Who's Driving -Reflections At Year End S2E45

Get ready to laugh as we recount some of the most unforgettable moments from our podcast's year. Producing 45 episodes and nearing our 100th milestone, we owe our success to listeners from over 60 countries.

 As we bid farewell to 2024, we're eager to embrace the lessons learned and set our sights on a phenomenal 2025.

 Plus, we chuckle through stories of the worst Christmas gifts ever, from moldy pajamas to duct tape, showing that love sometimes gets lost in translation. As we prepare to take a short holiday break, we promise a return with fresh, exciting content in late January 2025. Cheers to a merry end of 2024 and a bright, promising 2025!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jingle bells, jingle all the way, the way.
Oh, what fun it is to ride in aone-horse open sleigh.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
Hey, hey, giddy up, it's time for another episode of
who's Driving.
Welcome to who's Driving.
I'm Wesley Turner.

Speaker 1 (00:23):
And I'm Stephen Merck .

Speaker 2 (00:24):
We're two best friends and entrepreneurs who's
Driving is an entertaining lookinto the behind the scenes of
our lives, friendship andbusiness.

Speaker 1 (00:31):
These are the stories we share and topics we discuss,
as two best friends would on along road trip.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
Along the way, we'll check in with friends and offer
a wide range of informativetopics centered around running
small businesses, social mediaand all things home and garden.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
Buckle up and enjoy the ride.

Speaker 2 (00:47):
You never know who's driving or where we're headed.
All we know is it's always afun ride.
So welcome to this week'sepisode.
This is our last episode of2024.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
I'm ready for 2025.
I'm just going to tell you oh,are you?
2025 is going to be a good year.
This wasn't a bad year, it wasa challenging, I feel like it
was a little bit.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
looking in review, it was a little bit hectic, I
don't know why.
Lots of little challenges.
Yeah, little, this little that,but we had a great year.
I mean, we got our firstfranchise door open.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
It was a good year, but it was a hard year.
It was.

Speaker 2 (01:33):
We felt each and everything.

Speaker 1 (01:36):
I mean, it was a great holiday season, but it was
a hard year work-wise.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
Well, work-wise, everything-wise.
I feel like and I mean you knowwell, let's back up.
I'm very thankful and it couldhave been much worse here.
Nothing was horrible, no, butit was like you said, kind of
just nothing was 100% smoothlike it should have been, but it
wasn't a bad year.
So next year we're going to doit.

(02:04):
It's going to be better and youknow, like the political stuff
that takes up a whole thing andthen you know that gets on my
damn nerves we forget stuff.
We moved our warehouse.
That was our first six monthsof the year and that was awful.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
That was awful.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
Because that took up a whole year by the time we were
thinking about the planningfinding the place.
Are we going to get to move ontime Getting there Financially?
It was just.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
Set back up, I ain't moving.

Speaker 2 (02:35):
It was a lot.
This year was just a lot, butit was good Speaking well,
that's a good way to bring it up.
You're in review.
I got our podcast review, andI've been.

Speaker 1 (02:49):
I'm just going to tell you I have been a little
anxious about it.

Speaker 2 (02:53):
And I literally could not have come at a better time
because I just got it.
So you want to hear about.

Speaker 1 (03:02):
I have been preparing myself mentally that we were
going to slip.
Why, I don't know.

Speaker 2 (03:10):
I don't know.
You have no reason to see.
You don't know any reporting,you don't listen to the podcast.
Hell no I don't, I don't wantto hear me.
And I sure don't want to hearyou.

Speaker 1 (03:22):
No, it's not that I think I don't want to hear you.
No, it's not that I think Idon't want to get disappointed.
That is negative thinking.

Speaker 2 (03:27):
You got to okay going into 2025,.
We're all going to work on thisbecause I am a believer.
You got to put out the vibesthat you want.
You got to think positively.

Speaker 1 (03:38):
Listen, I have lived by fake it till you make it,
since, as long as I can remember, we have had a lot of things
come.

Speaker 2 (03:46):
I feel like we have willed them to happen, like you
got to think about it, you gotto manifest it to happen.

Speaker 1 (03:51):
No, I've lived like that.

Speaker 2 (03:53):
I mean.

Speaker 1 (03:54):
I truly believe that.
I know and I do believe that,but then in the back of my mind.
So you can't let those slip in.
Well, here's the thing.
This is not a woe is me.
I'm not going down that road,but as a kid I had a lot of
little disappointments along theway.

(04:15):
You know, my parents divorced.

Speaker 2 (04:17):
Oh God.

Speaker 1 (04:19):
Let go Shut up.
I just said I'm not being thatperson, but I think even mommy
and daddy do not love each otheranymore.

Speaker 2 (04:30):
It has nothing to do with you.
It is fine.

Speaker 1 (04:33):
The crazy thing is actually they did Right, but I,
you know, I think, since I was akid, because I did have some,
you know, some littledisappointments here and there,
and that was my coping mechanismor how, that was how I, I think
that's a lot of people's copingmechanism.

Speaker 2 (04:53):
Because it prepare yourself for disappointment.

Speaker 1 (04:55):
But no, I do not just think negative.
I always and you know me inbusiness, in my life, in
everything, the way my brainworks, I think worst case, best
case and most probable, and thatway I can mentally prepare all
the areas, If I'm prepared.

Speaker 2 (05:16):
I'm kind of I go OK, it could be this, but no, it's
going to be this.
And you're like, oh, but I'mlike no, it's not.
I'm always trying to.

Speaker 1 (05:24):
I like to know that worst case and then, okay, if
it's worst case, I've got itcovered.
Yeah, and then whatever else.

Speaker 2 (05:35):
Okay, here's the thing.
I'm not going to give out anydetails or like any one
situation, but if I presentSteven with something, that's a
problem.
I have now learned after thelast time I did this a few weeks
ago it's not even a problem, itwas just another pain in the
butt situation.
Then I need to do it at the endof the day when I am leaving,

(05:58):
because he obsesses on, oh my.
God, there's nothing we can doabout this.
Today it is Saturday, it isjust something I needed to tell
you, and it could be this way,it could be that way, and then
the whole day is ruined becausehe thinks the worst case
scenario.

Speaker 1 (06:19):
And then the next day .

Speaker 2 (06:20):
He's like oh no, it's fine.

Speaker 1 (06:22):
He's like I thought about it it's fine, I it it's
fine.
I got it and I was like, well,that's what I was telling you
yesterday, it was fine I processyou process it totally
different than I processeverything in my life, like I
try to everything, like inmcdonald's, like buying
mcdonald's, like every singlething.

(06:45):
Now, once I process it, thenyou come back to the logic I'm
good.
And once I process it, likewhen I bought my last two
McDonald's, it was funny becauseI had processed.
Not only had I processed it, Iran the numbers on the best case
, worst case, most probable.

(07:06):
That's the way I live.
And so when I talked to my CPA,which I adore and have a lot of
confidence in, at the end ofthe conversation, you know, my
question was do I buy theserestaurants or not?
What is your professionalopinion, since you have worked
the numbers?
And she said I have worked thenumbers and my professional

(07:31):
advice is you should not buythese restaurants.
And I said thank you very much,I appreciate your work.
And then there was a pause andshe started laughing.
She said but you're buying therestaurants and I said hell yeah
, right, challenge accepted.
I said I, she.
And she said, at the end of theday, only you know what you're

(07:55):
going to do.

Speaker 2 (07:56):
Well, you, you knew what the margin of improvement
is and you're like okay, well, I, yes, based on these current
numbers, I shouldn't, but I knowI can put in the work and raise
it and everything will be fine.
Okay, back to our podcast andour rating.
Now that everyone's hanging onedge.
Okay, so we ended up right backin the top 10% which is amazing

(08:20):
, but it's better than that.

Speaker 1 (08:23):
It's better, it's amazing.
We're in the top, top 10, butwe're almost in the top.

Speaker 2 (08:30):
We were very close to the top five where we have
moved up from where we were lastyear, closer to the five.
There's no, they don't do it inthe middle like a top seven or,
you know, a six or whatever andI don't want that any damn way.

Speaker 1 (08:45):
You know, I want to be in the top five.

Speaker 2 (08:47):
So the top five.
Here's the thing.
So I found out or figured outor read.
I read the fine print this timethey rank it on how your
podcast performs your episodeaverage.
They average it out across theyear in the first seven days Of
the release of that episode.

(09:07):
Right.
So from the time a podcastepisode is released, they
measure it based on how manydownloads it gets in the first
seven days.

Speaker 1 (09:17):
So, for us, tuesday through the following Monday is
our measurement period.
Right Through the followingMonday is our measurement period
Right.
So what we need our listenersto do is you get Stay current.
All of you get one person todownload and listen to our
podcast every week, that wouldbe good and we would solidify

(09:38):
being in the top five Right.
So if we were to do this, ontheir measurements.

Speaker 2 (09:47):
If we had done this on the first 14 days, we would
have been in the top five.
So we're right there, so we getthe listenership for the top
five.
But it's not measured that wayBecause you know, and a lot of
our, which I understand, ifyou're listening, don't feel bad
for putting us in the top 10instead of top five A lot of

(10:08):
people will bulk listen, likethey'll save up and like oh.
I'm going on a trip and Ilistened to three episodes.

