HR BESTIES - HR Besties Happy Hour – Atlanta Has Some Explaining To Do

Episode Date: June 7, 2024

Welcome back to another Happy Hour, Besties! We’re sure as hell glad it’s Friday. In this Happy Hour: Leigh's west coast adventure June Gloom Missing Megan Thee Stallion Carnivals are a layoff no-no Your To-Do List: Grab merch, submit Questions & Comments, and make sure that you’re the first to know about our In-Person Meetings (events!) at https://www.hrbesties.com. Follow your Besties across the socials and check out our resumes here: https://www.hrbesties.com/about.  We look forward to seeing you in our next meeting - don’t worry, we’ll have a hard stop! Yours in Business + Bullsh*t,  Leigh, Jamie & Ashley Follow Bestie Leigh! https://www.tiktok.com/@hrmanifesto https://www.instagram.com/hrmanifesto https://www.hrmanifesto.com Follow Bestie Ashley! https://www.tiktok.com/@managermethod  https://www.instagram.com/managermethod https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyherd/ https://managermethod.com Follow Bestie Jamie! https://www.millennialmisery.com/ Humorous Resources: Instagram • YouTube • Threads • Facebook • X Millennial Misery: Instagram • Threads • Facebook • X Horrendous HR: Instagram • Threads • Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello besties. Happy Friday and welcome to happy hour. We made it. How are you ladies? Wow. Long pause. One hell of a week. Got to get down on Friday. Jamie's feeling it at least. Ashley's not feeling it so much. Long week, Ash. I mean, it's been a little bit. I'm looking forward to the weekend. I'm working for the weekend as the song goes. Oh gosh, aren't we all?

Oh gosh. Well, what is going on this week? What do we have to talk about over wine and cocktails here? Well, I mean, first, let's hear about your adventures on the West Coast and if you hit any of those, you know, little hidden jaunts I gave you those tips for, or if they got, if they're crowded, it was probably because we gave the tip out loud before you went, which is such a miss. Exactly. Oh, animal style.

Well, what I would like to share is that I hate who I become at the airport. I mean, I am a horrific person. It's going to get me canceled probably. I'm not like a Karen, but I do get overstimulated and overwhelmed, you know, and just kind of stressed out. not like, but like inside, right? Like it hurts. I mean, we had some delayed flights, of course, I think that's normal, all sorts of drama at the airport. So I, like I said, I kind of hate who I become at the airport. I'm sure other people can relate to that. We did not get to the In-N-Out. What? What? So I didn't get to the In-N-Out. What? What? So, I didn't get to the In-N-Out burger,

but that's okay because there's one right down the street from me here in San Antonio. So, I can always go there, but I won't because I'm a water burger fan, but that's all right. We did touch the ocean because we went to Catalina Island, which is stunning. It was cold? And it's cold as hell. Okay, so they have something there called May Gray that turns into June gloom. Well, that doesn't rhyme. There's got to be another word for that. That's going to bug me a little bit. Please keep going. June boon. I don't know. But that water is cold as hell. And it was freezing there. I had to buy sweatshirts and whatnot. Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. But if the sun wasn't out or in the shade, my ass was shivering.

So in my mind, like being Hispanic from San Antonio, like I think like that aligns, like I think of the West is hot. Now I know they're right on the ocean, you know, but I figured, well, it's already like 105 here at home. So surely it's a nice 75 or 80 in LA, right? No. No. The nights were like 50 WTF, you know, so, but I do want to just give a shout out to all the people that sent me recommendations, like just emails and emails worth and it was so kind and so nice. I still need to reply to some people. I didn't do any of the recommendations. That's what and I, you know, I'll just lay that out there and it's not because I didn't want to, but I was already kind of jam packed, right?

In and out, in and out. I don't know why I did that. But I am thankful, you know, so hopefully I can get back out there and like do the foodie tour because that was a lot of the wrecks and I am a slut for the food. Can we do that together? I like to eat. Yes. Yes. And I mean, I had people reaching out from hotels and whatnot, come here, come there, you know, and I'm like, damn, yes, I would love to eat on your rooftop patio with my besties. I take back a little bit of the hate for June Gloom and not rhyming. Technically no. It does kind of bug me.

