Waiting By The Phone: The Gambler

Jennifer is wondering why Will ghosted her after their first date! Take a listen to find out why! 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
I've never been left waiting by the phone. It's the Fredshell.
Hey Jennifer, good morning, welcome to the program. How are you?

Speaker 2 (00:11):
I'm well, thank you? How about yourself?

Speaker 3 (00:13):
Do it?

Speaker 1 (00:13):
Okay? What's going on with his dude named Will? We
got to hear kind of everything how you met, about
any dates you've been on, and then where things are now.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
So we met on the dating app, and I'm really
just trying to figure out what's going on because we
had a great date, like I would have absolutely put
the money on having it, like having a second date,
but for some reason he hasn't texted me back, and
we had drinks, we had some appetizers, and I went
down here perfect. So just trying to figure out what
happened here.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
Yeah, and you go back and think about the conversation
and you know, no weird topics or anything controversial. You
didn't like the guy's tesla on fire like anything like that.

Speaker 2 (00:50):
No, yeah, nothing weird and unusual like that.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
Okay, because I'm trying to protect you from yourself here
right now, which is what I do. I try and
do in part one of way on the phone, and
no one has yet to be completely honest with me.
About their proclivities. So honestly, like you went on this date,
everything went great. You left the date, You're like, this
guy's good looking. I love the conversation. We're definitely gonna
hang out again. He's gonna call me, We're gonna go

(01:14):
out like there was just no doubt in your mind about.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
This for sure, exactly.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
Huh okay, all right, well, let's call this guy and
we're gonna play a song and come back and do that.
You'll be on the phone at some point. You're welcome
to jump in after we get some info. And the
hope here is that we can figure out why he's
not texting you or calling you and asking you out,
and then we'll set you guys up on a second
date that we pay for. Sound good? All right, Let's
find out what's going on Part two of waiting by
the phone after Joja cat back in two minutes. All

(01:39):
shall be revealed. It's the Fred Show. Jojah Catty is
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Live and anytime search for a freend show on to Man.
Make us preset too if you would, Hey, Jennifer, Yeah,
all right? Else called, will you guys met on one
of the apps, and he went out for drinks and
some appetizers, and you had a great time. You thought

(01:59):
that date, in your words, was damn near perfect, and
you were sure that you'd see this guy again, that
he would call you and ask you out for another date.
Except he hasn't done that, and he also hasn't responded
to you at all when you've reached out to him. Well,
let's call this guy now. Good luck, Jennifer.

Speaker 3 (02:21):
Good morning, Will.

Speaker 1 (02:22):
Oh that was fancy. Hi Will, how you doing? My
name is good morning. This is Fred. I'm calling from
the morning radio show, The Fred's Show. The whole crew
is here, and I do have to tell you that
we are on the radio right now. Is it cool
if we chill it for just a second on the show.
Would you mind?

Speaker 3 (02:37):
No, I don't mind at all.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
I feel bad because you thought this was a work call.

Speaker 3 (02:41):
You're all fancy and the right.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
Yeah, Well, nobody ever does. But we're calling on behalf
of a woman who says she recently went on a
day with you. Her name is Jennifer. Do you remember Jennifer.

Speaker 3 (02:54):
Oh, you've got to be kidding me.

Speaker 1 (02:57):
I am absolutely not kidding you, But why would you
say that because I'll tell you that she reached out
to us and said that she thought that your date was,
in her words, damn near perfect, and she was certain
that she would see you again for another date, but
says you haven't reached out and haven't responded to her either,
So what's the deal.

Speaker 3 (03:16):
I mean, it's pretty straightforward. She's a degenerate gambler, you guys.

Speaker 1 (03:20):
A degenerate gambler. Okay, well, what is it to describe?
How you know that?

Speaker 3 (03:24):
I mean, I'll bring you back to the beginning. I mean,
we met on a dating app which I don't want
to say the name of. We asked you know, I
asked her out for some drinks and we went out
and it was going fine until she pulled her phone
out and literally was gambling the entire date.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
All right, did you go out with Kaylin from our show? No?
It sounds like most of my experiences with her lately,
So it wasn't her right, right, What a fine what
a fine wife you would be? So Okay, So she's
pulling her phone out and she's and she's obsessed with
her gambling app while she should be conversing with you.

