February 25, 2025 • 16 mins
One of our listeners emailed us for help with a situation SO delicate, that if he can’t figure out a solution, his job might be on the line! It's your Awkward Tuesday Phone Call podcast!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
It's awkward.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
It's Tuesday.
Speaker 3 (00:04):
It's awkward Tuesday phone call. Jose recently mentioned on the
show how excited he was when he received a text
message from me outside of work.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
I'm still on that high, Joe.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
I feel like I've heard about this text message more
than God.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
It's so embarrassing. No, I try to never text people
outside of the workplace, especially when I'm drinking, because I
know that anything that I say might come back to
haunt me later, just like it did on the show.
Text again, I know, don't remind me, don't remind me,
don't send me into the dark place again.
Speaker 5 (00:42):
Yeah, I was not making fun of you.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Look, we all have brought him at a certain point,
and that was mine. But it's a good lesson to
remember because I know our listener, Jimmy, wishes he had
kept his phone in his pocket during a Saturday night out. So, Jimmy,
welcome to the show. Tell us how this whole ordeal
started for you.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Oh, man, I just want to know what emojisi is.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
That's what I want to know, man.
Speaker 6 (01:09):
Yeah, man, I'm gonna jump right into it. So I
met this wonderful lady on one of the dating apps okay,
and it was one of those times where we actually clicked.
It wasn't just one and done type situation. We started
hanging out for it was like two weeks straight, nine
or ten days out of those two weeks.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
We're all wanted dumb people on this show, so we
can't relate. But it sounds really nice.
Speaker 5 (01:32):
Doesn't that feel great when you like immediately meet them,
when you immediately click and you feel like you want
to you can't get enough of them. You eventually will.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
But but I'm guessing we're leading into the fact that
she's the one that he texted when he was drinking.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Yeah, well what happened.
Speaker 6 (01:46):
Well, one of the days we didn't hang out, I
hung out with my fellas and we were watching the game,
and they were of course asked me, you know where
you've been. We haven't heard from you. You know. I
kind of told him the whole deal.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
They must have been so happy for you.
Speaker 6 (02:00):
Yeah, I mean they totally were. I mean they were
pushing me and juicing me up.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
I was convinced that you were going to die alone
buddy for you.
Speaker 6 (02:11):
Yeah, I was starting to worry about that same thing.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
You were worried about it too. That it sounds like
you have a good group of friends. That's cool.
Speaker 6 (02:19):
Yeah, I mean all that was great. And uh, as
the night went on, we had a few more drinks,
they kept asking me more and more questions and I
started getting more you know, looselipped, and I kind of
told my friends, which is kind of how I felt
that I think this might be the girl I.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Love after only a few weeks.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
I mean I think sometimes you just know.
Speaker 6 (02:44):
Yeah, and this situation, it did. I mean that's all.
From the time I woke up to the time I slept,
she was all. I was thinking.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
About it all day. Why is it in past tense though,
think come to it already.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
So this is the awkward Tuesday phone call? Where does
this story turn awkward?
Speaker 6 (03:04):
Well, so, as that night went on and continued drinking,
a few shots were involved, I believe, And they're like, dude, man,
if you feel this way, have you told her? Why
don't you tell her?
Speaker 7 (03:14):
God?
Speaker 6 (03:15):
No, And uh, that was probably the wrong time for
them to kind of push me in that way, because no, no.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
No, right, tell her I love her?
Speaker 3 (03:25):
No, you never ever tell a woman that. Wait, yeah,
no point in your life should that be revealed.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
On your wedding day.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
Yeah, love the healthy sisculinity coming from you right now?
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Please tell me you did not admit that to her.
Speaker 6 (03:40):
Well, I decided to text her.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
This, okay text where you know, I mean your garden,
not even because he's drunk. I mean, who hasn't done
it though, confess like more than they should have had
a drunken Yeah, well, what'd you say?
Speaker 6 (03:59):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:59):
You sent that?
