The WOR Saturday Morning Show with Larry Mendte - - 5 - 3 - 2025

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a podcast from wor Now the wr Saturday
Morning Show.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
Here's Larry Minty.

Speaker 3 (00:08):
Good morning, and welcome to Saturday Morning. On today's show,
a new Rutgers University polls shows Jack Chittarelli far out
in front to be the Republican candidate for governor. We'll
talk to Jack about the race. Fox News contributor Joe
Kanca has a new book out about Donald Trump and
the most amazing comeback in American political history. We'll talk

(00:31):
with Joe about the book. Do you want to cut
your risk of stroke, dementia, how about depression? There's a
list of things you can do. We'll talk with doctor
Poland leader in research and infectious diseases at the Mayo Clinic.
And there are rules on when and how to split
the check when you go out to dinner. Nick Layton,

(00:52):
etiquette expert and host of the podcast Where You Raised
by Wolves, will fill us in coming up, but let's
start with Republican candidate for governor of New Jersey, Jack Chiarelli.

Speaker 2 (01:04):
Good morning, Larry. We've been working really hard and I
think their polls show the result of all that hard work.
But listen, it's six weeks. We're not taking anything for granted.
We'll finish strong here and deliver a win in the
primary and then on to victory in November.

Speaker 3 (01:17):
Yeah, you coming so close last time. As a matter
of fact, a lot of people thought you were going
to go win because at the end of the election
day you were ahead and then votes came in and
you ended up losing, but by only a small margin.
You were closer than a Republicans come since, well since
Christy and so I think that a lot of people

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remember that. And do you think many people have buyer's remorse.

Speaker 2 (01:44):
I hear that all the time, Larry, that people didn't
come out last time because they didn't think that was
shot in hell and they said, Jack, I thought you
were just giving me the company line. They now understand
that we can win. These are races, and listen, this
time around, I'm not continuing with a pandemic or a
shelter in place order. I'm not running against an income
You've already mentioned how contested the other side of the
aisle is, and I don't think they'reing the kiss and

(02:04):
makeup when it's over. But to your other point, there's
just a whole lot less indifference, the closeness of my race.
Donald Trump's performs this last election day in New Jersey,
although he didn't win much closer than expected, he improved
by eleven points from twenty twenty. All those things point
to an opportunity for a win here, and that's exactly
what I plan on delivering.

Speaker 3 (02:22):
I'm glad you brought up Donald Trump because you've seen
the recent poll numbers. You know, the general election for
you is a little some months off, but still still.
I would imagine you're hoping Donald Trump performs much better
in the polls because that will affect your race, will
it not.

Speaker 2 (02:41):
He's doing exactly what he said he was gonna do,
and it's not easy to hit the reset button. There's
gonna be unpopular decisions. I expect the same thing when
I'm governor. But I did thank him when I met
with him about a month ago for the two promises made,
promises kept. He put a temporary halt on the wind
farms off the Jersey shore. We don't want that in Jersey.
And he also is beaten up on New York Democrats
or that congestion pricing plan. So I thank them for

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those two things. Those things are important to New Jerseys.

Speaker 3 (03:06):
Let's talk about congestion pricing for a moment, because that's
extremely important to New Jersey commuters coming into New York.
Governor hokel told New Jersey basically to mind your own business.
There is a lawsuit in the works right now. How
involved have you been with that and what would you
do as governor to help with the fight against congestion pricing.

Speaker 2 (03:26):
I've been very clear, Larry, if the New York goes
ahead with this congestion pricing plan, was your money grab
put on the backs of New Jerseys who spur the
New York economy every single day. I'm going to put
in my own congestion pricing plan. Any New York plate
that comes under the tunnels, through the tunnels, or over
the bridge in the morning, we'll hit them with a
congestion pricing fee and we'll fund New Jersey transit. Let's
see how New York likes that.

Speaker 3 (03:47):
Yeah, we haven't heard too much about the wind turbines
off the coast, and I know Donald Trump has put
an end to funding for that. Are they dead and
what happens to the turbines or at least some of
the construction underneath on the bottom of the seafloor. Does
that just stay there forever?