It just stresses me out a little bit. I mean, it rhymes. No, no. Technically. Technically, literally, grammatically. Technically and metaphorically. I mean, does it sound fairly similar? I don't think that works.

Yeah, that's not an opinion. It's a fact. It does not rhyme. Oh my God. But I mean, does it sound fairly similar? I don't think that works. Yeah, that's not an opinion. It's a fact. It does not rhyme. But I went to ChatGPT. I'll tell you why I feel better about it. Because I went to ChatGPT and I said, what is a word that means the same as gloom but rhymes with June? And this ChatGPT gave me, well, a word that does is dune.

June dune. Well, dune doesn't mean the same as gloom. It doesn't. So you're 50% wrong. It rhymes with June. Okay. And can be used metaphorically in poetry or creative writing to evoke a sense of desolation or barrenness.

Well, no, others are noon monsoon, swoon, maroon, tune. So I'm going to go with June gloom. I'm going to give you that. The people of Catalina. the people of Catalina. The people of Catalina. Catalina Island, Island ears. California, on the coast. Oh, that's what they call it all, the whole coast?

Yes, it was cold. Oh my God. Well they say that quote from Mark Twain. I once had the pleasure of going to San Francisco many, many times for an employment lawsuit back in my law firm days. And they said that Mark Twain quote, the coldest winter I ever had was a summer in San Francisco. Jamie's like, that's not... I know Jamie's kind of glazed over. Yes, we're talking literature and rhyming. Mark Twain, it was probably Chad GPT said that. Well, I know it's not technically winter, but summer in San Francisco is chilly. Thank you.

Yeah, it's always cold. I didn't realize LA would be that way. But anyway, I know it's not technically winter, but summer in San Francisco is chilly. Thank you. Yeah, it's always cold. I didn't realize LA would be that way. But anyway, I went to Legoland for the first time and just shout out to Lego. Was it so cool? Oh my God, it was. It was. It was cute.

Did you ride roller coasters? Are you a roller coaster person? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. I've ridden everything. Went to Disneyland a couple of times, of course. I have to get in Went to Disneyland a couple times, of course. I have to get in all the rides and food and all of that. You took some good footage of the people bumping.

Which one? The costume characters dancing, breaking it down. I don't post 99% of what I take on my phone. I should. I have tons of B-roll. I have like thousands of videos I just never share because I just don't get around to it. But I took, if anyone has been on the Instagram, you've probably seen Miss Incredible. Miss is incredible, I guess, spinning around in that parade with throwing her leg up, all

flexible. And yeah, so I was like, yes, queen, yes, like give me a kick. I saw her several times. She's cute. truly changed my life. Another member said, the day after my first session, my friends and family said I sounded like myself again for the first time in weeks. You deserve to invest in your well-being. Visit betterhelp.com to see what it can do for you. That's betterHELP.com. Jamie, why are you so quiet today? I don't know. I don't, I just don't have anything to say right now. Well, I think Jamie can have some things to say. Oh, yeah. We had our weekend. Exclamation point. Weekend of, what was it? Was it a good word? Continual disappointment? Yeah, maybe. Maybe. Yes. Yes.

Unbelievable. Which started off with a really high peak, a really high peak. So tell me about your weekend. I had so much FOMO. I know I was coming back from Cali. I wanted to fly out to Atlanta, but it sounds like it's a good thing I didn't. Yeah, because you didn't much much. So as you guys may recall on the last happy hour, I was super excited because I was heading to Atlanta to go see Megan Thee Stallion. However, none of that happened. I did go to Atlanta. Yeah.

Right. And you saw Ashley. Yes. Jenny showed up at the house. We had some drinks waiting for us. We did. I definitely got gassed up by some 13-year-old. So they made me feel very pretty and cool and in, especially in my outfit when I got my harness on. So we loaded up in the Uber and we're ready. We are having the time of our life in the Uber. We're taking pictures, we're singing. We get out at State Farm Arena and all these people are outside and we're only like, it's six, the show starts at seven, right? And I'm like, huh, that's weird. Why is no one, why are they not letting us in yet? That's odd.

