarsh22]

Send the email THROUGH a lawyer and see if that makes a difference

[@viperswhip]

We get all sorts of responses that clients had a hard time getting, even for simple responses, but that's in Canada.

[@coltgunman1771]

@@viperswhip same lib place when you think about it.

[@theistus]

I feel your pain Louis. This extends across multiple states and federal government. i do some immigration work, and things that used to be a moderate pain have suddenly taken months to even make and appointment to turn in the paperwork. Estimated processing times for some things aren't even measure in months anymore, but in YEARS. Take a look a the estimated time to get a decision on a work permit. This is a document for people who are here LEGALLY to be able to work - currently it is 7-14 MONTHS. It's insanity.

[@ricfax]

I've learned something today: Never open a business in NYC

[@skrawny-clown-snatcherofth8651]

Don't live in a city period it's a waste of energy

[@andrewlinn7863]

Or any place with exhaustive government regulations.

[@BladeOfLight16]

It took you until today to learn that? Better late than never, I guess.

[@sparkplug._]

Better yet, don't live there. And it would probably be a good idea to just stay away entirely.

[@ShaiyanHossain]

If you saw his other videos you would have learned that a loooong time ago

[@cowthedestroyer]

Man louis watching you go from fixing pp_bus G3 hot to fixing issues with the world is insane to say the least. Hell that day you went out of your way to bring in a kid to fix his mac he got for free and not charging him all while teaching him valuable life skills was at the time like damn this guy cares to now damn this guy is devoted with no limit.

[@MoltenSnowball]

Having some idea how NYC operates I'd say this is done on purpose to generate revenue from fines.

[@asurasyn]

It's more to drive out small businesses and make room for larger chains which generate more revenue for the state to tax.

[@Lottofatto]

Impossible, no one has any idea how NYC operates

[@DeepRoy1992]

You are a kind man with a big heart. I whole heartedly believe only good will happen to you.

[@sergije3754]

"I'm not asking for special treatment" Asking them to be competent is asking for special treatment

[@forandonbehalfof4753]

Errrr....NYC already get " Special (Needs) Treatment".......

[@yammoyammamoto8323]

You really... really don't want the "special treatment" from Governor Cum-on.

[@jamesquinley]

@@yammoyammamoto8323 0_0 good point

[@busking6292]

Like all public employees they have no skin in the game,if their salary was linked to performance you'd see a massive improvement,as it is they don't give a f**k

[@StormTheSquid]

@@forandonbehalfof4753 That's insulting to special needs people. They're so much more competent than NYC is.

[@HarrIock]

The only thing I can think of is having a lawyer write a certified or notarized letter to the DCA on your behalf. Good luck Louis.

[@robert1200]

yeah he should probably lawyer up to be honest, or just leave new york

[@lord_haven1114]

@@robert1200 that’s worst case scenario though. All that money for his new store, all the curated employees and their talents. What a nightmare

[@anhfjdzbxjxisk1929]

Lol you are asking for something special...for a goverment department to their job. It would be a christmas miracle.

[@gtbarsi1103]

File emergency injunction against the agency so they can't take action against you.

[@lelonfurr1200]

they dont care

[@grahamserle7930]

I've been following your channel for a long time now Louis and I honestly couldn't name one businessman who conducts themselves and their business with a higher standard of professionalism and integrity than you do. I also have nothing but admiration for the loyalty you have towards your staff. Your current predicament though in having to deal with an incompetent bureaucracy is seriously disgraceful on many levels and I wish you the very best in resolving that situation. Cheers from Australia.

[@uksa007]

Persistence is the key when dealing with bureaucrats. Email and phone them daily, get their names, they will be so sick of you that someone will get it sorted so you stop annoying them.

[@oldschoolman1444]

Yup, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. =)

[@descendency]

always. always. always. send the email. If nothing else, it's for the lawyer for when you eventually have to go to court. If you can have a paper trail, then have a paper trail. Even if that paper trail is only an email that says "just to follow up on the conversation we had earlier, ...", then it's still better than almost anything you could say in court.

[@-HustleUnion-]

paper trail is huge

[@gamechaser002]

Yes, have a paper trail. ALWAYS leave a paper trail behind to cover your ass with. Had this happen at work; a piece I had inspected for a damages claim process, I had doubts about the damage done to it and wanted to say "no, customer did this, not the carrier"; I followed the process for this (because pre-auditing....wonderful isn't it?), and I was told "no, do it this way". That was back in March, and just a couple days ago I was told "I did it wrong", and "you should have done this so that we could clear it for this disposition", and I pulled up the part life history.....I did everything right. The guy saying I had done it wrong didn't talk to me for the rest of the day. Oh, and my supervisors can see the part life history/e-mail chain too >:D

[@KipdoesStuff]

DUh, he sent the email, he will continue sending emails, that still doesn't keep him from getting shut down. Its like you think this is a game.

