Episode 9: Ross Dress for Less / Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament

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Everybody's got an opinion

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Every Californian and Virginian.

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It's so hard to tell who to trust and who to ignore

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. TREY: Hello?

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Hello, welcome to Review That Review.

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the, um, intro song is always my warm-up like, you know, when you go to the gym and

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That's what our themes dog does for me.

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I hope, I hope it energizes the audience.

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I wonder if the audience steps that, cause they're just so eager to get to us or

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I mean, I will say it was at a friend's house last night and

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It was like very trippy.

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She like

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Wait really?

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I swear!

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She couldn't stop singing the theme song.

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And I was like, oh my God, it gets stuck in other people's heads besides mine.

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So maybe we should apologize to Rice-A-Roni.

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No, that's not happening, but I do think like we are so lucky

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Should we say what we are, what we

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Oh yeah.

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I mean, if you, if you're listening this far, maybe you already know, but just in case,

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We do though have, written transcriptions of each episode for

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So let's just say it for the fun of event.

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Do you want to wait?

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Do you want to say it together?

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I want to see how it

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I think it will go badly, but we can try.

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Okay.

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Ready?

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Sure.

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1, 2, 3,

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welcome

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to review that rear view the

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podcast static.

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...You're trying to be bad.

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I am not!

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I'm trying to be good!

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Oh...

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Welcome to Review That Review, the podcast dedicated to reviewing.

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...reviews!

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We're just like Siskel and Ebert only instead of reviewing cinematic, masterpieces, we

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That's Chelsey Donn.

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Yeah.

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And that's Trey Gerrald.

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and together.

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We're

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The Review Queens!

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Okay.

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How's your crown today?

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Chels ,You RQ, You!

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Aw that RQ.

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I like that.

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Yeah.

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You RQ you.

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Um, my crown is great.

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It's virtual today, so it's quite light, which I appreciate.

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I feel very good.

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, how have you been how's your week been?

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Trey.

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I'm good.

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My crown's also virtual.

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Other side.

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I'm good.

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I'm good.

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It was a little rainy today, which was a little unexpected I'm.

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So in this habit now of going on a daily walk sometimes two, with the two dogs

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I have this tandem leash.

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So it's like the two dogs.

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And so it's, it is an event.

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It's not a bad thing, but it's an event.

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And then we get outside and then David wanted to join and our nephew Denver's staying.

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So then he was going to come and then it was, then we literally walked,

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We walked maybe five steps and it started like, it was like, oh, I think it's spitting.

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And then it was like,

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Oh, no.

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it was crazy.

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So we ran back.

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Did you get caught or would you even, were you able to get home?

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No.

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We were like so close to the garage.

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Like we were still in the driveway that it was sort of like, well,

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But then it did sort of stop a little bit.

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And David walked around with an umbrella and I just sort of took the rain.

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It was fine.

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How about you?

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I'm good.

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I have this random pain sometimes in my, I know it's weird in my pointer finger on my left hand,

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And so I had this like throbbing pain and this finger all night, so I didn't get the best

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Oddly enough.

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That is so wild.

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The body is so weird how everything is connected.

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Yeah, it's bizarre.

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But Jenny, Watch That Rock Pilates, I mean, she knows what she's doing, so thank God for

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She said you got a problem in your finger.

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Let's move that neck.

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Let's move that neck.

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Well, besides the, um, pain in your finger, is there any complaint you want a lodge?

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Lodge a Complaint.

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Yes.

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I would like to lodge a complaint against cell phones.

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Like, you know, when you have full bars, like you look at your phone, you're like,

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And then you're like, I have full bars and then your friends, like I also have full bars.

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do the bars even mean anything anymore?

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It's really annoying.

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Does the friend have the same,

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No different service provider, you know, does this happen to you?

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It's odd that you're saying that because I do find that I will

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When I purchased my iPad, this is a tangent.

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I was duped into getting it a cell plan, which I didn't comprehend what was happening.

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And then I did, when I got my bill and I was like, what the fuck?

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And then I called and was like, wait, what happened?

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And they're like, yeah, that's correct.

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And I was like, oh, but I can, I have it without that.

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And they're like, that's the plan you chose?

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And I was like, so I just felt stupid.

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And I hung up and then like later I was like, I have to cancel this!

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Tangent.

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Okay.

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Um, yes, I do have to flip my cell phone a lot back from like I T turn the wifi

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I'll put on airplane, not airplane

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Same.

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and some how that will trigger better service.

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But I have to like do that for a couple of seconds.

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It's very weird.

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it is very weird.

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It doesn't really make any sense to me.

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I don't know what the bars are supposed to mean.

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Like I thought I could trust the bars, you know, like right now I have two bars and I live

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So that feels accurate to me.

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And that's okay.

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Like, I'm cool.

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If you want to let me know that I don't always have full service, but don't lie to me.

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It's hurtful.

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I hear that so hard.

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What's the first visual.

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When you hear the word B A R S.

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Jail.

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Oh, see, I think of like a candy bar,

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Oh God.

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What does that say about us?

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but I also, like when you were saying bars, I then thought about like a bar,

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Oh, or bar.

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Wow.

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I think that, I felt maybe I felt bars like jail bars, because I feel imprisoned by, you

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You know, David has Verizon and I still have AT&T.

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Yes.

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And that is a very interesting dynamic for a spouse to have a different wireless company,

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But the good thing about that is that if one of us doesn't have service, odds are the other one will.

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And that's really fantastic.

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That is nice.

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I think that's helpful.

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I actually think it's helpful to have an inter wireless or inter network relationship.

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Yeah.

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That's like, that's the key to marriage.

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is the key.

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I mean, weirdly enough, you would be great here AT&T service at my house is excellent.

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Verizon is no good.

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So maybe we should just do a swap.

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Okay.

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That, that's fine with

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Seems like a realistic solution.

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Anyway, what is your complaint?

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Do you have a complaint to lodge?

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Yeah.

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I have a couple of complaints to lodge.

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the one that's the most pressing I'm choosing to not do because it's so basic.

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And it's been covered a lot.

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The roof of my mouth was burned today by a Hot Pocket, but I'm not going to go into that.

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Cause it's just, everyone knows.

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And it's like, enough.

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I think we should go into it, but sure.

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Well, I just feel like it's like such an

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this is your cathartic moment.

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So pick, pick the complaint you want to lodge.

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I want to lodge a complaint against taking group photos.

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mmm, Okay.

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Okay.

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Now this is something that really gets me.

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And I know that I am married to a professional photographer, so I need to

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Yeah,

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it's something that has come up a lot in our relationship because

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Wanted to take a picture underneath every Broadway marquee.

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Like anytime we saw a show and we were very fortunate that that's like an

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So we would go to a lot of Broadway shows and I am a person that I

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And so I'm always in a rush.

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And then I want to like go in and I want to like sit down.

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I want to read the Playbill, anyway, that has come up a lot.

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But when we're in group settings, And it's like, let's commemorate

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Everyone gets together.

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Well, we're not in like in a photo development phase anymore.

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everyone has a smartphone, everyone's having a side conversation.

