December 2, 2024 • 28 mins
Jack and Nikki reveal toys people regret buying, offer solutions to a neighborhood dispute and take a look at holiday excuses that work.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
If you're listening to the Jack and Nikki Show podcast
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ten on one O two WVAQ.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Let's get into it. Christmas, of course coming up, but
we already discussed Thanksgiving earlier on the show, because Nikki
and I discussed the holidays in the order in which
they appear on the calendar. Sure, that's always been our policy,
all right, So we argued bitterly about turkey and stuffing earlier.
And now let's talk about Christmas presents. Because a woman
(00:39):
has gone viral on TikTok after she revealed toys that
she will not be purchasing for her children this holiday season. Okay,
she posted a video after she bought sticky dinosaur toys
for her kids that the kids then flicked onto the ceiling,
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the ceiling that she could not reach, right, Okay, So
she came back in looked up the ceilings covered with
sticky dinosaur toys that she's like, why why did I
even bother with this? She says she regrets the purchase,
and they calls to clean up nightmare, and uh, that
is on the list of things that she will not
purchase again.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Sticky dinosaur toys. Must get them for my nephews.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
There you go. That's really interesting too. There's an angle
we can take a.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
Look at it.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Yeah, let's talk about toys that you avoid as a
parent because they are annoying or dangerous where they consume
a lot of batteries or whatever. And you know, while
we're at it, maybe toys that you want to buy for, uh,
the nieces and the nephews because you want to cause
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problems for their parents. Yep, okay, here's a drum kit.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Oh yeah, yo, yeah, happened for my sister, except I
think it was her toys to get the drum kit
or the nephews, and she regretted it.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
But also, the kids are so cute when they're just
you know.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Them, when they're rocking out when you come home and
you're are you ready to rock? And he's throwing up
the Satan horns?
Speaker 5 (02:20):
Right, he's ready.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
He's drinking a pretend, tiny child sized bottle of whiskey. Right,
he's got a fake cigarette, half torn T shirt kind
of death metalway's got his own fake chest hair drawn in.
This is a kid who's really into the.
Speaker 5 (02:35):
Theater being everywhere.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Got to have the temporary tattoos.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Yeah, okay, some of them glow in the dark.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Make it as loud as possible. All right. Unfortunately I
don't have any additional toys that this woman is avoiding. Here.
We just have the one these sticky rubber dinosaurs. But
that's not something that you would think of when you're
looking at toys that you would avoid. I mean, like
we just mentioned a drum kit, you would avoid for
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obvious reasons, right, And there are certain things that you
look at like, well that's a choking hazard. Sure, this
takes too many batteries.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Yeah, that's too many pieces.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Too difficult to assemble. That's all obvious stuff. But I
don't think any reasonable person would look at a package
of rubbery dinosaur toys and think, well, that's not something
I should buy because that's going to be a problem.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
That's how they end up on your ceiling.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
That's exactly right, Yeah, all right? Eight eight eight seven
seven seven sixty six forty. Let's take a look at
toys that you have mistakenly purchased. Perhaps Christmas is past.
What was it? How did that turn out for you?
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Why?
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Will you not be purchasing that again? And also, if
you're one of those people who wants to cause problems,
what toys are you purchasing for the nieces and nephews.
Let's see where that again. Christmas will be here very soon,
and there are some toys that apparently you should avoid
and there are many reasons. And Nikki, I believe you
have the loudest toys this Christmas eason, some.
Speaker 5 (04:01):
Of the loudest.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
There's the official list hasn't been released yet, but they
do release the loudest Toys list every year.
Speaker 5 (04:08):
Okay, but yeah, all.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Right, well, thank you for quickly jumping in and lowering expectations.
Speaker 5 (04:14):
I don't want. Yeah, I do have some of the
louder louder toys.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
You're afraid you're gonna run out a list of loud
toys and somebody's gonna hear one that's really loud that's
not on that list, and they're gonna yell at their radio. No,
this list is incomplete. Nicky Drake is a liar.
Speaker 5 (04:29):
I'm not a liar.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
I'm glad you got in front of that.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
I'm just trying to give you the information I have.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
So this is a sampling then of loud toys. Yes, okay,
let's hear it.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Okay, so there is the RC walking dinosaur toy that
has a button that makes it roar and uh it's
some parents have gotten to the point where they just
take the RC Walking Dinosaur toy outside and run it
over with the car because they can't get stop roaring.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Wow. Yeah, you can't even stomp it out.
Speaker 5 (04:59):
You can't stop it out. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Well see, now I want one. I want to get
one of these and just see how much damage I
can do to it. Yeah, and it keeps you roaring,
you know, I want to I want to just I
want to stomp it. I want to smash it on
the wall. I want to take it in the garage
and beat it with tools and it roared. Getting the
truck and run over it. Yeah okay.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Uh the Cocoa Melon toy microphone, which I thought that
one would be one for you, jack. Uh. And it
even has an amplify button because you know, a toy
microphone isn't loud enough on its own. You've got to
be able to amplify that noise.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Well, what's the point having a microphone if it's not amplified?
And you thought that'd be good for me.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Yeah. Yeah, you walk around the house when you're looking
for Jessica or the cat, you don't know where anybody is.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
I'll tell you what. That is a very good point
because as you know, Yes, I can stand downstairs in
my house right at the base of the stairs and
at the top of those stairs, right around the corner
there is a recliner. Yes, and Jessica can be sitting
in that recliner and I can be yelling at full
volume and he doesn't hear it. So maybe I do need.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
To You need the Cooco melanoy microphone with the amplify button.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Now you could make the argument that she does hear.
I mean, she's just ignoring that, but.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
The amplify button she can't ignore.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
That cannot be ignored.
Speaker 5 (06:20):
Maybe this is your.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Toy, Yeah, maybe it is.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
There are a lot of parents who have just stopped
putting the batteries back into all of the trucks and
you know, like the fire trucks and all the tonkas
and all of that stuff. They just magically have disappeared
off of shelves before. That is a way to get
toys to stop making noise. Yeah, that is part of it.
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But yeah, those are two of the loudest toys. Those
are that I was able to across.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Yet now I was looking at dangerous toys here. Dangerous
For example, this is the classic We've talked about this before,
the big bag of broken glass and what that is.
It's just a bag of glass shards that you can
swing around and use as a weapon, or you can
spill in the floor and you know, cut up your
feet walking on them. There are a lot of things
you can do.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
How wouldn't they like break through the bag when they slice?
Speaker 2 (07:11):
That's part of the problem, big bag of broken glass.
