This story in this narration was altered due to its unnecessary contents. It was to prevent cringe and idiotic randomness being put into my creepypasta narrations, despite the changes I randomly put into these stories. I can take this seriously that you guys love the show, SpongeBob SquarePants, that aired as a famous show since 1999 to forever on. That show was my brother's favorite since years ago, until he decided to love Rio and the Muppets. But now this story I need to tell you, is a lost SpongeBob episode DVD I found since one week yesterday. Here is how it went. I was at Walmart, getting some more bluey toys and plushies, until I saw a DVD that caught my attention. I took the DVD, and noticed that it's a SpongeBob SquarePants DVD. The title was called, SpongeBob SquarePants, the nuke. The cover consisted of SpongeBob and his friends running away, from what appeared to be a nuke missile coming down behind them. A yellow rectangle was shown on the top left corner, with words that read, June 21, 2003. I felt confused about the title of the episode. Why does it say that? Does the DVD contains any other episodes? But I decided to think that it's just a sick joke. I got to the paying section. I bought the DVD and then went home. I then grabbed some of my chips, and a soda before watching the episode. I then put the DVD in the display, and began to watch the episode. It got to the Nickelodeon Fish, the FBI Warning Screen, and the Paramount logo like normal. Instead of the DVD menu, it just took me to the episode. The intro was normal, but there was a loud ambience of static, until when it got to the title card, it consisted the words, the nuke, with an explosion background scene. There was no upbeat music, and there was no bubble transition. It started with Squidward watching TV with a relaxed face, until he noticed that on the TV, was a nuke warning that read, Emergency Alert System. Civil Danger Emergency Message. For your area until further notice. ATLATV 5. The sound effect of the nuke was heard in the background, like most times from those nuke warnings. Squidward cried. He began to cry in confusion and horror. After five seconds, he freaked out and ran outside to the Krusty Krab, to where Mr. Krab's was keeping an eye out, while SpongeBob was doing his chef nonsense. He saw Squidward and said in the most disappointed tone, Squidward then responded in a scared tone of voice, Mr. Krabs was so confused, he asked if he was mocked, Squidward responded telling the truth. Mr. Krabs cried. SpongeBob asked in fear, coming out of the kitchen. Squidward responded, before taking the two running out with them to SpongeBob's home. He then ran to Sandy's tree dome, where Sandy and Patrick are inside playing chess. Squidward cried out to them. Sandy and Patrick explained in confusion and horror. But before Squidward could say his sentence, a sound of a nuke missile was heard, along with the nuke alarm. Then it cuts to two white men in a live action missile launch. Said one of the white men, said the second white man. Then the first one pressed the button, and it sent the missile. Those sounds sounded realistic, like if a nuke was really heard from outside my window. I felt scared and was crying in horror as if my life was already over. But the good thing is that the nuke was not really happening. It cuts back to Squidward, and he felt like the nuke missile was already about to take down the sea. Squidward said as he lets Patrick and Sandy, with her suit on, run straight to SpongeBob's home. Larry, girl, Mrs. Puff, SpongeBob's parents, Gary, Plankton, Karen, and all the other characters ran into SpongeBob's home, with SpongeBob opening the door frantically, letting them inside for help. As everybody including the fish people went inside of the home, Squidward frantically closed the door and let out a deep breath of relief. Okay everybody, we're going to be safe right here in this place for the longest while. Squidward said, Are you kidding me? asked Plankton angrily.  I was shocked at this point. They never said bye in a cartoon children's show like this. This has to be a joke. said one of the female fish. I think that too. said one of the male fish. You know what? What is this kind of stuff anyway? Mr. Krabs said. Then everybody began to argue what the whole prank was about. Squidward tried to comfort them to stop arguing. Quiet! SpongeBob yelled before coming down. It is true. I agree. Sandy said. Never mind that I guess. Mr. Krabs said, finally realizing what Squidward meant. Then they overheard the sound of the new coming to the spot, to where everybody was. Oh no! Larry said scared. cried Sandy, as all the characters went in different spots screaming. Squidward was just standing there, looking up at the ceiling with a depressed look. He then said crouching down in sobs still looking. Well God, I think it's time our sacrifice has been united to be with your home. Goodbye the Kenny Bottom. Goodbye to my friends. Goodbye to my clarinet. And most of all, goodbye to myself. Before the nuke struck, one of the fish siblings started sobbing. I don't wanna die father. Then, the nuke made impact. Then it faded to white, only to hear the screaming of SpongeBob and the explosion of the nuke heard. Then the episode ended with the two scientists floating over the site. Well done. SpongeBob is dead. One of them said, as the credits played with the sound of the scientists laughing. Then it went to the usual United Plankton Pictures logo, and then went to the fish ID with the usual copyright. Unlike the other lost episodes, it was normal. Just then, the disk ejected itself, and my DVD player just shut off by itself. I was appalled by this episode. I decided to tell Nickelodeon and Paul to beat. Here's what Nickelodeon said. We are so sorry about this episode scaring you. We don't know what just went on. We don't know how in the world you found it. Well before Steven Hillenberg died in 2018, in 2003, Hillenberg was planning this episode, but he was devastated. He then headed in the SpongeBob vault, a vault where the honored SpongeBob episodes would be put. However he didn't want it out of the vault. After that, here's what it said. Thank you for contacting me. And yes, I was a showrunner at the time, and I heard Hillenberg put something in the SpongeBob vault. I decided to never take it out. However I have no idea on how you found this. I will send you a SpongeBob gift DVD box out of the very first season. After that, I soon replied with a thank you note. I have a few questions in my head. Why was the episode out of the vault, and then being stored at Walmart?


The Crab Food Company presents Harold Perry as The Great Gilder Sleeve. The Great Gilder Sleeve is brought to you by The Crab Food Company makers of Parquet Margarine.   Home again, home again, try it today. You like it, you love it, like millions who say it's their favorite margarine. Parquet, P-A-R-K-A-Y, Parquet Margarine, made by Kraft. He's there the man with soul so dead who never to himself half said. It's time to get my 1948 automobile license plates. Yes, The Great Gilder Sleeve is a man who does things on time, but never much ahead of time. That's why late in the afternoon, on the last day, he's waiting in line. What a way to waste an afternoon. It took me two hours to get inside the building. Probably would have my license plates by now if I hadn't got another line. And I wasn't thirsty at all. Well, I'm next. Oh, five o'clock. Wonder what time they close. Hey, Clerk, what time do you close this window? Five o'clock. Eh, just meet it. You meet it. You come back here and raise that window. I want my license plates. Clerk, raise that window. Barry, John, try me tomorrow. You open up or you'll be out of a job. I'm a city official. Call my. But I'm Throckmorton P. Gilder Sleeve. I'm the water commissioner. Oh. That's better. Commissioner, you've had six weeks to get your license plates. What have you been doing all that time, plugging leaks in the water department? Let's not be impertinent, bud. Just give me the plates. A low number. Okay. Where's your registration slip? Registration slip? It's on my steering wheel. Oh, did you bring your steering wheel? Now see here, just because I forgot. See you tomorrow, Mr. Gilder Sleeve. Nothing like birdie's oatmeal in the morning. Aren't you eating any breakfast morning? All I wanted was grapefruit. Well, there's nothing like grapefruit as a bracer for breakfast. But I always like a little something sweet after it to take away the sour taste. Pass the sugar, Leroy. Oh, clear. Oh, clear. Leroy, don't try to talk with food in your mouth. Okay. Don't swallow it. Chew it. Chew oatmeal? What's that in it? Never mind. You don't have to comfort us if you're afraid it'll get away. Leroy stores it like a pelican. Gosh, I've got to eat in a hurry or I'll be late for school. Get down to breakfast on time, young man. Gosh, I'll go someplace doing the homework.  I don't get my proper rest. You probably would if you'd get that smelly old turtle out of your room. Turtle? Leroy, I thought I heard something walking around last night. They dozed during the day so it's night for you. There'll be no dozing turtles around this house. You get rid of that thing so you can concentrate on your homework and get to bed nights. I did my homework before dinner on key. You see, Leroy, little Marjorie. Do it the way Marjorie does. Don't always be putting things off. I always say procrastination is the thief of time. Remember that. Now roll along to school. Okay, uncle. It's so late, how about giving us a ride? Yes, drop us at school on your way to the office, uncle. Well, I would, but I'm not taking the car out of the garage today. What's the matter? They've started rationing gas again? No, Leroy, but, well, it wouldn't be legal. Not legal to drive us to school? Of course that's legal, my dear, but your old uncle doesn't have his new license plates. Uncle Mord. Wasn't yesterday the last day to get them? Well, yes, but... Leroy? You get going to school, you hear? On the run. For corn shake. Honestly, uncle Mord.  And Leroy, don't you slam that door. Oh! Excuse me? Nothing, Bertie, nothing. Just the little children going off to school jet-propelled. Oh, well, if you want more coffee, just holler. I'll be out on the service port. No, thanks, Bertie. I'm full of oatmeal. And, Mr. Guilsey, before you leave, don't forget to call Mr. Charlie Anderson at the reservoir. He phoned early. I wonder what's wrong out there now. I have to call Charlie later. I've got to run now. I think I'll take the bus, Bertie. What's wrong with the car, Mr. Guilsey? Well, the license plates are out of order. I have to attend to that the first thing this morning. Oh, yes. It's been a long time since I rode a bus. Which one do I take to get to the city hall? Oh, that's easy. You go down to the corner. You know where the bus stop is. Yeah? And you know them red buses that pass every half hour on the half hour? Well, you don't take that one. You wait for the yellow one. Yellow one, no. But that won't get you to the city hall. No, Bertie. What's this all about? Well, nothing to it, Mr. Guilsey. After the man gives you a transfer... Transfer? To the main street bus. That's the green one. You catch the green one, go in south, and you're in. Zeef. I had no idea that transit companies made such a project of getting down to the city hall. Well, they raised the fare, so they got to make it look good. Mr. Guilsey, I think all the city officials ought to get busy. Now, Bertie, let's not be critical of the city officials. We're doing a good job. Oh, I know you are. We may have our little problems, but Summerfield is a growing city. People moving in, industry springing up. Look out that window, Bertie. You see all that smoke? Pretty soon we'll be just like Los Angeles. Can't see the town for the smoke. I'm looking, Mr. Guilsey. As soon as I wash the clothes, I'm going to clean that window. Of course, somebody else was going to clean them all last fall. Yeah. Gotta catch a bus, Bertie. Should she say a red one? Driver, does this bus go down? No, talking to the driver. Read the signs. Oh, pardon me. This is a nice little subdivision. Not many houses, but the trailers all look new. Hey, wait a minute. Driver, stop that bus. You're going away from town. Let me off here. Why didn't you tell me this was the wrong bus? Why didn't you ask? Oh, you said the auto. Well, you did. To the way out here in the Tuleys. The time I get back to the city hall, I'll need 1950 license plates. Here comes a car. Hey, mister, how about a ride to town?  Anderson, you nearly ran over me. What's the big idea? Hey, commissioner. Might have fancy footwork he's doing there. Michigan to Notre Dame be after you for the backfield if you was a younger man and had a high school education. All right, Charlie, scaring people isn't funny. Why aren't you on the job at the reservoir? Why aren't you on the job at the office? Dad, Pusted Water Department's going to the dogs.  I wouldn't if it fed me enough. Let's watch our attitude, Charlie. Well, if you don't like it, commissioner, you can get yourself another boy. All right, George, that's the way you feel. I may just get my... Go ahead, get him.  An old man of 70 can always latch on somewhere. No, Charlie. You just tend to business it. How about driving me back to the city hall? Oh, can't do it, commissioner. Got a drum of gasoline and back for the pump engine. But, Charlie, I can't walk into town. Well, if the pump stops, we ain't got no water. If there ain't no water, the water commissioner might get himself another boy. So long, commissioner. Charlie, come back here. One of these days, I'll get myself another boy. I don't people get their license plates early. Anyway, the line isn't quite as long as it was yesterday. Nothing's gonna stop me this time. Well, well, well, if it isn't my friend, Gildersley, do you have to have a license for that old chariot of yours? You two hookers, fall in behind me. I got mine a month ago, Gildy. I always say procrastination is the thief of time. Great. Let's try to be a little original, Horace. What are you loitering in the halls for, anyway? I was just on my way out when I saw you. Have you, uh, talked to Chief Gates lately? No, what's up? Well, I suppose the Chief will tell you in due time. There are big plans in the wind for the S-P-E-B-S-Q-S-A. What's that, another third party? No, no, Gildy. The S-P-E-B-... Don't repeat it. Just tell me what it means, Judge. Gildy, you know about the society for the preservation and encouragement of barbershop quartet singing in America, incorporated, don't you? Oh, that! Well, who doesn't? Chief Gates is local chairman, and the Jolly Boys are going to enter the Capital City Contest next month. Well, that's wonderful. But wait a minute, Judge, there are five members of the Jolly Boys and only four in a quartet. That's right, Gildy. What are you cackling about? Floyd sings top tenor, Pee-Vee is baritone. Of course, Chief Gates is bass. And who do you think the Chief will select to sing lead? Well, I wonder. I know what you're thinking, Gildy. And as a crooner, you're pretty good. Well, there are the good ones, Crosby, Nelson Eddy. Yeah. But a quartet requires close harmony, and the Chief has frequently complimented me upon my teamwork in group singing. Oh, and he's complimented me, too. What about Gildy? Well, I'll see you here, Hooker. This is no place for favoritism. Oh, no. Everyone must be judged on his own merits. See you around, Gildy. When I walk down to the police station, I have a P-knuckle game set with Chief Gates. Well... Apple polisher, I'm going with you. You're next, Mr. Gilder-Sleeve. I'll tell your registration slip. Sorry, I can't stay. Wait up, Judge. I'll never get those license plates. We'll be back with a great Gilder-Sleeve in just a minute.  