February 19, 2025 • 43 mins
The Queens are putting love to the test in this Versus Episode, where they review both a 1 Star and 5 Star take on speed dating. Is NY Minute Dating a scam filled with actors pretending to be singles, or is it a real-life love connection waiting to happen?
In Part 1, Chelsey presents a 1 Star Review that exposes NY Minute Dating’s alleged stand-in speed daters, fake matches, and secret staff participants. Is this reviewer onto something, or is this just the worst date night ever? Plus, Trey and Chelsey face off in a brand-new game: Crush or Crash!
Episode Highlights:
- (00:01:09) Lodge A Complaint: Chelsey’s label-maker order goes terribly wrong, leading to a bizarre delivery mix-up involving five pounds of hair weave. 🤯
- (00:07:03) Review Breakdown: Chelsey presents Chris C.’s 1 Star Review, exposing shocking speed dating secrets.
- (00:22:08) The Verdict: Is NY Minute Dating a scam, or is Chris C. just a salty singleton?
- (00:24:38) Game Time: Crush or Crash! Chelsey plays a high-stakes dating trivia game with hilarious consequences.
- (00:35:42) Crowning the Review: Do Chelsey and Trey agree on Chris C.'s fiery review?
- (00:37:03) Business Response Reaction: The company responds! Does it clear their name or raise even more red flags?
Timestamps:
- (00:00:35) Introduction
- (00:01:09) Lodge A Complaint
- (00:07:03) Review Breakdown (1 Star)
- (00:22:08) The Verdict
- (00:24:38) Game Time: Crush or Crash!
- (00:35:42) Crowning the Review
- (00:37:03) There's A Reply!
- (00:40:08) Teaser for Part 2
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(00:01):
Everybody's got an opinion, EveryCalifornian and Virginian, It's so
hard to tell who to trust and who toignore, Someone's gotta settle the
score., Trey and Chelsey will helpyou choose, Whose views win which ones
lose, Online haters are coming for you,Baby, it's time to Review That Review!,
(00:31):
Hello.
Well, hello and welcometo Review That Review.
We are the podcast thatis dedicated to reviewing.
Reviews.
That is Chelsey Donn.
And that is Trey Gerrald.
And together we are the Review Queens.
(00:58):
And we just throw pins.
I just threw a pen at myself.
But first, you pen throwing diva, isthere anything that you would like to?
Ledge a complaint.
About today?
Oh my God, Trey, there totally is.
It's not throwing pens at myself,though, you know, it happens.
Um, okay.
(01:19):
So recently.
I got an Amazon package in the mail.
I was ordering the tape for a P Touch.
Just moved.
Guys, what do we think ofthis new studio behind me?
This is like the new look.
This is where I am.
I just moved.
It was great.
I bought some tape because I'm tryingto be organized in my new home.
(01:42):
It's like a label maker.
Label maker.
Yeah.
Okay.
I was so excited for it to arrive andall these plans ready and everything
laid out on the dining room table.
Like we're going to organize.
It's going to be a great deal.
Package comes in the mail.
I'm so excited.
I'm like, yes, let's do it.
Let's organize.
I'm in the mood.
Okay.
The right size.
I get the package.
(02:04):
I have a photo of it.
I don't want to ruinit, but it's very bulky.
It's, it's large.
It's like, it feels like a small pillow.
Okay.
And I'm like, this seemslike a lot of work.
Like, did they like reallybubble wrap this P Touch tape?
Like this just doesn't seem likethe appropriate packaging, but
I'm still not giving up hopebecause I have an intention here.
(02:28):
Okay.
And so I go and first I lookat the outside of the envelope.
And it's a, my label with myaddress covering another label.
So I can literally, I'm likestarting to see the evidence.
Like, I don't think this is my package.
Like, I think this is thisother person's package.
(02:50):
Okay.
And so I open it up and it'slike five pounds of hair weave.
Okay,
what, what color?
Um, black.
Okay.
And it's like this humongousbundle of hair weave.
And I like, had them to deal withit, like, obviously, first, I had to
(03:13):
deal with the upset of like, what?
How did this happen?
And then I called Amazon, and I wason customer service, and I was like,
listen, I'm really upset about thisfor multiple reasons, and that is,
one, I had an intention for the day,and that intention has been wasted.
And two, this other persondeserves to get their weave!
Right.
(03:33):
Like, what is happening?
And it was just very upsetting.
And then they made me, like,return it, and then they did,
like, overnight the P Touch tape.
I know.
And I got it like, you know,a day later and it was fine,
whatever, it deleted the project.
But what about this other person's weave?
(03:54):
Don't they deserve it?
You know, I hear, I hear thiscomplaint because anytime it comes
to organizing, it requires so muchof your full mind, body, and spirit.
And it really is carving out an entireday of a day's worth of intention.
Yeah, and it was like, yeah, itwas like that day too, you know,
(04:15):
it like delayed me a full week.
And so that you guys, so that youguys can see that there were two
labels that clearly this other persondidn't get what they ordered either.
That's so weird.
Yeah.
How did,
They must have, like, made thepackage and then somehow your
(04:37):
sticker got on top of theirs.
Somehow.
Which makes no
sense.
Like, I guess if it was, like, on anassembly line, like, I don't know,
maybe it just, like, got stuck in themachine and it scanned twice, but then
it would really start a chain reaction.
I don't know, Trey.
It's pretty crazy.
Um, I'm sorry to the person thatwas supposed to receive this.
We're going to obviously blockout your name and address.
(05:00):
From this video, but I hope thatyou did get what you ordered.
I hope you called Amazon and you gotwhat you wanted because, you know,
we had a real flub here, Amazon.
I feel like this person, theyprobably didn't get anything because
like their label was under yours.
Like this is the package.
They just put your label on there.
(05:20):
I don't know if
they got the p touch tape.
Maybe they did.
I don't know.
Yeah, I'm very confused.
It's very
confusing.
It's all a saga.
Maybe one day I'll end uprunning into this person in LA.
I'm like, Oh my God, so funny.
Anyway, that's my complaint.
It's a real time complaint.
It was a first for me to receivea wrong product like that.
(05:42):
To be honest.
Yeah, I don't, yeah, I don't thinkI've ever received some, like, I don't
think I've gotten a wrong item before.
That's so weird.
Right?
I mean, I think I've like, maybesomeone's stolen a package.
Like I've gone out to get a packageand it's not there, or maybe they
dropped it at the wrong address andI've had to call and be like, I actually
didn't get it, but this was the first.
(06:05):
Aye.
Ay, well, I hear the complaint.
Yes, definitely lodged.
Thank you.
Thankfully
you don't need that weave.
And I don't, it can go backto rightful owner, although
maybe I, maybe I should.
Maybe I should have taken the hint.
I don't know.
Could Sasha Colby did?
That's right.
Could have.
Alright, well, Chelsea,
are you ready to go head to head?
I a, well, I'm ready to go weave.
To weave di, weave to
(06:26):
weave.
Let's do it.
But before we do, hey, you rightnow that's watching and listening.
If you haven't, will you take a moment,hit that subscribe button, give us a like,
drop a comment below, to let us know whatmade you laugh, gasp, or cringe the most.
We love hearing your thoughts, truthfully,it's so, such a joy every time I get
(06:49):
one of those little dings and I see alittle comment from you guys, it really
makes my entire day, it's totallyfree, keeps the reviews coming, so go
ahead, take a moment, leave a comment,
All right, well, should we do it?
Let's
do it!
Assess
that kvetch!
Today is another Versus episode,which means we are going to be
(07:10):
covering both a one star anda five star on the same topic.
That's right.
For this versus episode, Treyhas selected the five star and
I have selected the one star.
