April 28, 2025 • 38 mins
Everyone has those moments that make us want to crawl under a rock and disappear forever. But what if those awkward encounters are actually bringing us closer together?
To start this episode, we explore workplace awkwardness. Technology gets special attention with stories about being "on mute" in virtual meetings—or worse, not realizing you're NOT on mute while handling personal business during work calls.
The conversation takes delightful turns through social awkwardness territory. Even romantic awkwardness appears, with Gen sharing a particularly vulnerable story from early in her relationship with Kory that somehow strengthened rather than damaged their connection.
What makes this episode special is the underlying message: awkward moments aren't just embarrassing experiences to endure—they're elevators that can either lift us up through laughter and learning or keep us stuck in shame. In times when life feels increasingly serious and divided, these shared human experiences remind us of our common ground.
Do you have an awkward story to share? We'd love to hear it! Message us for a chance to have your story featured in an upcoming episode. Look up, and let's elevate together!
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Speaker 1 (00:14):
Hey, it's Jen the Builder and Corey and we're on
Take the Elevator and it's sogood to have everyone here.
Thank you for tuning in, Corey.
I just want to start off withhow amazing our numbers have
been.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Oh yeah, that's exactly what I wanted to talk
about too, yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
So it's been great to see more people engaging,
talking to us, DMing us on theepisodes.
That's been really great.
And thank you for all thetraffic on thegencocom and the
Fuzzy Furry Forest.
Now we just need people to signup for some emails and
newsletters, you know, so we cankeep in touch there as well.
(00:57):
But thank you all so much.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Absolutely, jen.
As you said, the numbers arelooking a lot different nowadays
and we're very passionate aboutgetting this positive message
out to people.
So, like Jen said, thank you.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I just had to say it myself, pretty fabulous people
Just want to let you know whatthis episode's about, and it's
going to be something along thelines of surviving those awkward
moments.
We've all had them, and sowe're going to talk about just
(01:35):
laughing at them, learning fromthem and, of course, rising
above and elevating, becauseeveryone's got them.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yeah, there's not one person that hasn't had an
awkward moment and if youhaven't experienced someone have
an awkward moment, you'vedefinitely had at least one
yourself.
So we're going to go a littlebit into that.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
And boy, let me tell you, uh, I've had a few I can't
wait to hear yours, yeah, um, soI'll start off with the first
shout out, and mine is going tobe To a lovely person we just
met over the weekend.
Her name is Kat.
Hey, kat, what's up?
Kat, thank you for thewonderful service and time spent
(02:13):
with us at T-Mobile and OntarioMills.
And so we upgraded our phonesBecause we heard the camera is
amazing it is iphone 16, so wewent ahead and did it and she
just sat us through everything.
She made sure our phones wereconnected.
(02:35):
I think, cory, we hung outthere for what?
Almost?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
two hours, hour and a half, two hours.
But when she says we sat there,she walked us through, she got
everything connected, everythingswitched over.
There was no apps that didn'tgo through or content that
didn't make it to the end.
Put us on a better plan.
Yeah, man.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
I just looked out for her, so I'm sure y'all are
connected and committed to awireless plan, but if you're not
and you're looking to see whatelse is out there, I highly
recommend t-mobile cat ontario.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Go see her yeah, and it's not the one inside the
ontario mills, it's the one onthe perimeter outside the actual
mall.
So get out there and see catyeah, so our second shout out
yeah.
Second shout out is to crystaland daryl at route 66.
Uh, we went in there over theweekend and, man, let me tell
(03:32):
you, I got me another hat and ifyou know me, you know I love
hats.
I love all kinds of hats.
I used to only be a baseballhat kind of guy and as I've
matured and grown a little bitup, I've ventured out into many
different styles of hats and Ijust love them all.
(03:52):
I don't have a hat that I don'treally appreciate having.
So, with that being said, ifyou are a hat lover and even
some clothing and jewelry Route66 and Victoria Gardens check it
out, make sure you get outthere.
These are good people, goodhearts and, uh, they'll help you
get what you need that's right.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
so hello crystal, hello daryl.
By the way, I didn't know this,but there's another route 66 at
tyler mall, so, depending onwhere you live, they're located
in Riverside and Rancho Go checkthem out.
Amazing merchandise, we love itthere.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
And, even more so, amazing customer service.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
That's right and, by the way, this is not a paid ad.
This is simply we enjoy them.
They're awesome and go supportthem.
All right, so let's talk aboutCorey.
What makes a moment awkward?
Oh, boy.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
I say oh boy, because I have this story that is at
the top of my list.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
We like stories, here we like them.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Yeah, this is at the top of my list and I'm going to
try to make it palatable.
I don't want to use words thatare going to make this podcast
awkward, but let me just say itlike this.
I was working with a group ofwomen it was a women's
conference, let's start thereand I was assisting.
(05:20):
This was not a paid job for me,I was just helping them out and
I was trying to do my good deedfor that moment.
And so I was unloading theboxes, setting up the tables and
getting all their merchandiseand their gear out of the truck
and bringing it into the hotel.
And so I had went into the roomwhere they were setting up
(05:44):
everything and began to, youknow, unfold the tables and put
everything out.
Well, there came a moment in themiddle of the day when I was
just dog tired and I was like,man, if I could just lay out
right now, I would gladly dothat.
So we finished up and the twoguys that I was working with
(06:07):
went into another room and theywere like come on, man, let's go
in this other room and get somefood.
And I was like you know what?
I'm going to just lay righthere.
So I was kind of behind thetable and under the table and
there was a tablecloth on top ofthat table, and so I'm laying
there with my eyes closed.
Now there's no one in this room.
(06:28):
When I first lay down and thisis where it gets awkward A woman
that I knew walked into theroom and she stood right in
front of the table.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Oh, okay.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
And so I heard her shuffling around and moving
around and I was just about toget up.
Like you know, I'm not tryingto make her feel awkward by, you
know, laying under the tableLike a peeping Tom.
No, like you know, I'm in therelaying down Right, and she
walks into the room and insteadof me saying, oh hey, I'm in
(07:06):
here, don't you know?
Don't be afraid or scared.
I was just about to do that andshe began to pass gas.
Not once.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Oh, just just laid it out.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Repeatedly.
And I mean, it was one of thosemoments where I just was hoping
that it was going to be onetime, but it was just womp, womp
, womp, womp and I was soembarrassed for her.
And then I'm embarrassedbecause I'm laying on the ground
(07:46):
and I'm like, yeah, jen's likewaving at her nose and I'm like
I didn't really know what to do,so I just laid there and then
she walked out of the room and Igot out of there as quick as
possible.
Now, it wasn't dark in there,so you saw her?
You saw her, I saw her, oh myGod.
(08:08):
And again, one of the mostawkward moments that I've ever
encountered with anotherindividual that wasn't in my
family.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Yeah, Well, you know, I love that story and I love
that you didn't say hey, I'mhere.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Knock it off Like I love how you didn't say, hey,
I'm here, knock it off.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Like I love how you saved face, at least for her for
her right I mean, let's be real, I don't know that everyone has
a story about passing gas, butthat is very awkward when that
happens, um, I, maybe it's justme, maybe I'm awkward because
I'll go into a restroom wherethis stuff's supposed to happen,
(08:48):
and I feel awkward when peopleare just letting it rip but I'm
thinking like, well, this is thebathroom, that's where you
gotta do it, like I'll do compflushes or I'll put myself
through some pain to holdsomething until everyone leaves.