[@madmatt2024]

@@KipdoesStuff He can just defy the shut down order and open anyway. He can add any fines or hardships incurred by doing this to his lawsuit. Then, by the time his case is heard he'll have a HUGE lawsuit against the city and a paper trail to back it up.

[@TrilogySecurity]

@@madmatt2024 my thoughts EXACTLY. I can promise no one is going to jail over that. He said it himeself, people have rent to pay including him. Fuck shutting down because they can't do their jobs.

[@v0ffka1]

Louis, you actually do not sound like a terrible boss, in fact you sound like a person I'd be glad to work with and for. Coming from an very long term employee of a huge corp, name of which starts with "M" :)

[@VaporeonEnjoyer1]

All, hellow fellow Monsanto employee.

[@baseballjustin5]

Or McDonald's lol

[@v0ffka1]

@@baseballjustin5 neither :)

[@soraideso4020]

Microsoft?

[@RamkrishanYT]

Mojang 😳 This guy made moincraft

[@Someonelikekanye]

Its like NYC is saying, “please take your business else where. We don’t want nor care about the tax dollars you provide us.”

[@mikel.6256]

or the service. like he mentioned, it isn't just jobs/economical loss to the city, it will also lose the service. it will be filled by lesser shops... if it's filled at all.

[@George_Washington_]

And when it's cheap they buy up all the properties. Thanks dems

[@sirzebra]

@@George_Washington_ when you sprain your ankle, is it the dems too ? Do you realise how ridiculous your shitty tribalism sounds to Louis global audience ? Time to get past 1930's politics man, your third world country needs it.

[@karambiatos]

@@sirzebra third world country? But the US is third world.

[@JustSomeGuyLV]

@@sirzebra It's dems in the power seat and they don't do anything to fix this rundown into toilet hole situation... Hurt much?

[@williammanganaro9070]

All I can add to this is I hope you find a resolution to your problem, you're an excellent and highly talented repair service and enjoy your videos. Good luck Louis to you and your company.

[@ephimp3189]

Wouldn't be surprised if some big corp lobby groups were using this to punish Louis for his outspoken Right to Repair push. "You don't need Right to Repair if you don't have a repair business. *taps head*"

[@rezcellent]

They are all crooks

[@RobKMusic]

The city is hemorrhaging and they're going to wring every dime out of those who remain.

[@raven4k998]

they should do a 60 minutes show on that one on how New York city is dying and show this stuff going on call it New york is bleeding to death how long will it last? and show all the empty business locations in New York City

[@delectableangel1986]

@@raven4k998 I can definitely see a documentary being made on the fall of New York soon

[@donalny]

What do you expect them to do? Tax banks and luxury real estate embezz... err " investors"?

[@donalny]

@@raven4k998 You mean show all the "available real estate"?

[@longleaf1217]

and probably end up sending those away too. honestly its starting to seem like NYC days are numbered the way things are going.

[@maroscz]

This sounds like all 3 Kafka novels combined. The Trial, The Castle, Amerika

[@MyReviews_karkan]

Depressing

[@pedrosmith4529]

In Spanish we call it buRRocracia, it's like burocracia (burocracy), but with two RR and burro means donkey.

[@blitzfeline1524]

Assocracy

[@PillowEgg]

It's like playing a video game normally and seeing all the bugs in the system. When you address the concerns the developers just ignore you. That's exactly how I feel when I play video games. I would bring this up with New York Times or something, it needs more attention.

[@ashtentheplatypus]

It feels like when I get in trouble at work for machine downtime, even though that downtime is the result of ignored requests for maintenance/repairs I've repeatedly sent to my bosses.

[@Sirpesari]

What would that accomplish? that paper like most of them is nowdays basically just a propaganda outlet for politicians. Mailing times about this subject is the same as throwing that mail down the memory hole yourself.

[@ConsumerWatchdogUK]

Protection rackets are rarely good at "customer" service.

[@aarontracy6015]

The government no longer allows you to speak to them in person....kind of like they are ignoring the 1ST Amendment part that says "to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

[@burtcharleslancaster1501]

Even companies

[@handson4580]

But CoViD...honestly at this stage covid is vary under control here in the states to the point where a pandemic label is no longer needed but they need it to be a pandemic to take away yours and my rights

[@aarontracy6015]

@@burtcharleslancaster1501 Companies don't have an obligation to let you speak to anyone. The government does.

[@orppranator5230]

Aaron Tracy Tyranny is only OK if it’s done by a private company eh?

[@Xechran]

@@handson4580 It was never out of control to the point that it warranted depriving people of their rights. It was PROJECTIONS of possibilities that they used to justify their actions. In truth, it never panned out. History will not view us kindly.

[@ALPHAGENXCORP]

Louis Rossmann - is Decent Human Being! The Man!