Speaker 1 (10:14):
And I would do that too.

Speaker 2 (10:15):
Yeah, I don't have time to listen each week, but
they catch, we have.

Speaker 1 (10:19):
So anyway there we are.
Well, that's fine, you don'thave to, but you have to find
somebody to download.

Speaker 2 (10:26):
Here's the thing Now that we are two years in, this
is two years.
The thing is, I really do andour listeners really want us to
do a video version, and I wantto figure that out.
We got to do it.
But when we do that, thenthat's going to take downloads
away from people who are nowgoing to watch us and not listen

(10:48):
, because it'd be on a differentplatform.
So we're going to have to letgo of the chart the challenge.

Speaker 1 (10:55):
I don't know if I can do that.
I know Because that ismotivation.
I mean, I'm just so thankfulfor the people that listen.

Speaker 2 (11:03):
I can't believe anybody listens.
Are we sure people even listen?
Did you send me this?
Did you make this up and send?

Speaker 1 (11:10):
it.
I mean, I'm not a podcastlistener, I'm just not, you just
hadn't gotten into it.

Speaker 2 (11:19):
You're a little bit different generation, but we
have people.

Speaker 1 (11:22):
We have, yeah, different generation, but we
have.
We have, yeah, but if I were,if I were in a different, if I
were in like a sales job orsomething where I was driving,
or, like daniel's, out in theflower field, he listens to
podcasts all day long, um, Ithink I would enjoy that.
Yeah, but my, my problem is isI love music so much I can't let

(11:43):
go of the music to listen.

Speaker 2 (11:45):
Well, would I enjoy listening to us?
Maybe, I don't know.
Here's some other fun factsfrom our year in review from the
podcast.
So we had 45 episodes.
I guess that doesn't includethis week's I don't know what
date they cut this off on 45episodes.
So coming up in 2025, thatmeans some point.

(12:06):
We are going to hit our 100thepisode.

Speaker 1 (12:10):
I think we had like 38 episodes last year because we
started no, we won't hit our100th, because there's only 52
weeks in a year.

Speaker 2 (12:20):
No, total 100th episode.

Speaker 1 (12:23):
Oh total, yes, yeah, total.
That's a lot, no total.
100th episode oh total, yes,yeah, yeah, total.

Speaker 2 (12:26):
Which that's a lot.
You know, when a sitcom hitstheir 100th episode, they're
like ooh, our 100th episode,yeah, anyway, so we had 45 this
year.
I guess this is 46.
Mm-hmm, we our top cities.
I found this interesting.
The top five cities wereCharlotte, north Carolina.

Speaker 1 (12:50):
Charlotte has good taste.

Speaker 2 (12:52):
They do.

Speaker 1 (12:53):
Greenville, south Carolina which is where we are,
so that kind of makes sense.

Speaker 2 (12:58):
Atlanta, georgia, houston, texas and Chicago,
illinois.
I like all of those cities.
Those were our top five, mostpopular cities.
We were in over 60 countries.
Listen to us, crazy.
The top five are, of course,the US, second was Canada, third

(13:20):
was Australia, fourth wasUnited Kingdom and the fifth was
Germany.

Speaker 1 (13:26):
Some of my long lost relatives over there.

Speaker 2 (13:30):
So there you go.
So that's our fun fact fromthere.

Speaker 1 (13:36):
I still want to know if you're listening to us in a
different country other than theUnited States.
How did you and like Canada, Ican understand.
It's just amazing.
We have a lot of people thatfollow us, shop with us, listen
from Australia.
I find that very interesting.

Speaker 2 (13:58):
Well, I'm going to tell you how that happened.
I know how the Australia onehappened, really, because when I
started Instagram and was onInstagram a lot back in the day,
when nothing mattered and youcould just post chronologically,
or when you posted and itshowed up chronologically, I
would post late at night.

Speaker 1 (14:17):
So it was their time, it was their daytime.

Speaker 2 (14:19):
So that way it was getting fed to people in
Australia.

Speaker 1 (14:23):
I mean listen wherever you're listening,
because I have a lot ofInstagram Australians.
I mean wherever you're at it'sawesome.

Speaker 2 (14:31):
I know it's just crazy, though how did it all
come together?

Speaker 1 (14:35):
They listened to our country asses all the way here.

Speaker 2 (14:39):
Do you think they just listened for the accent?

Speaker 1 (14:41):
I would.
I would listen to make fun ofus.
I mean, I don't blame them, I'mnot offended by it.
So I have to reach out.
I saw something on Instagramthat I really am a little
obsessed about.
You know I love ChristmasVacation and I watch it at least

(15:04):
five to ten times everyChristmas season.
It's one of my favorite moviesof all time.
So I am flipping.
No, I wasn't, dylan wasflipping through.
Instagram sent this to me andit's a family, like just a
random family, and for theirChristmas every year they

(15:29):
reenact the Christmas vacationand they were all dressed up
like the character you showed methis.

Speaker 2 (15:36):
Uncle Eddie.
Oh good, we were both like oh,we wish we had families like
that.
Clark.

Speaker 1 (15:42):
Griswold.

Speaker 2 (15:43):
I mean I just, I mean my family's pretty much like
that.
Clark Griswold, I mean I just,I mean my family's pretty much
like that, without dressing up.

Speaker 1 (15:52):
If you're listening the same Shanina again, if
you're listening out there andyou dress up like this they did
a whole reenactment.
It was amazing.

Speaker 2 (16:04):
Everyone dressed up as a character and they had the
table set the same way.
The decoration.
It was amazing.

Speaker 1 (16:12):
They made the green jello.
I mean, everything was the same.
If you're out there, pleasetell us If you have done this,
if you've ever done this, ifyou're that fun, let us know.
Our hotline number is864-982-5029.
And if you do this, if this isa tradition for you, I humbly

(16:36):
ask to at least drop in for likean hour.
We'll come visit you.
Could I kick in your windowslike the police?

Speaker 2 (16:46):
do in the movie to give it a.

Speaker 1 (16:48):
You could be a policeman yes, yes, or I could
be todd from next door andwesley could be margo I don't
know, whatever it is yeswhatever it is, I need to be a
part of it.
I'll be the squirrel that jumpson your back.

(17:09):
I don't know, I don't care, butI would be a great Cousin Eddie
, though In costume.
Shitters full.
I mean, we all have a CousinEddie anyway, we do.

Speaker 2 (17:22):
Some of us more than one Mm-hmm.

Speaker 1 (17:33):
And if you have a cousin eddie anyway, we do, some
of us more than one you don'thave a cousin eddie.
Does that mean you are thecousin and you are?

Speaker 2 (17:36):
cousin eddie.

Speaker 1 (17:37):
Oh my gosh, that's funny, that's awkward, that is
awkward somebody just said oh mygod, when they heard that
you're your cousin eddie yeaheven if you're the female
version they're like oh my goshum wait, what was eddie's wife's
name?
Um, um, what was her?

Speaker 2 (17:51):
name.
I cannot remember her namecousin eddie.

Speaker 1 (17:57):
Um, I'll think of it before we end it yeah, you, you
weren't gonna bringing that up.

Speaker 2 (18:02):
You're going to have to Google that.
What was Catherine?
Catherine, or was that the wife?

Speaker 1 (18:08):
No Catherine.

Speaker 2 (18:10):
What was the wife's name?

Speaker 1 (18:11):
Clark is his name.

Speaker 2 (18:15):
How do I not know this?
You watch it five times a year.
How do you not know this, oh mygosh, but her name was
Catherine, I'm pretty sure.

Speaker 1 (18:26):
Yes, what is her name ?
I'm trying to think.
See, you shouldn't have made methink on that.

Speaker 2 (18:31):
Catherine Johnson.
So there you go.

Speaker 1 (18:35):
So I have a new.
Dylan and I were driving andthis just irritated me.
We were driving the other nightand we were coming through
downtown and we took a sidestreet.

Speaker 2 (18:48):
Can I interrupt without talking over you?
Yeah, her name was Ellen.

Speaker 1 (18:52):
Ellen Clark and Ellen Griswold.
Yes, there you go, so we take aside street, and this was a
business, so it's even worse.
So if you're out there and youdo this, stop it.

Speaker 2 (19:05):
Oh, I have a business complaint too.

Speaker 1 (19:07):
Stop it.
But this was a decor, aChristmas decor, so they had
picture this, the building, andthey had five evergreen trees
across the front of the building, so they're going to put lights
on them.

Speaker 2 (19:22):
Good idea, like it, fun and festive.
Yeah, merry and bright.

Speaker 1 (19:27):
They ran at the top a row of lights and ran it down.
They didn't stop it.

Speaker 2 (19:34):
Oh no, you can't do that anywhere.
You cannot see the light stream.

Speaker 1 (19:39):
No, and all you had to do is so.

Speaker 2 (19:40):
You're saying like they went up a tree and then
crossed over to the next tree.
Yeah, hell, no.

