The Clopen Effect

The Clopen Effect

Welcome to The Clopen Effect™, a funny retail podcast! Join us every week as we talk about our hilarious retail experiences! We have an amazing line up of guests, promote & interview many great local businesses, and share all the retail details. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

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March 24, 2023 33 min

How do you walk through a crowd? Do you try to avoid touching people or do you make yourself known by touching and squeezing arms? We had a super fun weekend at Shamrocks the Fox for St. Patrick's Day, feeling accomplished for the day, Meredith fell on her run, people watching, Cass touches everyone, we lost Cass for 25 minutes, bartenders are awesome, don't leave your credit card at the bar, the guy with the microphone, people wat...

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The quick recipe episode and Bestie is here! We borrowed some 3-ingredient recipe ideas from our listeners and https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/, Instant Pot meals, quick to-go snacks and meals, Bestie loves tacos, Cass loves pizza rolls, don't clean your Ninja Foodie with soap and water, spaghetti hotdogs, and 3-ingredient cocktails. Visit Lake City Social in Lake Geneva for the best Old Fashioned. Also, Meredith has a fun travel s...

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March 10, 2023 48 min

We are back from a quick break! We talk about spell check and how it's ruining us, 'price' check, reply all, do not put emotion to text or emails, 4DX movies, The 10 most lucrative tourist attractions in the world from smallcurrencyexchange.com, Top Tourist Attractions in the US from touropia.com, we are planning a trip to Dubai, the large rat on the road, Cass teaches us about Skinwalkers, we do not like caverns, Meredith talks Pr...

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February 24, 2023 35 min

The history of lemonade stands from ehow.com, cash business, 'stand' means ready-to-act, blocked out childhood, selling candy and Girl Scouts Cookies, how to run a lemonade stand from wikihow.com, mentalfloss.com shares a dark story of a lemonade stand in Western Springs, IL, the history of food trucks and the most popular food to find at food trucks



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February 17, 2023 38 min

We recorded this in January when we didn't have sun for weeks. It made us cranky. Also, kid-free Tok, Cass is good with kids, the grandparent clause, don't use your children as excuses, parenting 101 from a retail podcast, Judge Judys, unique foods to try, ethnic aisles are expanding, overnight chia pudding, our favorite jelly for P&Js, he licked the ketchup cap, the most unique food in history from history.com, the black chick...

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February 10, 2023 38 min

Happy 100th episode to us! What an amazing adventure so far! We talk about current news, birthdays, Save and Redeem coupons, wooden and copper coins, boxtops for America's schools, 100th day of school, spirit week at school, history of loyalty programs, Camel Bucks, Marlboro and Newport swag, reasons why we need these loyalty programs, Subway's punch cards, free pizzas, stamp books, the Monopoly game at Jewel, Betty Crocker coupon...

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February 3, 2023 64 min

The lovely Lauren is here from pharmacy! What a fun interview! She has worked in pharmacy for 8 years, is super insightful and shares what goes on behind the pharmacy counter. We talk about the pharmacy tech tests, pain pills, sleeping customers, those that write their own scripts, processes on how to handle fake scripts, theft, keeping most of the cold medications behind the counter, when pills change, looking for the yellow ones,...

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January 27, 2023 40 min

Jen's stories show how much she loves her job! So excited to share part 2 with you.

Keeping the furniture with the house, animals buried in the backyard, realtor.com and quizony.com tell us if Cass would make a great realtor, strange requests from buyers, south facing front doors, real estate agent safety, avoiding murder, and modern farm house



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January 20, 2023 43 min

Realtor Jen Long is here and we talk about why she decided to join the real estate world, if the state and national tests are tough, how she loves victorian homes, and how she hit the ground running! We also borrow information from quizony.com and realtor.com, what can happen right before a closing, what not to do during the process of home buying, Jen uses her hands to talk, the heartaches of trying to buy a house, Jen shares what...

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January 13, 2023 40 min

3rd times a charm! Bri unwraps her bridal survival kit and we talk about what NOT to do at a wedding from bestlifeonline.com

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January 6, 2023 30 min

Our first live recording on Instagram! And we were on mute for the first 9 minutes! LOL

New year's superstitions from addapinch.com, Congrats to Brianna and Rob, Cass titles all of our episodes, cheers in our Christmas cups, stores we would want inside the grocery stores, why do we lose our thoughts!?, Poppy Cakes cookies are the best and Meredith does not share, we love all types of cake, restaurants we would love to see in the gro...

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Cass found herself in a tough neighborhood this week, letting people go, it's never Bob, we will be super successful in 2 years, New Year's resolutions, examples of funny resolutions from countryliving.com, we share our New Year's resolutions (hint: we don't have them), we love pasta

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December 22, 2022 52 min

We’re talking about cash and digital tipping, tipping etiquette, who to tip, how much to tip, and those that fight over it. Also, what to do when you can't accept tips, cashiers without a filter and paying it forward at Olive Garden.



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December 16, 2022 52 min

The customer is always right unless they are wrong, stories of bakery, grocery, and baking aisles, Cass and the Yes manager, Meredith has an itch, customers don't listen, Cass listens to a customer complain about her on the phone, how we handle customer complaints and customers that insult us. Some info borrowed from cheezburger.com and deputy.com. Cass talks about their new puppy, Nicky!



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December 2, 2022 54 min

We know nothing about diets but we're going to talk about them anyway! The most popular food fad the year you were born from mashed.com and the most popular diets from the past years from businessinsider.com.



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November 25, 2022 53 min

Celebrating Episode 90 on Black Friday!

Julia is here! We share our best and worst gifts ever received. We also talk Amazon's best sellers for 2022, the Top 12 Trends You’ll See Everywhere in 2022 from purewow.com, Wednesday 11/23 was Espresso Day, Small Business Saturday, Bonfire, Zazzle, and all the links below

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...if you got time to rhyme, you got time to shut the f*** up! Chores and how we hate them. Also, the top 10 most boring chores from madrock1025.com, lots of Thanksgiving talk and all the food.

Happy Thanksgiving to all! We appreciate you and thank you for all the support. Much love.



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November 11, 2022 59 min

We are back and have so much to share! We talk about Cass' 4th time having Covid, dog bites, Thanksgiving recipes, team work and jobs that can be done alone, Happy Birthday Bestie!, Meredith's fish stories and Cass shares a couple recipes



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October 28, 2022 68 min

Meredith loves the check lane candy and Cass loves a sale on clothes. We both love great deals, Meredith has weird dreams, and Cass never wears her funeral shoes. Also, 15ish most common impulse buys from mageworx.com



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October 21, 2022 65 min

Meredith's birthday celebration, the escape room, the fart, Drew is here and he brought treats!, Halloween in Mexico, England and Ireland, Drew's new amazing job, the original Karen?, Drew has some bad jokes for us, the human brain remembers everything, Meredith still doesn't know movies, the process of feeding the world, food waste, our favorite Halloween traditions



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