It can't be contained. Okay, there's my first belt sander
that's dangerous for the kids, the little eye gouger and
uh and maybe my favorite, the secret Police confession kit.
And that's something you get if you have multiple kids
in the house and then they can have some fun
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with that.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Yeah, there you go. There's your holiday suggestions, your holiday guide.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
The Jack and Nikki Show two wv AQ.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Let's intervene. Let's offer up some advice, some potential solutions.
Studio lines are open triple eight, triple seven, sixty six forty.
You can text us as well. Nikki Drake, would you
like to read the text we've received?
Speaker 5 (07:56):
Yes, I would, all right.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
We have some neighbors that are truly awful drivers, maybe
the worst I've ever seen. It's two people and their
adult sons who stay with them. Often all of them
are really dangerous, tailgating, speeding, crossing into the wrong side
of the street. There have been so many near misses
of head on collisions, and the tailgating is so bad,
someone is going to get hurt. We have a lot
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of kids in the neighborhood and I worry about them
on their bikes. We are considering sending them an anonymous
letter and doing a service for the whole neighborhood. They
don't seem like the kind of people who would take
kindly to an in person conversation. Are there any other
tactics we should be considering?
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Well, then this is a dilly of a pickle mm
as is now. I know you have some questions here,
do okay?
Speaker 3 (08:42):
Yeah, So I'm fine with like the whole anonymous letter thing,
because honestly, I try to avoid conflicts.
Speaker 5 (08:48):
So I'm on board with that already.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
But are there like some HOA policies that you could
look into and take it to the HOA.
Speaker 5 (08:58):
I don't I've never had an HOA.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
I don't know how that works, so I didn't know
if that would be a possibility.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
Yeah, that was my first question as well. Oh really Yeah,
if you have an HOA, I'd start right there, start
with them. Yeah, because you're paying dues to the HOA.
They're there for a reason.
Speaker 5 (09:15):
They can be the ones to address the issual with it.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Yeah, take it to the hola hola, let them deal
with it.
Speaker 5 (09:21):
Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
The other thing is have you caught any of this
on any kind of surveillance like a ring, doorbell or
you know, some sort of camera on your property that
may face the front street.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Also, maybe adjust your area on your doorbell cam so
that it does trigger when you know things are happening
in front of the house a little bit further out,
so that maybe you can have some video evidence should
the HOA ask for it.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Yeah, set the camera to detect speeds of like sixty
plus miles an hour, and anytime somebody comes through there
at that speed going to get it.
Speaker 5 (09:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
I would suggest again, like you said, start with a
HOA and then the camera is a good idea as well.
But let's just say there is no hoah. Oh gosh,
this is awkward. Yeah, I think because you don't want
to bypass giving these people a chance to correct their
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behavior on their own and go straight to forming a mob,
you know what I mean. You don't want to turn
them into a hoah or into the local police before
you talk to them directly and give them a chance
to correct it. I mean, it seems like you're missing
a step there. But at the same time, I understand
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you were concerned that you can't generally reason with unreasonable people, right,
and you're concerned that if you say, hey, can you
slow down their kids in the area we're worried about them,
you might get a punch in the mouth or just
screaming in unreasonable reaction. I get that, I really do.
But for me personally, I hate to just turn people
blend without at least talking to them first and saying, hey,
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can you correct this on your own? Because what if
they will like what if you talk to them they go,
oh geez, you know what, Sorry, didn't realize that was
an issue. Okay, yeah, we'll stop, and they do it
on their own. Now, you know, you might end up
having a good relationship with these people moving forward, and
you could actually maybe become friends down the road versus
you turn them into the HOA or the police, and
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now they find out and they hate you and your
bitter enemies and you're all living there for the next
decade and you hate each other. I mean, do you
know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Yeah, I don't know if they'd be able to find
out it was specifically who you know who reported it.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
But keep in mind if you go toss an anonymous
letter at them, they might figure out who did that too. Sure,
and then that's even worse.
Speaker 5 (11:45):
Sure, yeah, that would be worse.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Yeah. My fear is I would confront them or be like, hey,
by the way, this happened, and then.
Speaker 5 (11:53):
They start tailgating me a little bit harder.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
It becomes a little bit more aggressive driving whenever I'm
out there, and I yeah, that's my fear.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
That they would turn on you and turn it up
a notch.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
Yep, yep.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Well then now, certainly, at that point then you have
to get a third party involved, whether that's the police,
your ho or just an unruly mob. I mean, maybe
some hired goods. Ma'am. It's all you what's your solution here?
Speaker 6 (12:20):
I try to feel a little bit opposite of how
how you guys want to go about it. Like, if
there's an HOA, obviously go to them for sure. If
there's not an HA involved, I would contact local police.
And I say that because I'm all about like trying
to handle the situation on my own. But when it
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comes to children in safety, I'm not involving myself. I'm
going right to somebody who has the authority because I
feel like if I or somebody was to approach a
neighbor about a situation, I feel like it might give
them the impression that I'm asking as a courtesy. Me
asking you to safely drive and to slow down might
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allow you to have the impression that it's an option.
Whereas if somebody in an authoritative position is telling you,
they're telling you, and you're going to stop it because
you don't feel you're not going to feel like you
have a choice. If the police officers come to your
house and saying, hey, there're being complaints about you speaking
through the neighborhood, nobody wants the police officer knocking on
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their door, so they're going to quit it because they're
not gonna want that to happen again.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
Well, that's that's an that's a perspective I didn't consider.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
I like what you're saying. I like what you're saying.
But I think that also hinges on these people being reasonable.
And that's where the logic breaks down for me, because
I think the police talking to them, if they are
unreasonable people, they're not going to comply.
Speaker 5 (13:52):
Well, they're not going to comply a sheel I know.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
That's that's why this is such a problem, because you
can't reason with unreasonable people. That's why.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
And if they are unreasonable and they don't comply with
the police, there's already something on record.
Speaker 5 (14:04):
So that just helps.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
Yeah, yeah, track of everything.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Yeah, but you don't so. But I take your point though,
about requesting reasonable driving versus requiring reasonable driving. Yeah, and
that's a good point. That's a good point.
Speaker 6 (14:19):
Yeah, when it comes to safety, I'm going right to
the top because you're not about to argue with me
and your driveway, my driveway right over keeping my kids
safe because one of us, right, not both of us,
is going to leave that conversation unhappy.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Well, and think about what a ridiculous argument that would
be to somebody trying to defend why they should be
driving sixty miles an hour through your neighborhood, right, I mean,
what argument can you make for that? All right, ma'am, thanks.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
For the call.
