.. CHELSEY: Hello

Hi.

Hi.

Hi, welcome to Review That Review, the podcast dedicated to reviewing...

Reviews!

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

That lovely voice is Chelsey Donn

And that lovely voice is Trey Gerrald.

And together our lovely voices form:

The Review Queens!

And that lovely voice is Eva Kaminsky, our voiceover artist.

Oh, my God.

So many lovely voices, Natalie, at the top, we got some lovely voices.

How's your crown today, my Queen?

My crown is great.

I don't know if you've noticed, if you don't have Patreon, you're not going to

I didn't have Pilates right before, so I had a chance to shower and get ready, but mostly I

Cool!

And it's already, already been quite a day.

So fun!

That is so fun.

Are you, so you're just documenting like a day in the life?

A day in the life of Chelsey in LA being an actor, doing the thing, all of

Like we are.

Oh, yes.

You know, they've been doing a good job of connecting the alumni.

They created a new alumni network, so we can kind of see who's where, and what

I think a lot of us realize that we don't need to be in the same place to interact.

So over quarantine, Penn Charter did a bunch of remote Meeting For Worships.

Do you know what that is, Trey?

Is that like a Christian thing?

It's a Quaker thing because Penn Charter is a Quaker school!

Go, Quakers!

It was founded by William Penn in 1689.

And it's the oldest charter school in the nation.

Isn't that amazing?

William Penn, what a guy!

But Meeting For Worship is a Quaker practice where you sit in silence for about, I think

And if you are quaked to speak, you're able to stand up and say something and then sit down and

And the idea behind Quakerism is there's the light of God in all of us, like not

There's no person that's necessarily leading Meeting For Worship.

It's a community gathering and together we create this space.

I love that.

I'm so thrilled.

I'm honestly honored that they picked me to take over the page and I'm having a great time.

So how has your week?

I love that idea, especially for blossoming minds, like for that sort

That's amazing.

Isn't that?

Where did you go to high school, Trey?

Well, I went to a normal public high school for two years, and then my last two

Oh wow!

..In South Carolina.

Yeah!

For, was it for theater?

It was for drama.

For drama?

Sorry, drama.

I should know.

It was pre-professional training.

So advanced, how old were you?

Like 16?

Yeah.

I was 15.

Audition based.

15 students across the state of South Carolina were accepted.

Wow, that is amazing.

Five of us were cut.

So only 10 of us graduated

Oh my goodness!

And we had to wear all blacks.

We couldn't have any jewelry.

Girls could not have any makeup

Stop, like all the time, every day?

For drama classes, yeah.

What was the, what?

Like What do you feel like the significance was in that?

Uh, and actually also an interesting thing to subject a young people too.

It's like one of those, like, wooy-wooy, like very pretentious drama school ideas.

It's like that thing about, like, if you are just complete, if you show up completely

You don't show up.

Oh, that's interesting...

so it's like strip it all away so that you become this vessel for the character.

Oh, that's interesting.

I can understand that as a fellow actor.

Yeah.

I'm sure it's like, you know, a Meryl Streep thing,

Oh, I'm sure Meryl does that.

But I think that's very common for these like original conservatory

Like not like television.

I definitely have an image of my head of these very serious Thespians dressed in all

So I can see that.

I just, I guess it's the no makeup thing that I'm like, wow, that's interesting as a rule.

Well, you can't hide behind it.

Right.

Oh, good point.

Wow.

That's why.

So much profound things that happened in our high schools that as adults, you really look

I love that.

And with all that love in mind.

Wait.

I was going to say...

I attended a virtual reading of my cohost Chelsey Donn's pilot that she and her

And it was a very moving hilarious, great time.

I just wanted to acknowledge that.

Aw.

That's so sweet.

Thank you, Trey.

I mean, I think the listeners deserve to know that not only is she a podcaster,

That's right.

Why am I talking about myself and the third person?

It's like a thing I'm doing today.

Maybe it's cause I'm feeling sassy.

Cause I have makeup on.

Oh, yeah.

Cause you can't hide now or now you can hide.

Well, I guess I can hide.

Yeah.

Maybe that's why like I'm like who is she?

That's coming out.

Somebody different.

Anyway guys, thanks for bearing with us.

So much love in our hearts for our high schools and that experience.

And with that in mind, Trey, do you have a Complaint you'd like to lodge?

Lodge A Complaint.

Okay.

Today I have to Lodge A Complaint and against something that I'm suffering

Oh God.