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No one is ready to stand together and then take a picture.

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And then some Aunt is always going to have her eyes closed.

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Some family member that suddenly has disappeared and they've gone to the bathroom

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Can't say, oh, we got away.

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Everyone weighed everyone.

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And that's like, let's get the waiter over here to take a picture.

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And then it's like, the waiter has 17 tables and they don't want to take your stupid picture.

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And it's like, or you get somebody.

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Like doesn't know how to use the phone.

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And then it's like, oh no, this is an Android.

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I don't have an Android.

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then it's like, oh yeah, this is an Android.

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Now you have to do this.

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Oh wait, can you do a flash?

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It's like, I don't know how to work the phone.

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And then you have to like go over and do stuff.

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And then everyone's like, oh wait, are my eyes closed?

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Oh, I don't like my, everyone has to look at the picture...

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...a week later.

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And then we haven't even gotten to the Jewish goodbyes yet.

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It's like, then, it's 25 minutes before we complete taking this photograph.

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And then someone's not happy with the picture a group.

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Always!

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just really...

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...you don't end up using the photo,

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well, no one uses the photos anyway.

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It's like, they just like sit Marie Kondo, digital clutter.

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Like no one is seeing these pictures.

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Yeah.

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But I do recognize that it is really nice to go back and see images from a long time ago.

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And I recognize the value.

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It just it's like back in the days you took a picture, it went to the photo lab.

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You waited a week.

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They developed it.

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One hour photo.

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Oh my God.

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One hour photo.

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and then you would get whatever the picture was...was!

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Yeah.

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But now we're also in this whole digital age of face tuning and beauty

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And so no one thinks they look pretty because we're not used to seeing actual humans anymore.

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We're seeing like fake, blurred out skin people.

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Oh, it's just a vicious circle.

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Yeah.

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I feel you, I think it's so funny actually to me that you brought this up because

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I was like very stressed because I was running late and then they got there and

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And I just, you know, she's like, you look like, you know how to take a good picture.

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And I'm like, well, that's an accurate assumption.

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So I felt like, yeah, let me help him out.

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And

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that is the danger right there,

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20 later,

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that, but her saying, oh, you're going to be good at this.

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It's already like, you're going to be too much work for me.

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Sorry.

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I interrupted you, keep going.

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I Know it was so much work and there were kids in the photos that they weren't looking.

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And it's just funny to me that you brought that up because that literally just happened to me so...

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accurate.

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And then also, I just, I do recognize that like family matters and like we

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That was why I stepped up, even though I was late.

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Cause I was like, yes, I am good at taking these photos.

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And like, I can imagine you might get a terrible photo.

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So like allow me to give you this experience.

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But it did go on a little bit longer than I had anticipated.

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I'm amazed that we had just talked about photos for so long.

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I mean, it actually, this is really becoming an enjoyable segment for

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Yeah.

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Are pretty universal.

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And so like, there is something freeing about like sharing it and

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And then it's like, well, whatever, you know,

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Yeah.

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Oh, it's great.

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Sometimes you need to kvetch and with that in mind,

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sorry.

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I just, I just.

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No I just, got, um,

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the lozenge.

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Chelsey sent me a care package, black currant sugar-free Grether's Pastilles.

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Dell ...pustules?

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Yeah, "Pastilles".

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I don't know.

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It's French.

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I think

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I remember my voice teacher in college always had these,

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Yeah, they're so good.

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so I was popping one in my mouth because I wanted it to be able

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And then you were like, teeing me up so beautifully.

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wow.

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18 minutes in and

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Well,

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in and here we are.

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Okay.

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I would be remiss.

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Um, not right before we started to just point out to the audience who can't see what I can see.

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That Trey is like serving us sexy.

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Where's Waldo today.

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This is from our photoshoot.

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I know, but it's like in just the red and white Stripe, I dunno, you're serving me Waldo

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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I could wear my glasses.

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I just, yeah, if you had the glasses, you would be, oh my God.

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Yes.

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Like Trey, you know, like when you go on the internet and you see those Halloween

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Adorable, Where's Waldo.

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I went as a Where's Waldo before

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Did you wear that shirt?

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I wore like the actual, like expensive Where's Waldo costume shirt.

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well, there you go.

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Anyway,

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It came with a beanie.

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That was really cute.

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I don't know where that went.

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Okay.

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Anyway, whatever.

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anyway, but you have a crown instead All right.

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That was a tangent.

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Let's get into.

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Assess that Kvetch

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All right, who's going first.

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So I think you're going first today.

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Did I go first, last time?

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It is I, the gay Review Queen.

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Oh my goodness.

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I'm so excited.

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Hit it, Sistah.

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Review That Review.

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Okay.

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my review today is a one dot review from TripAdvisor.

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This is on a list.

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It is number 102 of 318 things to do in Honolulu.

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And it is from Lisa and the review subject is shopping at Ross Dress

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So it has nothing to do with Honolulu.

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What?

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I'm so confused.

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So, wait, hold on this, you found this on a list,

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...of things to do in Honolulu,

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but what we actually discovered was a review for the Ross in

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Virginia

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Virginia.

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Because Lisa wrote the review

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under this

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the Honolulu Ross Dress for Less.

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Oy Lisa.

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Okay.

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Already, already starting off on an interesting foot.

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All right.

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Let's hear from Lisa.

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Okay.

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I experienced a first this evening.

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While traveling, we stopped at Ross Dress for Less in Glen Alen, Virginia.

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I had found an item of clothing in another Ross store in another city, but needed a larger size.

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So stopped when I found this Ross.

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It was 7:30 PM and the store didn't close until 10:00 PM.

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As I shopped, I was pleased to find what I was seeking as well as several

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Here's the shocker!

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I was told all dressing rooms are closed after 7:30, so I couldn't try them on.

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Are you kidding me?

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A clothing store that doesn't allow you to try them on before purchase.

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If you're perhaps having security issues, hire a security guard.

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If you can't do that, then you should close the store the minute you close the dressing rooms.

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I had several items I chose not to purchase when I found this out.

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I even quite shopping altogether.

TREY: 00:16:12

I proceeded to the checkout with only the item I had found in the larger size

TREY: 00:16:25

There was one woman with two small children in front of me.

TREY: 00:16:28

I waited for her to decide what she was purchasing and deliberate for several minutes

TREY: 00:16:41

At this point, I was becoming rather agitated since we had a long drive still ahead of us.

TREY: 00:16:49

The manager couldn't get the woman's card to run through and kept apologizing.

TREY: 00:16:54

After at least 10 more minutes, she announced she would have to void the entire

TREY: 00:17:05

She apologized to me for having to wait.

TREY: 00:17:07

At which time I expressed my concerns and shock at their policy.

TREY: 00:17:14

She told me she had expressed comments to the manager.

TREY: 00:17:18

But he wouldn't let her keep the dressing rooms open later.

TREY: 00:17:21

I stated that he then needed to be on site dealing with angry customers.

TREY: 00:17:28

Furthermore, I informed her, I was told she was the manager, a comment to which

TREY: 00:17:42

After waiting several more minutes for the transaction, still to be completed for the

TREY: 00:17:54

This store lost ALL of my business this evening, and I can assure

TREY: 00:18:01

When next I travel this way.