I stopped in to see him the other day, and quite by accident mentioned Parkay Marger and the Margerin of Craft Quality. The judge recognized the name and said... Parkay Margerin? Well, that's the favorite spread at my house. It's a favorite all over America, Judge. Millions of women say it's the perfect topping for bread, rolls, muffins, pancakes... Waffles, too. Very good on waffles. Naturally. Parkay is made from only the choice products of American farms. Each pound is fortified with 15,000 units of vitamin A. 15,000. That's right. Parkay is just as nourishing as it is delicious. Women know that Parkay is a good food for their families. Their families know how good it tastes. Seems to me I've heard various ladies talking about the low-cost Parkay. Certainly. Why do you realize tasty-tempting Parkay Margerin, the Margerin made by Craft, actually costs less today than it did a year ago, actually costs less? That's the kind of talk I like. And Parkay Margerin is the Margerin everyone likes. Nourishing, economical, delicious. Millions of women all over America insist on nourishing economical Parkay Margerin. It tastes so good that P-A-R-K-A-Y Parkay Margerin made by Craft. Now let's rejoin our friend, the great Gildersleeve. His mission to get his 1948 license plates has been interrupted by a new crisis. Who will sing lead for the Jolly Boys when they go to the Barbershop Quartet Contest in Capital City? Pee-Vee, I'm a better singer than Judge Hooker, aren't I? Well, I wouldn't say that. But Pee-Vee, I am. You know I am. Yes, I know it, but I wouldn't say it. Judge is a pretty good customer of mine. Oh, my goodness. But down deep in your heart you wouldn't say he's better than I am, would you? No, I wouldn't. Well, that's better. Because you are a pretty good customer of mine, too. Pee-Vee. But it wouldn't be too bad if you missed out, Mr. Gildersleeve. We should have a lot of fun on those two days in Capital City. Mrs. Pee-Vee has approved the trip. Oh? I'd rather think Margaret Truman's tour paved the way for me. Made quite an impression with Mrs. Pee-Vee. Well, I'll be there, too, if I ever locate Chief Gates. Hooker and I went looking for him, but he wasn't in. I've been walking all over town, Pee-Vee. Car break down? No, but I didn't get my new plates. Day late, so I've been walking. Oh, that's too bad, Mr. Gildersleeve. Why didn't you take the bus? The bus? Pee-Vee, have you ever tried to ride the buses in this town? It takes you all day to get some place. No, Mr. Gildersleeve, I ride them every day. I have to leave home a little earlier in the morning and usually get home to Mrs. Pee-Vee quite late in the evening. I'd rather like the buses. Well, I'd have my place if it wasn't for this quartet business. Oh, so, lady, as yours you must allow. Oh, Floyd, not bad. Hi, fellas, what's up? Oh, fine. Give me a couple of packs of cigarettes, Pee-Vee. Just been in that line to get my license plates, and my nerves are shut, huh? You late, too, Floyd? Yeah, you ought to see the line. Ain't seen one so long since cigarettes were rationed. Hey, give me two cartons instead of two packs, Pee-Vee. The news ain't been too good lately. Really, well, Floyd, no limit. Hey, uh, C'mish, I picked up the chief and drove him down to the city hall when I got him a plate.  Yeah. You can get fine, Floyd.  Fine by chief Gates? He's too soft-hearted to find a friend. Just looked the other way when he got in and out of the car. Well, Riley's in a good mood. I guess I better go see him about who's going to sing lead. Oh, yeah, he said he had a hard time making up his mind who to take to Capitol City. Frankly, I wish you was going along, C'mish. What's this, Floyd? Well, it ain't just this trip. If we win, we go to the district convention. District convention? Well, George, I'm not going to miss that. And maybe the National in Oklahoma City next June. Make a big hit with those scores with a little string of beads. That should be very interesting. I've never seen an ending. Sorry you won't be with us, C'mish. That settles it. I'm going down until chief Gates a thing or two. I'll be in the quartet or know the reason why. I had a boy, C'mish. Be good to have your board. But easy does it. Now, you and the chief never was too chummy, was you? Well, he's never had anything against me.  Pitchin' horseshoes in the park on Sunday, playin' pinocchio. Darn that hooker. There's anything I can't stand, it's Apple policy. Oh, before I go, you better give me a couple of cigars, Pee-Vee. Very well. May I suggest about four of the 32-cent acmeotos? 32-cent cigars? Pee-Vee. That's what the judge bought. But hooker doesn't smoke. Yeah, chief does. Pee-Vee. Give me the acmeotos. Chief would better be in this time. I've walked 10 miles today at least. Jails. Something about jails. Pardon me. Pardon me, desk sergeant. Yes? Is the chief in? No. Anything I can do for you? Well, no, I have to see the chief. That's what they all say. The desk sergeant will never do. So you have to tell somebody. You want to get it off your chest. You wander into the station and want to get locked up. What? But will you confess to me? No. You have to tell the chief. I'm the guy who locks you up anyway, so why don't you tell me? Locks who up? Come on, buddy. Fess up to me. Who knows? I may be chief someday. Well, I did now see here. I didn't come here to confess anything. I'm the water commissioner. The water commissioner? Oh, well, pardon me from them. Worried look, I thought you... Never mind. Where's the chief? Just went off duty, Mr. Commissioner. Fine fellow, the chief. A little easygoing, but you know where he lives, don't you? Well, down the street here, someplace. Third house down. You can't miss it. If you come into this corner cell here, you can see it through the bars. No, thanks. I'll find it. Chief's home all right. I can see him through the kitchen window. I'll do it in the back way. More personal. Well, at least Hooker's not hanging around. Well, Commissioner Gildersleeve, come in, come in. Yeah, thank you, chief. Commissioner, this is a real surprise. I'm glad you dropped in. Well, it's been quite some time since I've been over. I thought I should. Good, good. I've been looking forward to a little heart-to-heart, man-to-man friend-to-friend talk to you. And if you don't mind, we'll just stay out here in the kitchen.  Oh, too bad. I noticed you had your shoes and socks off, but I wasn't going to say anything. Nothing like hot water and salt after you've been pounding the pavement, Commissioner. I'll go right ahead, if you don't mind. Oh, no. I don't mind. In fact, my feet are a little tired. I might get in there with you. Don't believe there's room, Commissioner. Oh, I had a hard day, too. Up and down the street since morning, warning people to get their new license plates. Warning them. Their cars shouldn't even be on the streets. I know, Commissioner, but... Oh, it's a little hot, but what comforts? Hmm, what feet? They even look bigger underwater. What's that, Commissioner? I say, have you heard from your daughter? Oh, no, no, but nice of you to ask, Commissioner. Hand me the salt there. Would you, Mr. Gilda Sleeves? The salt? Oh, sure. Glad to. We have some barbershop quartet songs laid out here on the table. Oh, yes, yes, I have.  Some of us will be making. Nice selection here. Kentucky Babe, Silver Threads. And it's my responsibility to select a team of four from the Jolly Boys. You understand. Oh, yes, I understand. Here's one that calls for a good lead singer. Darling, I am growing old. Commissioner. Silver threads among the gold. Shine upon my brow. Now, look, Commissioner.  But this thing has put me in a difficult position. What's difficult about it? I'm a better singer than Hooker. Leave the old goat home. Now, Commissioner, is that nice? What does being nice have to do with it? Your job as chairman is to make the right selection, isn't it? But, Commissioner, the judge has been awfully good to me. Just had me and Hazel out to dinner the other evening. And he's always asking about my mother and Salinas. Oh, my goodness. I just asked about your daughter. Yes, but let's be good sports about this, Commissioner. Good sports? That's the trouble with you, Chief. You're too easygoing. You have to be hard in this world.  