Yes.

It's so painful.

I have taken it two Tylenol, extra strengths today.

I like begged David to like come and rub on like, cause I really like getting massages.

So it's like a thing.

So like I, I frequently ask him if he'll get me a massage, but like today I literally was like, this

Like, will you please like, feel how ginormous this thing is?

And then like I realized, this happens to me a lot actually!

Is it the way you're sleeping?

Like, are you sleeping in a weird way?

Like I noticed something two days ago where I was like, I think I just hurt myself.

I don't know if I need to start sleeping, standing up?

Of recent?

Or just of recent this has been happening frequently?

We always just get like a little thing in the neck.

One time I got acupuncture for it and it really did work.

It's just so painful.

Cause you like, you know, you, you turn your head a lot during the day, so

Yeah.

It turns out, turns out you need your head and your neck.

And it really just weighs on you all day.

It's just like, I got this elephant sitting on my neck and I don't want it.

Exactly.

I totally hear you.

Go join the circus, Dumbo.

Get outta here.

You ain't welcome here.

There are these..

Anyway, that's my complaint.

I completely hear you.

There are these two guys on YouTube.

I want to say their names are like Brad and Brad, the chiropractic team, but it's

I think one of them's Brad, but anyway, they're amazing.

You should look them up.

They have all these exercises you can do for your neck that can help fix it.

They, they taught me one that I used once, which now makes sense now that I'm doing Pilates,

And it really just stretches that out and can make a difference.

So you should try that after we get off here.

I just wrote down Brad and Brad, even though I know that's not

Yeah.

So that's my Complaint.

It's just when you sleep wrong and then you suffer.

Chelsey, what is your Complaint for today?

Thanks for asking, Trey.

My complaint today is about earbuds, I guess, specifically Bluetooth, but really across genre.

I have a hard time finding ones that work for me.

I don't know if it's the shape of my ear is irregular.

I have a real problem with the Bluetooth ones.

Cause I just feel like they don't stay charged enough.

I can never get them to say charged enough.

And I don't know if you have this problem, but sometimes I have a problem when I use the little

And I've bought so many pairs and they always have the same issue or accidentally

And sometimes like, I do sound healing, we all know this, but I do sound

And you need headphones for that.

And the agita and the stress, that I experienced trying to assure that my head is not going

Like I feel so locked in and so stressed by the idea of these headphones that it's really, it like

And sometimes it does act up in the middle and that's a Shonda, you know what I mean?

So can we do better with the headphones?

That's it.

I hear you.

So I'm so glad we got to do that.

Get those, I don't know, complaints on the outside.

As I like to say out of, out of the crown area, get it out

They're out and they're lodged.

They're in the ledger.

They're in the ledger, let it be known.

All right.

Yes,

You want to do it?

Should we jump into some online reviews?

Please can we jump into those online reviews?

I would so love that.

We are your trusty review Queens.

We each bring in a review from the internet that we feel needs to be inspected.

We read you the review, we break it down and we rate the impact of the

It's a very Regal process that we like to call

Assess That Kvetch

Now.

In honor of Chelsey's Instagram takeover, we are bringing you a themed episode.

Surprise.

We are both going to honor our home towns or our home states

Yes.

Ish.

Ish.

So I've picked material from South Carolina and Chelsey has picked material from

You are first.

Take it away, Our queue.

RQ.

Review That Review.

Okay.

I had a very difficult time because I was trying to figure out what is South Carolina famous for?

And.

The only things that sort of came to mind were not positive things.

So then I was like, okay, what do I love about my home state?

And so then I was thinking about like, I love Bojangles, which is like a fast

So then I found this Review!

Okay.

It is from Yelp.

It is a one star review from Robyn D and Robyn is spelled R O B Y N

Thank you for the clarification.

for a restaurant that is native to South Carolina.

I don't know if it exists anywhere outside of the state.

There's many of them called Lizard's Thicket

Lizards spicket?

Thicket.

What's a thicket.

I thought this was going to happen.

I don't know, I always thought, and I think that I was maybe told by my mom, I believe that a

Oh, that makes sense.

That would make sense.

But it does not make sense as why you would name a restaurant that.

It's a little bit of a strange name for a restaurant, but I'm guessing whoever

This is ridiculous.

Of course.

There's like multiple lizard thickets.

I guarantee you, if you ever meet anyone from the state of South Carolina,

In the late eighties and nineties, their branding was like, think

So like you, you pick like one main and then you pick like three fixins.

