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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
Well, folks, it's
gonna be a dear Abbey day
because I could not findanything to talk about today on
the New York Post site.
Uh I did find one story and it'skind of cute, I guess.
I don't know.
You know, I want to do somethingdifferent.
I I'm trying to not be so heavyand gross and icky on this
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podcast.
I try to find some interestingstories that you may have not
heard of and you're not going tohear on the mainstream media.
Today, though, uh here's thetitle from the New York Post
Wake Up and Smell the FreeBreakfast.
Holiday in Express addsscent-based alarm clocks to the
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rooms.
Okay.
Who uses the alarm clocks in ahotel room anymore?
You have your phone, first ofall.
So does the scent happen whenthe alarm goes off?
Or is it just is it just aplug-in that's behind the alarm
clock?
I mean, what is this?
Let's find out.
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Holiday in Express by IHG islaunching a world-first hotel
experience with a scent-basedalarm clock in an effort to
improve guests' sleep andmornings.
How is it going to improve yoursleep?
How is an alarm clock, a scentedalarm clock, going to improve
your sleep?
Somebody explain that to me.
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Beeps and buzzers be gone.
The Holiday Inn Expressbreakfast alarm clock is a brand
new device that wakes guests upwith sweet and savory smells of
breakfast instead.
And they have a picture of thisthing.
I guess you can select whichscent you want to wake up to.
There's three of them in there.
It has an alarm clock, and thenthere's like three little vials
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in this cut-out hole that's inthe alarm clock.
All Holiday In Express hotelsacross Australia and New
Zealand, so you can't have ithere in America yet.
As well as participating hotelsin Singapore, Thailand, and
Japan will offer patrons thechance to trial the new
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experience.
Guests will be able to pick thewake-up scent of their choice
with options including coffee,bacon, and blueberry muffin in
Australia and New Zealand, aswell as Nashi Pear in Japan and
Mango in Singapore and Thailand.
Well, there you go.
The alarm itself acts like adiffuser, releasing the
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delicious scent of your favoritebreakfast item when it's time to
wake up.
I don't know how they do that.
I don't know how that happens.
The concept was inspired byresearch commissioned by Holiday
and Express that found that 58%of travelers in the Asian
Pacific said pleasant smellwould help them feel better when
they wake up, especially whiletraveling.
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Did they mean breakfast?
You know from the research thattravelers across Asia Pacific
are struggling with sleep, andmany skip breakfast when they
travel sometimes to save money.
Okay, so let's make them hungrywith the smell so they'll spend
money.
Oh many kids sometimes savemoney.
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Uh okay.
Respondents also shared whichscents would help elevate their
morning coffee or tea, bakedgoods, fresh fruit, and bacon
and eggs in Australia.
Okay.
Waking up and maintaining aroutine while traveling can be
harder than it sounds, which issometimes the research
underscored for us.
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But we also know the power ofscent, that first whiff of
coffee or fresh croissant canwork wonders, especially when
it's free.
Okay, so it's free.
The breakfast alarm clockexperience is available for a
limited time starting October20th in 2025.
So if you're traveling to any ofthose regions of the world,
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there you go.
You can wake up to the smells ofbreakfast and coffee in your
room with your alarm clock.
I know you couldn't live withoutthat story, could you?
Okay, we need to move on.
We need to go to the dear Abbystories.
Scrolling, scrolling, scrolling.
Search bar.
I know.
Forgive me.
I thought I had it ready.
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I'm terrible at this.
Okay.
Dear Abby.
I don't know which one I want toselect from.
This one's dumb right here.
I'll read this one.
Dear Abby, I'm in my 50s andalready facing ageism.
Okay.
I don't even know what thismeans.
But here we go.
Dear Abby, I'm 54 and alreadyfacing ageism.
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Some of my neighbors who are intheir 30s and 40s make age
statements aimed at me.
She's only 54.
That is not old.
I hate to tell y'all that.
Those people do not know me buthappen to live in my building.
One time I was wearing a brandnew purple winter coat I loved.
It was a gift from a closefriend.
A woman complimented me on mycoat, followed by I didn't know
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you could wear something likethat at your age.
I was offended but remainedsilent and didn't react
emotionally.
The next incident occurred infront of a group of people in an
elevator.
I was going down with my newmountain bike, ready to take it
out for a spin when a youngcouple got on.
The man said, Nice bike, Ididn't know people your age
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could still ride mountain bikes.
His girlfriend covered her mouthwith her hand and everyone
collapsed into laughter.
Again I chose not to react.
Abby, it's getting to the pointwhere I just pop on headphones
and focus on my music when I'min the elevator or common areas
of my building.
Are there any good comebacks tothese Aegis barbs?
I haven't reacted because mydignity is important to me.
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Personal growth to my personalgrowth and well being.
It is best to remain silent.
What do you suggest?
Growing old gracefully.
Okay, this is a made-up story.
It has to be.
The way it's written andeverything.
You you gotta write to dearAbby, you're 54 years old, to
get advice on this.
Shut your face.
Alright, let's see what dearAbby, let's see if she comes
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with any let's see if she comesup with any comebacks.
Because I don't know what Iwould do.
I just probably hey yeah, that'sright.
I'd probably just laugh.
Ha ha ha.
Or say something dumb like, Ididn't know people your age
could you operate the elevator.
Okay, uh, so here's what shesays.
Dear growing old.
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I'm sorry.
All right, at 54, you aren'tover the hill.
I see people in their 70s and80s who are active, vital, and
attractive.
You aren't going to teach classclassless younger people any
lessons, so keep your reactiongood humored.
When it happens again, and itmay, smile and tell the
youngster, you hope they arelucky enough to do this, wear
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this, etc.
when they reach your age.