TREY: 00:18:04

Furthermore, everyone I know will hear this story.

TREY: 00:18:08

In my opinion, there are enough Ross's in the Richmond, Virginia, that if you

TREY: 00:18:23

I've never been so appalled in my life.

TREY: 00:18:27

And I've shopped at many, a Ross store and many states as I've traveled.

TREY: 00:18:33

Very disappointed and amazed this store is allowed to operate this way.

CHELSEY: 00:18:43

Wow.

CHELSEY: 00:18:44

Oh my God.

CHELSEY: 00:18:45

Lisa, Lisa, like, I feel like I need like a fire extinguisher or something to put her out.

CHELSEY: 00:18:51

She was really fired up there.

TREY: 00:18:55

I have a lot of thoughts here.

TREY: 00:18:56

There are a bunch of like, very like random misspellings.

TREY: 00:19:00

everyone will hear about this.

TREY: 00:19:01

It's spelled H E R E.

TREY: 00:19:04

there's a bunch of I'S that are not capitalized.

TREY: 00:19:07

Also.

TREY: 00:19:07

I do recognize the validity of complaining what's the point in shopping

TREY: 00:19:13

But I will say that everyone knows that Ross and TJ, max, all these stores, they

TREY: 00:19:21

All the stuff in the line going to check out is like gadgets and gizmos.

TREY: 00:19:26

A plenty.

TREY: 00:19:27

So you don't have try them on anyway.

TREY: 00:19:29

Okay.

TREY: 00:19:30

I've talked a lot.

TREY: 00:19:31

Tell me what you're thinking.

TREY: 00:19:32

Chels.

CHELSEY: 00:19:33

So many thoughts.

CHELSEY: 00:19:34

Like, first of all, I feel like I need to put aside that she reviewed

CHELSEY: 00:19:39

Cause that's gonna distract me now.

CHELSEY: 00:19:40

But I do have a question, like when I put this on this list of Honolulu things, does

TREY: 00:19:52

No, this was Honolulu location.

CHELSEY: 00:19:55

okay, well then therefore this route review is like completely useless.

CHELSEY: 00:19:59

Would this impact my ability to, or my willingness to shop at this Ross, et cetera.

CHELSEY: 00:20:05

Like, I feel like I can't even bring that into play, However I have thoughts.

CHELSEY: 00:20:09

All right.

CHELSEY: 00:20:10

where are we traveling to?

CHELSEY: 00:20:11

It was like, while traveling, like, so like, are we traveling to Honolulu?

CHELSEY: 00:20:14

Maybe?

CHELSEY: 00:20:15

I don't think we can drive there.

TREY: 00:20:16

I have no idea.

CHELSEY: 00:20:17

But we're clearly traveling.

CHELSEY: 00:20:19

What I was shocked.

CHELSEY: 00:20:20

That was when she, first of all, she informed us later that she's an avid Ross shopper, but

CHELSEY: 00:20:31

I was thinking that's a gamble, honey, because aren't the Ross,

CHELSEY: 00:20:38

So it's like what you find at one Ross.

CHELSEY: 00:20:41

You're not going to necessarily find it in another.

TREY: 00:20:44

Yeah.

TREY: 00:20:44

When I read that at the beginning, I was like, oh my God, that's a magic trick.

TREY: 00:20:47

That same thing was there.

CHELSEY: 00:20:49

Yeah.

CHELSEY: 00:20:50

How do you feel about the dressing room?

CHELSEY: 00:20:51

Closing at 7:30 as a policy?

TREY: 00:20:55

It does sound to me that perhaps this Ross was understaffed.

TREY: 00:20:59

If the manager is running the register.

TREY: 00:21:01

There's no reason to shut it down, right?

CHELSEY: 00:21:04

I mean, the only thing that I was thinking that they close at eight.

TREY: 00:21:08

10

CHELSEY: 00:21:09

Oh, they close at 10.

TREY: 00:21:11

yup.

CHELSEY: 00:21:11

then ridiculous.

CHELSEY: 00:21:13

Okay.

CHELSEY: 00:21:13

That's crazy.

TREY: 00:21:14

Yeah.

TREY: 00:21:14

It's two and a half hours early.

CHELSEY: 00:21:16

right.

CHELSEY: 00:21:16

So I'll give Lisa that, like, that's an insane policy in my mind.

CHELSEY: 00:21:21

I was like, okay, well, if they close at eight, maybe it's just that, like, if we let people

CHELSEY: 00:21:35

So I was sort of giving them a little bit of the benefit of the doubt, but if it was

CHELSEY: 00:21:42

Did she say that this made her quit shopping altogether?

CHELSEY: 00:21:45

Was that like a declarative statement?

CHELSEY: 00:21:48

Like I'm I no longer shopper that just made her quit shopping at the Ross?

TREY: 00:21:52

Well, she says that she'll never shop here again when next I travel this way.

CHELSEY: 00:21:57

No, but before that, earlier in there she said something like, I think she

TREY: 00:22:07

Yes, that's right.

TREY: 00:22:08

Lisa realized they could no longer...

CHELSEY: 00:22:10

They couldn't try things on.

CHELSEY: 00:22:11

So she was just like, I'm not going to buy anything, cause at first I

CHELSEY: 00:22:15

Like, and I'd quit shopping altogether.

CHELSEY: 00:22:17

I mean, she knew so many details about this other woman that was checking out.

CHELSEY: 00:22:21

First of all, it sounds like that other woman was in the middle of a nightmare.

CHELSEY: 00:22:25

And Lisa had like, no empathy for what was happening right.

CHELSEY: 00:22:30

With that woman.

CHELSEY: 00:22:30

Like the card reader wasn't working.

TREY: 00:22:33

She's dealing with the kids that that want a

CHELSEY: 00:22:35

had children.

CHELSEY: 00:22:36

Yeah.

CHELSEY: 00:22:36

That are like screaming and like, I want this mommy, you know, and that's like a nightmare.

CHELSEY: 00:22:41

Like, it sounds like that woman was having a nightmare as well,

TREY: 00:22:46

What do you think about engaging with the cashier while you're behind the person that's

CHELSEY: 00:22:54

I mean, that's a pet peeve like that.

CHELSEY: 00:22:55

Like, listen, like, I don't know, like Lisa is obviously making it sound

CHELSEY: 00:23:03

And there are like her family's like waiting outside for her.

CHELSEY: 00:23:06

So she's very anxious clearly to get out of here.

CHELSEY: 00:23:09

I don't know, like, it just seems I got so many Karen vibes.

CHELSEY: 00:23:14

Like we need to get that managers down cue because like, I just wanted to push that down

CHELSEY: 00:23:25

Like she, she was doing everything perfectly and everybody else was

CHELSEY: 00:23:31

Like even when she left, she was like, I politely asked if I could leave the item.

CHELSEY: 00:23:37

Here.

CHELSEY: 00:23:37

Like, she really wanted us to know that she wasn't going out in a huff,

CHELSEY: 00:23:43

Like she was like, I politely gently graced my item on top of the, you know what I mean?