Oh, wow, um, I have, okay.
So see this, I knew this iswhat was gonna happen.
(09:09):
Your story is gonna activate mystory and then my story is
gonna activate yours, and we'rereally trying to stay was sunk
in and it was cement and allaround it was cement walls, so
(09:33):
it echoed, right, right, andwe're doing our PE stuff and
jumping jackskin on the floor,do sit-ups and this is after
lunch, okay, so I'm doingpush-ups and there's extreme
pressure happening in this bodyof mine.
oh, no and yes I let it I let itgo and baby, that thing
(09:57):
reverberated through theauditorium.
Oh my goodness.
But this, so, so sad of me.
Because everyone looked andwe're a group of people and my
good friend Julie was next to meand you blamed her.
I blamed Grandma Jules, howcould you?
(10:17):
And she's like what?
And everyone.
I mean it was funny.
And then everyone startedrunning from her.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
You know, we started running our laps, but yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
And, unfortunately, in my awkward moment, I went
ahead and blame shifted.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Oh my goodness, that's just wild.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Okay, I have a personal that I created awkward
moment.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
And then I'm getting to some more professional things
.
Like you know, being in aprofessional setting, yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Well, I was going to tell you we're going to break
down some of these awkwardmoments like in categories.
Sounds good.
Okay, go ahead so um.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
You've seen modular buildings, right?
Speaker 1 (10:57):
yeah, like at schools yeah, uh-huh.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
Well, this was back when modular buildings first
came out and they weren't adacompliant and they didn't all
have ramps and railways likethey were supposed to have.
And so, um, me and my twobuddies that I used to sing with
, uh was standing out on theporch area of the modular that
(11:21):
didn't have railing, and therewere two young ladies that we
really wanted to impress, so webegan to sing our songs, oh, and
this created quite a buzz.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
People started gathering around and we started
feeling good about ourselves.
So now we're expressingourselves in song and and a
little extra ad lib.
And I didn't notice that I wastoo close to the edge of the
porch, of the modular buildingand, um, I went to take a step
(11:57):
to the side and just toppledover, literally two and a half
feet off the ground and it hurtbad and every no.
So you know, most people say,well, I just wanted to make sure
you were okay and then no, noone cared about how.
Everyone just scattered,laughing insane.
(12:19):
Just, it was one of the mostawkward moments.
And now, mind you, this is on a, a sunday, at a church, and I'm
dirty, I'm hurt and I'membarrassed.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
So it was one of those and this is before church
actually began.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
Before church actually began the whole time,
the whole, pretty much the wholeday.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
So, yeah, that was one of my personal very awkward
moments.
Aw the fall, oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
Aw, all right, so you brought up work awkwardness.
Let's start there, okay, okay,okay.
So I'll start with some of thenorm stuff, like replying to all
, when you meant to reply justto the sender.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
That's the worst.
Now, for those of you thatdon't know, jen and I work at a
company together and there'squite a few, there's thousands
of employees there, and so ifyou should reply to all, all
your stuff is going to be readby the entire company.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Right, and what I love that our company did,
though, is you don't put the dgor the distribution group on the
two in the ebl.
You like blind copy it.
So if someone does do reply toall, it isn't to everyone,
because that was happening a lotI'm sure it was so thank you
for that solution.
(13:50):
First of all, it keeps all theemails from coming in, and then,
yeah, should you accidentallyhit, the reply to all right man,
oh man, oh yeah right.
um, for me this happens a lot.
It happens a lot.
Number one I'm trying mydarndest to do better with
people's names.
I really am, because it justcomes off as rude or like I
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don't care and I promise I do.
I just can't remember thesethings, and so what really is
awkward for me, though, is whenit's a meeting and it's a formal
introduction, and likeliterally seconds I don't
remember the name, and thenyou're just kind of hoping oh,
(14:33):
please have a badge and pleasehave it flipped so I can see it.
So let me say something else.
Our company did really wellwith this one too.
Now our badges have ourpictures and names on both sides
.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Yes indeed.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
So, man, oh man, thank you very much for that,
Because I appreciate a good nametag and a badge.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Because Jen has a hard time with names.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
I really do.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
Yeah, man, I really do so my work-related awkward
moment.
It didn't involve me per se.
I mean I was involved and I wasin the room.
We work at a very diverse placewhere there's multiple people
from multiple cultures thatspeak different languages.
(15:20):
English is not a lot of thepeople's first language.
So you have the Indian culturethat we work with, you have the
Asian culture from all parts ofAsia, not just one in particular
, and then you have Hispanic,you also have black people and
Caucasian and then you have justit's a multitude of people.
(15:45):
The Filipino culture is thereas well, which is a part of the
Asian.
However, you know again, withthis not being first language,
sometimes the accents play apart in the delivery of the
messages and it's funny to meNow, it may not be funny to
(16:07):
someone else, but it's funny tome when American people
understand and other culturesdon't understand certain things.
And I'll tell you why Because alot of times Americans are left
out because the accents are sohard to distinguish what's being
said.
And it's not a malice.
So I want everyone to be clear.
There's no malice in notunderstanding someone.
(16:28):
There's just that gap becauseit's not first language of
English.
It's not first language ofEnglish, and so my supervisor
knows exactly where I'm goingwith this.
He has a hard accent andsometimes things just don't come
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out the way he wants them to,and so there was a few moments
where he was expressing himselfand, before you knew it,
everyone had this very puzzledlook on their face.
So that I mean to me that wasawkward for him and and it was
fun to help clear that up,because I do I did understand
him.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
So, yeah, that was a very awkward moment I hear you I
mean I've shared this story.
Pat sajak on wheel of fortune,oh, had a mom and daughter and
it was coupled.
So mom and daughter, team,filipino, right, smart as heck.
And the mom called out lettersso boldly and she said, uh, you
know, her daughter spun there'sa high dollar amount and she got
(17:33):
excited and she's like I'd likean ep.
And pat's like, okay, uh, canyou repeat that please?
She's on an ep and he's lookingand I remember thinking come on
, daughter, help her out here,mom out, and so finally, she got
(17:54):
it and said an f, and so patsay jack.
You can imagine that an awkwardmoment.
Oh yeah, it's live tv.
Yes, and you got the cameramanjust focused on pat say jack
who's looking like?
Oh, mg, I don't know thisletter and I don't want to
offend anybody right, and that'stypically what it is.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
You're trying not to offend someone by asking what
exactly they said, but with myparticular situation I had to
explain.
Sometimes those sounds on the Fis not a F, it's a P or a E.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
That's right, that's right.
So, yeah, that that is, and butagain.
So what I love about this is aswe're sharing stories.
Hopefully, you all areremembering awkward moments
absolutely.
This is what I love is thattypically people forget like.
I think we overthink it, it'slike, and so what I like to do
when someone is having anawkward moment with me, like,
let's say, I'm talking tosomeone and they forget my name,
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I'm like, oh my gosh, thathappens to me all the time.
It's so okay, my name.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
My name is jen yeah, so you know what I mean.
You're good with that.
I I just let people strugglethrough it because I know I'm
not mad about it oh, you like,you know, it's like no big deal
yeah yeah, so I think that'simportant when someone's having
an awkward moment help them outand just let them know, not a
big deal.
Right, can we talk about anawkward moment?
(19:23):
Save.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Because I think those are important too.
Very important business meetingthat I was attending and I knew
that I wanted to be on time.
So I got there extra early, soearly that I had time to kind of
recalibrate after the drive andsit in the car and get myself
together.
And I seen the person I wasmeeting with getting out of
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their car and he wanted to bethere before me.
So he took a shortcut acrossthe grass, walking right in
front of the car.
I seen him step in some dog poo, oh, and he was about to walk
into the building.
So I hurried up and got out ofthe car.
I said hey, hey, wait a minute,look at your shoe.
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Yeah, and that was an awkwardmoment saved because he would
have walked right into theoffice.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Right, yeah, that's sweet.
And you know, let's continuewith work stories.
There's awkward moments whenpeople walk out of the bathroom
and the toilet seat cover isstill attached to them.
Or, you know, I've seen sometoilet paper, yeah.
Or you're talking to someoneand there's a booger.
Oh, oh, like oh I haven't saidthat word in so long.
(20:35):
It just sounded funny to say it, but you know, and then people
stare, and then, or people stareand there's not one, and you're
like trying to rub it off.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
See, you're saying the things that are really
cringey, like those moments giveme cringe vibes.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
So that's another episode in my, but to me that's
awkward.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Oh, definitely.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Definitely.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
Let's talk about technology awkwards.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
Okay, okay, me first or you first.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Go for it.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
So in our job we are required to know how to operate
the computer right.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
Of course, yeah, how to?
Speaker 2 (21:13):
operate the computer right, of course, yeah, you have
to definitely know the bareminimum, the basics, the Word
and Excel and Outlook and allthat kind of stuff.
And so this particular personstarted and was asked to turn
their computer off not on, butoff, okay.
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And so you had to go to thestart button and proceed, had no
clue on how to turn thecomputer off, and I felt really,
really bad, but at the sametime I felt like you're gonna
have a hard time if you don'tknow how to do this simple stuff
, because I can't people justcan't walk you through every
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step of how to use a computer,and so of course that person
didn't last that long because,um, it just wasn't no help in
that.
Yeah, but very awkward first dayof work yeah.
Turn your computer off andDidn't know how.
Didn't know how.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
That's, yeah, that's very awkward, okay, so I have a
couple in mind and we I think weall know this in the virtual
word world.
You're talking and you're onmute and we've been doing this
for years.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
Oh, yeah, like a zoom meeting, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
So it's funny Cause someone will do it and you're
like, okay, you're on mute.
You know, get on mute and thensometimes you think we've been
doing this for years.
How are you still talking withthe mute button on?
As soon as you say that, guesswhat happens.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
You do it yeah.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
So there's that, and this is really awkward, because
that mute button is so important.
Because that mute button is soimportant, some people aren't on
mute Cringe.
We're about to cringe andthey're at home and they're just
letting their business outwhere everyone can hear and they
don't realize they're not onmute and people are really
trying to cut them off Like,corey, you're not on mute,
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you're not on mute.
Make sure everyone mutes andthey don't hear it, because
they're so involved in what'sgoing on at home.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
It's like ugh, and unfortunately, when that happens
, we've heard some prettystrange things going on and some
things we probably shouldn't beprivy to, and so those are very
awkward moments.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Yeah, for sure.
Let's talk about this awkwardtype of moments, freaking
autocorrect.
So I love an autocorrect,especially if it just spells the
rest of the word for me, butdang it when it autocorrects and
the word is raunchy or justoffensive or oh, when that
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happens it's like no, it's done.
And you know people usually arereally cool about okay, dang
autocorrect and they get it.
But there have been some reallyawkward moments with
autocorrect.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
I can say definitely that it has changed some words
that I was not trying to make itbe that I'm like, oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Yes, yes, yes.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
And then you can't correct it fast enough and you
know everyone's going uh, whatis he trying to say?
Speaker 1 (24:28):
Yeah, and I'm going to put this out there.
You all I know are just like oh, and what about this?
And oh, there's this kind ofawkward moment with technology.
Dm us your awkward moments andwe will be sure to share them at
the next episode.
Absolutely oh man, we'd love toshare those and you can let us
know if we can use your name ornot, and we'll honor that for
(24:50):
sure.
Okay, let's talk about physicalawkwardness I've had.
Let me just share one.
I can't break a fall to save mylife Like I never have been
able to.
Very true, I was at arestaurant, in front of a bunch
of people in these really nice,big, velvety chairs, and I
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leaned over to grab somethingthat fell on the floor and, as
I'm leaning over, the chair justcompletely started to tip.
My whole self went down withthe chair.
Oh no, and everyone was justlooking because it's me, of
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course, are you okay?
But then we just all startedcracking up.
Speaker 2 (25:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
And I just stayed on the floor at this restaurant
cracking up, because I couldn'tbelieve what was just happening.
Speaker 2 (25:44):
Right.
No, that's horrible, and it wasin slow motion Corey.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
Oh no, it wasn't like a sudden it was yeah, timber,
exactly.
Speaker 2 (25:57):
I know exactly what you're talking about.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
Did you have any physically awkward moments?
Speaker 2 (26:02):
I definitely did, and I'm sure everyone can relate to
this one.
I wore some shoes that were alittle bit too small, a little
bit too tight, uh-huh, and hadto endure a whole day in those
shoes like because they weregood looking shoes.
Well, just had to wear them you,you, you never intend on
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wearing shoes that are too tight.
But sometimes shoes are snugand you think they're gonna
break in, right, or that youknow they're not that tight,
I'll be all right, you, you know.
Or sometimes you think I'mgoing to be able to go home
pretty soon and that your betterjudgment says bring another
pair of shoes.
But you know, we get in our ownway and say no.
Speaker 1 (26:44):
I'll be fine.
I'll be fine.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
And by the time you're walking home or walking
back or getting back home,you're tiptoeing because it just
Ouch so yeah.
So that's a very awkwardsituation for me.
Somebody else may not feel thatthat's awkward for them, but I
can't handle too tight shoes.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
Yeah, got you.
Okay, have you ever done this?
Bumped into a mannequin andapologized no.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
I've done that.
I was with you when you saidbump into a mannequin, but
apologizing, and apologized noand said oh, I'm done that.
I was with you when you saidbump into a mannequin, but
apologizing and apologize no,and said oh, I'm so sorry,
that's wild.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
Mannequin Okay, I have waved at someone thinking
they're waving at me.
Speaker 2 (27:29):
Yes, and it's the person behind me.
Yes.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
Oh, and it's like just kidding, like what do you
do with that?
Speaker 2 (27:37):
Yes, and I've waved at people that I thought I knew
and I did not know them.
And they're looking at me likewhy are you waving at me?
You would think they would justwave back, to be polite.
Speaker 1 (27:47):
No, no, some of them do do, and that's nice stare
away yeah, or like they'rewaving and then you're thinking,
oh, I'm gonna wave.
You're like I don't even knowthis person, so you're thinking,
oh, they know me though, so I'mgonna wave yeah and then
they're greeting the personright behind you.
Yeah, I feel so weird.
Okay, last one for physicalawkwardness Eye contact.
(28:12):
Now, I don't mind eye contact,but it's awkward when the eye
contact is too long.
This has happened to me whenthe eye contact is too long and
I don't know how to break it.
Really, Really, it's awkwardfor me because I don't know why
I just don't look away no, I'venever had that happen to you.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
No, not at all.
But I'll tell you what hashappened to me yeah I've been
trying to end the conversationand the person is not ready to
end it yet yeah and so they'rejust gonna keep on talking, no
matter what, and I'm like, ohokay.