Speaker 6 (04:00):
Yeah, I mean it was about a paragraph long, way, way,
way too much. Probably a few typos in there too,
I'm sure.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
No way did she reply.
Speaker 6 (04:11):
This is the worst part, And this is the awkward part, the.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Worst part yet.
Speaker 6 (04:15):
I wish, I wish that would have been the situation.
I might not even be talking to you all right now.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Oh no, there were photos involved too.
Speaker 6 (04:24):
No no, no, no. Walk up the next morning feeling
pretty raunchy as you can imagine. And there was a reply.
But the reply was from my.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Boss, your boss.
Speaker 5 (04:36):
Yeah wait, you texted your boss?
Speaker 6 (04:39):
What? Wait she has the same name?
Speaker 4 (04:42):
No?
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Wait is better?
Speaker 5 (04:45):
Right?
Speaker 6 (04:46):
No?
Speaker 2 (04:46):
You toted your boss better?
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Okay, okay, but what Brooks said?
Speaker 3 (04:54):
Who hasn't been there and texted their boss drunken lee
and confess their true feelings?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
What did your boss say? What was the reply back?
Speaker 6 (05:02):
So she actually said we'll talk about this next week
with a wink emoji?
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Wait, hold on, hold on?
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Is she like one of those old people that don't
understand how emojis because my.
Speaker 5 (05:15):
Mom would have sent like red lips or something.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Yeah, essentual lips get sent by my mom.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Too, And maybe you don't like squinty stern emoji with
that one?
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Could that be?
Speaker 6 (05:25):
It?
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Is that what you're thinking?
Speaker 6 (05:27):
Well, I was hoping. But then we end up having
a meeting at the office a few days later, and uh,
she said that, Uh, she's feeling the same way about me.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
As I feel about her.
Speaker 5 (05:38):
Dude, why you've never even liked about your boss like that?
Speaker 2 (05:43):
I love that a manager sets a meeting to tell
you that she.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Has Did you have a whole PowerPoint presentation ready to
share her feelings back to you?
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Is this so embarrassing for her?
Speaker 6 (05:55):
And now you guys know why I need your help?
Speaker 4 (05:58):
So you're telling us in where she's confessing that she
feels the same way, you don't say anything.
Speaker 6 (06:03):
Yeah, I was frozen. I did not want to lose
my job, and I just want things to go back
to normal. So I really really need your help on
this one.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Oh my god.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Okay, my god.
Speaker 6 (06:15):
So we got one thing.
Speaker 5 (06:17):
You got me on your team, and I'm really good
at ruining everything with women.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
I'm gonna get on this brother, all right.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Got a couple of jokes from Jose and she'll be
turned off.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Yeah, let me try to hit on her.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Actually, thanks to Jose, we might have some hope because
we're gonna call your boss and let you talk to her.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Say hey, I didn't mean to say I loved.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
You in a text the other night. Try to get
stuff back to normal with your job.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Right, at least you didn't text your crush though, Yeah,
you know, happy about it.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
We'll let you make your awkward Tuesday phone call to
your boss right after this. It's awkward.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
It's Tuesday.
Speaker 5 (06:57):
It's awkward Tuesday phone call.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
We don't have an HR department here anymore.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
I laugh because it's true.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
But even with zero repercussions for our actions, we still
know not to say I love you to our boss.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
Although our boss does have a really cute Southern accents.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
That's not me trying to put blame on our listener Jimmy,
because he did that accidentally. During a night out drinking
with his buddies, and he meant to send it as
an I love you text message confession to the new
girl that he'd been seeing, but instead it went to
his boss, who shares the same first name.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
And the worst party is the boss is actually into it.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Yes, tell us.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
So, Jimmy, I don't even ask you. What is your
boss's name?
Speaker 6 (07:45):
It's Veronica Veronica.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
Okay, so we're gonna call your boss Veronica here and
let you make this call. First, we need to get
you some advice. So, Jose, what are you thinking?
Speaker 5 (07:56):
You need to tell her that when you text earlier night,
you didn't think twice about it. The fact that you
work together, your passion took over. But if you think
about the logistics, she's the manager. You love your job.
