Southwest’s Big Change & The Game That Raises Your Blood Pressure

From new Southwest Airlines policies shaking up travelers to the surprising video game proven to spike stress levels, Nina breaks down what’s trending right now. Find out what has passengers buzzing and why Mario Kart might be raising more than just your competitive spirit in this lively segment from The Jubal Show.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's time for Nina's what's trending.

Speaker 2 (00:01):
Southwest Airlines has been making some changes and it's thrussing
some people out. One of them you may have heard
about already is the assigned seating. When that rolls out
January twenty seventh, the same day that rolls out, there
will also be refunds for a second seat that will
only be given in the Okay, let me back up.
They're changing their refund policy for plus sized passengers. Oh,

(00:23):
I didn't know that they had one. I had one either,
But apparently if you are trying to get one, it
has to be given within the first ninety days after
your flight. And then there's rules about where the seats
were bought.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
Oh well, that's but that's normal with other airlines, Like
the first ninety days you have to request a refund
or something like that.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Yeah, but if the flight isn't and the flight has
to have not been sold out. So basically, what I'm
understanding is that if you were before plus size and
you had bought two seats to make sure that you
were comfortable, if the flight wasn't sold out completely, you
could have gotten a refund for that second seat that
you bought. Now that's going away. Gotch. You might have
made that sound more confusing than it is. But just

(01:03):
know that they're changing their refund policy for plus sized passengers.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
But why are they also having us picked seats?

Speaker 2 (01:09):
Like? That was one of the Southwest's biggest things.

Speaker 3 (01:11):
That they don't have to pick their seats kind of
so you can just go sit wherever you want. And
that's really nice because even if you have like a
B or a C number, you can possibly still get
a window seat if you just go all the way
to the back of the plane.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
And I was really excited about that.

Speaker 2 (01:24):
I know. It always really stressed me out, though, like
if you were flying with somebody, like would we be
able to sit next to each other? Am I going
to be stuck in the middle because I'm a whatever?
Second early? I mean, yeah, or have an assigned seat
and you never have to stress about it.

Speaker 1 (01:36):
Yeah, then you gotta pay for it.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
Well, you got to pay for anything anyways. The funny
part is is how all the Southwest Airlines, like commercials
for it are like, yay, your seat is already a sign.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
Look at the crazy thing we created.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
So you also may be volunteering to stress yourself out
a little extra, not just when you fly, but while
you're gaming. Thanks to research, we now know that mark
Kart is the most stressful game to play. Apparently your
heart rate raises over thirty two point eight perspective.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
That's a lot.

Speaker 2 (02:11):
It's Have you all played Mario Kart it, dude?

Speaker 4 (02:14):
It is exciting though, especially if you're coming down the
last last few seconds.

Speaker 2 (02:18):
Ooh, and you're so close to the finish line and
you're like first and second place, been hanging on to
a shell.

Speaker 1 (02:23):
No, you're just gonna box somebody out of your way.
But then you throw it wrong. You just stressed yourself out.
Are you living it?

Speaker 2 (02:30):
But is it stress or that sounds like adrenaline? Is
that the same thing, stress and adrenaline?

Speaker 3 (02:35):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (02:35):
I would still be stressed, I guess, you know, especially
if you don't win, then you go down the whole
rabbit hole of shame and all that stuff.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
What am I doing? I do anything right? Right?

Speaker 1 (02:45):
I can't do anything like a loser.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
Yeah, escalated on the top three, dude, Well, don't.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
Let yourself get to that level.

Speaker 2 (02:55):
Enjoy the adrenaline.

Speaker 1 (02:56):
Rat wallluigi.

Speaker 4 (02:59):
Yeah, nothing makes you feel worse than when walla Ouigi
gets one over on you.

Speaker 2 (03:04):
That one just hurts, like, I guess I haven't played
it a while, but I love watching you guys do that.
So if you feel those those emotions or worse, you
have to be Wallawigi.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
I want to be Wallawigi.

Speaker 2 (03:17):
You accidentally picked Wellweigi and you're like, oh, dang it,
can you.

Speaker 1 (03:23):
Just change it?

Speaker 2 (03:23):
No?

Speaker 3 (03:24):
But if you forget and you accidentally click on wallwiki
because you're just your friends are rushing you, you don't know
who you want to be.

Speaker 2 (03:29):
All right, Well, I'm sorry, I'm talking about it. Did
you play it here?

Speaker 3 (03:34):
Fun?

Speaker 2 (03:35):
I don't want to be stressed out. That's what's trying
to