September 1, 2025 • 32 mins
Summer vacations are over and Jack's didn't go very well. This week's show begins with a discussion about the proper way to deal with issues at a beach house rented from Airbnb. Jack and Nikki then field a question from a listener about carpeted walls or ceilings and analyze Tinder's double dating option.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
If you're listening to the Jack and Nikki Show podcast
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Speaker 2 (00:17):
I want to get some advice from you guys, and
also you, Nicky Drake. Okay studio and text lines are
open eight eight eight seven seven seven sixty six forty
call text that number. You can also text us at
three five sixty five to one. Ran into a bit
of a situation with airbnb. Okay, last week on vacation.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Did you find cameras in your Airbnb?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
I did not, but I'm sure they were there. You
didn't look for him. I did, but I couldn't find them.
You know, I did what I could, but there's so
many ways to hide cameras. Yeah, and man'm my paranoid
about that. But this is an unfortunate situation. So Jessica
and I went to Foley Beach, South Carolina, right us
(01:03):
out of Charleston, and we got a beach house down there,
right And when we got there, it was about ninety
seven degrees and the air conditioning wasn't working. No, yes, yes,
oh gosh. Now they were aware of that because instead
of just rolling in and driving up under the house
(01:23):
and walking up the steps with our suitcases and opening
the door and going this is great. Look, well let's
do you know, I'm run round up and up and
down on the beds in the couch instead of doing that.
There were two pickup trucks there and a couple of
guys working on the air conditioning unit. And they're like, ooh,
air conditioning ain't working. We push some some portable units
in there. We'll get it cooled down by maybe ten
(01:44):
or eleven tonight. What there was like four in the afternoon.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Right, So they put these three portable units in the
kind that have the exhaust that goes out the window. Yeah,
and they sound like jet engines, right, And they put
three of them in there, one in the bedroom where
we were sleeping.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
Okay, okay, we got your white noise machine.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
You talked, Yeah, very white noise. Unbelievable. And so we
unpacked and we went, well, let's just go get something
to eat and look around and try to let this
place cool down. So we come back. You know, it's
still we went to bed, it was still like seventy
eight and these things are running full blast and they're
really loud. All right, So they tell us, don't worry,
(02:31):
we'll have this unit fixed by tonight. Well they didn't.
Oh no, the whole week we were there, We've got
these three units in there running.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
You didn't have air conditioning the whole time, just the
portable units.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Okay. Now, they did give us a discount at the
end because of what happened, but it it was nice,
but it wasn't much of a discount. It was a
few hundred bucks. Oh yeah. Okay, here's the airbnb dilemma
that I have, and I'm really not sure how to
(03:05):
handle this. And maybe you guys have been in the situation.
When you stay at an airbnb, you you leave a
review for them, Yeah okay, but the problem is they
also review you, right. The reviews go both ways. So
if you have allows the experience and you're honest about that,
then they can give you a bad review, and then
(03:28):
you have trouble renting an Airbnb after that, because now
your name is marked as being troublesome. Yeah. So the
next time you want to get an airbnb, they look
at the reviews of your previous days of the airbnbs,
and if they see that you're flagged, they're like, you
can't stay here. However, if you have allows the experience,
(03:50):
you can't really complain about it. You kind of have
to play.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Nice because they can review you back.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Because they review you back. So what do you do
when you have allowed the experience at an airbnb? It
seems to me like you're kind of stuck right pretty much,
just have to go. We had a wonderful time, it
was a nice place and blah blah. So we just
focused on the positive. We were like, great location, quick
(04:16):
access to the beach, sure the facts. You just like, yeah, yeah,
the hosts were responsive and attentive.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
There you go.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Yes, because they did show up with a port of
w SI units. But it was allows the experience. I
mean it was loud and annoying and so but what
do you do? This is my question to you guys.
How do you handle this? Because the reviews go both ways.
It's not like slagging somebody off in a restaurant review
online and then going yuck yuck, take that. I mean,
(04:48):
it's they come back at you. So what do you
do in this situation?
Speaker 3 (04:54):
That's a very good question.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
M hm, yikes.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
I have no idea, right because you want to be like, hey,
you know, like we had issues, but they were they
were very responsive.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Now, Jessica is very emotionally intelligent and good at taking
the high road, and so she wrote the review and
like I said, she just focused on the positives and
try to be nice. And she was nice. And then
they were nice in return after we posted that. They
were like, we enjoyed having Jack and Jessica. They were
(05:26):
nice guests and they didn't complain at all when we
didn't provide it with their conditioning. And then for some
reason showed up and stole from their car and vandalized
and then burned the house to the ground with them
inside of it. They were very.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Nice, They were so nice.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Yeah, all right, how do you handle it? You guys?
What do you do? The Airbnb review dilemma Going to
the phones and the textual lines eight eight eight seven
seven seven sixty six forty call us textas you can
also text us at three five sixty five to one.
It's the airbnb dilemma. With Airbnb reviews go both ways.
(06:03):
You review the host, yes, but they also review you
as a guest. And then the next time you try
to go to an Airbnb, the people you are trying
to rent from can take a look at your profile
and see what previous hosts have had to say about you. Yeah,
so you're in an awkward situation because if you have
a bad time and you say, hey, this was awful,
(06:24):
then the people you rented from can say, yeah, well,
guess what, you're a terrible guest too. You suck as
a guest, and then you're in trouble the next time
you try to rent. So how do you deal with
bad experiences without getting black bold? That is the question,
Nikki Drake, What is the answer?
Speaker 3 (06:42):
All right, this Texter may have a solution for you.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
I think in a case where it's negligence on the
property owner, I'd still make sure I point out the
positive and give them a lukewarm review while mentioning the issues.
But if they're not even responsive or we don't offer
a discount.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
It scorched earth.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Scorched earth? Yes, oh yeah, oh wow, Well you know
that's that's fair enough. That's fair enough. I mean, you know,
these people we rented from, it's not their fault that
the air conditioning went out, and they did do what
they could to alleviate the situation, and that's why we
said that in the review. We're like, hey, they were
attentive and responsive hosts, and we appreciate that.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
We're working on it before you even arrived, so that
there you didn't walk in and be like, oh no, right, no.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
We have to tell them and then yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:30):
So at least there was that Yeah. Uh, this person
had a not great experience. Here's their story. We rented
an Airbnb and Charlotte, North Carolina, for Thanksgiving. This was
about a month after the terrible floods that hit North Carolina.
The house smelled terrible of mildew and mold the second
you opened the door. We tried to tell the owner
of that of the house that we believed there was
(07:51):
a mold problem. They disagreed and said just open the
windows it would air out. They also wanted us to
prove a smell.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
How do you prove a smell?
Speaker 4 (08:03):
Is that like you take an empty like Folger's container
and like wafted it through the air and then put
a lid on it real fast.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
That's one way. That's one way. There's another way to
prove it. Let's close the studio door and I'll demonstrate. Yeah,
moving on, all right, do you have any other text
before we go to the phones? A, that's it, that's it.