Even the lawbreakers. Mr. Gildersley. It's true, Chief. You better be careful of that. Death Sergeant will be Chief before you know it. The Death Sergeant? Just a friendly warning. Come to think of it, he has been a little aggressive lately. You're darn right. And I'm your friend, or I wouldn't speak to you like this. My Ned, maybe you're right, Commissioner. I guess it is time I laid down the law around here a little at that. You bet that the Boy Scouts help the women across the streets. Get tough, Chief, and start getting tough tonight at the Jolly Boys rehearsal. I hate to tell the judge, my old friend. You have to. Well, perhaps we can find something else for him. Make him a corresponding secretary or something. Corresponding secretary? What does he do? He stays home, answers the correspondent. I'm sure the judge will be honored and delighted. Yes, sir. And congratulations, Chief, on your new attitude. Well, I guess I have you to thank, Mr. Gildersley. And I admit I feel pretty good about it. Glad to be of help. It's a good thing we got our feet together. Heads together. Huh? See you tonight, Chief. Oh, here's the salt. All is young and fair. Light on up at the club already. Some of the boys must have come early. Hooker, for one. Well, I can't. Hooker's flat. Do they ever need me? Oh, brother. Hold it, darling. This may be the Chief now. Oh, no, it's only Gildersley. Hi, Commissioner. Hi, Floyd. Mr. Gildersley, we're just limbering up. Yes, Gildersley. You might try to sing the chief's part until he comes. Why, you won't do it. And until our chairman shows up, I'll direct the rehearsal. I'm certain he'd want it that way. Whittle Gates does come. All together now. She's only a bird in a gilded cage. I'll supply the leaves. You're right ahead, Judge. I'll supply the bird. Now, Gildersley, just because you're not going on the trip, don't be bitter. Got a little surprise coming, Judge. Have you here of a corresponding secretary? What? Well, hello, fellas. Hi, Chief. Oh, I'm sorry to be late, but I guess the policeman's work is never done. Well, you're here, Donald. Now we can really get going. Donald. I meant to be here early, too, but I've been tagging cars all the way down to the club. Tagging cars? You chief? Yes, me. People have been taking advantage of me about long enough and I can be pushed too far. It's time to get tough. Right, Commission? Right, Chief? Hey, the Chief saw it. Well, who wouldn't be? Some smart guy even had the audacity to park right in front of our club without his new license plates. Ah, Chief. You mean the 1936 Studebaker? Yes, it was a Studebaker. Come to think of it. Well, don't get upset about that car. It's mine. What are we seeing, fellas? Your car, Mr. Gildersley. I tried to get my license plates yesterday and today. And you, a city official. I'll get them tomorrow, Chief. Donald, first thing. The penalty to all offenders is $10. $10? And Commissioner Gildersley. Yes? What kind of a corresponding secretary do you think you'll make? Well, I don't know. I'm never... No, Chief! The great Gildersley will be right back, folks. It's a better spread for bread. Remember the name Parquet, the margarine of craft qualities. Today, more than ever, it's the better buy for both bread and budget. Smooth, rich Parquet actually costs less now than it did a year ago. Parquet is as delicious as it is nourishing. Each tasty pound is fortified with 15,000 units of important vitamin A. Everyone is made from only the choice products of American farms. Don't miss out on this economical spread that's an outstanding favorite for American bread. Ask for Parquet Margarine, P-A-R-K-A-Y, made by craft. Look at all the work on my desk. That Bessie. You got down here yesterday. Commissioner Gildersley. What do you want, Chief? I said I'd pay the $10. I think I have good news for you. We're allowed to take an alternate to the quartet contest. We are? Yes. And you really should sing lead, so we'll make the judge the alternate. Chief, aren't you still mad? Mad? Ho, ho, ho. I'm afraid I owe you an apology. No wonder you couldn't get your license plates yesterday. They ran out of new plates about four in the afternoon. They did? I mean, yeah, they did. But they'll have more in this noon. Well, good. I'll get right down there at the stroke of twelve. That's a good idea. There's a line outside the city hall already. Not again. Good night, folks. They really keep me in line. The Great Gildersley was played by Harold Perry. It was written by John Elliott and Andy White with music by Jack Meakin. Included in the cast are Walter Tetley, Louise Erickson, Lillian Randolph, Earl Ross, and Richard Legrand. This is John Wald saying good night for the Kraft Food Company, makers of the famous line of Kraft quality food products. Tomorrow night, Walter O'Keefe will be Al Jolson's guest on the Kraft Music Hall, heard over most of these NBC stations. 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Welcome to the On Demand 2021 Rock Family of Companies Community Challenge training webinar. My name is Dawn and I'll be leading you through today's presentation. If you have any questions after viewing this webinar, please email rockchallengeatmightycause.com. Here's a look at today's agenda, we'll be going over some of the basics, we're going to go over some of the key dates and facts of the program, then we'll walk through getting started by navigating and customizing your team page on the platform. After that we'll go over the prizes available for this year's challenge. If you have a question after reviewing the webinar, you can visit the FAQ on the challenge site or email rockchallengeatmightycause.com and our friendly support team will be happy to help. Community Challenge Basics. So the 2021 Rock Family of Companies Community Challenge is a four week long event that runs from August 2nd at noon Eastern to August 27th at 4.59.59 p.m. Eastern. While your organization will only be participating with nonprofits in your location, the challenge is benefiting five separate markets, Detroit, Cleveland, Charlotte, Phoenix, and a national market. And the really awesome thing about this giving event is that there's $275,000 of prize money at stake and lots of opportunities to win. We'll get into the prizes available a little bit later on. Getting Started. So how does a fundraising challenge work? A fundraising challenge is a unique campaign presented by a host that allows organizations to compete with other nonprofits or against their own goal to win prize money. Fundraising challenges are an exciting way for you to engage sponsors, community partners, peer-to-peer fundraisers, and more to spread the word about your organization and mission and raise funds for your cause. The limited timeframe creates a sense of urgency that donors tend to respond to and the prizes available give you fresh messaging opportunities throughout the campaign. So what is my nonprofit need to do? So all of you reviewing the webinar today would have received a challenge welcome email after accepting the invitation to participate in this year's Community Challenge. If you don't remember receiving that welcome email, I would check your spam or junk folders or email us rockchallengeatmightycause.com to let us know that you did not receive it and we can resend that welcome email to you. In that welcome email, you can find the link to your official team page for this year's challenge. The first thing you'll want to do is customize that team page by adding a logo and information about your organization. You'll then want to make sure you're fully eligible to receive prizes by uploading your W-9 and most recent 990 and review this year's official rules. And once you've done that, you can start planning for your campaign by strategizing around this year's bonus challenges. You can also attend the live training webinar on July 14th. That's all about strategy. So if you're not sure where to start or you want some good tips on using the new tools you get with your Mighty Cause account, be sure to attend. You can find the sign up link on the welcome page referenced in that welcome email you received.  You'll want to invite people involved with your organization to participate as peer to peer fundraisers. And of course, you'll need to raise money to win some awesome prizes. So this is the home page for the community challenge this year. You'll see the URL here at the top. I would definitely bookmark it. You can access each market's page and grand prize leaderboards from this overall challenge site. Once the challenge starts, this is where you can find the leaderboards that will show your bonus challenge standings. So make sure to bookmark it now so you have it when you need it. This page has all the tools that you'll need to. You'll see the resources tab where you can find a comprehensive FAQ as well as the bonuses for each location, the official challenge rules and general information about this year's community challenge. So moving on to your organization's team page for the community challenge this year, we recommend taking some time to get to know your team page dashboard. Your dashboard is the admin bar that appears on the left side of the screen when you're logged in and on your nonprofit's team page. You'll automatically land in edit mode when you access your team page. You can always see the public facing view at any time while you're editing by clicking the live page eyeball icon under live page is the page editor icon. This allows you to open the page backup for editing if you're not quite satisfied or have additional changes that you want to make. The campaigns icon gives you a quick overview of all the fundraisers that have joined your team page while participants gives you visibility into each team members progress and gives you the ability to communicate with them. You can also invite new supporters to join your team through the participant section of your team page. So below that on your dashboard is the report section. You're able to preview and export your team's donation report and utilize the mighty cause matching grant tool, which we'll talk about in a bit. The last option on your dashboard is the settings within settings. You can update your social share template, add a fundraiser template to make joining your team super easy for your supporters and you can view and manage your challenge checkout flow by adding suggested donation amounts and customizing the thank you page that donor see after they complete a transaction.  