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May 28, 2025 15 mins

It's official, Southwest is now charging for checked bags. United Airlines is not allowing people to check-in 45 minutes before departure. McDonalds is shutting down their beverage shops CosMc's. Stirring wheels is apparently dirtier than a toilet seat. People are asking AI to rate their looks.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Fread Show is on Fred's Biggest Stories of the Day.
Bags don't fly free on Southwest anymore, as of right now,
as of right this second.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (00:11):
I think it happened yesterday or at midnight or something,
but those days are over. On flight's book today and
going forward, the carrier will charge travelers thirty five dollars
for checking one bag, forty five dollars for a second,
and one hundred and fifty dollars for a third check bag.
Overweight luggage will require paying up to two hundred dollars
in fees. I'm really shuck you guy. How are you

(00:34):
just now learning that we've been talking about this for
six months.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
I didn't think it was gonna actually happen. I thought
it was like a bluff thing they're calling bluff. You
know how things don't really happen sometimes.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
You thought the airline was doing. Asking you a hypothetical,
how would you feel if we started charging for checked bags?
Not great, you guys, This is crazy, girl. I've been
paying for bags for years.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
Come on, I have not because I ride with Southwest
right and you don't get a seat, and then you
got to stare people down as they come down the
ice a big giant school bus and we're all just
riding along. But I am so upset about this because
I'm going to Puerto Rico to see Bad Bunny and
now I've only pack one outfit instead of ten.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
By the way, King have incredible news. Yes, I'm so glad.
I asked Choba, Shelley is coming back on June ninth,
so that means we have a week and a half.
So this is why we have to ask these sorts
of questions. And she said, the boss didn't tell you.
Why would he do that? Oh? So she switched it up.
All right? Why why would anyone communicate around here? You
got to go right to the source. And if I
get sued, so bia. So it turns out another week.

(01:31):
Then so you thought you were not We all thought
you were done Friday, but it turns out. But here's
the good news. Here's the fantastic news. Kiki. How how
would you feel if I told you that you have
to play the showdown for another week? I need it,
because that's not a hypothetical question, that's a real question. Yeah,
I need a moment to just what you know, what
you're feeling right now? You're feeling like me when I'm running,

(01:54):
you know, because I'm trying to be a new runner
now and it's it's painful and miserable and I hate
it and I'm terrible at it, and I I hate it.
But the way you feel about this game is the
way I feel about when I like I'm running with
with with Gideon and the torture my trainer, and I
think I know where he's gonna let us stop, right
So like I'm pacing myself right my energy, like, Okay,

(02:14):
I can go and go and go, because that's the
spot he's gonna let us take a break right there,
because he usually is. So I'm like exerting myself knowing
there's where my break is. And then we get to
that point he goes, no, no, no, we're going over here.
Now we're going way over And now I'm like out
of energy because I just did everything. I couldn't get
to the point where I thought we were done. Right,
That's where this mental game you're playing with yourself. Yes, yes,

(02:35):
you thought Friday was it so you could just lay
it all out on the field. Yeah, leave it all
out in the field. Yeah it turns out no, another week. Yeah,
this is exciting. But it could mean another two hundred
and fifty bucks that goes to you. And we also
were discussing and we can man man man, I will
start my southwest, but we'll get back to it. We

(02:55):
were also discussing and this was an idea that was
suggested on the on the text a number of times
and I think on social media too. In order for
you to get the money that I said, you could
have that on June ninth, when she'll be to Shelley Returns,
that you take her on as a final handoff as

(03:18):
you give her the game back, you play her and
then if you win, then you can have the money.

Speaker 3 (03:22):
So we've run into a slight issue with that plan.
Why is that because I'm actually on vacation June ninth.

Speaker 1 (03:29):
So this is going great, This is going great. That's
a fabulous really got our ducks in a row over here.

Speaker 3 (03:39):
So submitted and I'm which is usually my style, but
Kaylen can witness this is months ago.

Speaker 1 (03:48):
Yes, it was all right, Well we're not doing that then,
so I guess you either get the money or you don't.
And that's what we're doing. But people wanted her to
be an official handoff, you know.

