Episode 55: Eleven Madison Park

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Hi,

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Oh, Chelsey,

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how

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are w----.

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How, what where?

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It's time to get Birthday drunk!

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Birthday,

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It's Chelsey's birthday!!!!

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birthday.

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Yeah, love my birthday song.

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Today's June 22nd, everyone.

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And it's Chelsey's 19th birthday.

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oh, my goodness

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birthday.

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thank you.

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Happy birthday, Meryl Streep as well.

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Ah, look at that.

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It is just a celebrat Tori de Chelsey.

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was your birthday going?

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Thank you for spending it

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Oh, my goodness.

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I would spend it with no one else.

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My birthday is great.

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Thanks for asking.

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I mean, just grateful to have another year round the sun, traveling

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Try.

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What are your favorite things about birthday celebrations?

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Do you have any favorite things or disfavored things?

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Oh, you know, it's so hard for me because I was such a big birthday

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For years, I did the Hollywood bowl every year with a big group.

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And it's just so sad to say, but like, you know, COVID sort of canceled those big,

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I've been a little bit more low key this year.

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I got to say, but I think it's, you know, I think it's good.

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I'm just happy.

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As long as I'm celebrating with someone, I don't, I don't like to do the big birthday dinners.

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Stress me out.

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That's why I'm like more of an events girl.

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I'm like buy a ticket to the game.

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We'll go.

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You want to buy yourself a hot dog?

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Go ahead.

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I get stressed out with the traditional birthday dinner, you know, like

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Ugh.

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God, I can't.

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Yeah, for sure.

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Do you have a special way that you like to celebrate your birthday?

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I think the older I've gotten the less, I want to like even

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For many years there, this is a weird tale that I could expound on in the after-show perhaps.

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for my 26th birthday, I went to a pottery painting place and invited

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And while I was painting a coffee mug, I booked my first television series.

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got a phone call saying I was

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God.

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That's so cool.

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And so then it became like, well, I got to do those every year because good

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my God.

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Now you're making me feel like I got to go to a pottery place stat.

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Well, it never repeated itself.

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And so then I was like, okay, I'm gonna not do this anymore.

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And then now I don't know.

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I'm just sort of like, man, I'd rather just like sit around and not do anything, but my

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He loves to have huge superstar.

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No, he loves to have huge ginormous parties.

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He wants, rented out a bar and did a nineties themed birthday party where everyone

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Oh, so fun.

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I love that.

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One year he rented out a restaurant and we did animal nose party

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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So, um, Yeah.

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so we experienced all of that on all sides, but though it is your birthday, Chelsey, am curious.

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Is there anything that isn't making you happy?

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Is there anything that you want to

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Lodge A Complaint.

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about today on your birthday?

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Yeah, there is actually, so I, I love candles.

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If you're thinking about getting me a belated birthday gift, go ahead and send

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However, hate when I'm burning a candle, the wick is burned through, and there's still

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And like, what do I do?

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Am I supposed to throw away the candle?

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Am I supposed to like melt it and make a new candle?

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That feels like a lot of work?

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What would.

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It just feels like such a waste.

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There's all that delicious sleep scented wax.

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And I don't have any way to, to keep it burning.

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what am I supposed to do?

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I know exactly what we're talking about.

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That's why I love those candles that have multiple wicks.

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Cause it makes me feel like I'm

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Little, little more.

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Yeah.

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A little more secure about like the distribution.

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Have you ever like played with a candle wax, like as it's burning and then

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Have you ever experienced any of that?

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Yeah, I mean, I used to play with the wax a lot, cause I used to

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Oh, well, good

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Yeah, I didn't, I haven't really done that since I was a kid, but I've

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And it can't be lit and that's, that's probably even more frustrating.

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Maddening.

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Do you remember that trend?

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Like maybe in the early two thousands of like pair friend paraffin,

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Yeah.

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would dip your hand in.

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Or your feet.

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Oh, it felt so good.

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I love a good paraffin wax.

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Not going to lie.