Speaker 6 (14:45):
Thanks have a good day, you do.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
I think one thing is certain here though. These people
must be threatened with consequences because they're not just going
to adjust out of consideration. Right, Yeah, I don't think so.
I mean I could be wrong. That's what's so awful
about this to me is it's entirely possible that you
could say something to these people and they go, oh, jeezus, sorry,
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also down, and that's the end of it. I mean,
that could very well be And then you don't have
to get the police involved or the oh, and you
don't have to drag it out, make a big production
out of it. But you you won't know unless you
talk to them directly, which again could also result in
a punch in the.
Speaker 5 (15:23):
Mouth, and you could have a mixed result.
Speaker 3 (15:25):
There's multiple people in this household, right to the texter,
it's the two adults adult children, which they didn't say
how many adult children. That's true, so you could have
a mixed reaction. That is a very good complicates things
a little bit further.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
That's a very good point. You could have two, two
or three comply and one or two don't and you
still got speeding.
Speaker 5 (15:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
Yeah, I say just go to the hoa start with.
If you don't have that, go to the probably just
talked to the police.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
Yeah, talk to the authorities people who have what about.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
An unruly mob? I mean, are we really do you
guys not have any torches in this neighborhood.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
The Nerve Center of North Central West Virginia, Jack Loger
and Nikki Drake on one O two WVAQ.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Some research that's out now, a survey. They went around
the polling people Nikki just in times for the holidays,
and I think we can all enjoy a good polling
right before the holidays. And they found that the average
American attends three holiday gatherings.
Speaker 5 (16:34):
Wow yeah, okay.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
Yeah, three holiday gatherings, which that seems potentially low.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Yeah, that's as many as you're actually attending, it's not
how many are being invited to.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Right, Yeah, this is key. Okay. Now people know that
if you have let's say, a divorce, you got a
lot of Now you've basically doubled your your holiday requirements. Yes, okay,
you have to have two Christmases, you have to have
two Thanksgivings, and then you know, for people who don't
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get along, maybe there's a third Thanksgiving that you have.
Speaker 5 (17:13):
Could be two sides of the family, right.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
I know people who travel all over the place for
all these different gatherings. But the question is how do
you get out of going to holiday get togethers that
you don't want to attend.
Speaker 5 (17:28):
That's a good question.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
That's what we want to address here this morning at
a piece. We're going to call when are we calling this? Oh? Yeah,
holiday excuses that work? Yeah, yes, holiday excuses that work?
Do you have one? If so, we'd like to hear it.
Eight eight eight seven seven seven sixty six forty. You
can call us, you can text us. I think that
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this is useful information for a lot of people who
are really dreading having to get together with people they
don't want to see during the holidays.
Speaker 3 (17:58):
Because sometimes just being honest about it isn't going to work,
all right, because families are just like, well then, right,
and then they try to guilt you, and then there's
all this stuff like sometimes you just have to have
some sort of excuse.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Isn't it interesting to be in a situation where people
force you to lie to them. Yeah, and you all
know that you're lying, but as long as it's plausible,
people are willing to let it pass. Yeah, yep, that's
really interesting.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
It is.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
But it makes sense because you can't very well say, look,
I don't want to be around you. I find you boorish,
you are annoying to me. I don't like the other
parts of the other members of your family.
Speaker 5 (18:35):
I make Dave do that.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
No, honestly, because we just had Here's what's going on
in my family. Okay, while we wait for the text
and calls. Yeah, my sister's going through divorce and her
ex has the kids for Christmas this year, he wants
to bring the kids up to from Alabama to Yaya's
house here in West Virginia, and then my sister is
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going to fly in so that she can also be here. Okay,
this is what was being proposed. All at Gaya's house.
Everybody's going to be staying under the same roof. So
David and I kind of looked at each other, and
this divorce isn't finalized yet and they're not fighting fair,
and he was just like, well, I'm going to tell
them if they're going to be here, we're we're not
coming up.
Speaker 5 (19:17):
And I was like, good because I.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
Don't want to be in the middle of all that
and I just can't do it.
Speaker 5 (19:22):
I don't want to.
Speaker 3 (19:24):
It's not a good situation and I don't need to
experience it.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
I would agree.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
So he was the one that was like, hey, if
they do come up, we're not like avoiding you, We're
avoiding the situation.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
How was that received when he said that.
Speaker 5 (19:39):
Okay, that makes sense.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Okay, yeah, there you got. Well, there is an example
of a holiday excuse that work.
Speaker 5 (19:46):
We were just honest and it ratually worked.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
From the Drake household. Well, I mean I think that
that's a reasonable person would accept that. If you go,
these people were divorcing, it's ugly, it's unpleasant. We don't
want to be involved in that. No, yeah, okay, all right,
So there's that. But there are a lot of different
gatherings that you need to avoid, and that's an example.
But let's not forget office Christmas parties.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
Oh my gosh, right.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
Right, let's not forget all the stuff that happens at
work that people don't want to be around. I don't
want to deal with it.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
You can't say, well, I just don't want to spend time.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
With you people, right, I can't go. Look, I work here,
I'm required to be around you people all day. I'm
not going to volunteer to spend time with you.
Speaker 4 (20:29):
Right.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
And the other thing. To be fair too, it's not
even that you dislike your coworkers. I like pretty much
everybody here, pretty much pretty much. But it's the notion
of spending several additional hours at work when I could
be eating, sleeping, having a big sandwich. I mean, right,
Okay eight eight eight seven seven seven sixty six forty
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calls Texas. Do you have any good excuses that you
use to get out of holiday commitments, whether it's the
fan family, the extended family, the in laws, your employer,
how do you get out of it? Let's see if
we can figure this out, NICKI Drake. Would you like
to begin with the texts?
Speaker 3 (21:11):
Yes, got a slew of text just being like sorry,
can't make it.
Speaker 5 (21:15):
Just got diagnosed with COVID.
Speaker 7 (21:18):
You know.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Okay, that works.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
I've last my sense to taste, probably shouldn't show up
just in case.
Speaker 5 (21:23):
Yeah, that does work.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
It does.
Speaker 5 (21:25):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
Also, you have to go to work and you get
paid overtime to work on holidays, so that's also good excuse.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Yeah, assuming you have a job.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
Assuming yes, right, yeah, first have a job.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Yeah, step one, have a job. Step two, use that
job as an excuse to get out of everything.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I like that.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
I like that.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
Okay, let me go to the phones here and see
what we have eight eight eight seven seven seven sixty
six forty. You are on the Jack and Nikki Show.
What are your thoughts?
Speaker 3 (22:00):
Uh?
Speaker 7 (22:00):
So for the holiday, my mom can come down, but
my sister can't because we just don't get along.
Speaker 5 (22:09):
And that's just a known thing.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
Yes, well that's actually pretty handy. You just go we
don't get along, and everybody goes that is correct, you
do not get alongside.
Speaker 7 (22:18):
So you know that's the excuse. You know, that's what
we use every year. My mom can come down, but
my sister can't, And then I use for my other
sister it's too far to travel.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
Right, it's a solid, always solid, it's too far to travel.
I don't have the time, I've got to work the
next day. I don't get the holiday off any of
those things.
Speaker 2 (22:36):
Yeah, always work yeah, what what's the problem with your sister?
Why aren't are you guys getting along?
Speaker 7 (22:42):
Because I have a problem how she raises her children.
I see when they act offszebra correcting them, she just
gives them what they want.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Well, I'm sure they're charming children and in a real
pleasure to be around.
Speaker 7 (23:00):
Well, if we have the parenting issues, how I don't
like the way she's raising them.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
And you've explained this to her.
Speaker 7 (23:07):
Yes, I have, and she goes she will raise her
kids how she sees it. I said, well, then I
don't need to be around you.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Well, you know what, I think that's a fair point
on both ends. I think, yeah, because she has, yeah,
her kids, she can raise them how she sees fit.
But you can also say, well that's fine if you
you know, if your kids are annoying, then I don't
want to be around your kids.
Speaker 7 (23:27):
And you've got that right exactly.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
So you know, I think you guys have found a
good middle ground there. What do you think, NICKI drake?
Speaker 3 (23:34):
I mean, yeah, you don't get along, So yeah, if
everybody knows it, and you can schedule things that way
and it works out for the rest.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
Of the family, then okay, you got to keep them separated,
right yeah, all right, man, thanks for the call.
Speaker 7 (23:48):
You're welcome.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
Okay, Nikki the caller is gone. Let's talk about her
behind her back now. I think she opens a whole
can of worms.
Speaker 5 (23:57):
Here, a whole can of worms.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
Yeah, I mean, I know that we're mostly talking about
holiday excuses that work. Yes, we probably covered this basis,
So let's let's switch gears here. Okay. These people who
try to tell other people how to raise their kids,
what is that?
Speaker 5 (24:18):
You can't do that?
Speaker 2 (24:20):
You can't do that. You can't tell people how to
raise their kids unless they're harming those.
Speaker 5 (24:24):
Kids, right, Okay, there yet?
Speaker 3 (24:27):
Right?
Speaker 2 (24:27):
Yeah, I mean if the kids are in a dangerous
or abusive situation, yeah, you got to get involved in that.
But anything outside of that.
Speaker 5 (24:34):
It's up to the parents.
Speaker 2 (24:36):
It's none of your business how they raise their kids.
Speaker 5 (24:38):
This is wild not your spawn, right yeah.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Yeah, okay, I think we might be able to wrap
this up next in a piece I'm gonna call what
business is it of yours? How other people raise their kids?
Speaker 5 (24:51):
Good title.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
She cannot be around this woman because she has a
plan for this woman's kids, and this woman is not
following that plan. So therefore they can't be around each other.
Speaker 7 (25:03):
Right.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
This sounds crazy to me.
Speaker 3 (25:06):
It's uh yeah, they're not your kids. You can't force
your expectations in your parenting style onto somebody else.
Speaker 2 (25:17):
Let me tell you what I have learned about unhappiness
in life.
Speaker 5 (25:21):
Uh huh okay okay.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
One of the main reasons people are unhappy is because
life is not going the way you want it to go. Okay, okay,
And by that I mean other people aren't doing what
you want them to do.
Speaker 5 (25:37):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
Well, that is a ridiculous way to go through life,
because you, in your own life have autonomy, right. So yeah, right,
So you have the ability and you and you agree
that you should be able to live your life how
you want to live it and make the decisions that
you want to make and be the person who you are. Yes,
but you refuse to extend that courtesy to the people
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around you. Okay. And as long as you expect other
people to do what you want them to do, you're
always going to be disappointed, and you're always going to
be frustrated, and you're always going to be angry because
they are under no obligation to live their lives. According
to the plan that you have put together for their life.
I find this fascinating that people can't see this. And
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the reason you may be saying, Jack, why so passionate?
Speaker 5 (26:26):
Yeah, why so passionate.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
I'm not gonna identify this person, but I know a
woman who is the unhappiest woman that I've ever known.
Oh no, and it's for this reason. She has a
plan for everybody's life, and she will not hesitate to
tell everyone what her plan is for their life, and
if they don't do it, she's mad. And I am
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absolutely fascinated by this.
Speaker 5 (26:49):
That is fascinating.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
Right, every time I'm around her, I just kind of
stand and look at her and think, what is going
on in the head of yours? And here's the thing.
She's been this way, like I don't have four decades
like this is not a teenager? Is this somebody who
should have figured this out right?
Speaker 5 (27:08):
That you can't control other people's lives.
Speaker 1 (27:10):
Nor should you?
Speaker 2 (27:11):
Be right? She's not dating the person I think she
should be with. He's not living where he should live
according to my plan. She doesn't have the job that
I think she should have, majoring in something that I
don't think she should be. Why don't you shot up.
(27:31):
It doesn't have anything to do with you. Let these
people live their lives. Yeah, okay, I just I just
thought I tossed that out there.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
Speech speech, speech.
Speaker 2 (27:42):
Speech speech. Here's the thing. You agree with me, do
you not?
Speaker 7 (27:49):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (27:49):
I absolutely agree with you.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
Yeah, you're going to let me look like the crazy.
Speaker 6 (27:54):
No I'm not.
Speaker 3 (27:55):
I am. I'm enjoying this rant and ring, are you?
I am? And that's why I am letting you rant
and rave.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
Okay, because I thought, you know, I thought there were
some mockery coming in. I thought she's enjoying this. She
agrees with me, but she's letting me die on the
hill while she's over there.
Speaker 3 (28:10):
I'm just letting. I don't want to interrupt you.
Speaker 5 (28:13):
I'm just letting you go. Yes, you are on a roll,
and
Speaker 3 (28:17):
You make several good points, So thank you Jack,
If you're listening to the Jack and Nikki Show podcast
everywhere you get your podcasts and at WBQ dot com.