So to determine who reads first,we gotta flip that quarter.
There's the quarter.
(07:31):
All right.
You wanna pick?
Okay, sure.
Heads.
Heads.
Oh my goodness.
All right, I guess I did it again.
That means I have to say all this.
Okay.
Okay.
Um, do you want
me to say it?
No,
no, no, it's good.
Okay.
So before, what, at whatpoint do I give Taylor credit?
Just let me know.
When we get to your review.
(07:54):
So, Chelsey picked heads and heads it is.
So, everyone get ready.
Today, we are venturing deep.
Into the world of speed dating,specifically focusing on the review
section of Yelp for NY Minute Dating.
(08:17):
At the time of this recording, NYMinute Dating has 66 reviews on
Yelp with an overall score of 3.
5. So
that's right there in themiddle, right there, either way,
according to the from thebusiness section on Yelp.
This is fully copypasted, so enjoy the ride.
(08:39):
Okay.
New York Minute datingwas established in 2007.
Okay, I put that in that order,so that isn't copy pasted.
Now I'm sure you'll see the graphics.
Now.
This is all copy pasted.
They specialize in speed datingevents and singles parties for
busy New York professionals.
So if you're not aprofessional, you cannot come.
(08:59):
And if you're not busy, you cannot come.
And if you live in NewJersey, you're uninvited.
Events include categories such as SpeedDating for Single Professionals, Ethnic
Events such as Indians Singles SpeedDating, Asian Singles Speed Dating,
(09:21):
Latino, singles, speed dating, AfricanAmerican, singles, speed dating, and
we also do categories as cougars andcubs, speed dating, parentheses for
older women and younger men, sugardaddy, speed dating, parentheses for
(09:47):
affluent men and women, and events forjit singles, artistic singles and more
along with speed dating our singlesparties are a lot of fun we do singles
parties for all major occasions suchas New Year's 4th of July Memorial Day
(10:08):
weekend etc and in the summer We havesingles boat cruises around Manhattan.
So with all of that background and, Oh
my god, this company,
and Review That Review,
Review That Review.
(10:31):
Wow, Trey, that that's quite a company.
That's quite a bio.
I think they wanted to hit all thespeed, the speed dating buzzwords,
SEO or something like that.
I think,
I think.
Interesting.
Okay.
I just want to take a quick momentto give a shout out to Taylor Loeb,
my acting coach because she's theone that gave us the idea to do
(10:51):
speed dating for this versus episode.
Great idea, Taylor.
Um, thanks so much, Tay,and you're the best.
Um, and I'm going to read the onestar review today for this company,
New York Minute Speed Dating.
Here we go.
This review, obviously it's onestar, was written by Chris Z.
(11:18):
Not to be confused with Chrissy,
Chris,
here we go,
trust me when I say scam, this
(11:39):
is a scam,
I have been meaning to report themto the Better Business Bureau,
wow,
there are a number of reasons why,this is not worth time and money,
Reason one, the dates, the night Iattended were mostly stand in actors.
(12:04):
What?
I was curious and googleda few folks after.
Two people were married, stand ins,One seemed to work for the company,
Two were the odd awkward repeatswho were gifted a free pass, and
two admitted they were Asked tocome and were not even interested.
(12:29):
One of these guys said, I was askedto be here, So if I could, uh, one
night stand out of this, I'd be happy.
Oh my god.
What type of service is this?
Colon, semi colon, slash, refund, please!
(12:51):
Reason two, I participated with a groupof five beautiful, educated women.
Each of us received one to fourmatches each, not one person
followed up with us via phone oremail, such a coincidence, right?
(13:12):
Well, we also sent emails to our matchesand nothing, it just reeks of shaviness.
Just seems odd that not one personfollowed up, It only confirmed the
shady business, actors, and stand in,Reason 3, The company does not have
(13:34):
any integrity, The bartender blew theircover, And shared some information
about this business following the event.
She was sweet, nice, anddid not mean any harm.
So, we started asking more questionsand there were red flags everywhere.
(13:55):
Short answer equals shady.
Also, there are some badreviews that talk about Danny.
I have previously read, and yes, Dannywas still working for the company and
also participating as a speed dater.
Huh.
Reason four, no refund availableand they do not cancel the event if
(14:21):
there are not enough participants.
If I could, I would say ZERO!
Stars, the events are a joke, and thiscompany deserves to be investigated,
Following the event, they also sendyou 5 off coupons, saying, We are
short women, please join us, it's alie, this is never the case, trust me.
(14:51):
Oh, Chrissy, there are so manynuggets in this review, wow.
Yeah.
All right.
Um, wait, first of all, this islike point four or something.
It is so funny to me that ChrisC is like, I got some tea on how
shady this business is, the shady,shady, shady, the long story short,
(15:19):
shady, I'm like, give us nothing.
Great.
Wonderful.
You literally said it.
She said the short answer, shady.
I'm like, yeah, you told us it was shady.
Can you tell us the
opening line?
Like you've already thrownthe bartender under the bus,
even though you tried to like
(15:40):
make up for it by beinglike, she's really nice.
She
shouldn't.
She didn't mean she didn'tmean to give us all the secret.
Obviously, this company is goingto know who that bartender is.
You
already
put it out
there.
Just give us the
tea.
I got so excited to gossip.
Um, so this is the perfect exampleof why I thought this topic would be
(16:01):
interesting because, and they, and Chrispicks up on it in many different points
throughout, but it is sort of like,what does a company do at the end of
the day if there are not enough bodies?
Right.
I'm not saying theanswer is higher actors.
(16:22):
Or people that work in your office to act.
But I'm saying like, she getsan email saying like here
for 5 off, like, come back.
Like, I mean, I hear you,
I hear you, but I just think,isn't the whole job of the person
(16:43):
running the speed dating event.
To meet singles however they can,whether that be networking, you
know, uh, going to other eventsor whatever it like, I don't know.
Did you watch MillionMillionaire Matchmaker?
Not really, but enoughto know Patti Stanger.
Yeah, like, a huge part of that show isthey would have, like, open calls, and
(17:04):
they would meet with people, and theywould, like, grill them about dating
and what they wanted, and they would,they were actively meeting people.
I feel like that's the whole job of theperson running these type of events.
Yeah, but to me, there is a distinctionbetween, like, a matchmaker and,
like, a speed dating company.
But, but I think that that's the proofin the pudding here that we're finding
(17:27):
in this review section where it'slike there weren't any people there.
And like,
cause like you're going to aspeed dating event to meet people.
So why would I waste my time?
Well, I also was thinkingthere's five women.
That's like, the odds arepretty good if I'm a lady.
Right.
But wait, okay, let'sgo through some of this.
(17:50):
Do we think there's any new?
unique, valuableinformation in this review.
I think there's a ton.
I do too.
I do too.
I mean, even if it's truthful ornot, I think there is so much.
But now I'm like my, I'm on high alert.
Yes.
And I think like the actors thing,the stand in, like things I wouldn't
(18:11):
have necessarily thought of beforegoing in, like now I'm even honestly
going to any speed dating event.
Now I'm like, oh, this may be apossibility I need to be aware of.
Yes, I've never thought,I've never thought that the
people would be pretending.
Right.
That's never
occurred to me.
Never occurred to me either.
It also would have never,
(18:31):
well, it would have never occurred tome to like check in with the bartender.
Be like, oh, you work these events often?
Like, what's the story?
Yeah.
I mean, do we think that Chrissy andher friends are like really hot pieces?
I mean, they, she seems to present itlike me and all my like tens came in
here and didn't get a single match.
(18:53):
Alright, so we were talking aboutthe odds and how there's good odds
because there are five of them, right?
