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Burbank v Queens, Bad Customer Service, Top 10 Evil Companies | Down with DP Podcast 3-3-2026
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Introduction and Beverages
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Speaker
If you show up to the small dick parade, that's kind of big dick energy. I would be in the small dick parade, yeah. Yeah.
00:00:10
Speaker
Welcome to the...
00:00:17
Speaker
What's the deal? Let me try that again. It's the Down With DP podcast with Robert Dunn and Ron Prendamano in 3, 2,
00:00:31
Speaker
Diet Coke, engage. It's going through my bloodstream right now.
00:00:39
Speaker
I have a Diet Coke every episode, is seems like. I usually have a coffee every episode, yeah I should probably switch to coffee because of all the aspartame that everyone warns you about, um which I don't even know if people understand what that is. i think they just hear aspartame bad. i can't believe you drink that shit.
00:00:57
Speaker
But you know what? I'm guzzling that aspartame down, brother. So come at me. like eyes i Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I do.
Travel Tales and Anecdotes
00:01:08
Speaker
um Well, welcome everyone to the Down With DP podcast. I am your number one of two hosts, Robert Dunn.
00:01:18
Speaker
that i would know I was trying to not say it as a tier. Yeah, no, it's fine. It's okay. and let me It's not a tier, people. It's not a tier. And I'm Ron Prendamano. Yes. Number two, Ron. Tonight's top story. Robert's a dick. The silver medal of the down with DBA. Wow. I am not Canada. I love Canada though. love Hey, Hey, I never been, but would love to go.
00:01:41
Speaker
Great, great, great country. Have you been there yet? I've been to Canada multiple times. i've been to Vancouver a bunch of times. I've been to Montreal twice. Um, I love Canada.
00:01:51
Speaker
the The two places I've been, I, I, Vancouver is one of my favorite cities out of everywhere. Cool. So yeah, I, Canada's great. Um, also just a little, just little note for you, Ron. Uh, I'll cut it out. If you could just lower your mic intake to a little bit, um, better. and Yeah. Just so your sound waves don't blow out. Is that better? Yeah.
00:02:15
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. It's more of like, does it look good in the sound waves, which I think it does. It's easier to raise you up than to try to... Yeah, I know, I know. Cool, cool, cool. All right. um So, yeah, when you get a chance to go to Canada, go to Canada.
Episode Preview
00:02:28
Speaker
Okay, I'll go to Canada right after this episode. um But, no, I really would like to do it. ah But... Today on the episode, we got some things going on.
00:02:40
Speaker
i mean, we're going to you know, we've been promoting this Burbank versus Queens thing. Not even a contest. Yeah, exactly. I agree. It's not a contest. I agree.
Flooding Incident and Travel Woes
00:02:52
Speaker
um But we're going talking about bad customer service. Is it actually your fault? Yeah. This is a hot take. I want to hear what you're taking is on this. This is a hot take. ah We're going to be talking about um the post craziness of my apartment flooding.
00:03:11
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Yep. And we're going talk about the top 10 worst companies as well. And you're probably wrong. If you think you know what the number one is, I know I definitely was. But we're going to talk about that. I don't even what the list is. So...
00:03:25
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I'll be honest. Most of these companies I've never even heard of. um But also, talking about some more alpha male shit, I love talking about alpha male stuff. Just the idea of, like, trying to turn you into a real man, brother. You want to be a real man. You got to do that.
00:03:44
Speaker
I like to play with my guns. Yeah. Whoa. Was that the sound of just... just Just pure man. That's what that was. Pure masculinity, brother. small dick pride everywhere. My God. I love small dick pride, bro. um They don't have a parade for that, huh? No, they don't. They should have a parade for small dicks. You know what? I would i would argue that if ah if you show up to the small dick parade, yeah that's kind of big dick energy.
00:04:14
Speaker
I would be in the small dick parade, yeah. Yeah. well Well, let tell me, how's your life been? You seem really energetic and like... Oh, no, I'm fucking exhausted. My God, am tired as fuck, dude.
00:04:26
Speaker
Shit. So, um for those that don't know, a giant blizzard just hit the Northeast, impacting New York, Boston, D.C., Philly, all those places. um Winter Storm Hernando, which is funny because you and I are both from Hernando County, Florida.
00:04:46
Speaker
Um, so anytime a storm hits like, you know, a major airports crew members, pilots and flight attendants are all over the place.
00:04:58
Speaker
ah So I was on a four day trip, meaning I leave, i i leave Friday. I come back Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. It's four days. Um, um,
00:05:10
Speaker
It ended up being a five day trip, which goes into my layover. And I got stuck in a city that I wasn't supposed, I was supposed to touch, but I wasn't supposed to stay in. So I got stuck in Fort Lauderdale.
00:05:24
Speaker
Oh, which isn't the worst place to be. yeah But up um considering that I almost got stuck in New Orleans,
00:05:34
Speaker
I'd rather be stuck in New Orleans. Yeah, yeah. it's it's just it's It's just, I mean, yeah, everyone's like, oh, you got stuck in Florida during a storm. It's like, oh, that's how sad for you. No, it it sucks because you don't know where you're going to end up.
00:05:49
Speaker
Right, right. like And a lot of times they don't have a hotel signed for you right away, so you have to wait around for that. You don't know if you're going to get reassigned for something, so you have to wait around for that. So your your life is kind of in limbo. You don't really know exactly what you're going to do. Like, my original trip was supposed to be I was supposed to lay over New Orleans, Austin, Texas, and Boston.
00:06:09
Speaker
Okay. What I ended up doing was New Orleans, Fort Lauderdale, Austin, which I got called in for to go to Austin. So that was kind of nice. I ended up doing Austin back to Fort Lauderdale because New York was closed. And then I went home yesterday.
00:06:25
Speaker
Wow. So it's just kind of so like there was a question of, oh shit, I do bingo on Tuesdays. Am I going to be able to be home for bingo? And then there's a question of, oh shit. going to home for bingo?
00:06:36
Speaker
i was Are you going to be home for bingo, Ron? That's the main thing, Rob. And then, uh... I have a show tonight. I mean, obviously this is going to air after my show, but I have a show tonight. Am I going to make it for the show?
00:06:47
Speaker
And then I go back to work on Thursday. I fly to San Francisco. So right just kind of all over the place. So when you don't when you when it goes into your day off, it really does affect like you know your personal time and things like that. like Most people, like their job goes long. They're there for the day. They get to go home. Me, right I don't know if I'm going home.
00:07:05
Speaker
jeez and that's And that's what I think people don't understand. It's like, oh, you get to go all of these places. Yeah, I do. However, i tell people, they ask me, what's your favorite layover? And I tell them Jamaica. They're like, ooh, Jamaica. I'm like, no, Jamaica, Queens, because that's where I live.
00:07:19
Speaker
And in Jamaica, Queens. So that's my favorite layover is home. yeah even if it Even if it's for 12 hours, my favorite layover is home. My bed, my wife, my cat, my bed, my funk.
00:07:30
Speaker
And me. You're not in bed with me. What are you talking about? No, who's? Whoa, whoa. Oh, I said in bed with my wife and And then you said, and me. Whoa, I wasn't talking about beds. I was just talking about, I'm talking to you now You're at home talking to me. um Anyway, moving on. But yeah, i'm sorry that I'm sorry that happened. Well, what's kind of crazy was, is that I've been on like a morning schedule. Like yesterday I woke up, I went to bed at like 10 o'clock at night.
00:07:59
Speaker
And I woke up at 7 in the morning, which is What do you mean? i mean yeah For those that know me, I don't... That's not me. I do not wake up that early. Yeah, I go to bed at literally 10 and I wake up at 6 or 7 every day. I think I went to bed last night at one or two because bingo runs late and then i stay for a few drinks afterwards so yeah i i'm all over the place yeah well speaking speaking of traveling we did um a little like super serious battle on the internet where we discussed who has the better town is it queens new york or is it burbank california
00:08:41
Speaker
And we came to the conclusion that it's kind of, we just like where we live.
Burbank vs. Queens Debate
00:08:48
Speaker
I mean, Robert, to compare the entire borough of Queens yes to Burbank, California, it's a no contest. Right, Burbank. Queens obviously is superior.
00:09:00
Speaker
Oh. it is It is the melting pot of the world. there are more cultures in There are more cultures in Queens than anywhere else in the world. We got pot too. Except maybe Toronto. Toronto might have the most, but.