Joined Jack and Akee live weekday mornings from six to
ten on one O two WVAQ.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Let's get into it. Christmas, of course coming up, but
we already discussed Thanksgiving earlier on the show, because Nikki
and I discussed the holidays in the order in which
they appear on the calendar. Sure, that's always been our policy,
all right, So we argued bitterly about turkey and stuffing earlier.
And now let's talk about Christmas presents. Because a woman
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has gone viral on TikTok after she revealed toys that
she will not be purchasing for her children this holiday season. Okay,
she posted a video after she bought sticky dinosaur toys
for her kids that the kids then flicked onto the ceiling,
(01:02):
the ceiling that she could not reach, right, Okay, So
she came back in looked up the ceilings covered with
sticky dinosaur toys that she's like, why why did I
even bother with this? She says she regrets the purchase,
and they calls to clean up nightmare, and uh, that
is on the list of things that she will not
purchase again.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Sticky dinosaur toys. Must get them for my nephews.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
There you go. That's really interesting too. There's an angle
we can take a.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
Look at it.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Yeah, let's talk about toys that you avoid as a
parent because they are annoying or dangerous where they consume
a lot of batteries or whatever. And you know, while
we're at it, maybe toys that you want to buy for, uh,
the nieces and the nephews because you want to cause
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problems for their parents. Yep, okay, here's a drum kit.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Oh yeah, yo, yeah, happened for my sister, except I
think it was her toys to get the drum kit
or the nephews, and she regretted it.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
But also, the kids are so cute when they're just
you know.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Them, when they're rocking out when you come home and
you're are you ready to rock? And he's throwing up
the Satan horns?
Speaker 5 (02:20):
Right, he's ready.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
He's drinking a pretend, tiny child sized bottle of whiskey. Right,
he's got a fake cigarette, half torn T shirt kind
of death metalway's got his own fake chest hair drawn in.
This is a kid who's really into the.
Speaker 5 (02:35):
Theater being everywhere.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Got to have the temporary tattoos.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Yeah, okay, some of them glow in the dark.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Make it as loud as possible. All right. Unfortunately I
don't have any additional toys that this woman is avoiding. Here.
We just have the one these sticky rubber dinosaurs. But
that's not something that you would think of when you're
looking at toys that you would avoid. I mean, like
we just mentioned a drum kit, you would avoid for
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obvious reasons, right, And there are certain things that you
look at like, well that's a choking hazard. Sure, this
takes too many batteries.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Yeah, that's too many pieces.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Too difficult to assemble. That's all obvious stuff. But I
don't think any reasonable person would look at a package
of rubbery dinosaur toys and think, well, that's not something
I should buy because that's going to be a problem.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
That's how they end up on your ceiling.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
That's exactly right, Yeah, all right? Eight eight eight seven
seven seven sixty six forty. Let's take a look at
toys that you have mistakenly purchased. Perhaps Christmas is past.
What was it? How did that turn out for you?
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Why?
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Will you not be purchasing that again? And also, if
you're one of those people who wants to cause problems,
what toys are you purchasing for the nieces and nephews.
Let's see where that again. Christmas will be here very soon,
and there are some toys that apparently you should avoid
and there are many reasons. And Nikki, I believe you
have the loudest toys this Christmas eason, some.
Speaker 5 (04:01):
Of the loudest.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
There's the official list hasn't been released yet, but they
do release the loudest Toys list every year.
Speaker 5 (04:08):
Okay, but yeah, all.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Right, well, thank you for quickly jumping in and lowering expectations.
Speaker 5 (04:14):
I don't want. Yeah, I do have some of the
louder louder toys.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
You're afraid you're gonna run out a list of loud
toys and somebody's gonna hear one that's really loud that's
not on that list, and they're gonna yell at their radio. No,
this list is incomplete. Nicky Drake is a liar.
Speaker 5 (04:29):
I'm not a liar.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
I'm glad you got in front of that.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
I'm just trying to give you the information I have.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
So this is a sampling then of loud toys. Yes, okay,
let's hear it.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Okay, so there is the RC walking dinosaur toy that
has a button that makes it roar and uh it's
some parents have gotten to the point where they just
take the RC Walking Dinosaur toy outside and run it
over with the car because they can't get stop roaring.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Wow. Yeah, you can't even stomp it out.
Speaker 5 (04:59):
You can't stop it out. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Well see, now I want one. I want to get
one of these and just see how much damage I
can do to it. Yeah, and it keeps you roaring,
you know, I want to I want to just I
want to stomp it. I want to smash it on
the wall. I want to take it in the garage
and beat it with tools and it roared. Getting the
truck and run over it. Yeah okay.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Uh the Cocoa Melon toy microphone, which I thought that
one would be one for you, jack. Uh. And it
even has an amplify button because you know, a toy
microphone isn't loud enough on its own. You've got to
be able to amplify that noise.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Well, what's the point having a microphone if it's not amplified?
And you thought that'd be good for me.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Yeah. Yeah, you walk around the house when you're looking
for Jessica or the cat, you don't know where anybody is.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
I'll tell you what. That is a very good point
because as you know, Yes, I can stand downstairs in
my house right at the base of the stairs and
at the top of those stairs, right around the corner
there is a recliner. Yes, and Jessica can be sitting
in that recliner and I can be yelling at full
volume and he doesn't hear it. So maybe I do need.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
To You need the Cooco melanoy microphone with the amplify button.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Now you could make the argument that she does hear.
I mean, she's just ignoring that, but.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
The amplify button she can't ignore.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
That cannot be ignored.
Speaker 5 (06:20):
Maybe this is your.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Toy, Yeah, maybe it is.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
There are a lot of parents who have just stopped
putting the batteries back into all of the trucks and
you know, like the fire trucks and all the tonkas
and all of that stuff. They just magically have disappeared
off of shelves before. That is a way to get
toys to stop making noise. Yeah, that is part of it.
(06:45):
But yeah, those are two of the loudest toys. Those
are that I was able to across.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Yet now I was looking at dangerous toys here. Dangerous
For example, this is the classic We've talked about this before,
the big bag of broken glass and what that is.
It's just a bag of glass shards that you can
swing around and use as a weapon, or you can
spill in the floor and you know, cut up your
feet walking on them. There are a lot of things
you can do.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
How wouldn't they like break through the bag when they slice?
Speaker 2 (07:11):
That's part of the problem, big bag of broken glass.
It can't be contained. Okay, there's my first belt sander
that's dangerous for the kids, the little eye gouger and
uh and maybe my favorite, the secret Police confession kit.