Speaker 2 (04:05):
What you do hear a lot about Larry is a
month the electric bills are skyrocketing, and just wait until
everybody puts their air conditioners on. It's because Phil Murphy's
energy policies have failed. He placed everything he bet the
house on wind, and the whole thing is crashed and burned.
We need to get up our electricity production from natural
gas and nuclear. I'll do those two things. But yes,
it's over and done with. It really is. Even the

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last remaining wind farm off of Long Island seems to
now be over and done with as well.

Speaker 3 (04:31):
It was such a bad idea. From there, we get such.

Speaker 2 (04:34):
A bad idea. It's bad economics, it's bad energy policy,
it's bad environmental policy. It was all about Phil Murvihy
burnishing his green credentials to make New Jersey, the California,
the East coast, and for him to run for president.
He's really failed across the board, Larry, with energy, with education,
with the economy, with law enforcement and public safety. The

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entire eight year term has been an abysmal failure.

Speaker 3 (04:58):
You come into office with mass deportations going on right
now for criminals and trying to find children that are missing.
Somehow they lost track of them. The Homeland Security under
Biden lost track of them. How will that affect your
race and what will your policy be in helping Donald
Trump with this specifically on sanctuary cities.

Speaker 2 (05:20):
Let's say, as I go up and down the state
days a week, Larry, I'll tell you New Jerseys want
New Jersey to be safe, and they know that that
starts on day one of my administration by ending sanctuary cities.
We're not going to be a sanctuary state. I'm never
going to tell a mayor or police chief they can't
work in partnership with ICE to keep their community safe.
I support the President's deportation plan, and let's make the

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country in New Jersey safe again, but we're not going
to encourage illegal immigration with sanctuary cities and sanctuary states.
In New Jersey, We're just not.

Speaker 3 (05:50):
Would it be the policy of your administration for the
state police to work hand in hand with ICE on deportations.

Speaker 2 (05:57):
We were the whistleblower on that letter. The Attorney General
said to the colonel, and the colonel had to send
it out to the two thousand state police men and
women that they're not to work in partnership with Ice,
that they're going to continue to follow their sanctuary city,
sanctuary state policy's here in New Jersey. So it's not
the fault of the state police. Their hands are tied.
They report to the Attorney general. But he's gone. On day
one of a Cheddarelly administration.

Speaker 3 (06:18):
Two judges have been arrested for harboring illegals. Governor Murphy
bragged about harboring and protecting an illegal in this country.
How did he skate on that?

Speaker 2 (06:30):
My goodness, Larry, I mean, how irresponsible can you be?
And then worse yet, he tempted, He tempted Ice to
come on the property to get the illegal. He's under
twenty four hour protection by the state police. What was
he trying to do? Invite the confrontation? It was an
irresponsible comment. He's backpedaled on it since it's a terrible
embarrassment for New Jersey. Every governor, Republican or Democrat, I

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believe as an obligation to work in partnership with the
President to make America safe again. That means a secure
border and no sanctuary cities and no sanctuary states.

Speaker 3 (07:00):
I know a lot of people running for an executive
branch like you are to be governor of New Jersey.
Talk about executive orders they'll sign on day one, or
policies that they're going to push on day one. What's
day one for you?

Speaker 2 (07:13):
Day one is no sanctuary cities, no sanctuary state. Executive
Order number two, as we bring our state workers back
to work, you can't get hitmody on the phone or
get an issue resolved. Phil Murvey's got our state workers
working from home post pandemic. But you know what, Larry,
I'm not gonna need executive orders, and I'll tell you why.
I'm going to produce a Republican majority. I flipped eight
seats back in twenty twenty one with some wind in
my face. I've got win in my back. Now I

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can flip thirteen seats. And I flipped thirteen seats. We
get something we haven't had in three decades in New Jersey,
Republican majority in the state legislature. That makes it easier
to achieve my agenda.

Speaker 3 (07:45):
That'd be great. Jack Chitarelli, Republican candidate for governor, way ahead,
according to the Rutgers Paul, thanks so much, Jack, Thanks
for spending time.