And I've said, oh okay, I'llsee you next time, or it was
good seeing you.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
And they keep going.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
And they just keep on talking.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
Or like it's the conversation that ever ends,
even after you've said goodbye.
Speaker 2 (29:04):
Many times.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
Because you just don't know how to end it.
Speaker 2 (29:07):
Right right.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Right, okay, so you've led us beautifully into
social awkwardness.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
So that definitely is a thing.
I've seen people laugh atsomething serious, but I think
it's because they're nervous andit's just like that actually
was a sad story.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
Yeah, that was a story that needed tears, not
laughter.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Yeah, I had.
Here's a story where I ran intosomeone that I just recently
unfollowed on social media itwas.
Yeah, that was pretty awkwardand I don't know if they
realized I unfollowed them, butI just thought, like I, this is
just way too much drama on myfeed and, um, I felt so bad.
Speaker 2 (29:59):
Yeah, I felt so bad now, this has never happened to
me, but I'm just throwing thisout there for people that may
have, uh, borrowed money andhadn't paid it back.
Or someone has borrowed moneyfrom you and they haven't paid
you back and you run into them.
I'm sure that creates a veryawkward moment.
I've been present when that'shappened and I've thought to
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myself I probably should justexit the scene so I don't hear
anything I don't want to hear.
Yeah, yeah, exactly, probablyshould just exit the scene so I
don't hear anything I don't wantto hear yeah, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
Have you ever gone to hug someone or kiss someone on
the cheek and they're kissing inthe same direction and you,
awkwardly, almost kiss lips tolips?
Speaker 2 (30:44):
oh no oh my god, I don't kiss.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
It's like oh, you know, it's like, oh, it's so,
yeah, that's very awkward, orhere's this.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
So you, you respond with a you too, out of habit
right, and it's not a you and itmakes no sense, yeah, so like
you be, you'll be buying foodsomewhere a fast food restaurant
, whatever and they say enjoyyour meal, you too.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
Yes, it's like oh man , it just shows like I wasn't
actively listening to you, Rightright, but this is definitely
happening to me.
Speaker 2 (31:26):
It's a man thing.
I'm sure women don't have this.
We do handshakes, high fives,pounds, fist bumps, fist bumps
right Same.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Thing.
Speaker 2 (31:36):
Pounds and fist bumps same thing and you get mixed up
in between all of them.
So you go for the fist bump andhe's reaching the shake hands.
You go for the shake hands andthen he's going for the fist
bump and then you're just doingthis rock paper scissors thing
and mixed up between it.
Yeah, so, and that's awkward,so yeah.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
I imagine, yeah, I don't.
Yeah, I can imagine You're likeokay, what are we doing here?
Okay, let's talk about Realquick, real quick Okay.
Speaker 2 (32:09):
The other thing that's very awkward for me is
when I go to shake someone'shand and they're trying to hug
me and you're like, can we shakehands and bring it in, or do we
just got to go straight for thehug, right, because there's
etiquette in that you know Right, or as a person who's a hugger
and someone clearly is not ahugger.
(32:30):
Right, it's like okay.
Speaker 1 (32:33):
You know, like it's like I just got rejected, Right,
right, that's how it feels.
Okay, I love the intention ofbeing polite.
Let's talk about holding thedoor for someone.
It goes two ways.
I really love when people holdthe door for me.
I think it's so sweet, but I'mlike a mile away.
Speaker 2 (32:52):
So now what's happened here is I'm rushing now
you're rushing to the door andI feel bad that you're just
standing there right right andso vice versa.
Speaker 1 (33:00):
I've held the door for someone and they're quite a
distance away, but then Iawkwardly don't want to shut the
door on them and make themthink like, oh, you're walking
too slow, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
So typically what I do if someone's too far away,
especially at work, um, and I'mholding the door for them and
they start rushing, I tell themhey, take your time.
I'm three to four o'clock, youknow so yeah, but I mean being
that person.
You really are like thisperson's, holding the door for
me so my awkward moment with thedoor holding is I actually
(33:30):
opened the door for someone thatwas relatively close to the
door right behind me and shesaid please don't hold the door
for me.
I'm more than capable ofopening the door for myself.
Speaker 1 (33:42):
Wow, okay, be empowered.
I love that.
I do not.
Well, for the fact that shesaid it, though, like she's like
no need, I don't know, maybebecause, there are times when I
felt like telling someonethere's no need, because now
it's making me feel anxious andrushed and so you don't really
(34:04):
need to do that oh well, that'sa different perspective.
Speaker 2 (34:07):
I I took it a whole nother way.
So I felt awkward and I waslike, so do I just shut it now
or do I finish the task at hand?
Speaker 1 (34:17):
yeah, exactly, no, I get that.
So let's talk about the lastthing.
There they are, there are andthey are very awkward yes, so
(34:37):
I'm going to share somethingthat's so personal, about when
cory and I kind of first met,and it's going to go back to our
first story of passing gas.
This is a very true story.
Oh, my god, here we go, oh Iknow where this is going can I
be excused.
Well, cory and I first met itwas not the very first time, but
(35:01):
maybe within the first month ortwo, yeah, and we partied back
then and I just had this sillything I would do where in the
club I would drink and because Iwas thirsty from dancing, I
drank alcohol like it was water.
Okay, I know, I know, go ahead.
(35:21):
That's dumb.
Who does that?
That's just stupid.
Speaker 2 (35:24):
You'd be surprised.
Who does that?
Speaker 1 (35:26):
Thank you, Thank you for that Buddha.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
So when I would go outside, it would hit me all of
a sudden how sick I was feeling,because you know it didn't hit
until fresh air hit me.
So Corey and I are in the carand I open my door and excuse
myself because I'm about tothrow up.
And you were just so sweet.
(35:49):
You're like no, please takecare of yourself.
And, corey, sometimes I do thesweet thing like hold my hair
back right.
But then I decided to pass gaswhile I'm throwing up Awkward.
And it just kept going and getthis in the middle of throwing
(36:10):
up awkward.
And it just kept going and getthis in the middle of throwing.
In the middle of all thisnonsense.
I have the nerve to get in anapology like I'm all, I'm so
sorry, and then I just keepgoing.
I'm so sorry, seriously.
No, jen, please don't.
Anyways, I did that.
Talk about romantic awkwardness,or some people have said like I
(36:35):
love you early and people don'tsay it back right away.
Then that's gotta feel awkward.
It's like okay, we're not quitethere yet.
I shared too early.
Moving on, yes, moving on.
So, anyways, do you have anyromantic awkward moments you
want to share?
Speaker 2 (36:54):
um, not, I've just.
Speaker 1 (36:55):
No, I think you covered, spilled completely any
awkward there's a little bitabout us all right, so why are
we doing this?
You can see here that mostawkward moments are actually
good.
They're not harmful.
(37:16):
You can go back, and what Ilove is when you have these
moments in conversation withpeople.
This just connects people, justtalking about these awkward
moments.
So remember we are human.
These awkward momentsbeautifully connect us and it's
proof that you're just puttingyourself out there.
Speaker 2 (37:37):
Yeah, you're human and so I wanted to do this
podcast episode, because lifehas just been really serious
lately and we just needed alittle bit of a break to enjoy
ourselves, laugh at ourselves,laugh at each other and
hopefully you're laughing at us,so yeah, so to link it to this
(37:57):
podcast, here's what jenko says.
Speaker 1 (38:00):
Awkward moments are elevators.
