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Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
Episode summary introduction:
We're celebrating Jonathan Lipnicki’s 35th birthday (yes, the “human head weighs eight pounds” kid!), a wholesome story about students buying their janitor a new car, some chair envy at the office, Halloween costume chaos, a deep dive into mall manners and loud eaters, and a lot more!
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Celebrity birthdays
(3:08) - New chairs
(8:34) - Good News
(11:07) - Chantel's loud mouth
(18:44) - Litmus test
(22:51) - Halloween costumes
(27:20) - Spook alleys & makeup removal
(34:08) - Gen Z stare at the mall
(41:48) - 3,000 fish
(44:19) - Phone calls in public
(49:17) - Men diagram
(54:01) - Chantel can't lay down
(57:52) - Would You Rather
(1:00:50) - Office turmoil
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Full show transcript:
Okay, I'm going to ask you to dive back into your memory for just a minute. Okay. Jerry Maguire.
Okay. The kid in the back seat. Jonathan Lipnicki.
Yes, that's his name. How much does a human head weigh? Eight pounds. What else do we know about Jonathan Lipnicki? What else do I know about Jonathan? He has glasses. That's a thing.
And spiky hair. Okay. Well, he did at least.
Okay. He was also in a Halloween movie right after that movie, after Jerry Maguire. I don't know what that Halloween movie was. The Little Vampire?
Uh-huh. That was four years after Jerry Maguire. He was in Stuart Little. Oh, yeah, he was. And Stuart Little, too.
Correct. He's done some other things since then. He got into the horror movie thing, it looks like, for a little bit. And then he also did like a B movie called Bearing Sea Beast. Oh.
Yeah, yeah, very crazy, very crazy. Yeah, so Jonathan Lipnicki is 35 years old today. Oh, no, he's forever that little kid. No, that's why I was like, it is his birthday. Happy birthday, Jonathan Lipnicki. He is 35 years old today.
I didn't think you'd be ready to hear that news. That means, okay, he's only nine years younger than me. That's right. Which feels weird.
Right, because he looked so little. Yeah. Fascinating.
I know. Age. People age. Everyone ages, don't they? Yeah, every year.
They get a year older. Did you know the human head weighs eight pounds? Yeah, that guy. He's 35 today.
Happy birthday, Jonathan. He also said that his next door neighbor has a pet rabbit. That is correct.
He did say that. I was trying to see if there was anybody else who was a big notable potential birthday. Bob Odenkirk is 63 today.
Oh, no way. I love Bob Odenkirk. Yep, Jeff Goldblum, his birthday, 73 years old today. Yeah, that guy.
73. That's my... Christopher Lloyd. It's his birthday today.
Christopher Lloyd, back to the future. That's right. Okay, let me guess. I'm gonna say 78.
You got the right numbers just backwards. He's 87 years old. Yeah. Whoa.
That's crazy. Pretty awesome. Anyway, happy birthday to all those folks. Happy birthday to those people, I guess. And Jonathan Lipnicki's 35.
Just as a reminder that we're old. Jonathan Lipnicki is 35. I just looked at him. He still looks pretty young. He's got a basic age. Is that it? Okay, but did you look at him at 2025?
Like, did you put in that year to see what he looks like in 2025? Uh-huh. Okay.
Yeah. Babyface. Well, yeah, he's got a babyface. He's a little babyface. Uh-uh.
Our face. All right, well, hey, happy birthday, celebs. You ready to start the show?
Yeah. Good morning, Chantel. Good morning, Joshua. How are you? I'm good. How are you? I'm good, too.
I'm good, too. What are you looking around at? Oh, he's just checking things out. Oh. How come your light's on over there? I don't know. That's an interesting thing I just noticed. It must be in celebration of your new chair.
It is a new chair. Yeah. La-di-da-di-da.
Yeah. Except I kind of miss my old chair. Well, you can visit it. I think it's next door with its arms still hanging off.
What do you think? It's a little bit bouncy. That's new.
That's new chair bounce. But it's nice. Now, let me tell you a little something about it. Sit back and how do you feel the lumbar is? Fine.
It's adjustable. It's a good, is it? Yes. It is. And then you were saying that you like the other chair because the arm had fallen off and that let you sit crisscross applesauce in your chair?
Correct. But look, they fold up. How did they fold up? Lift up. Oh, sick. And now you have the option to...
Yes. I also feel like the chair itself, the seat is smaller than my other seat. Wide? Width-wise, yes. Okay. I feel like mine's a little deeper, which I like.
Yeah. That's going to make it so your feet don't touch. My feet don't touch anything.
No, I know. But if you, like you can touch the ring where your feet rest, but if you sit all the way back in your chair, your feet are going to swing forward. Dangled. Yeah. And you're not going to be able to swing them back because you have short legs. Yeah.
I'm a short person. Yeah. Yeah. It's bouncy. And I don't... I appreciate that it's new, right?
I was complaining about my other one a lot. The hydraulics were broken, so I would spontaneously sink. But I do think the chair is a little bit smaller. Okay. We'll see. It's the first day. It's new. Yeah. I got... There's adjustment periods. Okay.
Here's what I know about it. What? Yeah, I like it a lot better. I like the cushion of it. It's springy.
If I try to make it springy. It's quiet. It is quiet. If I try to make it, it doesn't go... Every time I move, which I appreciate.
Are we the only two that got new chairs? Okay. We got to talk about that. Oh. Because there's a guy down the hall who's very upset about it. Uh-oh. Because I've been here longer.
Okay. But listen, he got a new chair. But he shares his studio with other people. And he had a new chair for like a day. And the new chair got broken.
Oh, no. And so he's very upset. But he doesn't understand. He's already had a new chair. His new chair just went bad on him quicker. So he feels like he needs another new chair. You got a chair. All right. That's what I'm saying.
He got a new chair like a year and a half. Sorry, bud. Yeah. Now, you put your chair together. That's right. And our boss put my chair together.
That is correct. We sat in here and built chairs together. It was fun. Did you guys have like bro talk? Here's what happened. No.