00:09:14
Speaker
Yeah, we're California. We got pot too, you know. It's not pot. well No. yeah i yeah I can go have Italian food in Howard Beach and then I can go have, you know, go to a Colombian bakery in Jackson Heights. And I could then i could go i i can go to down the street to Pinocchio's and get myself a nice meatball sub.
00:09:37
Speaker
do you Do you have a favorite slice of pizza in Burbank? Seriously. i mean, i know that's... Good question. I have a favorite Italian restaurant in Burbank. It's called Pinocchio's. It's pretty cool because it's kind of like cafeteria style where you go up and you like choose behind the counter. But it's also a makeshift like Italian deli like market at the same time. It's just a cool, unique place.
00:10:00
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Anytime someone's visiting, I take them to Pinocchio's. I think my favorite Italian spot, it's kind of an Italian steakhouse. or like um It's Rolo's in Ridgewood, Queens. That place is phenomenal. But if I'm going for a slice of pizza, which I can't really eat anymore, um but from what I had, you know, before I had this all realized I had this allergy, there's a place in on Jamaica Avenue called Margarita's.
00:10:25
Speaker
It is is a place on Jamaica Avenue. Don't be a douchebag, Robert. That's a song. no no um Margarita Pizza on Jamaica Avenue.
00:10:37
Speaker
Ooh, that's where I want to get wasted away. That is, like, if you you think of a quintessential New York slice, like an old school New York slice, that's where you go. They're cash only.
00:10:48
Speaker
They don't give a fuck. The best pizza I've ever had in New York City. Also, ah yeah La Rondine in, I think I'm saying like La Rondine or La Rondine in Q Gardens is also, I think, very good. And Alba's in Alba's in Briarwood. Those are probably my top three favorite places for me.
00:11:06
Speaker
I would say my favorite pizza I've ever had was in Brooklyn. It's called Crispy Pizza. Crispy Pizza. You've talked about that before. Yeah. um they have I've never had them.
00:11:18
Speaker
I mean, wherere I'm speaking about Queens specifically, which is why i yeah go there. Yeah, yeah, I know. But as far as gluten-free slices go, there's a place in Manhattan called Vinny's Gluten-Free Pizza.
00:11:29
Speaker
They're actually really, really good. They have a whole dedicated gluten-free section, and their pizza's very good. But as far as Queens goes, yeah, I think margarita is superior. And also, you can walk across the street and then go get some like Jamaican beef patties and shit like that. Yeah.
00:11:43
Speaker
Yeah. Um, we have, uh, surprisingly, we do have like a good amount of pizzerias. There's one called Dino's Pizza. It's been around for a long time. Um, uh, Joe Montagna from, he's the show, from the show Criminal Minds, he had his own pizzeria in Burbank.
00:12:02
Speaker
It's gonna run anymore, but he's a big Chicago guy. And he had, uh, yeah. do you have any good bagel spots by you? um Yes, we do. We have several bagel spots. But here's the thing.
00:12:15
Speaker
You know, there's some like franchise bagel spots. Same thing with pizzerias. Like there's one called Lucifer's Pizza, which is really good. I don't know how big of a chain they are. I think they have more than one location. So I never know what's actually like.
00:12:28
Speaker
ah Like Pinocchio is literally like a mom and pop place. Okay. Because I don't want to like name like franchises because like was it and is Noah's bagel a big bagel franchise? I don't know. if I don't know. anything I've seen them around California, I guess. um But yeah, as far as like hole in the wall bagel spots, um if anyone from Burbank is listening, I'm totally down to hit up bagel spots.
00:12:52
Speaker
uh what what's a good bagel spot um in i don't i used to go to uh baker's dozen in q gardens they're really good um a lot of people oh what's the name of it ah utopia bagels i've never had them but they're apparently superior in here in queens yeah um they're off utopia parkway i believe which is why they're called utopia bagels um Yeah, there's a... I mean, it's New York City. You can find a good bagel anywhere. um yeah there's It's not a location in Queens, but as far as gluten-free bagels go, Modern Bread and Bagel is really good, and Bub's Bakery does really good bagels as well. Gluten-free bagels.
00:13:27
Speaker
Yeah, i'm I'm always down for a pizza run and a bagel run every time I'm in New York. That's why I loved ah my sister and I. We... My sister and I would be a good spinoff of my brother and me. My sister and I did a pizza hopping one time where we got one slice at, you know, went to Armando's. It was all in Brooklyn, though, so I know I'm getting out Queens here. That's awesome. I mean, that's fun.
00:13:51
Speaker
But it was so much fun. But what would you say as far as Queens? What do you think your your staple is? Like the thing that like maybe Queens is mostly known for? I, so as I so i said earlier, i think Queens is known for being the melting pot of the world that you can, you can get anything in Queens.
00:14:10
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Um, years, ah years ago, years and years ago, ah there was a show called board to death with Ted Danson, Jason Schwartzman, Zach Alphanakis. know if you remember that show. No, I don't. It was on HBO. it was canceled. It was canceled to fund a game of Thrones.
00:14:26
Speaker
Game of Thrones, Zeno Money, so they canceled it, and it left me on a cliffhanger. thank you, Ted Danson, for Game of Thrones. Yeah, pretty much. And i kind of I kind of boycott Game of Thrones. I haven't watched Game of Thrones because they canceled that show, and cliffhanger. heard the new one's really good.
00:14:41
Speaker
I'm sure it is. um yeah So he there was a... There was a ah cool little saying he had about three of the boroughs that Ted Danson said. They were they were like in Brooklyn or something like that. And it was Brooklyn is the new Manhattan. Manhattan is the new Queens. Queens is the new Brooklyn.
00:14:58
Speaker
And okay even though this was about 10, 15 years ago, that's kind of true. Like Brooklyn is the place to be. Everybody wants to go to. Manhattan is the new Queens. Queens is the new Brooklyn.
00:15:09
Speaker
Queens is like kind of oh like that to me, that's still new like New York, the Bronx, Queens. That's still New York in a lot of ways. Yeah. Brooklyn's become very trendy. Manhattan's always trendy and Staten Island.
00:15:21
Speaker
Who cares? Staten Island's very nice. Staten Island's very nice. I will not knock Staten Island. I like Staten Island. It's just kind of far. But Queens had the dump, right? Yes. Yes. Yeah. My, my cousin who I want to have on the show, my cousin, Nick, he, he does not like Staten Island. He's like, I throw my fucking trash in Staten Island. That's how we, well, we, you and have a mutual friend who does live in Staten Island. We could maybe get on the show. And I, we both like him.
00:15:47
Speaker
Chris Piazza. Yeah. he Yes. Chris Piazza. Shout out Chris Piazza. He lives in Staten Island. So, but he is not trash though. Queens has, I don't know. To me, it's still very, there's a lot of great spots here, but it's still, you know, you think of like New York and like the nineties, the two thousands, it's still New York of that. There's still the working class here. You have a shit ton of cultures, people just trying to get by, trying to live their lives here. It's still very much New York.
00:16:13
Speaker
I think here, um That's, ah but as far as like, what is Queens knows for just be in the melting pot. Yeah. Every, you want any type of food you can get it here. You're going there are so many languages spoken in Queens. I think I don't know the numbers, so I'm not going say it, but it's a lot of languages. Um, look, I'll look it up. Fuck it. I'll look it Languages. Yeah. I'm actually going to send you something too on, uh, Fabu.
00:16:37
Speaker
Um, that I think you'll enjoy. I'll send it to you in a second. I wish I could send you images through the database that we use. don't know if database is the right word, but... 160 spoken languages.
00:16:50
Speaker
Wow, that's crazy. 160 greens. Some say 138 to 140, but it's often called the world's bro, and that's for this reason. That's cool. yeah i mean, 160 languages in one spot. Queens is the second largest borough. Oh, sorry. It is the largest borough.
00:17:08
Speaker
It is the second in population and the fourth population by density.
Cultural Reflections on Queens
00:17:12
Speaker
Damn. So that's pretty cool. I think i think there's 2.2, 2.3 million in Queens. Brooklyn has like 2.4.
00:17:21
Speaker
um As far as, I mean, there's so much space in Queens, like as the largest borough and having being the fourth in density, that's kind of crazy. How do you feel about like the safety of Queens? So, depends like like any place in a ja a city, it depends on the neighborhood.
