Another American Factory Dies… And They’re Blaming the Wrong Thing

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]My friends, how are you? It's fantastic to see you for yet another video. But I guess I'm just the bearer of bad news here on YouTube because I bring you even more bad news yet again today. Uh, as today we're going to talk about Stanley Black & Decker up in Connecticut laying off 300 of their employees. And the shocking thing about this, well, one of the shocking things about this is this is 300 manufacturing jobs. Is anyone else confused? I was told that uh manufacturing was going to come back to America like nobody's ever go ever seen before and we were all going to be living in this golden age of manufacturing. But every day we turn on the news and there are more manufacturing jobs gone from the United States. Increasingly every day more and more gone. And this one is even more weird. It's such a weird story because the company is blaming the completely wrong thing for what is going on here.

[00:00:56]And uh does anybody else just wish that we lived in a country where we actually evaluated the information and uh [clears throat] blame the actual [ __ ] problem for what's going on? Because it seems to me we would fix a lot more things in this country if we just did that instead of making up a bunch of [ __ ] and then blaming that. It all seems very counterproductive.

[00:01:17]We've got a lot to talk about today because this is a bizarre bizarre story.

[00:01:21]Uh not I mean the layoffs in what's supposed to be the greatest economy in the world. that's what they're telling us, but also just what they're blaming is is just truly shocking. And we're going to talk about it. Real quick though, I wanted to uh thank you guys.

[00:01:33]Uh yesterday we passed 120,000 subscribers. And you guys remember back when I told you if I could just see a channel cross 100,000 subscribers, I would be so [ __ ] happy because I've been doing YouTube for a very long time and over multiple channels and crossing 100,000 is a really tough thing to do.

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[00:02:18]Let's get back to the [ __ ] point. So, this uh Stanley Black & Decker plant in um in Connecticut is uh closing down uh ceasing to operate and they are blaming their product for the problem that they're having. And in particular, they are blaming I don't know if this is all they manufacture or they manufacture other things there, but they're blaming the tape measure that they manufacture for being the problem and why the business is closing. And that sounds weird, right? And yeah, it is weird once you start to look into what in the [ __ ] is actually going on here. None of this story makes sense. And it is it appears to me that is it is a company so terrified of Donald Trump instead of calling out what is actually happening, they are making up the lamest [ __ ] excuse I've ever heard in my life for why they have to lay off all of these employees. See, they make this tape measure um and it's one of the singlesided tape measures. If you guys have ever used a tape measure, one side there's two sides and they have different uh ways of uh measurement on each one of them, right? Well, this one apparently uh uses uh inches and feet like we use standard in uh the United States. And they're saying that uh because of that um they they're their tape measure is no longer competitive and they're no longer able to sell it in the United States. And it's all because the tape measure didn't include what's usually on the other side of the tape measure. you know what's normally on the other side? Centimeters, right?

[00:03:41]Centimeters. Um, and this is quite possibly the most mind-blowing thing that I've ever heard in my life, my friends, because if you live outside the United States, which I don't, but uh through this channel, I talk to a lot of people from all over the world. And there is a worldwide joke about the American people. And that joke is that the American people will avoid uh in will use anything for a unit of measurement as long as it's not the metric system. Right? It's a long-standing joke. And I see this in my everyday life, my friends. I was watching the news a couple days ago. You know, where the the some stoogge from the Trump regime was trying to pass off credit card debt as a booming economy.

[00:04:22]Did you guys catch that? um he was on the news talking about how great the economy is because Americans are spending a ton of money on their credit cards, which is actually the opposite of a good economy. That means we're [ __ ] desperate and we're reaching for money we don't have with high interest rates just to try to survive. But that was the [ __ ] they were pedalling that day and uh trying to convince us all it was true. And this was on like CNN or MS Now or something that I was watching this to where the news anchor or whatever she's called, I don't really know, gave the strangest unit of measurement that I think I've ever [ __ ] seen uh for for telling us how much money that was. It was like some trillions of dollars, right? And she goes, um, she said, uh, she said, if you were to stack these dollar bills one by one, then, uh, by the time all the trillions stacked up, you would be 3/4 of the way to the moon.

[00:05:14]And that's an absolutely useless [ __ ] unit of measurement. Do you know why?

[00:05:19]Because none of us have ever been to the [ __ ] moon. It doesn't mean anything to us at all. And that was more proof that uh they will use anything other than the metric system in this country.

