January 18, 2024 • 8 mins
This week we discuss revenage seeking employees who failed miserably, a unique coffee roast and of course, animals from Australia that could kill you.
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(00:00):
Welcome to It's non headline news,the extended version. What have we got
today, Scotty, Well, justlike on the radio, we find these
stories that maybe didn't hit the topof the headlines, but in case you
miss them, you need to hearthese things, including the eBay lawsuit.
Okay did you see this? Okay, three million dollars. This family receives
(00:22):
a couple actually and come to findout what had happened. The Steiners that's
their names wrote an article about eBayfiling a lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly poaching
customers. Now, the story upsetspeople at eBay so much they started doing
stuff to the Steiners. Okay,what does eBay have? All kinds of
(00:45):
stuff? Right, So they startedsending them things like what. The Steiners
received a box of live spiders andcockroaches? Oh my gosh, a funeral
wreath, a bloody pig mask?What? And a book about surviving death
of a spouse. Well, ohmy, that's threatening, isn't that?
Like? That's like could face criminalcharges. Yeah. The one of them
(01:07):
received social media and emails harassment aswell. The couple's address was also listed
on invitations to yard sales and parties. Okay, Can I just like I
need your saying advice? Okay,I think I'm speaking for the both of
us when I say there are daysthat our job frustrates us. That is
no matter where you work, right, But and I get it sometimes people
(01:30):
take worre come with them. Butisn't that just a bit extreme to be
like, I am so mad atthis one customer, We're gonna send you
a box of live spiders. Yes, I would say that kind of crosses
a line. Seven former former eBayemployees were found guilty three million dollars paid
to the family. What I Ican't get over, Like these are adults
(01:51):
who work there, Like someone thoughtthis was a good idea, but other
people went along with it. There'sand the thought that you're gonna get away
with it, right, I mean, we know where it's coming from.
There is a paper trail, allright. Google searches for how to meet
people for dating up two hundred percentsince twenty twenty one. It really is
(02:12):
the way a lot of folks,including yourself. That's how I'm at by.
Yeah, that's how I met frankYo man E, Harmony match,
those sort of things not as muchof a thing as you would think the
new way to do it is throughLinkedIn. Fifty two percent of people say
they use LinkedIn as a dating site, and those over thirty five that's sixty
(02:35):
one percent. Now, for reference, LinkedIn is the website where you basically
post your job history and resumes.I am here for this. I think
that's what think about it. Youhave their entire employment history in front of
you, so like there's no secretsthere because most of the time you're truthful.
On LinkedIn, you can also seeif you have any mutual acquaintances,
so you're like, oho, lookat there, let me called Jack.
(02:57):
See if Jack knows anything about Jim. Heyence, okay, and then you
know they either have a job orthey are qualified to get a job.
Yes, so that's a good step. I just still laugh at this online
dating thing. And here's why,because even twenty years ago, if you
knew someone who was online dating.I remember my best friend's aunt was on
(03:19):
there, and we're like, oh, what's wrong with her? Right,
she's gonna get murdered? Like peoplelike and now it's like, oh,
you met in a bar, likehe could be a murderer. Like it's
just wow, which they also sayRosetta, Stone and Babbel are ways that
people are meeting people. Okay,okay, how about your trying to get
good service on an airline? Yes, they are. They're apparently some studies
(03:45):
that were done, and it comesto come to find out if you wear
red, you're gonna get better service, right. It somehow subconsciously causes the
flight attendants to perceive you as importantor of higher status, so you get
more attention and they are alert towhat your needs are if you wear red.
I have two things. One haveI ever told you about how I
(04:08):
judge people who are on airplanes basedon what they wear for safety reasons?
Ok? Go ahead, Okay.So as I'm sitting in the airport terminal,
I look to see people who aresitting at the gate. What kind
of shoes are they're wearing. Ifthere's a lady with stiletto heels on,
I don't have time for that becauseinevitably, if this thing goes down,
you have to take your shoes offat an invent of an evacuation, And
if you're wearing stiletto heels, morethan likely you're not going to take them
(04:30):
off, and she's gonna jump ontothat little ramp thing you got a slide
on on. You're going to popthem with her shoes and because of you,
everyone is so you have to youhave to get ahead of hers what
you're saying. Okay, But withthat being said, I use the technique
of I bribe the flight attendants withfive dollars gift cards to Starbucks, because
for the most part, there's aStarbucks in every airport, okay, and
you just go, hey, thankyou so much for what you do.
(04:53):
You were the unsung heroes of theair You are making sure we are safe.
Yea. Like in the event ofan evacuation, a pilot is not
helping you because they're you know,flying the plane. You just slide them
a gift card and before you knowit, chocolate shows up, free meals.
Oh man, there's a window seatin seat seven A. Would you
like that window set? Yes?Please, as long as it's not Alaska
Airlines. Okay. So you know, the genius of your idea is that
(05:16):
if you gave them five dollars,they might not look at you the same
way as a gift card. Yeah, five dollars because it's thoughtful. Yes,
And meanwhile, you just picked itup at the airport terminal. Yeah,
they may or may not know howmuch it is too. Uh.
Okay, Well, let's move onto the scary thing in the news,
and that was one of the world'smost venomous snakes and where it was found.
(05:40):
It was curled up in a boy'sclothing storage, basically a chest of
drawers. Guess where this happened software? No, No, I mean what
location in the world. Oh,it's blatantly obvious. Okay, Australia,
right, yah, yah, dingding ding Any horrible thing like this to
(06:00):
come from there. It's a fivefoot Eastern brown snake and a snake hunter
had to come in and remove it. They believe that while mom was outside
getting clothes off the clothesline, snakypoo jumped into the clothes and then somehow
do you just dump your clothes intoyour kid's drool? Well, she probably
held it right, or like shefolded it into something. I don't know.
(06:25):
That part doesn't add up. Isuppose like if it's underwear, though,
you just grab a handful and youshove it in the drawer unless you
fold your underwear. Can we justsay this is Australia is like Florida in
the sense that every story you readit's some horrible thing that has happened there.
These are two incredibly beautiful places.Yes, but it kind of turns
me up. Do you know whatmy job has taught me over the years.
(06:47):
What's that? As much as Ithink I want to go to Australia,
I don't think I want to goto Australia because you could be like,
oh, look at the cute littlekangaroo. Kangaroo Jack Stucker punches you
right before. Now have you seenthe kangaroo up against the window video?
Yes, they're evil flexing his muscles. Evil is a strong word, but
they're terrifying. Yeah, they definitelyare. Okay we end, we go
from the scary to the disgusting.As always, Mazzle, I'm giving you
(07:11):
a heads up because there's a newkind of coffee. It's called black ivory
eight hundred dollars a pound. Okay. What makes it so special when it
comes from Thailand? Okay, andit's sourced from coffee beans passed through the
digestive tract of elephants ha, Solike it comes out there there took us
(07:31):
Yeah, okay. So obviously ifyou're buying this, you are of a
more affluent social hope. So isthis one of those things that is just
so ridiculous as a way for richpeople to like be like, oh,
I only drink coffee and it's notthat great, but they act like it's
the best thing on the planet toflex their wealth. I have a feeling
(07:56):
that's the case. And I alsorealize that you know, as you think
about what you do for a livingin life, maybe we're you're headed right
now to work as you're listening.As frustrating, as irritating as that job
is, you are not the personretrieving this coffee every day. There are
(08:16):
so many references I can make,but this is a family podcast, and
I'm not allowed to use a fourletter word that starts with s. Okay.