So, you would think, like, if,like, out of five people, one
of them is gonna get a match.
So I do think that maybe Chrissy is right.
And maybe she was walkingin with a bunch of tens.
(19:15):
And it's suspicious.
It's evident.
Sorry, before I can even answer that, I'm,I'm taking this accusation that they're
stand in actors, employees as truth.
Like, I really am believing that that istrue, which I don't know if that's fair
(19:35):
or not, but like, If you are hired to bethere and then you just like maybe it's a
fake email, but like to not even respondwhen the person emails you is so dark.
Oh, it's dark.
Yeah, it's just it's strange.
The whole thing seems strange.
It also seems like maybe they didn'tfollow up with them afterwards.
(19:57):
Like my shout out to Jenny.
I hope I'm not putting out blast, butshe's gone to a few events like this in
New York and I've talked to her about itand like, Even if you pick someone and
they don't pick you, like, Usually there'ssome sort of interaction, even if it's
just like, Hey, like, these, this oneperson picked you and you didn't write
them down, or Hey, like, wasn't a matchthis time, but like, If you want in the
(20:22):
emails for the people that you matchto try and see if that could turn into
something, like, we'll give them to you.
Like, there's usually somesort of communication.
Even if, like, it's not, congratulations,you have a match, there's usually some
sort of communication, and I don't trust,based on this review, that, like, there's
any communication after the event.
(20:43):
Other than here's 5 off.
Other than here's like ageneric, like automatic email.
That's just like 5 off.
If you come again, like,or you're now on their
mailing list, you know,
are there other spelling grammar issues?
(21:04):
There's
like little issues throughout, just likelittle grammatical things throughout.
I mean, they definitely tried tobe organized in this review, but
it wasn't a hundred percent score.
I give them like a 90 and then withthe reason three, maybe, maybe 85.
Um, I mean, the truthful shadiness is, isinteresting because it's definitely shady.
(21:28):
I think so too, but
I don't know.
I kind of think it might be true too.
I mean, I kind of think, Ithink there's like, they're
presenting a lot of evidence.
So like, if we're to take them at likeany of this evidence, a lot of these
points are sort of a deal breaker.
So I think there's truth in that.
(21:49):
But I also think we're being shady,especially where we started this
conversation about the review andthat I spoke with a bartender and I
heard some salacious things, but let'sjust boil it all down to scam, you
know, like it's like, it's a littlebit shady boots in that we're like,
it was so bad, I can't even say it.
(22:13):
So I think there's, there's shade.
And I do wonder, do you think it's
common?
I wonder how common it is.
Well, you and I both just said likewe never would've considered there
would be prop people there, right?
I don't know.
I don't know if it's common orfluky because like dating ins itself
(22:37):
is like such a hit or miss thing.
It's like you could go one timeand meet the love of your life
or you could go to 29 million ofthem and like it just doesn't.
Well,
what about the fact that theybrought up that multiple reviews
talked about this guy Danny?
Yeah,
(22:57):
that seems like a common thread.
That's a little, yeah, that's
also another thing to like, to research.
Like Chrissy is bringing upmany things that I need to
like, do more due diligence on.
Like, I want to see what other
people said about Danny.
Yeah.
And I want to know like, and that's theother thing that's weird about Chrissy
(23:18):
is she's giving these grand accusations.
Like they're a scam.
They don't have integrity, whatever it is.
They're really, like, presenting a lotof these grand proclamations, like, oh,
they're integrity, but they don't givea lot of specifics, which I think it
makes it a little bit more difficult toassert, other than the Danny thing, if
(23:40):
this is typical or not, were we humored?
I mean, I was thoroughly humoredand thoroughly entertained.
Just the screaming,
this is a scam, and then like, the firstsentence with all the exclamation points.
And the dangling of the like, I have tea.
Yeah, I was definitely entertained by thisreview and I think it did have an impact.
(24:02):
I mean, I'm sorry, but I'm goingto wait to see what I hear in
the five star, but I'm feelingin this moment like it's a pass.
Yeah, it is a little, itdoes seem and I think it is a
little retaliatory, but it is.
Chrissy is bringing up many things thatare concerning to me that I would need to,
(24:24):
like, you know, compare other things to.
Definitely.
All right.
I think I can crown Chrissy.
I think so, too.
But before we do, Chelsey, it's game time.
I can't wait.
(24:48):
All right, Chelsey and audience.
Today, I have created a never.
Before existed, fresh out of the ethersgame, based on today's theme, and I've
lovingly titled it, Crush or Crash.
(25:09):
Ooh, okay.
So it's basically true or false.
Okay.
And in honor of your consequences lastweek that you made me suffer from,
Oh my goodness.
Okay.
I created consequences for you.
Okay.
And everyone
should know that back in 2000 whenChelsey and I had our first conversation
about this podcast, forcing consequenceson each other was something that she
(25:34):
has been trying to shoehorn into theshow since that original conversation.
And it never, never happeneduntil the first video episode.
So.
Okay, well, you reapwhat you sow, I guess.
Here we go.
Okay.
Okay, crush or crash?
Okay.
Question one.
(25:54):
According to recent dating studies,15 percent of people admit they have
brought their pet on a first date withthem without telling the date beforehand.
15, 15%. That's right.
(26:16):
Sorry.
Ooh.
Um,
pr.
Oh my goodness.
Okay.
I'm right.
That's correct.
And no consequences.
Um, if you,
if you had gotten it wrong, you wouldhave been asked to give a heartfelt
speech to your water bottle confessing.
(26:37):
Why You never leave home without it.
Oh my God.
Well, would be that points if you made it
romantic,
that would be not true.
But I should do that.
I should be more romanticwith my water bottle.
Do you have your water bottle with you?
Is it It was a triple headed.
I have this.
Alright, number two, crush or crash?
(26:57):
There was a popular speed dating eventwhere people wore paper bags over their
heads to avoid judging based on looks.
It became known as the BlindLuck Event Crush, or Crash,
(27:21):
I'm gonna say crush.
I sort of hope that this is true.
Wow.
So it is correct.
Um, if you had guessed wrong,you would've been asked to put an
imaginary paper bag over your headand introduced yourself as if you were
at a Blind Luck speed dating event.
(27:41):
Oh, wow.
Okay.
Describing yourself
without using any physical details.
Okay.
Okay.
So you've gotten both right so far.
Two out
of two so far.
Really walking the tightrope though.
All right, here we go.
During a speed dating event in 2019,a woman set a world record for speed
(28:04):
dating 200 men in a single day.
I'm going to say crash because thosewould have to be like really fast date.
Correct.
Wow.
If you had gotten
that wrong.
(28:24):
Oh, I'm missing out on all theseacting opportunities, apparently.
You would have been askedto speed date the room.
Oh.
You have a 10 second mini introductionto everyone in the room about
your favorite breakfast cereal.
Alright, this is the last questionand then we have a bonus round, okay?
(28:44):
One speed dating company hosted an eventwhere everyone communicated only using
emojis written on small whiteboards.
Crush or crash?
That's like so random.
I'm gonna say crash.
I may
be wrong on this one though.
That's
(29:09):
true?
Okay.
Okay.
So, you got one wrong.
Yeah, I did.
Even though I think youmight have thrown it.
I might have.
Express how you feel about this questionwith only emojis acting it out instead of
instead of drawing it on a piece of paper.
Oh, God.
Okay.
Here we go.
(29:31):
Oh, wait, this is there a question?
Not that question.
The question is, how do Ifeel about speed dating?
Uh, the previous question about onlyanswering with emoji whiteboards.
How do you feel about that?
As an idea?
Yeah.
(29:55):
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
Can you do one of those like, um, orangediamonds or like the white square?