We of course buy some merch off of the street vendors because you know, $10 t-shirt, you can't beat it. So I'm actually wearing it right now. I'm wearing our merch. Ashley even bought some merch. Jamie says questionable. It did not even have our concert date on the back, which we ended up being a foreshadowing. Yes. It's very sketch. Also, this is not the size that he said it was. And stallion spelled wrong, but that's all right. Yeah. It was $10. Get what you pay for. It's fine. So we're standing there. We're not quite sure what's going on. And thank goodness, a lovely lady next to us said, hey, did y'all not hear? The concert was canceled.

And I'm like, our Uber's just driven away. Yeah, like we think she's fucking kidding. Well, at least I did. Yeah, we're like, what are you talking about? No. And we're like, what? And Megan Leestal just tweeted. And we're like, what? So then the security guard guy's like, here, I'm going to have a big announcement because I have a big announcement. And people are like, she's going to go perform somewhere else. So we're gathered like 200 people. The security guard reads out Megan Lee Stallion's tweet. Yeah.

Thanks. Appreciate that. Thanks State Farm Arena guy. It's because there was a water main break in Atlanta. Atlanta, like many cities, has crumbling infrastructure. And so I won't turn this happy hour into talking about the sad state of our roads and water pipes, specifically on Friday. Ridges, like water pipes, was most notable on Friday.

But there were multiple water main breaks, which you can see Megan Thee Stallion put on her Instagram of, for example, a Yahoo and cowboy boots and trunks doing a float down Peachtree Street in his going down the water main break in a floaty, like riding it like it's a water slide. That is Atlanta for you. It was on the surface, the water? It was all over the place. Like it flooded downtown? Oh, shit. I didn't realize that. That was like underground or something.

So we're like, I'm out there, like it's rescheduled for Sunday. Yeah. And obviously that does not work for myself or Ashley because we have lives and work and children. So the girls in front of us kind of heard Ashley and I talking and they all, it was like a family just being out there. As people were so like- Yeah, they were so nice. She turns around and she was like, well, we're from South Carolina and we actually went ahead and hurried and scored tickets for Saturday's show.

And so that's what I did. I quickly got on SnubHub and got us two tickets in the exact same section for Saturday. So I was like, okay, fuck it. We're going to make a little weekend out of it, right? Totally. No big deal. I'm like, let's go to dinner. And I'm wearing like a one-arm dress, one-sleeve dress.

Jamie's rocking her harness. I'm like, we can go. Let's just go somewhere. We walk, I'm like, oh, let's go this cool sky bar. The Glenn Hotel in Atlanta has a cool sky bar. It's where I went before the Beyonce concert. Anyway. And you're business casual. My business casual. I was like, let me show them. Years later, 10 years later. I swear I'm cool. Yeah, moderately cool. I have a cool friend. So we walk out to the door, and of course, it's like restaurant closed due to water main break.

And so all around Atlanta, everything was closed. So we booked another Uber. Yeah, we didn't put two and two together. Went back to Dunwoody and went to Barn, my neighborhood cheers. That is basically your definition of golf casual, chill. And we showed up in like a harness. It's literally like yuppie central in there. And I'm wearing an over-tied t-shirt,

a harness, and goth. And I have like one sleeve, even the one sleeve sequined dress is very unusual for a Friday. And it was early still, early still. And so we sat at the bar. It was like 7.30. Yeah, we're sat at the bar. It was like 730. Yeah, we're sitting at the bar, like the bartender was talking. And finally, you know me, I love to

give details. I was like, oh, we were going to go to the Megan Thee Stallion concert. And she started laughing. She's like, oh, we were having like an 80s private event across the way. I figured that's what you guys were here for. Okay. She thought we were going to a date. So are you on trend or no? I don't know. I was like, I guess maybe like kind of like whip it, like whip it, you know, whip it Jamie

with her harness. But we'll save you a little bit. Long story short, I forced Jamie the next day to come to my tennis match, really live in the Atlanta suburbs life, come to my doubles tennis match. I got my ass handed to me. At the club. And then we ran errands and the like, and we're then getting, I was literally shuttling, like I was like, JB came with me to like pick up my kids.