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It's always the ad-on when you're getting a Manny petty, like, and you want to do the paraffin?

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Like, how do I say no?

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I mean, my feet and my hands are so dry and they make you feel so smooth.

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Yes.

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All right.

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Try since it is my birthday, I guess I will grant you one wish and allow you

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So do you have a complaint that you want to Lodge?

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A,

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All right.

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So today I actually have a serious complaint.

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So I was doing some research because been taking more financial control in my life.

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And I discovered that I had fraudulent activity on my MasterCard.

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This fraudulent activity dates back to may of 2021.

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That's.

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Oh my goodness.

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That's right.

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You mentioned

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Today is June 22nd, 2020.

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I have been being charged 29 90 $9 a month since may of 2021.

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And I have no idea what it is.

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Have you have you since calculated to see how much that is?

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Oh no, I haven't added it up, but cause I'm too upset.

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But what I did do is I disputed all of the charges.

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One by one.

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You have to fill in this thing on.

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Well, there's a time.

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Yes.

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You have to, it's like transaction one and then you do the date, the

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And so, and this has been going on, I mean, it's three pages of charges.

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Oh, my God

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And it was like due to the number of transactions, like a pop-up happened.

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It was you will be contacted by a representative in three to five business days.

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So it was like, Okay.

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great.

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like, I have to go to work.

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this sounds like a representative conversation anyway.

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Truly.

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Correct?

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Correct.

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So then today I was like, oh, I still haven't heard anything back from that.

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So I called MasterCard and we looked through it and there were like, how

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And I was like, I don't know.

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It's like three pages.

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And they're like, you did not select two charges.

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And I was like, what?

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like, there's two charges.

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You didn't slack.

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So because of that, it was deemed not fraudulent.

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so there, so you, so out of the, like three pages of, of things that

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And because you miss Two, from that vendor, none of them, that is the dumbest thing I've ever

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Because it looks like a wreck.

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It's a recurring charge.

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And because I didn't tag two of them as fraudulent MasterCard said, oh, well,

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Cause they, they processed two charges, but they're wanting to charge these other 90.

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So now I'm in a holding pattern once again.

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And this is a

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fraudulent charge at some company in England.

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So this is still not resolved.

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No.

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Oh my God.

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But I had to, I did have to lock the car, the account and like cancel it.

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So I got the new card in the mail today.

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So when I was on the phone with the representative, I was like, why would

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I have to update all of my bills if I was like trying to pull a fast one.

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And he was like, you know, I can like resubmit this with this two additional charges.

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I was like, Yeah, Thank you.

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So I'll keep everyone updated, but that's really my complaint.

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Don't take my identity,

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How dare

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if you're British.

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How dare you?

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How very dare.

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you.

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very dare.

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I don't even want to live my life sometimes.

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Why do you,

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Especially from a queen.

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My goodness.

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How dare let the meat cake,

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let them eat cake

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ate her birthday cake.

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and give Trey has identity back.

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But, you know, once I feel like, oftentimes my complaints lead back.

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to things I am responsible for.

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I should have clocked this many months ago.

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One could even say a year ago.

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Uh, but, uh, anyway, I'm dealing with that.

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So my complaint is stealing identities.

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Don't do that.

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Complaint heard complaint added to the ledger.

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Try.

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I'm sorry.

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so

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I hope you're able to let your birthday candles.

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I will, I will.

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Soldier on in your honor.

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Okay.

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Thank you.

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All right.

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Well, should we jump into some online reviews for your book?

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I think we sh I there's no other way.

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I'd rather celebrate my birthday than with a fine help and have online.

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Review!.

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As you know, we are your trustee Review!

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We bring in reviews from the internet that we feel need to be inspected.

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It's a very Regal process that we call.

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Uh, says that given.

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That's right.

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What do you have for us today?

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Try it.

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All right.

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And honor of your birthday.

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Oh, my goodness.

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Okay.

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I have

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Okay.

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a one star Yelp review.

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Yeah,

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For a restaurant because I know you love restaurant reviews.

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I do.

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So this is for a restaurant and Manhattan called 11 Madison Park.