Yep.
Pretty white.
Miss story of getting weave sent to her.
Okay.
(30:16):
Oh my God.
Here's the bonus round.
Okay.
Yes.
No, if you get this right,
you win
the game.
You'll win.
But if you get it wrong,you're still going to win
because you only got one wrong.
So, okay.
All right.
At a 2019 gay speed dating eventin Miami, participants were grouped
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Based on their favorite divas.
Cher, Britney, Beyonce, or Madonna,To see if fans of the same icon
could spark a match, Crush or Crash?
(30:58):
I'm crushing on this idea,so I'm gonna go, Crush.
That's very good Trey, youcame up with that yourself?
Yeah, but I thought it was too manydetails you would know it was fake.
I kind of love it though,I think that like we should
do this, let's open this up.
It would be fun, right?
(31:18):
We could open this up and.
Well, I'm really glad that you gotthis wrong because your consequence
is reveal which diva you wouldhave chosen to be grouped with.
And why?
Okay.
And then do an impressionof the chosen diva.
Oh no!
So Cher,
Britney, Beyonce, or Madonna?
(31:44):
Ooh, that's so
hard.
I gotta say it's between Cher and Madonna.
Um, like, without question,
Yeah, I'm sure you've seenboth of them in Atlantic City.
I have.
I have to get to share.
I'm sorry.
I mean, like, I love Madonna.
I love Madonna.
Is it because it's an easier impression?
(32:04):
Be honest.
I'll do both.
I'll do both because I can't choose.
So, um, I'm really, but
why, why did you, why is it
between them?
Okay, I just feel like she's an icon.
She's a style icon, Sonny and Cher.
I just feel like she reinvented herself.
She's a diva.
She's a diva who literally has hadlike 30 million farewell tours.
(32:27):
Like she's like, I'm done.
I'm never performing again.
And then she comes back for more.
And I think what, what'smore diva than that?
So obviously.
Share because of that.
And then why Madonna?
I mean like Madonna isa cultural phenomenon.
She's Lady Gaga, Britney Spears.
So many people have pulled fromher bravery and her art form and
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her willingness to be sexy and herwillingness to be a cougar to sort
of like fall on her face, own hersexuality, have cones on her tits.
I mean so many things,so many iconic moments.
She's, she's like the queen.
She's the diva.
She's Madonna, the single name starter.
Anyway, need I say more?
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So God, I can't do impersonations.
You guys horrible.
Um, if I could turn back down
and, um, cause we are living in amaterial world and I am a material girl.
(33:35):
Okay.
That's it.
Did I do it?
Very good.
I love both of you.
I'm sorry for the impersonations, but itwas met with all the love in my heart.
Well, I think you did a great job.
You obviously are better attrivia than I ever will be, as
(33:57):
evidenced by these versus episodes.
And I think you did a tremendous job.
And I think that having sat in this,I think I'm able to, to like tabulate.
What do you think?
I
think, I think I feel.
Ready to tabulate as well.
All right, so let's crown.
Chelsey and I each have our ownset of zero to five crown cards.
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In an effort to be fair and notinfluence one another, we will
simultaneously reveal our ratings.
The
queens are tabulating.
Total score.
Okay, I'm holding up four crowns,Trey, you're holding up four and
a half crowns, Trey, you go first.
Four and a half crowns for Chris C.
(34:42):
I forgot about all the spelling andall of that like emotional frenzy,
but ultimately I don't know how truethis is, but it occurs as truthful and
regardless of if it's truthful or ifit's shady or whatever, there are enough
points that are expertly communicatedthat would make me do much deeper
(35:07):
digging than this one review section.
Um, I, I'm not sure how much of it isjust coming with the territory, but I
think Chris C does a really great job oflike stopping you on the review page and
like drawing your attention and like,you know, I think that's really skillful.
(35:30):
I can't give you more than, like, Igot to take at least half a crown.
If you dangle a carrot in front of me,I'll dare you, give me that carrot.
So that's why I said four and a half.
Why did you say four?
Okay, I said four forthe following reasons.
Reason one, they presenteda lot of key evidence.
(35:51):
Reason two, they seem to have had reallya big case study with the five friends.
I like that they brought that up.
Like, okay, this is a lotof people experiencing it.
Reason three, Um, Danny, reasonfour, like, really just, I'm
(36:12):
sorry, I didn't mean that.
Reason three, Danny, reason three,um, they really seem to be emotional
about this, which makes me feellike it could be truthful because
there's a lot of emotion here.
And finally.
Reason for like the drop of the shadewas kind of like a nice amuse bouge.
(36:33):
I just wish you would have taken itover the edge and given me the actual
T. So for that reason, four crowns,I took off the crown for not giving
me T and also the spelling errors.
Yeah, no, I mean, it makes sense.
I might be more in alignmentwith with the four now.
(36:54):
Good job.
Great find.
Thank you.
Well, Trey, we have towait because there is
a reply.
There is a
reply from Jen S., the business owner.
OK, Okay, this is from JenS., the business owner.
She says, Hi, Chris.
Thank you for your review.
I wish I had read it backin 2014 when you wrote it.
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I assure you, we do notuse stand ins or actors.
I wish I had an explanation as towhy you and your friends got matches
who didn't follow up with you.
If you would have written me backdirectly back then, I would have
followed up with the men for you to findout why they hadn't reached out yet.
I love helping people connect and makingsure matches follow up with each other.
(37:40):
While we can't guarantee that you andyour matches will have future encounters,
Our events work for a lot of people.
I personally know of people whohave gotten married for meeting,
from meeting at our event.
Results vary.
Also, I wonder what you saw on Facebookto make you think two of the men who
(38:01):
attended were married or in relationships.
I promise you if we were made awarethat someone is not single, we would
ban them from our site immediately.
Our events are for singles only,which depending on the age group
of the event can include people whoare divorced and are now single.
If you are still single andlooking, I invite you to give
(38:24):
us a fresh try, on us of course.
I'm certain that you wouldlike many of the changes we
have implemented since 2014.
I don't like how they arelike passing the blame.
Yeah.
You mean you weren't checkingyour reviews back in 2014?
Yeah.
If I would have read this backthen, like maybe they hired
(38:47):
a friggin crisis consultant.
Well, it's like, I get the point oflike, right to us directly, but it's
like, also, I'm not coming back to you.
That's insane.
And then also the last little bit aboutall these changes that we've made.
I'm like, what, whatchanges have you made?
(39:08):
Because you're like speaking as ifyou're speaking about something,
but you're not saying anything.
Yeah.
How do you feel aboutthis reply in general?
So I, I don't know.
I agree.
I think that this isnot gaining any favors.
for the company.
It seems blamey and weird.
(39:28):
It's also weird.
Wedding statistic seems inauthentic.
And like why would youreply so many years later?
I don't know.
Yeah, it just seems odd.
Would it look worse if they didn't reply?
I don't know.
I'm, I'm, I'm havingsome red flags, though.
(39:48):
It only encourages morered flags, unfortunately.
Agree.
All right.
Well, now after hearing that reply,which I don't even know that we
need to necessarily crown it.
I think we know it'skind of, uh, One crowner.
I'm even more curious to know whatthis five star has to say, Trey.
How are you going to explain?
How are you going to defend yourself?
(40:11):
Well, now I have you
just an actor.
I have so much pressure now.
I feel the responsibility here.
All right.
Well, I have a five star reviewfrom Yelp written by Elizabeth C and
there is a photograph attached thatwe're going to need to be looking at.
So.
Well, I can't wait for that.
(40:31):
I mean, I'll
see.
Yes.
Part two of our speed datingcoverage where I cover this flip
side review drops on Friday.