So you'll want to make sure that it looks good and represents you well. One very important note, your team page link is the link that you'll share with your supporters to ask them to donate to your challenge page. You have a organization profile page, which is kind of like the homepage on the site for you. But the page that counts towards the challenge is that official team page that you received a link to in that welcome email. So again, if you did not receive that welcome email, or if you're not sure which link to be sharing, please email our support team at rockchallengeatmightycause.com. So to share your team page, just copy and paste the URL into an email or social post or wherever you're advertising the campaign. So as you're getting started, you'll want to customize your team page to match your brand. So there's two ways to start customizing. You can click the page editor in your dashboard. So this will open up everything that you're able to edit.  The other way to customize, as you can see in this visual here on the slide, is to use the little pencil icons that appear on the page to indicate a section can be edited. Just click the little pencil icon in that section will open up for editing. The story section of your page is your chance to explain what your nonprofit is all about. The text editor is right in the section. So all you have to do is just click the little blue pencil icon to open up the editing tools and start writing. You can add media to your story to jazz things up. You can utilize the inline text editor to add links, upload images, link to videos from YouTube and Vimeo. Those videos will get embedded in your story. So people visiting your challenge page can check them out right within that section. You can also add bulleted or numbered lists. This spot is really where you can go in depth about your work and make a strong appeal to donors. You know, tell them why your organization needs their support and show the impact of your work. You can access your challenge team donation report in the report section of your dashboard. So clicking on that section will give you a submenu where you can choose from donation report or matching grants. We'll get more into matching grants here in a second. For now, your donation report will be available to you in real time and include information like the donation date, donor name, email, any designations or dedication options you have, the amount of the donation as well as which page the donation was attributed to. This comes more in handy when you have multiple team members on your challenge team helping you fundraise. Within the checkout flow section, which we'll go into detail about later on, you can set what information you collect during the checkout process to show in your donation report. For example, if you needed to collect phone numbers or addresses from donors, you can do so within the checkout flow section. So it shows on your donation report. All donations on the site are processed by the Mighty Cost Charitable Foundation, which is a donor advice fund. Within your organization account, which I'll touch on a little bit later, you can sign up for electronic fund transfer, which is the recommended method since it allows fund disbursement twice monthly. We can also send disbursements via check if you prefer not to or can't sign up for direct deposit. So checks get sent out once a month and there is a five dollar administrative fee associated with check disbursements. So it's highly recommended that you sign up for EFT since it's free and you get your money faster. Again, I'll point you to where you can do that within your organization account in just a few slides. The report section on your on your team page dashboard is also where you'll find the matching grants tool. As I'm sure many of you know, having a matching grant from a sponsor can go a long way in driving donations. So I want to make sure you're aware of the tool that money cost has specifically for those. The matching grants tool is a really versatile tool and you have a lot of options for how you structure your match. Well, a lot of matches are one to one matching, you know, where if someone gives that amount, the exact amount is matched. You can do two to one, three to one. You can match a percentage of each donation. Our matching grant tool does the math for you. So all you have to do is choose how you want to structure your match. You can also apply a match when a certain number of donations have been received. So, for instance, if there was a bonus challenge available for most individual donations, you could say that if you get 100 donations within the hour, you'll get an additional $1,000 for your nonprofit, you know, or however your matching grant is set up to actually help you drive donation volume and traffic. So the matching grant tool will allow you to post multiple grants at the same time and also in sequence so you can set a bunch of grants to buyer one after the other. So while that might sound like a lot, the tool itself is pretty user friendly and you have a lot of flexibility in how you structure your match. So I would highly suggest checking out the matching grants tool just to see your possibilities and start brainstorming. Of course, if you get overwhelmed by the possibilities, just setting it up as a one to one match is the simplest and easiest thing to do. We do have more information about matching grants, like short FAQ, some matching grant best practices in the toolkit for the challenge. So if you have any questions, that's a great first place to start. The last item on your team page dashboard is settings. So this is where you can go to customize the social share template for your challenge page, add a fundraiser template and customize your team page checkout flow. So once you customize your social share template, anyone utilizing the share buttons on your team page will automatically get the template you provide when they share, just making it easier for them to quickly post. You can also add and customize a fundraiser template within the settings section. Adding a fundraiser template is probably one of the more important things you can do when customizing your challenge page, especially if you're planning on asking supporters to help you fundraise. The fundraiser template you create will get everyone going faster since it pre-fills their fundraiser image, text, goal and more, depending on what you've added for them. This means that when they click that join team button on your challenge page, their fundraiser will already be pretty much ready to go. They'll be able to customize what you've pre-filled for them if they wanted to. But if they don't, they're already good to start sharing their page with their friends and family. So also within your settings section is the beneficiary settings, which is where you can go to customize the checkout flow for your challenge team. This is probably one of the more important features to focus on when you're setting up your organization's team page. The checkout flow section gives you a lot of control over the donation process for your organization during the challenge. It allows you to opt into collecting the information you want