You can go up by laughing,learning and letting it go, or
stay stuck by beating yourselfup I like that choose to go up.
It's not worth beating yourselfup.
Let's do that.
Yeah, well, you know us to takethe elevator.
We say look up and let'selevate every day, elevate every
(38:27):
day.
Every day I quit Every dayElevate.
Hey, it's Jen the Builder and Corey and we're on
Take the Elevator and it's sogood to have everyone here.
Thank you for tuning in, Corey.
I just want to start off withhow amazing our numbers have
been.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Oh yeah, that's exactly what I wanted to talk
about too, yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
So it's been great to see more people engaging,
talking to us, DMing us on theepisodes.
That's been really great.
And thank you for all thetraffic on thegencocom and the
Fuzzy Furry Forest.
Now we just need people to signup for some emails and
newsletters, you know, so we cankeep in touch there as well.
(00:57):
But thank you all so much.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Absolutely, jen.
As you said, the numbers arelooking a lot different nowadays
and we're very passionate aboutgetting this positive message
out to people.
So, like Jen said, thank you.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
I just had to say it myself, pretty fabulous people
Just want to let you know whatthis episode's about, and it's
going to be something along thelines of surviving those awkward
moments.
We've all had them, and sowe're going to talk about just
(01:35):
laughing at them, learning fromthem and, of course, rising
above and elevating, becauseeveryone's got them.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yeah, there's not one person that hasn't had an
awkward moment and if youhaven't experienced someone have
an awkward moment, you'vedefinitely had at least one
yourself.
So we're going to go a littlebit into that.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
And boy, let me tell you, uh, I've had a few I can't
wait to hear yours, yeah, um, soI'll start off with the first
shout out, and mine is going tobe To a lovely person we just
met over the weekend.
Her name is Kat.
Hey, kat, what's up?
Kat, thank you for thewonderful service and time spent
(02:13):
with us at T-Mobile and OntarioMills.
And so we upgraded our phonesBecause we heard the camera is
amazing it is iphone 16, so wewent ahead and did it and she
just sat us through everything.
She made sure our phones wereconnected.
(02:35):
I think, cory, we hung outthere for what?
Almost?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
two hours, hour and a half, two hours.
But when she says we sat there,she walked us through, she got
everything connected, everythingswitched over.
There was no apps that didn'tgo through or content that
didn't make it to the end.
Put us on a better plan.
Yeah, man.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
I just looked out for her, so I'm sure y'all are
connected and committed to awireless plan, but if you're not
and you're looking to see whatelse is out there, I highly
recommend t-mobile cat ontario.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Go see her yeah, and it's not the one inside the
ontario mills, it's the one onthe perimeter outside the actual
mall.
So get out there and see catyeah, so our second shout out
yeah.
Second shout out is to crystaland daryl at route 66.
Uh, we went in there over theweekend and, man, let me tell
(03:32):
you, I got me another hat and ifyou know me, you know I love
hats.
I love all kinds of hats.
I used to only be a baseballhat kind of guy and as I've
matured and grown a little bitup, I've ventured out into many
different styles of hats and Ijust love them all.
(03:52):
I don't have a hat that I don'treally appreciate having.
So, with that being said, ifyou are a hat lover and even
some clothing and jewelry Route66 and Victoria Gardens check it
out, make sure you get outthere.
These are good people, goodhearts and, uh, they'll help you
get what you need that's right.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
so hello crystal, hello daryl.
By the way, I didn't know this,but there's another route 66 at
tyler mall, so, depending onwhere you live, they're located
in Riverside and Rancho Go checkthem out.
Amazing merchandise, we love itthere.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
And, even more so, amazing customer service.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
That's right and, by the way, this is not a paid ad.
This is simply we enjoy them.
They're awesome and go supportthem.
All right, so let's talk aboutCorey.
What makes a moment awkward?
Oh, boy.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
I say oh boy, because I have this story that is at
the top of my list.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
We like stories, here we like them.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Yeah, this is at the top of my list and I'm going to
try to make it palatable.
I don't want to use words thatare going to make this podcast
awkward, but let me just say itlike this.
I was working with a group ofwomen it was a women's
conference, let's start thereand I was assisting.
(05:20):
This was not a paid job for me,I was just helping them out and
I was trying to do my good deedfor that moment.
And so I was unloading theboxes, setting up the tables and
getting all their merchandiseand their gear out of the truck
and bringing it into the hotel.
And so I had went into the roomwhere they were setting up
(05:44):
everything and began to, youknow, unfold the tables and put
everything out.
Well, there came a moment in themiddle of the day when I was
just dog tired and I was like,man, if I could just lay out
right now, I would gladly dothat.
So we finished up and the twoguys that I was working with
(06:07):
went into another room and theywere like come on, man, let's go
in this other room and get somefood.
And I was like you know what?
I'm going to just lay righthere.
So I was kind of behind thetable and under the table and
there was a tablecloth on top ofthat table, and so I'm laying
there with my eyes closed.
Now there's no one in this room.
(06:28):
When I first lay down and thisis where it gets awkward A woman
that I knew walked into theroom and she stood right in
front of the table.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Oh, okay.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
And so I heard her shuffling around and moving
around and I was just about toget up.
Like you know, I'm not tryingto make her feel awkward by, you
know, laying under the tableLike a peeping Tom.
No, like you know, I'm in therelaying down Right, and she
walks into the room and insteadof me saying, oh hey, I'm in
(07:06):
here, don't you know?
Don't be afraid or scared.
I was just about to do that andshe began to pass gas.
Not once.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Oh, just just laid it out.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Repeatedly.
And I mean, it was one of thosemoments where I just was hoping
that it was going to be onetime, but it was just womp, womp
, womp, womp and I was soembarrassed for her.
And then I'm embarrassedbecause I'm laying on the ground
(07:46):
and I'm like, yeah, jen's likewaving at her nose and I'm like
I didn't really know what to do,so I just laid there and then
she walked out of the room and Igot out of there as quick as
possible.
Now, it wasn't dark in there,so you saw her?
You saw her, I saw her, oh myGod.
(08:08):
And again, one of the mostawkward moments that I've ever
encountered with anotherindividual that wasn't in my
family.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Yeah, Well, you know, I love that story and I love
that you didn't say hey, I'mhere.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Knock it off Like I love how you didn't say, hey,
I'm here, knock it off.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Like I love how you saved face, at least for her for
her right I mean, let's be real, I don't know that everyone has
a story about passing gas, butthat is very awkward when that
happens, um, I, maybe it's justme, maybe I'm awkward because
I'll go into a restroom wherethis stuff's supposed to happen,
(08:48):
and I feel awkward when peopleare just letting it rip but I'm
thinking like, well, this is thebathroom, that's where you
gotta do it, like I'll do compflushes or I'll put myself
through some pain to holdsomething until everyone leaves.
Oh, wow, um, I have, okay.
So see this, I knew this iswhat was gonna happen.
(09:09):
Your story is gonna activate mystory and then my story is
gonna activate yours, and we'rereally trying to stay was sunk
in and it was cement and allaround it was cement walls, so
(09:33):
it echoed, right, right, andwe're doing our PE stuff and
jumping jackskin on the floor,do sit-ups and this is after
lunch, okay, so I'm doingpush-ups and there's extreme
pressure happening in this bodyof mine.
oh, no and yes I let it I let itgo and baby, that thing
(09:57):
reverberated through theauditorium.
Oh my goodness.
