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Someone's gotta settle the score.

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Speaking up Chelsey.

How's your week going?

my week is clicking along Trey.

Click cl

You know, I was traveling Trey and I got to see each other in person and do

And we can't wait to share all those photos with you, but the traveling bit

let's do it.

Chelsey.

Do you need to

Lodge Complaint.

do.

I don't think I can wait a moment longer.

So I was flying out to Newark.

There were thunderstorms, we got delayed in the air.

Okay.

13 hours, 13 to 14 hours of being on the plane, which, which should not have been

Okay.

So there's that.

But then like 12 of those hours were in the air and I feel like it's excruciating to be on the

It's very like nausea, inducting.

So anyway, we land and we're waiting for another hour, of course, to like get to our gate.

The woman in the row next to me on the left side had like a baby with her.

The baby was like mostly fine the entire time.

And then she decided that after flying for, you know, almost 14 hours, what everybody on the plane

oh,

Okay.

Now the Complaint is about baby shark.

That all was a little bit of like a lead up.

Everybody knows I'm not gonna sing the song, cuz I don't wanna ruin your day.

I'm just gonna say baby shark.

But at this point, everybody knows that is mental warfare.

Okay.

You say that to someone you're gonna ruin the rest of their day.

So like my day was already ruined.

I didn't need the additional topping of baby shark.

I, I mean what a move truly what?

A move.

Maybe they were desperate.

You think they were desperate at that point?

Cuz of the baby.

two points here.

Yes.

I haven't had to circle for that long, you know, Kena Hora, but there is something maddening when

you're not moving.

wow, we're just like literally looping.

There's something really scary to

it is, yeah, it was creepy.

I'm trapped, I'm a prisoner and we're in the air and

It's.

And eventually we will run on the fuel, which we did.

And then baby shark.

Yes.

There's something about that tune that is so maddening.

maddening.

Maddening.

with my nephews, like I'm very aware of like, I don't wanna start it because

It's the new, like, this is the song that never ends.

Right.

But that's my Complaint.

What's going on in your life.

All right, I'm gonna do it.

I have sat on this Complaint for a very long time and I'm going to be vulnerable

So you listeners, if you've been listening for a while, you might, um, have heard me

And you might also like try to track something and get a little bit confused.

So I'm gonna go ahead and Lodge this Complaint.

I need to Lodge a Complaint against this cultural co-sign that we all have, that it's

Cause I am gonna Lodge a Complaint here because during the pandemic.

yeah.

and I moved out of New York city and we actually reside in the

I have, have always felt a little sense of feelings about declaring that I live in New

I don't know why that is, but it's like, we all agree that like we can make a joke about

And here I am with the Complaint is that.

Lie.

I don't say that I live in New Jersey.

I say I live in New York and this came up for Chelsey and I, when we went to that

And I would say that I was still in Manhattan because it felt like we were on the two coasts.

And so as I'm like evolving and I'm starting to recognize, I'm putting

I feel like there is a character assessment or a character assassination that's gonna.

Said or thought when I say I am from New Jersey, because people in

When you say anything about New Jersey, it's like, it's like an automatic reflex.

When you say the state of New Jersey.

Oh, I feel sorry for you.

There's like always, it's a loaded contribution to any conversation.

And I'm interested to bring this up with you, Chelsey, cuz you were from

So I'm curious how you feel in this conversation, but I'm lodging a Complaint that I have been

Now comedy back.

My Complaint today is this hate on New Jersey.

Why is there New Jersey shame and why is there New Jersey hate?

And I'm gonna declare from this episode forward, I'm gonna be honest and transparent that I live in

12 years, but I don't even need to say that, cuz I say that as a sense of pride, that is irrelevant.

It doesn't matter.

So I live in New Jersey Chelsey.

What are your thoughts on this cultural agreement to make fun of New Jersey?

So many thoughts are going through my mind.

First thought is like, welcome.