[@douglasgilbert1426]

I hear an armored up Komatsu D355A bulldozer would get their attention. :)

[@johnmcauliffe8824]

I live nearby and I can help him weld the armor plating

[@BrofistPewds]

I think it's time for another killdozer

[@juliusdeane]

@@BrofistPewds repairdozer

[@rikuzonex]

History will repeat itself 🤤

[@skeens85]

Marvin Heemeyer is my spirit animal.

[@mikehughes6932]

Mr Rossmann: Your customers are more than just your business. They are a great and powerful asset. Ask them to barrage the government to get some results. Maybe get a class action lawsuit going. Just a thought...

[@SausageFingers420]

Plus, you never know who has brought a Macbook to that shop! Lawyers, interns and employees of government officials, journalists, etc. Not a bad idea.

[@a-ij.a-i317]

you write like an old person

[@SMAAAASHTV]

@@a-ij.a-i317 You mean someone who has a grasp on the english language? Someone that uses punctuation and forms proper sentences? Is that what you mean by "old person"?

[@mikehughes6932]

@@a-ij.a-i317 If you consider 64 old...

[@christinecortese9973]

I’m sorry. Nobody needs this kind of frustration. It’s got to take a toll on your health. For sure NYC is flirting with a death spiral. You need to let go of the stress - the decision about your business is largely out of your hands. Even if by some miracle you get a satisfactory result, keep on with your plans to leave. NYC is an abusive government and nobody should stay with an abuser.

[@Basuko_Smoker]

In this case NYC is the rapist lol

[@imchris5000]

its the newyork cycle everything gets too expensive then everything goes to shit so everything gets cheap then people move in because its cheap and it all starts over

[@peted2770]

It's his responsibility to the 14 employees and their families that is eating him alive. They are all going to be unemployed in three weeks and there is nothing he can do to stop it from happening.

[@coorbin]

So many of your videos of late have made me smile while listening to you talk, because your ethical approach that shows you seriously care for your employees makes me have faith in humanity.

[@sugarfish]

Oh Christ this stressed me out. I don’t even live in NY and my stomach is in knots. My genuine wish of good luck to you.

[@NimzanGames]

I don't even live in the USA and it fucking stresses me out. Because I don't understand that there is a possible worse bureaucracy than the german one. Because if they don't reply in about 4 weeks you can fuck with them all the way

[@phillipcaihoang8845]

@@NimzanGames It is even laughable when comparing Australia's bureaucracy to the US. And I thought we had issues but at least they are resolved in a few days. Not months or years.

[@LonNolan87]

If the office is the location that actually gets the email that is sent, maybe try this. Go to the office, get told you need to send an email to get an appointment, send one from your phone in front of them and ask when you can get a response from them to their face.

[@steelgoodwin]

Wouldnt work...they'd just shrug and let you to not trespass.

[@jaypaans3471]

That's a big IF and I bet it don't work like that

[@etiennedegaulle3817]

This reminds me of Argentina. The difference is at least there you would have the ability to pay a bribe to get your license. What really sucks is that although they will never respond to your requests to resolve the issue with your license, you can bet they'll show up right on time in 32 days to shut you down.

[@EarthIsNotFlat]

it’s not a coincidence. Socialism is a cancer.

[@DrWrapperband]

@@EarthIsNotFlat This ignorant statement is why gangsters will continue running your (CAPITALIST) country.

[@laaaliiiluuu]

@@EarthIsNotFlat Socialism is not the problem but certain kind of people who exploit every system for their own benefit.

[@EarthIsNotFlat]

@@laaaliiiluuu Those kinds of people always exist, but socialism puts them into one hierarchical power structure under ‘the State’, giving you no way out, whereas free market capitalism, when the government isn’t bought and paid for, lets the greedy capitalists compete with each other pushing the prices down and the quality of services up, and is demonstrably superior. It’s not a coincidence that things get worse the more power you consolidate into the hands of the one entity that derives its authority directly from coercive violence (or the threat thereof.)

[@EarthIsNotFlat]

@@DrWrapperband Our country hasn’t been capitalist in a long time. The markets that are the most dysfunctional and have the worst distortions are exactly those that have the most government interference, and you commie statists’ answer is even more government interference? You can’t fix stupid… P.S. It’s hilarious that you think those ‘gangsters’ don’t run your country too… Oh, you don’t have a Rothschilds owned private central bank controlling your economy and owning your politicians? oh wait yeah you do (because those few countries that don’t got invaded and had their governments decapitated.)

[@joerobertson7709]

Stuff like this makes my blood boil! No matter what we do we get screwed and have no options. We need more champions like you who can express this in an understandable way.

