HR BESTIES - HR Besties Happy Hour - Spilling the Cup of Tea
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It's happy hour besties. It's Friday. Welcome to Friday.
Friday, Friday, getting down on Friday.
I like it.
That is a jam to this day. Still a jam. Rebecca Black.
I know. It's still a b. Rebecca Black. Oh, yeah. I know.
It's still a bop.
Have you seen her recently?
No.
She's a little vixen with her titties all out.
Oh, God.
No, for real.
Like she's hot.
I don't like that word.
I'll be honest.
You don't like titties?
No.
What do you say?
No.
Breasticles?
Breasticles?
Yeah, I guess so.
Boobs? I guess boobs. God, I love titties. It's such a power word for me. You say it a lot.
I do say it a lot.
I think every episode, I don't know.
I wouldn't go that far.
Is this why that person told me the other day on a call that our podcast is not their
cup of tea?
This is a fully served buckle.
This podcast isn't for you.
Oh, okay.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. call that our podcast is not their cup of tea. This was perfectly served.
Fuck off.
This podcast isn't for you.
Oh, okay.
And I didn't have a good, I need to, this is like, remember I told you at that time
that I, the guy was like, don't have asked this.
And I had a response in the minute.
I full ass everything, you know, I didn't have a response in the moment.
I just so, but take it On a networking call, someone would...
Yeah.
Okay, right. So I had like a networking call set up by somebody else.
And...
I just threw it in my mouth.
It's his worst nightmare.
And the thing... And we can probably talk about these because I...
Actually, all three of us actually got one from someone yesterday who reached out to us on LinkedIn asking individually for us
to set up calls to give us our takes on his business.
Like he has a business.
He's like, I want your feedback on my business.
Like, huh?
My feedback is your business sucks because you're reaching out to me like this.
Enough.
We are busy.
We are busy.
Like very busy.
And I, I, everybody's busy.
Well, hold on. And I stress this enough, we are busy. We are busy, like very busy.
And I, and...
Everybody's busy.
Hold on, I loved the, I loved what you said though.
Like, would we be reaching out to Monica Lewinsky, Jason Bateman to be like,
hey, Jason Bateman, you mind looking at my business model and giving me your thoughts?
Like, we would never do that.
Or do you think I'm funny?
Hold on. I feel like I'm saying we're celebrities. We're not, but like,
everyone's doing that to everybody on the LinkedIn, especially. Yeah.
Right. I do think it's, it's, and it's,
and I struggle with this because on one hand I'm like a shoot your shot person.
And I appreciate that someone in their invitation was clear about what they were looking for. But as I said to the ladies, I clearly was like, I barely have enough time to live.
Like I, you know, I constantly am like, okay, trying to figure out like my to do's and take and sometimes taking those calls.
It's all fine and good. But then it's like the energy beforehand, energy after like even as an extrovert, like I get tired mentally, I feel like drained.
And so anyway, on this particular call,
which was fine and good relatively,
but like then, but yeah, then they're talking about podcasts
and they were talking about their podcasts
and they're like, I know yours, like, you know,
it's our best, very successful.
It's not my cup of tea.
You know, oh, I mean, okay, fair.
Like again, like I, there's a reason that we don't have five
stars. I think we're four point nine, which is exciting.
But but like people are right.
People aren't going to like it. But it was odd to be on a one
to one call with someone and someone telling you to your
face. I guess, again, better that than have some comment
that's like rude. And I didn't ask in the moment, like, tell me
why. I could probably guess starting with the word that Jamie
started the podcast with.
That Jamie girl says titties a lot.
Yeah, it's that watch.
It's like occupied space in my head all week, that conversation. And then the ways I could
have reacted in the moment that I, other than like, huh, okay.
He made three pretty savage comments too, that you told us about. So like, yeah.
Wait, so what happened then?
So you all had a networking broker, basically, like put you together.
Mutual.
It's a ability to fill your dance cards with each other to have a connection.
I guess extroverts do this.
I'm trying to figure this out.
Like a friend, a friend.
So you had just like a random networking call with somebody.
And the connection was that you both have podcasts, right?
So two of my friends that have podcasts, why don't you, here, let me introduce you all.
You all maybe have a connection networking call.
So you do that.
So you're both going in with that frame of mind, right?
And then what were the other savage things that he said?
It was like their business. They do a bit more of a niche business and they're like,
you do manager training, but pretty crowded market, I guess, but you tell me.