So I think you tell her.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
It's not always illegal to date someone within the company.
You could just need to go tell management.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Look, it's an easy out, listen, probably yeah, but.
Speaker 5 (08:19):
No, just say look, I think the logistics aren't gonna
work and we got to separate and just stay where
we are.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Okay, you're not telling her that message wasn't for you.
Speaker 5 (08:28):
No, because you don't want to let her down to
make her feel bad.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
You just want to say, you know what, it's just.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Not meant to be run.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Okay, okay, lightly stepping away, Brook, What do you think?
Speaker 4 (08:37):
Well, I mean your goal is you want things to
go back to normal, and I think you need to
give up on that dream because that.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Ship has saled. Yeah, so we're going Plan B. And
that's for you to be the villain.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
You got to make it so she can't love you
because you suck that.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
You need to tell her, tell her you have a
secret family. Wait, he's party with someone. You forgot to
tell her.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
He has to work with her though, she's gonna lose
all respect for him.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Just here's the thing.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
And then you say, listen, if you don't tell anyone
about the secret family, I won't tell anyone that you're
in love with me.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
That's a pretty good.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Idea, Jimmy, how do you feel about those pieces of advice?
Or you're leaning towards either one?
Speaker 6 (09:23):
I mean I guess if I had to choose, I'd
probably go with a Jose one.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Yeah, I win again. I'm gonna tell you right now,
she's gonna quit her job. You're gonna be honey, meaning
in the Bahamas.
Speaker 5 (09:35):
I didn't think of that.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Okay, go for it. Let's see how this works.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Oh no, I love book describes honeymooning in the Bahamas
is a bad thing.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
It is a thing.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Jeff, Well, I don't know that's could mean sounding kind
of nice. But we're gonna step away here, Jimmie.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
We're gonna dial your boss Veronica for you and let
you make your awkward Tuesday phone call.
Speaker 8 (09:56):
Good luck.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Okay, we'll jump in you feel like you need a
little help.
Speaker 6 (09:58):
Here we go. Helu Hey, Veronica, it's Jimmy.
Speaker 8 (10:13):
Oh do me you know what? Speak of the devil?
I was just talking about you.
Speaker 6 (10:19):
Oh, hopefully good things.
Speaker 8 (10:25):
Oh, of course, all good things. By the way, the
nine o'clock meeting tomorrow is moved to ten thirty. I'm
going to make sure you got that in my mouth
because I want to see you there.
Speaker 6 (10:34):
Oh my goodness, Veronica. You know, I think before we
hook up on that meeting, I think means something we
really need to talk about.
Speaker 8 (10:44):
I never said we were hooking up at the meeting, sweetheart,
but maybe after.
Speaker 6 (10:49):
Sorry, Sorry, I did not mean to hook up at
the meeting. Look anyway, let me tell you why we
need to talk. Oh, you know the text that I
sent late Saturday night.
Speaker 8 (11:04):
I do know the text.
Speaker 6 (11:08):
Honestly, I don't think I thought the whole thing through.
Speaker 8 (11:13):
What do you mean you didn't think it's true you
are attracted to me? Right?
Speaker 6 (11:19):
Well? Yeah, of course I'm attracted to you. I mean
I could anybody know be attracted to you.
Speaker 8 (11:25):
But you just needed a little liquid courage. You had
that with your alcohol and it kind of opened up
your mind. And you don't have to worry. Very very
hush hushed. We don't need anybody at the office to know.
And it can be a casual thing. It's okay. I
know that I'm older than you, so we can just
have it like you're my boy toy.
Speaker 6 (11:46):
Did you say boy toy?
Speaker 8 (11:48):
Oh, it's just a term of endearment. Don't worry.
Speaker 6 (11:52):
You know the reason I bring it up. Look, I
know we both love our jobs, and I don't know
if you thought about it. I just started thinking about it,
and I just don't want this to get out in
any way and harm either one of us.
Speaker 8 (12:07):
Oh, I don't think that you're thinking this whole thing through.