I don't know what that means. I was putting together this chair and I got all done. And then I was looking and it comes with some spare parts. And I went, oh no, I forgot to put these washers on.
Oh no. And so there's some extra spare parts in mine. And so he put yours together and he said, let her know I put mine together and hers is going to last longer because I used all the parts I was supposed to. And I went, it's just some washers. It's going to be okay.
Yes, it's fine. But it will be interesting to see whose lasts longer. Well, you're only sitting in yours for a few hours.
That's true. Mine, I sit in all day. All day. That's true. So I think I might cycle them out. Just rotate them every month or so.
That way they get equal use. I don't want your dirty chair. Why is my chair dirty? I don't know. It's not. It's brand new. It's nice. They're stylish, I think. I tried to pick ones that I thought looked neat. It looks cool. And it does look cool because of the hydraulic.
They go like clear down the floor. You can use it as just a regular chair if you like to. Yeah. How about that? Pretty special. Double whammy.
Mm-hmm. So we could use them in different videos. We could take them down to different rooms if we're filming a video or something. We could use these if we want.
We have lots of options. Wow. What a chair. Mm-hmm.
Yep. What a chair indeed. Good morning from your new chair.
Thanks, same to you. How long you been asking? For a long time.
At least a year. Now if I could get a new computer. Oh, here we go. Never happy. I got to tell you some good news.
Tell me. This is a story about Abel Rodriguez. And Abel is the janitor at Community High School in Nevada, Texas. That's a place. Okay.
Yeah. Abel is a cherished figure at the school. He is known for his constant encouragement, his high fives, his contagious smile. He never misses games like volleyball games and stuff.
Nice. At the high school. And he always makes sure that every player steps on the court with a good luck and a dose of positivity. Well, the girls high school volleyball team found out that Abel had been walking to work every day. So they said, we're going to do something about that. They partnered up with a local car dealership and they set up a GoFundMe page and they raised enough money to get Abel a car.
Which is really, really cool. They did it within days. Really?
Oh yeah. This thing raised a bunch of money very quickly, which is cool. More than a hundred students, teachers and parents all gathered outside. They had signs with his name on it. They were chanting his name.
Yep. And they gave him a big surprise, a brand new car waiting for him when he stepped outside and very overwhelmed with emotion for sure. He spent years lifting up students with his positivity and now those same students along with the entire community have lifted him right back. You can see this video on TikTok of him being very excited as he is told he's got a new car. It's really cool. So congratulations to Abel. Well done to those students in that community in Nevada, Texas. That's awesome. Congrats, Abel. Here's your new car. Oh, sorry. You got to fill it up with gas. What?
Oh, sorry. You got to pay taxes. And I'm sure the tax stuff is figured out. Insurance, yes. Oh, sorry.
You got to get it registered. Yeah, but you don't have to walk to school anymore. I know. Like that's a big deal. It's nice.
It's really nice. Yeah. Anyway. I'm not trying to discredit it, but cars are, there's a lot involved. Yeah, you've got maintenance and now you've got stuff, but you didn't have to buy the car. They gave him a car, but they didn't even, like what if he didn't have a driver's license? What if he never learned how to drive? Good point. They didn't know.
Good point. Now he's like, oh, I can't drive. This was such a nice story. I'm just going to, I'm just going to say it's good news and we're going to leave it there. It's good news. What did you just say to me?
About? Don't, you don't get to backpedal now. You said. I said, I have heard dogs drink quieter than whatever you just did. That's what I said. Is that what you wanted me to say?
It's the truth. Josh, I don't know why you were having, you've got like a protein shake thing and it comes in a can. Yeah. But first of all, it's a loud can when it opens. I can't control that. I know. I'm just saying that whatever the cans made of, is it a normal sized mouth area on that can? I mean. Okay.
You would finish it. It's huge. That's not normal. That's a giant mouth area. It's a skinny tall can. Look how wide that is. It's wide, but. It's way bigger than a normal soda can. Okay. It's huge.
Okay. So you think that has something to do with the loudness? I don't know, but you were drinking and it.
And I went, did your mouth quit developing when you were a baby? What happened? It is the loudest thing ever. Okay. Now you have to say one nice thing. Oh, I was unprepared. I have such a complex.
You have given me. That's what you said. Such a complex. You said that whenever you're eating or drinking around other people, you have to like intentionally be quiet because you get all like someone's going to think I'm loud.
Yeah. I actually want to eat next to somebody who's not as. What's the word I want to say? I want to eat next to somebody else and have them give me an honest review. Do you think I'm a loud eater?
I don't think you're a loud eater. Yes, you do. No, not. I don't go every time you eat.
I don't go, man. No, it's certain things. That today was ridiculous. I don't know what that was.
I'm like, what is happening right now? Okay. I admit that was a little strange. It was.
I admit. And then there are certain foods that you eat that aren't crunchy. Somehow you make them crunchy. Grapes, for example, not a crunchy food. Yet when you bite a grape, I go, what are you eating over there? Carrots? And you go, it's a grape. And I go, since winter grapes that crunchy. So there's a few things.
That's what I mean. I would like to eat next to somebody normal and have them say. Say one nice thing. No way. No way, bud. Oh, man. Because when I eat at my desk at my other job.
Okay. And there, it's quiet in there sometimes. And when everybody's busy working, it gets especially quiet. And then I have to make myself as small as possible. And I take small bites. And sometimes if I have something crunchy, I'll let it sit in my mouth for a minute to soften it up a bit. So it's not so crunchy. Carrots not going to soften up. Oh, I'd never take carrots to work. Even though I want to.
Go for it. No, I can't. Why?
Because I look at that carrot. I'm not there. I'm too loud.
No. But here's the thing, Josh. I don't care to be loud in front of you because I'm comfortable with you. And I know that you will walk away if it gets too much.
Other people I have more consideration for. Wow. No, that's not what I'm saying. It's not like I'm intentionally loud eating in front of you either. But you have given me such a complex and I'm like, I can't, I can't eat anywhere.
I'll just go eat in the closet. No. Yeah. No. Yeah.