All right, you were on the Jack and Nikki Show.
What do you think here?
Speaker 5 (08:31):
So it's like, if you consistently leave negative reviews, then
you're going to get flagged as maybe you're the problem.
But if this is like you've you've frequently used that
platform and you leave generally positive reviews and this is
your only subpart, I feel like you could have left
the review like, hey, they were great, they tried, the
(08:52):
location was great. However, please note the air conditioner without
during our time. The hosts tried to accommodate, but it
was ninety four to or supportable units. Like I think
if you put that note at the bottom, if I
was like the next guest trying to book that, I'm
gonna call them and make sure they're freaking airs working
before i've booked. At you, Yeah, like they're not, Like, yeah,
(09:13):
you're not. Really, they were great, they tried, and we
all know what it's like that goes out here. Yeah,
but I think you could have like gave them more
constructive feedback. As long as you're not consistently negative on
the rest of your reviews. I don't think the app's
gonna fly to you for just one off.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
You are saying many sensible things that I wish I
had thought of, and I'm shocked that your solution to
this problem is to be honest about something, because I
also didn't consider being honest. So thank you so much.
Speaker 5 (09:45):
We recently did Airbnb at Harper's Ferry and got this
cute little cabin in the woods and the reason why
I wanted a hot tub. We get there and it's
everything is as promised. The hosts were awesome, but we
open up the top of the and it was like
inhaling straight bleach. The host said that they clean it
and sanitize it after every guest, but I was like,
(10:07):
I don't think normal normally your choosies don't smell like
straight floorox sleech, and I'm not getting into that. And
so you know, I didn't reach out to the host.
We were only there for two nights. It wasn't that
big of a deal, but I kind of wish I
was more honest about that, but it didn't ruin the experience.
But air, I feel like air is a bigger deal. Breger,
(10:27):
especially when you're at the.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Be Oh yeah, yeah, no question. Yeah, all right, well
hey listen again. We appreciate the phone call. Thank you
very much.
Speaker 5 (10:39):
Bye, guys.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Well very interesting.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Yeah, the area's number one rated morning show.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
Let's go.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Let's go, Jack and Nikki one O two w V
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Speaker 2 (10:53):
Time now to turn the show over to you because
you hold right. You ask for it. That's right, you
ask for it, and now you're gonna get it. And
by it I mean a discussion of a topic of
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seven sixty six forty call us text us at that
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We're going to go to the question posed by a listener.
We're going to discuss that, and of course we will
take your thoughts as well. Nikki Drake, Jack Looger. Someone
(11:36):
texted in actually a link to a story about putting
carpet on your walls and ceilings gross at your house?
Why they want us to discuss it? So carpeted walls
and ceilings? Yay or nay?
Speaker 6 (11:58):
Nay?
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Okay, you're done.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
No, look, the only time that I will endorse carpeted walls,
not ceilings, but walls is when you specifically design it
for cat.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
So that they could climb up.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Yeah, the wall.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
That's the only time I will endorse that.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Okay, okay, carpeted walls carpeted ceilings only in cat related instances. Yes, okay,
that I agree with that. I like that. Yeah, I
like it when you go in and I would love
to have those walls where the cats can run around
on the walls and go in and out of stop.
Pretty cool. Yeah, I like its. Yeah, I will carve
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out two other caveats here when it comes to carpeted
walls and ceilings. Right number one, you are Elvis Presley. Okay,
you are decorating the Jungle Room, and it is nineteen
seventy six. Okay, Okay, if you find yourself in that
situation where you've somehow become the king of rock and
roll and you're living in the nineteen seventies, go ahead
(13:01):
and throw some carpet on the walls.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
Like a machine.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
That's right, and you just took over. You're gonna be
doing some recording in there anyway, so you need the soundproofing.
Go ahead and toss some carpet there, okay. Or let's
say you are a hippie and you are driving cross
country in a windowless van. You can go ahead and
throw some carpet in there. It's not a house, but
you can carpet the walls and the ceilings of your van.
(13:23):
That's right, Yeah, okay. So that's basically the carve out
that I have for this.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Now, I will say to you that I'm not really
opposed to it in a house. I kind of like it.
I feel cozy in there. I like the idea of it.
Have you ever been in a house that has carpeted
walls or ceilings? I have nots it's kind of cool. Yeah, yeah,
it feels pretty good.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
It sounds disgusting.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
It actually sounds great. The acoustics are fantastic because there's
no echo. It absorbs all of the sound. It's it
really deadens the sound from both the inside and the
out side. And there's just something to me that's kind
of cozy about it. I mean, now.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
Sounds perfect for a hostage situation, doesn't it.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
It does, it really does. No one can hear you scream.
There's zero chance that this is going to happen. There's
no way Jessica would go for it. And I'm not
going to advocate for it because I'm not married to
the idea. But I'm just saying that I'd entertain it.
I'd entertain it. Like if we were looking at a
house and it had like a room that was fully carpeted,
(14:31):
I'd feel like, let's give it a chance. Let's just
see where this goes. Eight eight eight seven seven seven
sixty six forty calls. You could text us do you
have any carpeted walls and ceilings in your house? Are
you again it? Do you have any carve outs? Do
you see an issue? Are you just completely repulse like Nikki?
(14:54):
Or are you open minded like me and willing to
give carpeting a chance? Carpet on the walls, carpet on
the ceilings? What in the h is going on here?
That is the question. That's right, Nikki Drake. Texts coming in,
people responding, what are we seeing? On the textual line, All.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
Right, let's see what an allergy nightmare? Yeah that's a good.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
Point, Yes, yes it is.
Speaker 6 (15:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
So if you're really trying to interrogate someone and you
need information, put them in a fully carpeted room, no benadryl,
and see what happened?
Speaker 2 (15:32):
A damp basement covered in carpeting.
Speaker 6 (15:34):
Yeah, yeah, I agree with Nikki.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
I have carpet halfway up my walls just for my cats.
They were scratching the walls, so I put the carpet.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Up and they love it. Yeah, it's paradise for cats. Yeah,
I love it.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
True, the Wonderbar has a carpeted walls, very fancy place.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
I think it's a gross idea, but just had to
point that out.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Wunda Baba, that's true. The Vundaba does have carpeted walls
and us can I go there every New Year's Eve.
It's your tradition. We have our dinner at the Wonder Bar.
And when we were talking about this, didn't even cross
my mind.
Speaker 3 (16:09):
Oh well, there you go.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
That's a fair point. Though. They do have carpeted walls,
and it is considered to be quite a fancy place,
and it is. Yeah, so take that.