Oh my goodness.
Well, I hope I can wait tillFriday to hear the flip side.
But if I couldn't wait till Friday,if I'm like, no, waiting's not
(40:52):
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Try?
Well, you're in luck because wehave a Patreon and part two is
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, . It
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(41:34):
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Okay, so by cruised, wemean the circle line?
Is there sing You were waiting for that.
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Wow.
Wow.
I mean, I really wish theywould've given us the tea.
I hated dangle.
I
mean, that's to assume that thebartender was being honest, but I feel
(43:04):
like what does the bartender have to
lose?
What does the bartenderhave to lose their job?
Maybe
they probably don't care.
They'll be like, they were drunk.
I don't know what theythought I told them.
Well, I deny, deny, deny.
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Everybody's got an opinion, EveryCalifornian and Virginian, It's so
hard to tell who to trust and who toignore, Someone's gotta settle the
score., Trey and Chelsey will helpyou choose, Whose views win which ones
lose, Online haters are coming for you,Baby, it's time to Review That Review!,
(00:31):
Hello.
Well, hello and welcometo Review That Review.
We are the podcast thatis dedicated to reviewing.
Reviews.
That is Chelsey Donn.
And that is Trey Gerrald.
And together we are the Review Queens.
(00:58):
And we just throw pins.
I just threw a pen at myself.
But first, you pen throwing diva, isthere anything that you would like to?
Ledge a complaint.
About today?
Oh my God, Trey, there totally is.
It's not throwing pens at myself,though, you know, it happens.
Um, okay.
(01:19):
So recently.
I got an Amazon package in the mail.
I was ordering the tape for a P Touch.
Just moved.
Guys, what do we think ofthis new studio behind me?
This is like the new look.
This is where I am.
I just moved.
It was great.
I bought some tape because I'm tryingto be organized in my new home.
(01:42):
It's like a label maker.
Label maker.
Yeah.
Okay.
I was so excited for it to arrive andall these plans ready and everything
laid out on the dining room table.
Like we're going to organize.
It's going to be a great deal.
Package comes in the mail.
I'm so excited.
I'm like, yes, let's do it.
Let's organize.
I'm in the mood.
Okay.
The right size.
I get the package.
(02:04):
I have a photo of it.
I don't want to ruinit, but it's very bulky.
It's, it's large.
It's like, it feels like a small pillow.
Okay.
And I'm like, this seemslike a lot of work.
Like, did they like reallybubble wrap this P Touch tape?
Like this just doesn't seem likethe appropriate packaging, but
I'm still not giving up hopebecause I have an intention here.
(02:28):
Okay.
And so I go and first I lookat the outside of the envelope.
And it's a, my label with myaddress covering another label.
So I can literally, I'm likestarting to see the evidence.
Like, I don't think this is my package.
Like, I think this is thisother person's package.
(02:50):
Okay.
And so I open it up and it'slike five pounds of hair weave.
Okay,
what, what color?
Um, black.
Okay.
And it's like this humongousbundle of hair weave.
And I like, had them to deal withit, like, obviously, first, I had to
(03:13):
deal with the upset of like, what?
How did this happen?
And then I called Amazon, and I wason customer service, and I was like,
listen, I'm really upset about thisfor multiple reasons, and that is,
one, I had an intention for the day,and that intention has been wasted.
And two, this other persondeserves to get their weave!
Right.
(03:33):
Like, what is happening?
And it was just very upsetting.
And then they made me, like,return it, and then they did,
like, overnight the P Touch tape.
I know.
And I got it like, you know,a day later and it was fine,
whatever, it deleted the project.
But what about this other person's weave?
(03:54):
Don't they deserve it?
You know, I hear, I hear thiscomplaint because anytime it comes
to organizing, it requires so muchof your full mind, body, and spirit.
And it really is carving out an entireday of a day's worth of intention.
Yeah, and it was like, yeah, itwas like that day too, you know,
(04:15):
it like delayed me a full week.
And so that you guys, so that youguys can see that there were two
labels that clearly this other persondidn't get what they ordered either.
That's so weird.
Yeah.
How did,
They must have, like, made thepackage and then somehow your
(04:37):
sticker got on top of theirs.
Somehow.
Which makes no
sense.
Like, I guess if it was, like, on anassembly line, like, I don't know,
maybe it just, like, got stuck in themachine and it scanned twice, but then
it would really start a chain reaction.
I don't know, Trey.
It's pretty crazy.
Um, I'm sorry to the person thatwas supposed to receive this.
We're going to obviously blockout your name and address.
(05:00):
From this video, but I hope thatyou did get what you ordered.
I hope you called Amazon and you gotwhat you wanted because, you know,
we had a real flub here, Amazon.
I feel like this person, theyprobably didn't get anything because
like their label was under yours.
Like this is the package.
They just put your label on there.
(05:20):
I don't know if
they got the p touch tape.
Maybe they did.
I don't know.
Yeah, I'm very confused.
It's very
confusing.
It's all a saga.
Maybe one day I'll end uprunning into this person in LA.
I'm like, Oh my God, so funny.
Anyway, that's my complaint.
It's a real time complaint.
It was a first for me to receivea wrong product like that.
(05:42):
To be honest.
Yeah, I don't, yeah, I don't thinkI've ever received some, like, I don't
think I've gotten a wrong item before.
That's so weird.
Right?
I mean, I think I've like, maybesomeone's stolen a package.
Like I've gone out to get a packageand it's not there, or maybe they
dropped it at the wrong address andI've had to call and be like, I actually
didn't get it, but this was the first.
(06:05):
Aye.
Ay, well, I hear the complaint.
Yes, definitely lodged.
Thank you.
Thankfully
you don't need that weave.
And I don't, it can go backto rightful owner, although
maybe I, maybe I should.
Maybe I should have taken the hint.
I don't know.
Could Sasha Colby did?
That's right.
Could have.
Alright, well, Chelsea,
are you ready to go head to head?
I a, well, I'm ready to go weave.
To weave di, weave to
(06:26):
weave.
Let's do it.
But before we do, hey, you rightnow that's watching and listening.
If you haven't, will you take a moment,hit that subscribe button, give us a like,
drop a comment below, to let us know whatmade you laugh, gasp, or cringe the most.
We love hearing your thoughts, truthfully,it's so, such a joy every time I get
(06:49):
one of those little dings and I see alittle comment from you guys, it really
makes my entire day, it's totallyfree, keeps the reviews coming, so go
ahead, take a moment, leave a comment,
All right, well, should we do it?
Let's
do it!
Assess
that kvetch!
Today is another Versus episode,which means we are going to be
(07:10):
covering both a one star anda five star on the same topic.
That's right.
For this versus episode, Treyhas selected the five star and
I have selected the one star.
So to determine who reads first,we gotta flip that quarter.
There's the quarter.
(07:31):
All right.
You wanna pick?
Okay, sure.
Heads.
Heads.
Oh my goodness.
All right, I guess I did it again.
That means I have to say all this.
Okay.
Okay.
Um, do you want
me to say it?
No,
no, no, it's good.
Okay.
So before, what, at whatpoint do I give Taylor credit?
Just let me know.
When we get to your review.
(07:54):
So, Chelsey picked heads and heads it is.
So, everyone get ready.
Today, we are venturing deep.
Into the world of speed dating,specifically focusing on the review
section of Yelp for NY Minute Dating.
(08:17):
At the time of this recording, NYMinute Dating has 66 reviews on
Yelp with an overall score of 3.
5. So
that's right there in themiddle, right there, either way,
according to the from thebusiness section on Yelp.
This is fully copypasted, so enjoy the ride.
(08:39):
Okay.