Okay. Like, I'm like, what do you mean? Pull up my P&L. Like, I'll see, you know, like,
yeah, we're doing just fine. I have a little bit of a unique approach.
So anyway, but again, I also was like, well, yes and no.
You know, then I'm explaining like, well, I have it, but there's actually really nothing
comparable to this.
You know, then I'm like, why am I defending yourself to an insecure man?
Yeah.
Well, then I don't know.
It's just at the end, then it's like, let's work together.
Like, I mean, probably not.
But like Lee, I was thinking to, it's just at the end, then it's like, let's work together. Like, I mean, probably not. But I did, like Lee, I was thinking to myself
after I got off the call, I wish I had Lee GBDU's.
Because of course I'm like, yeah, okay.
And like again, like same thing as like shoot your shot.
Like we can work together.
Like I don't have, I certainly don't,
hopefully don't have too many enemies,
but like, I like, okay, like maybe, I guess you never know. Lee would have been like, I don't have, I certainly don't, hopefully don't have too many enemies, but like, I like,
okay, like maybe I guess you never know.
Lee would have been like, I don't think so.
Yeah, I may have cut off the call or cut off the call.
You know what I mean?
It depends.
Like if he would have said, well, it's not my cup of tea.
I would have went, damn, okay.
So why isn't it your cup of tea, right?
Like I'm going to seek to understand.
I'm going to let him offend me or I'm going to let him explain himself because that what a thing to say. It's loaded. Right. That's a loaded thing to say. Like you can't bullshit a bullshitter. You know, you can't come to me with something loaded because I got something loaded over here too. You know what I mean? Like I'm going to be ready for you. Right. I mean, you know, I'm going to, I'm going to call you on your shit instantly. No one gets to put their shit past me. I'm one of those, you know?
I am, you know, but I roll it in sugar at first and then I go crazy when I know that they're, they're coming from a bad place.
I go insane. Okay. Like really street quick, you know?
Poor Dan, my husband, because I've made like multiple times, I've now brought it up with ideas of what I could have said and I'm making analogies to this.
And I say, this is like the situation of at work, if you do something like do a good job
or you do something and the manager has to come in and cut you a bit.
Like, has some kind of like comment, like you work your ass off or something.
And then the manager's like, Oh, I see a typo on page three.
And that's it. And you're like, okay, I gotcha. But like, what about the other, you know,
12 pages or four? Like what? And so-
So, hey, let's do this. Let's do this. I got an idea to rudely cut you off. But it's just,
let me remember it. I've got ADHD. So let me just get this out real quick. Even me just
saying this, I'm forgetting. Hold on. It's like one of those
days. Yeah, I know. It's like real time thinking here. What if, because we know he doesn't
listen to this podcast, you connect with him and I will set up a sacrificial call with
him, even though it's the thing I hate to do most in the world. And I will network with him and let him tell this no face,
that same bullshit.
And I will call him on that shit.
I will ask him, I'll do it sweet at first.
I'm pleasant as hell. I'm charming as hell.
So if he says, well, I've listened to the podcast, but I don't really like it.
Oh, you don't like it.
Do tell. Tell me why you don't like it. I want to know every. Oh, you don't like it. Do tell. Tell me why you don't like it.
I want to know every single reason why you don't like it. You know? Like I will dig into this
for you if you would like me to so that you can sleep. I love this. And then I'll talk about,
I'll come up with all the research in that call about how manager training is untapped. Mark, I'll do like everything you want.
Like, just like give me the script for justice.
It's a script of justice.
That's what I need you to send me.
And I will do that just for fun, just to enjoy myself.
You know, we should do that though.
This is, we're busy, but not busy enough to fuck with you.
I am never too busy to fuck with somebody.
And that is it right there.
And I need that on a t-shirt because that is so true.
I teach lessons every fucking day, people.
I coach lessons to assholes every day.
And I will do it here.
I want to challenge you a little bit on that t-shirt idea,
because verbally it sounds great.
If you say it on a t-shirt, people are going to miss the word with.
People are going to miss the word with. People are going to miss the word with.
And you're going to have a lot of people.
That's one of those shirts if you see like, I won the Masters in Big Print and it'll be
like, I won a ticket to watch the Masters at the local bar.
The Little Print.
I love to miss people.
I took it to the world.
So if it just says, I just, I fuck people.
Every day.
Every day.
So it's 8 a.m.
Are you looking to fill that dance card, please?
Oh my gosh, which reminds me of our shirts.
Like please don't give me that shirt.