(04:03):
That's your problem.

Speaker 3 (04:04):
Yeah, she kept telling me we needed to hit in
order to win our parlay. I don't even really know
what that means. I've never cambled before.

Speaker 1 (04:13):
I see, Oh, well, that was nice to include you,
you know, in your process. Now would you have gotten
some of the winnings if the parlay had hit?

Speaker 3 (04:21):
I don't know. I couldn't even get her attention enough
to know that.

Speaker 1 (04:24):
Okay, now I didn't I have to ask, like, are
you being dramatic or was the date really focused on
her and her gambling and winning.

Speaker 3 (04:32):
I mean she never stared at me at any point
of the date. It was either at the phone or
at the TVs. And I mean, I can understand if
you're betting on basketball or football, but I mean she
was betting on these crazy sports like ping pong, bowling,
anything that she could find at the bar. It was
super weird.

Speaker 1 (04:49):
Ping pong, table tennis for the professionals, you know, but
so be it. But bowling, I mean, of course you can,
you could bet on anything but bowling. I mean you'd
have to know something about bowling bet on that, wouldn't you.
I wouldn't even know who'd have bet on. Let me
let me bring Jennifer in I forgot to mention that
Jennifer is here. I'm very forgetful. Jennifer. What, oh God?
Why why are we not focused on our date? On

(05:10):
our date? I mean, I can see why this guy
thinks that you're you maybe have a problem and you
should call a number.

Speaker 2 (05:16):
I mean, I thought it was I thought we were
having fun. I think he's being way too uptight. I
was trying to involve him and make it fun for
the both of us.

Speaker 1 (05:22):
But ping pong and bowling. I mean, so there's really
nothing outside of the scope of what you'll bet on.

Speaker 2 (05:28):
I mean, just because it's not common doesn't mean there's
not anything in it. I mean, I don't think that seriously.

Speaker 1 (05:33):
I'm just trying to make.

Speaker 2 (05:34):
Rent this month. But it's not that serious to me.

Speaker 1 (05:41):
Yeah, it's not a big deal. Just trying to make
rent so you have a place to live. I would
say that's that's maybe a little bit more. You're you're
relying on, relying on a little bit more than just entertainment.

Speaker 2 (05:52):
I mean, I wouldn't say that it's just you know,
here and there. It kind of fills the gap between employment.

Speaker 1 (05:56):
So this this guy takes you on a date and
instead you're staring at your app and you're staring at
the TV, and you're trying to figure out, you know,
how to get an edge on women's javelin.

Speaker 3 (06:08):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (06:08):
And I guess I can see why it would be annoying.
I mean that that's your that's your issue, right, Will
is like, we're on a date, and not only are
you not paying attention to me, but obviously you're like
you have to win this in order to survive kind
of stuff.

Speaker 3 (06:21):
I mean, I think it was way out of hand
and I could definitely never trust her with money related stuff,
especially the rent.

Speaker 1 (06:27):
Uh huh, well yeah, I mean of your money and
you shall gamble it on uh, you know, World Chase
tag or something, which.

Speaker 3 (06:39):
I right, right, No, I mean, I mean, I don't
want to come across as rude, but I'd honestly go
as far to say at this point that she's nuts.

Speaker 1 (06:46):
Oh oh okay please, yeah, but maybe take a break
for the date.

Speaker 2 (06:53):
Retrosact could have done that, but I mean I just
thought he was enjoying himself too, so I figured why
not involve him?

Speaker 1 (06:58):
Yeah, it turns out he was. But okay, so look,
I'll ask the question, will you know Jennifer did want
to see you again. She did think it was a
good date. If she doesn't gamble during the date itself,
would you consider going out with her again? If she
doesn't ask you to borrow money or for any kind
of a loan, would you go out with her again?

Speaker 3 (07:16):
I don't know. I got to be honest with you.
This is just this whole experience is in a bit
too much. I'm now on radio trying to defend myself,
so probably not.

Speaker 1 (07:23):
Yeah, smart, you'll have to defend yourself. You know, you're
just telling your side of the story. But all right, look, Jennifer,
it's not going to work out. Well. Thank you for answering.
I wish you the best, Jennifer, good luck. And there
is a phone number and a website if you need it.

Speaker 2 (07:38):
Oh, come on now, all right, I'll take note. Thank you,