Listen. It really bums me out that you feel like you have to make yourself small. I do though. I understand. And that bums me out because this is a me problem, not a you problem. Well, you have turned it into a me problem also because instead of you just being like, oh, that's kind of loud. I'm going to, I'm going to cover my ears or turn up the music or walk away. Which I do often. After you say, Jesus, that's a loud.
What are you eating? Man, that's loud. Rocks. Geez.
I don't know. That was, that was something else. That one was unnecessarily, I agree. There was a little bit left in there. I probably could have taken it in two drinks.
I took it in one and it was especially loud. I admit that one. I don't know why though. It's got to be that wide mouth can. That wide mouth can. But the whole rest of the can, you didn't even know I was drinking.
No, you're right. It was just that last little bit. What'd you do extra? I just told you. Did you, what did you do? I took two drinks in one. That doesn't make sense. I slushed it down. I don't know. It sounded slushy.
It was, that was wild. But anyway, I feel bad. I need to help fix your complex. Can't. It's broken. You have broken it.
Done. I can't, I eat quiet at work. I'll work on a nice thing to say, I guess.
Please. I mean, we're talking about going to dinner. I'm excited to eat with you.
It's not like I have this aversion to be like, I'm just going to eat by myself now. Well, that's nice. Like it's just, like I said, it's certain things.
And it doesn't help. Like the misophonia I've had since I was a kid is always been around. So it's not like, it's just a thing for me. It's not just me is what you're saying.
That's right. It's not like I'm picking on you. Like if I'm with anybody and they're eating like a crazy person, I'm going to say something. And go, whoa, easy there. It's a mouth, not a chainsaw. Slow down. What are you doing? You know, it's not a wood chipper.
You just chew your food like normal. People get crazy. We don't need all that. It's just a little extra. That's all. Okay. I will.
No, you don't need to do anything. You just need to do you and thinking about it when I'm not around. It's not everybody's me.
20 years of you saying get another one of those. And I don't say you eat loud. I go, whoa, what is happening right now? I've never said you eat loud. Yeah, but I don't know if that's better or worse than you being like, whoa. When stuff's out of hand. Yeah, but that's not exclusively for you either.
If stuff's out of hand, like what is happening? It's a mouth, not a chainsaw. Fact. What's that test called when you take your cart back even if nobody's looking? What's that called?
Littness. Yes. Okay. I had to think about that word for a minute. Yeah, it's a litmus test. Here's another one. It's really just to determine whether or not you're a good person.
Here's another one along the same kind of lines. You're driving on the interstate during rush hour. There's a lot of people around, but a car comes up behind you blowing their horn and flashing their lights.
Okay. Do you assume it's an emergency and let them go around you? Or do you think it's a jerk that's trying to be rush hour and is trying to get in front of the line? I mean, I would move out of the way. I would move out of the way too. I mean, either way, I don't want them around me. Okay, that's fair.
So, bye. But what do you naturally assume? Do you assume it's somebody in a state of emergency or do you assume it's a jerk? I've not ever had that happen. So I would assume it's an emergency because of its rarity. I've been driving a lot of years and I've never had that happen. Okay.
So you would naturally assume it was an emergency. Okay. What about you?
Thanks for asking. I would also assume it was an emergency. Good. I just tried to put myself in that position. I was imagining I was on the interstate and somebody came up behind me blowing their horn and flashing their lights. Yeah, or I might have left something on the roof.
Or that. But if I move over, they're going to get next to me and then they're going to go pointing at my roof. You got a baby carriage up there. Yeah, or a cat or a drink I left up there or something. Sometimes stuff gets stuck on the roof. You think somebody's going to be that concerned about a can, a soda can left on top of your roof that they're going to honk their horn and flash their lights at you like, oh man, get your diet.
Get Coke. Yeah. Obviously, he really needs that. Yeah. All right.
Well, good talk. Hey, but also take your cart back. Also take your cart back. Yeah, because it's just a normal thing to do. Don't leave it in the middle of the road. No, we've talked about the cart far too much already. I just want to reiterate.
It's an easy thing you can do. Time out. What if you, the car behind you is honking, flashing their lights. You pull over, they pass and then they're, it's not an emergency. You find out in whatever way that they just wanted to get in front of you.
What do you do? Then be behind them. Watch them do it to the next person. I don't know. It doesn't have that big of an impact on me.
Oh, all right. Are you, you can't stand it when somebody passes you? I already know the answer to this. Why are you going faster than me? I'm the fastest on the road. I'm so fast.
Look at me. And then somebody goes, yeah, you go, what a jerk. That guy just thinks he's so cool.
You're right. I don't like that. If I get a chance, I'm going to buzz past him and I'm going to feel so big. That's how it goes riding with you. And then you'll get up to a stoplight and you're like, yeah, see all that racing for no reason.
You're right here at the same light with me, buddy. Our daughter's in driver's ed. And now she knows all of the laws.
That's right. And how many are you breaking when she rides with you? Just this, just speeding one. Cause zero for me. Oh, aren't you so amazing.
I'm just telling you, zero for me. Our work is doing a Halloween costume contest. That is correct. I'm a little, I want to win. Do you? But I don't know what to do to win because what I, what I was wearing last night at the Spookout, I think we'll talk about later is not it. That's not a winning costume. No, that's not. So I got to come up with something better for that.
I think that I have found what I'm going to dress up. I know, but you said you're not going to tell me what it is. No. You're going to find out on Saturday when we have a family costume contest, which bums me out because I wish that you would find out at work. But I will see you in the morning before work when you put it on. It's not that difficult to put on. Okay. So I might just bring all the pieces and then just put it on. Here's the thing about it. I thought about it yesterday and I was like thinking, what am I going to dress up as?
I've had a couple of ideas, mostly couples costumes that you don't want to partake in. No, it's fine. Go ahead. I know. It's so whatever.
I'm going to do my own thing because you don't want to be a couple costume with me. That's not true. That's fine. It's totally fine. But I have an idea and I think it's pretty funny and I have to gather some pieces, but it's not going to be difficult.