CHELSEY: 00:23:48

Like as if she's just the most delicate person ever.

CHELSEY: 00:23:52

I don't know, it's a little bit of like a low.

CHELSEY: 00:23:54

Blow thing to be like, and I'm going to let everyone that I know, know

CHELSEY: 00:24:02

You know, like it's just, it feels, it does feel very Kareny.

CHELSEY: 00:24:08

Was she attacking Ross or was she just attacking this store?

CHELSEY: 00:24:12

Like, was she saying that Ross, the store should go out of business or just this location?

TREY: 00:24:17

Just that one because permanently shut this store down completely is in all caps.

CHELSEY: 00:24:22

Okay.

CHELSEY: 00:24:23

Okay.

CHELSEY: 00:24:23

Okay.

TREY: 00:24:23

Yeah.

TREY: 00:24:24

I am curious how Lisa ended up at this Honolulu location, leaving a

TREY: 00:24:30

That's so perplexing to me.

TREY: 00:24:32

And Lisa has contributed 13 other reviews to TripAdvisor.

CHELSEY: 00:24:37

Did she filter those appropriately?

TREY: 00:24:39

I did not go on a scavenger but that would be fun.

TREY: 00:24:42

Actually.

TREY: 00:24:42

There were some spelling, grammar issues.

TREY: 00:24:44

Like I was saying, there were sort of sprinkled in here and there it's that thing that we

CHELSEY: 00:24:56

Right.

TREY: 00:24:58

But I think it's odd that they are closing the dressing room two hours early, but that's sort

TREY: 00:25:22

And then the drama of the checkout person not being able to get the card to run.

TREY: 00:25:27

Lisa feels like it's happening to her or to them and not taking into account that like.

CHELSEY: 00:25:33

This other woman also couldn't go into the fitting room and then other woman.

TREY: 00:25:36

Well, this woman is trying to check out and the card reader is not working and

TREY: 00:25:42

And now you're interjecting about being upset about, you're saying you're not the manager,

TREY: 00:25:54

So that makes me feel a little, like a little like, uh, if we're off on a

CHELSEY: 00:26:04

about, you're just like pissed that like life is handing you lemons

TREY: 00:26:08

also its so interesting to me to stop in the middle of a road trip to like go

CHELSEY: 00:26:15

Yeah, same.

CHELSEY: 00:26:15

I mean, I will say in terms of entertainment value, I don't know if it was just that, like,

TREY: 00:26:31

I feel like I have could crown this.

CHELSEY: 00:26:32

I can crown it.

CHELSEY: 00:26:33

I'm ready.

TREY: 00:26:34

All right.

VOICEOVER: 00:26:36

The Queens are Tabulating.

TREY: 00:26:38

So as you know, Chelsey and I each have our own set of one to five crown cards and in

TREY: 00:26:49

You ready?

CHELSEY: 00:26:51

I am ready.

VOICEOVER: 00:26:56

Total score!.

VOICEOVER: 00:26:57

Yeah.

VOICEOVER: 00:26:57

Okay Okay.

CHELSEY: 00:26:58

Okay.

CHELSEY: 00:26:58

Unanimous

TREY: 00:27:00

both

CHELSEY: 00:27:00

are crown.

CHELSEY: 00:27:01

Yeah.

CHELSEY: 00:27:01

We're each holding up one crown.

CHELSEY: 00:27:03

This was like the easiest crowning ever.

CHELSEY: 00:27:05

I mean, I don't know.

CHELSEY: 00:27:06

I gave her one crown because I felt like that was ridiculous that they closed at 7:30, but

TREY: 00:27:16

Well, that's why I did one crown.

TREY: 00:27:18

Cause I wanted to do half a crown on its own, but I did think it was entertaining

TREY: 00:27:25

But then, like you said, it is obnoxious.

TREY: 00:27:27

They closed the dresser room two and a half hours before close when this is a clothing store.

TREY: 00:27:31

Um, so that's just like insane.

TREY: 00:27:34

There's no impact.

TREY: 00:27:35

I do think it's funny.

TREY: 00:27:36

So that's why I did one crown.

CHELSEY: 00:27:38

Yes.

TREY: 00:27:40

All right.

TREY: 00:27:41

So we did it Lisa, thank you so much,

CHELSEY: 00:27:43

Thanks Lisa, for putting this out into the wrong list.

TREY: 00:27:48

and I hope you have a great time.

TREY: 00:27:50

Frequenting.

TREY: 00:27:50

The Richmond, Virginia Ross's that are so much better.

CHELSEY: 00:27:53

Yes, please go to those because this one sounds terrible.

CHELSEY: 00:27:56

All right, let's take a quick break.

CHELSEY: 00:27:58

And when we come back, we'll see how Meryl's tan looks before getting into my review.

TREY: 00:28:03

Oh, I love that.

TREY: 00:28:04

Gosh, I'm so jealous.

TREY: 00:28:05

She was on the Caribbean.

CHELSEY: 00:28:06

I know she needs a vacay,

TREY: 00:28:08

BRB

CHELSEY: 00:28:09

Bye!

VOICEOVER: 00:28:12

Hold your crown.

VOICEOVER: 00:28:13

We'll be right back.

CHELSEY: 00:28:23

Hey Queens.

CHELSEY: 00:28:25

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CHELSEY: 00:28:29

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CHELSEY: 00:28:33

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CHELSEY: 00:28:37

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CHELSEY: 00:28:38

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CHELSEY: 00:28:39

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CHELSEY: 00:28:40

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CHELSEY: 00:28:43

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CHELSEY: 00:28:47

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CHELSEY: 00:28:50

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CHELSEY: 00:28:50

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CHELSEY: 00:28:55

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CHELSEY: 00:28:56

And now back to the show.

TREY: 00:29:16

It's game time again, Meryl's back.

TREY: 00:29:19

And we're going to take a quick spin on the Meryl-Go-Round.

TREY: 00:29:21

Chelsey.

TREY: 00:29:22

You better hop on that dolphin.

CHELSEY: 00:29:24

Oh, I love dolphins.

CHELSEY: 00:29:25

Good call.

CHELSEY: 00:29:26

That's great.

TREY: 00:29:29

Isn't that what they make?

CHELSEY: 00:29:30

Yeah.

CHELSEY: 00:29:30

I mean, they also communicate, I think, in another level.

TREY: 00:29:34

Blowhole.

TREY: 00:29:35

What am I on?

CHELSEY: 00:29:36

oh God, I think, I don't know why I see you on like a duck.

CHELSEY: 00:29:40

I just think like Waldo on a duck, like flying duck

TREY: 00:29:44

ducks are so cute.

TREY: 00:29:46

We used to go on nature walks and elementary school, and we would feed ducks bread.

TREY: 00:29:51

And one time I got swarmed by a bunch of ducks and I threw the bag and I started crying.

CHELSEY: 00:29:55

Oh, no, it can be overwhelming if they all attack at once.

TREY: 00:29:59

It's like can be so scary.

