7.15: Thick and Disgusting - Hour 3

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Kentucky, and it is seven five here at
News Radio eight forty whas Kentucky Anda's Morning News with
Coffee and Company, Nick Coffee. That's me John all On alongside.
You just heard from John Shannon. He'll be back with
another news update around seven thirty. Scott Fitzgerald, he's alongside today.
We'll get to sports in about twenty minutes or so,

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but we have spent a good chunk of today's show
sort of resetting yesterday's big stories, just because there were
some notable updates, and we'll get into the situation at
the fair grounds over the weekend that really just turned
into what I believe is just bad timing, bad luck,
and a scary situation that I'm sure we'll be with
people for a long time. As far as just that

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moment where you were fear, you had that kind of
fear that you probably have never experienced before. But I
don't really know who to be mad at, who to
point a finger at. I think it's just terrible luck
for everything to play out the way that it did,
and it's really understandable how it could happen. But we'll
get to that in just a moment. But as far
as the shooting that took place in Lexington on Sunday,
that wasn't just a story here locally, that was a

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story nationally if you combined the elements of that tragic situation.
A law enforcement officer pulling somebody over only to then
be shot at, which, by the way, that trooper is
recovering from the injury. I think he had surgery Sunday
and is expected to make a full recovery. But that
led to then the suspect going to carjack somebody and

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then showing up at its church and killing two people
injuring others. And we now know that there was a
clear connection and that was insinuated certainly before yesterday's big
update as far as just confirming the identity of the
suspect and whatnot. But again, just a tragic situation all
the way around. And I am I'm still getting used to,

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I guess, having to talk about these stories, and I
say it like it's a chore. It's a privilege to
be able to be in this position and have this platform.
But as someone who spent ten years, in fact more
than ten years, but ten years here at iHeart Sports,
I these kind of things were referenced, but it wasn't
a big talking point. So whenever these tragic situations happen,

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I think it's human nature for people to want to
know why, what's the motive? Why would anybody do this?
Why would how could anybody take this? How could anybody
be this awful? Right? And that's just again, that's that's
human nature. I don't think that's ever going to go away.
That's just how we're wired. However, I think at times
for me, I'm still like, that's one thing that is

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I'm trying to keep updated as best I can one
because I'm interested in finding out the details myself, but
also it's my gig. Now, it's part of what I
need to do. I need to be able to be
on top of this kind of stuff and share it
with you guys, and of course try to come up
with my own comments on it. And that's you know,
that's what this is. But at times I hear why,
why why? Why? Why do we know a motive? And

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I guess for some reason, I just I seem to think, well,
why does it matter? There's no It's almost as if
I'm it's almost as if for a moment, a millisecond
maybe my mind is assuming that people are looking for
the why, as if there's going to be any type
of justification, as if like, oh, okay, well that makes sense,
and you can't make sense of any this kind of

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stuff and we'll never know really why. I mean, again,
this suspect is now dead. Guy houses his name, forty
seven year old, and so what we do know about
him is that he is somebody that is a criminal history,
has a jug abuse problem, and I assume those things
have led to him having mental health problems. But he
ended up killing Beverly Gum seventy two years old, Christina

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Combs who is thirty two years old, and she's Beverly's daughter,
So a mother and daughter lost their life. And there
are injuries to Randy Combs, who is the husband of Christina,
and then Jerry Gum, who is the church pastor. He
is the he's the husband of Beverly Gum who passed
away the seventy two year old. So again, all the

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victims here, rather it be those that lost their lives
or those that are still fighting for their lives, they
are related. Now. The woman he was looking for is
the mother of his children, Angel Rutherford. He witnesses who
were there say he showed to the church and asked
for the mother and she was not there, and and
then he ended up doing what he did. So just

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an awful situation all the way around. And I think
anybody who has shared any comments, and really mostly it's
been his the mother of his child, Angel Rutherford, she
I have seen her do at least three different interviews,
and I'm not I'm not putting words in her mouth
by any means, but from what I gather, I think