Yeah, like we shuttled kids. Went to, yes, a Mexican, Margarita, but then we're getting ready for the concert. And then. Yeah. So like I'm half ready, literally half makeup, half hair done. And Ashley texts me and she's like, it's from scoop ATL or Atlanta scoop or something. And it's like Saturday night, cancer canceled the water main break. And I literally said, I text her back, you better be fucking kidding me. And so we sat on the floor for like 30 minutes going between Megan Thee Stallion, State Farm

Arena, the City of Atlanta, like keep refreshing their pages, every social to try to figure out if it truly was or not, because there was no confirmation yet. And Megan Thee Stallion got on live on Instagram, and she's at the arena, and she's literally there ready to perform, and she's angry because they told her now they have to cancel. She's like, I'm calling the mayor. I'm calling the housewives. And she's like, yeah, I'm calling the housewives. It was hilarious.

It was funny. That is funny. But she was just as upset. But also the air conditioner wasn't working. So not only did they not have running water, you know, you couldn't use the bathrooms, couldn't prepare food. Yeah, I mean, there was also no air conditioner wasn't working. So not only did they not have running water, you couldn't use the bathrooms, couldn't prepare food. Yeah, I mean, there was also no air conditioner. So there was like no way. The city of Atlanta, we are getting together a little bit

here, but I know I was doing a workout. I went and lifted some weights. Jamie's like, what are you doing? I'm like, I don't know. I'm like, are you OK? Trying to get my mind right. But it was so sad. My kids love Jamie.

My husband loves Jamie. Jamie, when she left my house and fled back to Nashville. Literally too. I've never seen this side. I mean, Jamie was so upset. So upset. I was. And I started bawling crying.

And I know my husband literally called me when I was on the road. He was like, are you fucking crying over Megynastalian really? And I'm like, it's not. Yes, I am so bummed about not being able to make it two nights in a row, but really it's more of all the people I inconvenienced, right? So it's you, Ashley, you and your family. It's my husband had to take off work on Saturday to be with the boys. I had to ask my mom to watch my youngest on Friday so I could get on the road. And then the planning on top of it. First of all, I am a mother and I am a mother that's there 120% of the time.

Facts. I'm there for all my kids' shits and I don't like leaving them. And so like to leave them for one night and having to do all this, it just like, it all hit me at once and like the disappointment. You just wanted a fun mom night, right? Exactly. I mean, just to let loose. And like, I don't get those very often, you know?

No, we still had some, we still had- No, yes. I still had a blast. You don't inconvenience me by being my friend and spending time with me and my family. Well, I felt bad because I already like sprung like, hey, you want to go to this concert with me? I mean, I mean, trust me, you can spring a lot of things that'd be like, that's an inconvenience. Megan Thee Stallion, girl, I was right there with you. But it was, it just made me feel very sad. And so we had did a little open question for people to give some love, give some flowers to Jamie.

And then like a very good listener, one of my girlfriends message. And she's like, I feel like I got to do something for Jamie. I feel like she's my friend. So we sent Jamie some real flowers, but it just it just stinks. I know. And they're beautiful. They were beautiful. But Megan, Megan Lee Staline, it's not your fault for sure.

Yeah. We love you. It's fine. And we'll take tickets to your London show. I already told Jamie I'll go with her. Like someone get us tickets. I looked them up. I couldn't get any, but there's other sites, you know. Yes. London, Lee and I. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, that's the funny thing is I sent them both the schedules. Like where are we meeting? What's the show that we're going to? But unfortunately,

she really doesn't have much left on her leg of her tour. She only has a couple more shows. So, oh well, I might have to catch her next tour. It's all good. Like I said, it was more like the inconveniencing, you know, how, you know, I'm an empath. So it's like feeling that I, everyone I inconvenienced, just me trying to have a night, like a night. You could even have it. You know what I mean? Like, have you healed from that?