We're going to HR Tech, which is in September.
It's in Vegas. And we have this little thing where we're each going to buy each other a naughty t-shirt.
I don't know how else to put it.
You know what I mean?
Like it just whatever.
It's going to be risque.
Is that the way to say it?
Like, you know, just something tacky, quirky, whatever.
I found the perfect shirts,
because I bought two, one for each of you.
And I'm like, Josh even, my husband,
was like, oh my God, I'm like, I know.
Okay, I'm excited.
Really?
I mean, yes.
Uh-oh, uh-oh, I haven't got mine yet.
I've got some things in my cart.
Is it, so let me ask you this,
because I, yeah, I've had a few,
but is it tacky, funny
risque?
Does it need to be risque?
Probably not.
No, it can be anything.
Anything that suits the person.
But you know, you saw Jamie's face right there.
No one else did.
I did.
She did a little thing like, like she's like my risque.
Like I, I'm sure hers are going to be questionable and probably pretty embarrassing at best. Yeah.
Pretty nasty, maybe risque over there, I could tell just by looking at her face here.
A bit of an inside joke that I found that I was...
Yeah.
Oh, gosh.
Okay.
Yeah.
As it should be.
They should be inside jokes, right?
Oh, yes.
So we'll take video.
Like we planned to...
There's like a trend, like we saw the young people doing it online about you know getting each other shirts and stuff
And then they surprise each other on vacation they go into the bathroom
Then they walk out this walk of shame you know what I mean wearing this shirt
You know so we'll definitely we'll have a fashion show for sure in late September
So look out for that. Did y'all ever do those fashion plates back in the day? Yes
Oh my god, you like back in like 80s plates back in the day? Yes. Oh my God.
Back in like 80s and 90s you like would do. Oh, it's good. I think actually I do think
that they still have them. It's fun. It's like a creativity thing.
It's like little plastic hard plates and there's a raised part on it and you put a piece of
paper over it and you like color over it. And so it like imprints. But the best part
about it is you can, you know, mix up the bottoms and the tops. And so I like thought, oh, I'm going
to be a fashion designer. I'm going to be a radio DJ slash fashion designer at Benetton.
Oh, totally. And I would you because then you can you trace it like James said, you can swap in it
out like get crazy have like a Jersey and a business skirt, a pencil skirt, and then the socks, like I'd have one sock teal, one sock magenta
always, like, and then like maybe like a hair tie, getting crazy, like real, real cute.
But total mess. I think I've seen that on Millennial Misery, Jamie.
Oh, you're bringing back the memes.
Yeah, I definitely have posted that at least one or two times.
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So one thing I know we wanted to touch upon in this happy hour is that Jamie was late.
So she was late to throw her under the bus, but she almost got pulled over by a police
officer because she may or may not have done an illegal URI.
I did.
To get here.
Yeah.
So my oldest is in practice, in middle school football practice.
And so he gets done in the middle of the daggum day.
So I had to pick him up and we were all ready.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Did you just say daggum?
Daggum.
Yeah.
I love it.
So I'm literally on the way home.
I wouldn't have been late.
And then my son goes, oh, his little bestie who's also on the football team needs a ride.
And so I was like, Mother, I'm not gonna let the poor kid, you know, walk home because
it is a good two and a half miles from the school and it was raining.
So I busted a Huey and the cop definitely saw me but luckily I didn't get stopped and his little bestie
got picked up.
And right now they are downstairs screaming, so I'm glad y'all can hear it, having the
time of their lives.
And Lee and I had time for a drink to start the happy hour and talk shit about Jamie,
like a good besties.
Yeah.
But I'm usually never late.
No.
That's true. You're early.
You're the early one.
I'm always late.
But Ashley, didn't you almost get arrested?
Starting rumors.
Didn't you almost get arrested?
Many times.
Many times.
There is an intersection.
You know, sometimes there's an intersection.
So I was at an intersection the other day and I yielded at it as I thought I was supposed to. And I like glance, nobody's
there and quickly turned, turned, turned out, but it's like right near a church. And so
there's all these police in the middle, middle of the road. And it, but, and I turn and there's
like traffic right there. So I stopped this police officer walked up to me with that look,
like are you a fucking idiot? Like, look, and he's like, really? He's like in front of a cop.
And I'm like, the fuck did I do?
And so he's like, you didn't even bother
to stop at that stop sign.
And I was like, oh, I thought that was a yield sign.
And he was like, it has eight sides.
