Phone Tap: You Gave My Son The Herp

Today’s Phone Tap victim is used to dealing with some uptight parents but we bet she’s never received the kind of complaint Jeff's about to lodge at her!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today, we call a woman who's co owner of an
entertainment service that provides face painters and princesses and magicians
for kids' birthday parties.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Oh yeah, and her.

Speaker 1 (00:09):
Boyfriend said she's been dealing with some pretty uptight parents
as a boy. But I promise she has never gotten
a complaint like the one she's about to receive today.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Is it shocking? Yes?

Speaker 3 (00:21):
Oh no?

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Was it my idea? No?

Speaker 1 (00:25):
Okay, it was her boyfriend's. Okay, and out of my
better judgment, I did it anyway. No, so she is
definitely going to be floored when she hears it in
your brand new phone.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
Tap right now, Mornings on the twenties.

Speaker 3 (00:40):
West Entertainment. This is Megan. How can I help you?

Speaker 1 (00:43):
Yes, I'm looking to speak with the woman who gave
my child herpies. I'm sorry what someone gave my kid
herpes and I need it to be addressed.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
I don't understand how.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
Oh yeah, my son was at a party with his
friends last Saturday and one of your face painters thought
it would be funny to paint herpes onto his face.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
The ringing a bell Okay, okay, it was painted on
his face. Oh thank god? What were you thinking, I
don't even want to say, can you please just tell
me what happened?

Speaker 2 (01:25):
Right?

Speaker 1 (01:25):
So my child comes home and I see him and say,
why do you have herpes on your face?

Speaker 2 (01:31):
Son? So he looks at me and says.

Speaker 1 (01:34):
They're grapes, Dad, But clearly I know the difference.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
They're getting one by me.

Speaker 3 (01:41):
So you're saying that one of our face painters painted
the word herpies on the child's face.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
No, not the word actual herpes. And he was telling
me there were grapes.

Speaker 3 (01:53):
Maybe you're confused because your son thought that they were
grapes and my face painter thought that they were grut
on the face.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
Are you trying to tell me that I don't know
what herpes looks like. I've been to burning Man.

Speaker 3 (02:06):
I don't know how burning Man has anything to do
with this, but I know that my face painter would
never do something like that.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
Fine, I've taken a public bus in Detroit. I've taken
a tour of the Hershey factory.

Speaker 3 (02:19):
I don't understand all.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
Different places where you would contract herpes.

Speaker 3 (02:24):
You have a lot of different examples of where you
can get these, but I do I have more.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
If you want to hear something.

Speaker 3 (02:31):
This has nothing to do with us, sir. I don't
understand what this is about.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
It has everything to do with you. My kid thinks
he has herpes because I told him.

Speaker 3 (02:41):
Well, then that's your fault, sir, because we wouldn't tell
him something like that.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
You told him that your company is the one who
painted it, so you're to blame.

Speaker 3 (02:49):
We're a children's entertainment company. Do you seriously think we
would do that.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
I think I deserve to be compensated for this sudden
outbreak of injustice.

Speaker 3 (02:59):
You want to be component.

Speaker 2 (03:01):
I think that's only fair.

Speaker 3 (03:02):
Well, I could give you a gift card for a
free face painting session.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
What so I can come home and find out you
put gonnerie on his forehead?

Speaker 2 (03:11):
Hold on, I don't think so, sir.

Speaker 3 (03:13):
You're crossing the line here. I'm really trying to be helpful.

Speaker 2 (03:16):
I know.

Speaker 1 (03:17):
I don't think I'm crossing the line at all. I
think at this point you and your crewed face painting
crew need a dose of public shaming to set you
all straight. What how about you stand by a freeway
off ramp holding a sign that says.

Speaker 2 (03:31):
I gave herpes to a kid.

Speaker 1 (03:33):
Oh my god, and I tried to cover it up
with gonnor Rhea and a gift card.

Speaker 3 (03:38):
Okay, we're done here, sir.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
I'm gonna talk to the Attorney General about you, ma'am,
so your disgusting warped company never paints a face again.

Speaker 3 (03:48):
You know what, sir, go right ahead. That would really
make my game.

Speaker 1 (03:51):
Okay, Yeah, I'm gonna implicate you and all your face
painters and even your boyfriend Vaughn What because he's the
one who set you up for this prank phone call today.

Speaker 3 (04:04):
So ha, oh my god, oh my gosh.

Speaker 2 (04:10):
Make it. I'm sorry, this is a joke.

Speaker 1 (04:13):
My name is jeff from brook and Jeffrey in the morning,
we're doing a phone tap on you.

Speaker 3 (04:17):
Oh god, that was creepy, creepy. Oh I'm gonna kill him.

Speaker 1 (04:24):
I mean yeah, it wasn't my idea. It was definitely
your boyfriend Vaughn's. He emailed us saying that you deal
with crazy parents all the time though from these parties.

Speaker 3 (04:31):
God, yes I do.

Speaker 2 (04:32):
He thought I could be the craziest of all.

Speaker 3 (04:36):
God, that was horrible.

Speaker 1 (04:37):
That's exactly what I said after I went on that
Hershey factory tour.

Speaker 3 (04:41):
I'm pretty sure you didn't get herpes from that, but
whatever you think, wake up every morning was phone taps
weekday mornings on the twenties, Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning,