🍺 PUB TEST: Do You Like Surprise Parties?

Do surprise parties pass the pub test?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
And Amanda jam Nation.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Arms for the pub Test prize parties?

Speaker 3 (00:07):
Do they pass the pub test?

Speaker 2 (00:08):
I'm not a fan of them. You are, aren't you?

Speaker 4 (00:11):
Well, I've never had one. I like the idea.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
You like the idea of being the center of a
lot of people. Don't like them. If you're an introvert,
you don't like being the center of attention. For me,
the lack of control would be overwhelming you.

Speaker 3 (00:22):
No, no, so it's beyond your control.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
But then on the night, the feeling you've got to
host this thing somehow that you weren't even aware of.
That would make me anxious. Yeah, but you know, people
don't throw you a surprise party then expect you to
hand out the cheesy dips. These are my irrational feelings
around it. And some people get the feel good dopamine
hit because they feel loved and it's wonderful. Others, and

(00:44):
it's documented, get a stress release, a stress reaction. So
how do you feel about surprise parties for you? Do
they pass the pub test?

Speaker 3 (00:53):
I reckon they do. I threw one for my husband's
fiftieth a couple of months ago, and he was absolutely
stunned when you walk in door. He was I think
he was frozen for about two hours. We had people
from interstate. It was fabulous.

Speaker 4 (01:05):
I think it depends who he's throwing it for, but
in my situation, no, My daughters and I decided to
throw one from my son when he turned sixteen, and
after it was all over, he asked me could he
have another party the following weekend with people that he
actually liked.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
I'm not too big on surprise parties that the missile
loves organizing.

Speaker 5 (01:25):
It for me, and I suppose if she's happy, then
I'm happy. I feel it's absolutely wonderful when someone goes
out of the way to make you feel extra special.
We did a surprise party for my mother a few
years back, and she absolutely enjoyed it, and so did
everyone else. Say yes to me, it passes the pub debt.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
Sometimes you know, you've got to consider the person you're
throwing them for. We threw the one for my mom
and she actually didn't tell any of her friends how
old she was, and then we threw a really big
surprise party and kind of let the cat out of
the bag with her age, and she was so annoyed
with me and my sister talk to her. Clayer like
quite a while.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
Interesting. What should people getting jazzed about their age? Pever
understand that? Well a lot of people in the old
like from women, I can understand it, but men.

Speaker 3 (02:10):
There was this guy and he wouldn't say his age.
I'm going to say you're age.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
When people are judged in the workplace for how old
they are, that could that have been it? No, No,
this is just a pure vanity thing.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
I don't know what it was.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
It makes no you know, it makes no sense. Some
people are sensitive about that stuff, aren't they missed? Fifty seven?
Fifty eight?

Speaker 3 (02:27):
How old are you?

Speaker 2 (02:30):
I am fifty seven?

Speaker 4 (02:32):
Are you? Or?

Speaker 3 (02:32):
Am I fifty?

Speaker 4 (02:33):
Ual?

Speaker 3 (02:34):
I'm fifty seven?

Speaker 2 (02:35):
Are okay?

Speaker 1 (02:37):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (02:37):
Yeah, I'm fifty seven.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
Good. Yeah, it's easy to forget. It really is easy
to figure. And you're still thirty two, aren't. I just aren't.

Speaker 4 (02:44):
I just