Got it.

That sounds Southern.

Yes.

And like the waitresses had like, ruffly, like oversized, dresses that were like,

Oh, wow.

Like, think very like Prairie, whatever.

Yeah, I was going to say it feels very like Little House on the Prairie home.

Homemade attire.

Yeah.

Home cooking with the homemade dress.

Very specific branding.

I don't think that they, I think that isn't like that anymore, whatever.

Okay.

So anyway, this is, this is Robyn D's one-star Yelp review for the restaurant Lizard's Thicket.

Can't wait.

I went there to pick up a call in order of two quarts of chilled

My mother called it in that morning around 10 and told them I would be picking it up by 2:00 PM.

When I arrived at 2:00 PM, the order wasn't ready.

They actually had no clue as to what I was speaking of.

I sat in the drive-through for 20 minutes.

Finally, the assistant manager, hands me a bag with liquid dressing in which I looked at him

I was beyond livid!

For the last five years, my daddy has been ordering chilled dressing.

Why is it now an issue?

So after being pissed off that I have now held up the line for 20 minutes, I tell them to

She did, bless her heart.

The manager should have met me out there instead of an employee that had no clue what was going on.

So I wait.

And she brings it out.

It is still incorrect.

I was fuming.

How hard is it to make two quarts of chilled dressing and an extra pint of gravy?

Apparently on this day, impossible.

I walk in, immediately asked for the manager.

I look around, first to make sure no other customers see me or hear the

So I say, 'I don't know who took my mom's call, but they screwed it all to hell.

The order is not correct.

The amount of food is not correct.

And the pickup time is 2:00 PM.'

The manager says, 'I took the order and you said, pick up time of 5:00 PM.' Now wait a minute.

Did the manager just call me a liar?

Or better yet, my 60 year old mother?!

An hour left out of there in tears.

This was only the second Thanksgiving we spent without my daddy, trying to

We won't be back.

This Lizard's Thicket has declined rapidly in customer service.

I place the blame on management.

If you are comfortable with calling a customer a liar, then your employees will follow by example.

Oh, my goodness.

Oh My God!

It's a Karen!

Is it a Karen?

Is Robyn a Karen.

So I so many like emotions happening during this review with, uh, Robyn, first of all, I

Dressing is another word for stuffing, is that correct?

That is correct.

Yeah.

So like on Thanksgiving, it's like, if I say I want a side of dressing, what I'm

Yeah.

Southerners often will call the accoutrements with Turkey on a Thanksgiving.

You call that stuffing or you call it dressing.

That's sort of interchangeable.

It's interchangeable.

Okay.

All right.

Well, that's like, I guess an important distinction.

So Robyn wanted stuffing, right.

But Robyn got salad dressing?

I that's unclear Robyn D ordered two quarts of chilled dressing and then the assistant

Right.

Okay.

Okay.

when Robyn said that what I assumed was liquid dressing was like

Yeah, me too.

And also with like the cap being off, like I was envisioning salad dressing,

My impression was the same as yours.

Like they're using dressing and stuffing as the same terminology and it was

I'm assuming?

Right.

So I think this is, I mean, now that I know this, that the backstory here and

And I kind of got this feeling throughout.

I feel like Robyn's having a very emotional response to what's happening here.

Yes, because of personal reasons.

Yes.

And they felt that before she even mentioned her dad, and then after she mentioned her

So we've talked about this before, where the one thing that makes a restaurant, in my opinion,

And you can rely on it in that way.

And this is a chain and that chain restaurants, like if you got a Chicken Caesar Salad, just

Like I know what it is that I'm getting.

So I really feel like beyond, because she left in tears, you know, so, so beyond what

Robyn's having a very emotional response here to having things be a

I feel, I felt I was empathizing with her experience.

I agree.

I liked the Review because it's through and through a Southern person.

Yes.

Oh my God.

So many hilarious...

calling your father, 'daddy.'

Oh God.

I thought it was a little bit of a, like exaggeration that Southern people are.

We're always like, bless your heart.

And like, 'damn it to hell' or 'all to hell'.

I thought that that was like hyperbole, but that.

obviously real.

Is that real?

Yeah, yeah.

Like all the time, like everybody?

The sprinkling of, Robyn's vernacular is so delicious,

Yes.

but it's interesting to me because I think if I ever was picking up like a

I don't know.

Like, I, I clocked that for a second, but then I was like, maybe that's what they

Maybe?