Speaker 4 (16:20):
Okay. Then we have another question coming in here on
the text line. How about carpeted bathrooms.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
Well, here's the thing. I actually had a carpeted bathroom
growing up.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
Yeah, you know, my parents' master bath.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
Yeah, I liked it because you know, you go in there,
and especially first thing in the morning, you're barefoot and
there's no cold tile or anything to put your feet
on when you step out of the shower, And now
I throw a towel down because I didn't want to
drip into the carpet because then you got a mold
problem there. You know, there's just this big foot shaped
mold spot right there by, So you throw a towel down.
(16:59):
But it's it's kind of nice though, early in the
morning when you don't have to walk on that barefoot, yeah,
and you don't have put slippers on or anything or socks.
You can just kind of move about.
Speaker 4 (17:07):
I can no longer do a carpeted bathroom, well yeah,
I can't do it.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
Like my parents had one, my in laws had one.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
I'm just I'm not a fan of like a nice
solid tile of some sort.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
As an adult, it's not for me, yes, But as
a child it was fine because, hey, if if there's
an issue with mold or somebody keeps dripping p in this, hey,
then you guys have to pay to clean this up
and replace it. Not me. But as an adult man,
it's coming out of my pocket.
Speaker 6 (17:36):
So no speaking of coming in multiple times on the
text line up, carpeted bathrooms, poop particles, two words, poop particles.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
The Jack and Nikki Show wv AQ News Now from
the Game of Love.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
Oh baby, that's right. Love is a game. Surely you
know that by now. If you've been paying any attention
at all, you know it's like playing chess. You got
to make the right moves, you got to do it
the right way. Yeah, And that's why Tender they're changing
their strategy. According to a story in The New York Post,
(18:19):
Tender is trying to appeal to people who want to
date but do not want to be murdered on that date.
These are very picky people. That is very particular. Dog.
You want to survive your date. You want to find love,
but I don't want to end up in a shallow grave.
Look at me. I'm special. They want to create low
(18:40):
pressure ways for people to connect, and this includes a
new double dating feature set to launch this summer after
a successful testing in Europe, where people often skip the
odorant and wear long striped shirts. You know who you are.
Just because it worked there doesn't necessarily mean it'll work here.
(19:03):
I mean, you know, we don't smoke skinny cigarettes and
carrying around a baguette with us everywhere we go. Either,
cultures are different.
Speaker 3 (19:11):
Although that sounds delicious, the baguette part.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
They can be used as a weapon, that too, a
defensive weapon. Tender's new CEO says members don't want more matches,
they want better matches, and eighty five percent of singles
who don't use Tender say they avoid it because of
its association with hookups. Right, yeah, now, Nikki, I know
you did a deep dive into the double dating feature.
(19:36):
Why don't you tell us how that works?
Speaker 4 (19:38):
So you can link up with a friend and then
search for a match for the pair of you, so
each of you would have a date and with another
pair of friends who are doing the double dating feature,
and then you guys go on a double date.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
Yeah okay, so it's like a double blind date.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
So you're just going to need two shovels. I just want.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
To clarify, right, okay, But I mean it makes sense.
Speaker 4 (20:06):
I mean because then you have somebody with you in
case you need to bail early, and you don't have
to worry about faking a phone call or anything like.
That's having some sort of elaborate plan. Yeah, so I
like that part.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Yeah, I think there are a lot of benefits to this.
And I want to toss this out to you guys.
As always, when we get into this kind of talk,
Nikki and I need to defer to you because we're married,
we're no longer on the dating scene, no longer single.
So the question is to you single people, what's your
policy on dating? What's your strategy? I mean, how do
(20:38):
you do this? You even use tender? Would you like
to do the double dating? I mean, would you be
more likely to go on a first date with somebody
you met on tender if it's a double date and
you can bring a friend. I mean a lot of
people say, why play man when you can play a zone?
I mean, why put yourself in that situation? And as
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Nicky said, it's not just a safety issue. It's a
safeguard against dull small talk and not connecting and wanting
to bail early. I mean, if you need a quick exit,
you don't have to do the faked phone call or emergency.
You can just go my friend has diarrhea, we need
to go, and that's it. That's basically all you have
(21:21):
to do. It's a quick exit. Okay, so let's hear
from you single people exit, Yes that your friend will
I'm sure happily play along with Oh yeah, eight eight
eight seven seven seven sixty six forty the number to
the show call us text us. You can also text
us at three five sixty five to one. Let's just
take a quick poll here with the single people and
(21:41):
see what your thoughts are on this. Are you more
likely to do this now? And you can take tender
out of it all together? Just double dating in general,
I mean, however you meet people, do you go out
with a double date? Is that something that works for
you if you tried that strategy? Seems like it would
be pretty decent.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
I like it because you know, it's two pairs of friends,
so everybody is already linked, you know, on tender and everything.
And the expectations I think are different because it's a
double date and then it would be if it was
just a one on one.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
Yeah, you don't have to do your one man show.
There's not as much pressure.
Speaker 4 (22:19):
Right, the pressure is it's a completely different situation.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
Yeah, there's four of you. Yeah, you don't have to
just try to entertain one person. You can bore three people.
Some say this will make it easier. They've done a
test run on this in Europe and found that worked
out pretty well. Okay, so let's see if it's going
to work here in America where God still pays attention.
Pekey Drake, what are you seeing on the text line?
Speaker 4 (22:44):
I have tried multiple dating apps and it's been a
rough go, and most people I talk with don't want
to meet or have different intentions than I do. I
would like to go on a double date if I
had another person to go with.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Hmm. Interesting, But would you still go on a date
with the people who don't want to meet and have
different intentions they don't want to meet? Then that's what
I'm saying. So but so that's my point. So bringing
your friends not going to solve that, right, No. Yeah,
but if they have different intentions, now you can play
a zone, yeah, but a man on that. So, if
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you've got somebody who they come at you with different intentions,
whether it's you know, being on the randy side, or
if they intend to leave you in a shallow grave,
you still have somebody with you that will prevent everything
from busy hands to grizzly homicide. You've got somebody to
help you with that.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
Sure, Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Okay, good. So I hope that works out for you,
and I hope you take a friend, and I hope
that we get a text from you later this summer,
after you've lived through several attempted murders with help from
your friend, one more text. I wanted to mention before
we wrap this up. I do think this is interesting
because I have seen this happen on more than one occasion. Okay,
as this Texter, I went on a double date and
(24:03):
the guy I was with hooked up with my friend.
Oh okay, so you bring a friend the guy you're dating,
he Heisman's you goes right to the friend. But see
that that's kind of thing.
Speaker 4 (24:16):
It's a danger. But also, like, if you're doing this
double date thing on one of the apps, you don't
really know that person yet, So you could be there
like quote unquote paired up with the person sitting across
from you and end up with the person diagonal from you.
Speaker 3 (24:29):
But I mean, yeah, there's alone, right.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
There are a lot of things that could happen. My
advice to you, though, if you are going to take
a friend with you, on a double date. Take your
ugliest friend. I mean, that's just the smart way to
do it. That's an insurance policy. Okay, look at your friends,
you know, the ones that aren't as attractive as you.
