Undercover Boss Sends New Father on a Family Trip!

I felt like I was being hazed for fraternity. I know you're a big-time New Yorker, tough guy. You seem like you're from Jersey. Come on. Hit it. You remember New York enough to know how to insult a guy. Close. I see paint chipping over here. All right, that looks pretty good now. Unfortunately, I had to do three quarters of the work myself. I enjoyed watching you. That's wonderful. I learned. All right, let's go. Check out some stuff that was done yesterday. It needs to be finished up. Yeah, we have quite a beautiful view. Doesn't look like Brooklyn or Queens from here, right? It's quite a different skyline than the Manhattan skyline, but this is part of what you get with the job. All right, as you can see, this has been primed. We're just going to do these two coats here. And we have another set over here. Here, you really got to be more precise and more attentive to detail. Okay, I want to get off all the drips. Yeah. So I don't have to wipe them up later. I'm going to have you do that. And that drip down there. Even though it was me, you're cleaning it up. Oh! And we don't want to put too much on. You see, we're getting more. I only have one drop. You got about five of them in there. No, I'm fixing your drops. Oh, is that what it is? Yeah. You want to borrow my glasses? Do them right the first time 100%. Because it'll be three years later before you get called back to do the same job. Okay. Now it's done? I think it's done. Oh, you're getting ready to pack up, so I'm going to assume you think it's done. So let me just give it one more check. You got all spots right along here. I didn't think you were going to get back down there. Yeah. His mental approach to the whole thing was like, you're going to check? Yeah, it's your first day in the job. This whole section here isn't done. Of course I'm going to check. No, I'm just going to turn the ship over to you. And I might as well let him drive tonight, just so I can get a good night's sleep. You're going to trust me on this one? Yeah, since you didn't look at the bottom one, you just kind of went... No, I did look at the bottom. I think Peter's a good guy. I think he's looking for his nosh in life, and I just don't think this is it. When did you first hit the sea? My whole family was dock builders, and I'm like the first one that actually left the dock and went out. So when you look back, is this where you thought you'd be? I look back, I think the thing that intrigued me the most is I didn't know where it would be. It's a completely changed career. It's a completely changed life. Is this going to be tough with you with a new baby? Yeah, it's going to be tough. But you know what? If I didn't get involved in shipping, I never would have met my wife. Right. I wouldn't be having a child. God knows where I'd be. I'd probably be back in New York saying, I wish, I wish, I wish. And you're living your dream. Like so many people do. It's heartwarming to see that we have crew members who are here because they love to be here. You get a great appreciation for what John and the other 27 people in his team do. Every single day to protect the ship, to keep it in first class condition. And that makes you feel very good. And it's a confirmation that we've got a great crew. You know, me and the wife. His wife's been to New York, and this will be the first. She's been from where she's from, and she's been to Saipan. But God willing, next year, you know. Yeah. John, I love the way you go about your daily activities with pride. It's pretty inspiring, actually. Thank you for the kind words. You know, we were talking, and even though you were beating me up most of the day, I think you kind of brought that upon yourself. Oh, yeah. I'm a little black and blue, but that's okay. Yeah. I know you're expecting a beautiful daughter, and you're really excited. You can see it in your face. Oh, yeah. No idea. What I thought would be a really nice thing to do is get your wife, and once your daughter's born, bring the three of you to New York. You know, fly you into New York. Get you to spend some time with your family. Wow, that'd be great. Yeah. I'd also like to then send the three of you, along with your parents, on a cruise out of New York, and I know you love the sea, and give you the opportunity to spend some real quality time together as a family. That would mean the world to my mother and father. My father's been talking about taking a cruise, and with the timing and this and that, and I'd come on a cruise. It's a perfect time for this. Thank you so much. You know, my wife, that's the first thing she wanted to do. She wanted to come and visit my family as soon as we could, and now Kevin made it all possible. What he did is just, I can't actually express my gratitude. It's just, it's that much.