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Okay.

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This is written by a mall, S

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How do you spell it?

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a M a L

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Okay.

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updated Review!

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serious.

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I am negating my previous glowing raves for this place solely on the pathetic

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I have touted this place forever to everyone as one of the cream of the N Y crop.

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You not only lost my business and that of a major U S C E.

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But I will be sure to share this awful experience as much as the good ones, my friend and I love

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We like to sit at the bar less stuff, but we drop some serious coin.

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Here's the setup we walk in.

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Can I help you?

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Yes, we would like to have dinner at the bar and a couple bottles of wine.

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Well, the bar is full right now.

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No problem.

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We can wait, we will just grab a drink.

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We have a no standing room policy.

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So you can't, what do you mean?

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There are a lot of pubs in the area.

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If you would like, I could recommend a couple of places we stare at each other.

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Like this troll is kidding.

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Half the people at the bar were standing.

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Question mark.

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Question mark.

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Question, mark.

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Question.

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We looked at him and said, no, thanks.

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We don't need a pub recommendation.

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Walked out whisked and a cab uptown to Maria, where we were treated like gold, amazing

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He could have offered to take a look at the bar and see if anyone was closing a tab question,

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Are you AF in kidding me three question marks.

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I know you guys don't need the business, but the person they turned away was a very frequent diner.

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As I.

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Probably 25 to 30 visits a year between us as Julia.

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Robert said big mistake, five exclamation marks.

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We don't expect anything more than a proper courtesy, but the way he treated us, I will

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Perfect.

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Weekly martini.dot dot idiot.

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Ooh,

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with the idiots.

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I just have to tell you,

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Yeah.

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there is nary a capital letter and this entire not a single

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Review!

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anywhere to be found.

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But there is punctuation.

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So many question marks.

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And a lot of ellipses, a lot of exclamation marks.

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Yeah.

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Oh, my goodness.

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A mall.

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All right.

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There were a few times where I was confused as to whether or not a mall was speaking

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They pissed them off and also a CEO or something like that.

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Are they the CEO?

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Are they saying like, they pissed me off and also my friend who is a CEO and

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The person they turned away.

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I was a very frequent

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Was a very frequent diner.

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And then they said exactly.

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And then they said that they were a frequent diner.

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So it's like, are you speaking to the third person or are you saying that you're a

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They did like explicitly say that at one point.

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Right.

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Yeah, so I did do a little research on them all as,

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Oh, okay.

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and they are very rare.

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They must be writes batch

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Both and pers and, and the way they Review!.

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So they really do not like to use the caps lock and they frequently speak

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are.

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So I'm unsure exactly what it is that a mall does, a mall takes lots of fancy business

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Yeah.

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So I do think because there's, I think the grammar here,

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Uh, they don't use commas, which I think would help us indicate when

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And when they're speaking of a client yeah.

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Oh, good point.

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Yeah.

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I mean, there was so much in here, you know, like $300 a pop, like, I don't

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I'm really trying to separate my immediate gut reaction, which is just like, Ew gross.

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Why are you flaunting money?

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Like

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this?

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It's.

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Yeah.

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I mean, I don't think that the person should have responded in negatively and the way that, like

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Cause they seem like they're really above everybody else and they

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And while.

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I feel on the one hand, be rich bitch.

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Yeah.

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Make your money like be a CEO.

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Like I'm supporting that.

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I don't, I don't think that you should live small, you know, if you've made

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But there's something about this that just feels it's a turnoff.

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It is interesting to me because it does seem that a mall is presenting a

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So what's interesting to me is why would you not have made a reservation,

Chelsey Donn: 00:18:33

because they explicitly said that they like to sit at the bar,

Trey Gerrald: 00:18:37

but would you do that like with a client?

Trey Gerrald: 00:18:40

I mean, I guess I'm all done, so it doesn't matter if I

Chelsey Donn: 00:18:43

I guess a mall does.

Chelsey Donn: 00:18:44

Or like in this case, was it a client?