And that's something you get if you have multiple kids
in the house and then they can have some fun
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with that.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Yeah, there you go. There's your holiday suggestions, your holiday guide.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
The Jack and Nikki Show two wv AQ.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Let's intervene. Let's offer up some advice, some potential solutions.
Studio lines are open triple eight, triple seven, sixty six forty.
You can text us as well. Nikki Drake, would you
like to read the text we've received?
Speaker 5 (07:56):
Yes, I would, all right.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
We have some neighbors that are truly awful drivers, maybe
the worst I've ever seen. It's two people and their
adult sons who stay with them. Often all of them
are really dangerous, tailgating, speeding, crossing into the wrong side
of the street. There have been so many near misses
of head on collisions, and the tailgating is so bad,
someone is going to get hurt. We have a lot
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of kids in the neighborhood and I worry about them
on their bikes. We are considering sending them an anonymous
letter and doing a service for the whole neighborhood. They
don't seem like the kind of people who would take
kindly to an in person conversation. Are there any other
tactics we should be considering?
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Well, then this is a dilly of a pickle mm
as is now. I know you have some questions here,
do okay?
Speaker 3 (08:42):
Yeah, So I'm fine with like the whole anonymous letter thing,
because honestly, I try to avoid conflicts.
Speaker 5 (08:48):
So I'm on board with that already.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
But are there like some HOA policies that you could
look into and take it to the HOA.
Speaker 5 (08:58):
I don't I've never had an HOA.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
I don't know how that works, so I didn't know
if that would be a possibility.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
Yeah, that was my first question as well. Oh really Yeah,
if you have an HOA, I'd start right there, start
with them. Yeah, because you're paying dues to the HOA.
They're there for a reason.
Speaker 5 (09:15):
They can be the ones to address the issual with it.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Yeah, take it to the hola hola, let them deal
with it.
Speaker 5 (09:21):
Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
The other thing is have you caught any of this
on any kind of surveillance like a ring, doorbell or
you know, some sort of camera on your property that
may face the front street.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Also, maybe adjust your area on your doorbell cam so
that it does trigger when you know things are happening
in front of the house a little bit further out,
so that maybe you can have some video evidence should
the HOA ask for it.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Yeah, set the camera to detect speeds of like sixty
plus miles an hour, and anytime somebody comes through there
at that speed going to get it.
Speaker 5 (09:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
I would suggest again, like you said, start with a
HOA and then the camera is a good idea as well.
But let's just say there is no hoah. Oh gosh,
this is awkward. Yeah, I think because you don't want
to bypass giving these people a chance to correct their
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behavior on their own and go straight to forming a mob,
you know what I mean. You don't want to turn
them into a hoah or into the local police before
you talk to them directly and give them a chance
to correct it. I mean, it seems like you're missing
a step there. But at the same time, I understand
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you were concerned that you can't generally reason with unreasonable people, right,
and you're concerned that if you say, hey, can you
slow down their kids in the area we're worried about them,
you might get a punch in the mouth or just
screaming in unreasonable reaction. I get that, I really do.
But for me personally, I hate to just turn people
blend without at least talking to them first and saying, hey,
(11:04):
can you correct this on your own? Because what if
they will like what if you talk to them they go,
oh geez, you know what, Sorry, didn't realize that was
an issue. Okay, yeah, we'll stop, and they do it
on their own. Now, you know, you might end up
having a good relationship with these people moving forward, and
you could actually maybe become friends down the road versus
you turn them into the HOA or the police, and
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now they find out and they hate you and your
bitter enemies and you're all living there for the next
decade and you hate each other. I mean, do you
know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (11:34):
Yeah, I don't know if they'd be able to find
out it was specifically who you know who reported it.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
But keep in mind if you go toss an anonymous
letter at them, they might figure out who did that too. Sure,
and then that's even worse.
Speaker 5 (11:45):
Sure, yeah, that would be worse.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Yeah. My fear is I would confront them or be like, hey,
by the way, this happened, and then.
Speaker 5 (11:53):
They start tailgating me a little bit harder.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
It becomes a little bit more aggressive driving whenever I'm
out there, and I yeah, that's my fear.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
That they would turn on you and turn it up
a notch.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
Yep, yep.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Well then now, certainly, at that point then you have
to get a third party involved, whether that's the police,
your ho or just an unruly mob. I mean, maybe
some hired goods. Ma'am. It's all you what's your solution here?
Speaker 6 (12:20):
I try to feel a little bit opposite of how
how you guys want to go about it. Like, if
there's an HOA, obviously go to them for sure. If
there's not an HA involved, I would contact local police.
And I say that because I'm all about like trying
to handle the situation on my own. But when it
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comes to children in safety, I'm not involving myself. I'm
going right to somebody who has the authority because I
feel like if I or somebody was to approach a
neighbor about a situation, I feel like it might give
them the impression that I'm asking as a courtesy. Me
asking you to safely drive and to slow down might
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allow you to have the impression that it's an option.
Whereas if somebody in an authoritative position is telling you,
they're telling you, and you're going to stop it because
you don't feel you're not going to feel like you
have a choice. If the police officers come to your
house and saying, hey, there're being complaints about you speaking
through the neighborhood, nobody wants the police officer knocking on
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their door, so they're going to quit it because they're
not gonna want that to happen again.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
Well, that's that's an that's a perspective I didn't consider.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
I like what you're saying. I like what you're saying.
But I think that also hinges on these people being reasonable.
And that's where the logic breaks down for me, because
I think the police talking to them, if they are
unreasonable people, they're not going to comply.
Speaker 5 (13:52):
Well, they're not going to comply a sheel I know.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
That's that's why this is such a problem, because you
can't reason with unreasonable people. That's why.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
And if they are unreasonable and they don't comply with
the police, there's already something on record.
Speaker 5 (14:04):
So that just helps.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
Yeah, yeah, track of everything.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Yeah, but you don't so. But I take your point though,
about requesting reasonable driving versus requiring reasonable driving. Yeah, and
that's a good point. That's a good point.
Speaker 6 (14:19):
Yeah, when it comes to safety, I'm going right to
the top because you're not about to argue with me
and your driveway, my driveway right over keeping my kids
safe because one of us, right, not both of us,
is going to leave that conversation unhappy.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Well, and think about what a ridiculous argument that would
be to somebody trying to defend why they should be
driving sixty miles an hour through your neighborhood, right, I mean,
what argument can you make for that? All right, ma'am, thanks.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
For the call.
Speaker 6 (14:45):
Thanks have a good day, you do.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
I think one thing is certain here though. These people
must be threatened with consequences because they're not just going
to adjust out of consideration. Right, Yeah, I don't think so.