Take one of them, right, right, And if that doesn't work,
then make sure you tell that guy that your friend
has diarrhea. We were just talking about the beginning of
(24:59):
what could be a relationship for you, that first date,
making it a double date, going on tender Fine, but
what about the troubled ending to that very relationship that
started out on such a promising note I speak of divorce.
Let's talk about that. Now. We're gonna do bookends on this, okay, right,
(25:23):
the exciting beginning, the disastrous ends. Because divorce coaches are
now a thing. Wow, you can hire somebody to coach
you right through a divorce. They're in high demand, according
to reports, as people split the disillusionment of marriages across
this great land. These divorce coaches charge up to three
(25:46):
hundred dollars per hour for guidance and navigating the process
of getting divorced. Why three hundred dollars an hour, because
that's just a little taste of how much you're probably
going to lose in the divorce, just trying to soften
you up. Sure, they help clients with emotional support, legal matters,
(26:08):
and post divorce planning, saying things like, you're going to
need a place to live, Let's get you an apartment.
Mm hmm. Okay, you're probably gonna need a bold eat
your cereal out of because you can't pour that into
a coffee filter and eat out of it.
Speaker 3 (26:22):
Okay, right, you have to, you need silverware, you're right, sure.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
You can't do your laundry in the dishwasher. I mean,
there's all kinds of stuff that they're going to help
you with, And like, isn't.
Speaker 4 (26:31):
This what your lawyers for? Though, Like, doesn't your lawyer
handle like a lot of the Hey, okay, this is
what we need to navigate. And now you've got all
of this, all of these funds tied tied up over here,
you have a mortgage together, you've got to you know, pets, kids, whatever.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
So why do you need a separate divorce coach?
Speaker 2 (26:52):
Emotional support?
Speaker 4 (26:53):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (26:53):
You got to have emotional support? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (26:55):
Is this something that Gwyneth Paltrow posted about and not
like everybody's doing it?
Speaker 3 (27:00):
Is this one of those.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
Goop things, save yourself the money, and just get a
cat or a small dog to carry around with you.
If you need emotional support, you'll be fine. Do we
have divorced coaches around here?
Speaker 3 (27:11):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Has anybody around here actually worked with a divorce coach?
That's always the first thing that I ask when I
see one of these headlines. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm sure
that's happening in your more cosmopolitan areas. You know your Hollywood, right,
you know your Huntsville, Alabama?
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Sure?
Speaker 2 (27:29):
But what about here in West Virginia? What about around
these parts? Anybody hiring a divorce coach? Do you even
have a divorce coach available to you here? And while
we're running down this list of questions, can you and
I become divorce coaching?
Speaker 4 (27:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (27:44):
How do we cash in that? I was wondering?
Speaker 2 (27:48):
Yeah, I can help somebody find an apartment and tell
somebody not to put their laundry in the dishwasher. I
can do that. I mean, how hard could it be?
Speaker 4 (27:56):
We did have to tell people not to put their
crocks in the dishwasher and did not wash them that way.
Speaker 3 (28:00):
Yeah, so we're already doing part of this.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
Yeah, And as far as emotional support. If you give
me three hundred dollars, I'd be more than happy to
pat you on the back and say they're there, They're there.
Speaker 3 (28:13):
Yeah, sure I could do that for three hundred dollars.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
These difficult times will pass. Yeah, money please, money please.
Studio lines are open. Antext lines triple eight, triple seven,
sixty six forty call us textus at three five sixty
five to one. I will tell you I do not
anticipate hearing from anybody who has worked with a divorce
coach even knows a divorce coach, has ever even heard
(28:39):
of a divorce coach. But if that's you, I'll be
more than happy to read your texts or take your call.
You know, a lot of people wait until the Great
American smokeout to try to get the people around them
to quit smoking cigarettes. Sure, fortunately some people don't. They
(29:00):
screw with smokers, and then they post it online. TikTok.
If you haven't heard of the TikTok as, it's.
Speaker 3 (29:06):
The app popping off on fold everywhere.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
TikTok, TikTok, a TikTok app.
Speaker 5 (29:10):
TikTok hass five hundred and million active uses.
Speaker 4 (29:13):
This is a TikTok trend going viral.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Just put that on TikTok. Oh, thankfully somebody did. We
have a terrific story of inspiration for you this morning.
A woman who hid her mom's cigarettes and then hilarity ensued.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
Oh my gosh, let's listen words my cigarettes.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
Why are you always yelling because.
Speaker 3 (29:36):
My cigarettes aren't here? Oh my god, are you dealing
with them?
Speaker 2 (29:40):
I threw them away.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
Oh you didn't throw my cigarettes away. I did.
Speaker 2 (29:45):
I threw them away.
Speaker 3 (29:46):
None of your business. I'm seventy three years old.
Speaker 4 (29:49):
If I want to smoke five packs a day, it's
none of your concerned.
Speaker 3 (29:53):
I want my cigarettes back.
Speaker 5 (29:55):
You better not have thrown them away.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
I heard of God.
Speaker 1 (29:57):
I'll take you by your neck and I'll choke you.
Speaker 3 (30:01):
I think that you need management a little bit.
Speaker 5 (30:04):
You need anger management.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
You get me mad for some cigarettes.
Speaker 4 (30:07):
No, you need to go and find out how daughter
loves their mother. I need my cigarette.
Speaker 3 (30:12):
I need them now you're not on them.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
Now you're not getting Oh yes I do.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
Wow, I'll tell you what she needs nicotine right, Yeah,
she needs gonna fix. Mama's gotta have fix. Maybe cigarettes.
Oh goodness, Wow, that is fascinating but you know what,
at seventy three, she's not gonna change your That's that's
who she is. She's done like this is your You're
(30:41):
wasting your time. I mean, the only thing that's been
accomplished here is ridicule, basically something for us to enjoy
as listeners. Sure that that's been accomplished. Yeah, this is
just entertainment for the rest of us.
Speaker 4 (30:56):
Yeah, but I'm now very thankful I don't have to
hide cigarettes from my family members.
Speaker 2 (31:03):
You just smoke right in front of them.
Speaker 4 (31:05):
No, no, no, I don't have to deal with them
yelling at me for not being able to find something.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
Do you have any smokers in your family?
Speaker 4 (31:14):
Yes, I have some cousins. Yeah, okay, so I've never
hidden their cigarettes.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
Well, no, I'm just I just I'm curious about how
often you come in contact with them and if they're smoking,
you know right, no in the face or no.