Speaker 1 (19:46):
You take a drop cord and put it on the ground and
then continue, and then youstart your next one.
It just may.

Speaker 2 (19:53):
I want everyone to look at their lights outside
right now.
If you wrapped your bushes inlights and you can see where you
know the one that drives me thecraziest, where you can see the
plug going from the porch tothe first bush and it's lit up.
Get a damn extension cord, ordon't do it, don't be lazy.
Don't be lazy at yourdecorations.
Mom, I'm coming home.

(20:14):
You better have your lightsdone right, rhonda.

Speaker 1 (20:16):
They better not be done like that.
She don't do that, it drives mecrazy.

Speaker 2 (20:21):
We have cords everywhere.
That's fine.
Wrap them in saran wrap to makethem watertight.

Speaker 1 (20:25):
That is fine, but at least at night you can't see all
that.

Speaker 2 (20:30):
No, you put it down on the ground.
I hate when you can see itgoing from like Tree to tree,
like that is tacky.

Speaker 1 (20:39):
It literally made me mad when I saw it.
I just wanted to pull over andcut it.
How many people you think?

Speaker 2 (20:45):
are looking outside like shit.
I gotta go fix that right now.
I know someone out there we'rehelping you out.

Speaker 1 (20:52):
It's a public service announcement.
I mean it is helping, it's justwrong.

Speaker 2 (20:56):
Honey get up.
Wesley and Steven said we gottafix our lights.

Speaker 1 (21:00):
I wish we could drive around to some of our listeners
and tell them we drove by yourhouse and we noticed this.

Speaker 2 (21:08):
Okay, the thing we have to do in 2025 is bring back
the microphone.
We have got to take it to thestreets more we do.

Speaker 1 (21:16):
That was last January when you did that at.

Speaker 2 (21:19):
Market.
We're going to do it at Marketagain.

Speaker 1 (21:21):
Let's do it in January this year, when we go to
Market and one of myinterviewing questions is going
to be how often do you bathe?
Okay, we need to write down alist.
That's a good one.
That is a good one.
How often do you bathe?
Yeah, we need to have a list ofquestions, and maybe do you
have a bidet at home.

Speaker 2 (21:42):
Mm, mm-hmm, maybe, so Okay, I have a small business
complaint, okay, or I don't knowwhat you want to call it.
I just need to get on mysoapbox for a second, okay.
So if you have followed me onInstagram, we're going to do a
little backstory and then we'regoing to talk about how I got to
this place I was complainingabout.

(22:02):
I don't even know.
I think I complained to youabout this.
You know Stephen doesn't watchmy Instagram either.
He doesn't halfway know whatgoes on anywhere half the time.

Speaker 1 (22:11):
There's so much going on in my head.

Speaker 2 (22:12):
I have to catch him up and y'all up.
So we all on the same page.
But I was complaining onInstagram, or just bringing it
up, that I had been going toStarbucks, which you know I
don't go that often.
But then I kind of got on a,you know, holiday season arrived
this was just a couple ofmonths ago or in the last like
two months and my cup was comingup like half full every time

(22:36):
and I was asking if this hadbeen a thing, because you know
we got the new Starbucks hereright up the road by your old
McDonald's and that's where Ihad been going.
So I literally started sayingwhen I got to the window please
make sure I've been here severaltimes, please make sure my cup
is full.
And I'm not talking because,michelle, if you're listening,

(22:56):
michelle, you know in New Yorkwho's in our lives.
She used to work at Starbucks,dylan used to work at Starbucks.
Dylan used to work at Starbucksand was saying, oh, you know,
they leave room so that itdoesn't spill out, or whatever.
And I understand like properfilling the cup and there being
like maybe even you know, likean inch Is that?

(23:16):
You know like that from the top, or whatever.
No, I'm talking like.
The reason I noticed it isbecause when they handed me my
cup, it was so light.
I opened it up and was likewhat's the?
What the hell's?

Speaker 1 (23:27):
in here.
It was like they gave yousomeone else's drink.
They'd been drinking yeah.

Speaker 2 (23:32):
And so I brought this up on Instagram and since then,
several people Well, a lot ofpeople said they stopped going
to Starbucks because this washappening to them too.
And then a lot of people said,well, order it with no foam or
something like that, you knowlight foams, because they're
making it too foamy.
But I'm talking this is not amismeasurement.

(23:53):
This was like a rip off, like Idid not want to go there
because there was nothing in mycup really.
So, and a lot of people saidthey had the same problems, blah
, blah, blah, blah, blah.
And since then people sent mepictures.
Like you're right, I opened mycup because I noticed the same
thing and it was like half empty.
So when I did that, a lot ofpeople were like you should go
to a local coffee shop.

(24:15):
And I'm like, well, we don'treally have local coffee shops,
especially on my.
We do downtown Greenfield.

Speaker 1 (24:20):
Not convenient.

Speaker 2 (24:22):
There are local, great local coffee shops in
Greenfield.
There are, but I live out inthe country.
I take a toll road to thewarehouse and then I'm right off
by our warehouse and in thatarea there's not any, or I
didn't think there were any.

Speaker 1 (24:37):
Oh, you did find I know this story now.
Yes, I've caught up, you, or?

Speaker 2 (24:40):
I didn't think there were any.
Oh, you did find I know thisstory now, yes, I've caught up,
you caught up, and it's a goodyes.
And I love this place?
Yes, because you started goingdown too.
So on the way I noticed in thislittle strip mall there is a
coffee shop Not far from thewarehouse Very convenient, and I
want to patronize localbusiness Me too.
So when I noticed that thisplace was here, that I had not

(25:00):
noticed, I was like I'm going totry them out.
So I went in one day and I gotmy drink and a little scone and
it was so good.

Speaker 1 (25:10):
I was like this is the best damn scone I've ever
had.
I'm going to stand by it.
I mean, it was delicious, itwas delicious, delish.

Speaker 2 (25:18):
So a few days later, stephen and I this was like a
week last week, I guess it was Iwas like I found the best
coffee shop and we were doing abunch of live sales.
I was like I'll run get us acoffee and a little treat.
Now we're up to my complaint.
So I was just telling them howI got to this coffee shop,
because I do want to supportlocal.

(25:39):
So y'all, I went to this coffeeshop and you know I'd been
there once before.
So I was like their coffee'sgood.
And now I'm going to get thescones, because they were
amazing.
This was like 2.30 in theafternoon because we were having
our little afternoon.
Pick me up.
I go in there, I order a coffeeand I was like, oh, let's get

(26:00):
some scones.
Well, their case of pastrieswas very low.
They had maybe five options ofthings and each thing only had
like three or less pieces left.
Does that make sense?
Except for they had cinnamonrolls, they probably still had
like two dozen of those left.

Speaker 1 (26:21):
Those ain't that good .
We had those.

Speaker 2 (26:22):
No, we didn't have the cinnamon oh we got the
cinnamon muffin you got thecinnamon muffin.
I missed that, but anyway.
So I order the scones that Iwanted, which were like were
they orange, cranberry?

Speaker 1 (26:35):
I can't remember that day they were so then I was
like hmm.

Speaker 2 (26:37):
And I looked down and they had spinach gouda scones.
So then big girl over here waslike, hmm, maybe we want savory
and something sweet.
So I ordered two coffeesespresso drinks.
I ordered the two cranberryorange scones, whatever those
were, and then I go oh, and I'llalso take two of the spinach

(27:03):
gouda scones.
And the girl said to me we'rerunning low on our whatever she
called it pastries or whatever,I'm going to have to limit you
to two, so you have to pick oneor the other.
Now, first of all, I don't knowwhat was with her that day,
because shit like that will makeme have a complete meltdown,

(27:25):
like that's the thing that willsend me over the edge.
But I am still flabbergasted.
She wouldn't sell me the othertwo, so I couldn't get four
scones.
It's ridiculous, because theywere, but it was like 2.30 in
the afternoon.
What does it matter who yousell it to, if you sell it to me

(27:46):
or whoever.
Three hours from now, I stilldon't understand Steve.
I told Steven he was like, ohmy gosh.

Speaker 1 (27:58):
I would be like if somebody went into the garden
store today and they told acustomer well, we only have like
10 poinsettias.
I want to have to limit you totwo.
I think I would fire them, likewhy would you not?
I'll sell all of them.

Speaker 2 (28:16):
Yeah, I'll sell this story.
I'll sell everything and we'llclose down for the rest of the
season.
What does it matter?
Yeah, what does it?
This story?

Speaker 1 (28:20):
I'll sell everything and we'll close down for the
rest of the season.
What do you want?
What does it?

Speaker 2 (28:22):
matter.
Yeah, what does it matter whothe sale went to?
I don't, I still can't get it.
I was just flabbergasted.
So, anyway, I don't even knowhow we got it.
Oh, your business complaint gotme on my business complaint.
Have you ever had this happento you?
I mean, I have you ever hadthis happen to you?

(28:43):
And they're so sweet there.
I get why you didn't saysomething bitchy.
The girl was very sweet so Ijust said, oh, okay, and I took
it.
But normally that's the kind ofthing that would make me come
unglued Like I don't really comeunglued about things, but
something like that does.
Which reminds me I startedgiggling.
Remember my story with thecrate and barrel.

