Brain-Eating Amoebas, Workplace Dress Codes, and Coffee's Surprising Health Benefits

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Ever notice those unspoken rules that govern our daily lives? From office dress codes to bathroom etiquette between spouses, today we're diving into social norms that impact us more than we realize.

When a California woman wore jean shorts to her non-profit workplace, she was genuinely confused about why her outfit was deemed inappropriate. After sharing her outfit on TikTok and asking for opinions, 11 million views and countless comments later, the verdict was clear: shorts don't belong in most office environments. This story highlights how professional boundaries still exist even as workplace cultures evolve.

On a more serious note, we discuss a tragic case from Texas where a 71-year-old woman died after using tap water to rinse her sinuses while staying at an RV campground. The culprit? A brain-eating amoeba with a terrifying 97% fatality rate. This serves as a critical reminder that while ordinary tap water may be safe for drinking in most places, it should never be used for nasal irrigation without proper treatment. Texas and Florida apparently lead the nation in these rare but deadly infections.

Coffee lovers will appreciate our third topic - promising research from Harvard suggesting that moderate coffee consumption (up to 2.5 cups daily) might actually increase your odds of healthy aging. The 30-year study of over 47,000 nurses found that specifically caffeinated coffee - not tea or decaf - was associated with better aging outcomes including fewer chronic diseases and better cognitive function.

We wrap up with an honest discussion about bathroom privacy between spouses. Do you expect your partner to knock before entering the bathroom, or is that level of privacy unnecessary after years together? This seemingly small issue touches on deeper relationship dynamics around personal boundaries and respect.

Have thoughts about any of these topics? I'd love to hear your perspective, especially on the bathroom privacy question! Send me your comments or share your own experiences.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, we're getting right to it.
We have three topics.
Two of them are pretty light,one of them is All right.
So this employee is slammed fornot seeing anything wrong with
her inappropriate work outfit.
I have covered these kind ofstories before and here's
another one, so she's confused.
This outfit left the house inthe first place.

(00:22):
That didn't make any sense.
This is from the New York Post,this little gal.
She got sent home or told herwork attire was inappropriate or
something I don't know, andthen she went to TikTok to say
what's wrong with my outfit?
Well, people let her know, andhere's why she wore a black top,
long sleeve black top, notrevealing at all, it was fine.

(00:44):
But the lower half she had onsome blue jean shorts.
Come on, come on now.
One woman's coworker complainedabout her office attire so that
she turned to TikTok to ask ifshe was in the wrong.
And yes, they let her know shewas indeed, and it has a picture
of it on the New York Post Ifyou'd like to go see that.

(01:05):
They were not Daisy Duke shortsby any means, but supposedly
people were still up in armsover them.
In a TikTok video viewed over11 million people, she showed
off this infamous outfit andwrote Are my shorts
inappropriate for work?
Yes, any kind of shorts.
Shorts, unless you're doinglandscape work, unless you're at

(01:26):
a restaurant that allows it orsomething you know like that.
But a work environment, officeenvironment, no, and it's.
Let's see.
Where does it say that sheworks?
Oh, my gosh, I have to go.
Oh, here we go.
She works at an affordablehousing non-profit in california
.
On a regular work day, aljandrocarino opted for a black long

(01:51):
sleeve, top heeled shoes andjean shorts.
So it's.
Not only does she have on thejean shorts, but she had on some
heels.
Now, the heels were not high oranything.
They were appropriate for work.
I I looked at them, the shortsthere.
While they're not short shorts,hmm, they're still denim, blue
jeans and they're a well abovethe knee, but at least below the

(02:15):
ass.
There's you a quote giblets.
So, yeah, no, not appropriatefor office attire.
No, no, ma'am, no little girl.
Go home and change your clothes, all right.
This next one, texas.
So yeah, no, not appropriatefor office attire.
No, no, ma'am, no little girl.
Go home and change your clothes, all right, this next one Texas
.
Woman died after rinsing hersinuses with infected tap water.
Here's how to keep yourselfsafe.

(02:35):
And you know, this has meworried all over the place
because I drink tap water everysingle day.
Every single day, I get myStanley cup, put some ice in it
and, yes, I pour water into itfrom our kitchen tap.
Oh my gosh, the horror.
But this lady was not in herhome, she was in an RV.
All right, here we go.
A 71-year-old woman reportedlycontracted a brain infection

(02:59):
from using tap water and diedfrom it.
Regardless of whether tap wateris safe to consume where you
live, experts advise against letit go, letting it go into your
sinuses or you risk beingexposed to a brain eating
condition like this unidentifiedwoman.
Talk about a terrifyingparagraph and it doesn't.
It doesn't specify, it doesn'tgive exceptions, it just says

(03:24):
tap water.
So, according to the CDC, ofcourse, don't believe anything.
The CDC says if water containsamoeba, single-celled organisms,
and it gets into a person'snose, it can travel to the brain
and cause the fatal infectioncommonly known as brain-eating
amoeba.
Oh, that is just terrifying.