from donors, like addresses and phone numbers. You can also set up custom suggested donation amounts and add descriptions to help tie those amounts to items or services your nonprofit provides and strengthen your appeal to donate. The checkout flow also allows you to preview the whole checkout process without actually making a test donation. So you can see what your final process looks like and use that to edit yourself if needed. The checkout flow is also where you'll go to set up your thank you page, which uses the same text editor as your story on your team page. So you can add text, links, a video or image. And you can also add a custom call the action button that tells donors where you'd like them to go next. A cool idea would be, for instance, asking them to sign up for your email list. So there's a lot you can do in the checkout flow tool to optimize your campaign and customize the checkout process for donors. You'll definitely want to spend some time customizing the team page using everything that we just talked about because the more work you put into it, chances are the better you'll do during the community challenge. You know, you can have the best campaign strategy in the world, but when your team, you know, the place where people go to actually make donations looks like you haven't done anything to it. The donors might get confused and leave it during their donation process. So each 503 organization on the site has an organization profile, which is sort of like your hub. That profile contains information that we've imported directly from the IRS. If you are with a chapter of a national organization, then your challenge team page will have been set up underneath the main profile with funds going directly to the national organization's address that probably was, you know, a lot to take in. If you have any questions about that or, you know, your chapter or regional office should be set up differently, please email rockchallengeatmindycause.com. For those of you that are the main 503 organization, your organization profile is where you can add additional admins to the account. You can update your legal address if needed. You can set up direct deposit. You can download a more comprehensive donation report and access your organization's disbursement report as well as other available reports. Again, your profile is sort of like your back end hub on the site. You have this page on Mighty Cause. However, the page that you want to share with your supporters is the official team page that you received in your welcome email. So again, if you have any questions about which page to share and have people donate to, email rockchallengeatmindycause.com. Going back to disbursements, the disbursement section of your organization's profiles report center allows you to see your batch disbursement history. So you can click on a disbursement listing to open up more information about that disbursement, like which donations were included in that report, as well as a summary of the total amount, total associated fees, net amount included in the disbursement. So as I mentioned previously, all donations on the site are processed by the Mighty Cause Foundation, a donor advice fund. Your organization can sign up for electronic fund transfer, which again is the recommended method since it allows fund disbursement twice monthly. However, we can send disbursements by check if you prefer. Those get sent out once a month. And again, a five dollar administration fee is associated with check disbursements. So it's highly recommended that you sign up for EFT since it's free and you get your money faster. To access your organization's profile and these additional tools, click on the icon in the upper right of the screen when you're logged in and choose your organization's name from the drop down list that appears. Again, because it's so important, please note that while donors are able to donate through your organization's profile page, only donations made through your organization's official challenge team page count towards the challenge and its prizes. Your official link was included in that welcome email that you received. But again, any questions, please don't hesitate to ask us. Rockchallengeatmightycause.com. So if you haven't done so yet, you're going to need to upload documentation to make sure you can receive any prize grants that your organization wins during the challenge. You're going to need to provide your organization's W9 and most recent 990. You can find the link to upload the paperwork either on the challenge homepage or in that welcome email that you received under step two. You can also find it at rockcommunitychallenge.com under the paperwork tab. You need to upload paperwork for each year you participate in the challenge. So if you participated last year, you need to resubmit your paperwork for the 2021 challenge to make sure you're eligible to receive prizes that you may win. After you submit, you'll get an email confirming that we've received your documentation. If you have any questions at all, you can email rockchallengeatmightycause.com. So moving on from the prize documentation, but before we get to the prizes available this year, I want to make sure I mentioned the really great tools that you have access to on the challenge homepage. The nonprofit toolkit has tips and tricks. It's got FAQs. It's got walkthroughs. It also has templates that you can use for email and social media to help you get inspired and figure out how to promote your campaign. So the toolkit is also where you'll be able to find today's training reporting as well as logos and graphics that you can download to start tying your brand into the community challenge brand. So check it out and be sure to refer back to it as you're planning your campaign. Okay, so now we're going to move on to talking about the awesome prizes the Rock Family of Companies Community Challenge has to offer. The Rock Family of Companies Community Challenge is offering five grand prize grants to the organizations that raise the most in each market. The grand prize leaderboards for each market are on the specific market subpage. As soon as the challenge begins, participating organizations will start getting tracked by the dollars they have raised. So it's important to mention that only online donations made through your organization's official team page on the Mighty Cost platform count towards those leaderboard totals. So this is a really big reason why you want to push your donors to give online. You can definitely record a check that's given to you. It just will not be reflected in your leaderboard totals and the reason for that is because we don't and cannot verify offline donations. The leaderboard will reflect your cumulative total from the time the challenge begins at noon Eastern on August 2nd. So it's a running total of everything you've raised online. So in here, you're engaging in some of the friendly competition for those top prizes. So as you can see, each of the markets for the most part have a different prize breakdown. For the Detroit market, first place gets $25,000, second gets $15,000, third gets $10,000, fourth gets $7,500, and fifth gets $5,000. For Kleblind, Phoenix, and the national markets, first place gets $15,000, second gets $10,000, third gets $5,000, fourth gets $2,500, and fifth gets $1,000.  