Chelsey Donn: 00:18:47

I mean, I was impressed by the two bottles of wine for two people.

Chelsey Donn: 00:18:50

I was like, all right, we are committing to a bottle each at the beginning.

Chelsey Donn: 00:18:53

God.

Trey Gerrald: 00:18:54

Well, it says two bottles of White burgundy, is that wine

Chelsey Donn: 00:18:59

burgundy wine

Trey Gerrald: 00:19:00

like red wines or a white wine,

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:03

I know that's how I thought white burgundy.

Trey Gerrald: 00:19:05

but you're right.

Trey Gerrald: 00:19:06

I'm all does say my friend.

Trey Gerrald: 00:19:08

They don't say client

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:10

Right?

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:10

So like, I think maybe a mall and this friend like to

Trey Gerrald: 00:19:15

What do you think of the no standing rim?

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:17

I think it's weird.

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:18

Okay.

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:18

So white burgundy wines are referred to as white burgundies are Chardonnay

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:25

Oh, burgundy.

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:26

Oh God.

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:27

Okay.

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:28

I didn't even So it's like from burgundy, it's white it's Chardonnay.

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:34

That is from burgundy.

Trey Gerrald: 00:19:35

But that makes me think that they know what they're talking about.

Trey Gerrald: 00:19:38

Like.

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:39

Yeah.

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:39

I don't know.

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:40

You know, there is a certain caliber of people.

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:43

I think this is an expensive place.

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:44

If I'm thinking of the right place in my mind, like this is like a

Trey Gerrald: 00:19:50

it has a fancy swanky place.

Trey Gerrald: 00:19:52

Yeah.

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:53

Yeah.

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:53

So just trying to put into my mind what can be gathered from this Review!

Chelsey Donn: 00:19:59

if I am, this was, you said it was one, sorry.

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:03

One-Star-Zinger.

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:04

So if I am looking up this restaurant, I'm deciding whether or not I want to go there.

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:09

I look to the one stars right away.

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:11

Cause I'm like, I don't want to see any red flags that I'm not comfortable with.

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:15

If I read this Review!

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:16

one, what am I gathering?

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:19

And two, is it a deal breaker?

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:21

I don't think it's a deal breaker for attending the restaurant.

Trey Gerrald: 00:20:26

It's just so interesting to me, because I think the conceit of this Review!

Trey Gerrald: 00:20:29

is very specific.

Trey Gerrald: 00:20:32

Like, I don't know it, I, I would imagine that if it is a fancy restaurant and they then like having

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:43

When was this Review!

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:44

written.

Trey Gerrald: 00:20:45

in 2013.

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:47

Okay, cool.

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:47

Cool.

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:47

Cool.

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:48

For a second, when you said that I'm like, is this a COVID thing now?

Trey Gerrald: 00:20:53

But like, I mean, I get them all his point was like, why didn't they go and check?

Chelsey Donn: 00:20:57

they said people were standing.

Trey Gerrald: 00:20:58

Right.

Trey Gerrald: 00:20:59

I don't know.

Trey Gerrald: 00:21:00

Do we believe that?

Trey Gerrald: 00:21:01

Do we think that's truthful or do we think

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:03

Did that shady

Trey Gerrald: 00:21:04

what's occurring to me?

Trey Gerrald: 00:21:06

Is that a mall was offended by the pub comment,

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:08

for sure.

Trey Gerrald: 00:21:10

like a lower class phrase.

Trey Gerrald: 00:21:12

Like, I mean, I guess.

Trey Gerrald: 00:21:13

Okay.

Trey Gerrald: 00:21:14

Because it doesn't occur that.

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:16

It.

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:16

I mean like, cause the implication there is like, we don't have standing room because like we don't

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:35

pack them in.

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:36

It's just.

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:37

Getting the alcohol and being loud and obnoxious or whatever.

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:41

I dunno, like any kind of stereotypes that come along with it specifically to somebody

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:53

You know, even if, for me, it was like, oh, go to a pub or maybe you would be like, all right, cool.