And I was like, kind of trying to glance back.
He's like, take my word for it.
Feel free to look at it next time.
But like, yeah, don't run a stop sign
when you're in front of a police officer, just please. And I was like, take my word for it. Feel free to look at it next time. But like, yeah, don't run a stop sign when you're in front of a police officer, just please.
And I was like, huh, anyway, as you can imagine,
I've brought this up to so many people I know.
Like, hey, let me ask you this, the coroner
of this intersection, do you think it's a stop sign
or a yield sign?
And people are like, I don't know,
I think it's a yield, uh-uh.
And so I do not consider myself like an influencer
or things like that. I am influencing the people of Dunwoody, Georgia to stop at that
stop sign. So I'm trying to take my experience and do good. But I was like laughing thinking
of it because I'm like the seventh time I brought it up to somebody. I'm like, Lee would
have some thoughts about this and Jamie would chuckle because I can't. Like, let me ask
you this. What do you think? Would you stop or yield?
Like, probably yield.
Well, don't do that.
Don't do that, especially not on Sundays.
So anyway.
So it truly is a stop sign there.
It is a stop sign.
I saw that the other time.
And I almost stopped and took a picture of it.
And then I was like, okay, well, now I'm not going to use my phone in my car as you're
not allowed to in Georgia.
I see the police officer like it's curb your enthusiasm.
But anyway,
it was so that yeah, I've been sure about that all week.
So you've been kind of a junior police officer for your community basically?
I'd like to think so. I'm in law enforcement. I'm trying to enforce the laws and brailled
awareness. It's like PSA's, it's a public service announcement. So I'm trying to bring
that into conversation and shockingly, nobody really wants to continue conversations with me much after that, if
that's what I'm bringing to it.
Because you know what is so funny about that to me, like you asked for my reaction, right,
is that since you assumed it was a yield or you did something bad, then like the whole
town must be doing the same thing. Right? You know what I mean? Like, because how could you, I mean, if it's you,
surely everyone has taken this as a yield
or this one stop sign, unserious.
You know what I mean?
Yes, it's a shared experience.
It is.
Because all of a sudden, it's like, you know,
in my mind, I can see the real of times
when I've seen cars cruise right through that,
like a yield sign, as I have clearly many times before.
And so it is, I have to assume it's a shared experience, which my survey or people are
just saying what they think they want me to hear to make me feel better, which is probably
true.
Does that one stop sign look like a yield sign?
Does it have soft edges?
Like is there a tree that like blocks it?
Because y'all are so tree-y over there.
We are very tree-y. And so yes, there's trees nearby and it's just the placement of where
it is. I mean, there's traffic coming from the left, but like something about it's off.
And so now I think I'm going to just set up an appointment at City Hall, go meet with
Dumbadies Mayor, Lynn DeUrgeman about, and just ask, can you make it less safe at this intersection,
please? Can you remove the stop sign and turn it into a yield to reflect reality? I think
it's fair.
Either that or get the lights. You know how they have some of the stops? Like no one's
honoring this. So you go one way, pick a way. You make it a yield, you remove it all together,
or you start putting the lights on this bitch
because no one's obeying this one stop sign.
Exactly.
It's like the, it's like a company's people are like, what is this unhinged conversation?
But love a good analogy.
It's like at work when someone's leaving and they're like, okay, if you pay out vacation,
like how many vacation days they have left?
Oh, they have 17.
Huh? They've have 17. Huh?
They've recruited 17.
I know they've used more than that, but nobody uses the PTO request system.
No one uses it.
And so then at the end, it's like, well, wait, they've taken the vacation and now we're paying
them out for it.
I'm like, well, you know, so this is the equivalent of the unused PTO request form is this stop
sign in Downwood, Georgia.
You know what I'm talking about?
I actually think I do.
It's where it kind of...
I think you do. Yeah. I it kind of... I think you do.
Yep.
I don't think I even stopped at it.
Jamie, did you see? Here we are. Again, I'm spreading. So it's like an off kind of like
off kilter thing. So people that are listening from Dunwoody.
Well, yeah, because it merges into...
All of you.
Yes, exactly.
And see, you said this on purpose, this story on purpose to start coaching and teaching
too, that one-stop sign, you know what I mean?
Yeah, exactly.
There we go.
So, would you pay out that PTO?
You pay out what's in the system?
Or do you do, would you waste your time?
It's a loaded question.
Investigating the actual vacation days of someone who's leaving after the fact.
You would, wouldn't you?
