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bravo charlie club episode 056
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Fully Awake Project
- Richard gets the Domino bait and switch.
- Gen Z’s need wifi to brush their teeth?
Travel tip of the week
- Ben's international toilet hijinx..
Listener feedback
- MM got banned from doing washing.
- JA 'Heathens don't seperate whites and darks' - Amen JA !!
- TF (aka Ben's wife) sets the record straight. 😂
Conundrum of the week
- Why cant we just have biotics?
- How long did it take to build Rome?
Thats it folks. Catch you next week.
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Transcript
Introduction and Podcast Mission
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 you doing this week?
00:00:16
Ben
I'm well, mate. yeah How are you feeling? You going all right?
00:00:18
Richard
Yeah, look, I'm on the mend, well on the mend.
Missing Episode: Richard's Pneumonia
00:00:22
Richard
We missed our episode last week because I had pneumonia, which is not as much fun as they say. So if you have the chance to give it a miss, I recommend it. So, yeah.
00:00:36
Ben
It's a good word to say. It's not a good thing to have, is is my understanding.
00:00:42
Richard
I can only spell it because autocorrect keeps fixing it up for me whenever I try to type it into a text message. Yeah. I'm still not sure how to get it. but Anyway. Yeah. When, when a flu goes bad.
00:00:53
Richard
So, uh,
00:00:54
Ben
Yes, well, good to have you back. i Speaking of being back, new lists in the country is the call out, mate.
00:00:57
Richard
nice to be back.
00:01:01
Ben
Kenya have joined in.
00:01:02
Richard
And yeah.
Shoutout to Kenyan Listeners
00:01:02
Richard
Yeah.
00:01:02
Ben
yeah Now, the primary language is Swahili. So the most common way we say hello is Habari, which does not just mean, how are you? It also means, what's the news?
00:01:14
Richard
Habari.
00:01:14
Ben
So, hi to our friends in Kent.
00:01:15
Richard
I like it. Habari.
Domino's Pizza Delivery Woes
00:01:19
Ben
Hey, this week in the Fully Wake Project, mate, you were going to share some feedback on dominoes, which I feel like I need to go over a soapbox and grab some popcorn.
00:01:27
Richard
Oh, man.
00:01:31
Ben
Fill me in.
00:01:33
Richard
Feedback. is fake is Is there a point where a ranting, wild ranting crosses into some...
00:01:38
Ben
love richard res I love Richard I love Richard Reitz.
00:01:39
Richard
actionable feedback for, uh, for dominoes. Uh, uh, so, so here's, here's the thing. you, We ordered a pizza. It took an hour and a half to get here. it it was it was It was pouring rain. So it was kind of understandable, but they well and truly burned their whatever time commitment promise they had. So we're like, okay, well, we're not usually we're not usually Domino's pizza orderers, but the the kids here insisted that they wanted Domino's. So we went we went for Domino's.
00:02:12
Ben
Got it.
00:02:13
Richard
And it's just great to have a house full of hungry kids too who can't wait for the pizza to arrive. That's that's just awesome.
00:02:18
Ben
Yes.
00:02:18
Richard
but That's another story.
00:02:19
Ben
yeah
00:02:20
Richard
just Just heightening the entertainment value of the whole saga. so two So two weeks after that, they sent us a little thing appeared in the in the mailbox saying, look, we're sorry we let you down and this is this is, you know, we...
00:02:33
Richard
we'd like to apologize and we'd like to give you a free pizza. And it had free in giant letters, you know, across the top of the little card that comes in.
00:02:40
Ben
it's good
00:02:42
Richard
look Okay, that's nice. And so it sat there on the fridge for three and a half weeks until the thing was about to expire in two days' time. And we're like, oh, that pizza voucher on the fridge.
00:02:53
Richard
And then you sort of like, you feel compelled to use the free pizza voucher, right?
00:02:59
Ben
Yes, can't let a free pizza go to waste.