Yes. With that, we willleave you and wrap up this edition
of Non Headline News, the ExtendedEdition. I'm Scottie. That is Hannah
disgusted Hannah, but I'm here.Well, catch you next time. Just
(08:37):
like that guy catching stuff from thebehind of Contenttor
Welcome to It's non headline news,the extended version. What have we got
today, Scotty, Well, justlike on the radio, we find these
stories that maybe didn't hit the topof the headlines, but in case you
miss them, you need to hearthese things, including the eBay lawsuit.
Okay did you see this? Okay, three million dollars. This family receives
(00:22):
a couple actually and come to findout what had happened. The Steiners that's
their names wrote an article about eBayfiling a lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly poaching
customers. Now, the story upsetspeople at eBay so much they started doing
stuff to the Steiners. Okay,what does eBay have? All kinds of
(00:45):
stuff? Right, So they startedsending them things like what. The Steiners
received a box of live spiders andcockroaches? Oh my gosh, a funeral
wreath, a bloody pig mask?What? And a book about surviving death
of a spouse. Well, ohmy, that's threatening, isn't that?
Like? That's like could face criminalcharges. Yeah. The one of them
(01:07):
received social media and emails harassment aswell. The couple's address was also listed
on invitations to yard sales and parties. Okay, Can I just like I
need your saying advice? Okay,I think I'm speaking for the both of
us when I say there are daysthat our job frustrates us. That is
no matter where you work, right, But and I get it sometimes people
(01:30):
take worre come with them. Butisn't that just a bit extreme to be
like, I am so mad atthis one customer, We're gonna send you
a box of live spiders. Yes, I would say that kind of crosses
a line. Seven former former eBayemployees were found guilty three million dollars paid
to the family. What I Ican't get over, Like these are adults
(01:51):
who work there, Like someone thoughtthis was a good idea, but other
people went along with it. There'sand the thought that you're gonna get away
with it, right, I mean, we know where it's coming from.
There is a paper trail, allright. Google searches for how to meet
people for dating up two hundred percentsince twenty twenty one. It really is
(02:12):
the way a lot of folks,including yourself. That's how I'm at by.
Yeah, that's how I met frankYo man E, Harmony match,
those sort of things not as muchof a thing as you would think the
new way to do it is throughLinkedIn. Fifty two percent of people say
they use LinkedIn as a dating site, and those over thirty five that's sixty
(02:35):
one percent. Now, for reference, LinkedIn is the website where you basically
post your job history and resumes.I am here for this. I think
that's what think about it. Youhave their entire employment history in front of
you, so like there's no secretsthere because most of the time you're truthful.
On LinkedIn, you can also seeif you have any mutual acquaintances,
so you're like, oho, lookat there, let me called Jack.
(02:57):
See if Jack knows anything about Jim. Heyence, okay, and then you
know they either have a job orthey are qualified to get a job.
Yes, so that's a good step. I just still laugh at this online
dating thing. And here's why,because even twenty years ago, if you
knew someone who was online dating.I remember my best friend's aunt was on
(03:19):
there, and we're like, oh, what's wrong with her? Right,
she's gonna get murdered? Like peoplelike and now it's like, oh,
you met in a bar, likehe could be a murderer. Like it's
just wow, which they also sayRosetta, Stone and Babbel are ways that
people are meeting people. Okay,okay, how about your trying to get
good service on an airline? Yes, they are. They're apparently some studies
(03:45):
that were done, and it comesto come to find out if you wear
red, you're gonna get better service, right. It somehow subconsciously causes the
flight attendants to perceive you as importantor of higher status, so you get
more attention and they are alert towhat your needs are if you wear red.
I have two things. One haveI ever told you about how I
(04:08):
judge people who are on airplanes basedon what they wear for safety reasons?