New York Minute datingwas established in 2007.
Okay, I put that in that order,so that isn't copy pasted.
Now I'm sure you'll see the graphics.
Now.
This is all copy pasted.
They specialize in speed datingevents and singles parties for
busy New York professionals.
So if you're not aprofessional, you cannot come.
(08:59):
And if you're not busy, you cannot come.
And if you live in NewJersey, you're uninvited.
Events include categories such as SpeedDating for Single Professionals, Ethnic
Events such as Indians Singles SpeedDating, Asian Singles Speed Dating,
(09:21):
Latino, singles, speed dating, AfricanAmerican, singles, speed dating, and
we also do categories as cougars andcubs, speed dating, parentheses for
older women and younger men, sugardaddy, speed dating, parentheses for
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affluent men and women, and events forjit singles, artistic singles and more
along with speed dating our singlesparties are a lot of fun we do singles
parties for all major occasions suchas New Year's 4th of July Memorial Day
(10:08):
weekend etc and in the summer We havesingles boat cruises around Manhattan.
So with all of that background and, Oh
my god, this company,
and Review That Review,
Review That Review.
(10:31):
Wow, Trey, that that's quite a company.
That's quite a bio.
I think they wanted to hit all thespeed, the speed dating buzzwords,
SEO or something like that.
I think,
I think.
Interesting.
Okay.
I just want to take a quick momentto give a shout out to Taylor Loeb,
my acting coach because she's theone that gave us the idea to do
(10:51):
speed dating for this versus episode.
Great idea, Taylor.
Um, thanks so much, Tay,and you're the best.
Um, and I'm going to read the onestar review today for this company,
New York Minute Speed Dating.
Here we go.
This review, obviously it's onestar, was written by Chris Z.
(11:18):
Not to be confused with Chrissy,
Chris,
here we go,
trust me when I say scam, this
(11:39):
is a scam,
I have been meaning to report themto the Better Business Bureau,
wow,
there are a number of reasons why,this is not worth time and money,
Reason one, the dates, the night Iattended were mostly stand in actors.
(12:04):
What?
I was curious and googleda few folks after.
Two people were married, stand ins,One seemed to work for the company,
Two were the odd awkward repeatswho were gifted a free pass, and
two admitted they were Asked tocome and were not even interested.
(12:29):
One of these guys said, I was askedto be here, So if I could, uh, one
night stand out of this, I'd be happy.
Oh my god.
What type of service is this?
Colon, semi colon, slash, refund, please!
(12:51):
Reason two, I participated with a groupof five beautiful, educated women.
Each of us received one to fourmatches each, not one person
followed up with us via phone oremail, such a coincidence, right?
(13:12):
Well, we also sent emails to our matchesand nothing, it just reeks of shaviness.
Just seems odd that not one personfollowed up, It only confirmed the
shady business, actors, and stand in,Reason 3, The company does not have
(13:34):
any integrity, The bartender blew theircover, And shared some information
about this business following the event.
She was sweet, nice, anddid not mean any harm.
So, we started asking more questionsand there were red flags everywhere.
(13:55):
Short answer equals shady.
Also, there are some badreviews that talk about Danny.
I have previously read, and yes, Dannywas still working for the company and
also participating as a speed dater.
Huh.
Reason four, no refund availableand they do not cancel the event if
(14:21):
there are not enough participants.
If I could, I would say ZERO!
Stars, the events are a joke, and thiscompany deserves to be investigated,
Following the event, they also sendyou 5 off coupons, saying, We are
short women, please join us, it's alie, this is never the case, trust me.
(14:51):
Oh, Chrissy, there are so manynuggets in this review, wow.
Yeah.
All right.
Um, wait, first of all, this islike point four or something.
It is so funny to me that ChrisC is like, I got some tea on how
shady this business is, the shady,shady, shady, the long story short,
(15:19):
shady, I'm like, give us nothing.
Great.
Wonderful.
You literally said it.
She said the short answer, shady.
I'm like, yeah, you told us it was shady.
Can you tell us the
opening line?
Like you've already thrownthe bartender under the bus,
even though you tried to like
(15:40):
make up for it by beinglike, she's really nice.
She
shouldn't.
She didn't mean she didn'tmean to give us all the secret.
Obviously, this company is goingto know who that bartender is.
You
already
put it out
there.
Just give us the
tea.
I got so excited to gossip.
Um, so this is the perfect exampleof why I thought this topic would be
(16:01):
interesting because, and they, and Chrispicks up on it in many different points
throughout, but it is sort of like,what does a company do at the end of
the day if there are not enough bodies?
Right.
I'm not saying theanswer is higher actors.
(16:22):
Or people that work in your office to act.
But I'm saying like, she getsan email saying like here
for 5 off, like, come back.
Like, I mean, I hear you,
I hear you, but I just think,isn't the whole job of the person
(16:43):
running the speed dating event.
To meet singles however they can,whether that be networking, you
know, uh, going to other eventsor whatever it like, I don't know.
Did you watch MillionMillionaire Matchmaker?
Not really, but enoughto know Patti Stanger.
Yeah, like, a huge part of that show isthey would have, like, open calls, and
(17:04):
they would meet with people, and theywould, like, grill them about dating
and what they wanted, and they would,they were actively meeting people.
I feel like that's the whole job of theperson running these type of events.
Yeah, but to me, there is a distinctionbetween, like, a matchmaker and,
like, a speed dating company.
But, but I think that that's the proofin the pudding here that we're finding
(17:27):
in this review section where it'slike there weren't any people there.
And like,
cause like you're going to aspeed dating event to meet people.
So why would I waste my time?
Well, I also was thinkingthere's five women.
That's like, the odds arepretty good if I'm a lady.
Right.
But wait, okay, let'sgo through some of this.
(17:50):
Do we think there's any new?
unique, valuableinformation in this review.
I think there's a ton.
I do too.
I do too.
I mean, even if it's truthful ornot, I think there is so much.
But now I'm like my, I'm on high alert.
Yes.
And I think like the actors thing,the stand in, like things I wouldn't
(18:11):
have necessarily thought of beforegoing in, like now I'm even honestly
going to any speed dating event.
Now I'm like, oh, this may be apossibility I need to be aware of.
Yes, I've never thought,I've never thought that the
people would be pretending.
Right.
That's never
occurred to me.
Never occurred to me either.
It also would have never,
(18:31):
well, it would have never occurred tome to like check in with the bartender.
Be like, oh, you work these events often?
Like, what's the story?
Yeah.
I mean, do we think that Chrissy andher friends are like really hot pieces?
I mean, they, she seems to present itlike me and all my like tens came in
here and didn't get a single match.
(18:53):
Alright, so we were talking aboutthe odds and how there's good odds
because there are five of them, right?
So, you would think, like, if,like, out of five people, one
of them is gonna get a match.
So I do think that maybe Chrissy is right.
And maybe she was walkingin with a bunch of tens.
(19:15):
And it's suspicious.
It's evident.
Sorry, before I can even answer that, I'm,I'm taking this accusation that they're
stand in actors, employees as truth.
Like, I really am believing that that istrue, which I don't know if that's fair
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or not, but like, If you are hired to bethere and then you just like maybe it's a
fake email, but like to not even respondwhen the person emails you is so dark.
Oh, it's dark.
Yeah, it's just it's strange.
The whole thing seems strange.
It also seems like maybe they didn'tfollow up with them afterwards.
(19:57):
Like my shout out to Jenny.
I hope I'm not putting out blast, butshe's gone to a few events like this in
New York and I've talked to her about itand like, Even if you pick someone and
they don't pick you, like, Usually there'ssome sort of interaction, even if it's
just like, Hey, like, these, this oneperson picked you and you didn't write
them down, or Hey, like, wasn't a matchthis time, but like, If you want in the
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emails for the people that you matchto try and see if that could turn into
something, like, we'll give them to you.