Speaker 4 (31:29):
That's it's always a go outside, like you know, so
many yards away from the house and away from everybody else,
because you know.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
They're they're pariahs. They're outside, humped over with the body
language of petty criminals, out behind a shed somewhere. It's
very adignified,
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Speaker 2 (00:17):
I want to get some advice from you guys, and
also you, Nicky Drake. Okay studio and text lines are
open eight eight eight seven seven seven sixty six forty
call text that number. You can also text us at
three five sixty five to one. Ran into a bit
of a situation with airbnb. Okay, last week on vacation.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Did you find cameras in your Airbnb?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
I did not, but I'm sure they were there. You
didn't look for him. I did, but I couldn't find them.
You know, I did what I could, but there's so
many ways to hide cameras. Yeah, and man'm my paranoid
about that. But this is an unfortunate situation. So Jessica
and I went to Foley Beach, South Carolina, right us
(01:03):
out of Charleston, and we got a beach house down there,
right And when we got there, it was about ninety
seven degrees and the air conditioning wasn't working. No, yes, yes,
oh gosh. Now they were aware of that because instead
of just rolling in and driving up under the house
(01:23):
and walking up the steps with our suitcases and opening
the door and going this is great. Look, well let's
do you know, I'm run round up and up and
down on the beds in the couch instead of doing that.
There were two pickup trucks there and a couple of
guys working on the air conditioning unit. And they're like, ooh,
air conditioning ain't working. We push some some portable units
in there. We'll get it cooled down by maybe ten
(01:44):
or eleven tonight. What there was like four in the afternoon.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Right, So they put these three portable units in the
kind that have the exhaust that goes out the window. Yeah,
and they sound like jet engines, right, And they put
three of them in there, one in the bedroom where
we were sleeping.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
Okay, okay, we got your white noise machine.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
You talked, Yeah, very white noise. Unbelievable. And so we
unpacked and we went, well, let's just go get something
to eat and look around and try to let this
place cool down. So we come back. You know, it's
still we went to bed, it was still like seventy
eight and these things are running full blast and they're
really loud. All right, So they tell us, don't worry,
(02:31):
we'll have this unit fixed by tonight. Well they didn't.
Oh no, the whole week we were there, We've got
these three units in there running.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
You didn't have air conditioning the whole time, just the
portable units.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Okay. Now, they did give us a discount at the
end because of what happened, but it it was nice,
but it wasn't much of a discount. It was a
few hundred bucks. Oh yeah. Okay, here's the airbnb dilemma
that I have, and I'm really not sure how to
(03:05):
handle this. And maybe you guys have been in the situation.
When you stay at an airbnb, you you leave a
review for them, Yeah okay, but the problem is they
also review you, right. The reviews go both ways. So
if you have allows the experience and you're honest about that,
then they can give you a bad review, and then
(03:28):
you have trouble renting an Airbnb after that, because now
your name is marked as being troublesome. Yeah. So the
next time you want to get an airbnb, they look
at the reviews of your previous days of the airbnbs,
and if they see that you're flagged, they're like, you
can't stay here. However, if you have allows the experience,
(03:50):
you can't really complain about it. You kind of have
to play.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Nice because they can review you back.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Because they review you back. So what do you do
when you have allowed the experience at an airbnb? It
seems to me like you're kind of stuck right pretty much,
just have to go. We had a wonderful time, it
was a nice place and blah blah. So we just
focused on the positive. We were like, great location, quick
(04:16):
access to the beach, sure the facts. You just like, yeah, yeah,
the hosts were responsive and attentive.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
There you go.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Yes, because they did show up with a port of
w SI units. But it was allows the experience. I
mean it was loud and annoying and so but what
do you do? This is my question to you guys.
How do you handle this? Because the reviews go both ways.
It's not like slagging somebody off in a restaurant review
online and then going yuck yuck, take that. I mean,
(04:48):
it's they come back at you. So what do you
do in this situation?
Speaker 3 (04:54):
That's a very good question.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
M hm, yikes.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
I have no idea, right because you want to be like, hey,
you know, like we had issues, but they were they
were very responsive.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Now, Jessica is very emotionally intelligent and good at taking
the high road, and so she wrote the review and
like I said, she just focused on the positives and
try to be nice. And she was nice. And then
they were nice in return after we posted that. They
were like, we enjoyed having Jack and Jessica. They were
(05:26):
nice guests and they didn't complain at all when we
didn't provide it with their conditioning. And then for some
reason showed up and stole from their car and vandalized
and then burned the house to the ground with them
inside of it. They were very.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Nice, They were so nice.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Yeah, all right, how do you handle it? You guys?
What do you do? The Airbnb review dilemma Going to
the phones and the textual lines eight eight eight seven
seven seven sixty six forty call us textas you can
also text us at three five sixty five to one.
It's the airbnb dilemma. With Airbnb reviews go both ways.
(06:03):
You review the host, yes, but they also review you
as a guest. And then the next time you try
to go to an Airbnb, the people you are trying
to rent from can take a look at your profile
and see what previous hosts have had to say about you. Yeah,
so you're in an awkward situation because if you have
a bad time and you say, hey, this was awful,
(06:24):
then the people you rented from can say, yeah, well,
guess what, you're a terrible guest too. You suck as
a guest, and then you're in trouble the next time
you try to rent. So how do you deal with
bad experiences without getting black bold? That is the question,
Nikki Drake, What is the answer?
Speaker 3 (06:42):
All right, this Texter may have a solution for you.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
I think in a case where it's negligence on the
property owner, I'd still make sure I point out the
positive and give them a lukewarm review while mentioning the issues.
But if they're not even responsive or we don't offer
a discount.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
It scorched earth.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Scorched earth? Yes, oh yeah, oh wow, Well you know
that's that's fair enough. That's fair enough. I mean, you know,
these people we rented from, it's not their fault that
the air conditioning went out, and they did do what
they could to alleviate the situation, and that's why we
said that in the review. We're like, hey, they were
attentive and responsive hosts, and we appreciate that.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
We're working on it before you even arrived, so that
there you didn't walk in and be like, oh no, right, no.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
We have to tell them and then yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:30):
So at least there was that Yeah. Uh, this person
had a not great experience. Here's their story. We rented
an Airbnb and Charlotte, North Carolina, for Thanksgiving. This was
about a month after the terrible floods that hit North Carolina.
The house smelled terrible of mildew and mold the second
you opened the door. We tried to tell the owner
of that of the house that we believed there was
(07:51):
a mold problem. They disagreed and said just open the
windows it would air out. They also wanted us to
prove a smell.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
How do you prove a smell?
Speaker 4 (08:03):
Is that like you take an empty like Folger's container
and like wafted it through the air and then put
a lid on it real fast.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
That's one way. That's one way. There's another way to
prove it. Let's close the studio door and I'll demonstrate. Yeah,
moving on, all right, do you have any other text
before we go to the phones? A, that's it, that's it.
All right, you were on the Jack and Nikki Show.
What do you think here?
Speaker 5 (08:31):
So it's like, if you consistently leave negative reviews, then
you're going to get flagged as maybe you're the problem.