VOICEOVER: 00:30:02

I don't feel like an icon most of the days, I feel like, "I can't: that's with an a.

CHELSEY: 00:30:11

With an a all right.

CHELSEY: 00:30:12

Here's the deal, Trey and I each read a rotten scathing pithy one-star zinger with 30

TREY: 00:30:24

Just like queen Meryl, who does it all.

CHELSEY: 00:30:27

Before the clock runs out.

CHELSEY: 00:30:29

Okay.

CHELSEY: 00:30:29

So my review is from Wal-Mart and it is reviewing a bamboo wooden backscratcher

CHELSEY: 00:30:39

And it's a once obviously, and it says, made very cheap and paper thin.

TREY: 00:30:47

That's really thin.

TREY: 00:30:48

I just have to say,

CHELSEY: 00:30:48

Yeah.

CHELSEY: 00:30:49

Paper thin is that's thin.

TREY: 00:30:51

okay, you strapped in you're ready.

CHELSEY: 00:30:52

Oh, I'll get my seatbelt on.

CHELSEY: 00:30:54

Yeah, here we go.

CHELSEY: 00:30:55

I'm ready.

VOICEOVER: 00:30:56

3, 2, 1 go

CHELSEY: 00:31:00

Very cheap pen paper thin.

TREY: 00:31:04

WWE.

TREY: 00:31:10

Magic show.

CHELSEY: 00:31:12

made cheap hen.

CHELSEY: 00:31:17

Well

TREY: 00:31:22

Courtroom drama,

CHELSEY: 00:31:24

cheap paper.

TREY: 00:31:27

horror.

CHELSEY: 00:31:29

Okay.

CHELSEY: 00:31:30

That's all

TREY: 00:31:32

Good job.

TREY: 00:31:34

I have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,

CHELSEY: 00:31:36

That was a lot of pressure,

TREY: 00:31:38

hey, guess what?

TREY: 00:31:40

None of this matters.

CHELSEY: 00:31:41

It's true.

CHELSEY: 00:31:42

It's just for fun.

TREY: 00:31:44

today I have a one star zinger from the very cool website called Fiverr

CHELSEY: 00:31:51

We've used them a few times.

TREY: 00:31:53

We've used them.

TREY: 00:31:54

Uh, we, we hired three separate people for our logo and none of them were up to snuff.

CHELSEY: 00:31:59

They were very nice people.

TREY: 00:32:01

So this is for a skill called I will write impressive personal

TREY: 00:32:07

And this is a one-star review from Mimi B 75.

TREY: 00:32:13

And Mimi B 75 says seller is horrible.

CHELSEY: 00:32:16

okay.

CHELSEY: 00:32:17

Mimi didn't have that much say, but whatever.

TREY: 00:32:21

Good point.

CHELSEY: 00:32:22

Are you ready?

TREY: 00:32:23

I'm quacking and I'm ready.

CHELSEY: 00:32:26

All right.

VOICEOVER: 00:32:28

3, 2, 1 go.

TREY: 00:32:32

Sailor is horrible.

CHELSEY: 00:32:35

mom, calm,

TREY: 00:32:37

That a seller he's horrible.

CHELSEY: 00:32:40

melodrama,

TREY: 00:32:42

That's his.

CHELSEY: 00:32:45

courtroom drama,

TREY: 00:32:48

That seller is horrible.

CHELSEY: 00:32:50

TLC.

TREY: 00:32:53

Oh, that seller is horrible.

TREY: 00:32:55

Duck dynasty.

CHELSEY: 00:32:57

magic.

TREY: 00:32:59

Ooh.

TREY: 00:32:59

That's Heller's horrible.

TREY: 00:33:03

I made a sound effect.

CHELSEY: 00:33:04

Did I call TLC twice,

TREY: 00:33:06

Yeah, it was fun.

CHELSEY: 00:33:08

which is fine.

TREY: 00:33:09

Woo.

TREY: 00:33:09

Oh my gosh.

CHELSEY: 00:33:11

Wow.

CHELSEY: 00:33:11

Trey.

CHELSEY: 00:33:13

That six.

CHELSEY: 00:33:14

You did amazing.

CHELSEY: 00:33:16

You won.

CHELSEY: 00:33:17

You're our big winner

TREY: 00:33:19

I'm curtsying.

TREY: 00:33:20

Cause I'm a queen.

CHELSEY: 00:33:22

got TLC twice and you've delivered two different readings.

TREY: 00:33:26

Well, I was channeling Teen Mom 2.

TREY: 00:33:28

And then I was channeling duck dynasty.

CHELSEY: 00:33:30

I thought teen mom 2, was like

TREY: 00:33:32

Oh you're oh no.

CHELSEY: 00:33:34

Should I take away a point?

CHELSEY: 00:33:35

I'm just kidding.

CHELSEY: 00:33:35

I'm kidding.

CHELSEY: 00:33:36

You were great.

CHELSEY: 00:33:36

You were great.

TREY: 00:33:37

Thank you.

VOICEOVER: 00:33:40

Review That Review.

CHELSEY: 00:33:44

Alrighty.

CHELSEY: 00:33:44

We are back from that rousing game break and it's my turn.

CHELSEY: 00:33:49

Okay.

TREY: 00:33:50

Yay.

CHELSEY: 00:33:50

Mine is A one-star Google review written by, all we're getting here is the initial, K.

CHELSEY: 00:33:58

It is a one-star review of the Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament in Buena Park, California.

CHELSEY: 00:34:08

All right.

CHELSEY: 00:34:09

Are we ready?

TREY: 00:34:10

I'm ready.

CHELSEY: 00:34:12

Firstly, I want to say I am a woman.

CHELSEY: 00:34:15

I was so disappointed in Medieval Times when I just recently went.

CHELSEY: 00:34:21

First off, they replaced the spare rib with corn.

CHELSEY: 00:34:25

And the apple cake is now lemon pound cake.

CHELSEY: 00:34:29

Disgusting.

CHELSEY: 00:34:31

What a let down.

CHELSEY: 00:34:32

And I don't mind that they have a queen, but it's so obviously a politically

CHELSEY: 00:34:48

Where is the Black Knight?

CHELSEY: 00:34:50

Yeah.

CHELSEY: 00:34:50

Where is the executioner and the wizard?

CHELSEY: 00:34:55

The bad Knight is simply a bad Knight because he makes some comments against women.

CHELSEY: 00:35:02

And then all the people who were assigned that Knight have to awkwardly

CHELSEY: 00:35:10

If the realm is suddenly an evil misogynist.

CHELSEY: 00:35:14

Now bring back the black Knight.

CHELSEY: 00:35:18

This new show is not entertaining at all and is just a ploy at gender equality.

CHELSEY: 00:35:24

To which point it's no longer interesting or good.

CHELSEY: 00:35:28

What a disappointment all around.

CHELSEY: 00:35:31

This is supposed to be mid evil times, not modern social justice warrior times.

TREY: 00:35:42

Oh, dear.

CHELSEY: 00:35:44

Ugh, I have to point out there were so many grammatical errors in that,

CHELSEY: 00:35:52

That was

TREY: 00:35:53

What year was that written?