Like, there's usually somesort of communication.
Even if, like, it's not, congratulations,you have a match, there's usually some
sort of communication, and I don't trust,based on this review, that, like, there's
any communication after the event.
(20:43):
Other than here's 5 off.
Other than here's like ageneric, like automatic email.
That's just like 5 off.
If you come again, like,or you're now on their
mailing list, you know,
are there other spelling grammar issues?
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There's
like little issues throughout, just likelittle grammatical things throughout.
I mean, they definitely tried tobe organized in this review, but
it wasn't a hundred percent score.
I give them like a 90 and then withthe reason three, maybe, maybe 85.
Um, I mean, the truthful shadiness is, isinteresting because it's definitely shady.
(21:28):
I think so too, but
I don't know.
I kind of think it might be true too.
I mean, I kind of think, Ithink there's like, they're
presenting a lot of evidence.
So like, if we're to take them at likeany of this evidence, a lot of these
points are sort of a deal breaker.
So I think there's truth in that.
(21:49):
But I also think we're being shady,especially where we started this
conversation about the review andthat I spoke with a bartender and I
heard some salacious things, but let'sjust boil it all down to scam, you
know, like it's like, it's a littlebit shady boots in that we're like,
it was so bad, I can't even say it.
(22:13):
So I think there's, there's shade.
And I do wonder, do you think it's
common?
I wonder how common it is.
Well, you and I both just said likewe never would've considered there
would be prop people there, right?
I don't know.
I don't know if it's common orfluky because like dating ins itself
(22:37):
is like such a hit or miss thing.
It's like you could go one timeand meet the love of your life
or you could go to 29 million ofthem and like it just doesn't.
Well,
what about the fact that theybrought up that multiple reviews
talked about this guy Danny?
Yeah,
(22:57):
that seems like a common thread.
That's a little, yeah, that's
also another thing to like, to research.
Like Chrissy is bringing upmany things that I need to
like, do more due diligence on.
Like, I want to see what other
people said about Danny.
Yeah.
And I want to know like, and that's theother thing that's weird about Chrissy
(23:18):
is she's giving these grand accusations.
Like they're a scam.
They don't have integrity, whatever it is.
They're really, like, presenting a lotof these grand proclamations, like, oh,
they're integrity, but they don't givea lot of specifics, which I think it
makes it a little bit more difficult toassert, other than the Danny thing, if
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this is typical or not, were we humored?
I mean, I was thoroughly humoredand thoroughly entertained.
Just the screaming,
this is a scam, and then like, the firstsentence with all the exclamation points.
And the dangling of the like, I have tea.
Yeah, I was definitely entertained by thisreview and I think it did have an impact.
(24:02):
I mean, I'm sorry, but I'm goingto wait to see what I hear in
the five star, but I'm feelingin this moment like it's a pass.
Yeah, it is a little, itdoes seem and I think it is a
little retaliatory, but it is.
Chrissy is bringing up many things thatare concerning to me that I would need to,
(24:24):
like, you know, compare other things to.
Definitely.
All right.
I think I can crown Chrissy.
I think so, too.
But before we do, Chelsey, it's game time.
I can't wait.
(24:48):
All right, Chelsey and audience.
Today, I have created a never.
Before existed, fresh out of the ethersgame, based on today's theme, and I've
lovingly titled it, Crush or Crash.
(25:09):
Ooh, okay.
So it's basically true or false.
Okay.
And in honor of your consequences lastweek that you made me suffer from,
Oh my goodness.
Okay.
I created consequences for you.
Okay.
And everyone
should know that back in 2000 whenChelsey and I had our first conversation
about this podcast, forcing consequenceson each other was something that she
(25:34):
has been trying to shoehorn into theshow since that original conversation.
And it never, never happeneduntil the first video episode.
So.
Okay, well, you reapwhat you sow, I guess.
Here we go.
Okay.
Okay, crush or crash?
Okay.
Question one.
(25:54):
According to recent dating studies,15 percent of people admit they have
brought their pet on a first date withthem without telling the date beforehand.
15, 15%. That's right.
(26:16):
Sorry.
Ooh.
Um,
pr.
Oh my goodness.
Okay.
I'm right.
That's correct.
And no consequences.
Um, if you,
if you had gotten it wrong, you wouldhave been asked to give a heartfelt
speech to your water bottle confessing.
(26:37):
Why You never leave home without it.
Oh my God.
Well, would be that points if you made it
romantic,
that would be not true.
But I should do that.
I should be more romanticwith my water bottle.
Do you have your water bottle with you?
Is it It was a triple headed.
I have this.
Alright, number two, crush or crash?
(26:57):
There was a popular speed dating eventwhere people wore paper bags over their
heads to avoid judging based on looks.
It became known as the BlindLuck Event Crush, or Crash,
(27:21):
I'm gonna say crush.
I sort of hope that this is true.
Wow.
So it is correct.
Um, if you had guessed wrong,you would've been asked to put an
imaginary paper bag over your headand introduced yourself as if you were
at a Blind Luck speed dating event.
(27:41):
Oh, wow.
Okay.
Describing yourself
without using any physical details.
Okay.
Okay.
So you've gotten both right so far.
Two out
of two so far.
Really walking the tightrope though.
All right, here we go.
During a speed dating event in 2019,a woman set a world record for speed
(28:04):
dating 200 men in a single day.
I'm going to say crash because thosewould have to be like really fast date.
Correct.
Wow.
If you had gotten
that wrong.
(28:24):
Oh, I'm missing out on all theseacting opportunities, apparently.
You would have been askedto speed date the room.
Oh.
You have a 10 second mini introductionto everyone in the room about
your favorite breakfast cereal.
Alright, this is the last questionand then we have a bonus round, okay?
(28:44):
One speed dating company hosted an eventwhere everyone communicated only using
emojis written on small whiteboards.
Crush or crash?
That's like so random.
I'm gonna say crash.
I may
be wrong on this one though.
That's
(29:09):
true?
Okay.
Okay.
So, you got one wrong.
Yeah, I did.
Even though I think youmight have thrown it.
I might have.
Express how you feel about this questionwith only emojis acting it out instead of
instead of drawing it on a piece of paper.
Oh, God.
Okay.
Here we go.
(29:31):
Oh, wait, this is there a question?
Not that question.
The question is, how do Ifeel about speed dating?
Uh, the previous question about onlyanswering with emoji whiteboards.
How do you feel about that?
As an idea?
Yeah.
(29:55):
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
Can you do one of those like, um, orangediamonds or like the white square?
Yep.
Pretty white.
Miss story of getting weave sent to her.
Okay.
(30:16):
Oh my God.
Here's the bonus round.
Okay.
Yes.
No, if you get this right,
you win
the game.
You'll win.
But if you get it wrong,you're still going to win
because you only got one wrong.
So, okay.
All right.
At a 2019 gay speed dating eventin Miami, participants were grouped
(30:38):
Based on their favorite divas.
Cher, Britney, Beyonce, or Madonna,To see if fans of the same icon
could spark a match, Crush or Crash?
(30:58):
I'm crushing on this idea,so I'm gonna go, Crush.
That's very good Trey, youcame up with that yourself?
Yeah, but I thought it was too manydetails you would know it was fake.
I kind of love it though,I think that like we should
do this, let's open this up.
It would be fun, right?
(31:18):
We could open this up and.
Well, I'm really glad that you gotthis wrong because your consequence
is reveal which diva you wouldhave chosen to be grouped with.
And why?
Okay.
