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bravo charlie club episode 055
4 Plays28 days ago
In this week's pod :
Fully Awake Project
- Keep cups
- Mutual ack
Travel tip of the week
- Dodging carry-on charges by Michelin manning.
Listener feedback
- MG asks why is Ben not on Facebook?
- Flicking emails? yay or nay?
Contact
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Transcript
Introduction & New Listeners
00:00:05
Richard
Welcome to the Bravo Charlie Club podcast, making you 12 and a half minutes more awesome each week. He's Ben, I'm Richard, let's go. Ben, how are you this week?
00:00:16
Ben
Awesome. Awesome, mate. Hey, remember last week I said we were calling out a lot of Spanish-speaking listeners in the countries? Right on the back of last week, we're we're welcoming Guatemala.
00:00:24
Richard
Yes.
00:00:29
Richard
Guatemala.
00:00:29
Ben
now Now, hello in Guatemalan is hola if you're lazy, but I understand if you want to make a really good impression, you need to match the greeting to the time of day So buenos dias until noon, buenos tardes until sunset, and buenos nachos.
00:00:42
Richard
huh
00:00:50
Ben
Is that nachos? That sounds like a food. Buenos dias for good evening.
00:00:53
Richard
Not yes, maybe.
00:00:56
Ben
Yeah, we'll go with that. So there you go.
00:00:58
Richard
That's good.
00:00:59
Ben
Just need to be a little bit more specific in Guatemala or otherwise you'll be considered lazy.
00:01:02
Richard
There we go, Guatemala. Awesome.
Keep Cups Irony
00:01:06
Ben
Fully awake project, mate, this week. Two things caught my eye which I want to raise with you.
00:01:10
Richard
Oh.
00:01:10
Ben
First of all, I'm, i'm you know, a turtle lover. like I'd hug a tree, I guess. I'm not a hippie. But I do like my keep cup. And I'm in a swim group and my mates let me use my keep cup. They even sometimes get it out of my bag.
00:01:27
Ben
to get a coffee when theyre when they're paying. And to be fair, they pay.
00:01:31
Richard
For you.
00:01:32
Ben
Yeah, for me.
00:01:33
Richard
Right.
00:01:33
Ben
But they refuse to use one themselves. Now, and here's the punchline. I've given them keep cups. Like it's not like they'll buy one.
00:01:42
Richard
This should be in the conundrum section. Yeah.
00:01:46
Ben
I just think they deserve a stern talking to. So that was, I was driving home from swimming the other day. I was just like, those lazy so-and-sos, just use your darn keep cup.
00:01:57
Ben
Come on, catch up. So there you go. Do you use keep cup?
00:02:01
Richard
There we go.
00:02:02
Ben
Do you use a keep cup?
00:02:04
Richard
no i don't use a keep cup, but I'm not actually,
00:02:09
Ben
You're tea drinker. Does that?
00:02:10
Richard
i mean, tea tea tastes, che I'm not a coffee drinker, I'm a tea drinker and tea tastes terrible in paper cups anyway.
00:02:17
Ben
Yeah.
00:02:17
Richard
So like I tend not to buy takeaway tea.
00:02:20
Ben
Right.
00:02:21
Ben
which If you had an aluminium, you know, insulated wall mug, would you be tempted to buy a takeaway tea? or
00:02:31
Richard
Probably not. I can't say that I would. I mean, work from home.
00:02:34
Ben
Interesting.
00:02:35
Richard
So, like, walked downstairs.
00:02:37
Ben
Yeah.
00:02:39
Richard
took it away upstairs.
00:02:40
Ben
Oh, it's like the Bravo Charlie...
00:02:41
Richard
At the end of the day, I take all the cups back downstairs.
00:02:44
Ben
Yeah. Isn't that what the Bravo Charlie Club mug is for?
00:02:47
Richard
Yes, exactly. It's around here somewhere.
00:02:49
Ben
and Good.
00:02:49
Richard
I can't see from all the other ones.
00:02:50
Ben
Yeah, we've given out a few of those lately.
00:02:51
Richard
Where is it? Where does it go?
00:02:52
Ben
It's been good.
00:02:52
Richard
Yeah.
Store Section Awareness
00:02:54
Ben
And the second thing that caught my eye, mate, is the mutual acknowledgement when you walk past someone who's selling something and they know that you're not the target market.
00:03:04
Ben
And I'll give you the example. So you're you're walking through Meijer or a yeah department store and you come up to the women' the women's fragrance section and you're just walking through and, you know, you just try to get you exactly.
00:03:15
Richard
Because you're just trying to cut through because that's always on the ground floor and it's always, yeah.
00:03:19
Ben
Exactly. And, you know, the, the handing out their little fragrance, leaflets to everyone and you walk past them, they go to hand and they Oh no, you're not for you. And you just get that little polite nod that, you know, i acknowledge you, you're not getting this because I know you're not going to buy it.
00:03:29
Richard
Give me a nod.
00:03:34
Ben
I i love that. That that's, uh, that's, uh, one of my favorite things. It doesn't happen very often, but I pick it up and I notice it when it, uh, when it does occur.
00:03:39
Richard
a
00:03:45
Ben
So yeah, you're not the target market. Uh, And I think those guys who try to sell you the you know the UNICEF and the the the aid, or not the big issue, though that's a different story again, I think.
00:03:54
Richard
The big issue.
00:03:59
Ben
but you know those Those monthly commitments that they want, you know the fundraising, they should take a leaf out of out of that book because I'm not their target market either.
00:04:03
Richard
Oh, yeah. Yep.
00:04:09
Ben
I think I'll just get it written on a T-shirt. So...
00:04:12
Richard
I'm not your target market. It's a Jedi mind trick.
00:04:13
Ben
I'm not your target market. It could be a branded
00:04:20
Ben
branded Bravo Charlie Club T-shirt. Let's put it into the ether. That's what's going to happen.
Travel Attire Strategies
00:04:26
Ben
Hey, travel tip of the week this week.
00:04:29
Ben
What do you think of wearing your bulkiest clothes and heaviest shoes onto a plane? You know, your jacket, your boots, the heavy jumper. Does that free up space and wait for
00:04:40
Richard
You know, like, i get it. i get i get where the sentiment is coming from. But, I mean, are you playing the game all wrong if you're just putting that stuff on to try and dodge a few kilos of carry-on?
00:04:58
Richard
Like, you're probably better off-fly with someone that doesn't want to weigh every single bag that comes onto the plane, right? Yeah.
00:05:04
Ben
Yeah. I just feel like you're at risk of looking like a terrorist. You're like, it's 30 degrees and and you've got the overcoat on.
00:05:12
Richard
Well,
00:05:16
Richard
it might be the way to keep warm, though, because, like, he sometimes they can crank the air conditioner down. Like, if you're doing, I don't know, long haul versus short haul, I guess there's different sorts of rules, isn't there?
00:05:24
Ben
true yeah yeah true although to be fair i flew long haul recently and i just wore shorts and i think it was the first time i've ever done that and i loved it that was very very comfortable
00:05:26
Richard
Yeah.
00:05:40
Richard
Hmm.
00:05:40
Ben
yeah, no, that was, uh, I, I saw someone doing, doing it, uh, on a previous trip.
00:05:46
Ben
was like, going try that. And it was, it was awesome. Yeah.
00:05:49
Richard
It was good.
00:05:49
Ben
I like shorts on the long haul, long sleeve, t-shirt, of my football team for those playing along at home. And, and actually the shorts were up
00:05:59
Richard
And they let you on the plane anyway. yeah
00:06:00
Ben
Yeah, they let me on anyway. Sure. That's an inside joke. I apologise to our listeners. There's one guy who thinks I don't know anything but apparel from my own football team.
Social Media Preferences
00:06:11
Ben
The reality is he's right. So...
00:06:16
Ben
i A listener of feedback, listener MG asks, why is Ben, me, not on Facebook? And i didn't really have a good answer for him. So I'm just going to have to make something up. i think I think I never saw the need because it was introduced to me as a place where past school friends and acquaintances could find you.
00:06:39
Ben
And I just thought, yeah, no thanks. That can't end well. it
00:06:47
Ben
So, and I never signed up. And then I thought it was probably never going to take off. And then I got, what, it got to like a billion users or something. So I still don't think it's going to take off.
00:06:59
Richard
And you missed the boat.
00:06:59
Ben
And
00:07:00
Richard
Too late.
00:07:01
Richard
Can't do it now.
00:07:01
Ben
the book
00:07:02
Ben
now it seems like it's something that your parents have. And so... And interestingly, my dad does have Facebook and he posts, like he's a photographer and he posts all these photos on it.
00:07:10
Richard
There you go. Yeah.
00:07:14
Ben
So I do miss out on that feed, but he he does send them to me individually as well. So yeah, I probably aren't missing out on too much. Do you do you have do you have Facebook, Richard?
00:07:23
Ben
Do you use it?
00:07:25
Richard
I'm an occasional user. I think I stopped using it about 10 years ago, perhaps, maybe longer. Yeah, I don't know. i don't like I just don't like the idea that they're monetizing the connections you have with your friends, you know, in a sort of like a way to, like, you know, if you're not paying for it, then you're the, you are the product sort of thing.
00:07:41
Ben
Yeah. Yeah.
00:07:49
Ben
Yeah. yeah
00:07:52
Richard
So, yeah, I don't know. so So I sort of decided not to invest in the platform, I guess. mean, you do miss out on stuff though.
00:08:02
Richard
It's it's it's definitely pros and cons.
00:08:02
Ben
yeah
00:08:06
Ben
Yeah, and I'm okay with that. So Bravo Charlie Club, we've we've sort of made the decision to not be on Facebook.
00:08:08
Richard
I
00:08:13
Ben
We do have an Instagram account, but we're very bad at it.
00:08:17
Richard
bet it.
00:08:18
Ben
And we've we've got we've got a Twitter account which points at Instagram.