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she's she's not maybe totally surprised, and and maybe that's
unfair of me to say, because I don't know that,
but this was clearly a troubled individual in a lot
of ways. And of course this is a guy who
was who's a criminal, and you know he was already
I mean, he was wanted, which is why they ended
up up doing the ID scan and realizing he was

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somebody that needed to be in jail. And I'm not
here to say that, well, if law enforcement or I
guess the court system more than law enforcement, would have
had stricter rules on who gets out that kind of stuff.
But like, I mean, that's I mean, I think the
most people are just doing their jobs. But with all
that said, this is one of countless individuals who have

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committed awful crimes after already many times throughout their career
criminal lives told us who they were. And I don't
think people shouldn't get opportunities to rehabilitate themselves. But I
don't know, It's just there's something about knowing we had
that checks out the person who committed this awful act.

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That's really who they've been their whole life, and somehow
they weren't incarcerated. All right, let's get an update on
trafficking weather. Bobby Ellis will get us updated on the
roadways here in Kentucky, and we'll get the latest forecast
from Att Melosovich of wlkhy It is Kentucky and is
Morning News, Coffee and Company right here on News Radio
eight forty whas it is seven eighteen here Kentucky and

(06:12):
is morning News on news radio eight forty whas Coffee
and Company with you. Let's talk about something that everybody
has has strong opinions on, and that is that is tipping, right.
I mean, I think tipping is something that as long
as I can remember, will always be something people have
seemingly strong opinions on one way or the other. And

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I'm bringing this up to tell you that you you
might want to start paying attention to the recommended tip
that you see on your receipt when you check out
at a restaurant. So I'm not I'm not alleging this,
but there are allegations out there on the internet from
multiple customers that Chili's has been deceptive as far as

(06:55):
what they suggest that you tip. This all started from
a TikTok video where there was a debate whether Chili's
was misleading customers with the suggested tip calculation. So this
has gotten a ton of attention because others are claiming, Hey,
the same thing happened to me. And I mean, if
in fact it does end up being true, I mean

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I think it is. It is clearly deception. But there
was a gentleman who shared his receipt. He was in
Tampa eating at Chili's, and it listed an inflated tip
suggestions of on a twenty seven dollars and seven cent bill,
and the receipt claimed eighteen percent of that equals six
twenty eight and twenty five percent of that equals eight
seventy three when the correct calculation should be much less

(07:38):
than that four eighty seven for eighteen and six seventy
seven for twenty five, so maybe not substantially less, but
just less. So he is claiming that Chili's was deceptive
and they have deceptive practices, and says the receipt is
essentially I mean, I don't he it's illegal. I'm not
really sure if that's the case. But others have chimed
in to say that they have also they have also

(08:01):
had the same thing happen to them. And then others
claim that maybe he had a discount or a rewards
situation that led to the percentages being off. He then
later clarified that that was not that's not the case.
So he just claims that they're out here just hoping
you won't look at it and you'll end up tipping
more than you probably intended based off of just assuming

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their calculations are correct. And I will tell you this,
this is not I don't say this stack like I'm
made of money. Trust me, that's not the case. I
never pay attention if it's on there and they give
me the option of fifteen eighteen, twenty twenty five, whatever,
I just assume that it's correct, and if they don't
have it on there, then I'll then I'll do some
quick math and try to find twenty percent or around there. John,

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do you look and pay attention to this when you tip?

Speaker 2 (08:51):
Or are you just I mean, I'll say this, I'll
necessarily pay attention to that. But what I do pay
attention to nowadays is whenever the drive through people give
you a receipt and they give you an option to tip.
Now that I don't utilize that thing. That's yeah, I'm not.
That's not deceptive. That's more so just try and take
advantage of people.

Speaker 1 (09:09):
I feel like I wish I mean to your point,
I mean like I would love to know who was
the first because all it took was one person doing it.
As far as let's just put an option to tip
and see if that was a suckers? Think that a practice? Yeah?
Because oh feel bad for the workers. Yeah. And and oh,
by the way, you know Taco Bell McDonald's. When you

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ask me if I want to round up, have you
seen have you paid attention to the economy? You're the
you know, the billion dollar corporation. Why don't you round
up and make that donation? That's exactly I mean, it
means insulting. I mean, and again it's up to be.
This is something that I should should reiterate to a
lot of people. The people who work there, they're not
the ones asking you for it. It's not their fault.

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I'm sure they take a lot of heat for that.
It's the corporation that just doesn't. They can't read the
room like you're going to give. You're gonna give certain
people some level of a negative takeaway from the experience
because they were nudged to tip on something that in
society has never been something that you that you tip for.
So anyways, pay attention to what those receipts say, because

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I can tell you I never do, and I'm now
going to because I've probably fallen forward a time or two.
So just just be mindful of that, everybody. All right,
let's get an update on traffic and weather, and also
we'll get another update on sports with Scott Fitzgerald right
here on Kentucky and his morning news Coffee and Company
on News Radio eight forty. Whas I know, I was
one of many with a lot of questions as far

(10:36):
as what happened at the fairgrounds on Sunday. So wait
a second, there was an active shooter or active aggressor
at Kentucky Kingdom. No, it was at the basketball tournament.
And then wait a second, so nothing happened, There was
no real threat, And again that's something that understandably, so
you'd have a lot of questions as far as well,
how could this happen? And I think the explanation, I mean,

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I certainly wouldn't have predicted it, but I do think
the explanation actually makes total sense when you consider what
ended up happening. So there was a seiling tile that
fell on a metal chair, creating a really loud noise,
and at the same time that happened, I don't believe

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it was I don't believe a medical emergency that took place.
Some woman had a medical emergency nearby, and I don't
know if it was that exact time, if the chair
falling or the tile falling on the chair caused it.
But those two things happening at the same time, a
tile falling on a metal chair and a woman experiencing
a medical emergency nearby. The combined sounds and commotion created

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the confusion and fear that quickly escalated to people assuming
there was somebody there that was an active aggressor, or
somebody there thinking that there there was somebody there with
a gun. And for those who missed the yesterday, when
it comes to active aggressor that the emphasis there is to,
I guess, to not just assume that it's somebody that

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that is with a gun. You can be an aggressor
and be very dangerous and it not be a gun.
So that is that's one of the ways in which
law enforcement describes those kind of situations because I don't
think there was ever really any even throughout there, you know,
showing up to try to figure out what's going on.
I don't think they ever really knew for certain if

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there was a gun or not. But yeah, that led
to really just, I mean, a pretty awful situation all
the way around. And again it's a good thing that
this didn't happen, and that's what you want, right, best
case scenario whenever this took place around three point fifteen
on Sunday, however long it lasted before we realized that
those that were there were not actually in danger, I mean,

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that was that was scary. So if you just told
somebody at that time, especially those that are fearful because
they're there, or maybe they know someone in their life,
maybe a loved one, relative, a friend, is there they're
worried about them. If you'd have told them at that time, well, hey,
you know it's gonna be all okay, this is actually nothing.
You know, you'd be happy, you'd be relieved. But to
know that, you know, it easily could have been avoidable
if it wasn't just for what I think is just

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bad luck. I mean, those two things happening at the
same time. I mean, it's tough to know if I
would have been there, if I would have assumed the
same thing. But all it takes is one person hearing
that noise and then of course maybe and I don't
even know what the visual would have been as far
as the woman having a medical emergency. All it takes

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is one person being fearful. And let's be real, it
makes sense for people to be fearful of those kind
of things happening just because of where we are in society.
It's not uncommon to hear that somebody showed up someplace
and started shooting people. Wish that wasn't the case, but
it's the reality. So with it being this kind of thing.
There's not a whole lot of people wanting to fact