00:17:36
Speaker
Right, right. Like, where I live in South Jamaica, it is not the greatest. um It's better than what it was when I first started dating my wife. um And we only live out here because we take care of her grandmother. So, um South Jamaica, Queens, but it's not as bad as it used to be.
00:17:54
Speaker
It just is. yeah yeah A lot of other cultures have moved in and not maybe not necessarily improved it, but it's changed. So the the crime isn't as bad, even though a few nights ago i did hear like nine gunshots, but that's cool.
00:18:09
Speaker
Hey, it used to be 15. It used to be 15. It's not. I mean, every summer there used to be a police tower. i don't know how many rounds are in a gun, but. But also like a couple blocks away are the projects.
00:18:20
Speaker
So, you know, that that can have a reputation. but So do you said it got better when you and your wife kind of moved in? it kind of better no, it was getting better before that. No. Oh, OK. I was going to make a joke that your wife is a vigilante. And no, we i did not change. But but um it still has its problems. It's New York. You still have to watch out where you're going, wherever you are. You can be in the nicest neighborhood and get mugged.
00:18:42
Speaker
Right, right. I mean, it's it's New York. Yeah. Well, berbank Burbank's gotten much safer since the Burbank hero moved in. um it was It was a messy shit
Burbank's Cultural Landmarks
00:18:53
Speaker
show. And then this this hero, with this Burbank hero came in and swooped in and cleaned up the town. um But i I would say that.
00:19:02
Speaker
What? I will say Long Island City. has changed a lot over the years. That area used to be that used to be really rough, you know, back in the day. It was rough, I tell you, rough. No, it was. yeah Now there's high-rises everywhere. it's now you can't afford it now. now now yeah Might as well live in the city or live in Hoboken.
00:19:22
Speaker
Yeah. want to live Long Island City. So it's that's changed a lot. So yeah well that's that's everywhere. Everywhere's changing. Yeah. No, I agree. in a Different way. um I would say for Burbank, it's kind of easy. It's ah it's Warner Brothers. You know, ah Burbank is the home to Warner Brothers. That's where the Warner Brothers Tower is. That's where the Animaniacs live.
00:19:43
Speaker
ah That's that. That is the staple of Burbank. I pass by that water tower every day. Every single day I see that water tower. And which is why if there's a buyout going on, whether it's Paramount or Netflix or whoever, I just hope I just hope that they don't change the water tower to a giant red N or a giant because Paramount, if people don't know this,
00:20:06
Speaker
ah You know, there's the water Warner Brothers Tower. Paramount Pictures also has a water tower, and it just says Paramount Pictures. i I don't know. I know that company's got to have no sense of like, um I don't know what's the right word for it, but I could see a company...
00:20:24
Speaker
painting over the Warner Brothers logo of the tower and putting their own, which would be kind of sad. um that was they so yeah So speaking of like, you know, changing like that, there used to be a place in, I think it was in Long Island City. It was called Five Points.
00:20:40
Speaker
And it was a building. It was a building where they had all these awesome graffiti artists. So when anytime you took the seven train, you just saw this, you just saw like Biggie, you know Biggie Smalls, Biggie's face just right there. It was really, it was really cool.
00:20:53
Speaker
Next thing on the news, new owners whitewashed it completely, just painted it all in white. And it just took, in I mean, anybody who knows, who remembers five points like that, <unk> it's like you just took the soul out of Queens. Yeah. like It was really upsetting. So hope that doesn't happen to the Warner Brothers Tower because, I mean, that tower alone is iconic.
00:21:13
Speaker
It is. It's super iconic and it's right out there. It's not hidden like you can see it. It's also like it's a big, big history of Hollywood. I mean, yeah, with the film industry and yeah that would suck.
00:21:24
Speaker
And it's cool. So if anyone ever visits, I wouldn't visit Burbank primarily, of course. No, fuck off. you cut Wow. OK, but you could visit Burbank to take the Warner Brothers tour.
00:21:35
Speaker
And that's really cool because they have the Friends Fountain, but which, by the way, any fans of Friends, that Friends Fountain, um the original location for the Friends Fountain was Warner Brothers used to own like kind of a mini, not a mini. I'm describing it.
00:21:52
Speaker
there There was there's Warner Brothers, which is the big. the big studio. And then a few blocks away, there was the Warner brothers ranch. And there, there were, you would have loved this Ron. Unfortunately, it's all bulldozed down and they built new sound stages, but that's where a bunch of iconic exterior houses were there. The bewitched house was there. um I visited, they had the exterior of the Christmas vacation house, which I got to stand where,
00:22:22
Speaker
you know Clark Griswold did the fucking lights. like That was super cool. Joy to there were the world. So good. But what was, people don't know this, but right in front of the Clark Griswold house is, I mean, maybe not at the time of filming it, but later ah was the Friends Fountain.
00:22:44
Speaker
And, and, you know, you see them like doing, you know, they're dancing around it, barron in in an aon aon an arrow now and you see like the backdrop of all these other houses, you know, they're all fake houses behind them, but because that's all bulldozed, they kept the fountain.
00:22:58
Speaker
So the fountain has been moved to, uh, the main Warner brothers, uh, studio lot and they put like the friends like couch in front of it so if you go on the tour you'll see the actual friends fountain not in the same location anymore but but the fountain itself it's the same one and um i have some pictures of me laying on it from like years ago but it's that it's just like a cool little iconic piece of cinematic history so if you're a big movie buff i'd say check out that warner brothers tour i think you'd get a kick out of it um it's a good time so you just thought You just unlocked a core memory as we're talking about this.
Nostalgia and Nickelodeon Studios
00:23:36
Speaker
What's up? I was a kid and I went to Universal and in Orlando and I did the Nickelodeon Studios tour. Oh my God. and i walked And I walked past the SNCC couch. Remember SNCC? The orange couch?
00:23:50
Speaker
I jumped behind the line and sat on the couch. Wow. Like the actual... Yeah, the actual SNCC couch. I was like... That is crazy. i didn't get yelled at or anything, but yeah, I was, I don't think I was supposed to do that, but I did it anyway. I don't give a shit. um Yeah. I will say that, ah that um when it comes to the Nickelodeon studios building, ah that was the first time I ever was star struck by a location.
00:24:19
Speaker
I remember seeing it from it. Cause you could see it from like some highway in Orlando, i think. yeah And I remember like, bugging out and I went on the tour and I remember that there were I remember this how old it was they were talking about a new show called all that and you could look down from the windows and I saw the all of that like what's that the It's 1994, 1995, I think, when that show came out. Yeah. but Sounds about right.
00:24:46
Speaker
and i And they had these giant windows that you could look down. i think it was, and again, this is like childhood memories, so very blurry. But I remember seeing the garage door with the all that, you know, where they're the iconic. Oh, yeah, yeah. Not garage door, but, you know, like.
00:25:02
Speaker
the metal door with the all that symbol. And that was cool. I remember seeing video footage of Tom Kenny talking about how he works on a show called Rock Rock was Modern Life, which became my favorite cartoon ever. Oh, well, want hands down. Yeah. And then I remember one time this was years later after they got rid of everything and they painted over stuff. I remember sneaking in. I snuck in with a friend. look in Yeah. Snuck in through the gate at ah Universe Studios. And we walked around.
00:25:31
Speaker
like the Nick outside area where they had like slime time live and stuff. And that was really cool, but also kind of sad at the same time. I love how we got on a tangent of Nickelodeon studios and we're supposed to be talking about Queens and Burbank. I know. Now we're talking about Orlando. um We always come back to Florida. always go back. I know.
00:25:52
Speaker
Can't get away from it. But yeah, back to the tower. yeah That would suck if as somebody painted over it. But I think I, Burbank is definitely superior in weather when it comes to Queens. Sure. I think, um I mean, and because it's California, I'm sure the taco game is better in in Burbank. I could be wrong.
00:26:10
Speaker
Oh, you know, what there are some good taco spots in Queens, like, you know, go to a taco truck under the seven train. I can't think of the name right now. But, um you know, New York City's taco game just, it does, like California does have better tacos and I will admit that.
00:26:24
Speaker
You know, it's really cool that Burbank did. ah Yeah. I think we've talked about this before, but Burbank, I don't know who paid for it. It's okay. If it was in the taxes, I'm willing to pay for it. We have this, I really cool looking giant Batman statue. Yeah. You've talked about that before. That's pretty cool. That is in Burbank. And, and, and if you ever like, is is it like it's like gold or Chrome or whatever, it's ah it's not gold. It, it, I don't know. It's,
00:26:54
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black, I guess. I don't know what the material would be. I should take a picture of it or I'll post it in our clips or something. But you can also look it up, or being Burbank Batman.