Chelsey Donn: 00:21:58

Yeah, we should go to a pub.

Chelsey Donn: 00:22:00

But for somebody like this, that is like, you want me to go to a lower class establishment?

Chelsey Donn: 00:22:06

Excuse me?

Chelsey Donn: 00:22:07

What are you saying?

Chelsey Donn: 00:22:08

Like, uh, might not good enough for you?

Chelsey Donn: 00:22:12

Is my money not good enough for you?

Trey Gerrald: 00:22:14

Well, it's interesting to me because I think choosing a Julia Roberts quote

Trey Gerrald: 00:22:30

And so they get be pretentious and say, you.

Trey Gerrald: 00:22:33

Judge me by the cover of the book.

Trey Gerrald: 00:22:36

like, I wouldn't choose that character to explain that I'm Heike.

Trey Gerrald: 00:22:40

I actually am high class and you've made a huge mistake because I dropped $300.

Trey Gerrald: 00:22:44

You know what I mean?

Trey Gerrald: 00:22:44

Like I would, I wouldn't

Chelsey Donn: 00:22:46

It's an interesting point.

Trey Gerrald: 00:22:48

yes.

Chelsey Donn: 00:22:49

point in the Zeit guys as an expression, like anybody in any situation

Chelsey Donn: 00:22:59

And the bakery line, big mistake, big, huge.

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:01

I would've bought you out.

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:02

Like, I don't know, like any, anything can be compared to that.

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:05

So it's sort of like a trite thing to say in the first place.

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:08

Like, oh, your business is so unbelievable.

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:13

It's really placing yourself at the center of a narrative that feels on point for him.

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:19

All right.

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:20

Like I think Amal is very much the center of a.

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:24

And I think that the only thing that I can latch onto in terms of a takeaway that I'm

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:39

So that's something that I would want to know like, oh, oh, good to know.

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:42

Okay.

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:42

So if we can't get a seat at the bar, then I should have a backup plan, you know?

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:47

Cause there is no standing room.

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:48

Like that's like.

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:49

Good information.

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:50

the unfortunate thing about this Review!

Chelsey Donn: 00:23:53

is that it's so buried beneath just heavy piles, reeking of pretension.

Chelsey Donn: 00:24:01

And I'm starting to doubt whether or not anyone that was going to this

Chelsey Donn: 00:24:07

I don't know.

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:08

So I just went to 11 Madison Park's website and they take reservations for the bar.

Chelsey Donn: 00:24:15

Oh, interesting.

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:16

'cause my thought was while you were just saying.

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:19

Is if there No.

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:20

standing room, I wonder if they take reservations.

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:24

So once again, here I am.

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:25

I think the value here is that if you want to go here, you need to prepare

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:34

I think lots of places are like that can't just expect to pop in.

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:39

I also think the information within this Review!

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:42

I don't know if it's common, is that.

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:46

It seems to me that a mall was offended and then wanted to publicly punish the

Trey Gerrald: 00:24:58

So to me, it sort of all occurs a little bit like this is shady, like they're wanting retribution.

Chelsey Donn: 00:25:04

Correct.

Chelsey Donn: 00:25:05

They're waving their money around in a way that feels very gross and

Chelsey Donn: 00:25:11

Like, because I'm so wealthy and you pissed off the wrong broad

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:17

It's also weird to end with.

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:19

I will no longer stop in for my overpriced yet.

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:22

Perfect.

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:22

Weekly martini.

Trey Gerrald: 00:25:24

Like it's weird to like stick it to them by telling them that their martini is a

Chelsey Donn: 00:25:27

But your stuff is great.

Chelsey Donn: 00:25:29

Yeah, no, that's interesting too.

Chelsey Donn: 00:25:30

Cause it's like, obviously once again, we have someone that is very emotional about this

Chelsey Donn: 00:25:46

You know, whether, because you know, you're too prideful or whatever it is that you

Chelsey Donn: 00:25:54

I think there is a bit of sadness that comes with that.