Speaker 3 (03:57):
I would love maybe on Tuesday or whatever when I'm back.

Speaker 1 (04:01):
I don't know, Okay, I guess we'll all take. We'll
all take Monday, June night. So anyway, Showy Shelley's coming
back on June tenth. This is why we have to communicate,
so Southwest you will infect not get free bags anymore. Also,
if you're flying United Airlines a domestic flight you starting

(04:21):
next week, you have to check in before forty five minutes,
So forty five minutes before departure is when able to
shut off the check in So this isn't when you
have to necessarily be at the airport. While if you're
not at the airport forty five minutes before your flight
takes off, then you are a savage. You are you
are a bold human being. Very there you go. There's

(04:43):
another thing. I couldn't be in a relationship with somebody
who thinks it's okay to show up at the airport,
to arrive at the airport forty five minutes before the
plane goes in the air. Yeah, you can have me.
I'm not talking about forty five minutes before it says
boarding time. I'm saying you think that you you can
show up forty five minutes before it says that the
plane and the wheels go up and it's in the sky.

(05:06):
We would get a divorce. We would break up. And
I'm sorry because it just I can't live like that.
I can't live on the edge. This way. It's fun
with a kid, you do this, not with the kid.

Speaker 2 (05:16):
With the kid, I don't play because they got to
check the stroller in the formula and all the carriers,
all the stuff, car seats news.

Speaker 1 (05:22):
So effective June third, United check in cut off for
most US flights will be forty five minutes before departure.
It's the same deadline that United has for passengers checking
luggage at the airport, but fifteen minutes earlier than the
current one for people without bags to check. Checking in
for a flight confirms a passengers booking and intend to
travel ahead of takeoff. Most major US carriers have online

(05:43):
checking systems that can be used at least twenty four
hours in advance, so the process no longer reflects when
many travelers arrive at the airport. So you don't have
to actually be there, but you have to be checked
in Otherwise I don't know. Bad stuff happens. You don't
go anywhere. That's right, I'm talking to you, pol I've
done it. I have missed a flight. McDonald's is pulling
a plug on his Cosmic. Didn't we go to this place?

(06:04):
The drink restaurant Cosmic? I guess there was one left
in Illinois and a couple other couples in Texas. The
chain announced on Friday that it's closing all five locations
next month. It was named after a little known alien
McDonald's character. It opened in twenty twenty three in response
to fast growing specialty coffee and beverage chains like Dutch Bros, Scooters,

(06:25):
and Swig that have become popular with gen Z consumers.
Although Cosmics locations will disappear, some of the menu items
will not. The CEO of McDonald's said that some of
the customizable drinks inspired by Cosmics will arrive at franchises
later this year. Your car's steering wheel is nastier than
a public toilet, according to motoring specialists. Okay, I don't know,

(06:51):
I don't know what makes you that, but the steering
wheel tops the list as the dirtiest part of your car.
Despite being touched daily, it's often neglected during cleaning a routine.
They're talking about bacteria. I mean, think about it. You know,
you touch your phone, you touch the outdoors, you touch food,
then you grab the wheel, you transfer bacteria. I don't,

(07:13):
you know, I don't. I don't remember the last time
I actually physically clean my steering wheel, and so it's disgusting.
Survey bycar rentals dot Com found thirty two percent of
drivers clean their cars only once a year, and twelve
percent never do never wash your car in any form.
Well that's crazy, yeah, twelve percent of There's another group

(07:33):
of people that I could never be with no hypothetical arguments, no,
unless you want me to tell you the truth. And
then I couldn't be with people who show up to
the airport forty five minutes or less before a flight
takes off. Why would you do that to yourself? Like,
why don't you to go to airport? You know, let's
say let's say you get there super early. And of
course if you get there super early, then there won't

(07:54):
be a TSA line because that's just how that goes, right,
you know, and there won't be traffic either if you
plan to be there, you know, two hours or I'm
gonna get there I'm gonna ge an hour and a
half early, and it's gonna be traffic, So I'm gonna
leave two and a half hour. No, there won't be traffic.
And then when you get there, you'll walk right there.
It won't even be a TSA when you get there.
They won't even have it that day. You'll you'll just
be able to walk right right to the airplane's right there.
What's the problem, you know? So you're there, You're in

(08:17):
travel mode.