[@dobman01]

DCA: you must renew your license louis: pays for license DCA: thank you for renewing your license ... you must renew your license louis: wha ... *head explodes*

[@uberfuzzy]

This is the city/business level equiv of "no keyboard detected, press any key"

[@Hectorszenshopedc]

City is fraudulent

[@DominickWalenczak]

"I know New York City bureaucracy is not the most efficient thing." Understatement of the decade.

[@Concerned502]

Mr Clinton is actually your super secret NYC contact. It's all very clear from the public NYC notice Duly posted, in their basement, with no light, no stairs , on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet, stuck in a disused lavatory, with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”

[@diminios]

I've learned something... never open a business in NYC.

[@ArtisChronicles]

Unless you become a big corporation first. That's the only exception.

[@MarioP495]

It strikes me as very strange that people would think you seem like a bad employer. You seem like exactly the type of person I'd want to work for

[@equi-nox]

In Germany, you can sue public authorities for inactivity. Not to suggest suing, but is there something similar in the US? Just the fact that we have this law (the deadline is 3 months in most cases) makes it so you get stuff handled just shy of the deadline. Worst case you have to mention the law and they'll get off their ass and get shit done.

[@ghostratsarah]

Technically you can sue anyone for any reason in the US, but your odds of winning against the government are very low, even when the law is on your side.

[@equi-nox]

@@ghostratsarah I guess I should've said "you can sue and actually win"… But, yeah, on top of having this law against inactivity (§75 VwGO), Germany - like many (but not all) European countries, and a bunch of other countries - also has a separate system of administrative courts [cf. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_court ]. It's a whole chain of courts specialized to handle issues with the execution of state/federal/public power. Some quick googling tells me this is an invention of the 1800s, and e.g. the UK has only recently been expanding its variant of this. Maybe this is something the USA needs to Ctrl+C Ctrl+V? (also, yeah, if nothing else, Germany is certainly consistent on its bureaucracy. We made a bureaucratic system to deal with failures in bureaucracy! Weirdly enough, it even works! […sometimes. not always.])

[@loganconnmusic7314]

He lives in New York. He has literally close to no rights 🤣😂

[@barrieshepherd7694]

In Germany you have a appropriate level of oversight of the Government (and it's subordinate departments). Many other countries are not too keen on the German model of transparency - leaves no corners to hide little private rackets in.

[@mahouaniki4043]

If even a skilled repairman such as Louis is going to be pushed out of NYC, imagine how those less skilled normal people would survive in this shithole.

[@varsityathlete9927]

they work for the govt.

[@frostedlambs]

dealing with new york bureaucracy is definitely a skill, the mafia was probably easier to pay for protection than this

[@gabrielinostroza4989]

@@frostedlambs NYC government is essentially a mafia at this point, most big cities are

[@Raspberry-wp8wx]

@@gabrielinostroza4989 I've never lived in a big city that's interesting. So they took out the mafia in the 80s in NYC only to become the mafia themselves lol.

[@Gerardempire]

I thought NYC was "the center of things" (Dos Passos) where everybody who got guts and aim to work to provide society good value could made a livin. The meca of the bright part of capitalism (which indeed has) but public administration is screweing everything everywhere (in Spain too)

[@GeekGarageDK]

Louis is one of the few business owners i see on KZbin where he's not a boss, he's a leader! and calling you out as a horrible boss just means they dont have a fucking clue what the difference is. Louis you clearly com across as some one who cares not just about your business but also the people who makes that business run.

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

Louis is the kind of A-hole that will tell you exactly what in his opinion is wrong and what you can do to correct it even if you do not want to hear it. That's the kind of A-hole that is way to rare and that we need a lot more of. I've had a few friends who suffer by this kind of mentality, and it can be trying at times, but at large they are good people to know and work with. One of those was the kind that could not stand by if someone was harassing someone else. Case in point was the time he noticed a woman on the subway that was uncomfortable as some punks were getting in her face. It was in the middle of the afternoon and perhaps forty people in the subway car, fifteen of whom were some kind of gang wearing colors and acting like monkey hopped up on crack. My friend shoots out and rushes the entire length of the subway car, stabs his finger in the dudes chest and roars that he better go sit down and leave the lady alone as she's not interested in having anything to do with him or his friends. He was 17, slight of build, was untrained and absolutely had no idea of fighting. The dude he dressed down was a punk in his twenties, tattooed all over and with the hole gang laughing and cheering him on. I and two more friends just looked at each other and walked over to at least offer some kind of show of support, though we were no older, none of us had any fighting experience and only one of us had any kind of training, and that was school level Judo. I have no idea how the hell we got out of there without getting into a fight, and it wasn't the last time he did something like that. That he never got beaten to a pulp is a mystery as he had no sense of self preservation in situations like this. You could argue that he was an idiot, but at the same time he shamed all of his friends into at least consider to take action in bad situations like this. I sometimes think about what he would do in some situation, shudder and try to figure out some way to defuse the situation while staying alive. Yea, I've got some survival instinct, so sue me...