Chelsey Donn: 00:25:57

Like, oh, I'll never be able to experience that martini that I love or that food that I love

Chelsey Donn: 00:26:05

Quite frankly,

Trey Gerrald: 00:26:06

And I think that is echoed and using ending with the phrase idiots.

Trey Gerrald: 00:26:11

Um, all feels emotionally burned.

Chelsey Donn: 00:26:14

Yeah.

Trey Gerrald: 00:26:15

I guess.

Trey Gerrald: 00:26:15

I just, I guess there's a class that I feel like I'm adding onto the story.

Trey Gerrald: 00:26:21

I feel like multiple times a mall is mentioning status and class and wealth

Trey Gerrald: 00:26:32

Like, I think you could, if you were really like, you've made a mistake, I

Trey Gerrald: 00:26:37

I happy to attend and I don't know.

Trey Gerrald: 00:26:41

I feel like there's a way to express how this was damaging to the restaurant because of my

Chelsey Donn: 00:26:51

Oh 100%.

Chelsey Donn: 00:26:53

And I feel like that's something that we come across all the time,

Chelsey Donn: 00:26:59

Of the ones that are Review!, which is that if you go too far on the Karen side

Chelsey Donn: 00:27:13

Even if you have a point that is worthy of saying, it's why James longtime

Chelsey Donn: 00:27:24

When we read the review, it did seem truthful because.

Chelsey Donn: 00:27:28

James peppered in.

Chelsey Donn: 00:27:29

I love this place.

Chelsey Donn: 00:27:30

I, I, the drinks are great.

Chelsey Donn: 00:27:32

This is, you know, set enough things that you're like, okay, now I'm

Chelsey Donn: 00:27:38

Whereas if you just stay in that same bitter tone the entire time, even if it

Chelsey Donn: 00:27:45

Which I get, you know, like I haven't written a lot of reviews, but I've sat with

Chelsey Donn: 00:27:57

But at the end of the day, in order to be effective, you can't just blow the steam off.

Chelsey Donn: 00:28:04

Well, it off blow off the lid, blow the lid

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:07

I also just want to the last point here it?

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:10

blow the lid off.

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:12

Blow

Chelsey Donn: 00:28:12

If all the little.

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:15

Like mall's ending statement as we don't expect anything more than a

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:24

I think they use the word, Oh you know, we have a lot of pubs surrounding us go to a pub.

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:29

Like you can go there, like, and was internalized as so offensive.

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:34

But even your review about French laundry that I feel like they were treated much worse than

Chelsey Donn: 00:28:39

Oh yeah.

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:41

So it's really just like, what's going on.

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:43

And there's just the spelling of Sabbat.

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:45

I even explain.

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:46

It's just like, it's a mess.

Chelsey Donn: 00:28:48

I think I'm ready to crown.

Chelsey Donn: 00:28:50

you

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:51

it.

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:51

All right.

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:51

So Chelsey and I each have our own set of zero to five crowd cards and an effort

Trey Gerrald: 00:28:59

We will simultaneously reveal our white burgundy ratings.

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The Queens are Tabulating.

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:14

Oh, I almost did one.

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:16

Okay.

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:16

I broke our streak of being completely unanimous.

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:20

I'm holding up half ground tray is holding a blood count.

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:22

I was very close to holding up one because I knew you were going to do that.

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:25

But I had a stick with my guts and say, Half crown from our QC for everything that's already

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:35

I just don't think it's a very valuable Review!.

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:37

I think it's very slanted and unfortunately it makes them all look really bad.

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:42

Um, and it doesn't make by proxy almost ends up making the restaurant look

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:51

So that's why I had to go with a half crown.

Chelsey Donn: 00:29:53

Why did you go with a full crown from.

Trey Gerrald: 00:29:57

I went with a full ground because ultimately I feel that.

Trey Gerrald: 00:30:00

I have now done more research on this restaurant that I'd never heard of before.

Trey Gerrald: 00:30:04

And I recognize to have reservations.

Trey Gerrald: 00:30:06

We didn't talk about this and the Review!, but it is also annoying that I'm all

Trey Gerrald: 00:30:17

And I really think so much of this was about.