00:02:59
Richard
and And so... Oh, no, you can't let a free pizza. So you so you so you you wait you wait until you've used everything in the fridge and you're down and it's like Friday or Saturday, the day before you're about to do the grocery shop.
00:03:11
Richard
So there's nothing in the fridge anyway.
00:03:12
Ben
Cheap day.
00:03:12
Richard
And and you go to you got to try and order the pizza.
00:03:13
Ben
Yep.
00:03:16
Richard
and then you see you see the asterisks on the on the on the thing and you're kind of like looking down at what what what free actually means was it ended up being free for pickup only and if you delivery charges excluded minimum delivery order 22.90 or something and so it didn't actually end up being anywhere close to free i mean it didn't end up even being half price i think it was like it was ended up being like 40 off and you have to go out and buy another pizza that's at least 22.90 so
00:03:23
Ben
It's always an asterisk.
00:03:42
Ben
So that doesn't
00:03:50
Ben
All
00:03:57
Richard
uh, anyway, I just feel like dominoes completely worked me over with the, with the generosity, yeah with the generosity play.
00:04:04
Ben
right.
00:04:05
Richard
So, yeah, there you go.
00:04:06
Ben
I've got one question. in one inside In hindsight, because we always get caught out and then go and read the fine print. but if you had If you had actually read the voucher, would you have realised you were about to be you know taken advantage of or was it just that unclear?
00:04:12
Richard
yeah
00:04:22
Richard
It was – if I sat down and read it deliberately instead of glancing over, like, you know, should you be allowed to have you know, font that's 10 times the size of the small print that sits underneath it, like the that sits at the at the bottom?
00:04:36
Ben
the It's a good question. Good conundrum.
00:04:40
Richard
Like, you know, that that just – I don't know.
00:04:40
Ben
me
00:04:54
Ben
And you had an abacus... excel screenshee yeah
00:05:04
Richard
and Conditions apply. Oh, yeah, probably, you know. Yes.
00:05:08
Ben
I've got a feeling you won't be eating Domino's for a little while. Yeah, they're gone.
00:05:11
Richard
Well, i think they're out. They're they're definitely in the same thing now.
00:05:13
Ben
Oh, I'm just out.
00:05:14
Richard
So, Ben, gone, gone.
00:05:15
Ben
Oh, wow.
00:05:16
Richard
Dead to me.
00:05:16
Ben
There you go.
00:05:17
Richard
They are dead to me.
00:05:18
Ben
Domino's, Domino's, you've lost Richard. Hey, I'm very unloyal.
00:05:22
Richard
You've lost a not very loyal customer.
00:05:25
Ben
With his own podcast, you have made a very powerful enemy.
00:05:28
Richard
With a platform, of very powerful.
00:05:29
Ben
Oh, goodness me. Hey, Richard, did you know that chance dads need Wi-Fi to brush their teeth?
00:05:40
Richard
What?
00:05:40
Ben
Let me explain.
00:05:40
Richard
What?
00:05:41
Ben
that I'm going to explain this. So my wife was away, and so I had the the house with my my daughter for a few nights. And... I needed to do a reset on our server.
00:05:51
Ben
Anyway, sir she'd been studying diligently. She walked past, she said, and I'm off to brush my teeth. And I was like, great, oh I can reset the server now she's finished studying. And anyway, I've done the reset.
00:06:03
Ben
You know, it takes a few minutes to power back up and stuff.
00:06:06
Richard
It does.
00:06:06
Ben
Before before it's powered back up, she's walked down the stairs and said, then there's no Wi-Fi.
00:06:06
Richard
Yep.
00:06:12
Ben
I'm like, I thought you were brushing your teeth. She said, I am. have you got some sort of Wi-Fi enabled toothbrush that I'm not aware of? And she's like...
00:06:23
Ben
No, well I'm watching something on YouTube or whatever it was. I'm like, oh, okay. So there you go. That's what Wi-Fi is is required for to to brush your teeth.