Speaker 2 (08:17):
Now.

Speaker 1 (08:18):
I can write emails if I have to. I can
take calls if I have to. I can have a
nice macaroni grill. I can have a nice Chili's to
go if I want to, you know, and I'm nice
and relax. I could go to that little random divy
bar and no hair. There's a random dive like a
little divy bar from like nineteen fifty that's never changed
in the American terminal. It's like it's I don't even

(08:39):
know where this came from. But anyway, So I can
go to McDonald's if I want. I can do whatever
I want. I can go. I can stroll through the
Hampton News whatever that thing is called the CNBC News Store. Yeah,
massage like I did the last time. Wish it. Sure,
I can get me a little pod and sleep in it.
They have those there now too. But this way, I'm
good to go, relaxed. Everything's fine. You know, I'm not

(09:02):
sweating and running through the terminal all home alone style
trying to get on the player. I don't have to
do it.

Speaker 2 (09:07):
Yeah, so you're okay with leaving two hours before departure, right,
That's what I do.

Speaker 1 (09:10):
Okay, Well, it depends where I am. It depends on
the travel time to the airport. Okay, Like if I
can get to the airport quickly, like I'm gonna if
I'm in New York or LA or Chicago, I give
myself one hour to get to the airport and then
so then I want to get to the airport one
hour at least, okay, one hour to ninety minutes before
said departure time. Okay, And it never failed me. It's

(09:34):
actually never failed me.

Speaker 2 (09:36):
Same, but I.

Speaker 1 (09:36):
Feel like Jason leaves even earlier than that. Yeah, I
usually leave my house like two hours before then. I'm
not as crazy, I feel like as I thought in
the past. Okay, someone takes it rain as for washing
the car, No, it's not that just makes the day
unlesson no, rain is dirty, it leaves stuff on it.
It leaves like water, I don't know, like it's not good.

(10:00):
And then and then if it only rains a little,
like this morning here is only raining a little, so
then it just takes whatever little dust is on the
car and now makes it apparent. No, you gotta watch
your car. It is crazy. And here you go, coming
full circle on the hypothetical or questions you don't want
the answer to. Conversation. People are now asking AI to
rate their looks, give beauty tips, and even suggest skincare

(10:24):
routines before big events. One bride debe said that chat
gpt gave her botox advice and told her exactly how
many units she might need. Experts are saying, hold up,
don't let a robot to find your beauty, but others
seem to love how chat gpt delivers the truth like
a sassy best friend who doesn't sugarcoat. So apparently chat

(10:44):
gpt is gonna make you cry because you're going to
ask the computer what you think and it's gonna give
you some robotic answer yes, and it won't just lie
to you and tell you that you know you crap
golden bricks.

Speaker 2 (10:55):
Yes, you have to be so ready for her answer.
So I did this yesterday. I did because I was like, hey, listen,
Like I looked at my Instagram and I was like,
I'm not really giving with these outfits. I wear black
a lot. I just like feel like it's the same
shirt and all my photos because it's my only comfy shirt.
So I was like, okay, hey, I need like style advice.
I want to do something with my hair, which I
chopped off yesterday. So she told me to do that,
so I listen. But I also was like, be honest.

(11:17):
I wrote to her like I'm like, be honest, I'm
here to listen to like the truth. And I was like,
I'm also wanta wait loss journey, So don't come for
me for that because like, yes, yes I did. I
deleted it really quick as my best friend it's his account.
I don't want im to laugh at me, so I
was like delete. After I got the answer, she told
me he was vitamin C serrum on my face.

Speaker 1 (11:34):
Yes, so I'm getting that now and retinal and RETINALD
at night.

Speaker 3 (11:36):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (11:37):
I feel like I've been doing that though, but I
was like, yeah, Chad, like, you got this, you know
that's a good idea. And then she told me that
I could do because I feel like I have like
a very round face. I was like, I want to
like kind of you know, get a little more snatched
or whatever.