[00:05:29]We used quarters to the moon to understand how much money is being spent in America. We and that's something that doesn't even require a [ __ ] unit of measurement because it already has one.

[00:05:40]It's called dollars. It's we don't need a visual representation of stacked up dollar bills to know how many [ __ ] dollar bills that is. But because none of us travel to the goddamn moon anyways, it's a completely useless unit of measurement. It's the same like I travel the country, right? And if you said some stupid [ __ ] like if you laid these dollar bills side to side, side by side, they would stretch from Montana to Florida. Well, unless you've made that drive, like it if you just look at a map, it's like, yeah, they're it's not that [ __ ] far. What are you talking about? And it's just more shocking evidence that we don't use the metric system and why I don't understand how they're even trying to pedal this goddamn story on us about why this is the cause of what's happening. And it's 100% true. We avoid the metric system like the [ __ ] plague in this country.

[00:06:27]I don't know why. I didn't set the whole goddamn thing up, but we are so [ __ ] uh obsessed with avoiding the metric system that we actually use stupid things like football fields as a unit of measurement. How many times have you guys heard that when somebody asks a distance, they're like, "Well, that's a I'd say at least two football fields from here, right?" And that's even part of uh the CDL training to be a truck driver like me. I don't know if it's changed because I did mine over 10 years ago, but my god, part of the [ __ ] book was like if you're traveling at 65 miles per hour in your truck, then it takes at least three three football fields to come to a complete stop.

[00:07:03]Meaningless. Absolutely [ __ ] useless.

[00:07:05]Do you know why? Do you know why?

[00:07:07]Because truckers aren't uh known for our time in the grid iron, our time in the [ __ ] NFL. We we we've never stepped foot on a [ __ ] football field in our lives. We have armchair quarterbacked a ton a [ __ ] ton of football games.

[00:07:22]Well, if he would have slid down instead of trying for the extra yard, he wouldn't have fumbled the [ __ ] football. Even I know that. And it's an easy thing to say when you're not being chased down by 300 lb men that run the speed of a [ __ ] cheetah. It's real easy to make these [ __ ] observations when you're sitting back in your recliner talking about all that [ __ ] right? But completely useless when it comes to uh truckers. Trust me, the 300lb men around me don't move near as quickly as an NFL player does. And the reason I bring all that up is because none of this story makes any [ __ ] sense whatsoever. This company is saying that the reason 300 employees are about to lose their jobs is because uh uh America's insatiable insatiable hunger for the [ __ ] centimeter apparently that just uh obviously happened overnight and none of us knew about it.

[00:08:12]But that's the reason that the company's going out of business. my friends or or closing down that plant. Anyways, and it's times like these I wonder who the [ __ ] are these CEOs in these companies right now because they're saying that they know the problem of why this is going on. Could you imagine being in the boardroom for this thing and and the the people are like, "Sir, we know why our sales are down." And the CEO is like, "Why? Why? Why are the sales down?" And they're like, "It's because we don't have the centimeter on there." And he goes, "That [ __ ] sucks, bro. Anyways, does anybody want to head to the out to this strip club for lunch again? We could get [ __ ] hammered because I hate doing the second half of my day sober. Don't worry, company's paying for it. Which the guy sounds like a cool boss, but it doesn't sound like uh a [ __ ] uh like you have a long career working for that guy. So, they knew the entire time apparently that the centimeters were the [ __ ] problem and it was going to flush their business down the [ __ ] toilet and they never did a thing about it. Why am I sitting in this truck all by myself and I'm not the CEO of a company like this? Because I would have done that [ __ ] different.

[00:09:18]It would have went like this. If I was in the [ __ ] boardroom and they said, "Sir, the sales are down. We can't sell these tape measures." Uh, then I I would have said, "What's the problem? Why can't we sell these tape measures?" And they would have said, "Because it's missing the centimeters." And then I would have like, I don't know, done something cool like slide on some sunglasses and been like, "Bam, put on the centimeters." And they would audible gasp would have went up in that boardroom and they would have said, "He's a [ __ ] genius. Why didn't we think of that?" And they would have halted all production on the production floor and went out there and told everybody, "Hey, we we finally figured out how to save this company. Stop what you're doing. We need to add the centimeters to the other side." And I would have saved not only would I I have saved 300 jobs, I would have made that company so profitable, it would have had have added another 300. I would have doubled the amount of jobs with my my my business savvy apparently. And they would have built a [ __ ] a monument to me. I was going to say memorial, but I'm not dead yet. A monument, a statue of me out in front of Stanley Black & Decker, and they would have put me in the tape measure hall of fame, which you guys aren't in. It's a very exclusive club.