But this, so, so sad of me.
Because everyone looked andwe're a group of people and my
good friend Julie was next to meand you blamed her.
I blamed Grandma Jules, howcould you?
(10:17):
And she's like what?
And everyone.
I mean it was funny.
And then everyone startedrunning from her.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
You know, we started running our laps, but yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:28):
And, unfortunately, in my awkward moment, I went
ahead and blame shifted.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Oh my goodness, that's just wild.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Okay, I have a personal that I created awkward
moment.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
And then I'm getting to some more professional things
.
Like you know, being in aprofessional setting, yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Well, I was going to tell you we're going to break
down some of these awkwardmoments like in categories.
Sounds good.
Okay, go ahead so um.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
You've seen modular buildings, right?
Speaker 1 (10:57):
yeah, like at schools yeah, uh-huh.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
Well, this was back when modular buildings first
came out and they weren't adacompliant and they didn't all
have ramps and railways likethey were supposed to have.
And so, um, me and my twobuddies that I used to sing with
, uh was standing out on theporch area of the modular that
(11:21):
didn't have railing, and therewere two young ladies that we
really wanted to impress, so webegan to sing our songs, oh, and
this created quite a buzz.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
People started gathering around and we started
feeling good about ourselves.
So now we're expressingourselves in song and and a
little extra ad lib.
And I didn't notice that I wastoo close to the edge of the
porch, of the modular buildingand, um, I went to take a step
(11:57):
to the side and just toppledover, literally two and a half
feet off the ground and it hurtbad and every no.
So you know, most people say,well, I just wanted to make sure
you were okay and then no, noone cared about how.
Everyone just scattered,laughing insane.
(12:19):
Just, it was one of the mostawkward moments.
And now, mind you, this is on a, a sunday, at a church, and I'm
dirty, I'm hurt and I'membarrassed.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
So it was one of those and this is before church
actually began.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
Before church actually began the whole time,
the whole, pretty much the wholeday.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
So, yeah, that was one of my personal very awkward
moments.
Aw the fall, oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
Aw, all right, so you brought up work awkwardness.
Let's start there, okay, okay,okay.
So I'll start with some of thenorm stuff, like replying to all
, when you meant to reply justto the sender.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
That's the worst.
Now, for those of you thatdon't know, jen and I work at a
company together and there'squite a few, there's thousands
of employees there, and so ifyou should reply to all, all
your stuff is going to be readby the entire company.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Right, and what I love that our company did,
though, is you don't put the dgor the distribution group on the
two in the ebl.
You like blind copy it.
So if someone does do reply toall, it isn't to everyone,
because that was happening a lotI'm sure it was so thank you
for that solution.
(13:50):
First of all, it keeps all theemails from coming in, and then,
yeah, should you accidentallyhit, the reply to all right man,
oh man, oh yeah right.
um, for me this happens a lot.
It happens a lot.
Number one I'm trying mydarndest to do better with
people's names.
I really am, because it justcomes off as rude or like I
(14:13):
don't care and I promise I do.
I just can't remember thesethings, and so what really is
awkward for me, though, is whenit's a meeting and it's a formal
introduction, and likeliterally seconds I don't
remember the name, and thenyou're just kind of hoping oh,
(14:33):
please have a badge and pleasehave it flipped so I can see it.
So let me say something else.
Our company did really wellwith this one too.
Now our badges have ourpictures and names on both sides
.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Yes indeed.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
So, man, oh man, thank you very much for that,
Because I appreciate a good nametag and a badge.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Because Jen has a hard time with names.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
I really do.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
Yeah, man, I really do so my work-related awkward
moment.
It didn't involve me per se.
I mean I was involved and I wasin the room.
We work at a very diverse placewhere there's multiple people
from multiple cultures thatspeak different languages.
(15:20):
English is not a lot of thepeople's first language.
So you have the Indian culturethat we work with, you have the
Asian culture from all parts ofAsia, not just one in particular
, and then you have Hispanic,you also have black people and
Caucasian and then you have justit's a multitude of people.
(15:45):
The Filipino culture is thereas well, which is a part of the
Asian.
However, you know again, withthis not being first language,
sometimes the accents play apart in the delivery of the
messages and it's funny to meNow, it may not be funny to
(16:07):
someone else, but it's funny tome when American people
understand and other culturesdon't understand certain things.
And I'll tell you why Because alot of times Americans are left
out because the accents are sohard to distinguish what's being
said.
And it's not a malice.
So I want everyone to be clear.
There's no malice in notunderstanding someone.
(16:28):
There's just that gap becauseit's not first language of
English.
It's not first language ofEnglish, and so my supervisor
knows exactly where I'm goingwith this.
He has a hard accent andsometimes things just don't come
(16:53):
out the way he wants them to,and so there was a few moments
where he was expressing himselfand, before you knew it,
everyone had this very puzzledlook on their face.
So that I mean to me that wasawkward for him and and it was
fun to help clear that up,because I do I did understand
him.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
So, yeah, that was a very awkward moment I hear you I
mean I've shared this story.
Pat sajak on wheel of fortune,oh, had a mom and daughter and
it was coupled.
So mom and daughter, team,filipino, right, smart as heck.
And the mom called out lettersso boldly and she said, uh, you
know, her daughter spun there'sa high dollar amount and she got
(17:33):
excited and she's like I'd likean ep.
And pat's like, okay, uh, canyou repeat that please?
She's on an ep and he's lookingand I remember thinking come on
, daughter, help her out here,mom out, and so finally, she got
(17:54):
it and said an f, and so patsay jack.
You can imagine that an awkwardmoment.
Oh yeah, it's live tv.
Yes, and you got the cameramanjust focused on pat say jack
who's looking like?
Oh, mg, I don't know thisletter and I don't want to
offend anybody right, and that'stypically what it is.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
You're trying not to offend someone by asking what
exactly they said, but with myparticular situation I had to
explain.
Sometimes those sounds on the Fis not a F, it's a P or a E.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
That's right, that's right.
So, yeah, that that is, and butagain.
So what I love about this is aswe're sharing stories.
Hopefully, you all areremembering awkward moments
absolutely.
This is what I love is thattypically people forget like.
I think we overthink it, it'slike, and so what I like to do
when someone is having anawkward moment with me, like,
let's say, I'm talking tosomeone and they forget my name,
(18:56):
I'm like, oh my gosh, thathappens to me all the time.
It's so okay, my name.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
My name is jen yeah, so you know what I mean.
You're good with that.
I I just let people strugglethrough it because I know I'm
not mad about it oh, you like,you know, it's like no big deal
yeah yeah, so I think that'simportant when someone's having
an awkward moment help them outand just let them know, not a
big deal.
Right, can we talk about anawkward moment?
(19:23):
Save.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Because I think those are important too.
Very important business meetingthat I was attending and I knew
that I wanted to be on time.
So I got there extra early, soearly that I had time to kind of
recalibrate after the drive andsit in the car and get myself
together.
And I seen the person I wasmeeting with getting out of
(19:46):
their car and he wanted to bethere before me.
So he took a shortcut acrossthe grass, walking right in
front of the car.
I seen him step in some dog poo, oh, and he was about to walk
into the building.
So I hurried up and got out ofthe car.
I said hey, hey, wait a minute,look at your shoe.
(20:07):
Yeah, and that was an awkwardmoment saved because he would
have walked right into theoffice.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Right, yeah, that's sweet.
And you know, let's continuewith work stories.