And I think it's kind of funny. And most of the stuff I already have at my house. So I'm not going to spend a lot of money on it. What is it?
I can't tell you. But here's the thing. I kind of want you to be surprised at the work one. So now I'm like, well, shoot, do I come up with a different idea for the family one?
That's two Halloween costumes. No, because this is a pretty good one. Okay. What do you think? I think I know what I'm going to do. I'm going to need to order something though and I need to get it here pretty quick.
You're looking right now to see how quick it can come. I think mine is pretty funny. Yesterday when I said it out loud to myself, I went, that's pretty funny. And then I told Emery and she was like, that's pretty hilarious. And then I told Beck and Beck had no emotion, no response. But that's how we typically act to a lot of circumstances. So that doesn't mean anything. Yeah, I mean, he didn't care at all.
He just went, huh? But you still feel confident about it? Oh yeah, I'm still going to do it. I still think it's hilarious. And I'm still going to do it.
And I need to get this ordered fast. Here's the thing though. Is it worthy of an award? That's my only hang up.
No, my Halloween costume. Oh, I see. Because the work one, you get prices. I know. Pretty sweet prices. I know. I really think that's great. So I got to win.
I know. I need, I got to put this together quick. Can you do it? Yeah. I mean, I'm going to have to order this like right away in order for it to arrive before Halloween.
Because some of this stuff doesn't arrive until November. If I, if I choose poorly, I know, choose poorly. I know. And nothing you can find locally? No.
Oh, dang it. Mine is all stuff. 90% of what I need is in our home already. That's awesome for you. I know.
I know. Look at this. I'm curious. Very curious. Well, I'll find out soon, I guess. Like nine days. Then I'll know. No Saturday.
Well, if you, if you decide to do a different one, no, but if you decide to make it happen, then yeah, I'll know Saturday. I can't decide. Okay. Well, good luck. I got to get, I got to get mine taken care of. Good luck to you.
Thanks. Yesterday, last night, another long night. Am I going to not have a long night? That's what I said.
I said I haven't even eaten dinner with you in a week. Yeah. Cause I've been just swamped. So last night we had a spook alley, a carnival, a trunk retreat thing with our scout group. And it was a huge turnout.
Really, really, really well attended. We had a line out the door. I was running the door for the spook alley for the two hours. That it was open, you know, making sure people were spaced out appropriately and stuff like that. So you have a good experience as you walk through. Really fun.
I kind of had a last minute, like I need something to wear here. And the theme was a haunted museum for this year. So they kind of had like a hall of portraits and they had like a World War two exhibit and they had a mummy thing. And then they had like an insect collection with like, like skeletons of rats and stuff. Very, very, very scary, very scary.
And a spider that would drop down from the ceiling on you. A couple of different fun things that was kind of cool. The mummy sarcophagus rose up. It was all motorized. There was a mummy and fog and stuff. It was very, very cool. Something the scouts put together, right?
They come up with the theme and it's a lot of work. Yeah. For two hours. And that's, yeah, me and one of the other guys who always talk about it, we go like, we do a lot of, like we spend hours and hours and hours and hours building and developing and designing, trying to figure things out and try new things and lighting and all this stuff for two hours.
Yeah. For a two hour event. But it's, it's a ton of fun. And, and then the carnival games and the candy and there's like, you know, hot dogs and nachos and all that kind of stuff. It was a good time.
Good. The costume that I threw together was kind of like, there was a skeleton suit, not like a, what did you say? Like a morph suit. It's like, it's like a jacket suit. Yeah, it's a suit. A suit. But it's got like, like skelly bones all over it.
Yeah. And then I had a skull mask, which by the way, I know you get a little bit weirded out by masks. So when I, I tried it on briefly at the store and then when I got it home, I cleaned it. I wiped it down with like, with alcohol inside and stuff. Cause I was like, I'm not putting this on my face for two hours. Not knowing where it's been.
Exactly. Cleaned it real nice. Washed out all the little eye holes and stuff. Yeah.
And where the mouth touches and things. Yeah. Yeah.
Smart. So I did that and then I had a top hat that was very cool. The thing looked really fun with sunglasses on and I drove over there cause it was still light with my, with my sunglasses on and I parked and I got out and I'm walking across the street and traffic stopped, but I'm, I feel like I'm getting looks from people as I'm driving.
Like who's, why is there a skelly man driving that truck? No. The month of October, you can wear whatever you want wherever. We were at the mall last night. Guess who I saw. Slash. No way.
From Gonson roses. No way. That's cool.
I know. Did you get his autograph? No, I just. Did you get a picture with him? No. Oh, that you have to. Anytime you see somebody dressed as somebody famous, you got to get a picture with them. Michael Jackson, no way. I got to get a picture with you.
You have to. He had a girl with him. Yeah. I don't know who the girl was. Okay.
And then we just. Also in costume. Yeah. Not just somebody. No, no, no, not just a, also in costume, but I don't know.
I don't know who it was. You just listen when people are dressed up, it's the month of October. You can just do whatever you want. Yeah.
You can go to the grocery store dressed as Madonna. Cool. That's what I'm saying. Got to get a picture with Madonna. Anyway, it'd be so funny.
I have a whole photo album of like, look at all these famous people I met and you show it to people and they go, these are people in costume. No, it's not. That is Madonna. I better. It's Albertson's. Right here in Idaho Falls. Yeah. Yeah. And she was wearing her, I mean, she wears. Yeah, she was in the Vogue era.
Michael Jackson is still alive. Yeah. I met him. He was pumping gas at Maverick. And I got a photo with him. Look.
Anyway, it's awesome having a 16 year old. I was struggling to get it to come off. I was scrubbing away with a paper towel in the bathroom, trying to do soap and water. And it's right in my eye.
It was having a bad time. And I said, I don't know what I'm going to do. And she's like, I have this stuff. And it's this little oil.
I don't know what it is. She brings it out. And she brings me a washcloth. And I put some on there. And I'm like, I'm going to put it on. And I'm like, I'm going to put it on. And I'm like, I'm going to put it on. And I'm like, I'm going to put it on. And I'm like, I'm going to put it on. And I'm like, I'm going to put it on. And I'm like, I'm going to put it on. And I'm like, I'm going to put it on. And I'm like, I'm going to put it on. And I wiped it. And it was coming right off. And she goes, that's stuff so good. And it's good for your skin. And I went, cool.