00:27:04
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um But we also have other DC characters spread out. we have the Near me, there's one of Green Lantern. There's a Wonder Woman one. I don't think they've done a Superman one yet. I assume that's probably last on the list. And I don't know where going to put that thing. um But yeah, anyway, that's really cool. But yeah, it's more this is more of a love for Burbank and Queens. you know We just thought it would be funny to like make it super intense and like a versus. For no reason. For no reason at all. Why not start fights where there is none?
00:27:33
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um That's the world today. i mean i mean but i will say this, though. If people want us to go more in-depth into a Burbank versus Queens or you know l a versus New York, we can do it. Yeah, absolutely. We'll go in-depth into it. Sure, why not?
00:27:45
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Yeah. I mean, it's 2026, baby. Let's fight, you know, make it make sense, Ron, you know, make it make sense. that so that saying, okay, we we mentioned, we're going to talk about it. I, yeah since I want to say since the end of 2025, but more so in 2026, I've been hearing the phrase, make it make sense. Okay.
00:28:08
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Well, for example, let's say your company does something that, you know, isn't profitable and has uh, no way in touch with the customer, but they think it's going to be better, but yet they end up losing money. ah And then, but they then they penalize the employees. It's make it make sense.
00:28:24
Speaker
Okay. You know, anytime something, somebody does something that just doesn't make sense. ahhu Why are you to make it make sense? Make it make sense. I don't get it. like I think that's a good, like 20, you look at our government, make it make sense. Like, why are we doing the things we're doing? Make it make sense.
00:28:41
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Make sense. Make sense again. That would be my political campaign. you doing? Make it make sense, Robert. What are you doing? Make sense, make sense again. See, youre see that you you are exactly why we need this phrase.
00:28:54
Speaker
Yeah, maybe. oh how does you know I'm going to sell hats now. yeah Well, better than the other. Make hat again, you know? Make hats again.
00:29:06
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Make hats great again. Make red hats great again. That'd be great. Make it make sense. Because anytime you see someone with a bright red hat, you know, I have a Bubba Gump hat.
00:29:17
Speaker
I would love to wear that thing in the open. But if you if you're walking behind me, dude, you know, you don't ever know. Sometimes had this hat right here, that i my New Orleans Pelicans hat.
00:29:28
Speaker
If you don't look at it right away, red. Oh, yeah. Make red hats great again. That's a mega baby. No, let's go. like what who it So make red hats great again. Make it Mr. HGA. Mr. Her. Where are you going with this? What are you doing?
00:29:45
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I'm trying to go in the realm of comedy, but i don't know if that's working. But was that awkward? That a fight?
00:29:55
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All right. Well, you know, it's a tough crowd. um You know, you can't win them all. no you can't No, you can't. No, it's true. can But yeah. um Well, anyway, I think that's great. um I hope it I hope 2026 gets better. i mean, it's it's fine. It's just I think it's a good make it make sense. Like, you know, what the fuck is going on? Make it makes makes make it make make it makes sense. Make it I like it. does sound like a Seinfeld thing.
00:30:22
Speaker
it does It does sound it. um what ah Oh, yeah. i have ah I kind of have this hot take as well um when it comes to bad customer service.
00:30:35
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And what I'm really talking about is mostly on the phone, like when you call in and you need help with something. Here's my thing, because you know the the subplot of this is, is it actually your fault? Because i know people that are not good with asking for help from customer service.
00:30:59
Speaker
I don't know if you're like this. i don't know if you know people. What do you mean by asking for help? please Meaning like, oh, something went wrong and I'm calling them up. And they, within 10 seconds, get loud and argumentative and start screaming at this person who has all they're doing is their job. i may I may be on the defensive, but I'm not rude or nasty at first. Yeah.
00:31:21
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I probably get there but very quickly, but i'm not I don't go in like that. Yeah, I know certain people that get really like zero to 60 quickly. And they're always the people that are like they have the worst, terrible customer service. They didn't help me at all. I try to get help and they just wouldn't help me. And I i can't help but think like maybe you don't know how to fucking talk to people.
00:31:47
Speaker
And I know that's a hot take. I'm not saying it's for everybody. There is bad customer service. It's pretty, pretty accurate. As somebody who works in customer service, if customer service seems to be nowadays, if the customer doesn't get their way, it's bad customer service.
00:32:01
Speaker
Mm-hmm. And that's not the case. Sometimes things are, as a flight attendant, some things are out of my hand. The Wi-Fi is not working. Out of my hands. Nothing I can do. Oh, byh but bue bu but I wanted to be on this flight. Sorry, there's nothing I could do. Oh, that shot I'm really sorry about that. I am too. Go fuck yourself.
00:32:19
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So, like, they think that's like, if I give them something because something didn't work or their TV was busted or something like that, now they're like, oh, thank you so much. You made it right. It's like,
00:32:31
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I made you happy. Okay. But is that good customer service or is that giving you what you want? Yeah. Do you know what i mean? Like so part part of that is hand in hand, but getting what you want is not good customer service. Good customer service is me not being a dick to you.
00:32:48
Speaker
Right. It's me trying to reason with you. And sometimes the answer is there's nothing I could do. I'm really sorry about that. Yeah. That's the answer. Yeah, I just know that... You called out, your warranty has expired. You didn't buy the extended warranty. There's nothing we can do. I'm so sorry about that.
00:33:03
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Oh, this is ridiculous. It's like, your warranty expired. You know, it's it's things like that. So, yeah, bad customer service doesn't isn't necessarily just because you didn't get your way, it's bad.
00:33:17
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Right. And I also think it's how you approach people, you know, because I don't want to get into a weird realm where it's like, hey, if you were just nice to the cop, he wouldn't have, like, done anything bad. I don't want to get into that. That's not customer service. But you know what I mean?
00:33:35
Speaker
That's different conversation entirely. know. I know. But what I'm trying to say is I'm not trying to argue for like, just be nicer and things work
Customer Service Etiquette
00:33:42
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out. That's not what i'm trying to say. So my mother always had a saying growing up. You catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Right. Right.
00:33:49
Speaker
And that's true. Yes. But still, that doesn't mean you're going to get your way. Yeah, exactly. I agree. But I will say nine times out of 10, um, ah um things have worked out to the point where I remember certain customers, like if there's, maybe there was a payment that got charged that I was, a look you know, maybe a like there was like a late fee or something to something.
00:34:14
Speaker
And There are times where like they can't remove it, but then they do. and it's like But if I started screaming at them, I don't think they'd for a second try to hook me up. And I remember watching a video of ah ah from this girl that I know who works in the hotel industry, and she did a video about, like look, if you're it's simple as this. If you're nice to me, I'll hook you up. If you're not, no.
00:34:39
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And it's like, yeah yeah, that is true on the planes as well. Like, let's say, oh, my TV doesn't work. What are you going to do to fix it? Uh-huh. Right. Now you're getting, you can call the 800 number. Okay. Like, that's like, like now I had a friend who just dealt with this. Now I'm getting to the realm. It's like, oh, I can give you a free drink.
00:34:59
Speaker
I can comp you a drink if you'd like, but now I'm not going to do that because you're being an asshole. I don't, people forget you don't have to comp somebody. I don't have to do that. yeah it's It's better to do it to try to ma appease the customer, but I don't have to do that.
00:35:13
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. yeah so So in those situations, yes, being nice to the flight attendant or the customer service representative may help you because they may not be able, like, for example, like calling about a warranty or a product or something like that. They may not be able to give you your money back, but they might be able to give you a credit.
00:35:30
Speaker
That's true. You know what I mean? They might be able to do yeah something. So... yeah yeah just i I'm not saying like, you know, I just think ah they're more willing to help you if you come off likable.
00:35:42
Speaker
Like i have I have to call, but I have to call about on a personal note. I have to call about a bill, which I haven't done yet because I haven't been home. um I they say that I only gave them so much money.
00:35:53
Speaker
OK, it's a medical bill. um I have proof in my accounts that I paid them one hundred and fifty dollars more than what they're telling me. So where'd that money go? Right. because and So I'm going to go into this already on the defensive.