You wouldn't be my first experience at the office, sweetiest goodness.
I probably shouldn't be telling this to you, but you
know Luke and marketing.
Speaker 6 (12:20):
Uh, yeah, I know Luke. What about him?
Speaker 8 (12:23):
Well, we had a little fling for a few months
last summer, and nobody in the office knows about it.
I mean, don't worry, it's not like I cut him off.
We still do stuff every once in a while, but
it's not all the time.
Speaker 6 (12:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
I can't.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
Oh, you can't. We all can't.
Speaker 8 (12:40):
What is going on?
Speaker 3 (12:41):
Hey, Veronica, you're on the radio right now with a
show called Brook and Jeffrey in the morning.
Speaker 8 (12:46):
I'm on the radio.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:50):
Yeah, Jimmy is one of our listeners, and he asked
for help doing this thing called the awkward Tuesday phone call.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
It sounds like you have.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
A history of Yeah, is there any job openings where
you working?
Speaker 2 (13:03):
People work?
Speaker 1 (13:05):
Sounds actually more fun than where we were.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
No, you, guys, you should have been doing this.
Speaker 6 (13:09):
Guys, Look, Veronica is awesome. Do not give her her
hard time at all. Please, No, we're not.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
I'm complimenting her.
Speaker 8 (13:16):
If anything, I think that's Jimmy's job to give me
a hard time.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
This is not the reaction that I was expecting at all.
I thought she'd be upset or disappointed.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
But if anything, embarrassed.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
For God's sake, if anything, she sounds turned on. This
isn't really what you were going for, was it.
Speaker 6 (13:38):
Look, Veronica, here's the deal. And I should have told
you this from the very beginning. And I'm sorry, but
I actually have an actual lady I met in the
last few weeks who's also named Veronica, that I am
in love with, and that is who the text was
intended for. Your name came up in my list when
I started typing V and it was a mistake and
(13:59):
I've been working too much, and that's where this all started.
Speaker 4 (14:04):
Huh yeah, I mean, yeah, that's a lot.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
It was a really bad mistake that he made one
night and it kind of just got out of control,
and that's why he didn't know how to reel it
back in.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
That's why we're here to help him.
Speaker 6 (14:19):
And you know, I called the radio show and they
gave me this really bad advice and why we're here
right now.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Guess what, Jimmy was free? Okay, you didn't pay for that, all.
Speaker 8 (14:29):
Right, Well, Jimmy, I don't know what kind of advice
they gave you, But that doesn't mean we can't hang
out every once in a while, you know what I mean?
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Okay, you needed?
Speaker 2 (14:38):
You can't do that.
Speaker 8 (14:40):
Why he's already pinking the name Veronica in bed, So
why not?
Speaker 3 (14:46):
Did he mention that he also has a second family
that he abandoned overseas.
Speaker 8 (14:50):
Yeah, it's too late, we're hanging out.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Wow, I think he needed. I mean, Jimmy, I think
you need to get your resume together.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
I mean, I guess sounds like you're gonna get a
promotion at this job.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
I don't know about that.
Speaker 6 (15:05):
Look, all I want to do is I just want
to please, please this is go back to normal and
just act like he didn't see the text, and let's
just act like we used to. But when we used
to see each other. Okay, well, does.
Speaker 8 (15:17):
That mean you were not undressing me? Because I was
undressing you when I used to look at you. I'm
asking Jimmy, I'm not asking you. Female radio personality.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
Had enough of you, Brooke.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
Yeah, something is so antiquated. This is the modern working world.
Speaker 7 (15:39):
The guy.
Speaker 4 (15:40):
Okay, listen, if our office had an HR apartment, I
would get that woman or person in here right now.
Speaker 7 (15:47):
We don't listen, sweetheart, that's my man, and I think
you need to back up, Jimmy.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
It sounds like a else isn't going to give you
much of a choice here.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
So I mean, you've got two special ladies in your life,
a work, live in and out of work. Yeah, make
it easy on you whatever, Okay
Speaker 1 (16:13):
Looking Jeffrey in the morning.