(29:05):
That was during the holidayseason and that's a similar
situation.
So one time when I lived inAtlanta I'll tell this really
quickly, but it's pretty funny.

Speaker 1 (29:16):
You drag these stories out a little long.

Speaker 2 (29:18):
Oh well, you know they're lists and they ain't got
shit to do.
One time when I was in AtlantaI went to Crate and Barrel and I
was buying Christmas gifts,shopping around busy holiday
season.
I didn't intend to buy as muchas I did, but you know how you
go.
You're walking through and allof a sudden your hands are full.
I had like metal, a walk andall these things in my hands.

(29:41):
So I go over to the counter tocheck out Inside the store.
Inside the store, you know,crate and barrel sales anything
from accessories to furniture,you know.

Speaker 1 (29:53):
Well, you and I were there one time and it happened
to me and you said let me tellyou this story.
Let me tell you the story.

Speaker 2 (30:01):
So I went there to the register.
And you know it's like anapartment store, like, say,
macy's, where there's registersthroughout the store.
It's not like, or it was at thetime.
I haven't been to one inforever, but at the time there
were register stationsthroughout the store.
So I went up to the registerand there was someone in front
of me and I waited an obsessivelong time no, it was like five
minutes for them to finish up orwhatever.

(30:23):
And I get to the register andthe person is like oh, I'm sorry
, we're only doing furniture andaccessories at this register.
You're going to have to go tothe other side of the store.

Speaker 1 (30:37):
It wasn't like we can't take cash here because we
only have a credit card store.

Speaker 2 (30:45):
I'm not going to check you out because I'm in
this side of the building.
You're going to have to go allthe way across to the other side
of the business and you knowtheir register systems all tied
together, it's the same store.
I mean, I'm not stupid.
So speaking of things that sendme over the edge.

(31:05):
So I took my hands, y'all I hadliterally I was like bear
hugging the walk.
My hands were full, like armsheld together, crossed over,
piled up, and I just opened myarms and I let everything in my
arms just fall on the floor andI just said, okay, well, you can
keep it.
And I walked out and when Itell you that walk hit the floor

(31:29):
, that metal pan and spun aroundabout 10 times and everybody in
there looked at you.
I'm sure I was pissed.
I was like, well, you can justkeep it, and I just left.
So anyway, that's how I roll.

Speaker 1 (31:43):
I guess you didn't go back there.

Speaker 2 (31:45):
No, I did not go back there.

Speaker 1 (31:47):
Was it the one at?

Speaker 2 (31:48):
Lenox?
No, no, this was the one out inAlpharetta.
Oh okay, I'm pissed off now.
Yeah, thinking about it, I'mgoing to Crate and Barrel today
Still pisses.
I'm pissed off now.

Speaker 1 (31:59):
Yeah, thinking about it.

Speaker 2 (31:59):
I'm going to Crate and Barrel today.

Speaker 1 (32:01):
Well, I mean, it's little things like that, that,
just like you know, like I toldyou the local place here that I
went to and they have the littlepiece of paper stuck in your
face and said, oh, you're goingto have to pay $3.
And I mean three and a half%more if you use credit card.

Speaker 2 (32:22):
Yeah, which we talked about that with our tipping
situation, but you ran into thisjust last two weeks ago or so.

Speaker 1 (32:29):
And I addressed it very nicely.
So Dylan was with me, and it'sa place I have been shopping for
30 years and it was literally—.

Speaker 2 (32:39):
A local store.

Speaker 1 (32:40):
It was a local store, small business that I patronize
, and it was lit it.
It was a local store.
It was a local store, smallbusiness that I patronized and
it was right in my face like Icouldn't avoid looking at it and
she was like well, what caughtmy attention?
She was like are you usingcredit or debit?
And it was really well andaggressive.
It was like very specific, Ineed to know direct.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

(33:00):
And I was like very specific, Ineed to know Direct, yeah, yeah
, yeah.
And I was like well, and thoseof y'all don't know I'm old
school, steven, don't use debitWesley did make me get a debit
card for the business and it wasthe first debit card I'd ever
had.
It's the only one I have.
So I said credit.
And then I saw that and it ranall over me.

(33:23):
I was not ugly, because thepeople that work there are super
sweet.
And I said, ma'am, this is notdirected at you whatsoever.
I love your store.
I've been shopping here for 30years.
I will continue to shop here,but I'm just going to tell you
how awful this is, and I knowit's not.

(33:43):
You don't make these decisions,but you need to tell whoever
does.
That is just bad business.
Raise your prices on everythinga nickel and do away with that,
because it's such a negativeturnoff that your customer
that's your customer's lastexperience of your store.

Speaker 2 (34:04):
You're charging them an extra 3% because they use
their credit card.
I still you know we've talkedabout this, not to hash it out
again, but I don't understandwhy you do this.
It's part of doing business.
That's like saying we're goingto charge you 1% because we
turned the lights on while youwere here.

Speaker 1 (34:23):
Yeah, or the bank charges us a fee for running
checks.
So if you pay us with a check,there's going to be a $2
handling fee on that.

Speaker 2 (34:33):
Yeah, what Like it's in the cost.
So if your business is notcovering the cost of that, then
you need to increase your prices, and that's the price of doing
business, that's what your pricehas to be for your product.
It's not like you're raisingprices just to gouge someone.
No, you're covering the cost ofyour business.

Speaker 1 (34:56):
And if you're not?

Speaker 2 (34:57):
increase it.
Right, that's what I'm saying.
If you're not covering yourcosts, then you need to increase
it.

Speaker 1 (35:04):
It just made me want to knock the windows out of that
store.

Speaker 2 (35:08):
Well, you know there's vendors that will do
that to us and we don't shopwith them, we quit.
Yeah.
If there's a vendor that doesthat to us and we can get the
stuff somewhere else, we juststop shopping with them.
And we can get the stuffsomewhere else, we just stop
shopping, yeah.

Speaker 1 (35:22):
And if there was an alternative for this store here
in Greenville, I would gosomewhere else just because of
that, from a principalstandpoint.
So I said that and I could nothave been nicer.

Speaker 2 (35:34):
I was not mad.

Speaker 1 (35:36):
I was talking very calm and she was like I totally
agree with you, you're right, Ihave nothing to do with it.
And I was like I promise youI'm not trying to be ugly.
And she said I know you're not,so we're walking out.
And Dylan said, well, that wasembarrassing.
And I'm like, well, I was justpointing out.

(35:57):
And he said, well, noteverybody runs their business
the way you do.
And I'm like, no, and some runthem better, but that is
something as a consumer, right,you know how you manage.
It is one thing.
But as a consumer, I have anopinion, right, and I was
sincerely trying to help thembecause I like their business.

Speaker 2 (36:19):
Yeah I mean I was being nice.
Yeah, Dylan and Daniel are likethey get embarrassed if you do
something.

Speaker 1 (36:28):
And that wasn't even me being bitchy.
I mean, I can be.

Speaker 2 (36:32):
Both of us can be very bitchy when situations like
that, like the scone, that girlit was her day that I was not
bitchy with her, Becausenormally I would have been not
bitchy with her Because normallyI would have been very bitchy
with her.

Speaker 1 (36:45):
Yeah, you're not going to sell me that, yeah.

Speaker 2 (36:46):
I would have argued with her and I would have made a
point.
Same thing, but anyway, whichreminds me, I think, did I tell
you the story?
I think that's when you told methat story about Daniel and I
went to our local Mexicanrestaurant Just right down it's
like right down the street.
We go there regularly.
Well, we hadn't been there in awhile and we went.

(37:08):
This was a couple of weeks ago.
Well, they've put up cameras intheir restaurant and when they
detect motion they chirp, like Idon't even know the sound, but
it was loud chirping.
And so we went and we were likethe it was quiet in there
because we were.
There was only like threetables at the time that we went

(37:30):
and we sat down and our boothwas in the view of the camera.
So every time we would move,the camera would start chirping
or beeping, like loudly chirping, not like a fire alarm when the
batteries or smoke detector,when the batteries going dead,
like loud, loud, not justwhatever.
And so I was like, oh my gosh.

(37:53):
So we moved tables and then itmade it a little better, but
then anytime the server wouldwalk by or someone else would
come in and then it startedgoing off again or whatever.
So then we went to pay and Iwas about to say, oh my gosh,
y'all have to, you know whatever.
But then daniel was standingright there beside me and I was
like, okay, I'm not gonnaembarrass daniel tonight I would

(38:17):
have said you're gonna shutthat shit off or I've got to
leave.

Speaker 1 (38:21):
Well, that's what I?

Speaker 2 (38:23):
Not in an ugly way Like if you can't make that,
stop, I can't be here, right,and so we left and Daniel's like
I just knew you were going tosay something and I was like
you're right, I was going to,but I decided at the last minute
not to embarrass you Becausehim and Dylan are the same and

(38:43):
that was my point.
They'll get embarrassed if yousay something.
Oh, he was like oh my gosh.
He's like I can't go with youanywhere, anywhere at all.
Okay, so let's get into.
I asked on Instagram and ourhotline, so I have a little duel
of these about worst giftsreceived for Christmas and I

(39:08):
think this is.
Some of them are so funny Ihave to pull them up on my phone
.