Yeah, I'm okay now. I got, I was able to resell one set of tickets and then- We're working on something. Yeah, we're working on- All right. Oh, I'm so sorry, Jamie. So hopefully all that we're able to attend had a fucking blast. It looked amazing.

I know. I hate it. It did. It did. She brought Lotto out, Flo Milli, the Atlanta housewives were even there. Lotto's at BD Energy, right? I love that song. Yes.

It's a great song. Oh, and she announced her new fucking album. That was the big secret that she wanted to give the Atlanta. Don't tell, don't tell Jamie. She didn't come to the concert. I mean, that's okay. I know about it, but yeah, yeah, it's okay. I'll be fine. I'll be fine. I'm fine. Everything's fine. But like, you know, a lot of people's Taylor Swift, like Megan's my Taylor Swift. Yes. Like there's only really two people, probably Little Kim and Megan, that like I would ever really want to see in concert just because stuff's so expensive these days or like travel.

And Taylor Swift's your Taylor Swift, right Ash? No. Or no? Okay. Mine's Adele. Yes. Right. So I always play the lotto.

I've saw her in Hyde Park. I've seen her in Houston. I mean, I love all that. I've never seen her. I love her. I'd love to see her. And I sing it all out. I know every single word, every song, every album. But anyways. Well, on that depressing note of, you know, concerts and piss travel. I know anything uplifting, anything, any good news to share? What do we got going on? It's good news. I mean, there's got to be something. I have weird news.

Like you have a nice article this week. Lee? Well, a nice one on layoffs. I know. Yeah. I had a nice one on layoffs with Business Insider. Oh, okay. Well, you still had a feature? Google Lee, Elena Henderson, Business Insider. And you can see this article. Yeah. Well, it was actually really exciting because my work bestie texted me and was like, Oh my God, isn't this your friend? And I was like, yes, text me the link now. I hadn't even seen it too. That's what's crazy. I didn't even know that it was out there. You know how that goes, you know? Like, oh, hi.

You'll see. Jamie, she'll find it. I know. We got you. We are online people. Well, that was my work bestie. You know, I do have something I want to share with you all. I had a dream last night, and it was kind of odd, but I wanted to share it with you

because you all will get it, you know? But Carly, this is when you can put some like dream music on in the background. I have very, very vivid dreams, very vivid dreams. And they're all in color, which is rare. But in my dream, all of a sudden I was saying goodbye to my loved ones. And it was kind of reminiscent of like the Titanic.

It was celebratory, but sad. Like that send off randomly. But like I was like in Abilene, Texas or something. I was like in a cold part of Texas, but I was still in Texas. And I was leaving and it was sad, but it was happy. My ass was just going on a business trip. Like, so that was, you know how dreams are like that was so weird. All my family was there, everyone I've ever known in my life, to say goodbye. All of a sudden, I show up at a business park. So I'm in the parking lot of another office building. But there's a carnival in the parking lot. The fun. Yeah, carnivals and basketball courts and the stratosphere was there. So I think I was out west, right? I just got into California. That kind of makes sense. And I walk into the lobby and I say,

hey, it's Lee and I'm here to help, right? You all hired me as a consultant. And they said, oh, we're so glad you're here because we're doing layoffs today. Like what? I mean, HR nightmare. So a nightmare. Oh my gosh, like an HR nightmare. I hate dreaming about like shit work in my dreams. You know what I'm talking about? I mean, like that just sucks. But I walk in into the office building and it kind of reminded me of office space where it's just like that cube bar. But there was a section that was glass walled off, kind of like the smoking section of a bingo hall, if you know that. I know, right?

Hashtag Mexican, hashtag been playing bingo in bingo halls for a long time. We have a ton of them down here. But that's what it looked like to me. And they had like packets and water bottles at every desk that the people that weren't being laid off, like it was all beautiful looking for the people that weren't being laid off. And then I was like, well, what's happening like in that smoker section, basically? And they're like, well, those are the people that were laying off. And I was like, who's that guy? Like doing the layoffs, right? All of a sudden,

he turns around. Thomas J. Henry. Do you all know Thomas J. Henry? He's a famous attorney. He's like a lawyer. Thomas J. Henry. Look him up. A personal injury attorney in Texas? No. He's a personal, yeah, no. No, he's famous. I believe you. I see on his website, he's been on page six. Do y'all know who Bart Dura is? I see all these things. I've never heard of him.