Like you're like a baby in the world.

It makes me actually feel like seen that you are acknowledging this, cuz

Like a little more than a year

right.

And I've lived in New Jersey for my I for my entire childhood.

And I'm from there.

And I had a similar lie that I would tell all the time, which is, I always tell people

And I was constantly attacked by the people that lived in like the Philadelphia suburbs.

Like there were people that would live on the main line or wherever, and they would

Cuz they're technically like still in the state of Pennsylvania.

They're allowed to say that.

But people would, when they would find out that I lived in Jersey and I was in cherry hill,

You're in Jersey.

Like it was a whole thing.

Jersey is the armpit of America.

Have you heard that one?

I have, yeah,

the whole place smells like trash that comes from like, I

there is.

it's like above a trash dump, but yeah, I totally feel you,

You can just put Jersey in a sentence and all of a sudden add a laugh track

Yeah.

But ink,

like you said, in the musicals, it's like buddies from Jersey

Yeah.

And it always gets a

know, and it always gets a laugh, whatever.

But yeah, the I've been facing this my entire life.

There's a certain amount of shame that comes from living in New Jersey.

And I had a good childhood and also New Jersey is so vast, right?

Like I think the Jersey shore did us a real disservice, like after the Jersey

I was gonna tell people that I was from New Jersey.

Yeah,

It's like people say.

You see a cow every day, you know?

And then you like, think about it.

Oh, Donn, nobody ever told you that.

Think about it, listeners, you supposedly see a cow every day.

Now that can be a real cow.

That can be on a television, a commercial of the cow.

It can be cow print.

Right.

But the idea is that you see a cow every day and once you pay attention to it, you start

And I feel like if you pay attention listeners, you'll hear a Jersey joke almost every day.

Whether it be on television on the street somewhere, it is like

yeah, there were a bunch of tabloid articles about Cardi B making an Instagram post

And it was actually like Englewood, like, and then, so then everyone

So that's my Complaint.

I'm gonna, um, be more conscious about.

proud and also like, so let's just like take a quick side note.

I don't know the whole list, but there are a lot of celebrities, famous

I think like there, like there's a lot of us from Jersey that are going strong.

So let's rewrite the narrative together.

I would imagine that the joke is because it's right next to New York and New

Yeah, exactly.

Like there's other big cities.

Like if you live like outside of Atlanta, are people like making fun of where you live?

Like, I don't know.

It's or I don't know if that works.

It it's interesting because it's a state that is so close to two large cities.

I think that that's like the stain of it because, oh, like you can't hack it in New York.

You can't afford New York real estate.

You can't, whatever you go to Jersey, like, you know, you, you wanna have a more suburban

Like you live in south Jersey, I don't know,

But that it's funny, you mentioned the sulfur trash mail off one of

So I didn't know anything about New Jersey and one of my first exposures was like going

And it does smell meanwhile, New Jersey state motto as the garden state.

for our tomatoes, which are delicious.

And they're in season now try, you should get

Everyone do that.

So it listeners, if you have any opinions or thoughts on New Jersey shame or New Jersey

I'm gonna own New Jersey.

Now.

I'm gonna stop lying that I live in New York.

Although I did live in New York when we started the podcast.

No, I didn't.

No, I didn't.

I already

but you did live in New York for over a decade.

doesn't matter.

That is all sort of like trying to get clout for something that is

My mother still says she's from New York.

Okay.

like, I mean, she is from there.

that's my Complaint.

Hazah New Jersey.

All right.

HAA, indeed.

Great.

Wow.

That got extra heated.

Um, that kind of made me like, feel like I wanted to get in the ring and fight.

You know what I mean?

Oh, well, let's lace up our

wanted to be like New Jersey verse, New York.

Let's do it.

All right.

Well, let's go head to head today Chelsey because it is yet again, another versus episode.

Woohoo.

Let's do it.

Says that Kvetch.