[00:10:27]Not Not everybody gets to join the [ __ ] tape measure hall of fame. And look, that's on you. The the problem was right in front of you the entire time.

[00:10:35]The tape measure was missing the the the [ __ ] centimeters. And every one of you watching this video was complicit.

[00:10:41]You never spoke up. You I I [ __ ] hate this video. I don't mean to insult you, but this is hilarious. I hate everything about it, though. But every one of you just sat there and didn't speak up when you noticed the centimeters were missing. That's why I'm the new CEO and you're sitting there watching my videos.

[00:10:56]I'm going to sell you a course on how to be the most successful CEO in the world now if we if you don't get your [ __ ] together. What the [ __ ] are we talking about? None of this makes sense. Holy [ __ ] Okay, you remember the beginning of the video where I said I'd much rather live in a country where we blame the actual problem instead of making up [ __ ] this incredibly [ __ ] stupid. It is not the lack of a centimeter on anything in the United States that would cause a business to go out of business.

[00:11:24]And as a matter of fact, I have worked construction before in my life. And I [ __ ] always had a tape measure with me. We used inches. We used inches and a quarter. We used all the goddamn measurements in between. Everything but the [ __ ] centimeter. And I mean, we there would be some crazy [ __ ] out there right now. How son, how long do I need to cut that board? And if I would have [ __ ] answered, "Well, it needs to be 1 3548th of a football field." Then my dad would have looked at me and said, "That's some damn fine accurate measurements, son."

[00:11:55]And he would have used that long before he ever used the [ __ ] centimeter.

[00:11:59]What are we talking about? Right. The centimeter isn't the problem. That's not what's happening here. I can't believe I'm this mad about a centimeter. This is [laughter] Now I know how Trump supporters feel with their little tiny pee pees. They're always so angry about those things. um they they are they're mad about the small things in life and and hell so am I. But don't shoot the messenger. That's why they act the way they do. It's nothing but small dick energy from these sons of [ __ ] That's why they're always grumpy about something. Back to the point, there is a not even an underlying issue to why this company is no longer selling their uh their item that is specifically built for construction in this country. All right? And it has absolutely [ __ ] all to do with the [ __ ] they are trying to pedal to us. All right? The reason why this company is having having trouble selling tape measures in this country is because that like I just said that item very particularly is notorious for being associated with construction in the United States. I can't think of another use for a tape measure unless you're doing some home remodeling, unless you're trying to put a shelf in your house and you need to know how much shelf you can fit [ __ ] like that. The point I'm trying to make is it has a very uh particular use, right? And there was no problem with the tape measure sales in this country when we I don't know had a good construction economy.

[00:13:18]You guys remember that when uh people used to build houses? Yeah, it was a long time ago. It seems like a long time ago. Listen, what I'm trying to tell you is a lot of things have happened. For one, Donald Trump came in and he put global tariffs on [ __ ] everything in the world to the point that uh we ended up with uh tariffs on lumber. uh tariffs on uh anything. I'm not a construction guy. I'm a truck driver. All right. But everything you would need in any kind of residential construction ended up facing tariffs to the point when it all started happening, all of these construction companies all over America started freaking the [ __ ] out and going, "How can we afford our product?" Right? And then the counter tariffs from other countries retaliating against uh the United States completely unreasonable [ __ ] tariffs uh started causing our own industries to go out of business.

[00:14:05]Remember, we had a huge run of lumber mills going out of business in this country because other countries went, "You think you're the only country with wood? [ __ ] off. We'll buy it from Canada. We'll buy it from uh like South America. There's plenty I mean, I'm not saying let's cut down the rainforest."

[00:14:20]I'm just saying um we live in a very greedy world. Somebody's going to cut down the [ __ ] rainforest if they can make a few bucks off of it. Absolutely.