Speaker 1 (39:13):
I can honestly say I've been racking my brain on
this.

Speaker 2 (39:18):
I don't think I've ever gotten a bad gift, I'm sure
I've gotten gifts that I wasn'tthat interested in, like yeah,
but nothing, but nothing thatsticks out yeah, and nothing
that sent me like, oh my god, Ican't believe they got me this
sort of thing.
You know what I'm saying likeyour ex because your ex was

(39:39):
cheap.
I don't remember.
I mean, I don't rememberanything that stuck out.

Speaker 1 (39:44):
He probably just didn't get me anything.
I hope he listens to us.
That would be funny.
That would be funny.
Well, you've just told me youknow what a mooch.

Speaker 2 (39:55):
Yeah, exactly, I don't remember anything being
bad.

Speaker 1 (40:00):
He would have probably used your money.

Speaker 2 (40:03):
Probably.
Oh my gosh, that's too funny.
Probably so, but you didn'thave any.
Your ex no.
He probably just took the cardand bought yourself something.

Speaker 1 (40:16):
He, you know my ex.
In those years I was extremelyfrugal, and you know for me to
say extremely frugal, I was likeI saved every freaking penny.
I didn't buy anything and hewas a spender.

(40:37):
Well, you didn't have to spendanything.

Speaker 2 (40:39):
Well, I had to save every spend, anything I got.

Speaker 1 (40:40):
He was Well, I had to save every.
I had a whole.
He said I hoarded money and Ihad to because he would have
spent it all, and so he got real.
I got really nice.
Oh well, that's good.

Speaker 2 (40:52):
Yeah, I got nice stuff.
So I never had that.
Oh, I've never really hadanything that stands out, but
anyway, let's go through some ofthese.
I'm gonna start with myInstagram ones, and I will.
I want to point out I want youto because I read through some
of these Before we go throughthem.
I want you to notice how manyof them are either their in-laws

(41:14):
we talked about that on lastweek's when we were trying to
save Christmas, got themsomething that was horrible or
it's their ex.
So you know, I think thisgift-giving thing can be, you
know, a telltale sign of what'shappening, because they'll be
like my ex got me da-da-da-da-da.

Speaker 1 (41:32):
Every one of them.

Speaker 2 (41:33):
My ex, my ex or my mother-in-law?

Speaker 1 (41:37):
Yeah Well, they hate their mother-in-law.

Speaker 2 (41:45):
Oh, here first one up .
My mother-in-law gave me seevaseline and duct tape like why
is what the person said?

Speaker 1 (41:52):
I.
I don't even know what to sayon that.
I mean, there's many, there'sso many ways I could go with
that.

Speaker 2 (42:01):
I don't know, I can't figure that one out.
Another one was once gotplastic hangers from a new
husband.
Plastic hangers from a newhusband.
He wasn't a husband for long,so don't be getting plastic
hangers.
Um Worst gift, they didn't sayfrom who a very ugly seashell

(42:25):
necklace my ex gave me.
See, here you go again.
My ex gave me a wheelbarrow anda rake for Christmas.
That's a no for me, is whatthey said.
But see, it was from their ex.
It's always the ex.
This one's interesting Worstgift was wrapped old moldy

(42:48):
pajamas.
Moldy pajamas, LuLaRoe, LuLaRoe.

Speaker 1 (42:53):
That was LuLaRoe back in the day.

Speaker 2 (42:57):
Oh my gosh, that is too funny.

Speaker 1 (43:02):
Oh, here is, I've got one.
What is it?
Worst gift was this is weirdWinnie the Pooh slippers from
her in-laws and that was themain gift from them.
But were you, are you a Winniethe Pooh person or they just
girl?
They got that on sale atWalmart.

Speaker 2 (43:24):
We forgot about so-and-so.
Throw this in a bag.

Speaker 1 (43:27):
Oh, here's one, my mother-in-law.
Uh-huh, my mother-in-law gaveme dog biscuits for my birthday
one year.

Speaker 2 (43:36):
Dog biscuits.

Speaker 1 (43:40):
What about?
Okay, so a friend of mine, afriend of mine and Dylan a
friend of mine.
Her birthday is end of November.
Dylan's birthday is in January.
Do you guys do that to peoplelike this is for birthday and
for Christmas.

Speaker 2 (44:01):
Oh yeah, if you have.
When you hate for your birthdayto be in December, you're just
screwed, you're just.

Speaker 1 (44:08):
And I did that one year to Dylan.
I went, you and I went to Vegas.
He had to work and he could notgo.
We were there for like threedays so I bought him a really
nice watch from Cartier I mean,that was a lot of money in my
defense or Cartier, cartier Imean that was a lot of money in
my defense, or Cartier, cartier.
And I might have said, now, thisis birthday and Christmas, this

(44:34):
is Christmas and birthday.
Yeah, because his birthday's inJanuary.
And he just looked at me andsaid, okay, but then you know, I
thought about it and I was likewell, well, damn, if his
birthday was in july, I wouldn'tsay this is for christmas and
your birthday.
So I now I jokingly say thatI'm like, now, this is for

(44:58):
christmas and your birthday.
But you know, I, we have afriend, we, you and I have a
friend, and I know she listens,so I'm going to call it out
Uh-oh, carla Bushy.
I think Carla's birthday isChristmas Eve, I think.

(45:21):
Oh, is it?
I think it is Carla.
If you're out there, text meand let me know.
I'm sure you'll text me and letme know, because she'll say
something like yes, it is, and Iexpect you to remember it this
year.
So Carla specifically said youbetter not combine her Christmas

(45:44):
and birthday.
And Rich cannot even useChristmas paper on her.
Like she is very serious aboutit and I know people, but you
know they have gone so manyyears hearing well, since your
birthday is so close toChristmas.

Speaker 2 (46:03):
Yeah, they've gone their whole.
We're just Well.
The family will all be togetheron Christmas and we'll just
have something for your birthdayand then it doesn't even feel
special or anything.

Speaker 1 (46:13):
Well, we didn't.
We wasn't going to do abirthday cake, we just got you
this red velvet because it wasChristmassy.
Uh-huh, uh-huh, god, that wouldsuck, that would suck.

Speaker 2 (46:25):
My now ex-husband gave me a vacuum for Christmas.
I think we'd only been marrieda couple of years.
See, they do not want a vacuumor anything to do with cleaning.
They want something forthemselves for Christmas, which
I understand for sure.
On that, this one says myhusband bought me a meat grinder

(46:48):
.
What the hell?
I don't even like meat thatmuch.
That's funny.
Oh my goodness, father-in-lawgave my husband, his son, a
pocket knife every single year.
I guess he didn't have ashortage of knives.
Oh gosh, here's somebody.

Speaker 1 (47:06):
They opened up pocket knife every single year.
I guess he didn't have ashortage of knives.
Oh gosh, here's somebody.
They opened up their presentand it was a cell phone box.
So they were excited that itwas a cell phone, but it was a
small statue of an elephant inthe box.
Oh, I'd be pissed, can you?

(47:29):
Imagine.

Speaker 2 (47:30):
Worst ever.
A can of bug spray.
Now, that's something.
I mean, maybe you're a camperor something.
I guess not if it was the worstever.

Speaker 1 (47:39):
Maybe it was a perfume, you know, we found
those, the perfume sprays thisis worse.

Speaker 2 (47:45):
The perfume sprays this is worse.
A box of wine we don't drinkwine, and it was from my
sister-in-law.
I think she's trying to tellyou something.
I think she's trying to tellyou you need to drink some wine.
You need to drink some wine andloosen up.

Speaker 1 (47:59):
Loosen the elastic in those panties.

Speaker 2 (48:01):
Honey is what she's trying to say I think that's
definitely what she's trying tosay I think that's.

Speaker 1 (48:04):
yeah, that's definitely what she's trying to
say.
You're uptight.

Speaker 2 (48:07):
Mm-hmm, have some wine.
This might be the year this onesays I got a hot dog toaster
that makes two hot dogs.

Speaker 1 (48:19):
I mean, that's not Okay.
I'm going to say this.
It might be sexist, mm-hmm.
Okay, I'm going to say this, itmight be sexist.
Listen, if somebody out therewants to send me a Dyson vacuum
cleaner for Christmas, I wouldbe happy, but maybe I think
women get a little sensitiveabout that.

(48:40):
But I would be if you got me ahot dog maker thing.
I would be like oh, I love mesome hot dogs.

Speaker 2 (48:48):
Right, I mean I guess .
But who wants another dangappliance like that?
So you know Cheeto Cheeto fromour live show.
I'm going to call her out.
I love Cheeto.
She's in here.
Chelsea, jo, this is on.

Speaker 1 (49:00):
Instagram oh.