Speaker 2 (07:54):
Thank you, Larry.

Speaker 3 (07:55):
When we come back. Our friend Joe Kanca has a
new book out. He'll be here to talk about it next.

Speaker 1 (08:02):
Now more of the WOOR Saturday Morning Show and Larry Minte.

Speaker 3 (08:07):
The book is called the Greatest Comeback Ever, Inside Trump's
Big Beautiful Campaign, And you know the author, Joe Concha
from Fox News. Joe, thanks so much for being here today.

Speaker 4 (08:19):
Oh thanks for having me. This is a very exciting week.

Speaker 3 (08:22):
Oh absolutely, I'm so glad you could come on. I
went to the back of the book. I have a
copy of it here, and most people on the back
of their book have all these accolades and people recommending
the book. Instead, you have all of these people that
were wrong about the election, badly wrong about the election,
like Nikki Haley and Bill Maher and Chris Christy, Nancy Pelosi,

(08:44):
and at the very bottom you have Joe Concha. In
October of twenty twenty four, it says Trump wins this
quite easily. Save the tape, play it back if I'm wrong.
This is how it's going to end. How did you know? Then?

Speaker 4 (09:02):
I said it on WR Believe It or Not. And
that was with our friend Sean Hannity. You know, Larry,
I just a Kamala Harris was the opponent to Donald Trump,
so I just couldnot see in the end America saying
this person should be the next president, along with goofy
Tim Walls being the vice president. But more importantly, Donald

(09:22):
Trump was on the right side of every issue. He
was winning in the early vote, which was something that
we had never seen before. And in the end, I
just saw this as like a manifest destiny kind of
thing where Trump was gonna win back this presidency, despite
the fact that he had ninety one felony charges against
him at one point, despite the fact we had a

(09:43):
hostile media that was against him and still is at
every turn, and the fact that he survived those two
assassinations attempts, particularly the first one where he shot in
the ear, and instead of staying on the ground like
I think most of us would have been, said get
me the heck out of here, he stands, doesn't know
if there's a second shooter or anything like that, and

(10:03):
says fight, fight, fight, and Larry, when I interviewed the
President for the book, I wanted to talk about that more.
I said, what made you in that moment want to
stand up despite the fact that you could be exposing
yourself again. You're bleeding.

Speaker 2 (10:17):
Why would you do that?

Speaker 4 (10:19):
And he said, you know, I knew my youngest son
was watching that rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. I knew my
wife was watching. I knew the country was watching. And
I want to make sure everybody knew that I was
okay and that nothing's going to stop me. I'm going
to continue moving forward no matter what you do. And
I'm like, wow, I wouldn't do that.

Speaker 3 (10:37):
No, but ota here, that's a wonderful anecdote, and the
fact that he thought of his family first says a
lot about the man. You list a lot of reasons
why big moments in the campaign and why he won,
and I think the biggest moment and I thought he
won with the debate in Biden. I think once Biden

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fumbled so much in that debate, all of America saw
behind the curtain and realize we've been lied to. And
I think that that launched Trump. There were other big
moments I realized, but would you agree that maybe the biggest.

Speaker 4 (11:14):
That they're probably three, that was one of them. Absolutely, Larry.
And the fact is that I love that we hear
from so many people now that wow, we didn't know
about Biden's cognitive decline. We were misled, we were deceived. No,
you were talking about it on this radio show. I
was talking about it on Fox. We've known since like

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twenty nineteen that Joe Biden's brain had turned apple sauce
right and a long time ago had no business being
near the Oval office. So certainly the debate was one
of them. I think another one was the vice presidential debate,
because all we heard about was how weird jd Vance
was and then he gets up there and just blows
Tim Walls out of the water, who looked like a

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deer in the headlights. You're like, oh boy, we can't
let the scoopy guy be anywhere, even the vice presidency.
But then I think that visit to McDonald's was so huge.
And on the cover of the book, that's the photo
that I used is Donald Trump waving goodbye to somebody
at the drive through when he did a shift over
in Pennsylvania at McDonald's as the fries guy, as the