00:36:07
Speaker
But, you know, I'm not going to give them a dime until they get the amount right. You know what mean? Yeah. So I'm going to go with nice. This is fun then. How would you, I mean, without getting too personal with details, if you have evidence that you have paid this money, how would you approach that? I think there's a few ways you could go like, look, I have evidence right here. So you better not charge me.
00:36:31
Speaker
there yeah probably gonna approach I'm probably going to approach it with, first off, you know, I know this is late. I'm sorry because I haven't paid it yet. It's late. I don't care. And I'm going to approach it. i'm like, you know, use I'm going to make sure I'm reading it right, that this says that I paid this much. Yes. Okay, great. um So I have records here and i that I paid them this much money when I saw them in the office on the on my credit card. So my question is, where is that where is that money gone? Because I paid more than that.
00:36:59
Speaker
they'll ask me for a receipt and I'm like, yes, I can email you my statement showing that I paid this X and X dollars to this. And then they would have to look at it and go from there. And then I'd have to deal with it that way. If they tell me, if they give me some run around the bush thing, like, oh no, that went to this. I'm like, okay, if it did go to someplace else, where's the proof that it went someplace else?
00:37:19
Speaker
So, um or did, it or did, ah did the, the lady at the desk steal from me? Take $150 for herself. You know what i mean? So, you know, I'm not, I'm, if they tell me, if they start telling me that, that this is what you, this is what you owe, I'm going to be like, no, it's not.
00:37:37
Speaker
Then I'm just going to let it sit on my credit for seven years and go away. Yeah. Because I, because that's how petty I can be. I'm like, fuck you. I'm not paying you. o We talked about how petty we can be too. And this is, this is where Ron gets petty. It's like, no if So anytime you're dealing with, I'm dealing with money. If like, if you don't have those numbers, right. You're not getting a dime for me.
00:37:56
Speaker
Do think that even at this point, you've already stolen from me? So, um you know, I think a lot of this, you know, the way that the way that, you know, I think you need to talk with customer service, you kind of have to put on a face a little bit. Do you think that, ah you know, it's not a representation of how we really talk to people, but do you think that even asking them the question, where did the money go? Do you think that's aggressive?
00:38:21
Speaker
um little Quote, unquote, quote, unquote aggressive. yeah I don't know if I would ask that exactly, but yeah um they might something might come out. like So I'm just trying to figure out where this, you know, where's this hundred other $150 I paid you? Like, where is it reflecting on my account?
00:38:36
Speaker
Uh-huh. I use my ah you as my adult my adult voice. Yeah. Instead of, where's my fucking money? Right. Because there's that. I also, I have a buddy, and you know I love the guy. But yeah, he gets ah he gets a little heated up very quickly. And I remember he told us a story.
00:38:51
Speaker
ah You know, like he he like texted the group chat about like, I can't believe they did this. Like I try to get customer service and blah, blah, blah. And I'm reading this text and I'm like, yeah, I would love to be a fly on a wall in that conversation. Like, like I think I know why you didn't get what you wanted. so I didn't tell him that, you know.
00:39:11
Speaker
So like, because I'm too afraid to circle back bad customer service. I mean, a lot of times it is the customer. Yes. Yeah, yeah I would say so too. i am. I, because I've worked in the customer service industry pretty much my entire life and I'm familiar with how to speak to people on both ends. I've been management, you know, so i've been management. and I've been a regular, you know, entry level but employee. As of now, I'm a flight attendant. So I know how to talk to people, but I also know, you can also tell like you go in nice and that person is already having a bad day and they're taking the previous caller out on you. And it's like, okay, now we're to have a fucking problem.
00:39:47
Speaker
I didn't ask for your attitude. I didn't do anything wrong. Okay. I'm calling to inquire. You're giving me shit. So that's when I think it's bad customer service. Yeah. let before they're not getting your we and you're Not getting your way is not bad customer service. That is just you being a child.
00:40:01
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely. I agree. I agree. um And there was something else I was going to say about that. ah But yeah, I don't know. Because here's the thing. I'm so like laser focused on the goal at hand, which is whatever it is, like getting a late fee removed or something, um that if they do approach me like mean, I don't really care about becoming buddies with this person.
00:40:33
Speaker
You know, i just want the thing, i the task at hand to be completed by by any means necessary. And so what I try to do is I try to lighten up the mood and I'll even like throw around jokes with them. I'll try to be just yeah i try them in a silly manner.
00:40:51
Speaker
to lighten them up. You know, maybe the last call they got pissed them off and now they're talking to me and that tends to work. And and here's the thing. I'm not being super phony with them. Like I joke around with everybody. So I just try to like, don't bring some personality to the conversation instead of like, I have problem fix problem. Now, you know, it's like, I know you're, you're a human being. I'm a human being.
00:41:13
Speaker
you know, but exactly. Yeah. But yeah, anyway, that's, that's my little hot take on bad customer service. i like it. Yeah. Yeah. I like it, Robert.
00:41:24
Speaker
Thank you. Thank you. um But yeah, we can get it as bad as bad as, I don't know. What am I trying to say? um i don't know, buddy. As far as customer service goes, we're going to get into some top 10 worst companies. Yeah, I want to hear about this.
00:41:41
Speaker
But before I do, ah if you listened to the previous episode, my apartment had water shooting out of the window from the rain. Yeah. Oh, that was, that was the wildest episode we've ever done. Yeah. Yeah. So, um, they ended up sealing it and we ended up talking about, cause you were asking how it went and I'm like, yeah, they basically flex sealed it. And it just made me think of,
00:42:06
Speaker
You know Flex Seal, right? Of course. I want to get a boat and test it just for the hell of it. know, with that screen door. And yeah that guy, that Flex Seal guy is so funny.
00:42:19
Speaker
Like, he's on Instagram. And he, not only is he like, you know, kind of Billy Mays in it with his Flex He's no Billy Mays. He's no Billy Mays. I mean, who is? No Billy Mays. Exactly. But he is...
00:42:30
Speaker
he is he is not only kind of doing the salesman thing, but he's very self-aware of the salesman thing. And he just gets silly, like weird. And I love it. I love the flex seal guy. He's so much fun.
00:42:47
Speaker
Follow him on, on, on Instagram. Um, is called the flex guy on Instagram? ah That's a good question. ah Let me, because I would like to give him a shout out. um Not that he needs me to, but yeah, I think it's just, ah oh, his name's Phil Swift. So look up Phil Swift. Great name. Great yeah name. Phil Swift.
00:43:07
Speaker
Sounds like a salesman, you know? That's a great name. But yeah, I just wanted to shout that out. But yeah, top 10 worst companies of all time. And then we're going to get into some cold jokes. Ron has a few. And then we got a few penetrating questions.
00:43:22
Speaker
and a penetrating ch In your opinion, my what do you what do you think would be worst companies? As far as what, though? As far as managing or how they treat their employees? or That's a good question. um Let's just say the the list I have is top most evil companies of all time. but with that amazon I think Amazon, Walmart would be there. Starbucks might be there.
00:43:51
Speaker
i would s say me I would say McDonald's, but i hear ah sometimes I hear a lot of success stories out of McDonald's. So I don't know. Because a lot of people start at the bottom and started at the bottom. Now we're here. A lot of them do end up staying in it and they end up becoming you know managers and making great salaries. so yeah And you could say the same, I guess, about any company, but i would say Amazon, Walmart.
00:44:13
Speaker
ah Yeah, Amazon, Walmart. Those two, definitely. Starbucks. Yeah. Okay. Those are good guesses. we Those are on the contender list. Didn't make it to the top 10, at least Amazon. Amazon actually at number 11. Any airlines on there? Any airlines on there there there? I believe there was. Let me see. Excuse me.
00:44:37
Speaker
Excuse me. excuse I was trying to find a good ah a good list because I did see Spirit on a list before. Not the list that we have. Speaking of Spirit, um they're not going out of business.
00:44:51
Speaker
ah I just read they are not going out of business. Yeah, they're um they're going to be saved. They're going to operate out as as a smaller operation, but they are not going out of business. Smaller than all than they already are They're small, but they fly to a lot of cities. like Who does Tampa Atlantic City?
00:45:07
Speaker
That's true. Yeah. So just like less flights? I guess so, less bases and stuff like that. Yeah, i didn't read the ah entire article entirely, but yeah. So, hey for them.
00:45:17
Speaker
All right, wait hey, good for spirit. They do have the cheapest. Somebody will buy them out soon. much You know what I'm surprised didn't start an airline? ah Maybe I'm not, because obviously it takes a shit ton of money to start an airline. um Is Amazon.