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check you. There's not a whole lot of people that
are willing to see if you're joking, because this isn't
something you can ever joke about. And because of the
frequency in which these happen in our country, you know,
nobody jokes about it. I mean, at least you shouldn't
so anyways, I just what I hate is that one
the people there probably went through something that will live

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with them. Maybe I'm being dramatic because maybe it's something
they'll never think about until somebody brings it up. Everybody
is different. But when you are in a moment where
there is fear and you realize that, oh, am I
is this real? Is this happening? Am I? At am I?
Am I somewhere that's going to be the next place
that somebody shows up like a lunatic and just start

(14:31):
shooting people. There's a level of helplessness that comes with
that fear that is just I it'll it can stick
with you. And again, I shouldn't act as I everybody's
going to be traumatized. And I'm sure I'm sounding dramatic
to some people, but as someone who's been in a
situation like that where somebody showed up and started shooting
people and it wasn't really that type of situation, but

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just being around gun violence and people shooting a gun
at a place you wouldn't expect it and it completely
catches you off guard, Like that's a that's a level
of panic and fear that that most people probably never experience,
and that is that's a real bummer that that took
place yes on Sunday. But also it's just it looked
as if it's if it was another opportunity for people

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to point and look at Louisville and say, wow, can
you believe this place? It's so dangerous. They've got to
get they've got to get their act together, And look,
Louisville does need to get their act together. Gun violence
is clearly an issue. I think there's been some great
progress made that's not opinion driven. It's fact driven by
Mayor Greenberg and LMPD as far as just reducing the
violent crime that's going on. Still not perfect, still a

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long way to go, but they are making improvements, which
is certainly worth noting. In fact, it should be noted.
So I was just bummed that even after hearing that
everybody was okay, I'm thinking, well, man, like this this
just thinks because there are some that won't follow up
on the story. Maybe it hit the national wire and
they're just like, wow, Louis of that place is good.

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They got to get their stuff together. What's going on there?
That place is dangerous. And again it's not like I
can say that it's not a dangerous place at times
because of what's going on here. But that's really a
lot of places. But my point is this just seems
to be bad luck. And I hope that those that
we're following along do know the full details here and

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understand that really nobody did anything wrong. I mean, there's nobody.
I mean, this is this is a tough situation, but
I'm not sure who you blame it on. And again,
the good news is that nobody was actually hurt. All Right,
We've got an update of traffic and weather coming your way,
Bobby Ellis go. It is the latest on the roadways
here in Kentucky, Anda. And then also we'll get an
update on the forecast from Matt Melosevich. I want to

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revisit this list as we now have some data that
tells us that ten things American couples argue the most about.
We'll revisit that and keep it rolling along here on
Kentucky and This Morning News with Coffee and Company Fuel
almost said it, there's ready to wait forty whas. Every
now and then I'll have a moment where I stop

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in my tracks and think, Man, I wonder if somebody
was thinking, is if they turned on the radio or
pulled us up on the iHeartRadio app or a WHS
dot com and they they they started listening at that
exact moment, what kind of context would they be assuming
was was fitting? And I just I was talking about
just the fact that nobody can take any joke lightly

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when it comes to somebody mentioning that there may be
an active shooter. I mean, that's not something you should
ever joke about it. Unfortunately because of how often it happens,
you know, I don't think there's many that would take
that lightly. But I just thought people are showing up
in shooting people, reminding me of a very old Tony
Vnetti commercial And I don't remember which which client it
was for, but I think it was a security system.