CHELSEY: 00:35:55

This was written two years ago.

TREY: 00:35:58

Okay.

TREY: 00:35:58

So interesting choice Chelsey, because there is a Medieval Times in Myrtle Beach

CHELSEY: 00:36:11

Okay.

TREY: 00:36:12

To my recollection.

TREY: 00:36:13

I thought it was a princess, not a queen.

TREY: 00:36:17

Yeah.

TREY: 00:36:17

You know, this is like more than 15 years ago when I was in college.

TREY: 00:36:21

Is that true?

TREY: 00:36:22

Oh my God.

CHELSEY: 00:36:23

Don't say such things

TREY: 00:36:25

But I knew, like I know the girl who was the princess and she's younger than I am.

TREY: 00:36:29

So I don't know what that's about.

TREY: 00:36:31

I think I did go on a school trip as a kid and I, my memory is that it was a king.

TREY: 00:36:36

So I think, I think the royalty changes, like, I think that is in flux regardless.

TREY: 00:36:40

I don't know.

TREY: 00:36:41

I cannot speak for Medieval Times, but it is hilarious to me that they

CHELSEY: 00:36:48

I know.

CHELSEY: 00:36:49

I know.

TREY: 00:36:50

How are those equivalent, like in the same tier?

CHELSEY: 00:36:53

That was like what?

CHELSEY: 00:36:53

I started to get excited about this review.

CHELSEY: 00:36:55

Cause I was like, oh my God, this is going to be hilarious.

CHELSEY: 00:36:57

But like, I mean, she kind of lost it after that.

CHELSEY: 00:37:01

Yeah.

CHELSEY: 00:37:01

They also replaced the apple cake with lemon pound cake.

CHELSEY: 00:37:04

But like my biggest question is how many times did K go to Medieval Times?

TREY: 00:37:10

Hm.

CHELSEY: 00:37:11

Because it seems like K must frequent this place.

CHELSEY: 00:37:14

She knows the menu, like the back of her hand enough that she's like

CHELSEY: 00:37:21

you know, it's like somebody who does something over and over and over and over and over again.

CHELSEY: 00:37:25

And it's the same way every time.

CHELSEY: 00:37:27

And you just come to expect that thing.

CHELSEY: 00:37:30

And then you come one time and things are different and you're just like, whoa, what

CHELSEY: 00:37:37

And K must just go to this Medieval Times all the time, which is so funny to me.

CHELSEY: 00:37:42

I went once.

CHELSEY: 00:37:44

I think of Medieval Times as being like a bucket list item, like you

CHELSEY: 00:37:48

I don't need to go back, but K must go there all the time.

TREY: 00:37:51

I'm confused about the whole black Knight thing.

TREY: 00:37:53

They, they, there's no longer.

TREY: 00:37:56

I, my memory was like, everyone sits in a certain section and you're that color

TREY: 00:38:03

And there was like a black Knight.

TREY: 00:38:05

That was the villain.

TREY: 00:38:07

Is K suggesting they change that for like racial equality

CHELSEY: 00:38:11

I think what Katie's saying is.

TREY: 00:38:13

or is K mostly mad about gender equality?

CHELSEY: 00:38:16

I dunno, like it is, I'll give you, it is confusing because it

CHELSEY: 00:38:20

First.

CHELSEY: 00:38:20

I thought it was that she was upset that they like replaced the black Knight with the queen.

CHELSEY: 00:38:27

Right.

CHELSEY: 00:38:27

Because it's like, we need to have more female characters,

TREY: 00:38:31

Oh, like there's a female on the horse.

TREY: 00:38:34

Oh, that would be so fierce.

CHELSEY: 00:38:36

Right!

CHELSEY: 00:38:37

So I guess so that's what I was thinking.

CHELSEY: 00:38:39

Is that like, oh, it's going to be like, this character is going to

TREY: 00:38:46

But why would the queen be riding?

TREY: 00:38:47

Wouldn't it be like a peasant or something?

TREY: 00:38:49

Like

CHELSEY: 00:38:50

I don't know, like I don't, I don't, I don't know the narrative of, of the Medieval

TREY: 00:38:58

You can't be the dramaturg for Medieval Times.

CHELSEY: 00:39:00

Unfortunately, I'm not equipped to be the dramaturg for Medieval

CHELSEY: 00:39:06

She also mentioned basically the black Knight is cut

TREY: 00:39:10

Okay.

TREY: 00:39:11

I literally just went to the website and the first image is the black Knight fighting a green Knight.

CHELSEY: 00:39:16

Okay.

CHELSEY: 00:39:16

So I don't know, but in this production, maybe the part of the black Knight

CHELSEY: 00:39:22

Like, I don't know.

CHELSEY: 00:39:23

That was what I thought.

TREY: 00:39:24

Wait, I see they it's it's now checkered.

TREY: 00:39:27

So it's the black and white Knight.

TREY: 00:39:30

The green Knight, the yellow Knight, the red Knight, the red and yellow

TREY: 00:39:42

Okay.

TREY: 00:39:42

There's no images of a female.

TREY: 00:39:44

This was in California?

CHELSEY: 00:39:46

Yeah, this was in Bueno Park, California, but there's a couple of things.

CHELSEY: 00:39:50

So I don't mind that they have a queen, but it's so obviously a politically correct me

CHELSEY: 00:39:57

Yeah.

CHELSEY: 00:39:57

Like I don't understand what they mean.

CHELSEY: 00:39:58

Like, so they added a queen, but then the where's the black Knights and the black night's gone,

TREY: 00:40:06

Oh, there was like a wizard person.

CHELSEY: 00:40:09

Yeah.

CHELSEY: 00:40:09

So they're saying basically they, they did a rewrite of this Medieval Time show

CHELSEY: 00:40:17

She did not like it one bit.

TREY: 00:40:19

I'm curious.

TREY: 00:40:20

I wonder how many rewrites have happened in history prior to this?

TREY: 00:40:23

Like, I wonder how long Medieval Times has been around and how

TREY: 00:40:28

You know, I, I just want to share this because it keeps coming up for me.

TREY: 00:40:31

In Myrtle Beach, right next door to Medieval Times was the Dolly Parton's Dixie

TREY: 00:40:38

They're not similar, but it's like an arena and they serve food and they're

TREY: 00:40:46

And Dolly Parton famously removed the word Dixie because people were offended by it.

TREY: 00:40:51

And she has this beautiful statement.

TREY: 00:40:53

That's like, nothing is worth someone being offended.

TREY: 00:40:56

If one human being has the fleeting thought that it's offensive, I'm taking the word out.

TREY: 00:41:00

End of conversation.

TREY: 00:41:01

Good for Medieval Times trying to like show representation for little girls.

TREY: 00:41:06

If that is what's occurring here, I recognize that K can feel threatened.

TREY: 00:41:10

Well, K's a female.

TREY: 00:41:11

I recognize the K may not want to see that because maybe that isn't historically

CHELSEY: 00:41:18

That's what it is.

CHELSEY: 00:41:19

Yes.

CHELSEY: 00:41:19

It feels like, like, K, considers herself quite an expert of this time.