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drive through guy, And all we heard was that Trump
is Hitler, Trump is a fascist, Trump is a threat
to democracy. Well, you know, in last Chack Keitler probably
didn't do a shift at McDonald's. And he was the
happy candidate, right, He was a joyful warrior, and it
was Kamala and Tim Walls who were the angry ones.
And I think that he just showed their a that
Kamala never worked at McDonald's, because she wrote two memoirs

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on her own life and never mentioned that once. Never
mentioned it when she ran for president in twenty nineteen,
never mentioned it when she was vice president. Suddenly she's
saying she worked a McDonald's, so she didn't. More importantly,
this was the billionaire that people could relate to. And
that photo of Donald Trump at McDonald's photos, I should
say that went to places non propensity voters that Kamala

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Harris could ever touch. And I think that was the
genius of the campaign, and that's why I used it
on the cover of the book.

Speaker 3 (13:06):
Larry, I'm sure you have this in the book. But
another thing that he did that was brilliant, and I
understand this might have been Barn's idea, and it's more
than a strategy than a moment, except that it culminated
with Joe Rogan was go to alternative media. And it
turns out that was huge in his victory.

Speaker 4 (13:25):
Yeah, I mean the Joe Rogan interview Donald Trump was
more than three hours with him and Kamala. Harris tries
to put conditions on Joe Rogan says, I'm not going
to go to Austin, Texas to do the interview. I'm
too busy. Uh huh. Also, by the way, we're only
going to do an hour. We're not going to do
any more than an hour, and I want to know
what the topics are beforehand. When she didn't do that

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interview and Trump and jd Vance did, that was huge.
And then the Al Smith dinner Larry right here in
New York, Kamala blows it off all those Catholic voters.
Cardinal Dolan speaks about it to this day. And Trump
goes there and is like the Dean Martin of roasters
as far as roasting Kamala that night, while Kamala says
a video, I think that was a huge moment as well.

Speaker 3 (14:09):
I love that you brought up the vice presidential debate.
I thought that's when I became an enormous JD. Vance
fan and I hope he runs for president. But you're
right when you have tim Walls, when you have Tim
Walls saying sometimes I'm a knuckle hut, and that is
the that's the audio that's played over and over again.

(14:30):
You lost that debate, right then.

Speaker 4 (14:32):
Oh yeah, and maybe he lost the election, right. I mean,
this is the guy who said that he handled weapons
of war and war zones and actually no, he actually
dipped his National Guard unit. Said that he was in
Hong Kong during the Tieneman Square massacre. No, he was
in a Nebraska cornfield. But the thing that made me
the most angry Larry was when he said that AOC
when they're playing some video game football video game against

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each other, he says that AOC runs a real being
pick six. If you don't football, you don't run a
pick six. It's the thing that just kind of happens organically.
And that's where I'm like, all right, these guys are phony.
That was the thing. Trump was authentic, JD was authentic,
and Tim Walls and Kamala Harris not so much. So
here we are now. It's the greatest comeback ever. And
I hope everybody buys the book.

Speaker 3 (15:15):
Fox News contributor Joe Kanca, author of the new book
The Greatest Comeback Ever, Inside Trump's big beautiful campaign still
to come. Would you change some simple things in your
life if you knew it could prevent stroke, dementia, and depression.
There's a list for that, and doctor Gregory Poland from
the Mayo Clinic has the top five on the list.

(15:38):
How do you bring up the idea of sharing the
check when you're out to dinner? Well, ask etiquette expert
Nick Layton.

Speaker 1 (15:46):
Coming up back now to the WR Saturday Morning Show
with Larry Minty.

Speaker 3 (15:52):
Welcome back. There are some life changes you could do
starting today that will cut your risk of stroke and
even demand. Doctor Gregory Poland, leader in vaccines and infectious
diseases at the Mayo Clinic and president of the Aitrea
Research Institute in New York, explains doctor Poland, as always,

(16:14):
thank you for your time. You're going to deal with
five of these.

Speaker 5 (16:16):
Huh Yeah, as you mentioned, Larry, and this is good news.