It's awkward.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
It's Tuesday.
Speaker 3 (00:04):
It's awkward Tuesday phone call. Jose recently mentioned on the
show how excited he was when he received a text
message from me outside of work.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
I'm still on that high, Joe.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
I feel like I've heard about this text message more
than God.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
It's so embarrassing. No, I try to never text people
outside of the workplace, especially when I'm drinking, because I
know that anything that I say might come back to
haunt me later, just like it did on the show.
Text again, I know, don't remind me, don't remind me,
don't send me into the dark place again.
Speaker 5 (00:42):
Yeah, I was not making fun of you.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Look, we all have brought him at a certain point,
and that was mine. But it's a good lesson to
remember because I know our listener, Jimmy, wishes he had
kept his phone in his pocket during a Saturday night out. So, Jimmy,
welcome to the show. Tell us how this whole ordeal
started for you.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Oh, man, I just want to know what emojisi is.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
That's what I want to know, man.
Speaker 6 (01:09):
Yeah, man, I'm gonna jump right into it. So I
met this wonderful lady on one of the dating apps okay,
and it was one of those times where we actually clicked.
It wasn't just one and done type situation. We started
hanging out for it was like two weeks straight, nine
or ten days out of those two weeks.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
We're all wanted dumb people on this show, so we
can't relate. But it sounds really nice.
Speaker 5 (01:32):
Doesn't that feel great when you like immediately meet them,
when you immediately click and you feel like you want
to you can't get enough of them. You eventually will.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
But but I'm guessing we're leading into the fact that
she's the one that he texted when he was drinking.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Yeah, well what happened.
Speaker 6 (01:46):
Well, one of the days we didn't hang out, I
hung out with my fellas and we were watching the game,
and they were of course asked me, you know where
you've been. We haven't heard from you. You know. I
kind of told him the whole deal.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
They must have been so happy for you.
Speaker 6 (02:00):
Yeah, I mean they totally were. I mean they were
pushing me and juicing me up.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
I was convinced that you were going to die alone
buddy for you.
Speaker 6 (02:11):
Yeah, I was starting to worry about that same thing.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
You were worried about it too. That it sounds like
you have a good group of friends. That's cool.
Speaker 6 (02:19):
Yeah, I mean all that was great. And uh, as
the night went on, we had a few more drinks,
they kept asking me more and more questions and I
started getting more you know, looselipped, and I kind of
told my friends, which is kind of how I felt
that I think this might be the girl I.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Love after only a few weeks.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
I mean I think sometimes you just know.
Speaker 6 (02:44):
Yeah, and this situation, it did. I mean that's all.
From the time I woke up to the time I slept,
she was all. I was thinking.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
About it all day. Why is it in past tense though,
think come to it already.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
So this is the awkward Tuesday phone call? Where does
this story turn awkward?
Speaker 6 (03:04):
Well, so, as that night went on and continued drinking,
a few shots were involved, I believe, And they're like, dude, man,
if you feel this way, have you told her? Why
don't you tell her?
Speaker 7 (03:14):
God?
Speaker 6 (03:15):
No, And uh, that was probably the wrong time for
them to kind of push me in that way, because no, no.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
No, right, tell her I love her?
Speaker 3 (03:25):
No, you never ever tell a woman that. Wait, yeah,
no point in your life should that be revealed.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
On your wedding day.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
Yeah, love the healthy sisculinity coming from you right now?
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Please tell me you did not admit that to her.
Speaker 6 (03:40):
Well, I decided to text her.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
This, okay text where you know, I mean your garden,
not even because he's drunk. I mean, who hasn't done
it though, confess like more than they should have had
a drunken Yeah, well, what'd you say?
Speaker 6 (03:59):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:59):
You sent that?
Speaker 6 (04:00):
Yeah, I mean it was about a paragraph long, way, way,
way too much. Probably a few typos in there too,
I'm sure.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
No way did she reply.
Speaker 6 (04:11):
This is the worst part, And this is the awkward part, the.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Worst part yet.