Speaker 1 (11:48):
She told me to. I have to check my cortisol levels,
so I'll be doing that. True.

Speaker 2 (11:52):
Yeah, you know, so she's she's onto something. I'm gonna
come back a whole different version. Can you send our
new show photos and see what she thinks of them?

Speaker 1 (11:58):
Oh Na, say what is this?

Speaker 3 (12:01):
Do you like this chat?

Speaker 1 (12:03):
Can you next time you do that? Like next time
you type a whole dialogue? Well you just screenshot it's
just one, just one time for the one time share.
I'll do it for you guys, you know, just one time.
I just so I can I just like would like
to see like, hey, Chad, you know I'm looking for
a new skincare routine. But don't come from me. I
totally see her writing this don't come for me, you know,
my weight loss or whatever. Don't come for me this

(12:25):
and that I actually still have it. I'm looking right here.

Speaker 2 (12:27):
Read it.

Speaker 1 (12:27):
Read it.

Speaker 2 (12:28):
Okay, So this one wasn't as lengthy, but it's the
picture of me and my daughter, which is the only
body photo I had. I was like, here's what I
look like today. I want to look better with my hair,
skin and body and clothing style. Can you give me
tips and advice on how I should dress or do
be brutal?

Speaker 1 (12:40):
Please? I don't care. You know that she's not a person,
she said, Thanks for being open. She sounds like a person.
Oh my god, it's nicer than most people. No, you
don't what to X chat GPT. No, I just ask
a human. But again, I had to be prepared, you know,
because again, if I ask you, do I look good
in this and you tell me yes, and I don't,

(13:02):
you're not helping me. You might make me feel good,
but then everyone's laughing at me or something, you know.
So like I need the truth, Like I need to
be held accountable, and I need to know that sometimes
everything I do isn't the greatest thing you've ever seen,
and it's okay, Like it's okay.

Speaker 2 (13:17):
Now.

Speaker 1 (13:17):
It may not always make me feel good, but that
means when you do tell me that something I did
was really great, it's gonna feel that much better because
I know that you're telling the truth. But then you
know that being said, there are certain questions that I
don't ask, and if I do, it's on me. If
I don't like the answer, then I need to not
be mad at that person because I did ask the question.

(13:39):
You know. It's the same with like if I ask
people in the industry for opinions on the show or whatever,
and I'm expecting them to tell me it's the greatest
thing they've ever heard, and some don't. But I can't
be mad if they say that because I asked. Now,
what I don't need to hear is some people I
didn't ask that it's the worst thing they've ever heard,
because you're listening to it. So if it's the worst
thing you've ever heard, why you're listening to it. I

(14:00):
didn't ask you to tell me that. But if I
ask for the feedback and then you give me the feedback,
what I learned a long time ago is you can't
then go back to the person and gave you the
feedback and tell them that they're an idiot. Right, I
asked you, So that's the thing. So I don't know.
I guess I'm not asking chat ept because well, it's
not a real thing. It's not my friend, and it's
going to tell me the truth, and it probably is
going to say something I don't like.

Speaker 2 (14:21):
She's given me great advice. Okay, she's suggesting a couple
of things. I'm not going to do it. I'm i
gonna get a bolli out of my hair.

Speaker 1 (14:27):
I'm going to stick with my dark collar. She did it.

Speaker 2 (14:30):
She's old, she might be, but she's talking about like
giving me a little like dimension on my face, and
I can see that dark hair might just kind of
wash out.

Speaker 1 (14:38):
You're scared. Yeah, No, she's great.

Speaker 2 (14:40):
I mean she's tell going to do a little bit
of cardios, lay off.

Speaker 1 (14:42):
The processed food. Like, is she wrong? I'm scared for
the future. It's honest. Thank you, But this is not advice.
It's tailored to you. This is advice from a textbook somewhere.
I sent a photo of myself. Oh God, she knows
that's my girl. It's National Burger Dave, It's National Senior
Health and Fitness Day, It's National Brisket Day. I'm so scared.
I'm scared for the future. I really am. The Entertainment
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