Not every Lizard's Thicket has a drive through.

So what did the manager say to her?

Like, I'm the one that took the call and she said that They said five and not two.

That's a big difference.

What do you think about that?

Even if let's say she did say five, what do you think about a manager clapping back in that

Like the customer's always right?

Well, both sides here.

Like someone made the mistake here and daughter is just picking up the order.

So it's an, but then it's also interesting that Robyn was so offended.

Right.

But I think that's part of the on.

For sure.

It's also the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and emotions always get

Absolutely.

Like I don't, I don't know that.

I just don't think that the manager should have reacted that way.

I think the manager should have just taken the high road and, you know, asked

But I also don't know if this is a common experience or if this

Well, that I think is what is interesting about the review itself?

Is that Lizard's Thicket to me, like in my experience, having gone there growing up a lot,

Like if I didn't want to be preparing all of the fixings for Thanksgiving, maybe I could

So it's not, it's not like a McDonald's or like a Whataburger in Texas?

No, no, no, no.

I mean, you would go there on lunch perhaps.

It is more fast food than it is like a steakhouse,

Sure.

But you said like, there's a way just as with the dresses and the, so it's a sit down.

It is sit down.

But I think that that changed now, actually, I know if they hire waitresses.

I think you might order at the register now.

So now I'm really confused because it is sort of a hybrid of a restaurant and

There's it's like a Thanksgiving thing.

It's a pre-ordered thing.

wasn't ready on time.

There was miscommunication about the actual time, and then there's like so much upset emotion and.

Yeah.

And then it's also a little bit of telephone because she didn't call directly like the

I'm sure her mom got it.

Right.

But you, weren't the one that made the call directly, it adds an element of like,

And then pass it on incorrectly?

I don't know.

Robyn says they were holding up the drive through for 20 minutes.

Then they were out of there with like, it took an hour.

Robyn was crying.

like, does it take 40 minutes to prepare two courts of dressing?

I mean in my mind, I'm just imagining if it is Thanksgiving, like maybe

And then they're also trying to deal with her.

Right?

But it is also interesting to me, like, I understand that you just wasted 20 minutes, but

Well, my mom said it was two, I guess you got five so like, do you want me to just

And that's where I feel like the emotions are coming in because it's like,

And it did not go that way.

So I like, sort of went off the rails a little bit.

I think one of my favorite parts of the review was when Robyn talked about when she was talking

Yeah.

Very Southern.

What a classy move, you know?

I think Robyn really wanted us to know that she wasn't making a scene.

We'll see, but that sort of, when I first read it, It reminded me of the Ross Dress for

with the pin drop of delicacy on the counter.

So it did make me think like, oh, like, why are you pointing out that you like that?

Cause where you really, yeah.

I think ultimately like what I'm sort of left with with this review is so much

But I think that if there was a miscommunication, there's, we're three hours off here.

So I think the management should be like, 'I'm so sorry.

Let me try to like prepare this quicker for you.' But, but then I also think you could

Exactly.

Without a doubt management mismanaged, this situation, like no matter what, even, even

Do you think that the mom was like, 'oh shoot, baby doll.

I'm so sorry.

It was five.

I wrote, I read it upside down, honey.

Sorry, Robbie.'

I would hope that if that were the case, then Robyn wouldn't have gone to Yelp.

Do we think it's a jump to say that the manager called her a liar?

I thought it was, I felt like it was taking it so personally, but to Robyn's

Yes.

And that's why I'm saying, I felt the emotions.

Like I will say as a storyteller, I could feel her emotions growing as this was going on and how

Oy vaVoy!

Also the spelling seemed very good until that end sentence is that true?

Yeah, it's one long paragraph.

There's no like breaks or anything.

Okay.

Not offensive, but also not, not like, you know, putting it on the fridge.

No, I don't think I, I know I would, I would remind me of my daddy.

Yeah.

Oh, that's so sad.

Okay.

like, we've sort of spoken how this is sort of not the common

So I'm curious since this is all new to you probably the majority of listeners,

I'd say absolutely not.

Um, I think like if I'm going to cross something off the bucket list, if I

I might not go back, but I think I would try it.

and the thing is And I think it's important for us to note this at no point,

In fact, she was so upset that she couldn't get the food that they had, that she left in tears.

So by that analysis alone, I'm imagining the food must be pretty

Correct.

Right?

So I would definitely go.

Are we ready?

I'm ready.

I'm ready.

Let's do it

All right.