Nice. And then I found out that my crow's feet, when I'm trying to wipe makeup out of that area, it's real hard because that skin is not so tight. So that's a problem I now have.
It gets that the makeup gets all wedged in your real clothes. Is that what you're saying? Yep. I was going to ask you, what was like the, did you see a lot of the same costume from the kids?
What was the thing you saw the most of? I was assuming. I mean, I only saw like a couple of Spider-Man costumes. Interesting. What about the K-pop Demon Hunters? I think I saw a couple of those.
I think that's going to be the most popular. I don't know them well enough to know that that's who I saw. Right. I still saw an Anna and I asked how Arendelle was going. Nice. So that was good. You saw an Anna though, not an Elsa.
I did not see an Elsa. Sweet. Yeah. Because Anna's better than Elsa anyway. But everybody loved Elsa. Hot take, hot take.
Honestly, the younger sister's always the best. I saw a lot of inflatable costumes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Couple of aliens abducting some people.
No. Which was pretty fun. One alien in an umbrella UFO, that was cool. Had lights all around it. That was fun. I saw all kinds of stuff.
I'm trying to think of anything that really stood out, but hundreds and hundreds of kids came through. So it was good. Awesome. Yep. Love it.
And that's what I know about that. Good job, skeleton. I had to go to the mall yesterday. Why do you say it like that? Because I hate going to the mall. I hate shopping. When did you go to the mall? Yesterday. Like after work? Yeah.
Well, for. Because Emery wanted to look for some pieces for her costume, for her Halloween costume. She wants to be a Greek goddess, but she doesn't like the dresses that are in the costumes at the Halloween store. So we went on a search for a white dress.
It is the wrong season for a white dress. That is correct. You're absolutely correct. So, and I think she likes tangible things. She doesn't like shopping online. She likes to look at it. She likes to try it on.
Yep, same. She likes all of that. And so we went to the mall, we went through every store. The mall is never my favorite place to go. Never, never, never. Why never? Well, I hate shopping for one. And for two, that's it. I just hate shopping.
Okay. I went to, I was like, oh, I need some pants. And so I went into a store to buy some pants. And you hate trying it on? I did not even try them on.
Because that is what happened this morning. Is that correct? More than I hate shopping. I hate trying on clothes.
Yeah, absolutely. Because you put on some pants this morning, I said, those still have tags on them. And you said, yeah, because I'm not gonna take the tags off until I try them on and see if they fit.
And I said, what? And you said, I can't do that at the store. You can. I don't want to. But you can. I know I can. I don't want to.
Guess what? They fit. They're fine.
Ripped the tags off. We're all good. We're all good. You should have just tried them on there. I didn't want to.
Okay, but here was the problem. So the kids, they like to shop at that record store that's in there. And I said, I'm not gonna shop in here. So I said, I'm gonna be down the way at JCPenney. I'm gonna go find some pants. Have fun in this store, this record store. So I go to find my pants. At Pennies.
And then I'm like, I got my pants. I'm ready to check out. I can't find a single person to help me check out. And I'm not trying to call out this store, but it was insane. I walked around that store three times trying to find someone to check me out.
I went to the checkout station. There's nobody there. Nobody around. There's also no clear identifiers on who works there and who's just there shopping.
Fair point. So there was a couple of people I was like, well, she's shopping alone. But is she shopping or is she like zoning? Making things look pretty. I couldn't tell ya.
Cause I don't know. Just go to the makeup counter. There's always somebody there.
I sure did. No one there. There's always somebody there.
There was not. Where's everybody who works there? I went to the jewelry counter. Nobody there. Where's everybody?
I don't know. Did they all take lunch? I walked around that same store. So there's the jewelry counter, there's the makeup, and then there's the checkout counter. Right there by the entrance.
I walked around that area probably three times and went, I don't know who works here. I finally just went, I took my pants and put them on the checkout and I stood there for maybe five minutes before somebody finally came over. And then she didn't say anything to me.
She didn't say, hey, are you ready to check out? Yeah, nothing. Nothing. Nothing.
Nothing. Was she a young person? Yes. So you got that, what do they call that?
That has a name. Stair. Is it the millennial stair? It's the Gen Z stair.
Right. You got the Gen Z stair. And I went, I didn't say this, but I was like, I've been standing here for five minutes waiting for somebody. And also to mention, I wandered around this place. Yeah, I got my steps in.
Trying to find someone to check me out. This is terrible customer service. But instead you got the Gen Z stair. Yeah, here's another thing. This isn't even at the same store, but there was, I was at another store recently. There was a young person checking me out. Acted annoyed that she was checking me out.
Well, that's her job. And then handed me the receipt. Didn't say thank you anything.
Yeah, not have a good day. Oh, thank you. Yeah.
Nothing. She said, yep. Yeah. When I said, oh, thank you. Right.
She said, yep. What happened to customer service? Oh, can't be bothered. I don't like it. Can't be bothered is what happened. No, what happened is a disconnected entire society where everything's online, everything's on your phone. The people you care about are in your phone. So, and you text them.
You don't have to open your mouth ever. Yeah, I get it, but. Yeah, so why? In real life, in person to person interaction, why? I don't care for it. I need a little bit of an interaction. Oh, yeah.
I don't need to hear about your life story by any means. No, I get it. But there's an exchange happening. So I need you to give me a little. A social transaction is important. A little customer service, please. Just to, hey, how's it going?
Did you find everything okay? Yeah. Super.
Yeah. I'm sorry that you've had to wait here at the desk. I was over managing the shirts.
I mean, you don't need to manage. You now listen up shirts. You're gonna have a good day today. We're gonna really get you guys off these hangers. I'm telling you what.
Managing the shirts. Yeah. Now I think that's what happened.
I think you got the Gen Z stare. And I think, I really think it's just a disconnected society where people live in their screens. It's very sad. It's very sad.