Trey Gerrald: 00:30:21

Uh, malls pocketbook rather than restaurant itself.

Trey Gerrald: 00:30:26

So I went with one because I learned you need a reservation otherwise.

Trey Gerrald: 00:30:30

Wow.

Trey Gerrald: 00:30:31

But I ha I do think them all is hilarious and they are w there's a wealth of hilarious reviews.

Trey Gerrald: 00:30:37

So maybe in a year when we do repeat offenders again, I will come back within

Chelsey Donn: 00:30:43

Or whenever you want, you know, we don't need to have a special

Chelsey Donn: 00:30:49

Try anytime.

Chelsey Donn: 00:30:51

You'd like, you want to bring another I'm all in.

Chelsey Donn: 00:30:53

I'm ready to let.

Trey Gerrald: 00:30:54

All right.

Trey Gerrald: 00:30:54

I love that.

Trey Gerrald: 00:30:56

All right.

Trey Gerrald: 00:30:56

Well, we have reached the most Regal portion of our show Chelsey.

Trey Gerrald: 00:31:00

Who are you inducting today for?

VOICEOVER: 00:31:05

My Royal

VOICEOVER: 00:31:06

Highness!

Chelsey Donn: 00:31:07

Thanks for asking Trey.

Chelsey Donn: 00:31:08

So today I'm going to induct Venmo and Zelle just because.

Chelsey Donn: 00:31:13

What did we do before Venmo and Zelle?

Chelsey Donn: 00:31:16

I remember there were so many occasions where I would go out with like a girlfriend or somebody

Chelsey Donn: 00:31:22

I'll pay you back.

Chelsey Donn: 00:31:23

And then you would never get paid back.

Chelsey Donn: 00:31:26

fact that that can't happen anymore, that like nobody can ever just try to skimp out

Chelsey Donn: 00:31:36

Is such a gift that would never have happened without Venmo and now Zelle,

Chelsey Donn: 00:31:44

But really Venmo, I think, took the lip, you know, broke the lid up.

Chelsey Donn: 00:31:47

I don't guys, why are these expressions with lids?

Chelsey Donn: 00:31:50

Um, but yeah, lids, but which will be another thing, but no, I mean, Venmo really

Chelsey Donn: 00:31:59

Do things together and not have to make servers crazy, certainly by

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:06

So much of our lives have been made easier by these money, digital transfers, um, like Venmo.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:14

And for that reason, I wanted to nominate Venmo as My Royal Highness.

Trey Gerrald: 00:32:21

It's a really good induction.

Trey Gerrald: 00:32:22

I remember when I first moved to the north from the south where, and the south

Trey Gerrald: 00:32:30

And they would, but then you would New York and they're like, we won't split it more than.

Trey Gerrald: 00:32:34

So then it was like, there was, there was a time what are we going to do?

Trey Gerrald: 00:32:38

What are we going to do?

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:39

Right.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:39

It's like, do you have cash?

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:40

You have hash.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:40

I don't know if cash.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:41

Yeah.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:42

It's like a whole

Trey Gerrald: 00:32:43

much easier.

Trey Gerrald: 00:32:43

Yeah.

Trey Gerrald: 00:32:44

And because it's instant,

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:45

Yeah, exactly.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:46

It's incent.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:47

Zell's great.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:48

Cause Zell's really instant.

Chelsey Donn: 00:32:50

I mean I've yeah, it's sell makes it really easy, but yeah, I, I'm not longing for a day

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:03

I remember when I first moved to New York and I needed, I was short for my rant.

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:09

And I remember having to go to a bodega to get a Western union

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:13

my God.

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:14

Exactly.

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:15

Can you imagine if she could have just held you?

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:17

I wonder if Western union even exists anymore, It has to.

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:21

does.

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:22

It definitely does.

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:23

But I wonder if it's going to cease to exist at a certain point,

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:27

I don't know.

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:27

I feel like there's always going to be people that need that kind of thing.

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:30

but like when was the last time you got a phone book?