CHELSEY: 00:41:24

And she's suggesting that regardless of whether or not it's right or wrong,

CHELSEY: 00:41:33

In exchange for a more like modern take on the story.

CHELSEY: 00:41:39

But what I, I mean, listen, K didn't give me any information that's valuable here as

CHELSEY: 00:41:48

Like?

CHELSEY: 00:41:48

What's so bad about it all.

CHELSEY: 00:41:49

Like I'm confused.

CHELSEY: 00:41:51

I know what we took away, but I don't know what it is that we are seeing.

CHELSEY: 00:41:55

Like, are we cheering for a queen instead of a black Knight?

CHELSEY: 00:41:57

Like, what is it that I can come to expect?

TREY: 00:42:00

Well, you can come to expect there's no more spare rib.

CHELSEY: 00:42:03

Yeah, I can come to expect

TREY: 00:42:05

Kay was very clear

CHELSEY: 00:42:06

and lemon pound cake.

CHELSEY: 00:42:08

Disgusting.

TREY: 00:42:09

I mean, do you think that this is a common experience?

TREY: 00:42:11

I think maybe if you're not cool with being PC, then sure.

TREY: 00:42:16

This might be common for you.

CHELSEY: 00:42:17

Maybe, but like how many people walking?

CHELSEY: 00:42:19

Like I said, like, I think this is something you do, like once in a lifetime.

CHELSEY: 00:42:22

So like, if you hadn't been there a million times to know that it should have

CHELSEY: 00:42:30

And you were just going to see the show.

CHELSEY: 00:42:33

You wouldn't know any different, you'd be like, Ooh, this corn is

TREY: 00:42:38

That is the key point right there, Chelsey!

TREY: 00:42:40

is this like, what does it matter?

CHELSEY: 00:42:43

What does it matter?

CHELSEY: 00:42:44

Like, I don't understand.

CHELSEY: 00:42:44

Is she like dining at Medieval Times every week?

TREY: 00:42:48

I guess the value here is that K is pointing out that there are changes to, , the experience.

TREY: 00:42:54

It's no longer what it once was.

TREY: 00:42:56

But to me, I don't care.

TREY: 00:42:58

I mean, if I'm going, it's like, I'm going to bring my nephew.

TREY: 00:43:02

Like, it doesn't matter.

TREY: 00:43:03

Like it's like, so it's not necessarily a problem.

TREY: 00:43:05

I think I can crown this.

CHELSEY: 00:43:07

Okay.

CHELSEY: 00:43:07

Let's crown it.

VOICEOVER: 00:43:10

The Queens are Tabulating.

TREY: 00:43:12

Are you ready?

CHELSEY: 00:43:13

I think so.

VOICEOVER: 00:43:19

Total Score!

TREY: 00:43:20

I like, I almost put up the five just to see your reaction.

CHELSEY: 00:43:25

Oh, no, no, no, no.

CHELSEY: 00:43:27

Well, I almost put 0.5.

TREY: 00:43:29

Oh, no, I was going to put the five just for you to freak out.

TREY: 00:43:32

so Chelsey and I both are holding up the one crown, I'm just going to go quick.

TREY: 00:43:35

Here.

TREY: 00:43:35

It, to me, it's sort of like Medieval Times is like stupid.

TREY: 00:43:39

And like, it's just frivolous entertainment for children and you eat a Turkey leg.

TREY: 00:43:43

That's offensive to people that don't want to kill animals.

TREY: 00:43:46

So to me, who cares, it's not a deep impact to me.

TREY: 00:43:50

I gave the one crown because I'm very clear.

TREY: 00:43:53

I do think it's stupid that they changed the spare rep to corn.

TREY: 00:43:56

That's not even the same tier on a food pyramid.

TREY: 00:43:59

So for that reason, I gave it one crown.

TREY: 00:44:01

What about you?

CHELSEY: 00:44:03

Yeah, similar.

CHELSEY: 00:44:04

I mean, at least I know what's on the menu.

CHELSEY: 00:44:05

That's that's really like the only beneficial thing, I think, that came out of this.

CHELSEY: 00:44:09

I don't think it would keep me from going, I don't think the normal average Joe has this experience

CHELSEY: 00:44:19

So for that reason, one crown.

TREY: 00:44:22

Great pick.

TREY: 00:44:22

Very entertaining.

TREY: 00:44:23

Like it was an entertaining conversation.

CHELSEY: 00:44:26

yes,

TREY: 00:44:26

Speaking of Queens, the Queens princesses, Kings wizards, Knights,

TREY: 00:44:35

Do you have someone that you want to induct today for...?

VOICEOVER: 00:44:41

My Royal highness!

CHELSEY: 00:44:42

I would like to induct The Magic Eraser as my Royal Highness, because that thing.

CHELSEY: 00:44:50

Really can just do it all.

CHELSEY: 00:44:53

It can get smudges out of your wall.

CHELSEY: 00:44:55

If you get a scratch on your car, you can fix it with the magic eraser.

CHELSEY: 00:44:59

When I was home, we had a bunch of scratches on the bottom of like one of my mom's pans.

CHELSEY: 00:45:03

We use one of those magic erasers sheets.

CHELSEY: 00:45:05

It came right out.

CHELSEY: 00:45:06

I heard people are using magic erasers on their teeth for whitening.

CHELSEY: 00:45:10

I do not recommend that.

CHELSEY: 00:45:12

Do not do that.

CHELSEY: 00:45:13

Yet people say that it works, but don't do it.

CHELSEY: 00:45:15

Just go and have your teeth whitened like a normal person.

CHELSEY: 00:45:18

I don't think that's the magic racers fault.

CHELSEY: 00:45:20

It definitely was not intended to be used that way, but the point is the magic eraser.

CHELSEY: 00:45:26

It's just exactly what it says.

CHELSEY: 00:45:28

It is.

CHELSEY: 00:45:29

It's magic.

TREY: 00:45:32

That magic eraser is really is

CHELSEY: 00:45:34

It's just magic.

CHELSEY: 00:45:35

What about you?

CHELSEY: 00:45:35

Trey, do you have someone that you want to induct as your Royal Highness?

TREY: 00:45:40

So I am inducting, a friend of mine named Charlene Lite!

TREY: 00:45:45

Charlene Lite, is someone who lives in Los Angeles, she's a neighbor of yours, Chelsey.

CHELSEY: 00:45:50

Oh, nice.

TREY: 00:45:51

And, uh, we met many, many years ago.

TREY: 00:45:53

We used to have an ongoing Thursday lunch date for honestly four or five years.

TREY: 00:45:59

I'm inducting her because Charlene is a unicorn of a human being.

TREY: 00:46:03

She is a Fearless Coach.

TREY: 00:46:07

She is someone with which you can hire to help you break through fears in your life

TREY: 00:46:17

She took on this amazing task when she turned 40, where she did 40 fearless acts and they

TREY: 00:46:33

She.

TREY: 00:46:34

Did another fearless act where she had to go and knock on every single door in her

TREY: 00:46:41

Because in Manhattan, when she lived in New York, you know, you don't always

TREY: 00:46:46

Oh, she like was a busker on the subway and sang, because she's a brilliant musician as well.