How do we fix it? Kill them with kindness. You lay it off.
You try to bring it out of them if they aren't giving it to you. You go, hey, how is your day? Are you all good?
That's what I wanted to ask the girl last night that tells me. You go, hey, are you okay? Hey. What's going on in this place?
Because... Yeah, it took me forever to find somebody. Is everything all right now? Like I think that's what you gotta do. You gotta be the bridge. We come from a different place. They're on the other side of this bridge.
We gotta meet them. Can't blame them. It's the way it is. It's the way things are. So we have to go, hey, it can be better. Why don't you try a little something else? Let's try something different. The silent thing's fun. But how about we have a conversation while we're standing here for four minutes?
No fun, actually. That's what I should have said. Oh, I like it. Hey, maybe I should have just done her job.
Did you find everything okay? Yeah, that'd be funny. Give a good example. Lead by example. Or I say, I found everything great.
Thanks for asking. Or you could say, hey, let me get your number so I can text you a conversation so we can work this out real quick. Cause apparently talking isn't in our cars. It's too much.
It's too much to handle. You want me to text you? How are you doing this? Cause this silent thing isn't it. Interesting. Well, I'm glad you got pants that fit. Pants.
Yep. Every time something gets spilled in the road, you call it free whatever spilled. A bunch of grapes. Hey, go get your free grapes. Bunch of soda.
There's free soda. Go get it out of the road. There was milk that spilled. Free milk.
Yeah, nobody was out there picking up that milk. This happened in Bowville. That is in Northern Idaho. Where 3000 rainbow trout have perished in the road.
Oh no. Fish and Game hatchery truck rolled over. And I think the driver's okay. Only minor injuries in the accident. And no other vehicles or property were involved. So there was a single car here rolled over and 3000 rainbow trout perished. Oh no.
Or as you like to say, free fish. No, this is a sad one. It's very sad. It's a different one. It's milk. This is free.
This is free or not free. This is fish. This was a living thing.
I know. The truck was transporting roughly 3000 catchable size rainbow trout to Elk Creek Reservoir. All of the fish perished in the accident, which is really sad. Fish and Game managers say they will adjust stocking efforts across the Clearwater region to ensure that Elk Creek Reservoir still receives fish that are supposed to be stocked this fall.
They're just gonna be a little behind schedule because of the accident here. 3000 fish. Did they all die because they suffocated to death? I would imagine they ran out of water.
I would think that the truck ran out of water. And it impact. Fish don't do well with impact.
Nobody does well with impact. No, I get it. Oh, fish.
Yeah. Josh could have caught you. And put you back. And put you back. And then let other people catch you later and put you back. No.
I know this isn't your fault, fishies, but that's really sad. Yep. Oh. So it's, you know, the story's on eastidohannews.com. If you wanna read more about it. I don't, it's sad.
But that's where I saw it this morning. It is a sad one. It's a sad one.
Sorry, fish. What? What? What are you looking at?
I did. What are you looking at? I don't know, you're just staring at me. It was like you were waiting for me to say something. Yeah, I was waiting for you to say something. Okay. Yeah. If you wanna know a hack. I do.
I'll tell you a hack. There's a guy who said, I finally did it. Somebody was on the phone on speakerphone at the store with their loud speaker. They're sitting close to me. And I joined in the conversation with full confidence. And the person on the phone gave me this, are you crazy look? And I said, oh, I'm sorry. I thought it was a group call since you put it on speakerphone for all of us.
And she told the person, I'll call you back and ended the call. And that's a win. Okay. Okay.
Slow clap. Okay, but listen, I was just sitting here thinking because I don't enjoy people who talk loudly on phone conversations. Whether I used to live with a roommate who used to do this and she would talk on speakerphone. That's awful. And she wouldn't just walk and she wouldn't just hang out in her room.
Right. Like if you were in your room and you had your door shut or even if it's open, but you're in your own space. Maybe you're doing makeup and you got somebody on your speakerphone because your hands are busy.
That's one thing. But if you're on speaker like a con... But how is it different than just talking to somebody in the store? Say you and me are in the store walking together. We're having a conversation. Yeah.
And people walk by us and hear what we're talking about. That's fine. How is that different from me being on the phone with you?
I agree. I hate people that talk on speakerphones. And I don't want to be the person that's on the phone being broadcasted to the store. If you put me on speakerphone in the middle of the store I'd be so mad at you. I'd be like, I don't want everybody to hear what I'm saying. I don't want everybody to be privy to our conversation.
But I'm just saying. Well, you'll be happy to know. I've never done it. Good.
Because it's strange. Is that different than me just being in the store with you having a conversation? Do you know what I'm saying?
Probably the volume of it. Because when you and I are having a conversation at the store, we're here, right? It's not like you're half an aisle away and you can hear me going, oh, and then Betsy said that the couch was ugly. And you're like, what is going on? There are people who want people to know their business. I know. And I am not one of those people, which is funny for me to say because I say my business on air every day.
That's right. But if I'm in the middle of a store, I talk quietly. I talk quite sometimes that you go, what? I can't hear you. And I go, yeah.
Because there's someone clear down at the end of the aisle. I don't want them knowing my business. I don't want them knowing what kind of chips I like. Settle down. They don't need to know. Calm down about your chips. Interesting.
That's what I'm saying. My roommate would hang out in her room all day until she got a phone call. And then it was speaker walking through the house. Because she wants people to know that she has somebody on the phone. Yeah. I'm talking to someone.
Who cares? I'm trying to watch a movie. I'm talking to someone. Pay attention to me. I'm popular. I have someone on a phone call. It's a weird thing.
I know. Look, I think like earbuds, Bluetooth earbuds, you know, do that thing. Sometimes people don't realize how loud they are when they have their headphones in though. And then you get that thing where they're walking. They're like, yeah, they got the Oreos over here. And you're like, bro, take it down a notch.
It's gonna be okay. There was somebody that we passed the other day at the store. What were they even talking about? They said something. She said, do you like, do you like potato chips? And I go, yeah, I do.