Speaker 2 (49:01):
Cheeto, yes, she said not the worst, but weird
Underwear from my father-in-law.
They are comfy though, that'syou know.
So I'm going to tell you whathappened.
Well, maybe, maybe not, but I'mthinking the mother-in-law was
wrapping up and dividing upgifts.
You know what I'm saying?
I hope, and just stuck his nameon there?

Speaker 1 (49:22):
I hope.
If not, it's weird.
It's weird and we need to hearmore about it.
We need to hear more about it.
And what kind of relationshipdo you have with him?
Yeah, because we need to delveinto that.
You think we could look?

Speaker 2 (49:36):
up Chelsea Jo's phone number in our database from
Vine Well.

Speaker 1 (49:41):
Chelsea, as I call her.
I call her Cheeto.
Yeah, cheeto.
Cheeto is cute.
She's really cute.
Her husband's cute, her kidsare cute and I'm sure the whole
damn family's cute.
They're kind of sickening cute.
But I bet you they're so cute Ican't imagine father-in-law

(50:02):
being a creeper.
I bet you it is exactly.
Mother-in-law was justsplitting up gifts and didn't
realize, because nobody's goingto give that.
When you're at a family giftexchange, you know what I'm
saying.
If he brought them to her joband gave them creepy, that's

(50:23):
obviously not what happened.
Oh, my gosh, gosh, I hope nothope your father-in-law doesn't
listen to his cheeto I doubt it.

Speaker 2 (50:34):
I know we called her out by name but she, well, you
did I did sorry, cheeto.
Um, I have some others too overhere, but keep going.

Speaker 1 (50:44):
Well, I don't know, One year my dad gave his sister
a meme gift.

Speaker 2 (50:51):
It was a guy.

Speaker 1 (50:52):
Yeah, but it was funny.
So my aunt was a littleoverweight, not a lot, a little
overweight and veryconscientious about it.
You know she never embraced itright.
And my dad bought her pantiesthat were like this big, like,
like huge like sheet, the sizeof a, of a twin yes, twin bed

(51:18):
sheet, yes, uh-huh, wrapped themup and gave them to her.
So we was the whole family at agift exchange and she opens
them up and you can't tell whatit is.
So you're like pulling it outand looking and it was just
these panties that were like anelephant could go in them.
That is mean.
It was mean.

Speaker 2 (51:39):
Was she embarrassed, or how did she laugh it off, or
how did?

Speaker 1 (51:42):
she laugh it off.
But hell, the whole family waslike rolling, laughing.
All the men especially that ismean.
That was bad.
I need to bring that up to him.
I'm going to call him when Iget in the car and scold him
about it Do you remember whenyou blah, blah, blah?

Speaker 2 (52:04):
Here's one from the hotline.
My ex was saying for six monthshe was paying on my Christmas
present.
Well, christmas again, noticeit says ex.
Well, Christmas morning it wasa portable ironing board and an

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Apple wall clock from Fred'sdollar store.
He had the nerve to call meunappreciative.

Speaker 1 (52:28):
I would have left him right then.
I mean, well, he lied about ittoo.
It wasn't like, oh, that's allhe could afford.
It was thoughtful.
No, In a damn Apple clock.

Speaker 2 (52:45):
Right, mm-mm, no, mm-mm From Fred's.
No, in a damn Apple clock.
Right, mm-mm, no, mm-mm FromFred's God.

Speaker 1 (52:51):
I didn't know Fred's.
I thought Fred's was like aSouth Carolina thing.

Speaker 2 (52:56):
Oh, we had Fred's dollar store.

Speaker 1 (52:58):
Yeah, they sucked, it was really Well.
The only one I know of is inPickens, South Carolina, and it
was just super shitty.

Speaker 2 (53:07):
We had Fred's, like that's the only I don't think we
had like Dollar General orFamily Dollar.
I mean maybe we had one ofthose or whatever, but I
remember going to Fred's, fred'sDollar Store, right, yeah,
fred's Dollar Store.
Yeah, I can still see that wegot feedback on our cards.

(53:29):
I'm just looking through theseare going to be random because
I'm looking through the hotlinehere.
We got some feedback.
You know, I said when you sendChristmas cards, which you know
struck a nerve and got some,mixed emotions on the.
Christmas cards.
I'm getting knocked off ofpeople's list.
However, Daniel has put a fewon the refrigerator.

Speaker 1 (53:49):
Well, you've already said it.
Now.
I mean, you can't go back, quittrying, I'm not going back.
Quit trying to go back to get.

Speaker 2 (53:56):
Christmas cards.
I'm not going back, don't sendthem.

Speaker 1 (53:59):
They go in the trash.

Speaker 2 (54:00):
They do.
I open them up and they go inthe trash.
I appreciate them and they goin the trash.
I appreciate them and they goin the trash.
Now we do have a few like.
If you're family, like you knowDaniel's parents, because I'm
in the car and I'm just kiddingHis brother and sister-in-law
you know we kept those.
They're on the refrigerator.

Speaker 1 (54:27):
Actually his brother and sister-in-law's from last
year is still on the side of ourrefrigerator.
I was like we need to throwthis away, I know, but you said
I guess we have to keep these.

Speaker 2 (54:33):
No, I didn't.
No, I looked and it was one.
I was like, wait, is this theircard from this year?
And then I was like this islast year's card and I was like
it's time for this way past thisone, to go in the trash.

Speaker 1 (54:46):
You need to do like a keepsake box.
I'm not saying that.
If they're photo cards, why Isave them all, all my photo card
?
I'm not doing that like well,people spend their hard-earned
money and there's their pictureswell, I appreciate it.

Speaker 2 (55:00):
I was like oh, this is you, though.
I appreciate the thought andthat they send it to us and the
compost appreciates therecycling.
But what I will say is somepeople talked about different
ways, like this person said thatthey put theirs on, either put
them in a basket on the islandor display some on the island or

(55:22):
display some.
But a few people said at theend of the year they will save
them and they will recycle them.
Now you have to be a realcrafter, diy, but they will
recycle them into something.
I recycle the rest for craftsand to decorate plain paper
lunch bags for our annualchildren's holiday store.

(55:44):
So they'll recycle the cards,cut out the scenes or whatever.

Speaker 1 (55:47):
Well, I mean, that is super nice and thrifty and I
love it, but hell, who has thetime for that?

Speaker 2 (55:54):
Well, evidently a few people do.
Someone said they make theminto name tags like gift.
That's a great idea For giftsthe next year, like I guess.
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (56:04):
That's a great idea.

Speaker 2 (56:07):
Gift cards idea for for gifts the next year, like I
guess I don't know, that's agreat idea.
Gift cards, um for that?
Well, oh, here's a funny giftstory.
I had an aunt who sent me acheck for birthday or christmas
that wasn't signed.
Apparently my bank didn'tnotice and deposited the check.
My aunt had not signed thecheck on purpose because I

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wasn't good at sending thank younotes, mmm.

Speaker 1 (56:34):
So the aunt, the aunt's, a little
passive-aggressive.

Speaker 2 (56:37):
Yeah, so she sent her the check but didn't sign it, I
guess thinking the bankwouldn't cash it.

Speaker 1 (56:43):
Aunt's a little bit of a biatch.
Mmm, she felt a little bit of abiatch.

Speaker 2 (56:46):
She felt a little unappreciated.
So which side is it?

Speaker 1 (56:54):
She said I'm going to teach her.

Speaker 2 (56:57):
Let's see Some people keep all their cards.
Oh my God, I love sending andreceiving Christmas cards.
I have card holders I put upwith my decorations that I hang
the cards from and then put themall in a box each year and keep
them all.
I wish I could go through them,throw them away.

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Your kids or your family isgoing to throw that is more crap
they got to clean out of theattic.

Speaker 1 (57:25):
Throw that shit away.
It is true.

Speaker 2 (57:27):
It's very true.
You probably got roachescrawling up in there.

Speaker 1 (57:31):
Now, that's just mean , Well, that you took it to a
new level.

Speaker 2 (57:38):
No, now you know, those cards are just sitting
somewhere collecting dust insome cabinet or an attic, just
traction.

Speaker 1 (57:47):
Now I will say this Certain things you put your
children in a bad spot for, solike I'm an only child,
everybody knows that.

Speaker 2 (57:57):
Yeah, we can tell, shut up.

Speaker 1 (58:01):
So my mother saved everything like of mine.
She saved my artwork, my teeth,my baby teeth, my outfits, my
blankets.
I mean I can get saving some ofthat, my cast, everything you

(58:21):
can possibly, my hair,everything you can imagine.
My mother saved and I used totell her I was like now you know
, when you are gone, I amthrowing this shit away, I am
not keeping this stuff.
Well, and unfortunately, mymother when she passed, I was

(58:44):
like.
Even then I was like that's me,that's my stuff, I am throwing
that out.
Even as I was starting to cleanout the house, I was like when
I get to that, that's going inthe dumpster.

Speaker 2 (59:00):
And I got there and I couldn't do it, so now you got
a pile of shit somewhere.

Speaker 1 (59:04):
Yeah, I mean, I just was like my mother is looking
down on me and I just pictureher saying you better not throw
that away.
So, seriously, when you savestuff, do think about that.