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And he just kept saying it's heroin addicts. They're breaking
into your homes. It was. It was a very memorable
Tony Venetti commercial, which you hear every commercial. I believe
here is from Tony Venetti. I believe maybe there's a
couple that aren't. But he's he's he's clearly good at
what he does. But anyways, I don't I didn't want to,
you know, if you if you turned on on this
show at that exact moment. I was just trying to

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make a point that because of how unfortunately we have
that happen more frequently, seemingly by the year, I don't
have any numbers that back that up, so I shouldn't
say it. But it's now no longer as surprising when
you turn on the news or you see breaking news
and it's and it's somebody showing up and committing you know,
a mass shooting. I mean, we had it happen here

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in Louisville a couple of years ago with the old
National Bank, and just it's awful in general. But what's
really sad is just that it's it's something that no
longer surprises you like it probably once did. Just tragic
all the way around, all right, it's Kentucky and it's
Morning News with Coffee and Company, Nick Coffee. That's me
John Alden alongside today producing this great production that is

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Kentucky and is Morning News. And we discussed this earlier.
There's a new list out here from Visual Capitalists that
tells us what couples in America fight over the most.
So tone of voice or attitude is the most common
thing US couples of all ages argue about, according to
this new poll, and younger couples ages eighteen to forty four,

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that's us John, by the way, we're not We're not
a couple. I love John, but we're both married. That's
what I meant. But we couples in our age range
fight more about money and communication styles, while older couples
over the age of forty five tend to argue more
about relationships with extended family and life decisions. That's not surprising, right, No,

(19:26):
that makes sense. I think the relationships with extended family
and life decisions. I kind of find myself we don't
fight over that. But you know, my wife and I,
I mean we're getting older. I mean we're we're not
only are we getting older, but we've been married a
long time. I didn't realize it, and I don't think
I didn't know it at the time. I guess I
got married pretty young, but so did you. Actually, I
believe I think you're You and I were probably right

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around the same age when we was twenty two when
we got married. Yeah, I was that the same age.
I was, so at least around there, maybe maybe twenty three.
But nonetheless, I think when you when you've been together
a long time. As far as like communication style and attitude,
like my wife and I now I can't remember. I mean,
it's just we're it's right there on front street. We

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call each other out, like if there's an attitude one
one way or the other, we're not going to let
the day play out before we decide if we're gonna,
you know, like if if she's being passive aggressive because
she's mad about something, which is rare, thank god, I mean, I'll, i'll,
I mean, and I mean that because she probably has
many things she could be frustrated about with me, but
you know, she's just used to me. She's she's she
deals with it, but we don't. There's not a whole

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lot of like what's your issue? We usually just know
because we we I mean, you'll know this and you
probably already do. John. When you when you help raise
a human being, you have to be a team in
a way that there's not a whole lot of time
for the the oh, what's your what's with your attitude
earlier today? Oh, well, you know something wrong. I mean
you've already.

Speaker 2 (20:47):
Seen I've already seen the benefits of that that these
first three months of having our baby.

Speaker 1 (20:52):
Yeah, so look, it's uh, it's everybody's different, but those
those don't surprise me. Money being an issue that and
maybe it's I don't know, I guess I guess the
arguments and the fights from from the money situation could
be that there's just a difference of opinion as far
as budgeting that kind of thing. But thankfully, you know,
if there's ever Look, financial stress is something that that

(21:15):
certainly I've dealt with at times, and I'm very fortunate
to not necessarily, you know, have to worry about it
as much as I'm sure others do. But still, I mean,
that's a financial stress is I feel like the heaviest
kind of stress one can face unless they're going through
something that where you know, you don't think about money,
and that's talking about like a loved one that's dealing
with a sickness or something like that, or a tragic situation.

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Money is stressful because you know, we got to you know,
we got to keep roofs over our head. And money's
a different, different type of stress. Whenever you know, you
got to take care of other human beings when you
become a parent. Some other things here listed. Household chores
is at number four, relationships with family number five, and
number six here on this top ten reasons American couples
argue number six is the amount of quality time spent together.

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So all these makes sense. We'll get to the rest
of the list in the eight o'clock hour. Let's get
to an update on trapping the weather right here, right
now on Who's Radio eight forty whas