I could tell.
Yeah.
Well, let me ask you this.
Would it depend if there are...
Treat everyone fairly, but do it depend if it's a nice person or a not nice person?
No, I wouldn't even do it.
Okay.
Yeah. I mean, it's... yes, and I've seen those situations.
I probably would be hard pressed to go in and do an investigation.
And I would say to the manager, this is why you need to make sure that your team is doing
this.
Exactly.
Would probably be my inclination.
Yeah, we just need to manage better.
These damn people.
Oh, man.
Well, you have some manager training if you can find it.
There you go.
I hear there's a market.
There's a market for it.
I don't think it's tapped out go. I hear there's a market. There's a market for it.
I don't think it's tapped out.
Damn.
Okay.
Let me know.
Let me know.
Make that connection, girl.
And I will get on the phone with that bitch and have that networking conversation.
Make sure you drop the word pity.
So good.
Oh my God.
Well, we don't know.
Ashley will spit out her coffee.
We don't know if that's why.
We don't know if you're the reason and your vernacular is why this isn't his cup of tea. It could be me and my bad
attitude. Listen, me and my ways.
If you listen on Spotify, every episode, there's like a poll that you can do. Why is this podcast,
if this podcast were not your cup of tea, why would that be?
Can you open and...
And I would have Jamie's word.
Like people can write, ah, damn.
No, it has people...
Are they back?
No.
Are the questions back?
Now they have, so they changed it.
So yeah, you can just, now it just says comments.
It's just a standard Spotify thing.
So there was a thing where we could add,
I don't think we can edit it.
They like, basically you can like go and send things and the comments come
to us and we can publish it. And it's kind of a, Jamie's husband puts very funny things.
We've talked about this. Sometimes I publish. Sometimes I do not publish. I don't, but I
do polls. I think we should ask if I, if Lee should avenge Ashley. Yeah, I like this. That
is, and I will, if you all want me to, I will be a seeker. Yeah, I like this. And I will.
If you all want me to, I will be a seeker of justice.
I love this.
That's what we're going to make it.
Yes, I will totally do that.
Okay, respect.
Oh, gosh.
Well, I know that we got some hard stops going on here.
It's Friday.
We got to keep the party going.
But any feel-goods, anything anyone wants to share?
What's going on this week to close
us out?
I actually have one, guys.
Oh my God, Jamie.
It is my baby's, Johnny, seventh birthday today.
So tomorrow we have a birthday party for him and then my husband's birthday is on Sunday.
Wow.
They're that close?
Yes. Yes.
Well, we got to pick Johnny's birthdate and it actually falls on Josh's father's
birthdate.
So that's why we picked that.
Yeah.
Oh, that's nice.
It's two days before.
So, yes, my little Leos, we're celebrating them this weekend.
I'm very excited about it.
Oh, some pull time or what? Yeah, Johnny, we usually have a giant bash of like 50 people at our house and do water
slides and we have a pool. And this year he said to me, and like we go all out, like,
you know, my husband's a chef, so he cooks the whole spread. And Johnny said to me, he
goes, I don't want to baby potter this year. I want to go to a trampoline park.
Oh my gosh.
A swamp of weed.
So we're going to a trampoline park for a big boy birthday party. So I'm a little, it's a little sad,
but also I don't have to do anything.
Yeah, no, that's the best.
Like I literally just show up with cupcakes.
Cupcakes and money.
So I'm kind of like, yeah, I'm like, I'm spending probably just as cupcakes. Cupcakes and money. That's it. Yeah. I'm like...
Facts.
I'm spending probably just as much, like the same amount, but I don't care.
You don't have to prep.
Yep.
I just arrive with cupcakes.
Clean up.
Clean before.
Well, if you miss having those backyard water slide parties, you let us know and we will
have a besties bash in your backyard.
Lena, we will show up.
You can count us in.
You'll see.
My house is like a party anyway.
I usually have, well, no, y'all know.
I usually have like 10 to 12 kids here every weekend anyway.
So it's not-
Just another day.
Yeah, it's just another day.
Menagerie, the roosters, Jamie's, all with the kids galore.
Dog, cats.
And then there's Jamie floating in the pool just chilling, living her best life.
I love it.
Every weekend I look forward to those videos.
Oh damn.
What about you Ashley, besides your crusade for the stop sign?
That's taken up a lot of my mental energy.
I know it has.
A lot of my energy.
But I'm actually getting my kids back today from summer camp.
They've been gone for a month.