But if this is like you've you've frequently used that
platform and you leave generally positive reviews and this is
your only subpart, I feel like you could have left
the review like, hey, they were great, they tried, the
(08:52):
location was great. However, please note the air conditioner without
during our time. The hosts tried to accommodate, but it
was ninety four to or supportable units. Like I think
if you put that note at the bottom, if I
was like the next guest trying to book that, I'm
gonna call them and make sure they're freaking airs working
before i've booked. At you, Yeah, like they're not, Like, yeah,
(09:13):
you're not. Really, they were great, they tried, and we
all know what it's like that goes out here. Yeah,
but I think you could have like gave them more
constructive feedback. As long as you're not consistently negative on
the rest of your reviews. I don't think the app's
gonna fly to you for just one off.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
You are saying many sensible things that I wish I
had thought of, and I'm shocked that your solution to
this problem is to be honest about something, because I
also didn't consider being honest. So thank you so much.
Speaker 5 (09:45):
We recently did Airbnb at Harper's Ferry and got this
cute little cabin in the woods and the reason why
I wanted a hot tub. We get there and it's
everything is as promised. The hosts were awesome, but we
open up the top of the and it was like
inhaling straight bleach. The host said that they clean it
and sanitize it after every guest, but I was like,
(10:07):
I don't think normal normally your choosies don't smell like
straight floorox sleech, and I'm not getting into that. And
so you know, I didn't reach out to the host.
We were only there for two nights. It wasn't that
big of a deal, but I kind of wish I
was more honest about that, but it didn't ruin the experience.
But air, I feel like air is a bigger deal. Breger,
(10:27):
especially when you're at the.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Be Oh yeah, yeah, no question. Yeah, all right, well
hey listen again. We appreciate the phone call. Thank you
very much.
Speaker 5 (10:39):
Bye, guys.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Well very interesting.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
Yeah, the area's number one rated morning show.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
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Time now to turn the show over to you because
you hold right. You ask for it. That's right, you
ask for it, and now you're gonna get it. And
by it I mean a discussion of a topic of
your choice. Studio lines open eight eight, eight, seven, seven,
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seven sixty six forty call us text us at that
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We're going to go to the question posed by a listener.
We're going to discuss that, and of course we will
take your thoughts as well. Nikki Drake, Jack Looger. Someone
(11:36):
texted in actually a link to a story about putting
carpet on your walls and ceilings gross at your house?
Why they want us to discuss it? So carpeted walls
and ceilings? Yay or nay?
Speaker 6 (11:58):
Nay?
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Okay, you're done.
Speaker 4 (12:02):
No, look, the only time that I will endorse carpeted walls,
not ceilings, but walls is when you specifically design it
for cat.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
So that they could climb up.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Yeah, the wall.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
That's the only time I will endorse that.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Okay, okay, carpeted walls carpeted ceilings only in cat related instances. Yes, okay,
that I agree with that. I like that. Yeah, I
like it when you go in and I would love
to have those walls where the cats can run around
on the walls and go in and out of stop.
Pretty cool. Yeah, I like its. Yeah, I will carve
(12:40):
out two other caveats here when it comes to carpeted
walls and ceilings. Right number one, you are Elvis Presley. Okay,
you are decorating the Jungle Room, and it is nineteen
seventy six. Okay, Okay, if you find yourself in that
situation where you've somehow become the king of rock and
roll and you're living in the nineteen seventies, go ahead
(13:01):
and throw some carpet on the walls.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
Like a machine.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
That's right, and you just took over. You're gonna be
doing some recording in there anyway, so you need the soundproofing.
Go ahead and toss some carpet there, okay. Or let's
say you are a hippie and you are driving cross
country in a windowless van. You can go ahead and
throw some carpet in there. It's not a house, but
you can carpet the walls and the ceilings of your van.
(13:23):
That's right, Yeah, okay. So that's basically the carve out
that I have for this.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Now, I will say to you that I'm not really
opposed to it in a house. I kind of like it.
I feel cozy in there. I like the idea of it.
Have you ever been in a house that has carpeted
walls or ceilings? I have nots it's kind of cool. Yeah, yeah,
it feels pretty good.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
It sounds disgusting.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
It actually sounds great. The acoustics are fantastic because there's
no echo. It absorbs all of the sound. It's it
really deadens the sound from both the inside and the
out side. And there's just something to me that's kind
of cozy about it. I mean, now.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
Sounds perfect for a hostage situation, doesn't it.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
It does, it really does. No one can hear you scream.
There's zero chance that this is going to happen. There's
no way Jessica would go for it. And I'm not
going to advocate for it because I'm not married to
the idea. But I'm just saying that I'd entertain it.
I'd entertain it. Like if we were looking at a
house and it had like a room that was fully carpeted,
(14:31):
I'd feel like, let's give it a chance. Let's just
see where this goes. Eight eight eight seven seven seven
sixty six forty calls. You could text us do you
have any carpeted walls and ceilings in your house? Are
you again it? Do you have any carve outs? Do
you see an issue? Are you just completely repulse like Nikki?
(14:54):
Or are you open minded like me and willing to
give carpeting a chance? Carpet on the walls, carpet on
the ceilings? What in the h is going on here?
That is the question. That's right, Nikki Drake. Texts coming in,
people responding, what are we seeing? On the textual line, All.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
Right, let's see what an allergy nightmare? Yeah that's a good.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
Point, Yes, yes it is.
Speaker 6 (15:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
So if you're really trying to interrogate someone and you
need information, put them in a fully carpeted room, no benadryl,
and see what happened?
Speaker 2 (15:32):
A damp basement covered in carpeting.
Speaker 6 (15:34):
Yeah, yeah, I agree with Nikki.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
I have carpet halfway up my walls just for my cats.
They were scratching the walls, so I put the carpet.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Up and they love it. Yeah, it's paradise for cats. Yeah,
I love it.
Speaker 4 (15:45):
True, the Wonderbar has a carpeted walls, very fancy place.
Speaker 3 (15:50):
I think it's a gross idea, but just had to
point that out.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Wunda Baba, that's true. The Vundaba does have carpeted walls
and us can I go there every New Year's Eve.
It's your tradition. We have our dinner at the Wonder Bar.
And when we were talking about this, didn't even cross
my mind.
Speaker 3 (16:09):
Oh well, there you go.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
That's a fair point. Though. They do have carpeted walls,
and it is considered to be quite a fancy place,
and it is. Yeah, so take that.
Speaker 4 (16:20):
Okay. Then we have another question coming in here on
the text line. How about carpeted bathrooms.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
Well, here's the thing. I actually had a carpeted bathroom
growing up.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
Yeah, you know, my parents' master bath.
Speaker 2 (16:37):
Yeah, I liked it because you know, you go in there,
and especially first thing in the morning, you're barefoot and
there's no cold tile or anything to put your feet
on when you step out of the shower, And now
I throw a towel down because I didn't want to
drip into the carpet because then you got a mold
problem there. You know, there's just this big foot shaped
mold spot right there by, So you throw a towel down.