Then keep on walking or bikingand don't look back.
Well, how about that?
I mean, these things are these Idon't know how they get away
with this stuff made up.
I need to start my own advicecolumn and I just just make up
crap.
I mean, I'm gonna I dear Abbyneeds some competition.
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That's what she needs.
Dear Carol, I think I'm gonnastart something.
All right, let's see what's upnext.
What other things can I do?
Uh I did I read this one?
I don't know.
Dear Abby, my husband won't stopmaking fun of me in public.
This sounds interesting.
Dear Abby, I've been married for49 years.
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49 years and you're writing todear Abby about your husband
making fun of you?
Oh, come on.
Of course, we've had our ups anddowns.
My husband, Sid, said he wasjoking at the store the other
day.
When I talk, I gesture with myhands.
A woman was coming down theaisle while I was talking, and
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Sid warned her, watch out, she'smean, she's violent.
At another store he told thecashier, Watch out, she's
dangerous.
She'll steal something, she's ashoplifter.
When we got back in the car, hesaid, Man, why did you buy more
cookies?
You've eaten that whole packalready.
What in the world?
This makes no sense.
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When I bring this up to him, hesays, You're just like your
mother, and I cry all the wayhome in the car the next day.
unknown (08:23):
What?
SPEAKER_00 (08:24):
Oh in the car the
next day.
I told him how he hurts myfeelings.
His answer was You've alwaysbeen too sensitive.
You need to just get over it.
I don't know how to respond toall of this poking at me.
You've been married to the manfor forty nine effing years.
You're just now finding thisout.
Get off no.
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So she signs off No Fun inFlorida.
Let's see what dear Abby has tosay.
Dear no fun, your husband has acruel streak and seems to get
his kicks by embarrassing you inpublic.
Dry those tears and the nexttime it happens, smile and
calmly tell the cashier yourhusband is off his meds and
delusional and to pay noattention to him.
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I don't mind I don't know whyyour husband is being passive
aggressive and neither will youunless you talk with a marriage
and family therapist.
Uh please don't wait.
Okay.
I mean, come on.
What else we got here?
What else we got here?
Uh let's read let's read thisone and then I'll stop.
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Then I'll sign off with aquestion of the day.
Dear Abby, my boyfriend is adancer and women won't stay away
from him.
Huh.
What kind of dancer is he?
And what do you mean women won'tstay away from him?
Does he give dance lessons?
I mean he has to dance with awoman.
I guess he doesn't have to, butanyway, dear Abby, I'm in an
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eight month relationship with aman who is a sexy good dancer.
I'm also a good dancer.
My dilemma is he attracts a lotof female attention on the dance
floor, and sometimes womenaggressively come up and dance
next to us, vying for hisattention, which he usually
ignore, which we usually ignore.
Most of the time I pay them noattention, but it sometimes
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affects our enjoyment because Iget annoyed.
He says he knows why I feel thisway with some and that I should
deal with it however I'd liketo.
He doesn't actively pursue theadvances, and I know we're in
love, but I'd like your adviceon how to handle it.
I'm astonished at some womenignore boundaries when you're
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obviously in a relationship.
Men don't do this, men don't dothis to me.
What?
Bothered in the West.
Okay.
I have a few suggestions.
First of all, you're eightmonths into a relationship.
How do you know you're in love?
That's not love.
That is still lust at thispoint.
Two, why are you still going outto bars and clubs with him as a
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date?
You need to be doing differentkinds of activities together,
not going out to clubs.
Unless you, I mean, I don'tknow.
Uh then what was the otherthing?
Um What was the other thing?
Okay, I forget what I was gonnawhat else I was gonna say.
Let's see what dear Abby has tosay.
Dear bother, your boyfriend isalready doing his best to ignore
the advances he receives, unlessyou are ready to tell the
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business hussies.
I'm sorry, unless you're readyto tell the hussies to back off,
honey.
It's he's mine.
Follow his lead.
Yes, some women are aggressive.
Oh, that's what I was gonna say.
Yes, they're drunk off theirasses.
That's why they're beingaggressive.
That's that was the other thingI wanted to say.
Yes, some women are aggressive,tasteless, and seemingly
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desperate.
You can't change them, andneither can I, but you can
change the way you react to asituation you can't control.
Well, there you go.
There's your dear Abby's for theFriday.
All right, let's see.
What kind of a question do wehave?
Question of the day is Okay,since we were talking about
relationships, what was thefirst date you and your wife
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went on?
That's the question of the day.
My first date with the gent, I'mgonna say, even though at the
time I kept saying it wasn't adate, we he took me to lunch,
and he took me to a lunch thatwas two and a half hours away
from where we live, where thetown that we both lived in.
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We live in Huntsville, Alabama,and he asked me to go to lunch,
and he said, just prepare totake, you know, the whole day
here because we're goingsomewhere far away.
And so we he drove me to Abe'sGrill in Corinth, Mississippi.
And if you don't know what Abe'sGrill is, you should look it up.
Abe's Grill is like a littlehole in the wall diner that has
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breakfast and lunch, and it'sgot like 17 stools.
That's it.
You sit at the counter, and youas soon as you open the door,
it's bam right there.
There's nowhere to walk around.
You almost have to climb overpeople to get to, and yet they
have a bathroom.
And it's such a cool littleplace, and it the food is
fantastic.
And of course, they grill itright there in front of you.
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It's definitely a localfavorite.
I don't know, I forget how thegent found out about it, but he
took me there and it was it wasa really good time.
And so we pass it every time wego to Tunica, you know, so it's
really fun.
That was our first date.
I know I went over my timelimit.
Tell me about your first datewith your significant other.
Okay, I gotta go.
Thanks for listening.
Bye.