00:45:32
Speaker
I could see Amazon flights or Amazon Air. you know So Amazon does have cargo. Right. I'm surprised they don't do commercial. like I'm sure. I'm sure it's in their books. Can you imagine you could buy a ticket on Amazon?
00:45:46
Speaker
Like, I'm just going to fly Amazon. Oh, don't say that. Oh, yeah. I'm surprised that's not a thing already. I hope it's not. That's too monopolizing. Yeah, I don't know. I think so.
00:45:58
Speaker
I wouldn't. I wouldn't fly them. I'd take Amtrak. Yeah, I mean, hey, you might get a discount at Whole Foods, though, if you work for them. i already do. As a Prime member, I already do. Oh, yeah, so do I, I guess. But you get a double discount. Discount. Discount. So what are these 10 worst companies? You have them?
00:46:15
Speaker
Let's go. So let's go. Number 10. Number 10. Number 10, as far as this is the most
Controversial Companies Discussion
00:46:20
Speaker
evil. i think I also think this is our first top 10 thing we've ever done. I think so, too. This came from the top 10s.com. Number 10, Comcast.
00:46:29
Speaker
TomCast. Yeah. um Okay. So this is kind of what inspired the whole customer service thing because I know a lot of people complain about Spectrum and they say they have terrible customer service. Spectrum pisses me off.
00:46:43
Speaker
Yeah. I've never run into an issue with them, even calling them customer service. The only issue I have with them is the fact that I was a prior customer and they knock on my door to advertise Spectrum and they don't fucking leave.
00:46:55
Speaker
Okay. I don't want spectrum. I've had you before. I'm not satisfied. It's not you. Verizon just works better in this neighborhood. Get the fuck out. Okay. Okay.
00:47:05
Speaker
But they're very pushy. So that bothers me, but okay. Comcast. Trust. Um, ah this is a company I've never heard of Dow chemical. yeah, I've heard of Dow Chemicals. don't know anything about them, except they do chemicals. They get the evil check because they had a role in producing Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. So that's not a good thing to have on your resume. Yeah.
00:47:25
Speaker
um Number eight, though, i think you mentioned them, McDonald's. Really? Which I'm actually surprised that they're on a list. I mean, I know, you know. i mean, they do treat, I mean, it's it's franchised, obviously, and a lot of them do treat their employees like shit.
00:47:40
Speaker
Well, here's the thing, though. They're mostly being criticized for their environmental footprint, which that can kind of go for any company, though. No, I mean, McDonald's, I mean, you know how much land they clear out just to have cows, to have their beef, ah you know, what they do with their their own potatoes and stuff like that. Yeah, so... true That's true.
00:48:00
Speaker
um Amway, ah number seven. I think they're described as a pyramid scheme. Okay. can We can move on. we We can go quickly past the companies you've never heard of. I've heard of Amway. I forget what they do.
00:48:15
Speaker
Oh, well, we could talk about it later. I mean, do you want to be your own boss, Ron? I can help you do that. Wow. No, I'm good. Thank you. Yeah, we'll talk later. Okay. Hey, anyone that wants to be their own boss and make a crap ton of money, send me an email.
00:48:30
Speaker
Um, just kidding. Uh, number six is, uh, Walmart.
00:48:37
Speaker
That's right. Which I will say that Walmart, I think they, uh, they all, they, as far as I know, Walmart is still not union. Uh, they avoid it. And, uh, They can kind of do whatever they want.
00:48:49
Speaker
um So, you know, when where we grew up, we had a Sam's Club at the time, three Walmart super centers and a distribution center. That's right. We at the time, this is like early 2000s. We were the largest Walmart region in like the Walmart area in the southeastern region of the United States.
00:49:08
Speaker
Wow. Do you remember in high school that there, when, when that distribution center opened, there was like an influx of, I remember kids working there. Yeah.
00:49:21
Speaker
And I never worked there, but everyone started getting jobs there and I heard that it paid well. I don't know. It paid well, but you worked your ass off for 12 hours. It was ridiculous.
00:49:33
Speaker
Yeah, I don't like i mean like if you're 17 years old, though, you're definitely breaking labor laws. Right, right. Yeah. um Number five ah is going to be BP. We got to a gasoline company or oil company. Oh, because the oil spill.
00:49:48
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yep. that You got it in 2010, one of the world's largest environmental disasters. That was awful. Number four, you I'm surprised about this one. least I was not aware of it.
00:50:03
Speaker
Number four on the list, Build-A-Bear Workshop.
00:50:09
Speaker
Build-A-Bear Workshop. Build-A-Bear? Yeah. they They have faced scrutiny over product safety concerns and labor practices in its supply chain.
00:50:19
Speaker
um because they let children stuff the bears. um And I guess that... Why am I a child? They let children buy... Oh, no, sorry. they Sorry, I take that back. I take that back. I misread it because they don't. They use a machine. It says they let children buy stuffed bears, which I don't know why that's a problem. The biggest problem arose in 2018. The worst Freudian slip I've ever heard in my entire life, Robert. Yeah. I know that. I'm so sorry. um Well, they set up a promotion called Pay Your Age.
00:50:54
Speaker
It doesn't get any better. um in this promotion You didn't misread that that time. I did not. Literally, Pay Your Age. In this promotion, kids and parents could buy a stuffed bear at a steep discount. When the event took place, people formed incredibly long lines, stretching a mile long in some stories. I wonder if that's an exaggeration. A mile?
00:51:13
Speaker
A mile to go to Build-A-Bear Workshop? That wouldn't surprise me. Yeah. So, ah yeah, that's weird. And that was number three or number four? That was number four.
00:51:24
Speaker
All right, top three. Here we go. Yeah, number three. Apple. Really? Yeah. Greedy tech company that was led by an empty-headed narcissist for decades, which helped bring about the plague of smartphone addiction. I think this is really subjective here. I mean...
00:51:45
Speaker
As far as technology goes, Apple has, holy shit, amazing. i mean, they yeah they've done really well, but is it are they responsible? i mean, I don't know. Steve Jobs isn't here to talk about it. I mean, do you really think?
00:51:59
Speaker
I mean, I could see him looking at the technology as a good thing, but the addiction from the but to the smartphones, I mean, was that could that have been predicted? I don't know. Right. I do. I would agree, one, if ah if it was true that they make the battery go shitty to get you to buy a new phone. I think that is greedy to. Oh, I ever upgrade your phone and then all of a sudden your battery doesn't work anymore. Yeah, yeah. That is shitty. um I don't like the charger ah when they would change the charger. So you have to buy theirs. And I don't know if this is true. I think this might be, i hope it's a rumor, like a fake thing. I hope this is fake news because now I think we're all at a point now, Ron, where we're all kind of semi in agreement of the USB-C port right here.
00:52:49
Speaker
The USB-C port. Don't, don't. Are you an Apple or a Samsung? I'm an Apple. Okay, don't listen. No, no, don't come to me about the USB-C. I have been on the USB-C train for a long time. Let's not get divided. Did you not listen to the address? I didn't. I just heard. i yeah We're trying not to get divided. I paid you this much already. How dare you?
00:53:09
Speaker
But my point is that we're all getting on board with the same charger and I'm seeing. That's Apple's fault. Yeah, I agree. But what my point is, I was seeing, I don't know if it's fake or not, that Apple might change the charger again, but that might be fake. It might be a thing that people are making. Apple also does this thing where they don't upgrade their messaging system.
00:53:31
Speaker
So people who don't have Apple phones get the different color bubble. Yeah. Yeah. That's true. That's petty as shit. Fuck you. Yeah, it is. What am I? If I text you, I'm the green bubble instead of the blue bubble.
00:53:43
Speaker
Is that how it works? Oh, yeah. I get that disgusting green, toxic green from you. And, like, I can't be part of a group chat unless I started or, you know, because I don't have an Apple phone. Fuck Apple.
00:53:55
Speaker
Can we FaceTime? I don't think we can, right? We ah we can do... No, because I don't have an Apple phone. I could probably do you know a face-to-face call, but no. can try afterwards.
00:54:07
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Yeah. um Number two. I don't have FaceTime. No. Right, right. I know that's like an Apple thing. um So this I did know about and is pretty awful. Nestle.
00:54:20
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No. Yeah. No, not the chocolate. No. Yeah. One, well, I... Child labor, right? Child labor, right? Yep, yep. That was the first thing. Really? child Is it really fucking hell?