There's awkward moments whenpeople walk out of the bathroom
and the toilet seat cover isstill attached to them.
Or, you know, I've seen sometoilet paper, yeah.
Or you're talking to someoneand there's a booger.
Oh, oh, like oh I haven't saidthat word in so long.
(20:35):
It just sounded funny to say it, but you know, and then people
stare, and then, or people stareand there's not one, and you're
like trying to rub it off.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
See, you're saying the things that are really
cringey, like those moments giveme cringe vibes.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
So that's another episode in my, but to me that's
awkward.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Oh, definitely.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Definitely.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
Let's talk about technology awkwards.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
Okay, okay, me first or you first.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Go for it.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
So in our job we are required to know how to operate
the computer right.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
Of course, yeah, how to?
Speaker 2 (21:13):
operate the computer right, of course, yeah, you have
to definitely know the bareminimum, the basics, the Word
and Excel and Outlook and allthat kind of stuff.
And so this particular personstarted and was asked to turn
their computer off not on, butoff, okay.
(21:35):
And so you had to go to thestart button and proceed, had no
clue on how to turn thecomputer off, and I felt really,
really bad, but at the sametime I felt like you're gonna
have a hard time if you don'tknow how to do this simple stuff
, because I can't people justcan't walk you through every
(21:59):
step of how to use a computer,and so of course that person
didn't last that long because,um, it just wasn't no help in
that.
Yeah, but very awkward first dayof work yeah.
Turn your computer off andDidn't know how.
Didn't know how.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
That's, yeah, that's very awkward, okay, so I have a
couple in mind and we I think weall know this in the virtual
word world.
You're talking and you're onmute and we've been doing this
for years.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
Oh, yeah, like a zoom meeting, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
So it's funny Cause someone will do it and you're
like, okay, you're on mute.
You know, get on mute and thensometimes you think we've been
doing this for years.
How are you still talking withthe mute button on?
As soon as you say that, guesswhat happens.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
You do it yeah.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
So there's that, and this is really awkward, because
that mute button is so important.
Because that mute button is soimportant, some people aren't on
mute Cringe.
We're about to cringe andthey're at home and they're just
letting their business outwhere everyone can hear and they
don't realize they're not onmute and people are really
trying to cut them off Like,corey, you're not on mute,
(23:12):
you're not on mute.
Make sure everyone mutes andthey don't hear it, because
they're so involved in what'sgoing on at home.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
It's like ugh, and unfortunately, when that happens
, we've heard some prettystrange things going on and some
things we probably shouldn't beprivy to, and so those are very
awkward moments.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Yeah, for sure.
Let's talk about this awkwardtype of moments, freaking
autocorrect.
So I love an autocorrect,especially if it just spells the
rest of the word for me, butdang it when it autocorrects and
the word is raunchy or justoffensive or oh, when that
(23:57):
happens it's like no, it's done.
And you know people usually arereally cool about okay, dang
autocorrect and they get it.
But there have been some reallyawkward moments with
autocorrect.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
I can say definitely that it has changed some words
that I was not trying to make itbe that I'm like, oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Yes, yes, yes.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
And then you can't correct it fast enough and you
know everyone's going uh, whatis he trying to say?
Speaker 1 (24:28):
Yeah, and I'm going to put this out there.
You all I know are just like oh, and what about this?
And oh, there's this kind ofawkward moment with technology.
Dm us your awkward moments andwe will be sure to share them at
the next episode.
Absolutely oh man, we'd love toshare those and you can let us
know if we can use your name ornot, and we'll honor that for
(24:50):
sure.
Okay, let's talk about physicalawkwardness I've had.
Let me just share one.
I can't break a fall to save mylife Like I never have been
able to.
Very true, I was at arestaurant, in front of a bunch
of people in these really nice,big, velvety chairs, and I
(25:13):
leaned over to grab somethingthat fell on the floor and, as
I'm leaning over, the chair justcompletely started to tip.
My whole self went down withthe chair.
Oh no, and everyone was justlooking because it's me, of
(25:35):
course, are you okay?
But then we just all startedcracking up.
Speaker 2 (25:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
And I just stayed on the floor at this restaurant
cracking up, because I couldn'tbelieve what was just happening.
Speaker 2 (25:44):
Right.
No, that's horrible, and it wasin slow motion Corey.
Speaker 1 (25:48):
Oh no, it wasn't like a sudden it was yeah, timber,
exactly.
Speaker 2 (25:57):
I know exactly what you're talking about.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
Did you have any physically awkward moments?
Speaker 2 (26:02):
I definitely did, and I'm sure everyone can relate to
this one.
I wore some shoes that were alittle bit too small, a little
bit too tight, uh-huh, and hadto endure a whole day in those
shoes like because they weregood looking shoes.
Well, just had to wear them you,you, you never intend on
(26:24):
wearing shoes that are too tight.
But sometimes shoes are snugand you think they're gonna
break in, right, or that youknow they're not that tight,
I'll be all right, you, you know.
Or sometimes you think I'mgoing to be able to go home
pretty soon and that your betterjudgment says bring another
pair of shoes.
But you know, we get in our ownway and say no.
Speaker 1 (26:44):
I'll be fine.
I'll be fine.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
And by the time you're walking home or walking
back or getting back home,you're tiptoeing because it just
Ouch so yeah.
So that's a very awkwardsituation for me.
Somebody else may not feel thatthat's awkward for them, but I
can't handle too tight shoes.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
Yeah, got you.
Okay, have you ever done this?
Bumped into a mannequin andapologized no.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
I've done that.
I was with you when you saidbump into a mannequin, but
apologizing, and apologized noand said oh, I'm done that.
I was with you when you saidbump into a mannequin, but
apologizing and apologize no,and said oh, I'm so sorry,
that's wild.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
Mannequin Okay, I have waved at someone thinking
they're waving at me.
Speaker 2 (27:29):
Yes, and it's the person behind me.
Yes.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
Oh, and it's like just kidding, like what do you
do with that?
Speaker 2 (27:37):
Yes, and I've waved at people that I thought I knew
and I did not know them.
And they're looking at me likewhy are you waving at me?
You would think they would justwave back, to be polite.
Speaker 1 (27:47):
No, no, some of them do do, and that's nice stare
away yeah, or like they'rewaving and then you're thinking,
oh, I'm gonna wave.
You're like I don't even knowthis person, so you're thinking,
oh, they know me though, so I'mgonna wave yeah and then
they're greeting the personright behind you.
Yeah, I feel so weird.
Okay, last one for physicalawkwardness Eye contact.
(28:12):
Now, I don't mind eye contact,but it's awkward when the eye
contact is too long.
This has happened to me whenthe eye contact is too long and
I don't know how to break it.
Really, Really, it's awkwardfor me because I don't know why
I just don't look away no, I'venever had that happen to you.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
No, not at all.
But I'll tell you what hashappened to me yeah I've been
trying to end the conversationand the person is not ready to
end it yet yeah and so they'rejust gonna keep on talking, no
matter what, and I'm like, ohokay.
And I've said, oh okay, I'llsee you next time, or it was
good seeing you.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
And they keep going.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
And they just keep on talking.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
Or like it's the conversation that ever ends,
even after you've said goodbye.
Speaker 2 (29:04):
Many times.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
Because you just don't know how to end it.
Speaker 2 (29:07):
Right right.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
Right, okay, so you've led us beautifully into
social awkwardness.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
So that definitely is a thing.