So they were getting them.
So I'm excited to have all the snuggles here, all those things.
Certainly, I'm sure have an urgent care appointment
for impotigo and all those Oregon Trail diseases
that I never really remembered until they popped back.
Dysentery.
Yes, exactly.
So we will be fording the river.
And yeah, that's I'm very, very excited.
Well, they look like they've been literally having the best time at camp.
The pictures you shared, holy cow.
Yeah.
What an experience for them.
I mean, those are like lifelong memories that they'll talk about.
This is why I manifested right around the, I HR manifestoed right around the time we
were starting the podcast.
I really want us to do an adult summer camp and have it have a little bit of a little
bit of business like some continuing education credits needed needed to halt maybe a drink
ago.
Um, but have that, but also have a lot of like a lot of
fun and community and tie-dye shirts.
So yeah, like I just want to besties bash, like you said, maybe a little learning, some
fireside chats over wine, drinking, drinking, you know, brought summer.
Yes, summer 2025.
It's happening.
Yeah.
But I think what I'm saying we're doing camp in Vegas. Remember, it's happening. Yep. But I think we're doing camp in Vegas.
Remember, that's what you said.
I was like, I want to do camp.
Jamie's like, that's what Vegas is for adults.
That's where we could get away.
So we'll definitely do that.
I wanted to just give a shout out.
I had a really cool dining experience this past weekend.
And so I went to this new joint in San Antonio called Nikozi.
And I don't know if anyone saw my stories on it, but it's Chef Tabelle Bristol Joseph.
And he is incredible.
We met through an old coworker of mine, but he has this new place, Pullman Market, down at the Pearl,
and this restaurant, no kidding, no cameras allowed.
I've never seen that before.
They actually, they put a sticker.
They put a sticker over everyone's cameras when you go in,
and you go into this dark, black curtain lined room,
and the kitchen's right in the middle, the serving area.
And you're just like, it's just designed to where you focus on the food and your palate and the taste.
And it's just this sensory explosion. I mean, it is intense. It's absolutely brilliant.
But highly, highly recommend. It was gorgeous. It was delicious.
But boy, that made my week. I can
live off that there for a while. He's going to change the menu every three months. So I'll be
back. I'll go like four times a year to do that because I'm into that. So that is badass. Like
when y'all come back down here, man, like, I mean, it is mind blowing, you know,
like what's put together.
I felt like ratafucking tooie.
So no chicken tendies and fries, huh?
No, no, no, no.
But they got that shit, you know, in some restaurants there.
So all sorts of San Antonio, big foodie town.
So if you're into that, definitely come on by.
But I was like, I told them, I was like, shit, I feel like I'm in New York City or something.
This is next level. And to be down here in San Antonio, you know, like wow.
So major shout out there. It's delicious.
Now I'm hungry. What's everybody's go-to appetizer?
Like a chili style appetizer?
Well, I mean, you're going to do the trio there at Chili's.
No, Chips and Salsa at Chili's.
Oh yeah.
I can't do that.
I haven't been to a Chili's in like probably 15 years.
Oh, what?
I was at Chili's like two months ago.
I love Chili's.
It's just, it's hard when you have a chef husband.
No offense, Josh, I love you.
But like, you know, I mean, it's hard because he obviously, his palates very, it's better
than mine, let's just say.
And so I like a chili chip.
Yeah, the simple things.
The simple things, you know, I like a caprese with a burrata.
Yes. Yeah. So yeah, I'llrese with a burrata. Yes.
Yeah.
So, yeah, I'll just take the burrata.
Are you kidding me?
Just give me, it was some balsamic glaze.
Oh, I know.
Oh, some pickled onions on that bitch.
Oh my God.
Extra basil.
I know.
I guess we are hungry.
I know.
We got to get some apps at this happy hour going.
Some fried, I'll pop some fried pickles on there.
Oh, I love tamped pickles. That's a some fried pickles on there. Ooh, I love fried pickles.
That's a good app too.
Anything fried.
Sure is.
I'd eat fried dog shit dipped in ranch.
I'm going to change the poll.
Should Lee, two questions, should Lee make the call and should she eat fried?
Anything dipped in ranch.
Oh, yes.
Can't go wrong.
Anything fried.
Fuck.
Anyway, I guess we are hungry.
Damn, I guess we should all get to...
I know, we all need to get to appetizers and whatever else.
But we wish everyone a happy weekend, don't we?
Yes.
Yes.
Don't forget your feel-goods today.