She wasn't talking to me. Right. Yeah.
So I joined myself in that conversation. And to those people, I apologize. Yeah, they don't know. I was just walking by.
They don't know, yeah. And I went, I actually do like potato chips. Thank you for...
I don't know. I like this guy's strategy. I think that's a good way to handle it. Like if you're gonna be in a public place and you're gonna be, but they were sitting there. Like they were close to each other sitting and on the phone. Like it wasn't like she was walking around. Like she was just chilling, talking on the phone.
And so he said, I'm gonna jump in on this conversation. No way. Full confidence. You gotta own it. You gotta commit. You gotta commit. You gotta full send. You know, you don't, no half measures is what I'm saying.
All the way. Do you remember Venn diagrams? Do you know what a Venn diagram is?
Yes. What is it? It's a series of circles and where they intersect things have commonality. Why are you so mad about this? Because I already know what you're talking about. Have you seen this? Yes, and I disagree with it. I disagree with it too, but I thought it was interesting to talk about.
Because I believe you can be all three. I agree. Also, there is a woman on TikTok that's going viral because she has a new version called a men diagram. Correct.
And it's a Venn diagram. But basically it says that like you cannot, you cannot exist as a handsome, a nice and a smart person. Right.
If you're smart and nice, then you're probably a nerd. Right. And what's wrong with that? But it's also missing a few things. And I think that's the thing that people have added in the comment that I feel a little vindicated about.
Okay. Because it misses funny entirely. Oh yeah, it does. Like it's not even part of it.
It's the ones that I'm reading of. Cause she said smart and handsome, probably a jerk. Handsome and nice, probably dumb. Right. So I disagree with it.
I do too. In a lot of different facets. And not just because I'm a dude and I'm like, no, that's not right. But I feel like it's missing certain things. And I think there's more to a person because there's sensitivity, there's a romantic trait, there's a funny trait.
Yeah, kindness. Funny. Yeah, you can't leave out funny.
That's funny. Crafty, like handy. You know what I mean?
That's my number one trait. That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying.
Always. I feel like it's way too limiting. And I feel like there are more pieces to any one person than those three qualities.
Agreed. You can only be nice, handsome or smart. Like there's more to a human than those three core traits. Agreed.
And so I disagree with it. I think it's an attention thing more than anything because it's the internet. Yeah, and she did it for the likes for sure. And it also, it's divisive on purpose.
On purpose. And that gets people talking about it. And then she wins. Of course. And it gets people to go like her page to see more of it.
That's exactly what I'm saying. Don't go feeling. And to see her follow-ups and to see her stuff and to see what else she has to say. And just read the comments about what people are saying about how she forgot the funny. I'm not gonna see a follow-up. Thank you.
You're welcome. Yeah. Yeah, no, I saw that a few days ago and I thought, you know, like I get the point but I also disagree with it because you can be more of those things. Yeah, you can't just have.
Here's the deal. I think she's had a bad turn of dudes. I think she's had some low quality people.
Listen. Because that's where she's basing this off. I'm not here to judge. But judging by her appearance. Oh, wow.
I don't think she's necessarily looking in the right places for a dude. I see. You see what I'm saying? But again, regardless of her own anything, if the quality of person she's interacting with leads her to say that men can only be these three things and their cross sections mean they're a nerd or a jerk or whatever, then she's not meeting people of high caliber. She needs to change where she's fishing. If you, what does she say? She says, if you're smart and nice then you're probably a nerd.
And what's wrong with that? Nerds are great. And we're all nerds in some way or another.
That's right. Everybody's a nerd about something. You're a nerd about football. You're a nerd about nerdy stuff. I'm a nerd about fishing.
That's the way it is. I'm a nerd about what? What? What am I a nerd about?
All the things. I'm a pretty big nerd about a lot of things. You're a nerd about music you like. You're a nerd about books.
You're a nerd about, you're a nerd about learning about something and then deep diving into it. Yeah, I do that. Yeah. We're all nerds. Everybody's got a nerd thing. You all got some weird qualities to be sure. Yeah. So you can't put me in a diagram.
You can't contain me in your diagram. Good luck next time, lady. Boom. Here is a message I need to make for myself.
Okay. Don't lie down until it's time for bed. No, I've told you this forever. If you lay down and it doesn't matter if it's in the theater, if it's in the living room, if it's in the bed, if you lay down with a blanket, you're done. I'm done. I'm done.
Yeah. And I thought, here's what happened. I knew you were gonna be late. And I mean, it was like, I'm gonna take a shower. Beck was watching the hockey game on TV. I was like, I'm gonna go watch my show in the bed for just a minute. Okay. I'm actually sitting up and then I went, I'm just gonna lay down. Oh, it's a little chilly in here.
Let me get a blanket on. Oh weird. Pajamas. Oh, strange. I didn't actually put the pajamas on until later.
I know. And then, but I was laying there and I went, you're gonna fall asleep. You better, Josh isn't even home yet. You better get up. And I went, no, you're not gonna fall asleep.
No, you're fine. You're not gonna fall asleep. And then I woke up. Yeah, when I got home.
Yeah. But you didn't come out of the bedroom. I had gone in to take the costume off and put on my pajamas cause I was like, I'm done for the day.
I'm not doing this anymore. And so I was dealing with that, dealing with taking off face makeup. I had eaten, I had gone through a drive-through to grab food. I was like, all this stuff was happening. And you're just... Here's, you know that you're getting older when, like I used to be able to just lay down, take a tiny little cat nap and then be like up and like, okay, what's up? Let's move out of the bedroom.
I took that little cat nap and I was like, mm-mm, I'm not getting up. This is it. I'm done.
I don't care what time it is. You did come out to say good night to the kids. And I was sitting there watching the game with Beck for a while. And you were like, I'm going to bed. I'm done. You were done when I got home.
You were already in bed. I woke up this morning and I went, I know I said good night to Emory. I know I said good night to Beck.
You were sitting next to Beck on the couch. I did not say good night to you. Yeah, I know. Did I say good night to you at all? I know that I didn't when you were on the couch because I was like, well, you're gonna come to bed soon. So I'll just say good night to you then. But I don't remember you coming to bed. No, cause you were asleep.