Speaker 6 (16:21):
These are things that you can take control of to
decrease your risk of stroke by up to sixty percent, wow,
dementia by forty percent, and later life depression by thirty
five percent.

Speaker 2 (16:34):
And when you look at the big.

Speaker 5 (16:36):
Five, the ones that have the most effect, it's your
blood pressure, your body weight, particularly being obese, increases those risks,
your blood sugar related to your blood pressure, your sodium intake,
and smoking. They're seventeen risk factors that we can modify.

Speaker 2 (16:58):
But those are the big five, and.

Speaker 5 (16:59):
Those are things that everybody can take control of and improve.

Speaker 3 (17:05):
Yeah, and they help you with many things. I wouldn't
think it's just those. I mean, you're just healthier overall.
I know that recently the Alzheimer's Association even came out
and started talking about the semaglutide drugs and they're studying
them because it can help fight Alzheimer's. And then I

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think I talked to you about it and you said, well,
that's just the weight with the plaque on the brain.
If you lose weight, you get less plaque on the brain.
Is that right.

Speaker 5 (17:36):
It's more than that, it decreases inflammation. These drugs are
appearing to be almost miracle drugs, Leary. I mean, it
is amazing the protective effect of these drugs. And you
know you mentioned Alzheimer's. The numbers are staggering. In the US,
about seven million people have Alzheimer's. That's a forty percent

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increase just since twenty fifteen. And by twenty fifty the
numbers are expected to double again to fourteen million.

Speaker 7 (18:09):
So it really is important.

Speaker 5 (18:11):
And as you just pointed out, these risk factors overlap.

Speaker 7 (18:15):
It's more than stroke and dementia.

Speaker 2 (18:17):
It's also heart disease.

Speaker 5 (18:18):
It's also mental health, physical activity, et cetera. These all
overlap and they're just good healthy living strategies.

Speaker 3 (18:27):
I love that you called the semaglutide drugs miracle drugs
because I agree with you, and I think a lot
of people are out there saying that right now. So
why is it so darn expensive if it's so good
for us?

Speaker 7 (18:40):
Yeah? Maybe that's why.

Speaker 3 (18:42):
Yeah, I know.

Speaker 7 (18:44):
The real reason is when new drugs first come into
the market, they are the most expensive they ever will
be because the manufacturers have a limited amount of time
while they're.

Speaker 5 (18:56):
On patent and not generic to re all the development costs. So,
for example, a vaccine from start to being approved by
the FDA in marketing costs about one billion US dollars.

Speaker 3 (19:12):
Yeah, it's a shame though, that it's so expensive right now, because,
as you pointed out, it can save lives this and
go ahead.

Speaker 5 (19:23):
Yeah, you're absolutely right, Larry, And you know you begin
to think, well, would an important strategy be for insurance
companies or the government to subsidize the cost of those
because they make they save money on the other end
of it, Right, if you don't have a stroke, if
you don't have a heart attack, if you don't have dementia, Well,

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that's a lot of savings healthcare costs. So why not
make those popularly accessible? And you know, as you know,
it's sort of the inverse of what you'd think. People
and a lower economic strata tend to have more risk
factors than people at a higher economic strata. A lot
of reasons for that, but yeah, these are in part

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systematic inequities in our system.

Speaker 3 (20:10):
Well, that is brilliant and I'm behind you one thousand percent.
That is so smart for insurance companies and for everybody
to push for that. I just hope we get a
couple of politicians behind that, because then maybe it can happen.

Speaker 2 (20:24):
But great idea.

Speaker 3 (20:25):
Doctor Gregory Pohand, leader in vaccines and infectious diseases at
the Mayo Clinic and president of the atrea Research Institute
in New York, thank you so much.

Speaker 7 (20:35):
Thank you, Larry.

Speaker 3 (20:36):
I'll be the first to admit I'm not that great
at etiquette, which is why I need to talk with
Nick Layton Moore. He's an etiquette expert and host of
the podcast Were You Raised by Wolves? And most importantly
he's up next.

Speaker 1 (20:50):
Here again is Larry Menty with the WR Saturday Morning Show.