And then do an impressionof the chosen diva.
Oh no!
So Cher,
Britney, Beyonce, or Madonna?
(31:44):
Ooh, that's so
hard.
I gotta say it's between Cher and Madonna.
Um, like, without question,
Yeah, I'm sure you've seenboth of them in Atlantic City.
I have.
I have to get to share.
I'm sorry.
I mean, like, I love Madonna.
I love Madonna.
Is it because it's an easier impression?
(32:04):
Be honest.
I'll do both.
I'll do both because I can't choose.
So, um, I'm really, but
why, why did you, why is it
between them?
Okay, I just feel like she's an icon.
She's a style icon, Sonny and Cher.
I just feel like she reinvented herself.
She's a diva.
She's a diva who literally has hadlike 30 million farewell tours.
(32:27):
Like she's like, I'm done.
I'm never performing again.
And then she comes back for more.
And I think what, what'smore diva than that?
So obviously.
Share because of that.
And then why Madonna?
I mean like Madonna isa cultural phenomenon.
She's Lady Gaga, Britney Spears.
So many people have pulled fromher bravery and her art form and
(32:51):
her willingness to be sexy and herwillingness to be a cougar to sort
of like fall on her face, own hersexuality, have cones on her tits.
I mean so many things,so many iconic moments.
She's, she's like the queen.
She's the diva.
She's Madonna, the single name starter.
Anyway, need I say more?
(33:12):
So God, I can't do impersonations.
You guys horrible.
Um, if I could turn back down
and, um, cause we are living in amaterial world and I am a material girl.
(33:35):
Okay.
That's it.
Did I do it?
Very good.
I love both of you.
I'm sorry for the impersonations, but itwas met with all the love in my heart.
Well, I think you did a great job.
You obviously are better attrivia than I ever will be, as
(33:57):
evidenced by these versus episodes.
And I think you did a tremendous job.
And I think that having sat in this,I think I'm able to, to like tabulate.
What do you think?
I
think, I think I feel.
Ready to tabulate as well.
All right, so let's crown.
Chelsey and I each have our ownset of zero to five crown cards.
(34:18):
In an effort to be fair and notinfluence one another, we will
simultaneously reveal our ratings.
The
queens are tabulating.
Total score.
Okay, I'm holding up four crowns,Trey, you're holding up four and
a half crowns, Trey, you go first.
Four and a half crowns for Chris C.
(34:42):
I forgot about all the spelling andall of that like emotional frenzy,
but ultimately I don't know how truethis is, but it occurs as truthful and
regardless of if it's truthful or ifit's shady or whatever, there are enough
points that are expertly communicatedthat would make me do much deeper
(35:07):
digging than this one review section.
Um, I, I'm not sure how much of it isjust coming with the territory, but I
think Chris C does a really great job oflike stopping you on the review page and
like drawing your attention and like,you know, I think that's really skillful.
(35:30):
I can't give you more than, like, Igot to take at least half a crown.
If you dangle a carrot in front of me,I'll dare you, give me that carrot.
So that's why I said four and a half.
Why did you say four?
Okay, I said four forthe following reasons.
Reason one, they presenteda lot of key evidence.
(35:51):
Reason two, they seem to have had reallya big case study with the five friends.
I like that they brought that up.
Like, okay, this is a lotof people experiencing it.
Reason three, Um, Danny, reasonfour, like, really just, I'm
(36:12):
sorry, I didn't mean that.
Reason three, Danny, reason three,um, they really seem to be emotional
about this, which makes me feellike it could be truthful because
there's a lot of emotion here.
And finally.
Reason for like the drop of the shadewas kind of like a nice amuse bouge.
(36:33):
I just wish you would have taken itover the edge and given me the actual
T. So for that reason, four crowns,I took off the crown for not giving
me T and also the spelling errors.
Yeah, no, I mean, it makes sense.
I might be more in alignmentwith with the four now.
(36:54):
Good job.
Great find.
Thank you.
Well, Trey, we have towait because there is
a reply.
There is a
reply from Jen S., the business owner.
OK, Okay, this is from JenS., the business owner.
She says, Hi, Chris.
Thank you for your review.
I wish I had read it backin 2014 when you wrote it.
(37:16):
I assure you, we do notuse stand ins or actors.
I wish I had an explanation as towhy you and your friends got matches
who didn't follow up with you.
If you would have written me backdirectly back then, I would have
followed up with the men for you to findout why they hadn't reached out yet.
I love helping people connect and makingsure matches follow up with each other.
(37:40):
While we can't guarantee that you andyour matches will have future encounters,
Our events work for a lot of people.
I personally know of people whohave gotten married for meeting,
from meeting at our event.
Results vary.
Also, I wonder what you saw on Facebookto make you think two of the men who
(38:01):
attended were married or in relationships.
I promise you if we were made awarethat someone is not single, we would
ban them from our site immediately.
Our events are for singles only,which depending on the age group
of the event can include people whoare divorced and are now single.
If you are still single andlooking, I invite you to give
(38:24):
us a fresh try, on us of course.
I'm certain that you wouldlike many of the changes we
have implemented since 2014.
I don't like how they arelike passing the blame.
Yeah.
You mean you weren't checkingyour reviews back in 2014?
Yeah.
If I would have read this backthen, like maybe they hired
(38:47):
a friggin crisis consultant.
Well, it's like, I get the point oflike, right to us directly, but it's
like, also, I'm not coming back to you.
That's insane.
And then also the last little bit aboutall these changes that we've made.
I'm like, what, whatchanges have you made?
(39:08):
Because you're like speaking as ifyou're speaking about something,
but you're not saying anything.
Yeah.
How do you feel aboutthis reply in general?
So I, I don't know.
I agree.
I think that this isnot gaining any favors.
for the company.
It seems blamey and weird.
(39:28):
It's also weird.
Wedding statistic seems inauthentic.
And like why would youreply so many years later?
I don't know.
Yeah, it just seems odd.
Would it look worse if they didn't reply?
I don't know.
I'm, I'm, I'm havingsome red flags, though.
(39:48):
It only encourages morered flags, unfortunately.
Agree.
All right.
Well, now after hearing that reply,which I don't even know that we
need to necessarily crown it.
I think we know it'skind of, uh, One crowner.
I'm even more curious to know whatthis five star has to say, Trey.
How are you going to explain?
How are you going to defend yourself?
(40:11):
Well, now I have you
just an actor.
I have so much pressure now.
I feel the responsibility here.
All right.
Well, I have a five star reviewfrom Yelp written by Elizabeth C and
there is a photograph attached thatwe're going to need to be looking at.
So.
Well, I can't wait for that.
(40:31):
I mean, I'll
see.
Yes.
Part two of our speed datingcoverage where I cover this flip
side review drops on Friday.
Oh my goodness.
Well, I hope I can wait tillFriday to hear the flip side.
But if I couldn't wait till Friday,if I'm like, no, waiting's not
(40:52):
my thing, then what would I do?
Try?
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That's another round on the R-U-A-R-Q.
Ferris Wheel of thebartender knows everything.
, . It
was the bar, but we dunno it, but we'regonna know what the bartender knows.
(41:34):
It
was the bartender with the wrench.
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That's right, and Iwonder why this was sad.
Okay, so by cruised, wemean the circle line?
Is there sing You were waiting for that.
Is there sing She's dying at herself.
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Wow.
I mean, I really wish theywould've given us the tea.
I hated dangle.
I
mean, that's to assume that thebartender was being honest, but I feel
(43:04):
like what does the bartender have to
lose?
What does the bartenderhave to lose their job?
Maybe
they probably don't care.
They'll be like, they were drunk.
I don't know what theythought I told them.
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