00:06:31
Richard
There go.
Ben's Hotel Toilet Mishap
00:06:36
Ben
Hey, Travel Tip of the Week, I've got a good one for you, mate.
00:06:40
Richard
Mm.
00:06:40
Ben
This one is buyer beware. Read the instructions on the toilet in your hotel room. And don't be like me and say in your head, who needs instructions to flush a toilet?
00:06:56
Richard
Uh-oh, Ben.
00:06:56
Ben
Because apparently,
00:06:57
Richard
I'm starting to think something bad happened.
00:07:01
Ben
here's here's what happened. So of I've checked into my room. The first thing i needed to do was use the bathroom. And I'm standing there. i'm looking at the toilet lid and it's got this sticker on it. explaining how to flush the toilet.
00:07:14
Ben
And I'm laughing at it going, people these days, like we're nanny state and, you know, we need to, someone to explain to us how to flush a toilet. Allegedly, i need someone to explain to me how to flush a toilet.
00:07:29
Ben
because this was one of those dual action toilets with the internal bidet. And and but being a male standing in front of a toilet, pressing not the flush button, but the bidet button, I am suddenly a set of clothes short of my next meeting.
00:07:36
Richard
Uh-oh.
00:07:49
Richard
Damn, damn.
00:07:53
Ben
Because the flush button that I used actually ejected water straight onto my pants, which which always a fantastic look.
00:07:58
Richard
Great. Great.
00:08:02
Ben
Hello, ladies. So, and I've of obviously in my own hotel room was able to take a quick shower, change clothes,
00:08:04
Richard
yeah
00:08:13
Ben
and make it to my next meeting on time. The funny part of the story was not the fact that I did it once. The funny part was I did it twice.
00:08:24
Richard
Oh, yeah.
00:08:26
Ben
Now, the second time was sort of in the matrix level where I did that raw and I was like going backwards and and and it missed me and just like sprayed the whole bathroom.
00:08:33
Richard
yeah
00:08:37
Ben
but Travel tip, take it from me Read the stickers on the toilets, folks. it's It's not...
00:08:44
Richard
That was good advice. Hard one. Hard one advice.
00:08:47
Ben
Yes, and that's what I'm here for. I'm here to share those those experiences.
Listener Feedback on Laundry Mishaps
00:08:52
Ben
Any listener feedback coming in, mate?
00:09:05
Ben
Awesome.
00:09:08
Richard
His other half is very scientific about what goes in, how much goes in, and never, ever leaves the washing machine once it's done.
00:09:19
Ben
In the washing machine, I guess.
00:09:20
Richard
like Oh, never leaves it in the washing machine once it's done. Yes, there we go.
00:09:23
Ben
Yeah.
00:09:24
Ben
so
00:09:25
Richard
So, yeah, washing machine.
00:09:26
Richard
It's a hot it's a hot hot issue.
00:09:29
Ben
There you go.
00:09:29
Richard
also and Also, listener J.A. writes in, love number 54, travel tips galore, and on the laundry once again, cloth laundry bags.
00:09:38
Ben
Oh, here we go. Yep.
00:09:40
Richard
All the way, which is very good. Shoe bags as well for sneakers. Great. very pro tip. and And he says, heathens don't separate whites and darks. Not likes and darks.
00:09:51
Ben
He's
00:09:52
Richard
Whites. Whites only with whites. Heathens. And you can't overload the machine.
00:09:55
Ben
on your bus.
00:09:56
Richard
So there we go. JA and I, wo we are on the same page.
00:09:58
Ben
Okay, one for Richard. he is on your is on your bus
00:10:01
Richard
Ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:10:03
Ben
okay one for richard
00:10:03
Richard
I love it. But most importantly, most importantly, Ben, a certain listener, TF, a.k.a.
00:10:05
Ben
yeah
00:10:10
Ben
Oh, no.
