Prank Call or Social Experiment?

A woman has gone viral on tiktok for calling random churches across the nation, asking them if they have baby formula to feed her starving baby. The catch is that the baby isn't real, but what happens when a local church is put on the spot?

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Are you excited?

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Featuring veteran news anchor Katie fun tweets you're excited. Guys
saw this in d magazine. They did a whole story
on this, and this had been going around. I've seen
a little bit of this online. There's this lady who
has been doing a thing where she's calling all these
basically churches across the nation asking them if they'll feed

(00:27):
her sick baby. The problem is, or the catch is,
the baby does not exist. She's doing a social experiment
or a prank. So you can see that we're already
on shaky moral ground already.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
Yeah, I'd like to know the difference in a social
experiment and a prank.

Speaker 3 (00:45):
Yeah, I think I can write off every fragrant. It's
just a social social experiment.

Speaker 4 (00:49):
Then, But you would think that if a woman calls
a church with a crying baby and needs help, you
would think that the church would step up and help.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
Well, you would think that, Ben, let's go to the
first Baptist church in Dallas.

Speaker 5 (01:01):
We are calling the first Baptist church in Dallas, Texas
to see if they would feed a starving baby Dallas. Hi, Yes,
I was calling to see if y'all got a chance.
How do you like baby formula?

Speaker 6 (01:23):
Nothing I'm aware of.

Speaker 5 (01:25):
Okay, I have a two month old and I ran
out of formula last night, so she's gone all night
and all day without firm I was wanting to see
I there's anyway y'all could get like a small can
of baby formula.

Speaker 6 (01:36):
I can transfer, but I've left.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
How long?

Speaker 6 (01:38):
Okay, you're gonna came back? Finished?

Speaker 3 (01:51):
Straight to voicemail. Okay, just fill everyone. Let's go.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
First thing, if I'm the answering the phone at the
churchmen going, I can't talk to you until you shut
that baby.

Speaker 3 (02:00):
To do anything.

Speaker 2 (02:01):
Yeah, it's too much, okay, so go straight to voicemail.
So she calls back.

Speaker 5 (02:08):
First baptistall okay, Hi, yes, nobody answered when you switched
me over.

Speaker 4 (02:14):
No one answered.

Speaker 5 (02:15):
Do you like what that picks for them? No, I'm
just trying to I mean, she's gone all night and
all day without formulas. I'm just trying to make sure
like somebody can answer. So I didn't know if you
could just let me know if it's something that you
all could do.

Speaker 6 (02:27):
I'm not aware of any programs that we have like that.

Speaker 5 (02:32):
Okay, hold on just one second while I turn off
my baby. Okay, okay, So I'm actually conducting a social
experiment to see if churches would help feed a starving baby.

Speaker 6 (02:43):
Hello, So what would you like for me to say?

Speaker 5 (02:46):
Honestly, my next question is are you pro life?

Speaker 3 (02:48):
Is your church pro life?

Speaker 5 (02:51):
Second?

Speaker 2 (02:52):
She has like the stats on there, it was twenty
nine no helps and nine were willing to help? Like,
what do you need? God, she's done a bunch more.
Now I'd imagine about what I saw. It was thirty
eight she had done and that's why the magazine picked
it up because she called the Dallas church. She's calling
churches around the country. She's putting this on TikTok.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
It's it's a I'll say this, it's aggressive to put
a receptionist in that position. Yeah, right, like I or
do we expect the receptionist of all entities to understand
the layers of programs that they offer. I mean, isn't
their job to answer the phone and try to get
you to someone else?

Speaker 5 (03:26):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (03:27):
And there's probably not somebody like standing by to deal
with such crisis. So yeah, I mean, even the best
church with the best intentions could send you to someone's
voicemail and they could then follow up with you immediately
when they get out of a meeting or something.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
Right, Yeah, isn't this social experiment which church receptionists or
the most informed I mean basically what we're doing here,
and you could do this with.

Speaker 2 (03:49):
Like literally anything you need help with something immediately? Is
that person like I don't even know you get that
phone call, You're gonna well a lot going on to day?

Speaker 3 (03:58):
I don't.

Speaker 2 (03:58):
I don't know.

Speaker 3 (03:58):
The first thing I'm doing thing is I can help you? Yes?

Speaker 2 (04:01):
Absolutely, It's not that I was thinking about doing this
with maybe like just calling random places around the globe,
not the globe, the country and it's like, I've got
a rectile dysfunction, Okay, can you help me? And just
see what they say because they're not gonna know what
to say.

Speaker 4 (04:19):
Do you have like an extra peen pump?

Speaker 3 (04:22):
Is there anything you can donate to me?

Speaker 1 (04:24):
Are you gonna call random churches and do that? Because
I'm interested in this social experience, but not do that
to churches. What would be more likely to help a
church's chicken or a church chicken? I will, we can
give them a wing.

Speaker 3 (04:38):
Extra gravy.

Speaker 2 (04:39):
So y'all see the conflict here is it's interesting for sure.

Speaker 4 (04:43):
It's a layup though skins right, It's it's almost like
it's a it's a prank on receptionist. That's not those
Those aren't the people who have all the knowledge of
what the programs are.

Speaker 3 (04:53):
Can even do anything.

Speaker 1 (04:54):
I am very interested if I'll put it to you
like this. I'd be more interested if a lady showed
up at the church with an actual starving baby to
see what they would do. And if they say no,
we can't help you. As the main pastor gets in
a limousine and drives off to his private plane.

Speaker 3 (05:11):
All right, that's something, right, Yeah, but I mean what
do you mean?

Speaker 4 (05:14):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (05:15):
She Most receptionists in general suck no offense out there.
There a our receptionist community.

Speaker 3 (05:19):
M dude, there's a lot of people listening here.

Speaker 1 (05:21):
I know, I know they love rock music when they're
answering the phone.

Speaker 3 (05:26):
Well that's a pretty good segment.

Speaker 4 (05:28):
Yeah, thank you coming for all you're doing out there
for the community. Coming up next, you won't believe what
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