TREY: 00:46:51

one of my other, uh, and this I'm just going long, but another favorite, one of mine is that she

TREY: 00:46:58

And she just handed them out to people in, um, union

TREY: 00:47:00

so nice.

TREY: 00:47:02

And what came up for her.

TREY: 00:47:03

Was like a beautiful cleansing of these things that we self-impose in ourselves that stop us.

TREY: 00:47:10

So she's a beautiful transcendent woman.

TREY: 00:47:12

She has an entire blog that goes through that entire process.

TREY: 00:47:16

She turned that into a coaching business.

TREY: 00:47:18

She's also a tremendous yoga teacher.

TREY: 00:47:21

She does amazing yoga retreats around the world.

TREY: 00:47:24

And she's also.

TREY: 00:47:25

Trained as a soul reader, it's like getting a Tarrot reading except Charlene

TREY: 00:47:34

And instead of telling you your future, she is able to see what it is, that your higher,

TREY: 00:47:45

It's so tremendously amazing.

TREY: 00:47:47

She is just, uh, I could not, I like I'm gonna cry.

TREY: 00:47:51

She's such a wonderful human being.

TREY: 00:47:53

She means so much to me.

TREY: 00:47:54

And she also has a podcast called The Fearless Lady Podcast.

TREY: 00:47:58

You should listen.

TREY: 00:47:59

She is committed to making the world better and she's definitely done that for me.

TREY: 00:48:04

And Charlene Lite is My Royal Highness.

TREY: 00:48:07

I love her very much.

CHELSEY: 00:48:08

Oh, I love that.

CHELSEY: 00:48:12

I feel like Charlene Lite is like the Magic Eraser of humans.

CHELSEY: 00:48:15

Like you got an issue.

CHELSEY: 00:48:17

She's going to magic erase that out one way or another with all of her

CHELSEY: 00:48:24

So many things.

CHELSEY: 00:48:25

That's great.

TREY: 00:48:26

So let's keep this regality flowing and read a Royal Review.

CHELSEY: 00:48:30

Oh, yay.

CHELSEY: 00:48:31

Let's do it.

VOICEOVER: 00:48:34

Baby it's time for some Royal Reviews!

TREY: 00:48:38

Chelsey.

TREY: 00:48:39

And I have been thoroughly overwhelmed by the support that we have been

TREY: 00:48:47

This Royal Review thing we thought it would be every now and then.

TREY: 00:48:51

And we have been getting such an influx that it just is remarkable.

TREY: 00:48:54

So we want to share another one with you today from a user on apple podcasts named

TREY: 00:49:10

Witch.

TREY: 00:49:11

So Hammondcheesesandwitch.

And this is the review: 00:49:13

five stars question, mark exclamation.

And this is the review: 00:49:17

Yeah.

CHELSEY: 00:49:18

Hmm.

TREY: 00:49:18

Okay.

TREY: 00:49:19

So first of all, giving anything less than five stars on a review of people,

TREY: 00:49:27

Like seriously, you care enough about reviews to listen to an entire podcast about them.

TREY: 00:49:33

And then write one yourself, but are still upsot.

TREY: 00:49:38

That's that's a credit to the jingle bells, Barbara Streisand song that your need for

TREY: 00:49:47

Sorry.

TREY: 00:49:47

No, but let me also say that.

TREY: 00:49:49

I refuse to make this a florid spewing of supurlatives lest T and C declare it.

TREY: 00:49:56

Quote, unquote, suspect for it's all too positive.

TREY: 00:50:01

Hit every note.

TREY: 00:50:02

Quality, all caps.

TREY: 00:50:03

Sorry.

TREY: 00:50:04

I liked it too much.

TREY: 00:50:05

Y'all.

TREY: 00:50:06

So fine.

TREY: 00:50:07

Here's some criticism I patented.

TREY: 00:50:10

Disagree with Trey, Trey and Chels on multiple occasions.

TREY: 00:50:14

In fact, I disagreed so strongly that I found myself speaking my objections out loud

TREY: 00:50:25

Tracy and Che.

TREY: 00:50:27

Okay.

TREY: 00:50:27

I'm stealing that Tracy and Che I'll allow this rambunctious hilarity to continue as

TREY: 00:50:37

The people waiting in the podiatrists office have heard enough from me already.

TREY: 00:50:42

PS, all caps, Natalie Weiss.

CHELSEY: 00:50:45

my goodness.

CHELSEY: 00:50:48

I feel like I have, I know we're not allowed to review this review, but I have so many questions.

CHELSEY: 00:50:52

Like I want to know what HammondCheese really disagreed with us on Hammond Cheese, if

CHELSEY: 00:51:08

And I would love to know if you felt so passionately about something, what was it?

TREY: 00:51:12

I definitely think that HammondCheeseSandWitch must leave us a voicemail.

TREY: 00:51:18

I want to know who this is, because they are a genius writer.

TREY: 00:51:23

also, I am obsessed with getting a five-star review that both compliments

TREY: 00:51:32

I also,

TREY: 00:51:34

I hear the larger point they enjoy the content, even though they don't always agree, which

TREY: 00:51:40

So percent.

TREY: 00:51:41

amazing, amazing review.

CHELSEY: 00:51:43

Thank you so much for all like the nicknames you gave us and how you referenced us.

CHELSEY: 00:51:48

I don't know where you live.

CHELSEY: 00:51:49

If you're in New York or LA, let us know.

CHELSEY: 00:51:52

One of us will take you out for a drink or something.

CHELSEY: 00:51:54

You seem fun.

TREY: 00:51:56

Tracy and Che I'm S I'm totally stealing that.

TREY: 00:51:58

All right.

TREY: 00:51:59

So if you listener, want to be featured as one of our Royal reviews and you want to match

TREY: 00:52:09

This is Medieval Times, honey.

TREY: 00:52:10

And you better get that crown.

TREY: 00:52:13

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TREY: 00:52:15

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TREY: 00:52:26

We did it queen another round in the ear holes.

TREY: 00:52:30

I know that's so gross, but I realized keep books, but that's not a book.

CHELSEY: 00:52:34

It's not a book.

TREY: 00:52:35

Oratory delight.

CHELSEY: 00:52:37

All right.

CHELSEY: 00:52:37

Well, thank you guys so much for joining us today.

CHELSEY: 00:52:39

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TREY: 00:52:42

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TREY: 00:52:49

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CHELSEY: 00:52:52

Yeah, please.

CHELSEY: 00:52:53

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CHELSEY: 00:52:55

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TREY: 00:53:03

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TREY: 00:53:17

And

CHELSEY: 00:53:17

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CHELSEY: 00:53:22

We don't always have to be unanimous all the time.

CHELSEY: 00:53:25

You're still a queen.

TREY: 00:53:27

Gender non-specific Queenie's

CHELSEY: 00:53:29

Yep.

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Bye.

TREY: 00:53:30

toodaloo.

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Review That Review as an independent podcast, certain names have been

VOICEOVER: 00:53:38

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