Speaker 2 (59:19):
What I think you should do we're not parents, but
what I think you should do ismaybe start a one or two totes
bins per kid and pick the mostimportant stuff and like
separate it, but these are that.

Speaker 1 (59:33):
Christmas cards really aren't even about kids,
that's just everybody sending.

Speaker 2 (59:38):
No, no one should say that.
That is why no one should saythe Christmas card.
That was my point.

Speaker 1 (59:44):
I saved the photo once, though y'all I do.
I have a box and I saved thephotos because I do go back and
look at those sometimes.

Speaker 2 (59:52):
Okay, this is getting off subject, but I just have to
ask you this.
I don't know if I've ever askedyou this.
What so?
When you were cleaning out yourmom's house.

Speaker 1 (01:00:01):
Okay, don't make me sad.
No, no, no, no, no.

Speaker 2 (01:00:04):
This could be funny.
Did you find anything, like youknow, inappropriate?

Speaker 1 (01:00:09):
Not really inappropriate?
No, gross, don't even go there.

Speaker 2 (01:00:14):
Well, I mean, you don't know, I mean she was a
single lady.

Speaker 1 (01:00:17):
No, she was probably visited at Adam and Eve.
I did find I found I thoughtabout that was a fear.
No, but one thing I did find Iwas like, oh my God, what are
these?
And it was all of these pantiesthat looked.

(01:00:38):
I was like, are these likenaughty panties?
I was like I don't even knowhow I feel about this.
So I had to ask a friend.
I was like, what are thesepanties?
Are these like naughty?
And they were like no, thoseare called no show panties

(01:01:00):
everyone wears them.
If you're a lady, you have.
I was like, okay, that's all Ineeded to know, so there wasn't
anything.

Speaker 2 (01:01:07):
I can't even believe you asked me that well, I just
wonder when people pass awaylike I mean, you know, if you
know what?
She wasn't that old.
Your mom was not that, she wasa single lady, you know.

Speaker 1 (01:01:25):
Mm-mm.

Speaker 2 (01:01:26):
No, mm-mm, maybe she has that friend.
That's like hey, when somethinghappens to me, you know where
the key is.
Yeah, I hope Take care of this.

Speaker 1 (01:01:37):
I hope.
Okay, well, I have friends.
I've had many friends over theyears that are like okay, if
something happens, come in breakin this place.
Wherever you have to go,there's a suitcase under the van
Right.

Speaker 2 (01:01:51):
Well, you've told me similar, but now you have Dylan,
yeah, or whatever, but in thepast you're like, but I mean,
Listen, if something happens tome and you find it, none, of
that does a thing for me.
Okay, back to.
That was just a little sidenote.
This person said I don't sendcards anymore.

(01:02:12):
I'm with Wesley.
I open, read it.
Throw it away the cards I'mreceiving.
People aren't writing notesanymore, they just sign their
name.
The first card I receive everyyear is a photo card of
someone's grandkids.
They're not even in the picture.
Yeah, don't send me that shiteither, if you're all in it.

(01:02:35):
Do you want to see someone?
Do you want to see Sally'sgrandkids?
And Sally's not even in thephoto.

Speaker 1 (01:02:42):
I mean, I mean maybe, oh, I might like sally, I might
know her appearance might be.
I might.
I'm always interested.
I'll always enjoy the pictureparts.

Speaker 2 (01:02:54):
Rude, you are so rude I'm not rude, I'm not rude.
Okay, we got a lot of feedbacka few episodes ago I don't even
know when it was you talkedabout wearing gloves to handle
for food prep, and it's wrong,and it's wrong.

(01:03:16):
And we got people saying oh, Istarted using them because of
blah, blah blah.
They had to justify themselves.

Speaker 1 (01:03:23):
Well, and here's what I'll say to you If you're using
them in your own personalkitchen, if you see gloves being
used in a restaurant, beconcerned, because what is
happening, unfortunately, isthere's less hand washing.
So that's always my concern.
It's a false sense of security,it is.

(01:03:43):
But if you're using them athome, just make sure you are
taking them off and throwingthem away.
Washing your hands often, Idon't think there's anything
wrong with using them at home,but just you know,
cross-contamination.

Speaker 2 (01:04:02):
Well, I got a text message here and I'm so I don't
know if I have the lady's name.
I don't.
She didn't put her name, sothat's the funny thing.
When you text our hotline, putyour name at the bottom.

Speaker 1 (01:04:14):
So she said, my gift card watched him reach into a
cabinet to get the lady a muffinand take her money while

(01:04:49):
wearing the same gloves.
Exactly, ma'am, I agree, noglove change.

Speaker 2 (01:04:56):
No, wipes, nothing.
I mean gloves are annoying tochange and would be a pain in
the butt to change between eachoperation.
But, come on, there was noprotection or germ spreading
prevention there.
So she said now I'm assumingthis is a lack of education and
training, which is what I'm.

(01:05:17):
Blah, blah, blah blah.
But that was your point, wasit's?
When you are the person wearingthem, it's the false sense of
security.
Oh, I got gloves on, I'm doingsomething right.
I think it's a mental like youjust feel secure.

Speaker 1 (01:05:35):
And in the restaurants it's also.
I don't want to change thesedamn gloves another time, right,
so it takes so much time, youknow and so it's just mm-hmm,
Mm-hmm.

Speaker 2 (01:05:46):
Mm just so, there you go.

Speaker 1 (01:05:50):
Let's see what else I mean, if you're going to use
gloves, to say I'm putting ongloves, I'm going to clean the
bathroom, throw the gloves awayand then wash my hands Makes
sense, hands makes sense.

(01:06:10):
But if you like, I go into, notto call out anybody, but I'll
go into Subway and I'll seesomebody wearing gloves.
I'm like, oh Lord, how longhave they been wearing those
gloves and what have they done?
Because, see, when you handleicky things, you you're like oh,
most people, oh, I want to washmy hands with those gloves on
you removes that.

Speaker 2 (01:06:26):
yeah, you know they scratch in their ass and do
whatever else we got um a cardin our text line oh and they.
It looks very good, it's awhole family, one.

Speaker 1 (01:06:40):
All right, let me evaluate here.

Speaker 2 (01:06:42):
you can zoom in on it and read who it's from at the
bottom, or I think I have it inthe next screen too.
I can't remember.
Cute kids.

Speaker 1 (01:06:50):
That's what I'm looking at now.
Really cute kids, nice-lookingfamily, very nice
Wholesome-looking family theylook very nice.

Speaker 2 (01:07:02):
You know they all got in a fight on the day they had
to take that picture.
You know it was all got in afight on the day they had to
take that picture.
Uh-huh, you know it was a shitshow.

Speaker 1 (01:07:08):
This card is from Jake Max, katie Bernadette,
virginia, ethan, tori, janet andEddie.
Well, thanks for the card.
Yeah, and it's a pretty card.
See, this is the card that Iwould keep.

Speaker 2 (01:07:27):
This is the card I go .
Oh, they look so cute.
Let me throw it away and tossit in the trash.
You cannot convince me.
You If it's my family or myfriends.

Speaker 1 (01:07:43):
I keep it.

Speaker 2 (01:07:44):
But okay, I do agree that you keep it.
We're on the page there, Idon't.

Speaker 1 (01:07:50):
You do.

Speaker 2 (01:07:51):
But you don't go back and look at it and go oh look
at that.

Speaker 1 (01:07:54):
I promise, I do.
You go back and go, oh look atthat Every now and then.
Well, you know, I have amassive amount of photos and
every now and then I will sortphotos you?
No, I'm not.

Speaker 2 (01:08:06):
When's the last time you sorted?
It's been a few years.
What's a few years Like whenyou moved?
No, eight years ago.

Speaker 1 (01:08:15):
Probably five years ago was the last time I sorted.
But yeah, I do, I have sortingcontainers.
But you have to be into that.

Speaker 2 (01:08:25):
I mean, I like photos , but not.

Speaker 1 (01:08:28):
You don't even have a picture of your own mother in
your house.
You do not.
Even I have them on my phone.
You do not have a photo of yourown mother.
You don't have a photo of yourgrandmothers.
What kind of animal are you?

Speaker 2 (01:08:47):
I do have the Skylight digital frame and
there's one of my mother onthere.

Speaker 1 (01:08:51):
Well, you ain't had that but a few months, no, since
last Christmas.

Speaker 2 (01:08:55):
Before then, Okay, we're getting ready to wrap up
this.
I love how you dodged out ofthat.
This episode, but before we do,we have one more topic to
discuss.
This is the way we're going toend.
This is how we're ending 2024.
Just a reminder before we dosign off, and I'll say it again

(01:09:15):
don't forget about us.
We're going to be back with thepodcast.
We will not be back untiltowards the end of January.
I think it's going to be afive-week break.
It'll be the last week inJanuary.

Speaker 1 (01:09:29):
Yeah, we've got holiday.
We got to see our families andthen we're going to market and
we're going to take a littlebreak.

Speaker 2 (01:09:37):
Yep, Well, actually there's no break in there.

Speaker 1 (01:09:40):
There's not, there's not, but it's a break for us.