(16:59):
But it's it's kind of nice though, early in the
morning when you don't have to walk on that barefoot, yeah,
and you don't have put slippers on or anything or socks.
You can just kind of move about.
Speaker 4 (17:07):
I can no longer do a carpeted bathroom, well yeah,
I can't do it.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
Like my parents had one, my in laws had one.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
I'm just I'm not a fan of like a nice
solid tile of some sort.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
As an adult, it's not for me, yes, But as
a child it was fine because, hey, if if there's
an issue with mold or somebody keeps dripping p in this, hey,
then you guys have to pay to clean this up
and replace it. Not me. But as an adult man,
it's coming out of my pocket.
Speaker 6 (17:36):
So no speaking of coming in multiple times on the
text line up, carpeted bathrooms, poop particles, two words, poop particles.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
The Jack and Nikki Show wv AQ News Now from
the Game of Love.
Speaker 2 (17:57):
Oh baby, that's right. Love is a game. Surely you
know that by now. If you've been paying any attention
at all, you know it's like playing chess. You got
to make the right moves, you got to do it
the right way. Yeah, And that's why Tender they're changing
their strategy. According to a story in The New York Post,
(18:19):
Tender is trying to appeal to people who want to
date but do not want to be murdered on that date.
These are very picky people. That is very particular. Dog.
You want to survive your date. You want to find love,
but I don't want to end up in a shallow grave.
Look at me. I'm special. They want to create low
(18:40):
pressure ways for people to connect, and this includes a
new double dating feature set to launch this summer after
a successful testing in Europe, where people often skip the
odorant and wear long striped shirts. You know who you are.
Just because it worked there doesn't necessarily mean it'll work here.
(19:03):
I mean, you know, we don't smoke skinny cigarettes and
carrying around a baguette with us everywhere we go. Either,
cultures are different.
Speaker 3 (19:11):
Although that sounds delicious, the baguette part.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
They can be used as a weapon, that too, a
defensive weapon. Tender's new CEO says members don't want more matches,
they want better matches, and eighty five percent of singles
who don't use Tender say they avoid it because of
its association with hookups. Right, yeah, now, Nikki, I know
you did a deep dive into the double dating feature.
(19:36):
Why don't you tell us how that works?
Speaker 4 (19:38):
So you can link up with a friend and then
search for a match for the pair of you, so
each of you would have a date and with another
pair of friends who are doing the double dating feature,
and then you guys go on a double date.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
Yeah okay, so it's like a double blind date.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
So you're just going to need two shovels. I just want.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
To clarify, right, okay, But I mean it makes sense.
Speaker 4 (20:06):
I mean because then you have somebody with you in
case you need to bail early, and you don't have
to worry about faking a phone call or anything like.
That's having some sort of elaborate plan. Yeah, so I
like that part.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Yeah, I think there are a lot of benefits to this.
And I want to toss this out to you guys.
As always, when we get into this kind of talk,
Nikki and I need to defer to you because we're married,
we're no longer on the dating scene, no longer single.
So the question is to you single people, what's your
policy on dating? What's your strategy? I mean, how do
(20:38):
you do this? You even use tender? Would you like
to do the double dating? I mean, would you be
more likely to go on a first date with somebody
you met on tender if it's a double date and
you can bring a friend. I mean a lot of
people say, why play man when you can play a zone?
I mean, why put yourself in that situation? And as
(21:00):
Nicky said, it's not just a safety issue. It's a
safeguard against dull small talk and not connecting and wanting
to bail early. I mean, if you need a quick exit,
you don't have to do the faked phone call or emergency.
You can just go my friend has diarrhea, we need
to go, and that's it. That's basically all you have
(21:21):
to do. It's a quick exit. Okay, so let's hear
from you single people exit, Yes that your friend will
I'm sure happily play along with Oh yeah, eight eight
eight seven seven seven sixty six forty the number to
the show call us text us. You can also text
us at three five sixty five to one. Let's just
take a quick poll here with the single people and
(21:41):
see what your thoughts are on this. Are you more
likely to do this now? And you can take tender
out of it all together? Just double dating in general,
I mean, however you meet people, do you go out
with a double date? Is that something that works for
you if you tried that strategy? Seems like it would
be pretty decent.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
I like it because you know, it's two pairs of friends,
so everybody is already linked, you know, on tender and everything.
And the expectations I think are different because it's a
double date and then it would be if it was
just a one on one.
Speaker 2 (22:16):
Yeah, you don't have to do your one man show.
There's not as much pressure.
Speaker 4 (22:19):
Right, the pressure is it's a completely different situation.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
Yeah, there's four of you. Yeah, you don't have to
just try to entertain one person. You can bore three people.
Some say this will make it easier. They've done a
test run on this in Europe and found that worked
out pretty well. Okay, so let's see if it's going
to work here in America where God still pays attention.
Pekey Drake, what are you seeing on the text line?
Speaker 4 (22:44):
I have tried multiple dating apps and it's been a
rough go, and most people I talk with don't want
to meet or have different intentions than I do. I
would like to go on a double date if I
had another person to go with.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Hmm. Interesting, But would you still go on a date
with the people who don't want to meet and have
different intentions they don't want to meet? Then that's what
I'm saying. So but so that's my point. So bringing
your friends not going to solve that, right, No. Yeah,
but if they have different intentions, now you can play
a zone, yeah, but a man on that. So, if
(23:19):
you've got somebody who they come at you with different intentions,
whether it's you know, being on the randy side, or
if they intend to leave you in a shallow grave,
you still have somebody with you that will prevent everything
from busy hands to grizzly homicide. You've got somebody to
help you with that.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
Sure, Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Okay, good. So I hope that works out for you,
and I hope you take a friend, and I hope
that we get a text from you later this summer,
after you've lived through several attempted murders with help from
your friend, one more text. I wanted to mention before
we wrap this up. I do think this is interesting
because I have seen this happen on more than one occasion. Okay,
as this Texter, I went on a double date and
(24:03):
the guy I was with hooked up with my friend.
Oh okay, so you bring a friend the guy you're dating,
he Heisman's you goes right to the friend. But see
that that's kind of thing.
Speaker 4 (24:16):
It's a danger. But also, like, if you're doing this
double date thing on one of the apps, you don't
really know that person yet, So you could be there
like quote unquote paired up with the person sitting across
from you and end up with the person diagonal from you.
Speaker 3 (24:29):
But I mean, yeah, there's alone, right.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
There are a lot of things that could happen. My
advice to you, though, if you are going to take
a friend with you, on a double date. Take your
ugliest friend. I mean, that's just the smart way to
do it. That's an insurance policy. Okay, look at your friends,
you know, the ones that aren't as attractive as you.