Speaker 3 (20:56):
It's always uncomfortable at a restaurant when the bill comes,
you are with several people. How do you even bring
up splitting the check? Apparently there are rules, according to
etiquette expert Nick Layton, and he shares them with us. Nick,
thanks for being here, Thanks so much.

Speaker 8 (21:13):
This is a treat.

Speaker 3 (21:14):
Now it's a treat for us as well. Listen before
we get to the and I just tease the whole thing,
and I'm going to say, now, let's just hold off.
And the only reason I'm saying hold off is because
we had a caller earlier and he brought up something
that has been kind of a controversy throughout the day,
not only here in the studio, but other people that
have called in. And it has to do with Mother's

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Day and if on Mother's Day the husband should give
a gift to his wife considering she is not his mother.

Speaker 8 (21:45):
Oh, good question.

Speaker 9 (21:47):
Well, I think the question is is this an etiquette
question or is this just a marriage counseling question? So
who cares what the etiquette is? Would it kill you
to get some flowers?

Speaker 3 (21:56):
Oh? Man, I agree with you.

Speaker 9 (21:59):
I think if the wife gave the husband a Father's
Day gift, that's a really good hint that the wife
expects a Mother's Day gift.

Speaker 3 (22:07):
Yeah all right, hold on, hold on, now you lost me.
The Father's Day gifts are never as good as the
Mother's Day gifts.

Speaker 10 (22:15):
Okay, never, But you know what, in June, you always
have the better weather. We always have rain and cold
and you have sunshine and warm.

Speaker 3 (22:23):
So there you go. So it's payback to that with
a chief presence or payback for that. Father's get screwed
all the time, Nick, all the time.

Speaker 9 (22:33):
All right, they get the flowers. It just gets the flowers.

Speaker 3 (22:37):
I agree with you. Although my wife wants jewelry for
Mother's Day, so it's a little bit more expensive than that.
Let's talk about the restaurant bills, because I think everybody
has been through this. Are there rules for this, like,
for instance, should you I would imagine this is a
smart thing to do, but nobody ever does it. Should
you bring it up? Before you even have the meal.

Speaker 9 (23:00):
I mean, it's nice to know what the rules are
going to be, yeah, and what everybody's expecting. So yeah,
if you're not sure who's hosting and who might be paying,
it's fine to clarify, and you can do that in
a plight yet direct way at the beginning of the meal,
no problem. But the rule is if you're invited out,
then you are a guest, and generally speaking, guests do

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not pay.

Speaker 8 (23:21):
So I think the question is how is the invitation issued.

Speaker 3 (23:25):
I like that a lot, and I'm not inviting anybody
anymore after I hear that. I'm gonna wait to be invited,
I you know.

Speaker 10 (23:33):
And I like the fact that do it at the
beginning of the meal, not when the bill comes out,
because we had an incident. This was years ago and
we were all went out as couples and the bill
came and this one guy took it and he started saying, okay,
who had the chicken franchise for twenty four and ninety
nine And he's like checking it off, and we're like,
we're just gonna split this, like we're not par No.

Speaker 3 (23:56):
No, no, no, you don't split the bill. You don't
if you're gonna if you're gonna pay, you gotta pay
what you owe. I ask Nick, Nick, if I have
a salad and they have prime rib, but do I
have to pay the same? Do I have to pay
for part of this prime rib?

Speaker 9 (24:12):
Well, we want fairness in the world, and I think
the question is how often do you dine with these
people and in the grand ledger of your life when
we look back, is it gonna work out? Is it
gonna kind of come out in the wash? So I
think that's the question. You know, with my friends, sometimes
I'll pay the bill, Sometimes they'll pay the bill. Sometimes
I had the martini in the steak and they had
the salad. Sometimes it's the other way around. So in

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the end it kind of works out. But if you
want to split something to the penny, and maybe you do.
If you want to do that, you grab the check,
you put it all on your card, and then later
after the meal you can reach out.

Speaker 8 (24:46):
You can venmo request people what they owe.

Speaker 9 (24:48):
But let's not do the calculator at the table, or
we're getting it down with the penny.

Speaker 3 (24:53):
I like that now if someone else pays the bill,
if you're out with a couple of people, and they
pay the bill. Should the other person be offering to
leave the tip?

Speaker 9 (25:02):
I mean, you could certainly offer it. That's very nice,
But what you should do is reciprocate. So the next
time you should pick up the bill, Well, what.

Speaker 3 (25:09):
If I just gave the tip? Would I have to
then reciprocate?

Speaker 9 (25:14):
You don't have to do anything, but edygin has a
way of having consequences. So if you don't get future
invitations from me, you know, you might wonder why exactly.

Speaker 3 (25:26):
I haven't got one yet.

Speaker 9 (25:27):
So I'm not gonna don't forge you.

Speaker 3 (25:35):
There is always that uncomfortable moment when the bill comes.
If nobody grabs for it right away, should that be
a sign that you have to pick it up? If
somebody doesn't just go ahead immediately and grab the bill.

Speaker 8 (25:50):
Well, someone needs to touch it at some point.

Speaker 9 (25:52):
But yes, you could grab it and you could say,
should we all just cover what we ordered?

Speaker 8 (25:57):
Question mark? Leave it for the table. So you could
certainly do that if if nobody wants to volunteer.

Speaker 3 (26:04):
It seems like it's a great deal being the person invited.
Are there any rules if you're invited to go out
to dinner? Because if the other person's going to pay
the check? What what do I What am I supposed
to do?

Speaker 10 (26:16):
I know, I never know what to do. I'm like,
do I offer? Am I going to insult them? I
guess it's insulting?

Speaker 9 (26:21):
Can absolutely offer? Like, oh are you sure? Oh that's
very nice? But yeah, I think you want to make
a genuine effort, you know, if somebody's going to pick
up the bill and then, yeah, you just want to
send a thank you note of some sort, so at
least a text afterwards. I love a good handwritten note
sent in the mail, but you do you, But yeah,
gratitude is important. You know, you want to say that

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you actually appreciated that gesture.

Speaker 8 (26:43):
I want to have a friend. I'd love to a
great time.

Speaker 10 (26:48):
I have a couple of friends who do handwritten notes,
and it is the nicest thing I have to say.

Speaker 3 (26:53):
I agree with you.

Speaker 8 (26:55):
So low effort.

Speaker 9 (26:56):
It takes so little effort to send it, and the
emotional impact that a handwritten note has is wildly disproportionate.

Speaker 8 (27:03):
So I'm a big fan.

Speaker 9 (27:04):
But actually I prefer that you don't do it because
it makes my notes look better. I look like a
better person because I'm the only person that sends notes.

Speaker 8 (27:12):
Christian would prefer nobody to send notes. I would like
to be the only one.

Speaker 2 (27:16):
You know what.

Speaker 3 (27:16):
I can't stand. And I've been involved with this before
and I wasn't paying, somebody else was paying. But when
there's like a big party and somebody brings an unexpected guest,
what happens?

Speaker 9 (27:27):
Then you note that about that person, that they are
a bad person, and you make sure that you never
invite that person ever again. Showing up with uninvited guests
is so rude to not let.

Speaker 8 (27:39):
Your host know, Like, that's so rude. And nobody who
does that has.

Speaker 9 (27:42):
Ever hosted a party, because if you actually were ever
a host, you would know that you would never do that.

Speaker 2 (27:47):
Nick.

Speaker 3 (27:48):
Look, I'm a Cretan, so we need you to come back.
We'd love we'd love to talk to you again because
I feel like I'm going to school. Thanks so much.
Nick Layton, etiquette expert and co host of the hit
podcast Were You Raised by Wolves? Which can be heard
right here on the iHeartRadio app. Thanks again, Nick, Thanks
so much for that.

Speaker 8 (28:08):
Thank you noticed in the nail.

Speaker 3 (28:09):
That wraps up Saturday morning for this week, Thank you
so much for listening, and thanks to producers Peter Arolano,
and Natalie Vaka. I'll be back Monday morning from six
to ten for Minty in the Morning. Hope you join us.

Speaker 2 (28:21):
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