So today, Chelsey and I are going to go head to head as we cover both a

We've done a lot of talking about Yelp elites on this podcast, and we're gonna do a deep

So for this versus episode, Trey selected the five star

So to determine who reads first, we gotta flip that quota.

Here we go.

Who's guessing you

Oh, do I guess?

guess?

Okay.

I'm gonna say tails.

It's tails.

Okay.

So we're gonna hear the five star first.

All right.

Try.

What is the topic of choice?

So today we are both covering reviews from this Yelp elite reviewer, ABC.

So at the time of this recording C has 665 reviews, 1,898 photos,

What

180 followers

that's a lot.

and 4,032 friends on Yelp.

Wow.

C joined Yelp in 2007, they wrote their 500th review in the year 2012.

And Amy C has received over 8,000 Yelp compliments and over 20,000 useful,

Interesting to note useful was their most at nearly 8,000 votes, but don't let that sway

You'll determine how useful C is.

So Amy C's most common rating is three stars.

Amy C's Yelp quote on their profile is quote unquote wander last.

So with all of that background info, let's go ahead and do it.

Let's get into this versus battle.

I'm so ready.

Let's do it.

Review That Review.

All right.

So today I have the five star for C, obviously from Yelp and written by C and today I'm

Wow.

which was selected by Yelp as the review of the day in 2012.

So this review is for it's for the veggie grill in Los Angeles.

I love veggie grill.

The one on Wilshire.

And this is the review.

Here we go.

There's no subject

Okay.

asterisk, 500th asterisk.

I saved veggie grill for my milestone review because this place is stellar on all levels.

From the super friendly service to the insanely.

Delicious, vegetarian fair.

You can't go wrong at VG.

Trust me.

I'm not a vegetarian by any means.

And it took a while before my BF could convince me to try this place.

Fake meat, no meat.

Are you kidding me?

I try to vegan joint in Santa Monica once, and it was quite tasteless since then.

I've distanced myself from all those non meat type places.

Finally, I relented.

How bad could it be?

My first trip was on a weekend during lunch, as we pulled up into the back parking lot, I

I mean, how bad could it be?

If all these people were going, I ordered the Santa Fe crispy chicken with a side of coleslaw.

Fried quote, unquote chicken with lettuce, tomato, onion, and avocado.

It came with a side of spicy vegan Mayo.

The food arrived, and I dug in.

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

Dot, dot, dot.

What?

How is this possible?

This shit was amazing.

I couldn't even tell it.

Wasn't chicken.

Tempe.

You are now my friend, since this first visit, I've been back too many times to count.

How can I resist food that tastes good and is good for you.

Other highlights are the grilling chicken, sweetheart fries, coli, mashed potatoes and kale.

You can't go wrong with the damn kale.

I've asked for my sandwiches to be made kale style instead of on the bun, kale lovers.

Rejoice, I'll be back again and again, this is definitely a successful restaurant and

year was this written?

This review was written on April 27th, 2012.

Okay.

It definitely has expanded quite a bit.

expanded.

It's definitely expanded.

So ABC gets points for that prediction.

Right?

I agree.

Yes,

I thought that this was a good review.

I thought that it was well written.

The spelling and grammar seemed good.

Coherent.

I thought it was sort of sweet that they said it was their 500th review.

Like I know I was annoyed at that for another review, but maybe I'm softening cuz

I like that they like told us it was crowded.

And also I really like that they did that opposite of a compliment sandwich for

I wasn't in like I've been to vegan restaurants before.

I'm not a fan cuz I thought that was a really interesting perspective for someone that might

That was like useful and, and helpful.

And I liked the entire experience with the boyfriend and they mentioned what they

Keywords.

keyword.

Right.

The only thing I thought was, was like, iffy, is that good for you?

Part of it because veggie girl is sort of known as it's like vegan junk food.

It's like vegan, fast food.

And so I Donn don't necessarily know that it's good for you.