[@BladeOfLight16]

Not only does he care about the people who make the business run, he also cares about the other business people who have to operate in this hell hole. He wants a world where when people do the sensible thing, they're not punished by stupid or malicious people doing idiotic things.

[@mnal5gex]

Condolences from a guy in California. I watch your videos and support your hard work. It’s a shame this is happening to you. NY has an amazing business in its city and it’s horrible to see this kind of thing happen to you. If there is a way I can donate my old equipment to your stores for recycling please message me. I’d love to donate anything I have. I don’t like sending it to recycle centers. Ty

[@strife711]

God I wish more people where like Louis. This man is the shit.

[@HyperHorse]

WERE.

[@WyomingGuy876]

#Louis: Set up a new business in Tennessee; either the Greeneville or Knoxville areas. Land and shop space is cheap. Nashville is next door, Eastern TN is a major package shipping corridor. Can you live off of mail in repairs? Your reputation is good enough that most people should know you.

[@johnj.6419]

New York officials count on you not wanting to leave for a variety of reasons. They know you won't leave so they'll keep doing what they're doing.

[@plumber1337]

Talk with your employees about the following: Do "everything" that you need to do and post evidences on every wall and window. IF authorities come hunt you down, just point them to the evidences and show that you're waiting for their part of the problem to be solved. If they F up, SUE THEM.

[@Enonymouse_]

The city of new york can write rubber checks to fund their legal efforts a lot longer than louis can. :/

[@danlast4726]

Louis you show more loyalty to your employees in 17:35 than I was ever shown in almost a decade. If I ever have the opportunity to work for someone that shows that much care and loyalty, I would work my ass off to show them the same.

[@LexBravary]

Remember, at one time, Cleveland and Detroit were once thriving American cities. New York, San Fran, and L.A. shouldn't think they're too good to not follow a similar path.

[@Gandhi_Physique]

So basically, go to emerging super-cities, then leave in time to avoid the onslaught of bs.

[@AndyDillbeck]

The big cities are dieing. New York City is a rotting corpse. Chicago is a war zone. Californian cities are being tortured by the death of a thousand petty crimes that shops literally can't stop when it is done right in front of their security people, while the water dries up and the tax base fleas. Get out now, while you can still take your stuff with you, but leave the political sickness and failed ideas behind.

[@Gandhi_Physique]

@@AndyDillbeck nah man, they aren't bad ideas. They just "aren't implemented properly".. In every single place they are tried. It is almost like they don't know that humans ruin ideas that sound great on paper. We aren't robots, ya gotta adjust for the unknown human element.

[@stein11wolf]

Guess which city will become the next "nation's hub", have millions of people join there, repeat every mistake of these cities, get big and become a shithole, and people will wonder what went wrong? My money is in San Diego

[@Gandhi_Physique]

@@stein11wolf I think potentially Austin or Dallas in Texas are up and comers.

[@DOYLECLEVERLOBE1]

There's a higher likelyhood that Tim Apple will show up to have his personal Macbook repaired than for this problem to be resolved in a timely manner.

[@Snickarz]

Coincidence: Rossman is trying to get stuff done with RTR. Things are starting to move on that front. After 9 YEARS of no communication, NOW he's getting a warning. Mm Hmm...

[@johngachie8839]

Nobody likes the truth

[@jamesbenson1809]

When NY is telling you to leave, your only mistake is staying in NY.

[@CallousCoder]

But Louis’ problem is his staff. You don’t want to kick out the people that MAKE your business.

[@nsptyty9617]

If he leaves from NY to a smaller city he won't have as many customers I tried that for a few years, had to come back to N.Y. but then again Louis already has large customer base, he could probably do mail-in orders.

[@fearbabyriffs]

@@CallousCoder I wonder how many of them wouldn't mind living in a better cost of living Florida. Same wages & more spending power.

[@rezcellent]

@@CallousCoder tough luck it looks like. This is maddening. I couldn’t imagine living in NYC. It’s a DUMP

[@anfiach]

@@fearbabyriffs and make the state worse off by bringing the same mentality with them that ruined New York?

[@iloveprivacy8167]

Gives new meaning to "if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere."

[@whothewho82]

A bombshell statement . Every obstacle to make it

[@rgtaylorjp]

Louis, I just wanted to say Kudos for caring about your staff. I was once offered a job making 3 times the salary I was making but the offer was on Thursday and they wanted me to start on the next Monday. I refused to be disloyal to my employer, tried to negotiate for more time. They had a deadline so they couldn't give me the time. So I turned down the job, out of loyalty. 2 months later the employer notified several of us that our positions were being terminated, with 2 weeks notice. It was just an administrative judgement that they wanted to stop offering the service we provided to their end customers. I felt like my loyalty was being rewarded with complete disregard. I regretting being loyal. BUT it ends well, the local management went to bat, reporting that the service I provided out of the local office was extremely popular with customers, that I was under high demand, and that it would severely and negatively impact their office overall if I was to be let go. As a result, they made a special exception and kept my position. From this, I realized loyalty needs to run both directions for a business to thrive. I think you're stance is awesome.