So there's a lot of additional bonus prizes as well. We have a specific bonus gear just for a small organization that runs through the whole campaign, and there are a lot of matching funds available. There's a ton of opportunities to win. All of these prizes, method of entries, and dates associated with them are on the challenge site at rockcommunitychallenge.org under the bonus challenges tab, so you can reference them at any time. Each market has different numbers of winners or prize amounts, so you'll want to be sure to reference your market's bonus challenge tab when checking them out. The bonus prizes will have live leaderboards so you can see where you stand at any time. The key to winning them is in getting your donors invested in helping you climb the leaderboard. So keep tabs on your position on the leaderboard and keep your donors and supporters updated on where you are. Continually emphasize how much is at stake. How much could this extra prize money do for your charity? What would that help you achieve? Tie that back into your overall messaging about what you do and why you do it to really get people excited about helping you win that money. Another trick is to just concentrate on sustaining momentum, keeping the fundraising going and starting and finishing strong. As we wrap this up, I wanna make sure our support team's contact information is here for you to reference. They're a really great resource before and during the challenge for anything campaign related. If you need help setting up your EFT, if you need help figuring out how to strategize around the weekly bonuses or if your donor just needs the receipt reset, you can reach out to them at any time. Really quickly, I also want to just plug the next webinar for the community challenge on Wednesday, July 14th at 3 p.m. Eastern. The second webinar will be live and we'll have a live Q&A session at the end. It's gonna be all about strategy that you can use during the challenge to win some of the awesome prize money being offered. You can sign up and put it on your calendar now. Just go to rockcommunitychallenge.com forward slash welcome or visit the challenge toolkit and there's a link to register there for the next webinar. Thank you so much for taking the time today to review this introductory webinar for the 2021 Rock Community Challenge. If you have any questions at all, please visit the comprehensive FAQ on the challenge website or email rockchallengeatmightycost.com.


The best kind of doors are the doors you have to explain. Welcome, welcome to Unhinge, where door hardware nerds get together to knock and slam on different doorfills. We learn, we laugh, and sometimes we even cry depending on how bad these doorfills are. But most of all, we have fun while we learn a little bit about doors. Today, we do have a very special guest, Mr. Phil, the mobile credential evangelist, Coppola. I'm sorry. Coppola, just don't call me late for dinner. And that's your official middle name now, right? The mobile... The mobile evangelist. So I'll share, before you get into the fun facts, I'll share another fun fact. So my legal name is Felice, or Felice Coppola, which in Italian means happy. Now, for some reason in my head over the last 42 years, it never occurred to me that I had this amazing name.  I should have been happy the entire time. That should have been my name.  Like I said, just don't call me late for dinner. Well, happy, great to have you. Thank you. Like from Iron Man, right? That's it, Happy Hogan. Yes, Happy Hogan, that's perfect. Have you noticed that Stan Lee always does like the same initials for the first and last name for his characters? That was a choice for sure. Or it's like things are super close together like Tony Stark, T.S., right? There was a method to his madness, Peter Parker. What about Gwen Stacy? Gwen Stacy, though. Gwen Stacy, oh yeah, she's not close at all. Not even close. But Gwen Stacy goes spider. See, you see? It all makes sense in there somewhere. There's a bunch of them in there. You know, alliteratious, is that alliteratious? That make, it just like flows through the comic, you know, I guess. Well, Phil, thank you so much for joining us. We're really excited to have you on here. Why don't you introduce yourself, tell us a little bit about what you do and have a little fun fact here. Yeah, absolutely. So first of all, thank you so much for including me in this. I'm a fan. I watch, comment, like and subscribe, the whole thing. So yes, I am Phil Capola. I am the mobile evangelist for HID mobile credentials. So what does that mean, right? If you're following Mia and Benji on LinkedIn, you've probably seen this mug once or twice talking about mobile credentials and the whole effort here is to just drive awareness in the security industry around moving away from what we've always done and distributing plastic cards to the modern way of credentialing, which is through a mobile credential. And we can certainly, yes, exactly. Put it on your phone. Everything else is on your phone already. Why not a mobile credential? And obviously like a wax poetic on all the reasons why around sustainability and user convenience and credential management and yada, yada, yada. But we can get into that later. Fun fact about me other than the fact that my name is happy. And yes, you can call me happy. Couple things. One, the nerdiest thing that I do is 3D printing. So like, if you see that Mandalorian helmet behind me, I actually did 3D print that and sand it and paint it and sand it and paint it and sand it and paint it until I got it almost perfect. And we mentioned Tony Stark earlier. I am printing an Ironman helmet too, which I've been thinking about sharing some more of that on LinkedIn. And I think maybe people would appreciate seeing a different side of the mobile evangelist. And then as we were ramping up this conversation, we were chatting about our different pizza proclivities. And I'm a New York City guy. Born and raised in New York City. I live in New Jersey.  And not just New Jersey, but central New Jersey where I live has the best pizza in the world, the best pizza style, which is called a tomato pie, super thin crust, cheese on the bottom, sauce on top, chunky sauce. Oh man, so good. But Mia, you're living in New Haven and there's a bit of a rivalry there. I will say Sally's and Frank Pepe's fantastic. It's a great number two. I think we're gonna have to have a pizza challenge. Pizza showdown. Oh, I agree, wholeheartedly agree.  Do you think you could tell the difference? I was just thinking that. I was like, that's a great idea except I would know what I'm biting into. So it would be tough. Yes, I think willing to sacrifice and see if it would work. You know, Pepe's has a great summer tomato pie. It's like only available this time of year, only fresh local tomatoes. So, I mean, that is my favorite Pepe's pizza. I'll see you in like three hours. Okay. All right, coming over for dinner, like. 100%. Let me check plane tickets and I'll join you. Well, what an awesome, fun fact, like 3D printing. The boys and I actually got a 3D printer last year. It's just a little Ender 3. Yep, yep. That's where everybody starts. Everybody starts with an Ender 3. Yes, yeah, right? It's the gateway. Yes. But it's been a lot of fun designing things and pulling things together. We even did a whole nativity scene last Christmas. Oh, really cool. If to the grandparents and they like painted it and everything. So that was. Oh, I love that idea. All right, I'm stealing that. Yeah, no, there's designs.  You got to send me your designs. I would love to see what you guys did. Yeah, awesome. I will. But yeah, happy to have you on the show. Happy to have you on the show. Well done. Well done. Good night, everybody. Goodbye. Coming on. Well, thank you again for joining us. You know her. You love her.  Well, hello. So my favorite, I'm going to say my favorite New Haven style pizza because I don't know if I've had all of the pizza style. So that'd be unfair to say my favorite style, but I am a modern, modern abeats. Okay. So if anybody wants to come to New Haven, look me up. We'll call Philip. We'll go because in the pre-show, I learned neither Benji nor Phil have had modern. A, it's a wasted opportunity. B, I think the comment section is going to be on fire. And it's not going to be about door hardware. It's going to be about pizza. And that's okay. That is okay with me. Exactly. And by the way, so long as it's not Chicago deep dish because that's not pizza. But anyway, I digress. Go ahead. So love deep dish. That's like a special place in my heart, but I love it too, but it's not pizza. It's a meat pie lasagna thing of some sort. It's some something that people call pizza. I don't know. I don't get it. I've alienated the entire Midwest. Sorry. Somehow we're talking about food, but okay, I'm down. I'm going to get us off track again with my fun fact, which is different than what I had originally thought, but based on how the conversation is gone. So my kids are like super into Spidey and the Amazing Friends and has branched out into, you know, all the other Marvel everything. So my husband and I actually chronologically starting the Marvel MCU. We watched Captain America and we're even detouring a little bit. Like we're doing Agent Carter next. Maybe it's a door hardware theme, but we love the MCU. And we did the same chronological thing. And it literally took us like three months to get through it. Cause like Mia, we only watched, you know, half an hour here, half an hour there of the chronological order. But we actually really liked Agent Carter. And I feel like a lot of people don't talk about Agent Carter and that's a fantastic series. So I'm really great acting in there and storytelling. And yeah. And on that note. I was going to say, okay. And Benji, welcome back. We haven't even seen each other all summer. We pre-recorded everything before the summer and now it's the end of the summer. It's already like schools right around the corner. That's crazy. We like blinked and we're there. But yeah, glad to be back. Happy hope everyone had a nerdy summer. Obviously we all did. That just from the conversation that we've had so far. But yeah, I guess my fun fact, pizza style, right? I can dish in on the pizza. Might as well. Let's just keep it going. We talked a little bit about Detroit style, which I'm a big fan of. But you know, I don't know.  