Take one of them, right, right, And if that doesn't work,
then make sure you tell that guy that your friend
has diarrhea. We were just talking about the beginning of
(24:59):
what could be a relationship for you, that first date,
making it a double date, going on tender Fine, but
what about the troubled ending to that very relationship that
started out on such a promising note I speak of divorce.
Let's talk about that. Now. We're gonna do bookends on this, okay, right,
(25:23):
the exciting beginning, the disastrous ends. Because divorce coaches are
now a thing. Wow, you can hire somebody to coach
you right through a divorce. They're in high demand, according
to reports, as people split the disillusionment of marriages across
this great land. These divorce coaches charge up to three
(25:46):
hundred dollars per hour for guidance and navigating the process
of getting divorced. Why three hundred dollars an hour, because
that's just a little taste of how much you're probably
going to lose in the divorce, just trying to soften
you up. Sure, they help clients with emotional support, legal matters,
(26:08):
and post divorce planning, saying things like, you're going to
need a place to live, Let's get you an apartment.
Mm hmm. Okay, you're probably gonna need a bold eat
your cereal out of because you can't pour that into
a coffee filter and eat out of it.
Speaker 3 (26:22):
Okay, right, you have to, you need silverware, you're right, sure.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
You can't do your laundry in the dishwasher. I mean,
there's all kinds of stuff that they're going to help
you with, And like, isn't.
Speaker 4 (26:31):
This what your lawyers for? Though, Like, doesn't your lawyer
handle like a lot of the Hey, okay, this is
what we need to navigate. And now you've got all
of this, all of these funds tied tied up over here,
you have a mortgage together, you've got to you know, pets, kids, whatever.
Speaker 3 (26:48):
So why do you need a separate divorce coach?
Speaker 2 (26:52):
Emotional support?
Speaker 4 (26:53):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (26:53):
You got to have emotional support? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (26:55):
Is this something that Gwyneth Paltrow posted about and not
like everybody's doing it?
Speaker 3 (27:00):
Is this one of those.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
Goop things, save yourself the money, and just get a
cat or a small dog to carry around with you.
If you need emotional support, you'll be fine. Do we
have divorced coaches around here?
Speaker 3 (27:11):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Has anybody around here actually worked with a divorce coach?
That's always the first thing that I ask when I
see one of these headlines. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm sure
that's happening in your more cosmopolitan areas. You know your Hollywood, right,
you know your Huntsville, Alabama?
Speaker 3 (27:28):
Sure?
Speaker 2 (27:29):
But what about here in West Virginia? What about around
these parts? Anybody hiring a divorce coach? Do you even
have a divorce coach available to you here? And while
we're running down this list of questions, can you and
I become divorce coaching?
Speaker 4 (27:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (27:44):
How do we cash in that? I was wondering?
Speaker 2 (27:48):
Yeah, I can help somebody find an apartment and tell
somebody not to put their laundry in the dishwasher. I
can do that. I mean, how hard could it be?
Speaker 4 (27:56):
We did have to tell people not to put their
crocks in the dishwasher and did not wash them that way.
Speaker 3 (28:00):
Yeah, so we're already doing part of this.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
Yeah, And as far as emotional support. If you give
me three hundred dollars, I'd be more than happy to
pat you on the back and say they're there, They're there.
Speaker 3 (28:13):
Yeah, sure I could do that for three hundred dollars.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
These difficult times will pass. Yeah, money please, money please.
Studio lines are open. Antext lines triple eight, triple seven,
sixty six forty call us textus at three five sixty
five to one. I will tell you I do not
anticipate hearing from anybody who has worked with a divorce
coach even knows a divorce coach, has ever even heard
(28:39):
of a divorce coach. But if that's you, I'll be
more than happy to read your texts or take your call.
You know, a lot of people wait until the Great
American smokeout to try to get the people around them
to quit smoking cigarettes. Sure, fortunately some people don't. They
(29:00):
screw with smokers, and then they post it online. TikTok.
If you haven't heard of the TikTok as, it's.
Speaker 3 (29:06):
The app popping off on fold everywhere.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
TikTok, TikTok, a TikTok app.
Speaker 5 (29:10):
TikTok hass five hundred and million active uses.
Speaker 4 (29:13):
This is a TikTok trend going viral.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Just put that on TikTok. Oh, thankfully somebody did. We
have a terrific story of inspiration for you this morning.
A woman who hid her mom's cigarettes and then hilarity ensued.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
Oh my gosh, let's listen words my cigarettes.
Speaker 2 (29:33):
Why are you always yelling because.
Speaker 3 (29:36):
My cigarettes aren't here? Oh my god, are you dealing
with them?
Speaker 2 (29:40):
I threw them away.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
Oh you didn't throw my cigarettes away. I did.
Speaker 2 (29:45):
I threw them away.
Speaker 3 (29:46):
None of your business. I'm seventy three years old.
Speaker 4 (29:49):
If I want to smoke five packs a day, it's
none of your concerned.
Speaker 3 (29:53):
I want my cigarettes back.
Speaker 5 (29:55):
You better not have thrown them away.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
I heard of God.
Speaker 1 (29:57):
I'll take you by your neck and I'll choke you.
Speaker 3 (30:01):
I think that you need management a little bit.
Speaker 5 (30:04):
You need anger management.
Speaker 3 (30:05):
You get me mad for some cigarettes.
Speaker 4 (30:07):
No, you need to go and find out how daughter
loves their mother. I need my cigarette.
Speaker 3 (30:12):
I need them now you're not on them.
Speaker 4 (30:14):
Now you're not getting Oh yes I do.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
Wow, I'll tell you what she needs nicotine right, Yeah,
she needs gonna fix. Mama's gotta have fix. Maybe cigarettes.
Oh goodness, Wow, that is fascinating but you know what,
at seventy three, she's not gonna change your That's that's
who she is. She's done like this is your You're
(30:41):
wasting your time. I mean, the only thing that's been
accomplished here is ridicule, basically something for us to enjoy
as listeners. Sure that that's been accomplished. Yeah, this is
just entertainment for the rest of us.
Speaker 4 (30:56):
Yeah, but I'm now very thankful I don't have to
hide cigarettes from my family members.
Speaker 2 (31:03):
You just smoke right in front of them.
Speaker 4 (31:05):
No, no, no, I don't have to deal with them
yelling at me for not being able to find something.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
Do you have any smokers in your family?
Speaker 4 (31:14):
Yes, I have some cousins. Yeah, okay, so I've never
hidden their cigarettes.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
Well, no, I'm just I just I'm curious about how
often you come in contact with them and if they're smoking,
you know right, no in the face or no.
Speaker 4 (31:29):
That's it's always a go outside, like you know, so
many yards away from the house and away from everybody else,
because you know.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
They're they're pariahs. They're outside, humped over with the body
language of petty criminals, out behind a shed somewhere. It's
very adignified,
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