So Chelsey and I each have our own set of one to five crown cards and in an effort to be

The Queens are Tabulating.

very torn between two things.

Total Score!

Oh, wow.

That interesting.

So Trey's holding up one crown, I'm holding up two and a half crowns.

That's funny.

Cause I was actually, I was between like two and a half and three because I felt like my

And if I feel that their experience was true and I definitely connected with

I also think that the manager could have done a better job of handling the situation.

And if I were to place an order with them for any kind of catering thing, I

So for that, I did gain some information, but I don't think it's a common experience.

I don't think it would stop me from going there.

And I do think emotions clouded the experience for Robyn a little bit here.

So that's where she, she lost the other two and a half, but I'm actually kind

So let us know.

Why did you go with one crown, Trey?

I just went with one because ultimately it seems like Robyn arrived early.

That could be a miscommunication.

I also found it interesting to pick up a placed order through the drive-through.

I tomato, tomato, we used to do our own thing, but ultimately I think that Robyn was so

And that their 60 year old mother was a liar who was now a widow.

And so therefore.

But we know all that now.

Right.

to me, I said, I said one crown, cause I don't really think it has

And S I'm sending

All the love.

Lots of love to Robyn's family.

But your bang buck ratio on this Review was, was low.

And I hear you, um, I'm a softy for somebody in an emotional situation.

What can I say,

And then the words of Robyn, 'bless your heart.'

Robyn D thanks for joining us today.

All right.

So let's take a break.

And then when we come back, we'll get into Chelsey's Philly review.

Philadelphia Review!

I don't know what they sound like.

Youse better pay attention!

Youse guys!

guys better pay attention, because something good is coming.

Ooh, on that tease, BRB.

I hope it's good.

I don't know.

Hold your crown we'll be right back.

It's game time, Chelsey, get ready to throw that leg over and strap on in as we

Oh my God.

I thought you'd never ask!

I don't feel like an icon.

Most of the days, I feel like 'I can't!' That's with an, A'..

You always can, Meryl, don't worry.

Here's the deal.

Trey and I have each picked a rotten scathing, hit the One-Star-Zinger and with 30 seconds

Just like Queen Meryl Streep who does it all!

Before the clock runs out.

And I am first.

So I was originally looking for reviews of the Liberty Bell, but I couldn't

And so instead I decided to go with the Liberty Bell Diner, which is not the

So this is for Liberty Bell Diner in Philadelphia, and it's from Rich K.

And Rich K.

Says, 'waitress sucked today dot dot dot!'

All right.

Great.

And today you're going to be strapping into Rocky!

Oh my God.

How perfect.

I don't know anything from South Carolina!

That's Philly, right?

Yeah, the, the art museum steps.

He ran up.

Yeah.

Good job.

Wow.

Okay.

Now, um,

I've never seen it.

I saw the musical on Broadway.

oh, I didn't.

I feel like I vaguely knew that was a thing.

Anyway, let's do it.

Okay.

Three, Two, One, GO!

Which was suck today.

Oh, slapstick

Y

game show WWE, Yankee

the waitress

suck

today.

Disney

That's All!

Seven.

Woo!

Great.

That first one, I forgot how short it was.

And then I was just looking at you like, 'she's so funny.'

Thank you!

Good job.

Seven.

I feel good about my seven.

Yay.

Lucky number seven.

All right.

Let's see how my Rocky matches up to your, I mean, it's gotta be a lizard right is that bad.

I just feel like it's on brand.

Sure.

Alright.

Strap into your lizard, Trey.

And what is zinger?

What is your zinger from today?

So today I have a One-Star-Zinger from amazon.com for Make Your Own Boiled Peanuts

I have not.

that southern

? TREY: Are you serious?

Is that bad?

I mean, I know, I know, like the roasted nuts in New York on the street, different?

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Boiled peanuts are like, A'., they're actually called the caviar of the south,

Oh

but I didn't even realize, yeah, I didn't realize this was the whole thing until preparing

It's like the best place to get a boiled peanut as like a gas station.

And how does, like, how does a boiled peanut taste, how does it

There are like, um, soggier I guess like you ..They're just soft.

Yeah.

I mean, I don't know.

It's the weirdest thing when you break it down anyway, so this is,

but you like it.

I haven't had them since I was a kid, but it was definitely like a thing.

Like I forgot that it existed until today.

I'm so glad you revisited that memory.

Me to!

Boiled Peanut.

All right.