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:33

Last time I had a phone book, do they even print phone books anymore?

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:37

I don't know.

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:38

Cause that's something you would think.

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:39

Well, there's gotta be people that like still use phone

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:42

books, but when was the time you saw one?

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:44

I haven't seen one.

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:45

You're right.

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:47

So maybe it will become obsolete.

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:48

I'm sure everything will be, I mean, I'm sure money itself printed is going to become

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:57

I'm kind of ready.

Trey Gerrald: 00:33:57

Let's do it.

Chelsey Donn: 00:33:58

yeah.

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:00

Wow.

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:01

mean, I guess in that, at that point, just invest it all in gold and if you're paranoid,

Trey Gerrald: 00:34:05

Well, we did at queen that is another round on the argue and

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:13

Yes, what a great birthday celebration.

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:15

Thank you for joining me for my birthday today.

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:17

Thank you for listening to the show.

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:19

If you enjoy what you hear, please tell a friend.

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:23

Okay.

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:23

Give, give me a little birthday gift.

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:26

Share the podcast with that person that you told you would share it with.

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:29

And then you forgot to text them.

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:30

Just go ahead and share the podcast, please,

Trey Gerrald: 00:34:34

And if you didn't like what you heard telling enemy, please.

Trey Gerrald: 00:34:38

give Chelsey a little birthday gift.

Trey Gerrald: 00:34:40

Go ahead and tell that into me that you said you were in a towel, but then you forgot.

Trey Gerrald: 00:34:43

And then you did answer.

Trey Gerrald: 00:34:44

Go ahead and do it.

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:47

Yes.

Chelsey Donn: 00:34:49

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Trey Gerrald: 00:35:21

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Chelsey Donn: 00:35:23

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Trey Gerrald: 00:35:43

It's a blue for you.

Chelsey Donn: 00:35:45

I know a friend did send this to me,

Trey Gerrald: 00:35:47

Oh my God.

Chelsey Donn: 00:35:48

read it.

Chelsey Donn: 00:35:49

I know.

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So if, if you want to find out what made Trey say

Trey Gerrald: 00:35:54

She wants the good Juju for her, for JJ, with that pleasure, passion, lib.

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Chelsey Donn: 00:36:03

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Then join our Patreon over@Patreon.com slash Review That Review

Chelsey Donn: 00:36:17

That's true.

Trey Gerrald: 00:36:17

and happy birthday to Chelsey.

Trey Gerrald: 00:36:19

And for Chelsey's birthday gift, please remember

Chelsey Donn: 00:36:22

Ignore the haters.

Chelsey Donn: 00:36:24

You're a queen.

Trey Gerrald: 00:36:25

gender nonspecific, Chelsey Donn birthday gift Yellowpages Western union, a mall.

Trey Gerrald: 00:36:31

Birthday queen.

Chelsey Donn: 00:36:33

Yes.

Chelsey Donn: 00:36:34

Bring me that $300 burgundy queen.

Trey Gerrald: 00:36:39

bye.

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Review That Review is an independent podcast, certain names have been

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Executive Produced by Trey Gerrald and Chelsey Donn with editing

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with voiceover talents by Eva Kaminsky.

VOICEOVER: 00:36:52

Our cover art was designed by LogoVora and our theme song was written by Joe

Trey Gerrald: 00:36:57

Bye

Chelsey Donn: 00:36:58

If we had a Review That Review candle, what do you think it would be?

Trey Gerrald: 00:37:03

Irish pub.

Chelsey Donn: 00:37:07

I Irish Pub!

Chelsey Donn: 00:37:08

I think it would be $300 burgundy, personally.

Trey Gerrald: 00:37:12

We should do both,

Chelsey Donn: 00:37:13

Yes.

Chelsey Donn: 00:37:14

Oh, we should see which one sells better.

Chelsey Donn: 00:37:16

Okay.

Trey Gerrald: 00:37:16

I feel like I would just want the $300 white burgundy can't!'

Chelsey Donn: 00:37:20

But maybe the Irish pub smells delicious.