Speaker 6 (04:15):
I wish, I wish that would have been the situation.
I might not even be talking to you all right now.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Oh no, there were photos involved too.
Speaker 6 (04:24):
No no, no, no. Walk up the next morning feeling
pretty raunchy as you can imagine. And there was a reply.
But the reply was from my.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Boss, your boss.
Speaker 5 (04:36):
Yeah wait, you texted your boss?
Speaker 6 (04:39):
What? Wait she has the same name?
Speaker 4 (04:42):
No?
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Wait is better?
Speaker 5 (04:45):
Right?
Speaker 6 (04:46):
No?
Speaker 2 (04:46):
You toted your boss better?
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Okay, okay, but what Brooks said?
Speaker 3 (04:54):
Who hasn't been there and texted their boss drunken lee
and confess their true feelings?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
What did your boss say? What was the reply back?
Speaker 6 (05:02):
So she actually said we'll talk about this next week
with a wink emoji?
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Wait, hold on, hold on?
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Is she like one of those old people that don't
understand how emojis because my.
Speaker 5 (05:15):
Mom would have sent like red lips or something.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Yeah, essentual lips get sent by my mom.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Too, And maybe you don't like squinty stern emoji with
that one?
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Could that be?
Speaker 6 (05:25):
It?
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Is that what you're thinking?
Speaker 6 (05:27):
Well, I was hoping. But then we end up having
a meeting at the office a few days later, and uh,
she said that, Uh, she's feeling the same way about me.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
As I feel about her.
Speaker 5 (05:38):
Dude, why you've never even liked about your boss like that?
Speaker 2 (05:43):
I love that a manager sets a meeting to tell
you that she.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Has Did you have a whole PowerPoint presentation ready to
share her feelings back to you?
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Is this so embarrassing for her?
Speaker 6 (05:55):
And now you guys know why I need your help?
Speaker 4 (05:58):
So you're telling us in where she's confessing that she
feels the same way, you don't say anything.
Speaker 6 (06:03):
Yeah, I was frozen. I did not want to lose
my job, and I just want things to go back
to normal. So I really really need your help on
this one.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Oh my god.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Okay, my god.
Speaker 6 (06:15):
So we got one thing.
Speaker 5 (06:17):
You got me on your team, and I'm really good
at ruining everything with women.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
I'm gonna get on this brother, all right.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Got a couple of jokes from Jose and she'll be
turned off.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Yeah, let me try to hit on her.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Actually, thanks to Jose, we might have some hope because
we're gonna call your boss and let you talk to her.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Say hey, I didn't mean to say I loved.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
You in a text the other night. Try to get
stuff back to normal with your job.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Right, at least you didn't text your crush though, Yeah,
you know, happy about it.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
We'll let you make your awkward Tuesday phone call to
your boss right after this. It's awkward.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
It's Tuesday.
Speaker 5 (06:57):
It's awkward Tuesday phone call.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
We don't have an HR department here anymore.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
I laugh because it's true.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
But even with zero repercussions for our actions, we still
know not to say I love you to our boss.
Speaker 4 (07:12):
Although our boss does have a really cute Southern accents.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
That's not me trying to put blame on our listener Jimmy,
because he did that accidentally. During a night out drinking
with his buddies, and he meant to send it as
an I love you text message confession to the new
girl that he'd been seeing, but instead it went to
his boss, who shares the same first name.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
And the worst party is the boss is actually into it.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Yes, tell us.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
So, Jimmy, I don't even ask you. What is your
boss's name?
Speaker 6 (07:45):
It's Veronica Veronica.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
Okay, so we're gonna call your boss Veronica here and
let you make this call. First, we need to get
you some advice. So, Jose, what are you thinking?
Speaker 5 (07:56):
You need to tell her that when you text earlier night,
you didn't think twice about it. The fact that you
work together, your passion took over. But if you think
about the logistics, she's the manager. You love your job.
So I think you tell her.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
It's not always illegal to date someone within the company.