I mean I could be wrong. That's what's so awful
about this to me is it's entirely possible that you
could say something to these people and they go, oh, jeezus, sorry,
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also down, and that's the end of it. I mean,
that could very well be And then you don't have
to get the police involved or the oh, and you
don't have to drag it out, make a big production
out of it. But you you won't know unless you
talk to them directly, which again could also result in
a punch in the.
Speaker 5 (15:23):
Mouth, and you could have a mixed result.
Speaker 3 (15:25):
There's multiple people in this household, right to the texter,
it's the two adults adult children, which they didn't say
how many adult children. That's true, so you could have
a mixed reaction. That is a very good complicates things
a little bit further.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
That's a very good point. You could have two, two
or three comply and one or two don't and you
still got speeding.
Speaker 5 (15:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
Yeah, I say just go to the hoa start with.
If you don't have that, go to the probably just
talked to the police.
Speaker 3 (15:53):
Yeah, talk to the authorities people who have what about.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
An unruly mob? I mean, are we really do you
guys not have any torches in this neighborhood.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
The Nerve Center of North Central West Virginia, Jack Loger
and Nikki Drake on one O two WVAQ.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Some research that's out now, a survey. They went around
the polling people Nikki just in times for the holidays,
and I think we can all enjoy a good polling
right before the holidays. And they found that the average
American attends three holiday gatherings.
Speaker 5 (16:34):
Wow yeah, okay.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
Yeah, three holiday gatherings, which that seems potentially low.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Yeah, that's as many as you're actually attending, it's not
how many are being invited to.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Right, Yeah, this is key. Okay. Now people know that
if you have let's say, a divorce, you got a
lot of Now you've basically doubled your your holiday requirements. Yes, okay,
you have to have two Christmases, you have to have
two Thanksgivings, and then you know, for people who don't
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get along, maybe there's a third Thanksgiving that you have.
Speaker 5 (17:13):
Could be two sides of the family, right.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
I know people who travel all over the place for
all these different gatherings. But the question is how do
you get out of going to holiday get togethers that
you don't want to attend.
Speaker 5 (17:28):
That's a good question.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
That's what we want to address here this morning at
a piece. We're going to call when are we calling this? Oh? Yeah,
holiday excuses that work? Yeah, yes, holiday excuses that work?
Do you have one? If so, we'd like to hear it.
Eight eight eight seven seven seven sixty six forty. You
can call us, you can text us. I think that
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this is useful information for a lot of people who
are really dreading having to get together with people they
don't want to see during the holidays.
Speaker 3 (17:58):
Because sometimes just being honest about it isn't going to work,
all right, because families are just like, well then, right,
and then they try to guilt you, and then there's
all this stuff like sometimes you just have to have
some sort of excuse.
Speaker 2 (18:11):
Isn't it interesting to be in a situation where people
force you to lie to them. Yeah, and you all
know that you're lying, but as long as it's plausible,
people are willing to let it pass. Yeah, yep, that's
really interesting.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
It is.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
But it makes sense because you can't very well say, look,
I don't want to be around you. I find you boorish,
you are annoying to me. I don't like the other
parts of the other members of your family.
Speaker 5 (18:35):
I make Dave do that.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
No, honestly, because we just had Here's what's going on
in my family. Okay, while we wait for the text
and calls. Yeah, my sister's going through divorce and her
ex has the kids for Christmas this year, he wants
to bring the kids up to from Alabama to Yaya's
house here in West Virginia, and then my sister is
(18:59):
going to fly in so that she can also be here. Okay,
this is what was being proposed. All at Gaya's house.
Everybody's going to be staying under the same roof. So
David and I kind of looked at each other, and
this divorce isn't finalized yet and they're not fighting fair,
and he was just like, well, I'm going to tell
them if they're going to be here, we're we're not
coming up.
Speaker 5 (19:17):
And I was like, good because I.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
Don't want to be in the middle of all that
and I just can't do it.
Speaker 5 (19:22):
I don't want to.
Speaker 3 (19:24):
It's not a good situation and I don't need to
experience it.
Speaker 2 (19:29):
I would agree.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
So he was the one that was like, hey, if
they do come up, we're not like avoiding you, We're
avoiding the situation.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
How was that received when he said that.
Speaker 5 (19:39):
Okay, that makes sense.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
Okay, yeah, there you got. Well, there is an example
of a holiday excuse that work.
Speaker 5 (19:46):
We were just honest and it ratually worked.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
From the Drake household. Well, I mean I think that
that's a reasonable person would accept that. If you go,
these people were divorcing, it's ugly, it's unpleasant. We don't
want to be involved in that. No, yeah, okay, all right,
So there's that. But there are a lot of different
gatherings that you need to avoid, and that's an example.
But let's not forget office Christmas parties.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
Oh my gosh, right.
Speaker 2 (20:11):
Right, let's not forget all the stuff that happens at
work that people don't want to be around. I don't
want to deal with it.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
You can't say, well, I just don't want to spend time.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
With you people, right, I can't go. Look, I work here,
I'm required to be around you people all day. I'm
not going to volunteer to spend time with you.
Speaker 4 (20:29):
Right.
Speaker 2 (20:30):
And the other thing. To be fair too, it's not
even that you dislike your coworkers. I like pretty much
everybody here, pretty much pretty much. But it's the notion
of spending several additional hours at work when I could
be eating, sleeping, having a big sandwich. I mean, right,
Okay eight eight eight seven seven seven sixty six forty
(20:52):
calls Texas. Do you have any good excuses that you
use to get out of holiday commitments, whether it's the
fan family, the extended family, the in laws, your employer,
how do you get out of it? Let's see if
we can figure this out, NICKI Drake. Would you like
to begin with the texts?
Speaker 3 (21:11):
Yes, got a slew of text just being like sorry,
can't make it.
Speaker 5 (21:15):
Just got diagnosed with COVID.
Speaker 7 (21:18):
You know.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Okay, that works.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
I've last my sense to taste, probably shouldn't show up
just in case.
Speaker 5 (21:23):
Yeah, that does work.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
It does.
Speaker 5 (21:25):
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (21:26):
Also, you have to go to work and you get
paid overtime to work on holidays, so that's also good excuse.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Yeah, assuming you have a job.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
Assuming yes, right, yeah, first have a job.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Yeah, step one, have a job. Step two, use that
job as an excuse to get out of everything.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I like that.
Speaker 1 (21:46):
I like that.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
Okay, let me go to the phones here and see
what we have eight eight eight seven seven seven sixty
six forty. You are on the Jack and Nikki Show.