00:54:31
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Yeah. Their little hands break open the cacao and... I heard... I thought I also heard that the CEO once said something about...
00:54:43
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water not shouldn't be like free for everyone something like it was something weird i just remember they also do water and shit yeah the pure life stuff yeah that's like you make chocolate and you do water and you do pretty much everything like yeah they're pretty fucking evil just go back to making tall house cookies exactly exactly just stick to make them make them gluten-free A.O. Yeah. Willy Wonka would be really disappointed in Nestle.
00:55:12
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um And now number one. That's the own Willy Wonka. but ah Maybe. Maybe. you Ironically. Yeah. the The candy factory. will he wo yeah candy Yeah. They might have. That's ah oh the irony of that.
00:55:28
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um But we can go on to number one, um which I don't know this company at all. It's called Monsanto.
00:55:41
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It's an Italian chocolate company? um No. I think they own Ferrero Rocher, I believe. Do they?
00:55:53
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ah i could be wrong. They also were involved with Agent Orange. What's up with the ancient Agent Orange shit? I don't know. They were owned by...
00:56:06
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Oh, they are. They're bio- No, no, no. That's Willy Wonka. I'm sorry. Willy Wonka was owned by the Ferrero Group. Oh, okay. Sorry. Oh, yeah. They're acquired by Nestle in 1988. Yeah, I was right. ah Wow.
00:56:18
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um They're... a Yeah, I'm even looking at a chemical company? Oh, they're herbicides. Oh, okay. Not candy. I'm thinking of something completely different. Yeah, they're the Roundup. They're the Roundup people. Yeah.
00:56:31
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Which, here's the thing about that. I mean, they just actively give people cancer. Like, not cool. Yeah, so that's that top ten. ah I'm down to do more top tens. I feel like this list is kind of, like, all over the place, though.
00:56:46
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A little bit, yeah. I think I found this list
Humor and Listener Interaction
00:56:48
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very quickly. I could have done more research. Kill time. Good job, buddy. Thank you. um but um Yeah, what we can go on to the cold joke segment. I'm already getting ready, baby. I'm already getting it ready. Oh, snap. All right. All right. All And you did you write any?
00:57:08
Speaker
I did not. I'm sorry. Little bitch. You see how I am committed to the podcast, everybody. Rob just does the editing and does all the social media and i just write the cold jokes. It's fine. you're're're You're dividing us.
00:57:22
Speaker
I'm not. I also make the appointments and read the emails. The appointments. I do the admin. I make the ah the times, yes. So you make you make my appointments and listen and answer the emails. You're like my assistant.
00:57:35
Speaker
Sure. Sure. It's okay. It's love remember whose idea Just remember whose idea the podcast was. Wow. Wow. Was it Brad's? I'm just kidding. you It was mine. mentioned it to you once and then you said it. And then i said, let's I reached out to you. Let's do a podcast. You're like, well, what about Brad? Does he want to do it too? I'm like, oh, okay. Fuck you too, Rob. I said it like that too. i was like, but i know put a bit but but um like I said, i knew Brad wouldn't want to do it full time. Maybe once in a while as a guest, but Nah, he wouldn't want to do it full time. That's true. um All right, guys, here we go. We're going to our segments called cold jokes where ah we write each other jokes and we have never read them before for each other. Let's do it. Let's get into cold jokes.
00:58:22
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Here we go. if Joke number one. that' your It is. It is. All right. From Ron. The United States just beat Canada in men's and women's hockey for the gold medal at the Olympics. This proves that pancake syrup is superior to maple syrup.
00:58:39
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Hey. yeah that a titty joke? Yeah.
00:58:46
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Love it. um um On a personal note, maple syrup is far superior to pancake syrup. I actually know there's a difference. i thought you serious? Are you dead ass right now? what what ah What else do you put on pancakes besides maple syrup?
00:59:01
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Well, they the Mrs. Butterworth, things like that. Uh-huh. Like that's pancake syrup. That's like a mix of maple syrup and corn syrup. Oh. Okay, maple maple syrup is tree.
00:59:12
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Yeah, yeah, I knew that. I knew that shit, of course. um I did not think that, a what was the name of the brand again? Mrs. Butterworth! Yeah, i thought i thought fast maybe I thought Mrs. Butterworth had a bunch of trees in the backyard that she pulled syrup from. yeah All right, that's cold joke number one. let's Oh my God.
00:59:35
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But Ron has another one. Oh, boy. Here we go. Here we go. All right. Hey, ah my name is Robert, and I live in Burbank. My co-host, Ron, lives in New York City. He just had a crazy blizzard.
00:59:49
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There was so much snow. I moved to Burbank from Florida. The only snow I've seen comes in a small plastic bag, and I have to pay for it. yes yes yes i was gonna do a whole joke about you sniffing it off your producer's ass or whatever but you know i can't for the record i've never done blow in my life um but that's that's good that's good um that's good i i literally wrote these i woke up i'm making my coffee i'm half asleep and i'm like ah this is my jokes yeah you did your line of cocaine and you're like oh let's do a joke about this i've also never done cocaine
01:00:26
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Oh, cool. ah Well, that's our segment called Cold Jokes. Cold Jokes. Dying from your cold jokes. Well, you know, Ron, um big we're... good Oh, my God. um Yeah, a little note for everybody. I sometimes text Rob. I just call him. Hey, boo boo. I just call him boo boo for no reason whatsoever. He does. Yeah. Oh, there's a reason. What time you want to record boo boo?
01:00:53
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I know. I do need help with that, with with the staying on, staying on topic and when we record. thats I'm terrible with that. But, you know, we are like a man. We are an hour in already.
01:01:06
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Yeah. Maybe we should just ah we can move. We got we cut we got a two penant well penetrating questions. One's kind of a shout out for something. And then the other one is a couple of paragraphs. So I think we that's probably a good 10 minutes of ah penetrating.
01:01:21
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So let's ah let's do it. Yeah. Yeah. That's, that your selling point? It's about 10 minutes of penetration. Is that how you talk about your sex life? That's true. Actually. Yeah. Better than most people, buddy. Okay. You watch it. Hey, that ain't bad. I tell you what, but yeah, this is a segment where you can write into the show. We have a link in our Instagram that will take you to the forum. You just literally just ask us a question and you, and we'll answer it on the show. This is a segment that we call penetrating questions. Yeah.
01:01:59
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um I can refer to the first one because we did ask Burbank versus Queen. Send us a penetrating question. We got one from Jay, which I'm pretty sure I know who that is, who says Burbank. Duh.
01:02:11
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um I would have to agree. i would have to agree with that. um I think she's a little biased, Robert. She? It could be Jack. You don't know.
01:02:22
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i don't. You're right. I don't know. You're absolutely right. But yeah, I'm definitely getting some wrong. have no idea who Jay either. know who you are. I know who you are, Jay. I know you are, and I know where you live. kind of know where you live, but I don't know exactly where you live.
01:02:37
Speaker
Remember who you are. But we do have a much longer one. I'll let you take tackle this one. This is from my dear friend, Lynn. Lynn is a good friend. she's wrote and She's wrote in a few times, comes to my bingo, supports my shows. Her and her boyfriend, Mario.
01:02:54
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Love you guys. So...
01:02:58
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She wrote, hey, guys, in a previous episode, there was a discussion regarding Burton Tom's podcast, Two Bears, One Cave, and the reference to the once viral video, Two Girls, One Cup seemed to be obvious to me, but you guys didn't mention it at all.
01:03:13
Speaker
So opportunities that we will recoup today. How is Two Girls, One Cup? Hold on one. Have you seen Two Girls, One Cup? Two.
01:03:23
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Thoughts. Three. What about other shock videos, graphics, contents that was floating around the interweb at the time? Some background. If you grew up on the West Coast during this time and was at university like me, Zot Zot, a common pastime was to catch a friend or not friend's laptop while they were afk away from keyboard thank you away from keyboard see i don't know uh while logged in and quickly changed their home screen or web page to something unsavory such as two girls one cup if you're interested in more i have many so first off let me look this up let me know get go drop go look up go look it up go ahead yeah go ahead uh you might want to do it in um great now i'm horny
01:04:08
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You're not even looking at yet, are you? I know what Two Girls, One Cup is. Do you? do. For those of you don't know what Two Girls, is. If you don't, let's educate you. Let's ruin life. Two One Cup is about, I believe it starts off with these two attractive women making out.