00:08:18
Richard
bad
00:08:24
Ben
So, you know, we've tried to do socials. I think we're better at we're best on LinkedIn. But, yeah, marketing has not been our strong suit on the first 55 episodes, if I'm being honest.
00:08:38
Ben
Maybe we should fix that.
00:08:40
Richard
That's okay. We'll crack it before 100, definitely.
00:08:41
Ben
i at least.
00:08:42
Richard
Yeah,
00:08:43
Ben
At least. Well, we've got big plans for the 100s, so we'll have to, right? So, yeah.
00:08:47
Richard
yeah. Yeah,
00:08:48
Ben
When are when are you going to release then the beast on that one? Because you've already you've muted at me. You've told me I can't tell everyone about it.
00:08:56
Richard
yeah maybe 97. What?
00:08:58
Ben
you Oh, no, that's way too late. That's not going work for me. that's That's another conundrum. That's another conundrum.
00:09:05
Richard
Let's unpack that in
Email Terminology Humor
00:09:06
Richard
episode 62. Oh. there
00:09:08
Ben
We will. we will Speaking of conundrums, mate. okay Okay. This one has annoyed me for a long time. why And I'm just glad that we've got a platform like BCC to raise this.
00:09:21
Richard
oh
00:09:24
Ben
When did it become okay? to flick emails. When do we start doing that? Like when someone says to you, I'll flick you an email, like where did it come from?
00:09:35
Ben
Who was the first person who even allowed it? Well, I'd like to go back and just poke them in the eye because it's saying I'll flick you an email. Like, what does it even mean?
00:09:49
Richard
i don't like that I don't like think the thing that... rankles me about flicking an email is the...
00:09:56
Ben
Frankl's a good word.
00:09:58
Ben
Hmm.
00:09:59
Richard
It's the... How can I summarize it? it it's the It's the intention. it's It's almost void of intention, like you're discarding trash or something.
00:10:09
Richard
You know, I'll flick you an email. It's like, like where's the where's the the thought? Like, if you're just going to... flick an email it's like throw something away then just do I need the email is it like it just it doesn't sound deliberate enough just don't flick it send me a three word text or something I don't know yeah I'm not a fan not a fan of the not a fan of the term shoot you an email now I'm okay with shoot you an email
00:10:23
Ben
Yeah. Just don't flick it.
00:10:35
Ben
and it's And it's like, it's only the people... Shooting, oh, shooting's perfectly fine. That means it's coming with urgency and intention.
00:10:44
Richard
I know right volition
00:10:45
Ben
Straight into your inbox. Yeah, that's completely different.
00:10:47
Richard
yep
00:10:49
Ben
But shooting emails is is, we should be bam, bam, bam, shooting emails all over the place.
00:10:54
Richard
Exactly.
00:10:54
Ben
But flicking, just stop it Stop it, everyone. All right. i've I've got some time. I just want to ask a follow-up conundrum.
Narrative Details & Plot Thickening
00:11:04
Richard
Hmm.
00:11:06
Ben
What makes a plot thickened?
00:11:12
Richard
Mmm, plot thickener. I don't know.
00:11:15
Ben
Exactly. That's my question to you.
00:11:17
Richard
What does make a plot thicken? Maybe maybe yeah superfluous detail.
00:11:22
Ben
Right. Interesting. When you added superfluous to superfluous detail, I felt like that was superfluous.
00:11:32
Richard
It's just detail.
00:11:35
Ben
When you add detail...
00:11:35
Richard
it I think you got it it's got to be superfluous detail though, I think. So i think the the plot is thickened by other cross-references which which are unrelated but but could potentially lead you astray.
00:11:50
Ben
Interesting. Because, I mean, I guess the term comes from like solving murder mystery type, you know, that's that's sort of the, you know, the birthplace of it, I guess.
00:12:00
Richard
and I'm not that big on murder mystery, really.
00:12:01
Ben
a Oh, my wife is, so I see a lot of plot thickening.
00:12:03
Richard
It's not... aye
00:12:06
Ben
And I just, and I still don't properly understand.
00:12:06
Richard
Yes. Yeah.
00:12:10
Ben
i think maybe you maybe you're right. It's the additional details that don't add clarity that that will literally make it more murky.
00:12:21
Ben
They're thickening the pot. Okay. No, I'm going to run with that. We've solved it. We've actually solved a conundrum, which is which is very rare.
00:12:26
Richard
We saw the conundrum. Episode 55.
00:12:30
Ben
which is very rare What do we have? Let's have strike rate like five out of 55 or something.
00:12:35
Richard
Yeah, probably.
00:12:37
Ben
I can count it. That's it, Richard. Listeners have been BCC'd on our week. Thanks for putting up with this one. Two guys laughing at each other about plot thickening. Shoot us your own conundrums in the links that will always be in the show notes. Because next week we're going to ask Richard in particular, why don't we just get given biotics?
00:12:59
Ben
What's this antibiotic all about? See you next week. Bravo, Charlie Club. Out.