Speaker 2 (01:09:43):
Yeah, so this one's coming out.
The next week is Christmas week, which I'm going to be out of
town.
The next week is New Year'sweek.
So, we will be out of town.
Daniel and I are going toFlorida, then we get back and
you and I immediately go toAtlanta Market.
And then when we get back, weget back on a Tuesday, when a

(01:10:07):
podcast would normally come out,or maybe a Monday night, so we
wouldn't have time, so it'd bethe next week.
So there really is no break inthere.

Speaker 1 (01:10:15):
No, I'm saying we'll have a break, we're going to go
somewhere, we're not going to godown to the Florida house but
we're going to go somewherelocally.
But I'm going to get a lot ofstuff.
I've got a lot of stuff to do.

Speaker 2 (01:10:29):
I know I need to get some stuff done around the house
too.
But okay, so don't forget aboutus.
Be ready for 2025, and we'll beback Maybe with some new things
going on by then.
But I think we should go outtalking about back several
episodes ago.
We should call Carolyn.
Carolyn put her name here.

(01:10:50):
She said, hey, wesley andSteven.
I won't read the whole thingbecause she talks about how much
she loves us and all of that.

Speaker 1 (01:10:59):
We love you, Carolyn.

Speaker 2 (01:11:02):
But she said this is in reference to where we were
talking about the loofahs in theretirement communities.
Getting a little freaky freakywith your loofahs.
I live in a 55 plus activeadult community, active adult
community.

Speaker 1 (01:11:20):
Get it, Carolyn.

Speaker 2 (01:11:23):
They're active in more ways than one In Charleston
, south Carolina.
You would not believe the stuffthat goes on here, specifically
with regard to sexy stuff, touse Wesley's term.
Oh, I could do a whole podcaston the shenanigans here.

(01:11:45):
To the loofahs people hang theappropriate colored loofah on
their antenna or tie them to theroof racks on each side of
their car so they are easilyvisible.
When I first learned about this, I was flabbergasted to think
there's actually a code thatdefines the different color

(01:12:08):
loofahs O-M-G.
But then, knowing what elsegoes on here, I shouldn't be
surprised.
When I told my daughter, shesaid she will never look at a
loofah again the same again.
I guess there's a reason whythe villages in Florida has the
highest STD rate in the country.

Speaker 1 (01:12:32):
So, carolyn, I guess my first question comment is is
what color leifas do you have?

Speaker 2 (01:12:41):
Carolyn she does know awfully a lot about them.

Speaker 1 (01:12:47):
She doesn't say if she has loofahs or not.

Speaker 2 (01:12:52):
Carolyn.
Come on, girl, Tell us whatyour loofah color is.
We're not judging.

Speaker 1 (01:12:56):
but we're curious, we listen and we don't judge.

Speaker 2 (01:13:01):
We're going to change ours.
You know that's been on socialmedia we listen and we don't
judge.
We're going to change ours tillwe talk and we don't judge.

Speaker 1 (01:13:10):
No, we don't judge.
We're going to change ours towe talk and we don't judge.
No, I think it should be wediscuss and we judge.

Speaker 2 (01:13:14):
We repeat and we're definitely going to judge yeah,
I think, except for you, carolyn.
What's your loofah color?
So she confirmed.
It is a thing, it's a thing, itis a thing.

Speaker 1 (01:13:27):
So your aunt just moved in a 55-year-old she
hasn't moved yet.

Speaker 2 (01:13:33):
She hasn't moved, she's moving, she is moving Her
house.
The final walkthrough is likeright now, like today she was
messaging me about somethingthis week is the final
walkthrough.

Speaker 1 (01:13:43):
I think we should send her a box of loofahs.

Speaker 2 (01:13:46):
We are going to.
I mean, you know, a galshouldn't have to go out and get
her own loofah.

Speaker 1 (01:13:52):
We need to make it convenient.

Speaker 2 (01:13:53):
We need to make it convenient.

Speaker 1 (01:13:55):
We need to tell her what color she needs to put?

Speaker 2 (01:13:58):
Well see, I was thinking that.
But I don't think we should boxher in.
I think we should get her anassortment of colors and let her
decide which loofah she wantsto put on her antenna or mailbox
or wherever you want to put it.

Speaker 1 (01:14:12):
Yeah, I mean, it could be different rules there.

Speaker 2 (01:14:15):
You never know.
You know, I guess that you'veheard the saying let your freak
flag fly.
So I guess it's the loofah.

Speaker 1 (01:14:23):
I am looking at the.
So I have sold homes.
You know I have a real estatebusiness.
I have sold homes in some 55and older neighborhood and I'm
really going to look at them waydifferent when I'm in those
neighborhoods from now on.

Speaker 2 (01:14:42):
I know I think I should drive to one Do we have a
big one here.

Speaker 1 (01:14:48):
Yes, there's right down the road.

Speaker 2 (01:14:52):
I'm going to drive through and see if I spot any
lufas.

Speaker 1 (01:14:55):
The problem is, most of them are gated.

Speaker 2 (01:14:58):
But even here, because we don't have a lot of
gated community, they don'tallow new gated.

Speaker 1 (01:15:03):
Not in Greenville, not in Greensville, but yes,
there are a few.
Oh, I've got one really closeto me.
I need to ride through thereand do a little video.

Speaker 2 (01:15:17):
And surely you could just find a house for sale in
the neighborhood if we needaccess.
Oh yeah, you could say we got a.

Speaker 1 (01:15:24):
I'm always looking at homes previewing and you are I
love to look at homes.
Wait, you're not over 55 yet,though you're getting close, but
you could no I mean if I all Ihave to do is preview homes, but
I mean if I see lufa's hangingon golf carts or cars, it's
gonna.

(01:15:44):
You know, I'm gonna have tohave a conversation and I expect
a photo I won't be like what'sup.

Speaker 2 (01:15:50):
You're gonna be like hold up, let me pull out this
chart.
Now your color says on thischart is that accurate?
They're gonna be like yeah,that's, that's.

Speaker 1 (01:16:00):
And you know what I'm gonna say.
This, I mean, I would bedevastated if my grandparent, if
I went to visit my grandmotherand saw that, would you?
Well, I would.
But you know, if they make itto 80 years old and whatever, 70
, whatever, and they're like youknow, I'll say you do you, you

(01:16:24):
do you, boo.

Speaker 2 (01:16:25):
And the neighbor, I mean, I mean, you know, I just
don't, I say let their freakflag fly.
Well, we want to wish you avery Merry Christmas and Happy
Holiday.

Speaker 1 (01:16:42):
And Happy.

Speaker 2 (01:16:42):
New Year, happy New Year's.
We want to tell you thank you,thank you, thank you for
listening to our crazy podcast.

Speaker 1 (01:16:51):
It still amazes me.

Speaker 2 (01:16:53):
For following on social media.
We so appreciate you Forshopping with us at the Nested
Fig.
We so appreciate you.
You have made our year a greatyear, even though it was a
hectic year on certain waysWithout you.
It would have been a hell of ayear.
It would have been much harder.

Speaker 1 (01:17:08):
Yes, without you it would have been a hell of a year
, it would have been a, it wouldhave been much harder.
Yes, so we appreciate and wemake it harder on ourselves.
Let's be clear.

Speaker 2 (01:17:18):
Yeah, we always coming up with some new idea.
What was it?
Yesterday I was like this wouldyou started it?
I don't know what it was andyou know I'm always the one that
would be yes, that will be soeasy.
And then I stopped myself and Iwas like, oh no, we ain't doing
nothing, no.
I can't remember what we wereoh, I remember, I remember well,

(01:17:41):
don't remind me, but anyway, weare great about wreath
workshops, oh, but I do think weshould do that.
It'll be so easy.

Speaker 1 (01:17:51):
And we do need to bring them back.

Speaker 2 (01:17:53):
Need to bring them back.
Okay, we're going to sign offhere.
We hope everyone has greatholidays and a brand new, fresh
start to the new year and itstarts off right.
We'll be back.
Surely there'll be a lot ofthings to catch up on.

Speaker 1 (01:18:07):
There's going to be a lot and we'll have interviews.

Speaker 2 (01:18:10):
You've got to keep up with notes between now and then
of things that happen.
We've got to keep notes becausewe're going to need a recap
when it comes to what allhappened over our break.
All kind of stuff, yes.
That's right, remember to listen, remember to listen, remember
to listen to us in the future,but remember to leave us a

(01:18:30):
review is what I was going tosay.
Wherever you're listening toyour podcast, we greatly
appreciate that.
And over the holidays, whenyou're sitting next to someone
at the family table, say haveyou listened to who's Driving?
And introduce us to some family.

Speaker 1 (01:18:47):
Put us in the top five.
We're almost there.

Speaker 2 (01:18:49):
And unless we've talked about your family, you
can pass.

Speaker 1 (01:18:52):
Oh yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:18:54):
There's plenty of other people.
Yeah, all right, we'll see youin January.

Speaker 1 (01:18:58):
Happy holidays, merry Christmas.

Speaker 2 (01:19:00):
Bye y'all.