01:04:23
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They only get more attractive. and Kind of, yes, because eventually one of them shits in a cup and then they start basically becomes a scat video. Yeah, and you you can fill in the blank. It's pretty disgusting.
01:04:36
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And, you know, back in the interweb at the time, you know, you you'd watch before you watch the video. The best thing to do was watch the reaction videos. just to see how people reacted to it. And then you go watch the video, and it's like, oh my god. um It turns out it wasn't actual shit. It was like ice cream.
01:04:54
Speaker
Is that true? Yeah, I believe it was ice cream. you actually saw coming out of the butt. I don't know. i don't I actually haven't seen it. i've You've never seen it? No, I've seen it. I've never watched it in its entirety.
01:05:08
Speaker
I'll just say. i've i got i I played it. I was like, alright, I get the gist of it. um so So, yes, we have seen Two Girls, One Cup. thought We just gave you our thoughts. Disgusting at the time, but it's still. There were was other ones, too, like Blue Waffle, Lemon Party. Those were other shocking things. Tub Girl.
01:05:29
Speaker
Tub Girl. Oh, my God. Tub Girl. That's probably. Okay. That's not the worst one. I'm seeing it. I'm seeing it. I haven't seen it in years. oh my God. And that was not ice cream. The worst one. Oh, God. Fuck my life. You know what the worst one was? The worst one above all is probably, have you seen One Guy, One Jar? You just took the words out of my mouth. Yeah, that's the worst one. That one was real.
01:05:55
Speaker
That one was very real. Oh, that was definitely real. So I'll tell everybody what it is because, you know, I want them to research this. Let's get it going. Also, please subscribe to the show as well. Down with DP Podcast. Please hit that subscribe button. One Guy, One Jar.
01:06:12
Speaker
Fucking tub girl. Oh, that was so disgusting. Oh my God. One guy was sorry. I just, I haven't pictured it in a while and just, Oh my God. One guy, one jar though. You see a guy squatting down over a glass jar.
01:06:27
Speaker
Yeah. This Mason jar. Yeah. he fits it into his rectum. He puts it right into his ass. And then he starts to move with it and all of a sudden you hear fine tra present glass shatters then he starts to pull out shards of glass from his ass and that ASMR is worth that and you just see blood and all that come out next thing you know he is screaming in pain
01:07:04
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. I know. i had to close my eyes and like take myself out of it. That and to me in some way was worse than... Two Girls, One Cup. Oh, I'd watch Two Girls, One Cup in high def 4K over One Guy, One Jar, 480p. I don't remember, what is it, Lemon Party? I don't remember that. Lemon Party, I think, was, ah it was like a shock gif that, like, you it's like, you know, getting rick Rick rolled. You would click a link and then it would bring you to that. And think it was like a dude getting butt fucked and his penis was like spinning in a circle.
01:07:39
Speaker
And i think that's what Lemon, I think so. That's what Lemon Party remember. Anyway, it was an interesting time on the internet. It was fun. ah But um yeah, Tub Girl, God, I, oh God. That was just a still image, thankfully. It was a still image. but I guess we could use AI to animate it now.
01:07:54
Speaker
No! Just throwing it out there. Oh, God. I'm going to leave Tub Girl to them. going to let them go look up Tub Girl. Yeah, I'm not going to spend my creative juices, if you will. have a show tonight. i'm not i'm not i'm not talking I may not talk about Tub Girl. I don't know.
01:08:11
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Yeah. Also, I did not make that connection to Two Bears and Cave. I didn't either. That's crazy. she she was she came up to me she's like she thought i didn't know what it was and she's like dude i need to call you i'm like okay you know what two girls one cup is i'm like yes of course i know what two girls one cup is where is this conversation going but i i did not get the two bears one cave and now i get it now it's very obvious to me but it's very obvious now i yeah sorry i usually yeah lynn i i usually pick up on stuff like that and i'm shocked that i didn't um
01:08:47
Speaker
But but i I love how she says, if you're interested in more, I have many. We named a few. Lynn, I want you to give us another one. Maybe we'll watch it on the show. And yeah we should, as long as the f nothing that the FBI would get mad of. Yeah. yeah yeah i No, no. But I'm just i don't know. what ah You know what I mean? Like, I just don't.
01:09:09
Speaker
Lynn's a very sweet girl, but also don't. She sounds like it. She is. sheers no she is not um and that's what love about you well hey uh yeah lynn let us know other videos that we didn't mention if you have them um she's she made me vietnamese fa one time uh me and uh for me and jess and holy shit it was amazing oh really just want to throw that out there amazing thought i want more anyway all right yeah
01:09:40
Speaker
Well, thank you so much. That was actually a fun one. I love talking. That was a good one. Thank you. Nostalgic. So nostalgic, that question. That was great. Taking me down memory lane.
Craft Beer Review and Sign-Off
01:09:49
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i'm tub girl Well, kind of guys, just we can end the show here um because, oh, no, we're not going to end it.
01:09:58
Speaker
But, you know, we're getting to the final segment of the show. who Caught myself. Caught myself. Because we have a fire oven beer. that we're gonna talk about. And then, you know, anyway, let's do it.
01:10:13
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I love Berlin. So today's fire, ab and beer.
01:10:27
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i love berlin um so today's fire aben beer is from the Departed Souls in Jersey City, New Jersey.
01:10:39
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believe it's from Jersey City, New Jersey. Yes. They are not a... This is obviously all the beers I do are gluten-free because of my allergy. This is a not a dedicated gluten-free facility, but they do have their own separate gluten-free beers, like everything, no cross-contamination anything like that. I love the name of this. It's called the Brutang Can.
01:11:00
Speaker
okay oh i like the art can't can't can't yeah oh yeah um it is a brute style ipa with tangerine in a can oh yeah tang tang that's where the tang comes in oh so i have had this before oh no it's it's very good i got my uh star opramen nice beer oh that's cool
01:11:29
Speaker
Let's go. He's pouring it into the glass. I'm doing commentary on this right now. I think it's very pretty. Look how orange it is. think it's very pretty. do do Put this down.
01:11:42
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And Robert, thank you for being you. Prost. Oh, thanks.
01:11:50
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The tangerine really does come through. So you get that nice citrus note. um Like I said, it's in Jersey City, New Jersey. Departed Souls. I've been to the brewery. They're actually very good.
01:12:02
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APV on this is, hold on. do to do i think it was a little higher. 6.8. And this is why I had something to eat prior.
01:12:14
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Because I'm going to drink all that. Okay. Nice. So I'm going to... Nice. Well, that's a good one. i like that. That's cool. But yeah, if you're ever in Jersey city, check it out. take the path train to, I believe the Grove street station stop. Yeah.
01:12:29
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OK, well, there you have it, guys. Also, we'd ask you to, um depending on where you're listening to us, whether it's Spotify, Apple, if there is a follow or subscribe button, we'd appreciate it if you click on that just so you know we can see who is watching or listening only. We do do video on Spotify and YouTube as well. So check that out if you want to see our faces with our voices. But it's totally we totally get it if you don't. It's little bit.
01:12:59
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It's little bitter, he said. Still giving the review. But guys, yeah, we appreciate the follow or if it's a subscribe button, I know each platform is different. I'm getting some followers on Instagram, so appreciate that. Even if you don't like what we're doing, tell us.
01:13:17
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Yeah, that's what penetrating questions are for. Ron, your voice is annoying. It's scratchy and I hate it. Okay, fine. Fuck you. Exactly. There you go. um And there you have it. Do you have anything to plug right now? I hear you're doing a show. I do i have a show tonight. um Well, the everything, i all the events I have doing, are um I talked about the fundraiser for um my friend's business, Fat Boy Vegan Burgers in Brooklyn. Like as this will air afterwards, but we're doing a fundraiser for them this Sunday. um Hopefully people listen and will come out to support.
01:13:52
Speaker
um Hopefully he finds a new location because, like I said before, the best vegan burgers I've... as far Not as not a veggie burger, but as far as like a plant-based, the best I've ever had.
01:14:04
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Awesome. so yeah It's really good. Well, that should be it guys. Thank you for listening in. And we will catch you on the next one. We're going to try to keep these episodes to every Tuesday if we possibly can with time. ah But yeah, let us know what you think of the show. If any, any notes, any questions or concerns, our customer service, hopefully we'll get back to you. So guys, let us know and we'll see you on the next one.
01:14:28
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01:14:53
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