You could just need to go tell management.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Look, it's an easy out, listen, probably yeah, but.
Speaker 5 (08:19):
No, just say look, I think the logistics aren't gonna
work and we got to separate and just stay where
we are.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Okay, you're not telling her that message wasn't for you.
Speaker 5 (08:28):
No, because you don't want to let her down to
make her feel bad.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
You just want to say, you know what, it's just.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Not meant to be run.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Okay, okay, lightly stepping away, Brook, What do you think?
Speaker 4 (08:37):
Well, I mean your goal is you want things to
go back to normal, and I think you need to
give up on that dream because that.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Ship has saled. Yeah, so we're going Plan B. And
that's for you to be the villain.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
You got to make it so she can't love you
because you suck that.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
You need to tell her, tell her you have a
secret family. Wait, he's party with someone. You forgot to
tell her.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
He has to work with her though, she's gonna lose
all respect for him.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Just here's the thing.
Speaker 4 (09:11):
And then you say, listen, if you don't tell anyone
about the secret family, I won't tell anyone that you're
in love with me.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
That's a pretty good.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Idea, Jimmy, how do you feel about those pieces of advice?
Or you're leaning towards either one?
Speaker 6 (09:23):
I mean I guess if I had to choose, I'd
probably go with a Jose one.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Yeah, I win again. I'm gonna tell you right now,
she's gonna quit her job. You're gonna be honey, meaning
in the Bahamas.
Speaker 5 (09:35):
I didn't think of that.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Okay, go for it. Let's see how this works.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Oh no, I love book describes honeymooning in the Bahamas
is a bad thing.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
It is a thing.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Jeff, Well, I don't know that's could mean sounding kind
of nice. But we're gonna step away here, Jimmie.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
We're gonna dial your boss Veronica for you and let
you make your awkward Tuesday phone call.
Speaker 8 (09:56):
Good luck.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
Okay, we'll jump in you feel like you need a
little help.
Speaker 6 (09:58):
Here we go. Helu Hey, Veronica, it's Jimmy.
Speaker 8 (10:13):
Oh do me you know what? Speak of the devil?
I was just talking about you.
Speaker 6 (10:19):
Oh, hopefully good things.
Speaker 8 (10:25):
Oh, of course, all good things. By the way, the
nine o'clock meeting tomorrow is moved to ten thirty. I'm
going to make sure you got that in my mouth
because I want to see you there.
Speaker 6 (10:34):
Oh my goodness, Veronica. You know, I think before we
hook up on that meeting, I think means something we
really need to talk about.
Speaker 8 (10:44):
I never said we were hooking up at the meeting, sweetheart,
but maybe after.
Speaker 6 (10:49):
Sorry, Sorry, I did not mean to hook up at
the meeting. Look anyway, let me tell you why we
need to talk. Oh, you know the text that I
sent late Saturday night.
Speaker 8 (11:04):
I do know the text.
Speaker 6 (11:08):
Honestly, I don't think I thought the whole thing through.
Speaker 8 (11:13):
What do you mean you didn't think it's true you
are attracted to me? Right?
Speaker 6 (11:19):
Well? Yeah, of course I'm attracted to you. I mean
I could anybody know be attracted to you.
Speaker 8 (11:25):
But you just needed a little liquid courage. You had
that with your alcohol and it kind of opened up
your mind. And you don't have to worry. Very very
hush hushed. We don't need anybody at the office to know.
And it can be a casual thing. It's okay. I
know that I'm older than you, so we can just
have it like you're my boy toy.
Speaker 6 (11:46):
Did you say boy toy?
Speaker 8 (11:48):
Oh, it's just a term of endearment. Don't worry.
Speaker 6 (11:52):
You know the reason I bring it up. Look, I
know we both love our jobs, and I don't know
if you thought about it. I just started thinking about it,
and I just don't want this to get out in
any way and harm either one of us.
Speaker 8 (12:07):
Oh, I don't think that you're thinking this whole thing through.
You wouldn't be my first experience at the office, sweetiest goodness.