So this is a Make Your Own Boiled Peanut Kit, is hilarious in itself.

You just put the peanut in water and but what?

Okay, so this is, um, from Wynde E but Wynde spells her name W Y N D E.

And the subject is 'never again.' And the review is, 'never again.'

Never again, never again, never again.

Alright.

Are you ready?

Are you strapped into your lizard?

Let's do this, Trey

Three, Two, One, GO!

No.

no drama.

com

Oh, never again.

AHPRA diva, breaking news.

Yeah.

Magic show lifetime.

All.

I guess I'll give that to you.

I feel like you're on a winning streak, Trey and I can't break it.

Let's see what you

was

I think there was a lot, I mean, granted, I didn't pause for

Two 7s, 7, 7.

How lucky are we?

Wow.

we ever tied before?

Yeah.

I think we've tired.

That was super fun.

Love that journey for us.

Yay.

Review That Review.

All right.

from that game break.

And it is now your turn Chelsey, B D where's your review from this week.

Okay.

So my review this week is from the Franklin Institute.

It was one of my favorite places to go as a kid.

It's like, um, a, I guess like futuristic museum planetarium, like science,

My memories of going here as a kid were walking through this giant, I guess,

I remember that.

And also they have these amazing laser shows where they would like play Aerosmith or something

Anyway, so that would be happening and it was so fun.

And I just really loved this place as a kid.

It was the first time I ever had astronaut food.

Have you ever had like an astronaut ice cream sandwich?

Yeah.

I have.

Yeah.

So I have like a bit of an emotional attachment to this.

I'm going to, I'm just going to say that with my one star here, and this one-star review of

Okay.

And HealthyGypsyT has written a one dot Review from TripAdvisor of the Franklin Institute.

The subject is, ' not really fun for anyone over 11 years old.' While visiting

After reading dozens of reviews on TripAdvisor, we decided on the Franklin Institute.

It's not very often I completely disagree with the reviews here, but I

I was torn between giving this place a one star or two, because it's probably worth two stars...

if you have young children under 12, are prepared to spend a fair amount of money,

But if any of those things don't apply to you, I would give this place a miss.

The idea of this place is good, but it seemed to fall short at every exhibit.

We visited on a Saturday in June, and it wasn't really that crowded.

We were two adults, two teens, and one senior.

When we arrived, we decided to buy entrance to just the Institute itself and the 3D

Because it seemed like there was a lot to do just that the main Institute without adding

We began on the third floor at the sport challenge.

My boys were excited to try surfing!

The exhibit turned out to be ridiculously boring.

Certainly for older kids, but even the younger ones were not enjoying the

So disappointing.

There was also a chance to kick a soccer ball and throw a broken baseball.

The exhibits are old, tired, and boring.

My kids then wanted to try the sky bicycle, which sounded like fun.

But when we got to it, we found out that there was an extra charge to go on it.

This was the case that we found on every section of the Institute that whenever

The sky bicycle, flight simulator, adventure flight, et cetera, all costs

We were wondering what was actually covered in the admission fee.

We had an awful, but typical for this type of place, lunch at the Franklin Food Works.

The only vegetarian option was a tired piece of cheese pizza, nothing to eat for vegans

After our sad lunch, we hurried to level two for our 3D movie to find the theater

And once the movie began, I realized why!

It was the old Discovery Channel show on penguins, narrated by David Attenborough.

What a waste of time!

When we got out of the movie, we went up to the planetarium to see the show only

The Institute closed at five, so disappointing.

Then we went up to the observation deck on the fourth floor only to find

Why?

And this is why I'm giving this place a single star review.

There was no schedule of any kind given out when we arrive to let us know when the

And the observation deck is not even listed on the map.

We just happen to see it on the elevator buttons, what terrible visitor service.

And we weren't sure why they closed at five when it seemed everything worth seeing closed

It was a little mystery with clues where you try to find out who was responsible for a train wreck.

The idea is really cute, but it was so confusing and executed so poorly, most kids passed it

Disappointing again.

I felt so bad dragging my kids here for the day that I paid $10 for them to

And they both enjoyed it.

If I had endless funds, I would have let them go on a few times.

I really wanted to like this place.

It just fell short at every turn.

Wow HealthyGypsyT.

Now I understand

Yes.

We understand that healthy.

Yeah.

Okay.

The first thing that occurred to me here in the title.

Yes.

Only good for people under eleven.

Yes.

And then like the first sentence is like I was taking my teenagers.