Ok? Go ahead, Okay.So as I'm sitting in the airport terminal,
I look to see people who aresitting at the gate. What kind
of shoes are they're wearing. Ifthere's a lady with stiletto heels on,
I don't have time for that becauseinevitably, if this thing goes down,
you have to take your shoes offat an invent of an evacuation, And
if you're wearing stiletto heels, morethan likely you're not going to take them
(04:30):
off, and she's gonna jump ontothat little ramp thing you got a slide
on on. You're going to popthem with her shoes and because of you,
everyone is so you have to youhave to get ahead of hers what
you're saying. Okay, But withthat being said, I use the technique
of I bribe the flight attendants withfive dollars gift cards to Starbucks, because
for the most part, there's aStarbucks in every airport, okay, and
you just go, hey, thankyou so much for what you do.
(04:53):
You were the unsung heroes of theair You are making sure we are safe.
Yea. Like in the event ofan evacuation, a pilot is not
helping you because they're you know,flying the plane. You just slide them
a gift card and before you knowit, chocolate shows up, free meals.
Oh man, there's a window seatin seat seven A. Would you
like that window set? Yes?Please, as long as it's not Alaska
Airlines. Okay. So you know, the genius of your idea is that
(05:16):
if you gave them five dollars,they might not look at you the same
way as a gift card. Yeah, five dollars because it's thoughtful. Yes,
And meanwhile, you just picked itup at the airport terminal. Yeah,
they may or may not know howmuch it is too. Uh.
Okay, Well, let's move onto the scary thing in the news,
and that was one of the world'smost venomous snakes and where it was found.
(05:40):
It was curled up in a boy'sclothing storage, basically a chest of
drawers. Guess where this happened software? No, No, I mean what
location in the world. Oh,it's blatantly obvious. Okay, Australia,
right, yah, yah, dingding ding Any horrible thing like this to
(06:00):
come from there. It's a fivefoot Eastern brown snake and a snake hunter
had to come in and remove it. They believe that while mom was outside
getting clothes off the clothesline, snakypoo jumped into the clothes and then somehow
do you just dump your clothes intoyour kid's drool? Well, she probably
held it right, or like shefolded it into something. I don't know.
(06:25):
That part doesn't add up. Isuppose like if it's underwear, though,
you just grab a handful and youshove it in the drawer unless you
fold your underwear. Can we justsay this is Australia is like Florida in
the sense that every story you readit's some horrible thing that has happened there.
These are two incredibly beautiful places.Yes, but it kind of turns
me up. Do you know whatmy job has taught me over the years.
(06:47):
What's that? As much as Ithink I want to go to Australia,
I don't think I want to goto Australia because you could be like,
oh, look at the cute littlekangaroo. Kangaroo Jack Stucker punches you
right before. Now have you seenthe kangaroo up against the window video?
Yes, they're evil flexing his muscles. Evil is a strong word, but
they're terrifying. Yeah, they definitelyare. Okay we end, we go
from the scary to the disgusting.As always, Mazzle, I'm giving you
(07:11):
a heads up because there's a newkind of coffee. It's called black ivory
eight hundred dollars a pound. Okay. What makes it so special when it
comes from Thailand? Okay, andit's sourced from coffee beans passed through the
digestive tract of elephants ha, Solike it comes out there there took us
(07:31):
Yeah, okay. So obviously ifyou're buying this, you are of a
more affluent social hope. So isthis one of those things that is just
so ridiculous as a way for richpeople to like be like, oh,
I only drink coffee and it's notthat great, but they act like it's
the best thing on the planet toflex their wealth. I have a feeling
(07:56):
that's the case. And I alsorealize that you know, as you think
about what you do for a livingin life, maybe we're you're headed right
now to work as you're listening.As frustrating, as irritating as that job
is, you are not the personretrieving this coffee every day. There are
(08:16):
so many references I can make,but this is a family podcast, and
I'm not allowed to use a fourletter word that starts with s. Okay.
Yes. With that, we willleave you and wrap up this edition
of Non Headline News, the ExtendedEdition. I'm Scottie. That is Hannah
disgusted Hannah, but I'm here.Well, catch you next time. Just
(08:37):
like that guy catching stuff from thebehind of Contenttor
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