That being said, C did follow up by saying that they wrap, you know, their

So it is possible to eat healthy here.

So I wasn't sure if I should give a knock for that, you know, because maybe

Interesting point though, cuz I feel that this whole review is really obviously from

So I do think that it is very valuable.

If you find yourself in the same camp, if you feel like, uh, like why would I go to a V

So I, so I think that's very valuable.

My question is, is this valuable if you are already vegetarian and you've never heard or been

Yeah, I think it's, yeah, it's positive to hear if I were, if I, I mean,

I'm trying to think about what is missing from Amy C's review, I guess.

Like, I do think it was pretty solid if I wanted something else from this review considering,

Were there photos as well?

Cuz

so there's not a photo, but it does at the very end.

I didn't know if I should read this or not.

It does say picks dash and then it's like a bit dot Lee.

so maybe.

Oh,

Maybe this is back in the day before you could post pictures

Do you wanna copy that link?

And can you copy it?

Yeah.

Just clicked it.

Let's see if it,

That would be hilarious if it was like an album of, of C at veggie grill.

oh, this, okay.

So this is, I'm gonna share the screen because this is very bizarre.

So this actually leads to Amy C's blog.

Hmm.

So there are images here.

It looks like very early Instagram where the border

So is the blog, are they leading us to a blog article about veggie grill?

Yes.

And it was written the same day, but it's a different, it's not copy

Is there like a link there's probably a link in there to their Yelp view.

Maybe I, I kind of respect that.

That means that C isn't just like a blogger.

Who's trying.

I mean, she is hustling by putting the link to the blog.

At first, I was like, maybe I'm a little turned off, but then, because the link does

And then on their blog, it links to veggie grill.com

Right.

Okay.

All right.

That's sort of, queenly

are pretty.

I wonder why they didn't put them on Yelp, Yelp.

maybe like you said, in 2012 or whatever, maybe you couldn't

Yeah.

I don't know.

you think that they're a little shady that they're trying to

Like, if you,

I'm just curious.

has to say then, is it bad that that ABC is using it to draw an audience to her blog?

I think it's very entrepreneurial,

yeah, I'm okay with it.

but given the fact that C has like 2000 photos on Yelp, maybe they

I'm not sure about Yelp in 2012, but spelling a grammar I say is great.

It is like, um, indented in really beautiful ways.

So it's easy to read.

I think it's truthful.

I, I think the fact that Amy is leading, like you said, with the negative sandwich

I've had bad experiences.

Meanwhile, I was overwhelmingly blown away and now I go back all the time.

Like I believe

Yeah.

I believe that.

And there is also something interesting about the fact that Amy is like, I save

I mean, obviously we have a One-Star-Zinger review coming up, but it makes me.

highly of ABC because she wanted to reserve that 500th spot for a positive experience, as

That's kind of queenly

Were you entertained here as there?

Humor?

I think I did laugh sometimes.

Yeah, but it didn't feel genuine to me.

I felt like you were just like encouraging me as the reader.

Maybe I was just laughing at your reading cuz I really did think you did a good job.

Thank thank you.

You know, your first question here was like, what's sort of missing.

And to me, I, I think that like I get personality.

It is an easy read.

I also like, think the impact is like, I'm feeling positive towards veggie grill, but I don't

I appreciate all of the suggestions of food.

So I, I don't know that I'm missing anything, even though I don't think there

Right.

Yeah,

I Donn, I think I might be ready to crown Amy say

I think so too.

for this, for this.

Uh, and I'm just gonna keep in mind as I'm crowning that, you know, I'm gonna, if this

all right.

That's.

you know?

Okay.

All right.

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

We will simultaneously reveal our ratings.

The Queens are Tabulating.

Oh my gosh.

my God, the Queens are unanimous four and a half crowns, four and a half crowns.

So I went with four and a half crowns, cuz I feel like Amy C is a Yelp elite.