It's like a thin crust. And sometimes you need like a mouthful of like, you know, I guess I should just eat a meat pie at that point. Right, Phil? It's a different experience. But I agree with you. Detroit style, fluffy, but a full mouth feel kind of bite. Like that's different than a Sicilian. Sicilian pizza, especially in like New York, New Jersey, is a little bit more dense. Detroit style that tends to be a little bit fluffier, a little bit more airy. I'm hungry. Let's get the show on the road. I'm like, oh, and just thinking about all of this. Actually, I don't know if I've ever met a pizza that I didn't like because even like bad pizza is still pizza. You know, like it's still. Bad pizza is still good pizza. Yeah, yeah. On another note, let's dive in here. So for those who don't know how Unhinge works, I will share my screen of a different door hardware fail of any sort. Since we have Phil on here, we're tailoring a little bit more access control related. So hopefully we get some insights out of this brilliant mind that might be covered with a Mandalorian helmet. But yeah, we'll share a screen, we'll knock and we'll slam on the different doorfills and then we'll give it a knocking score. One being not too knocking bad, like, hey, like I get why we shared this, but 10 being pretty knocking bad. Let's call the AHA. Let's get the fire marshal on there and do something about this. Let's be heroes in real life, right? Let's like, let's MCU this episode. How does that sound? You ready, Phil? Yeah, sounds great. These are my favorite, by the way, because like, again, being in New York city, you got a lot of legacy hardware. You've got a lot of folks that are budget conscious. And so maybe they haven't upgraded their reader hardware in a good long time. And, you know, they're probably still using Prox cards, right, super insecure Prox cards, but these are always my favorite because it's like, I wonder what the password is. I wonder which four digits these are going to use. And by the way, it's always one, two, three, four. Like, always 100% of the time. Yeah, they can't even mix it up probably. Never a four, three, two, one. Right, it's some combination of that. And yes, there was a space balls joke in there about your luggage, but for sure, this is like one of the biggest pet peeves of mine. Or my other favorite one is when you see these and it's just one button is really worn out. And you know, it's just that one four or five times and you're good to go. And you can tell it starts with one because I don't know if you guys know this, but you can tell which is the first number because usually it has the most wear because people push it a little bit harder than they probably should. Right. And I realize that they don't need to push it as hard with the next ones. So yeah, there's a little bit more wear on the one. It could have been like four, three, two, one, but my guess is it's probably, it's probably probably one, two, three, four. Yeah. I see your other one there. I was like, why did he put that one up?  So now is that an actual extra eight or is that actually a nine? Who knows? The code to get in is actually 911. Good luck. Yeah. No, that's just manufacturing air right there, but it took me a second to see it. You know? Yeah, oh yeah. Like my brain automatically filled a nine into that spot because that's where- 100%, yep, mine too. Took me a minute. I think like these are pretty obvious as well. Like anytime you see a pin pad of sorts, I mean, I always look on like the jam, top jam of the door. Maybe there's a sticky note or someone's like written on a Sharpie and big bold letters. This is the code. I just posted a picture of this exact thing where it's like you've got a whole lock set with like the push buttons and right above is like the code is one, two, three, four, five. It's like, oh, why? Why? Why didn't have it on the door? Right. Or just don't even have a lock on the door then at that point. Like what's the difference? Yeah. If only they like made like these locks where they didn't have a lock on it. Only like there was a lock out there. Yeah, we haven't figured that out though. Passage set. Like that's what they need. They just need a passage lever out there. I think in those scenarios, it's probably like just child proof and child proof only up to like the age of two. That's funny. But overall security wise, pin pads are probably not your best option. People pass around codes. They text it to each other and copy and paste it. People forget about it and write it on the door jam. Security wise, I think this is a fail. Otherwise, I don't know if that's too knocking bad. 100%. In my opinion, the pin code is one rung underneath the prox card. Insofar as they can both be easily copied, duplicated and otherwise compromised. But the pin code is like the most egregious because like you said, once I know the code, you can just assume that everybody else knows the code. Anybody that is related to me is going to know that code at some point because I'm just gonna give it away. I mean, maybe not me in particular, but you know, if that's a residential building, I'm gonna give it to my cleaning service, the DoorDash driver, the Grubhub person, and then before you know it, it's pointless. It's placebo security. I think I would even rather have a key. At least then they need like a physical copy. I mean, they might be able to copy the key but the pin pad is, I would feel like is even below a secure key system. By the way, I would actually advocate going back to that type of key that you just put up there because I don't know if anybody would be able to duplicate that, right? I can go to Home Depot and make a copy of a regular key. Can I make a copy of one of those old skeleton keys? Probably not. That's true. You would have to get pretty tricky with a file. What is old is new again. Actually use that analogy with Indala credentials. I was talking with an end user and they were on Indala. And you know, Indala was like what, 80s or something like that, like forever ago. I'm just getting 80s aren't that long ago. Makes me feel really old. They were a long time ago. It's okay, we can accept it. Yeah, someone born in the 90s can say that I guess. And I said like your credential is so outdated. It's almost secure again, you know? Like people aren't going to be like carrying the right cloning credential for that in Indala. Good old Indala, love it. Remind me again, Benji, what's the scale on this one? Oh, one through 10. And one is like the worst and 10 is the best. Oh, sorry, one's not too bad. 10 is very bad. Okay, so I'll go eight on this one. From a security vulnerability, I'm with you. At least there's something there. But that something is not great. It's gonna keep out strangers on the street perhaps. Yes, maybe, maybe for a short period of time. I'm with you. I think an eight is right about par. Like no life safety codes or anything are being broken here that we know of. But yeah, how about you Mia, what do you think? Yeah, I mean, from a security standpoint, it's really bad, but life safety, we're okay. Oh, I'm not the expert on this. So I've got to go with the experts. So we'll say eight. Not acting bad, but bad enough that it made the list. Okay, are you ready for the next one? I'm ready. 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