[00:14:28]But the idea that we the whole idea with our tariffs that we have the rest of the world over a barrel and could treat them however we wanted was [ __ ] It didn't make any [ __ ] sense. And we lost all of our industry in this country or a huge portion of it when it came to us creating uh building supplies. Home Depot, Lowe's, all of them are reporting lower sales because nobody's going in to buy [ __ ] anymore. And the reason is because nobody's building a [ __ ] thing in this country right now. And there's more reasons than that. I'm just not finished yet. But the cost of construction is so ridiculously high where they're already charging us a million dollars for a [ __ ] starter home in this country. What I mean, that's the starter home. What are we talking about? Um, and we're not buying houses. How can we? That doesn't make a lot of sense. You'd have to be dumb to buy a [ __ ] a house in this economy right now. And maybe I'm wrong about that because renting is still not the greatest idea. I don't know. Not financial advice. I don't know if you should buy a [ __ ] house or not. But what I am telling you is that house construction is through the [ __ ] roof. But on top of that, you remember when the ICE Gustapo started running through the streets of America like a [ __ ] bunch of lunatics and gunning down American citizens and uh and uh using harsh deportation tactics, kicking in [ __ ] apartment doors and throwing kids in plastic handcuffs face down on the street and making an example out of children. You guys remember that? You remember when they were uh illegally deporting people and with no due process and sending them off to concentration camps in El Salvador and that's not even the extent of the horrors. The immigration crackdown that has caused terror in this country has also wiped out the [ __ ] workforce that generally does the construction in this country.

[00:16:12]You understand? You get what I'm saying?

[00:16:14]So, what I was saying at the beginning of the video, if we could just start addressing the actual [ __ ] problems in this country, going after what is going on and saying this is what caused my problem, then that is the only time that we can start solving [ __ ] problems. All right? And Donald Trump's [ __ ] blanket tariffs on the entire world. I know some of them just got shot down by the Supreme Court. Again, I guess that's an ongoing battle. I haven't looked into it too much, but his [ __ ] tariffs, his trade wars that he started have made things so incredibly expensive that we can't afford it.

[00:16:46]You're talking about building a house where I can't see gas is four [ __ ] dollars in Oklahoma or in Oklahoma. Are you [ __ ] me right now? I'm looking at gas right now and you're talking about home construction. You've got to be kidding me. And uh and the only thing that can possibly happen is that home construction is going to continue to go up there. if they want um American workers uh born and raised in America to come out and uh build houses, you're going to have to [ __ ] pay like crazy.

[00:17:15]And I'm not like I never know how to explain that because I'm not talking about like exploiting people from other countries is a good thing, but if you want American people to go do the job, you're going to have to pay god $40, $50 an hour with like almost union type rules, uh [ __ ] overtime pay, [ __ ] pension, uh goddamn all these things.

[00:17:36]Um, and and that may still be a little bit low and you're still going to have a ton of turnover because it's a hard [ __ ] job. It's a hard way to make a living. The prices of houses aren't coming down. So, the nerve the nerve of these [ __ ] people in high positions in this country. And in this case, I just mean like CEOs over the [ __ ] tape measures. I mean, amounts to jack [ __ ] now, doesn't it? That's means [ __ ] all to everybody now. I'm the CEO of the tape measures. Yeah, you're just un as unemployed as the rest of us, [ __ ] And the idea that you're going to sit there and say, "Well, you know what the real problem is in the country is that we just cannot satisfy the craving for the centimeter in the United States."

[00:18:13]You've got to be [ __ ] me with this.

[00:18:15]That is absolutely 100% not what is happening with this situation. And until people start actually calling it out and saying what the [ __ ] it is instead of saying something so incredibly stupid as Americans are craving the metric system right now. I'm offended and everybody out there should be offended for having listened to such stupid [ __ ] And I'm posting a [ __ ] link uh I should have mentioned it earlier, a link in the description. You can go read the article yourself. I am 100% not bullshitting you. They are actually blaming the design of the tape measure for what is going on. And the shocking thing about it on top of everything I already said is they act like they knew that that was the problem. And never once in their in their uh decisionm did they go just add the [ __ ] centimeter then we'll sell more tape measures because they know they're full of [ __ ] They know they're lying and it's not the centimeter that's causing the [ __ ] problem.

[00:19:11]I'm exhausted, my friends. These people are killing me. I'm going to die young because I have to get on camera and get worked up about this [ __ ] because I'm sick to death of being [ __ ] lied to.

[00:19:21]Anyways, I got to get back to work. Love you guys. Bye now.