[@kevincozens6837]

Louis, When you send another email make sure you tell your email program that you want a return receipt and also click the option to get a delivery status notification. I would try going straight to the top of the DCA. If that doesn't work, find out who is above the DCA. I don't know if the mayor would be able to help but it might be worth making him aware of the problems with the DCA. Just imagine how many other people are in a similar situation.

[@supabass4003]

"Where's the cocaine?" "In the boat..." "Where's the boat?" "We sunk it"

[@grndzro777]

Dammit....all my guns were on that boat.

[@DJ29Joesph]

@@grndzro777 same thing happened to me!

[@samuelmatheson9655]

@@DJ29Joesph Damn we need to stop boating with all of our guns

[@sgtwisky]

Just wanted to let all you fine gents know that I am planning a large boating trip into international waters to shoot at floating practice targets safely.... Who's in? XD

[@Melanie16040]

@@sgtwisky Sounds like a lot of fun!

[@christophershields3788]

There comes a point where you can’t stay in NYC. Loyalty is nice but the city is killing you.

[@danielcantoreanu]

Yeah, this sounds like typical Romanian bureaucracy. As a Romanian, I had the feeling that only we have these issues and that USA / NYC are as efficient as possible. I hope you manage to solve these issues and you won't have to move forcefully :( You seem like a really nice boss.

[@flowgangsemaudamartoz7062]

I would've never thought that something like this can happen in the #1 economy. Its crazy.

[@Samosayummyyay]

@@flowgangsemaudamartoz7062 More like the Nr. 1 smoke and mirror show.

[@jbmcb]

My good friend grew up in Romania under Ceaușescu, though he was fortunate enough to live in a remote village. He said that life wasn't bad, as long as you didn't have to interact with the government in any way, shape or form. Once a year they'd have to go fill out some form in Timișoara for their house. Filling out the form and filing it took about twenty minutes. They'd plan for a long weekend to actually get to the point in the bureaucracy to fill the form out. Fortunately they had relatives there that they could stay with.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@jbmcb That sounds like interacting with the US Military, especially having to plan an entire weekend to fill out forms for 20 minutes. My father was in the chairforce, and no that's not a typo, even he admits that he was an office worker in camo.

[@jackoneil3933]

"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends, and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it." - John Lennon

[@MinorLG]

So show up, tell them you have an appointment, and when they say they don't see it, tell them to prove that they didn't schedule it in email.

[@rmhartman]

that just might work. use their bureaucracy against them.

[@clashofclanclashroyale5172]

Yes we need to try this

[@PhriendsySweetDreams]

THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@VideoArchiveGuy]

Then they have you arrested for trespassing. Bureaucrats know their game well.

[@MinorLG]

@@VideoArchiveGuy as the BCA is a government agency, of the city of new York, it is *public property* technically. So as long as one doesn't make a scene, doesn't seam to be protesting, doesn't block anyone from performing their job, and doesn't get violent, during staffed office hours, unless they specifically ask you to leave, you are free to stand/sit there

[@veleriphon]

It's a shame that government is so often incompetent to the point of bureaucratic authoritarians calling fines and fees, "revenue."

[@EgoChip]

Don't ever confuse corruption with incompetence. The latter is the perfect cover for the former. These people know exactly what they are doing.

[@Chiszle]

If a foreign chemical company looks for a location to set up a polluting factory, they can get the exemptions and licenses from governments that live up a stream of water. If the factory exceeds pollution limits or causes a disaster, the local government usually doesn't sense the same if any impact compared to the municipalities living downstream. But they can issue the fines to collect revenue, and pull off astronomic damage settlements. A foreign company that's allowed to >but choses not to< pollute, or run risk; is a missed revenue opportunity. See this as an extension of just flat-out paying to be allowed to pollute. Like carbon-credits. DuPont, Philip Morris, Bayern, Shell, BP, Tata, DOW, Sabic & many others have lawyers and execs that are loaded with cash to still run those old-fashioned risks. But their engineers are silently choosing to build closed systems where pollutants don't exit via air or waste water. I see a divide in the ethics between the technicians and those in power.

[@pootieputin2771]

This country needs more businessmen like Luis.

[@aaronhpa]

Actually it needs a revolution, because good "businessmen" usually don't live long

[@George_Washington_]

And less politicians like biden

[@peter.g6]

@@George_Washington_ Stop it dude, it's not about Biden or Trump or red or blue, regular people are getting screwed by most politicians and big corporations, no matter their declared political views.

