Today’s Phone Tap victim works at a pretty big company, so it’s hard for him to know EVERYBODY in his office, so Jeff's taking advantage of that to say he's the new guy and he needs a BIG FAVOR!
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Episode Transcript
One of our favorite things to do when prank calling
someone at their work, if they're in a medium sized
building with like lots of employees, there is basically to
say hey, I'm the new guy. Yeah, and then classic
can make it awkward as quickly as possible because they
have to be nice to the new guy. Right, they
can't yell at them in the first three minutes. No, okay,
(00:20):
well this guy can't. But I didn't want to provoke him.
I just had to tell him something really really important
in your phone tap right now.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Hello, This is Dennis.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Hey Dennis, my name is Garrett. I work over in
the marketing side of things. I just got hired here.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Oh oh okay, awesome, Yeah, welcome to the company. Right,
this is great. Hey, thanks, Yeah, have you had a
good first day?
Speaker 1 (00:53):
So far, so good?
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
It's kind of funny that our names rhyme, you know,
Dennis and Garret.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Uh yeah, kind of. I don't really think that Ryan's
but yeah, you know what, well, yeah, it's cool. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Cool. So I know that you and I haven't officially
met yet, but when I sat down with HR, I
put you down as my emergency contact.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
I'm sorry, what, yeah, you did what you're.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
My emergency contact? Now, I hope that's okay. Since we're
like basically named twins for.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
You, you put my name down for emergencies, right, Why
would you do that? We don't know each other. This
is the first time we've ever spoken. Why would you
put me down as your emergency now?
Speaker 1 (01:42):
You're your tone is so different now because I mean
when we first started talking, you're really friendly and now well.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Gareth yea, lest I apologize if I sounded hostile. I
was not trying to be right. I just I'm concerned
because this is serious and you put me someone you
don't know. Yeah, we've never met.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Yeah, no, I see what you're saying.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Butt.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
But when I was in HR, I asked them, I said, hey,
just between you and me, who's the person with the
coolest car?
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Here?
Speaker 1 (02:13):
What they said you? So, I was like, I'm sold,
I'm just gonna put your name down an extension.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
What are you talking about? Coolest car? I drive a Taurus.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
You don't have to brag to me. I know.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
No, that's not a cool car. Look, that's not how
you pick someone for emergency.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Okay, yeah, I mean the car stuff, I guess doesn't
really matter. But as of right now, you're my emergency contact,
and because of that, you should know that I've been
diagnosed with RFS. What restless fork syndrome Restless spork like
restless fork syndrome. It only happens during the holidays, but
it's where even when I'm completely full, I can't stop eating, Okay, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter,
(02:54):
like my fork can't be control like over the holidays,
I might need to call you and you just have
to pull me away from like the dessert table, if
you know.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
And so that's not what an emergency contact is for.
And that's not what I'm doing because I'll be off work,
so you shouldn't be contacting me.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
It sounds to me like you're pretty clueless on understanding
what an emergency contact is.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
I am understanding. You're not understanding me.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
No, you're not understanding. You're my contact if there's an emergency.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I shouldn't be your contact. I should not be your contact.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
I know you better than I know anybody else in
the company.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Do you do you do? Have you talked to anyone else?
You talk to HR? Why do you put the HR person?
That's how ridiculous. Did you meet a cat on the
way put that on there.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
The HR meeting was a zoom call and their screen
was black, so I have never really seen that. Oh
my god, I feel a lot closer to you.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
You are in a horrible situation, like you might die.
You want someone that really knows what you would want
to be able to give you the care you need
the care.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
Wait it, hold on, are you asking me out?
Speaker 2 (04:03):
You want to date? What is wrong with you?
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Okay? You know what. Listen, emergency contact should stay professional.
I am not hitting on you, No, I get it,
but I do know only someone who really cares about
me would yell at me like this.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
So I appreciate that I'm yelling at you because you're
being an idiot.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
I like your passion, but there's more that you should know,
like today has been a really bad day for my socks,
Lexia Gareth.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
I've been polite to you. I've been nice to you.
I've entertained this.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
I don't know if it's an official medical condition with
the SOX.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
But I know an actual diagnosis.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
But it is a real problem where I try to
match my socks and I just can't do it.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
I'm done with this all right. I'm calling h R.
Because I am sick of this, and you and I are.
We're going to be in some big meeting about this.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Okay, so you want to come and meet me down
at the radio station and say hi. Oh no, the
radio station is where we can meet, because that's the
real place that I work, where I do prank phone calls,
you know, like this one.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Shut up.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
I can't really no, because my name is jeff from
the radio show Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
No way, Are you serious?
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Yeah, your friend Eric sets you up. He says that
you share his middle school sense of humor, and he
thought this would make you laugh.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Oh god, I believed you that you only put me
down toency.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
I mean, I have socks lexia, So can you blame me?
I get mixed up sometimes. Your friend Eric says, that's
a thing. Oh, Eric and Dennis, those names Ryan, We're
all named twins.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
That was ridiculous.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
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