Doesn't it, everyone in the world.

Now the teenagers are impossible.

And why would you ever assume that a good activity for teenagers is any sort of museum?

Maybe I'm biased, but like don't take teenagers to like a science museum.

I just totally already know that's going to be a nightmare.

They're not going to be interested in a kids museum.

They're teenagers.

Admittedly, I was a kid when I went.

Well, yeah, we had a place called Discovery Zone and would go there and it

yeah.

And all that.

I mean, I w I was wondering, cause number at one point in the beginning, she was saying

I wondered if you paid for the other admission, do you think all this stuff was included in that?

Is it ala cart if you just do this general admission and then, you know, which, which in

They said they had a, a senior with them.

I don't know that the senior is going to do the flight simulator and it doesn't

So why pay double the price per ticket when you can just pay ala cart for just the teenage boys?

So I wondered if this sort of nickel and diming that they were doing was because

I don't know.

Yeah, the whole ticketing situation is a question for me.

I pulled up the website and.

It does only list general admission tickets, which include museum admission

So even looking at this, like it doesn't say that there are going to

There is some value here to me that, um, I need to really check in about that.

Yeah.

And I guess you wouldn't really know that if there was no documentation, you wouldn't know that

It would definitely be disappointing to me that every single cool thing

Like then you really would have the experience of being nickeled and dimed.

You know, I wonder if they bought the tickets online and didn't speak

That's true.

They didn't really blame a ticketing person or mentioned them.

It sounds like they were.

Almost blaming themselves for trusting the other reviewers and going in a little bit blind.

Yeah, what's the spelling and grammar.

Like

Excellent.

We didn't abuse the all caps a little, but not like crazy.

It looks excellent though.

Really, really nicely done HealthyGypsyT on the, on the grammar for sure.

Do we think this is a normal experience?

And do we think that, um, HealthyGypsyT was right to kind of throw shade at the other

Cause I feel like that's what she did.

It also made me curious, how is a baseball broken?

I was thinking about that too.

The thread breaks?

In the thread.

I don't know, like there must be some sort of science, physics thing with that I assume.

Yeah, that was perplexing.

Oh, the food expectations let's, let's touch on that.

I did think it was maybe one of the most valuable aspects of this Review was mentioning

I wonder how many vegans are going to the Franklin Institute.

Interesting statistic.

But I, I do think it is like, this is for children.

And I do think that children, cafeteria situations are always not gourmet

And they also like want to turn it around.

So I feel like it's always the type of food that you can just like throw under

Yeah.

It's like chicken fingers and

Chicken fingers and French fries.

Honey mustard!

Yeah.

And pizza, you know,

Do you think that this like has an impact on you?

Like, would this be a deal breaker for you?

I think it's a very contingent Review right?

I think there's like a lot of boxes that need to be ticked for this to be your experience,

I am curious about the ala cart thing and are they going to be trying to upcharge

Is that what I'm getting into?

But other than that, I think like you, like, we've both been saying, it sounds

And I don't think that most, most people looking to come here with children would be

And then something that also stuck out to me in this review is the

And that is something that does pop up very frequently in reviews.

in the, that was in the Ross review.

The dressing rooms.

Oh my gosh.

Right.

That's right.

But it is, that is perplexing to me.

I recognize that like, like you're going to make sure that the last showing ends

So like, but 3:45 and they close at five.

Maybe that sort of makes sense, you know, but that is frustrating,

I was thinking though, I wonder the same thing.

Cause I was like, yes, that's annoying.

And you should have known that going in or they should have told you, but if you figure it's

And then if it's an hour long, I think it does stand to reason that you'd have to, like, if

It makes me think of like zoos when they have like live events.

It always says like the last showing is that this, like, it's very communicated.

Exactly.

Exactly

It really feels to me that HealthyGypsyT did a lot of Review research, but did not do

And it just seems they went in sort of blind besides reading a bunch of reviews where

Well we know!

We totally know.

um, let's see.

Anything else that we need to consider for HealthyGypsyT.

I don't think so.

I think I can crown this.

All right.

Let's crown her.

The Queens are Tabulating

You ready?

Total Score.

Oh, interesting.

We reversed on this one.

So I'm holding up two crowns.

Trey is holding up three and a half crowns.

Trey, tell us why you're holding up three and a half for a HealthyGypsyT.

Based on HealthyGypsyTs Review.

I think there is a large impact.

I, I imagine that this is maybe not the most common experience, which HealthyGypsyT

I need to get clarity on what the cost to participate is.

I think it's valuable to know like plan accordingly, because things will have

So for that reason, there is an impact for me, even though I don't know that I would have been

That's why I did three and a half because the impact is not a deal breaker.

I would go, but I would be armed with wanting more information.

Why did you do two crowns?

I did two crowns cause I just felt like in order to have the

hmmm,

I think if I weren't those things, I probably would have a very different experience.

Also, obviously there's like a little bit of attachment for me for the

And I know how much I loved it when I was a kid and I have admittedly not

And for me, while I appreciated HealthyGypsyT, sharing her experience, sharing the knowledge

I feel like I act, I did get to know what some of the programming was going to be.

So there was information there.

So that's mostly where my two crowns came from is there was information there.

I learned a thing or two, but I don't know that this would be something that would impact the

So that's that!

I agree.

Great job

Thanks, Trey

Franklin.

Do you know, it's named after?.

Benjamin Franklin.

Never heard of him.

Trey!

Lightning.

Okay.

Did you share know that my dad used to own Ben Franklin Crafts.

No, I did not know that.

How random is that?

Do you know what that is?

No.

What is it?

It was bought out by Michael's.

Have you ever heard of Michael's?

I mean, have I heard of Michael's I spent an entire summer there once.

I mean, not, not working there.

My friend Steph was very into scrapbooking.

We would go like every day.

Right.

So Ben Franklin Crafts, that

Wow.

I love that.

I'm learning new things about you all the time, so fun.

All right.

My Queen, Che, We've reached the Most Regal portion of our show.

Who are you inducting, Trey for?

Yeah.

My Royal Highness.

Today I am formally inducting DVR.

Whew.

I remember an era where you either recorded it on a VHS or you missed it, you what I'm sayin?

I know what you're sayin!

Yeah.

I mean, I used to record, I Love Lucy when it was on the marathon of like

Yes, love it.

Love it.

But I feel like DVR has become so synonymous with television or cable basically

And I was watching Impeachment, the Ryan Murphy

Is it good?

uh, I only watched the first Yeah, it was good.

but I watched on demand and so I couldn't fast forward or rewind.

Ugh!

And so I was stuck watching commercials, doesn't happen a lot.

So it really was like, oh my gosh, I really am so grateful to DVRs.

So this week I'm inducting DVRs and the ability to fast forward and

I love that so much.

I love when our Royal Highness goes to things that are like every day, things that

So

I just, I thought of another one.

gonna write it down for next week.

Oh, good.

How about you?

My queen, who are you inducting for?

Well, I really wanted to stay on brand today.

So I am inducting the William Penn Charter school!

And I would like to specifically shout out two of my favorite teachers, Dr.

Lynch, who was my AP Bio teacher and Fitz, who is the choir director.

Both of these people had a lot to do with helping me become more confident

Dr.

Lynch taught me in AP bio.

I didn't even really honestly have the confidence at first to take the class, but then I talked

And he was one of the first teachers I ever had that made me realize.

I am smart enough to do this, and they kind of step up to the plate and

I, you know, he, he really gave me a sense of belonging, uh, in this academic

And he's such an amazing guy.

And I think about him all the time.

Whenever I have that feeling of lack of competency within myself, I think, you know, what were Dr.

Lynch say?

And I think Dr.

Lynch would say.

You got this.

So thank you, Dr.

Lynch and Fitz he just had the best heart.

And I started Penn Charter as a sophomore, which is a little bit difficult.

It's it's a hard year to join a new school cause everybody is sort of,

Thank God.

I had some amazing, lovely friends that were very kind to me from the get, but we were all

Just like the epitome of love and joy and light.

When you saw him, you just felt better.

And it's not often that you find people like that that have the ability to make you

And I think Fitz is leaving Penn Charter.

I want to say this year.

And, ugh, I'm so sad for the community that they won't have him, but I'm so happy for

And thank you, Dr.

Lynch, thank you, Fitz.

You really changed my life.

And I think about you pretty often, and it's, you know, long overdue that

So thank you so much.

You are My Royal Highness, Penn Charter, and specifically Fitz and Dr.

Lynch.

I tell ya.

Teachers.

They world every day.

Yes, we can never, the point is we can never say it enough.

We can never thank the teachers enough.

They really are the people that influence, you know, everybody and

So can't say it enough.

As Whitney once said, I believe the children are the future.

Teach them well and let them lead the way

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