[@Juice_boxtv]

We have had lots of them in NA over the last 20 years but they have been forced out of business by walmart, amazon, or some restaurant chain. It's hard to compete with pockets that deep that can use volume of sales to make up for lower prices when you are a mom and pop shop. Yay late stage capitalism!!! we are nearing the end of this pareto distribution cycle.

[@PlantSurgeon-growth]

@@peter.g6 you are right politics is a circus so we point fingers on each other instead of focusing on corruption

[@canfriendly34]

I have watched your videos, and have tremendous respect for your business. You show that caring for your employees does bring great results, it is disheartening that the run around treatment you have received truly shows the city does not want decent functioning business models, they would rather have corporate crooks who find ways to not pay. I sincerely hope that you can continue your excellent work and that your employees can continue to work with you.

[@itsmehere1]

NYC is about to have just a few spam callers after this lol. Im not endorsing it or anything but it's definitely gonna happen, no matter what he says there are gonna be those people that call anyway.

[@matekochkoch]

slowing their work even more

[@themann4633]

So NYPD wants business owners to submit serial# to find possibly stolen goods. But when "protestor" looters run out of BestBuy with loads of stolen property, NYC tells the police NOT to arrest them, or if they get arrested lets them go without filing charges.... Gotta love those Democrat run cities.

[@runed0s86]

All the spam calls are coming from NYC.

[@wiseguygazette]

@@themann4633 bizarre pivot. Better than bumpkin ass red states that take handouts every year because they're too mentally slow And busy fucking their cousins.

[@rjframe4410]

Covid has interrupted my rule, calls can be ignored, emails can be skipped, but tap dancing on someones desk is never ignored. That's the only real way to resolve this stuff

[@ThatBugBehindYou]

They all told us, they said it as clear as they could. "Build back better" Your store and all the ones like it may be chased out but worry not, corporations will replace you. Ironic that Right to Repair gets in it's final steps right as all the businesses that need it are destroyed and abandoned.

[@quilliumrapscallion]

Hear! Hear!

[@TarsonTalon]

They think corporations will replace the small businesses, but those corporations will be laughing as they keep all their profits in offshore tax havens, and not move in at all. See, the thing about evil people is that they always stab each other in the back. I bet the corporations' plan is to simply get everyone to buy their stocks, because that will be the only way anyone will be able to make a living in the USA anymore. They will be at the mercy of the corporations' success or failures, and market manipulations. At the end, the governments that sold us out won't have anything either, because you can't tax stocks (theoretically).

[@alvallac2171]

*its final steps (possessive) it's = contraction of "it is/has"

[@lonewolfxmohaa]

@@TarsonTalon Only if you hold for a year if I recall, most people do shorts.

[@kokofan50]

Right to repair means nothing when you own nothing

[@JPChampion]

The world would be a better place if more employers felt like you do about your employees, Louis. I appreciate that there are people like you out there.

[@Mr_Wh1]

Louis: "I can't just move and leaving my staff behind!" NYC: "Well that's cute n' all, but we really want you to f' off..." Louis: "I will not let bureaucracy stop me!" NYC: "In that case we will shut you down and stonewall you from getting through...." Louis: "Well, shit. Of I go. Andrew Cuomo : "I will cook you dinner, but you have to come back!"

[@MarkoCloud]

Move to 100% mail-in. Register your business outside NY as the mail in-addres. There you can sort what can be done from home and what needs to be done on-site. Send work to everyone who wants to stay in NY and they can work from home. It's going to be a bit more expensive postage wise but you won't need a NY location and save on rent. It can be done.

[@bjseaward27]

@@MarkoCloud I want to give you more than a like so here's my RESPECT

[@brocaraton]

@@MarkoCloud they can make a website that has a prepaid mailing for the customer label that prints out the closest location. Some of those locations can be private residences.

[@MarkoCloud]

@@brocaraton I don't know the laws in NY, but the DCA have a problem with having multiple addresses.

[@FixItStupid]

Thank You, Sir Facts & Truth Eye's To See With Thank You

[@GaryCameron780]

New York is now a shithole city and I admire your willingness to protect existing employees and make things work.

[@mikeythanos]

New York has always been a shithole, it just happened to get worse. These business owners like him are getting backstabbed and it's depressing, this just shows democrats don't care about small business owners

[@alohomora4918]

@@mikeythanos lol they never cared

[@LiveLeveLeviL]

I honestly believe NYC wants all the smaller businesses out of NYC to free up RE for larger corporations via territory sales.

[@LordSandwichII]

By the sounds of things, not even the big guys want to do business there.

[@johanntan86]

Reminds me of the local USCIS in Seattle. Unable to process individuals applying for permits or visas due to COVID-19. However, can process skilled worker visas for the tech companies here lol.