I probably shouldn't be telling this to you, but you
know Luke and marketing.
Speaker 6 (12:20):
Uh, yeah, I know Luke. What about him?
Speaker 8 (12:23):
Well, we had a little fling for a few months
last summer, and nobody in the office knows about it.
I mean, don't worry, it's not like I cut him off.
We still do stuff every once in a while, but
it's not all the time.
Speaker 6 (12:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
I can't.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
Oh, you can't. We all can't.
Speaker 8 (12:40):
What is going on?
Speaker 3 (12:41):
Hey, Veronica, you're on the radio right now with a
show called Brook and Jeffrey in the morning.
Speaker 8 (12:46):
I'm on the radio.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:50):
Yeah, Jimmy is one of our listeners, and he asked
for help doing this thing called the awkward Tuesday phone call.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
It sounds like you have.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
A history of Yeah, is there any job openings where
you working?
Speaker 2 (13:03):
People work?
Speaker 1 (13:05):
Sounds actually more fun than where we were.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
No, you, guys, you should have been doing this.
Speaker 6 (13:09):
Guys, Look, Veronica is awesome. Do not give her her
hard time at all. Please, No, we're not.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
I'm complimenting her.
Speaker 8 (13:16):
If anything, I think that's Jimmy's job to give me
a hard time.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
This is not the reaction that I was expecting at all.
I thought she'd be upset or disappointed.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
But if anything, embarrassed.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
For God's sake, if anything, she sounds turned on. This
isn't really what you were going for, was it.
Speaker 6 (13:38):
Look, Veronica, here's the deal. And I should have told
you this from the very beginning. And I'm sorry, but
I actually have an actual lady I met in the
last few weeks who's also named Veronica, that I am
in love with, and that is who the text was
intended for. Your name came up in my list when
I started typing V and it was a mistake and
(13:59):
I've been working too much, and that's where this all started.
Speaker 4 (14:04):
Huh yeah, I mean, yeah, that's a lot.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
It was a really bad mistake that he made one
night and it kind of just got out of control,
and that's why he didn't know how to reel it
back in.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
That's why we're here to help him.
Speaker 6 (14:19):
And you know, I called the radio show and they
gave me this really bad advice and why we're here
right now.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Guess what, Jimmy was free? Okay, you didn't pay for that, all.
Speaker 8 (14:29):
Right, Well, Jimmy, I don't know what kind of advice
they gave you, But that doesn't mean we can't hang
out every once in a while, you know what I mean?
Speaker 1 (14:35):
Okay, you needed?
Speaker 2 (14:38):
You can't do that.
Speaker 8 (14:40):
Why he's already pinking the name Veronica in bed, So
why not?
Speaker 3 (14:46):
Did he mention that he also has a second family
that he abandoned overseas.
Speaker 8 (14:50):
Yeah, it's too late, we're hanging out.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Wow, I think he needed. I mean, Jimmy, I think
you need to get your resume together.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
I mean, I guess sounds like you're gonna get a
promotion at this job.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
I don't know about that.
Speaker 6 (15:05):
Look, all I want to do is I just want
to please, please this is go back to normal and
just act like he didn't see the text, and let's
just act like we used to. But when we used
to see each other. Okay, well, does.
Speaker 8 (15:17):
That mean you were not undressing me? Because I was
undressing you when I used to look at you. I'm
asking Jimmy, I'm not asking you. Female radio personality.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
Had enough of you, Brooke.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
Yeah, something is so antiquated. This is the modern working world.
Speaker 7 (15:39):
The guy.
Speaker 4 (15:40):
Okay, listen, if our office had an HR apartment, I
would get that woman or person in here right now.
Speaker 7 (15:47):
We don't listen, sweetheart, that's my man, and I think
you need to back up, Jimmy.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
It sounds like a else isn't going to give you
much of a choice here.
Speaker 3 (16:02):
So I mean, you've got two special ladies in your life,
a work, live in and out of work. Yeah, make
it easy on you whatever, Okay
Speaker 1 (16:13):
Looking Jeffrey in the morning.
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