00:10:10
Richard
Tanya, a.k.a. your wife, writes in and says the reason she doesn't separate any of your clothes, Ben, is because everything is work black or Carlton Navy blue.
00:10:13
Ben
Oh, fickle.
00:10:22
Richard
which is pretty true she also adds that she is not a heathen and she washes towels and cleaning clothes separately and in fact your description of her washing uh strategy slash technique was misleading at best and dodgy at worst so there we go did
00:10:23
Ben
cold
00:10:40
Ben
Hang on, did both J.A. and my wife use the word word heathen?
00:10:45
Richard
they did fact
00:10:46
Ben
No, it's okay. Okay. something dodgy going on there. Jay needs to lie down. All right, uppercut received. My wife actually gave me very specific feedback after the last episode dropped.
00:10:57
Ben
Yeah, it was a bit frosty around the the house, around the washing machine.
00:11:00
Richard
You might've been banned from doing the washing ever again, Ben.
00:11:01
Ben
pu it I don't know that that's how it works. I think I might just have to do my own washing. Goodness me.
The Humorous Existence of 'Biotics'
00:11:13
Ben
All right, conundrum of the week.
00:11:16
Ben
Why don't we just get given biotics? Like you're sick right now.
00:11:19
Richard
Oh.
00:11:20
Ben
you go to a doctor and they're going to give me an antibiotic. Why can't it just, it sounds so negative.
00:11:25
Richard
I've been on them all week. Yes.
00:11:28
Ben
Why don't we just get given biotics?
00:11:31
Richard
Well, you get antibiotics to to get you better and then you have probiotics to build back up after you've had the antibiotics. Like where are the normal biotics?
00:11:39
Ben
So what's a biotic then?
00:11:42
Richard
I don't know.
00:11:45
Ben
So a pro?
00:11:45
Richard
Oh, dear.
00:11:46
Ben
Yeah. No, someone's going to have to write pharmacists
00:11:47
Richard
You know, probiotics, antibiotics, probiotics. It's probably other biotics too.
00:11:52
Ben
A pharmacist, if you're listening, talk us talk us through that one.
00:11:53
Richard
yeah
00:11:55
Ben
Yeah.
00:11:56
Richard
Talk us to biotics.
00:11:58
Ben
yeah I don't know the answer to that. it's's We're back on our normal not knowing the answers to conundrums, which is good.
Rome Wasn't Built in a Day
00:12:05
Ben
I've got a follow-up one for I'll have a crack at it. How long exactly did it take to build Rome?
00:12:12
Richard
Well, I think we all know that, Ben, that it wasn't a day.
00:12:15
Ben
We know it wasn't a day. does that mean it was it was one plus onepl plus days? So I think it was more than two as well.
00:12:24
Richard
Well, I think when you actually go there and have a look around, they're still building it.
00:12:29
Ben
True, true.
00:12:32
Richard
been in work in progress for a while.
00:12:32
Ben
Like the Colosseum.
00:12:37
Ben
Oh, goodness me. Yeah, so if anyone could would like to write in and let us know how long it built took to build Rome, we're all so interested. Hey, that's it, Richard.
00:12:46
Richard
forty fabulous Already fabulous Roman cliches as well.
00:12:46
Ben
Listeners,
00:12:49
Ben
yes, yes, we love we love Roman cliches.
00:12:50
Richard
Yeah.
00:12:53
Ben
and Hey, listeners have been BC Saturday week.
Teaser for Next Episode
00:12:57
Ben
To our listeners, thanks for joining in. Maybe if you enjoyed this episode, shoot it through. Don't flick it through to one of your or your mates. Just get in touch with us through the links in the show notes.
00:13:10
Ben
In next week's show, we're going to ask, what's the furthest you can be from an airport returning a rental vehicle before filling it up and still present a full tank on arrival?
00:13:22
Ben
See you next week. Bravo, Charlie Club. Out.
00:13:26
Richard
And that's the pod.