(03:46):
So although the Texas Departmentapparently this happened in
Texas, so all of my Texaslisteners, if I have any beware,
although the Texas Departmentof State Health and Services
claims that the sink water inthe area is safe to consume.
They believe the woman rinsedher sinuses from an RV's water
system at a campground and wasinfected by this amoeba-eating

(04:11):
brain thing explained by theDaily Mail.
The condition, typically foundin warm water, lakes and rivers,
is rare, but it is deadly,killing almost 97% of the people
who contract it.
My goodness gracious of thepeople who contracted, my
goodness gracious so, andreportedly, texas is one of the

(04:32):
few us states that has thelargest number of amoeba cases.
In texas, you ought to get yourskate.
You got to get your acttogether.
In addition to texas, floridaalso has fallen victim to this
terrifying infection.
Oh, my goodness gracious.
In 2023, a, a Florida womancontracted the brain eating
infection the same way the Texaswoman did and died from it.
Good heavens, uh yeah, don't usea neti pot in the RV campground

(04:57):
water.
All right.
One last thing.
We've got some another thingfor the New York post.
Now, look, I have only read thefirst paragraph and when I went
, when I read the firstparagraph, I was like that's it,
I'm done, I love it.
That's all I need to know.
But let's see what the rest ofthe article says, just in case
there's something else going on.
Drinking this up to 2.5 times aday increases your odds of aging

(05:23):
.
Well, you ready for it?
You ready.
I'm so excited about this.
Research suggests that consumingmoderate amounts of caffeine
can help you live longer.
And yet another study right.
One study says no, it'shorrible for you, stop drinking
it.
Another study says, no, it'sfine Age well, all right.

(05:46):
Scientists at Harvard wanted tosee if the caffeine source
matters.
They tracked the mid-lifecoffee, tea, cola and decaf
coffee consumptions of over47,000 nurses.
In the 30-year follow-up period, about 3,700 women met the
criteria for healthy aging.

(06:07):
That was defined as living past70, being free from 11 major
chronic diseases and having notrouble of physical function,
mental health and cognitivememory.
I don't know that this hasanything to do with caffeine.
It might just be the genes.
Okay, the findings suggest thatcaffeinatedinated coffee, not

(06:27):
tea or decaf may uniquelysupport aging trajectories that
preserve both mental andphysical function, said sarah
madhavi, a post-doctorate fellowat harvard.
From 45 to 60, the female studyparticipants typically consumed
an average of 315 milligrams ofdaily caffeine.

(06:49):
Each extra cup of Joe beyond 80milligrams a day was linked to
2% 5% greater odds of aginghealthy.
Up to about two and a half cups.
Well, I'd at least drink that.
So I'm, that's good, that'sgood, I'm going'm gonna live,
I'm gonna, I'm gonna age healthy, although I know I do have high

(07:10):
blood pressure, I do have uh,what's the other cholesterol
problems?
But I tell you what, with thisketo eating thing, that we're
doing much better I feel.
So I feel back to my old selfagain, like when I was in my 40s
, my eight.
My joints are not achy, they'renot inflamed or swollen.
Now let me tell you, this ketodiet is a bitch.

(07:33):
I hate it, but I feel better.
All right, my moderate coffeeintake may offer some.
Okay, that's it.
That's all I need to say.
You can go finish reading itover there.
We need to do the question ofthe day.
Oh, I have a doozy for you, foryou married people out there.

(07:53):
This may be a pet peeve of mine.
I hope the gent is notlistening now.
I say this all in jest, okay?
So if he is listening, pleasedon't get upset with me.
So when you're in the bathroom,your home bathroom, you have the
door shut.
You're doing whatever you'redoing Showering, going to the
bathroom, brushing your teethwhatever, taking off your makeup

(08:16):
, whatever and then, all of asudden the door opens and in
comes your spouse, without anykind of warning or anything,
scares the shit out of me.
I don't know why.
I think it's because I'm in thebathroom with the door shut and
in the bathroom women feelvulnerable.
I think this is what kelly jtalks about all the time, with
not wanting men in our spaces.

(08:37):
Now I granted, he's my husbandof 17 years now.
He's seen me in the bathroom.
He's seen me at my worst.
I know it's not that, it's notthe thing of oh my gosh, I don't
want him to see me this way,not.
It's just that I think, becauseI'm in the bathroom and I have
the door shut and then all of asudden, boom, without any

(08:58):
warning, the door opens.
It just, it scares me, itaggravates me.
It aggravates me and I've askedhim to knock on the door.
Well, last night I was in theshower.
Sure enough, he comes bargingin the bath.
I say barging.
He did not barge in thebathroom last night, but he
didn't knock either.
He definitely opened the door.
I didn't hear him open the door, but I heard his voice.

(09:25):
Hey, can I come in and brush myteeth?
And of course he can.
I don't care, but I mean, doyou know what I'm saying?
So when you're in the bathroomby yourself and your wife or
whoever your spouse wants tocome in and do you want them to
knock or just leave you alone orwhat, or do you not even care?
Men may be different.
I'm sure men are different.
So if I have any femalelisteners out there, women

(09:45):
listeners, let me know what youthink about that.
Or men, ask your wives, tell mewhat your wives say about it.
I'm probably stupid and I'mprobably the only one.
I'm probably alone in this.
All right, I guess if you canget a question out of that,
that's the question.
All right, gotta go Love y'all.
Thanks for listening.
Bye.