So good night. I'm sorry, Josh. I'll be fine. As you said earlier today, we haven't had dinner together in a week because I've been bit, like you don't even know who I am. I think who's this stranger? It's a good thing we work together because otherwise I wouldn't see you.
That's exactly right. It's been crazy. It has been nuts. I eat breakfast with you every morning. Well, I know I got to be a part of that today. That was cool. I listen to you listen.
Yeah, I listen to you eat. That is a true statement. Anyway. Well, I'm sorry that I didn't say good night.
That's fine. But also you need to know your limits when it comes to laying down with a blanket. Oh, I think I'm well aware of my limits.
I know exactly what's gonna happen. It sounds like this. No, I don't snore, get out of here. It's right sounds more like this.
No. Just like a deep breathing. It doesn't.
Deep relaxing. Matter of fact, I'll record it and bring it to the show tomorrow because it doesn't sound like that. Fine, I actually would like to hear it.
I still need to record ourselves. Yeah. Would you rather this or that? Would you rather hear creepy music wherever you go?
Who says I don't? But go on. Or have flickering lights every time you walk into a room.
Ooh. Do they flicker the whole time I'm in there? They just flicker when I walk in and then they're normal.
No, like a random. Like they flicker when you walk in and then they're fine and then they'll flicker again. Ooh, two flickers. Or creepy music everywhere I go. Who else can hear the music? Just you. I'm trying to decide what's worse. If just you hears the music or if everybody hears the music.
Because if everybody else hears the music, they'll be like, dude, what's up with your soundtrack? You know? Yeah. What's worse? Only you being able to hear it? And what's creepy music?
Like creepy organ music. Oh. Hmm.
Do we need to hear some creepy organ music? Well, I don't have any on demand. I don't either. I'm gonna say. I'm trying to think if I have anything even remotely. Close. Ooh, see? Yeah. Ooh.
I have like this. Is this something like that? Yeah, that's spooky. Yeah.
A little wind chime? Yeah. Spooky.
Or something like this. I think the first one was creepier. Okay.
I liked the first one better. All right, something like this. Ooh. It's the first one. It's the first one.
Still the first one? Yeah. Okay, this one? Nope.
Okay, what about this one? Ooh. Yeah.
These ones that start out low and then build. No, I think the first one is still where it's at. Ooh, that one is spooky.
Or this one. No. No, this one's super scary. No, no. No. It's the first one all the way.
All right, this one. Ooh, yeah, isn't that creepy? Yeah. Ooh. Okay, all right.
So that or? Flickering lights. Probably the creepy music. It's gonna set a mood. It is gonna set everywhere you go. Yeah, everywhere I go is gonna have a bit of a vibe. I'm going flickering lights. You would.
It's so spooky. Yeah, all right. Well, would you rather this or that? Well, so come to find out, not everybody in the office is so happy about the new chair situation in this studio. I know. And it's taught me one quick lesson.
What's that? Everybody needs a new chair. Everybody needs a new chair. That is what I have learned. And our building. I've posted a video of our new chair and the guys on K-Bear posted something nasty to us. They're upset.
And the Katie from Z-103. She's upset. Was mad about it? Justin walked in, he had something to say about it, but then was quickly reminded that he too has a new chair.
Oh, so he can't say too much. I'm like, dude, you already have a new chair. Get over yourself. And he said, well, apparently my chair is better than yours. And I said, that's fine.
You have a chair. You're good. You're comfortable. Enjoy your chair.
Why are you in here giving us grief? Right. So.
Yeah. So there's a little bit of a little bit of annoyed people. There's some animosity happening. I don't know what's happening. I put you in my chair.
Yeah. You tried to tour me around. Pushed you down the hall just to kind of rub it in the K-Bear guy's faces a little bit. They weren't having any of it. No, they're not happy about it. I just feel like maybe the guys on K-Bear are just angry at the world. But listen.
And I think it's because they just listen to angry music all day. Okay, that's fine. That's fair. That's fair.
Here's the thing. Victor over there, the morning guy, he got a new chair. He built it himself.
He put it together. How long ago? I mean, not even a year.
Okay. He had this chair. There was like a spare chair. And so he put it together. He put it in there. And he had it for like a day. He had this nice chair.
Okay. And then Peach is the afternoon guy who is very adamant that he didn't break the chair. They get into arguments about it often, about this chair, because it was in there and it was nice for like a day.
And then the chair got broken, like the very first day. I don't even think they're mad at us. They're just mad because they just listened to angry music all day.
I just feel like maybe they need a little, a couple of love songs thrown in there. Yeah. Try something, try something a little softer. Yeah. Just throw in some hollow notes every now and then, buds. Okay.
Get a little kiss on a list or something. Yeah. Just chill out, my guys. Chill out.
Stop being so angry all the time. It's a good theory. That's a strong theory. Put your scream and music away. Yeah. It's too early for that anyway.
You sound like an old fuddy duddy when you're saying that kind of stuff. Throw in some chapel rone. Yeah. Have a little bit of something.
K-pop Demon Hunters. Yeah. Settle. Yeah, calm down. Settle down. Don't be mad about our new chairs.
They're very upset. And again, I just think it goes back to there's enough need in here for chairs. And if everybody had their own little spot, they could feel like, hey, I got a chair. I feel good to them. They even put angry emojis on the video. I know, they're very upset. Well, guess what I'm gonna do now?
Oh, what? I'm gonna roll my chair down again. I'm just gonna go everywhere in my new chair. Oh, man. I'm just gonna rub it in.
Yesterday, when Jade, our boss, and I were building the chairs, he said he thought it would be fun to get a new chair for that studio and then put it in a cage with a padlock so they could see it but couldn't use it. This isn't even, like all of the anger, doesn't even come from us. Like they're just upset. I just want to say it.
It's because they just listen to hangry music all day. Yeah. Chill down, guys. Try some third eye blind, like we're going to. And let's wrap up the show, shall we? Okay, happy Wednesday.
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