I've seen people laugh atsomething serious, but I think
it's because they're nervous andit's just like that actually
was a sad story.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
Yeah, that was a story that needed tears, not
laughter.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Yeah, I had.
Here's a story where I ran intosomeone that I just recently
unfollowed on social media itwas.
Yeah, that was pretty awkwardand I don't know if they
realized I unfollowed them, butI just thought, like I, this is
just way too much drama on myfeed and, um, I felt so bad.
Speaker 2 (29:59):
Yeah, I felt so bad now, this has never happened to
me, but I'm just throwing thisout there for people that may
have, uh, borrowed money andhadn't paid it back.
Or someone has borrowed moneyfrom you and they haven't paid
you back and you run into them.
I'm sure that creates a veryawkward moment.
I've been present when that'shappened and I've thought to
(30:22):
myself I probably should justexit the scene so I don't hear
anything I don't want to hear.
Yeah, yeah, exactly, probablyshould just exit the scene so I
don't hear anything I don't wantto hear yeah, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
Have you ever gone to hug someone or kiss someone on
the cheek and they're kissing inthe same direction and you,
awkwardly, almost kiss lips tolips?
Speaker 2 (30:44):
oh no oh my god, I don't kiss.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
It's like oh, you know, it's like, oh, it's so,
yeah, that's very awkward, orhere's this.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
So you, you respond with a you too, out of habit
right, and it's not a you and itmakes no sense, yeah, so like
you be, you'll be buying foodsomewhere a fast food restaurant
, whatever and they say enjoyyour meal, you too.
Speaker 1 (31:11):
Yes, it's like oh man , it just shows like I wasn't
actively listening to you, Rightright, but this is definitely
happening to me.
Speaker 2 (31:26):
It's a man thing.
I'm sure women don't have this.
We do handshakes, high fives,pounds, fist bumps, fist bumps
right Same.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
Thing.
Speaker 2 (31:36):
Pounds and fist bumps same thing and you get mixed up
in between all of them.
So you go for the fist bump andhe's reaching the shake hands.
You go for the shake hands andthen he's going for the fist
bump and then you're just doingthis rock paper scissors thing
and mixed up between it.
Yeah, so, and that's awkward,so yeah.
Speaker 1 (31:58):
I imagine, yeah, I don't.
Yeah, I can imagine You're likeokay, what are we doing here?
Okay, let's talk about Realquick, real quick Okay.
Speaker 2 (32:09):
The other thing that's very awkward for me is
when I go to shake someone'shand and they're trying to hug
me and you're like, can we shakehands and bring it in, or do we
just got to go straight for thehug, right, because there's
etiquette in that you know Right, or as a person who's a hugger
and someone clearly is not ahugger.
(32:30):
Right, it's like okay.
Speaker 1 (32:33):
You know, like it's like I just got rejected, Right,
right, that's how it feels.
Okay, I love the intention ofbeing polite.
Let's talk about holding thedoor for someone.
It goes two ways.
I really love when people holdthe door for me.
I think it's so sweet, but I'mlike a mile away.
Speaker 2 (32:52):
So now what's happened here is I'm rushing now
you're rushing to the door andI feel bad that you're just
standing there right right andso vice versa.
Speaker 1 (33:00):
I've held the door for someone and they're quite a
distance away, but then Iawkwardly don't want to shut the
door on them and make themthink like, oh, you're walking
too slow, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
So typically what I do if someone's too far away,
especially at work, um, and I'mholding the door for them and
they start rushing, I tell themhey, take your time.
I'm three to four o'clock, youknow so yeah, but I mean being
that person.
You really are like thisperson's, holding the door for
me so my awkward moment with thedoor holding is I actually
(33:30):
opened the door for someone thatwas relatively close to the
door right behind me and shesaid please don't hold the door
for me.
I'm more than capable ofopening the door for myself.
Speaker 1 (33:42):
Wow, okay, be empowered.
I love that.
I do not.
Well, for the fact that shesaid it, though, like she's like
no need, I don't know, maybebecause, there are times when I
felt like telling someonethere's no need, because now
it's making me feel anxious andrushed and so you don't really
(34:04):
need to do that oh well, that'sa different perspective.
Speaker 2 (34:07):
I I took it a whole nother way.
So I felt awkward and I waslike, so do I just shut it now
or do I finish the task at hand?
Speaker 1 (34:17):
yeah, exactly, no, I get that.
So let's talk about the lastthing.
There they are, there are andthey are very awkward yes, so
(34:37):
I'm going to share somethingthat's so personal, about when
cory and I kind of first met,and it's going to go back to our
first story of passing gas.
This is a very true story.
Oh, my god, here we go, oh Iknow where this is going can I
be excused.
Well, cory and I first met itwas not the very first time, but
(35:01):
maybe within the first month ortwo, yeah, and we partied back
then and I just had this sillything I would do where in the
club I would drink and because Iwas thirsty from dancing, I
drank alcohol like it was water.
Okay, I know, I know, go ahead.
(35:21):
That's dumb.
Who does that?
That's just stupid.
Speaker 2 (35:24):
You'd be surprised.
Who does that?
Speaker 1 (35:26):
Thank you, Thank you for that Buddha.
Speaker 2 (35:28):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (35:29):
So when I would go outside, it would hit me all of
a sudden how sick I was feeling,because you know it didn't hit
until fresh air hit me.
So Corey and I are in the carand I open my door and excuse
myself because I'm about tothrow up.
And you were just so sweet.
(35:49):
You're like no, please takecare of yourself.
And, corey, sometimes I do thesweet thing like hold my hair
back right.
But then I decided to pass gaswhile I'm throwing up Awkward.
And it just kept going and getthis in the middle of throwing
(36:10):
up awkward.
And it just kept going and getthis in the middle of throwing.
In the middle of all thisnonsense.
I have the nerve to get in anapology like I'm all, I'm so
sorry, and then I just keepgoing.
I'm so sorry, seriously.
No, jen, please don't.
Anyways, I did that.
Talk about romantic awkwardness,or some people have said like I
(36:35):
love you early and people don'tsay it back right away.
Then that's gotta feel awkward.
It's like okay, we're not quitethere yet.
I shared too early.
Moving on, yes, moving on.
So, anyways, do you have anyromantic awkward moments you
want to share?
Speaker 2 (36:54):
um, not, I've just.
Speaker 1 (36:55):
No, I think you covered, spilled completely any
awkward there's a little bitabout us all right, so why are
we doing this?
You can see here that mostawkward moments are actually
good.
They're not harmful.
(37:16):
You can go back, and what Ilove is when you have these
moments in conversation withpeople.
This just connects people, justtalking about these awkward
moments.
So remember we are human.
These awkward momentsbeautifully connect us and it's
proof that you're just puttingyourself out there.
Speaker 2 (37:37):
Yeah, you're human and so I wanted to do this
podcast episode, because lifehas just been really serious
lately and we just needed alittle bit of a break to enjoy
ourselves, laugh at ourselves,laugh at each other and
hopefully you're laughing at us,so yeah, so to link it to this
(37:57):
podcast, here's what jenko says.
Speaker 1 (38:00):
Awkward moments are elevators.
You can go up by laughing,learning and letting it go, or
stay stuck by beating yourselfup I like that choose to go up.
It's not worth beating yourselfup.
Let's do that.
Yeah, well, you know us to takethe elevator.
We say look up and let'selevate every day, elevate every
(38:27):
day.
Every day I quit Every dayElevate.
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