Phone Tap: No Cheering Section

In today’s Phone Tap we call a long time NFL season ticket holder and tell him we’re implementing a new “NO CHEERING” section, and his seats are smack dab in the middle!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
One of our listeners wanted us to prank her husband,
who's a longtime Chicago Bears fan. In fact, he's been
a season ticket holder for the past eleven years, has
attended almost every home game in that span. So yeah, sorry,
Jake knows he's been sure some rough times, but it's
about to get even rougher because Team Customer Relations is

(00:22):
about to tell him about the new policy change at
the stadium, one that he might find very surprising. In
your phone tap right now? Hello, Hi, am I speaking
with mister Marlin? Yeah?

Speaker 2 (00:41):
Yeah, yeah, who is this?

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Hi, sir? Thank you? I work for the Chicago Bears.
I'm vice president of crowd Customer Relations over at Soldier Field. Really, yes, sir,
what's going on?

Speaker 2 (00:53):
What's happening?

Speaker 1 (00:54):
Well, first of all, I just wanted to reach out
and thank you for being a season ticket holder for
the last eleven years. Yeah, yeah, you know, that's quite
a run. That's why we're calling all of our longtime fans,
just to let them know we're going to be moving
towards a more quiet stadium experience going forward.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
Quiet quiet, quite right? You are you kidding me? Man?
What are you talking about?

Speaker 1 (01:19):
It's part of a new policy where the Bears are
testing out a more family friendly fan experience.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
How does that work?

Speaker 1 (01:27):
Well, you can still root for the team, just silently,
you know, in a way that won't disturb others, especially
the visiting team.

Speaker 2 (01:36):
Now you got to be kidding me.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
Well, sir, sir, No, this isn't a joke. I'm serious.
Your section section four forty five has been designated as
a note sir? Can you please stop laughing? Okay, well,
we really do sound like a Bears fan, I'll give
you that.

Speaker 2 (02:01):
Yeah, man, do you really work for the Bear?

Speaker 1 (02:05):
I do, sir, and I'm trying to let you know
that your section section four forty five has been designated
as a no cheering zone.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
Oh my god. Okay, you know I needed this man.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
Well yeah, I know it's been a rough go for
us over the years, so I know you needed a laugh.
But I'm being very serious with you.

Speaker 2 (02:32):
Oh oh man, you gonna give me a heart attack.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
Man. Okay, you got your laughs out and you understand
that we are changing your section to a no cheering zone.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
Okay, that's great. I want to come to it. I
want to experience that, right. Can I drink? Can I
bring a couple of beers in there.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
You can drink. But here's what you need to know
going forward. You are allowed to clap politely. So what
you're doing right now, ul sir, it would not fly.
This is too loud. It would violate the no noise
policy we're installing.

Speaker 2 (03:11):
Man, you know that's why I will be drinking talking.
Calms down, man, Okay, Well.

Speaker 1 (03:17):
That's probably highly recommended for you. Okay. In addition to
the light clapping, you are allowed to whisper chance.

Speaker 2 (03:29):
Give me an example.

Speaker 1 (03:30):
Well, if we're on defense, you could chant defense.

Speaker 2 (03:35):
Oh no, that's hey, look that sounds creepy, man.

Speaker 1 (03:39):
Well it's an option for you, and it'll sound a
lot better when the entire section is doing it. But
yelling or screaming or laughing maniacally will lead to immediate
removal and we would have to revoke your tickets as well.

Speaker 2 (03:52):
Hey, do do your bosses know that you're on the
phone talking like this?

Speaker 1 (03:58):
Man, they're the ones who came out up with this policy.
So my job is to relay it to the fan base.

Speaker 2 (04:05):
This is a ridiculous fans what part exactly? Oh but
I hey, I give it to you, man, it's funny.

Speaker 1 (04:14):
I'm not really sure what's funny here, Sir. You're being
told that your section is being redesignated as a no
cheering zone.

Speaker 2 (04:22):
So if I cheer, am I going to go to jail?

Speaker 1 (04:28):
All right, sir? Are you mocking me right now? Oh
my god?

Speaker 2 (04:34):
Oh man, you wasted my time, buddy, I gotta go
to work, man, So like, I accept the no cheering
thing and all of that. Okay, you got anything else
on me?

Speaker 1 (04:43):
Actually it's one more note. Well, when the Lions come
into town, you are going to have to cheer for them.

Speaker 2 (04:50):
Now you're talking crazy.

Speaker 1 (04:52):
Well, I mean you can understand that they don't have
enough fans. They don't have enough fans to cheer for
their team. We need, right, you need to give them
a little bit of support.

Speaker 2 (05:02):
I've been nice. I listened to all this garbage money.

Speaker 1 (05:05):
Well, you kind of laughed through it. It wasn't very nice. Okay,
the joke's over now, buddy, Not according to your wife, Kathy.
She wants the joke to keep going.

Speaker 2 (05:13):
Kathy, what oh buddy?

Speaker 1 (05:18):
Yeah, so maybe you're catching on that You're right. I
don't work for the Bears. I'm actually from a radio
show called Brook and Jeffrey in the morning. Oh, we're
doing a prank on you.

Speaker 2 (05:28):
You know what, You know what? You made my day.

Speaker 1 (05:32):
You should thank your wife Kathy for it because she
said that you're a huge Bears fan, so she wanted
to mess with you.

Speaker 2 (05:37):
I knew it was kind of creepy, but I had
a long day. O. Man, it was nothing like having
a nice long laugh.

Speaker 1 (05:45):
Dan, can I get a whisper chant for defense before
we go?

Speaker 2 (05:50):
Say enough?

Speaker 1 (05:55):
That's super creepy.

Speaker 2 (05:58):
Weakcause every morning was tabs weekday mornings on the twenties,
Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning