10.14: Allergy Pill - Hour 3

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
As you could expect.

Speaker 2 (00:00):
The big story nationally is the news that I'm sure
some people had a tough time believing was ever going
to actually happen, and you know, it becoming news. But
the Middle East peace Deal has been signed, a historic
moment for everyone. As a President, Trump yesterday joined more
than twenty world leaders in Egypt for the signing of

(00:23):
the Israel Hamas cease Fire Agreement, which officially marks the
end of a two year Gaza war. And I was
really happy to see the reaction. For the most part,
I wasn't going all over the place looking, but just
a lot of folks having a hard time resisting the
urge to pull out their phones and fire off something
on social media that wasn't something you know what point fingers,

(00:46):
wasn't just adding to the toxicity that's already at a
high level here in our society. But just instincts kicked in.
They wanted to let everybody know that they were moved
by the emotional site that we saw yesterday with so
many hostages returning to their family, And it was a
beautiful thing to see. It was powerful, and I felt
like it was a nice sign of of of the

(01:09):
good in the world, because I don't know how you
don't see that and feel wow, that's again, it's powerful.
It's something that just hard not to have some emotion
come over you when you see these people that again
were hostage for a long time and and just an
awful situation all the way around. And I feel like

(01:29):
this is and maybe there's some recency bias here. I've
been saying that throughout the morning, and that that could
certainly be the case. But right now you could argue
that this is maybe the biggest diplomatic win of Trump's
presidency either time. I mean, it's led to him getting
legitimate praise from folks that you probably never thought would
ever praise anything that he and his administration have done.

(01:54):
And it certainly seems like you're gonna have a really
tough time not looking like the worst, I guess, for
lack of a better way to describe it, if you're
using this as any type of because I don't really
know how you could spin this as anything other than
just a good a job well done by the administration, really,
regardless of where were you sighed long term. So I

(02:14):
know there were probably many that doubted it would ever happen,
and again, there's still a lot of work to be done,
but still this is Yesterday was a big, big day,
and I was happy to see that. For the most part,
the reaction I saw from not necessarily those who of
course cover politics have a big platform to do so,
but just your everyday folks sharing the videos themselves and saying, wow,

(02:34):
this is powerful. As again you see these hostages reunited
with their loved ones and what clearly was a very
very emotional thing. But here is Trump talking yesterday.

Speaker 3 (02:43):
All across the Middle East, the forces of chaos, terra
and ruin that have plagued the region for decades now
stand weakened, isolated, and totally defeated. A new coalition of
proud and responsible nations is emerging, and because of us,
the enemies of all civilization are in retreat, thanks to

(03:07):
the bravery and incredible skill of the Israeli Defense forces
and Operation Rising Lion.

Speaker 4 (03:18):
I have to tell you, I've seen a lot of
American presidents seen them all. In the time that I've
been here, and I've been here quite a lot of time,
I've never seen anyone move the world so quickly, so decisively,
so resolutely as our friend President Donald j thaumpkon.

Speaker 2 (03:46):
So a big deal, no doubt. And maybe I'm foolish
for thinking this could potentially, I don't know, maybe lower
the level of just toxicity and just maybe cool off
the temperature that that we currently have as far as
just being at each other's throats all the time, I mean,
whenever what. I not to get too long winded here
because I want to keep this thing on the rails.

(04:07):
But it used to just be a known thing that
you're never gonna change certain people's minds about things. But
that doesn't mean you can't have healthy dialogue and just
understand that having you know, having multiple political parties and
a balance there in having again just consistent good dialogue
without it, without it being predetermined that you're gonna, you know,
you're gonna, no matter what, it's gonna end up in

(04:29):
a unhealthy thing that makes you maybe lose friends and
whatnot because of just how how insanely obsessed certain people
are with it. But you know, this can't do anything
but help that as far as how much, I guess
the only time will tell. But certainly a historic moment,
no doubt. All Right, We've got traving no weather updates
on the way, so stick around for that. We'll see
how the roadways are looking this morning. I believe for

(04:50):
the most part we're up to a pretty solid start,
but as you know, that could always change. Bobby Ellis
has the latest on the roadways. Also we get to
look at the forecast. Matt Melisa Bitch of WLKY has
this cup there, so stick around right here on Who's
Radio eight forty whas. I got to remind myself there's
a window next to me. And although it's rare that
there's anybody out here early in the morning outside of

(05:13):
our windows here at Beautiful four Street Live, but John,
sometimes you play music that just gets me moving in here,
and and the way we do it. Never ever, I
would never dance in front of somebody because they would
think I'm having an allergic reaction to something. But sometimes,
you know, music just moves you. And I just realized
there were two folks walking by here, probably had to work.

Speaker 1 (05:34):
They probably appreciated your energy here at seven eighteen.

Speaker 2 (05:37):
Or maybe they're calling non one moment because they think
I'm having some kind of a medical episode, because that's
that's what it looks like when I do what a
lot of people I guess called dancing, But I guess
it's your fault for just playing the tunes this morning.
And again I like when we are just there's no
it's just you keep me guessing as far as where
we're going with the music in the morning, and I
like it. Good stuff, all right, So I spoke too soon,

(05:58):
because we do have some traffic issues this morning that
that are causing some some real delays. So on Gene Snyder,
if you are heading east on the Snyder right as
you approach Smyrna Parkway, there is an issue that has
now just the left shoulder blocked. It was the left
lane and left shoulder, So it looks like they're making
some good progress there. As far as any other real

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real backups, there's some accidents that have For example, if
you are on the west ramp to New Cut Road
on on what looks to be it looks to be Snyder,
I believe it is. There's there's an accident there, but yeah,
no real no real delays from what I can tell
right now. However, there are some accidents that are slowing

(06:40):
some things down. But what I've learned here when checking
these updates on the roadways, if you've got a a
an accident that is to the side, and you're just
blocking the left shoulder or the right shoulder, it's still
going to slow things down, understandably so, but when you
got a lane block, that's when it really starts to
jam up. And again I'm not telling you anything you
probably wouldn't have expected, but just seeing it in real

(07:00):
time on our trimark map here. You know, for example,
they were starting to delay at that Snyder Smyrna accident,
but now not so much because again they were able
to get those cars to the shoulder and get people
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(09:09):
so stick around for that and a lot more as
we roll along here on a Tuesday morning, Coffee in
company with you, Field by Thornton's News Radio eight forty whas.
Thank you very much, John Shannon. It is seven thirty
five here at news Radio eight forty whas Coffee in
company with you, and we are Field By Thornton's. So
I guess it was I guess we're coming up on

(09:31):
It's not right around the corner, but I guess in
March of twenty twenty six, so about five months from
now will be the sixth year anniversary of something we'll
never forget. At least I'll never forget. I know I'm
not alone, and that is COVID the world shutting down
and happens. What once every one hundred years, do you

(09:52):
have something like that occur? And I still still think
we're we're feeling some effect of it. I mean, it
certain changed a lot of things for people, and one
of those things is remote work. And I'm sure there
are some of you right now that that went to
working remote at that time because that was that was
what everybody had to do, right. You had to adjust,

(10:13):
you had to figure out how to way to get
through at a time where you didn't know when people
were gonna be allowed to be around each other anymore.
And I know i'd say maybe of all the big
changes as we've as we've you know, now come out
of that for some years now, is it's got to
be that it's got to be the realization that we
don't need as many people, you know, we don't need

(10:35):
to have the typical everybody needs to be here. There
are certain jobs, certain departments that that that companies now
understand don't need to be in the office every day,
and that that saves them some money, they've downsized their offices,
all that kind of stuff. So, uh, this is an
interesting and not so surprising study that shows remote work
has has changed the life of a lot of people.

(10:57):
And it wasn't just a pen pandemic era trend for
a lot of folks, and everybody's different. I learned a
lot about myself during the during the shutdown, and we
were fortunate to one still be on the air every day,
and you know, we got through it. I know others
were impacted much worse than I ever was. So therefore,

(11:17):
I hate to act like I hate to sound like
a victim and boohoo, but I did not like being
isolated at home working by myself. I mean, I'm isolated
here every day by myself in this studio, but obviously
I work with people, I see them, and I just
when I think back to that time of most people
staying at home. We couldn't go out to eat at restaurants,

(11:39):
all the masks, all that, just just the awfulness of
the entire situation, What actually comes to mind first for
me is, oh man, that was terrible. I hope I
never have to do that again, meaning working from home,
and look if it's what you got to do, it's
what you got to do. But I learned that if
I ever do something else and I'm pursuing a different career,
different job, I will not seek a job that is

(12:02):
one hundred percent work from home because it's just I'm
not as productive. I don't like being in isolation. It
just wasn't for me. But again that's just me. A
lot of people love it and will never work again
at a job that requires them to show up every
day for eight hours. And fortunately you have the option
to do that because there are jobs that that are
one percent remote. So John, you were furloughed at the

(12:25):
time that that took place because you were part time.
I believe whenever's right, whenever that all this happened. And
I know, I mean to make ends meet. I mean
you were you were also just started a new big
chapter in your life.

Speaker 1 (12:37):
You just got married, just graduated, A lot of things
are going on at the same time.

Speaker 2 (12:41):
Yeah, So I just I guess I would ask, you, know,
how do you think you would do with working from
home every single day? And I guess you really never
you never had to do it.

Speaker 1 (12:49):
So what I did to kind of supplement some things.
I did get some unemployment, but it wasn't, you know,
enough to really do anything. So I also did Grubhub
delivery driving. That was kind of before door Dash was
like the clear front runner as you know, food delivery,
and they were kind of all over the place with
that Uber Eats that sort of thing, And that's what
I did for the greater majority of that. I think
it was about a six month timeframe that I was furlough.

Speaker 3 (13:11):
Then.

Speaker 1 (13:11):
You know, I like driving, so it was a good
little thing to kind of just keep me busy. And
I wasn't stuck in the apartment all the time. We
were living in an apartment during that time period, So
I think doing the delivery stuff kept me active and
doing things outside and you know, kept me involved with
with real life in some way, shape or form. I
think that's what helped me make the most of COVID

(13:32):
at that point.

Speaker 2 (13:32):
I think of all things that were available for people
to do, as far as jobs just trying to make
ends meet, that would have been one that would have
been more suitable for me, just because again doing stuff.
I mean, if I'm ever just and I have the
ability to do it a lot now and I try
not to just because it's I just I hate being
in isolation when I'm at home by myself during the day,
even if you know, when I get up at sometimes

(13:53):
three thirty three o'clock in the morning, you know, sometimes
by one o'clock, like I have to rest or I'm
going to be a zombie the rest of the day
and all catch up with me. And but I just
there's something about just my mental state that's not the
same if I'm just in isolation by myself. So I
try to stay busy, and I would have done the
same thing at that time, just just to you know,
sit alone. I mean, that's that's I did a lot

(14:15):
of sitting alone by myself, which again could have been
a lot worse I could have. You know, I don't
act like poor me, but I learned a lot about
me during that time. And I'm sure others feel the
same way. But three thousand US professionals were surveyed, and
two percent prefer working in the office full time. Two
percent of these three thousand, seventy six percent say that

(14:36):
they would quit over a return to office mandate. That's
up nearly twenty points from last year. More than half
of workers say they or somebody they know has already
been required a return to the office in the past year,
doubling the number from twenty twenty four. So look, remote work,
it's not just a perk for a lot of people.
It's now the top motivator for job seekers who want

(14:56):
to find a new gig. They they they don't care
as much about pay, benefits and even work life balance.
That's how much people who work from home just that's
the luxury of their I mean again, it's it is
a perk, I believe, but then again, they don't see
it that way. They're only looking for jobs that that's
what it is, you can do it from home. And
I get both sides of it. I also get why
if you're an employer, you're going to start to bring

(15:18):
people back to work because you feel as if that
would be Again, I know, there's all kinds of different
studies that can say, well, actually, we're better when we're
we have nobody watching us at home working. We're way
better whenever nobody really you know, we just have to
make sure our mouse is moving so they think we're working.
But hey, I also know that you I say that
clearly tongue in cheek. But also I know that there

(15:38):
are people who if they're just in their own world,
in their own office at home, they're going to be
more just head down getting stuff done. There's not as
much of the distractions. But I need human you know,
some level of human interaction, and just honestly getting up
and getting out of the house and getting the day
started is something that I never realized how much I

(16:00):
actually need that. You know, it makes me feel like, hey,
here we go, let's get the day started. I remember
a couple times, and I'm not kidding you, when I
was doing the show on seven ninety in the mornings,
I would get up, drive around the block, pulling my driveway,
walk in like I was shown up to work because
I was losing my mind every morning. I know I
was a lunatic, but I had to do something to
shake some things up. I just being in isolation was

(16:20):
not for me. All right, Quick break, traffic, weather updates
on the way, as we roll along here on news
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we've got a lot more to get into and not
a whole lot of time to do it. I mean,
we're with you till nine o'clock, so we're not running
out of here right now. But I do want to
make sure we, uh we balance the clock here as
best I can, because there's still I want to get to,
including something you rarely see, right. You rarely see folks

(18:06):
from the Democratic side, including you know, former presidents Bill
Clinton and obviously Joe Biden praised Trump and his administration.
But you saw it yesterday something else you don't typically see.
We'll talk about that later, because it was a blatant
example of hypocrisy when it comes to this current government
shutdown that's going on. So again, a lot more to come. First,
let's get an update on the roadway, so Bobby Ellis

(18:27):
will see how the forecast is looking the rest of
the week with Matt Melosovich and another sports updates on
the way too, right here on news Radio eight forty
whas