[@HH-le1vi]

Companies are moving out of NYC so that's a terrible plan

[@bjseaward27]

If this is the case then they are betting on the WORST odds because if all these small businesses die on top of all the other crap the past year has wrought then that's it the population hits 0 the people head for greener pastures and the city is DEAD. Try selling property to corporate when there's no population to employ. In a city that won't get enough cash from selling the property to maintain its self in the absence of taxpayers. Corporate will try to worm out of most taxes so that's not a viable source. Maybe just MAYBE the city could work out a deal to basically selling themselves to the Corp BUT that will last all of a few days as by then somebody (maybe government maybe militia idk) decides that good ol'NYC governing body and all should have EVERYTHING in common with an ancient ruin

[@khhnator]

large corporations doesn't really care about land prices. once you are big enough you don't care about return of investment or profits, the math is completely different if they evaluated that a walmart in the middle of Manhattan would be good for their business as a whole... they just would just buy it. but i doubt it is.

[@hprado77]

Been following you for a while. Good people follow leaders. Maybe not right away, but you'll be fine. You're like the roommate that pays all his bills on time and makes sure things are done right then gets kicked out by bad roommates that are always late on everything. Indiana welcomes you. along with your 14 people.

[@JimmyZNJ]

Thank you for being a level headed boss who cares about his employees! Your leadership does inspire employees to work hard. I've dealt with bosses who are so opposite of you and don't realize just how they deflate and consequently fail to positively motivate their employees. Thanks for being who you are and giving a damn! 👍

[@IAmChadBroseph]

This is like a cruel joke. Sorry you’re going through this pal.

[@BirdRaiserE]

You wanna hear a cruel joke? "Liberals care about the little guys" Screw NY Screw CA

[@Fraggr92]

@@BirdRaiserE Even worse, "the republicans will make everything better". Now that's a laugh and a half. The truth is that neither care about the little guy because they're both run by the same people when push comes to shove.

[@o0Avalon0o]

This video made me realize I'm in the wrong profession. Someone who's detail-oriented & cares about the work they do needs an environment they can thrive in.

[@kornpops1261]

Texas or florida

[@goingaboutmyfathersbusines4359]

You nailed it..I had to leave NY..I was sinking ..sometimes u have to make choices that are best for u..and put others aside..I live in the south now...NC, TX, GA, FL and TN are the best I would not recommend SC so much that state is poorly run..as far as education, roadways, housing and social policies

[@thefourhorsemen91]

You seem like a great guy to work for. Your employees are lucky they have someone that has their backs. Keep up the great work.

[@mitchhaelann9215]

Talk to a lawyer about filing a class action against the DCA to get an injunction to shut them down. Alternatively: Take your energy and get into politics. Get a position of power high enough to round up the entire DCA and fire the lot of them, replacing them with competent people. Don't call your senator, they won't care. BECOME your senator.

[@KusumaWijaya]

Yeah bro,, sue

[@Argosh]

I suspect that government is exempting itself from class action...

[@NeighborSenpai]

As much as I would love Louis to be a lawmaker I doubt it's possible to achieve in 30 days, it could be a long term future solution however

[@Kyryyn_Lyyh]

Stop watching movies dude

[@Z0RUK]

@@Kyryyn_Lyyh lol

[@mikeselectricstuff]

Maybe the NY Times would be interested in doing a story on this?

[@thephilosophersstoned3796]

The very same NYT being sued in court for Misinformation and Slander by Project Veritas? I wouldn't hold my breath.

[@InternetKilledTV21]

@@thephilosophersstoned3796 lmao do you even know what veritas is?

[@electr_icity4613]

@@thephilosophersstoned3796 Misinformation and slander? I didn't know Project Veritas was suing themselves.

[@Sujad]

@@electr_icity4613 Why would they be suing themselves? The NYT has had to edit/retract statements about Project Veritas that they constitute a large part of Project Veritas Retraction Wall.

[@Sujad]

@Gennadiy Sharashkin What evidence do you have of that?

[@Christopher_S]

The paranoia in me would say I'd look into seeing if someone is lobbying against you, or some politician is trying to shut you down and shut you up.

[@Christopher_S]

@ThePatUltra That's the very first stop where my paranoia would take me.

[@triarii9257]

This was my thought as well. NYC politics is notoriously corrupt and the local senate DOES target specific businesses they don't like for whatever reason.

[@PyroRaptor841]

considering that it is new york, i'd say that would be damn near every politician

[@callidusvulpes5556]

I think it’s worth looking into, but I don’t think it’s more likely than NYC bureaucracy just being that atrocious because it really is that atrocious.

[@masondeitrick]

That isn’t paranoia. That is 100% a logical conclusion to make in an age where corporations are subverting law and ethics to tighten their grasp on the monopolies they are founding.