What are your thoughts?
Speaker 3 (22:00):
Uh?
Speaker 7 (22:00):
So for the holiday, my mom can come down, but
my sister can't because we just don't get along.
Speaker 5 (22:09):
And that's just a known thing.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
Yes, well that's actually pretty handy. You just go we
don't get along, and everybody goes that is correct, you
do not get alongside.
Speaker 7 (22:18):
So you know that's the excuse. You know, that's what
we use every year. My mom can come down, but
my sister can't, And then I use for my other
sister it's too far to travel.
Speaker 3 (22:29):
Right, it's a solid, always solid, it's too far to travel.
I don't have the time, I've got to work the
next day. I don't get the holiday off any of
those things.
Speaker 2 (22:36):
Yeah, always work yeah, what what's the problem with your sister?
Why aren't are you guys getting along?
Speaker 7 (22:42):
Because I have a problem how she raises her children.
I see when they act offszebra correcting them, she just
gives them what they want.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Well, I'm sure they're charming children and in a real
pleasure to be around.
Speaker 7 (23:00):
Well, if we have the parenting issues, how I don't
like the way she's raising them.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
And you've explained this to her.
Speaker 7 (23:07):
Yes, I have, and she goes she will raise her
kids how she sees it. I said, well, then I
don't need to be around you.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Well, you know what, I think that's a fair point
on both ends. I think, yeah, because she has, yeah,
her kids, she can raise them how she sees fit.
But you can also say, well that's fine if you
you know, if your kids are annoying, then I don't
want to be around your kids.
Speaker 7 (23:27):
And you've got that right exactly.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
So you know, I think you guys have found a
good middle ground there. What do you think, NICKI drake?
Speaker 3 (23:34):
I mean, yeah, you don't get along, So yeah, if
everybody knows it, and you can schedule things that way
and it works out for the rest.
Speaker 2 (23:42):
Of the family, then okay, you got to keep them separated,
right yeah, all right, man, thanks for the call.
Speaker 7 (23:48):
You're welcome.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
Okay, Nikki the caller is gone. Let's talk about her
behind her back now. I think she opens a whole
can of worms.
Speaker 5 (23:57):
Here, a whole can of worms.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
Yeah, I mean, I know that we're mostly talking about
holiday excuses that work. Yes, we probably covered this basis,
So let's let's switch gears here. Okay. These people who
try to tell other people how to raise their kids,
what is that?
Speaker 5 (24:18):
You can't do that?
Speaker 2 (24:20):
You can't do that. You can't tell people how to
raise their kids unless they're harming those.
Speaker 5 (24:24):
Kids, right, Okay, there yet?
Speaker 3 (24:27):
Right?
Speaker 2 (24:27):
Yeah, I mean if the kids are in a dangerous
or abusive situation, yeah, you got to get involved in that.
But anything outside of that.
Speaker 5 (24:34):
It's up to the parents.
Speaker 2 (24:36):
It's none of your business how they raise their kids.
Speaker 5 (24:38):
This is wild not your spawn, right yeah.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Yeah, okay, I think we might be able to wrap
this up next in a piece I'm gonna call what
business is it of yours? How other people raise their kids?
Speaker 5 (24:51):
Good title.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
She cannot be around this woman because she has a
plan for this woman's kids, and this woman is not
following that plan. So therefore they can't be around each other.
Speaker 7 (25:03):
Right.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
This sounds crazy to me.
Speaker 3 (25:06):
It's uh yeah, they're not your kids. You can't force
your expectations in your parenting style onto somebody else.
Speaker 2 (25:17):
Let me tell you what I have learned about unhappiness
in life.
Speaker 5 (25:21):
Uh huh okay okay.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
One of the main reasons people are unhappy is because
life is not going the way you want it to go. Okay, okay,
And by that I mean other people aren't doing what
you want them to do.
Speaker 5 (25:37):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (25:39):
Well, that is a ridiculous way to go through life,
because you, in your own life have autonomy, right. So yeah, right,
So you have the ability and you and you agree
that you should be able to live your life how
you want to live it and make the decisions that
you want to make and be the person who you are. Yes,
but you refuse to extend that courtesy to the people
(26:00):
around you. Okay. And as long as you expect other
people to do what you want them to do, you're
always going to be disappointed, and you're always going to
be frustrated, and you're always going to be angry because
they are under no obligation to live their lives. According
to the plan that you have put together for their life.
I find this fascinating that people can't see this. And
(26:23):
the reason you may be saying, Jack, why so passionate?
Speaker 5 (26:26):
Yeah, why so passionate.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
I'm not gonna identify this person, but I know a
woman who is the unhappiest woman that I've ever known.
Oh no, and it's for this reason. She has a
plan for everybody's life, and she will not hesitate to
tell everyone what her plan is for their life, and
if they don't do it, she's mad. And I am
(26:48):
absolutely fascinated by this.
Speaker 5 (26:49):
That is fascinating.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
Right, every time I'm around her, I just kind of
stand and look at her and think, what is going
on in the head of yours? And here's the thing.
She's been this way, like I don't have four decades
like this is not a teenager? Is this somebody who
should have figured this out right?
Speaker 5 (27:08):
That you can't control other people's lives.
Speaker 1 (27:10):
Nor should you?
Speaker 2 (27:11):
Be right? She's not dating the person I think she
should be with. He's not living where he should live
according to my plan. She doesn't have the job that
I think she should have, majoring in something that I
don't think she should be. Why don't you shot up.
(27:31):
It doesn't have anything to do with you. Let these
people live their lives. Yeah, okay, I just I just
thought I tossed that out there.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
Speech speech, speech.
Speaker 2 (27:42):
Speech speech. Here's the thing. You agree with me, do
you not?
Speaker 7 (27:49):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (27:49):
I absolutely agree with you.
Speaker 2 (27:51):
Yeah, you're going to let me look like the crazy.
Speaker 6 (27:54):
No I'm not.
Speaker 3 (27:55):
I am. I'm enjoying this rant and ring, are you?
I am? And that's why I am letting you rant
and rave.
Speaker 2 (28:01):
Okay, because I thought, you know, I thought there were
some mockery coming in. I thought she's enjoying this. She
agrees with me, but she's letting me die on the
hill while she's over there.
Speaker 3 (28:10):
I'm just letting. I don't want to interrupt you.
Speaker 5 (28:13):
I'm just letting you go. Yes, you are on a roll,
and
Speaker 3 (28:17):
You make several good points, So thank you Jack,
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