No, no. Okay. Well, I mean, so he's a famous attorney, and I think he threw a $2 million quinceanera for his daughter, like a huge birthday party. I wish I knew Thomas. I wish I knew Thomas J. Henry. Okay. But he's here in San Antonio, and of course there's all these commercials about him.

But that guy's in there doing the layoffs in the smoking section of this workplace. I was like, what the hell is Thomas J. Henry doing here? And my first question, this is the last thing of the dream is I asked the admin, I said, why is there a carnival outside? I don't think that sets the right tone for the people that are being laid off. And she's like, well, we just wanted them to have a chance to be happy one last time on our property or something like that. And then I woke up.

That sounds so true to life. Do y'all not remember my Bucky story? Yes, I do. Actually, yes, I do. And I have not told that onucky story? Yes, I do actually. Yes, I do. And I have not told that on the pod yet. Okay. We'll save that one. Yeah, save that.

That's quite the teaser. Isn't that a dream or what? That is wild. Well, I just looked. I really wish we were friends with Thomas J. Henry because I saw the Keen Senior, he threw a $3 million Super Bowl bash this year. Oh my gosh. I mean, I'd be thrilled.

Rollin' in that injury money, huh? a three million dollar Super Bowl bash this year. Oh my gosh. I mean, I'd... Wow. Rollin' in that injury money, huh? He had a Jonas Brothers thing or something? Like he or his daughter's dating something? Well, which one? Let's see. I mean, so he's kind of like you said, page 60. I mean, you know, he's out there.

Yeah, I see. He's right. I love it. Someone's dating somebody or something. I don't know. Yeah, I saw his... And he has a girlfriend. Oh, she has a girlfriend.

Oh, she looks much younger. But he's got private jets in his commercial and he's, you know, racked up $22 billion or something. I don't know. Thomas J. Henry, you can take us to go see Megan Lee. Hell yeah. That sounds like a great, Sean, to finish out this dream. I know, exactly. But it's okay.

Oh, keep dreaming, folks. Oh, gosh, anything else to share, ladies? Should we end us some good news? I think we're coming to the end of this happy hour so we can start our weekends. I know, weekend time. Any good news? None? We gotta have it.

Besides that weird dream? We gotta have it. Oh, gosh. It's one of those. Well, I'll tell you, I'm happy in Atlanta that it is the time of year that switches. Like when the pools first open here, like, you know, neighborhood pools and things like that, or community pools, when they first open, it's like, oh my God, it's like jump scare how cold it is. And I feel like finally we're moving into that where I can like ease into it and not like stick a toe in

and be like, oh my God, I need to have formiculobaltress to get in there. So that's why I'm grateful. Oh my gosh. Shout out summer weather. Hot girl summer. That's right. There, it all ties together.

It all ties together. Oh gosh. Well done. Cheers to Thomas J. Henry. I know. We have to tag him. We know who to go to if someone fucks with us, you know? That's right.

He knows he won't get paid if we get paid, I bet. Okay. Okay. And he can lay some people off, apparently. He's got the skill set. That's right. And the voice and all of that. Do you do it while juggling or things like that?

I do. I'm curious if people listening have had that and seen something like that where companies try to like jolly people up just before you're delivering bad news and just don't do that. Oh, I know. The carnival was overkill. Like, don't throw. Like, that's the takeaway from this happy hour. No need to set up a carnival in your work parking lot the day you do layoffs.

That's a little much, you know? Yeah, do it the day before. Oh, gosh. That's a little much, you know? Do it the day before. Oh gosh, that's over. Don't do it the day after the layoff. That'll make the news. Cheer everybody up. Nobody will find out. Nobody's going to make it. It's not going to go viral at all. Oh gosh. Oh gosh. Well, everyone enjoy their weekends on that note. Hopefully you're going to a pool or a carnival. Cheers. Bye. Music.

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