I really needed to be a knee slapper.

You know like I'm hysterical.

Like it has like, I like a real, real visceral punch for me to give C a Review Queen here.

But I will say very solid review ticked all the marks.

I was trying to be hard on C for saying, did she miss something?

But she really didn't.

She, she hit everything.

We would want, her spelling was great.

There was value.

There, there was information there felt truthful.

It felt common.

And there was an, there was an impact.

So I think ABC really, she did great on everything, but humor, even though there

What about you?

so similar reasonings, but a different reason, different topic here.

I just said four and a half, because I think it's such a strong, solid, amazing review.

Obviously Yelp made it the review of the day.

The only reason I took half of a crown away.

I I'm very curious about why they didn't post the pictures that they

I, I don't, I'm not making a judgment call and if I think that's entrepreneurial or if

I Donn Donn don't know when images were added as a feature to Yelp, but I know

So, and obviously ABC did because they posted images along with this narrative on their blog.

So I'm, I took half off, cuz I don't know why you didn't include it on Yelp.

Cuz the images look beautiful.

They make me feel a little hungry and that's the only really thing That's keeping

Cuz I want the evidence since you went out of your way to create it.

So why did you not include it?

So that's why I did four and a half

So if me C had put the link there and included the photos,

Yes, honestly.

Yeah.

All right.

Fair enough.

Great review Trey.

Why?

Thank you.

I love veggie grow.

I do too.

I really am a big fan of veggie girl.

I like the, like you guys remember back in the day when McDonald used to have those like snack wraps.

So they have like their version of the snack wraps and that's usually what I get.

Cause they're so good.

Love a snack wrap.

all right.

Well, let's take a quick break.

let take a snack

let's take a snack break and get some snack wraps.

We're gonna order veggie grill on Uber, except we don't have them in New Jersey.

I'll send some to you.

And in the meantime, when we come back after this break,

So when we come back after being satiated with our snack wraps, we're gonna hear

Yeah.

Do you know Amy C do you think, you know, Amy C do you guys think, you know, Amy C

well, I know this one starts coming, so I'm a little anxious,

All right.

see.

All right, we'll be right

and hide.

Hold your crown.

We'll be right back.

Oh my God.

It's game time.

ChelseyBD and on honor of our new found games, I've created yet another game that

Oh my God.

Is it an elite or is it a PE,

Isn't an elite

review or a PE, which

Ooh.

I love this.

you're gonna have to tell me if this is an elite reviewer or if this is

A ER, if this is a ER,

a puer,

Ooh,

to, um, rhyme review

I'm gonna do pier.

I like, I mean, I like reviewer or pier

review or PE you,

review or PE.

Okay.

Yay.

We all get it.

Does everybody playing along at home?

I literally did write this as elite or PE and that's not rhyming.

That's not the game that we've set up.

Okay.

All right.

So obviously listeners are gonna play along where I'm gonna read something

And at the end of the third beep you have to say reviewer or ER, So there's

What I did is I searched through Yelp, both elite reviewers and non elite

So this is all information gathered from the profile.

And you're gonna tell me based on those things, if it's a reviewer, that's an elite, or if it's a ER,

so is this like from their bio?

Like you're telling me.

it's all sorts of things you're gonna you're I think

All right.

I'm ready?

Okay, here we go.

So Chelsey it's time for us to play.

Is it an elite reviewer?

Who is it?

A P all right, here we go.

First one, Scotty w has 61, 5 star reviews and 90 useful votes.

Is Scotty w a elite reviewer or a P viewer.

That's correct.

Yay.

Yay.

Good job.

So here's another one you ready?

Yes.

This reviewer is Emily G there.

Yelp quote is always in the mood for eating food and they have 79, 3 star reviews.

Is Emily G an elite reviewer or a PE viewer?

Ooh, reviewer,

Wait, elite

like elite reviewer.

oh, yes, that's correct.

I'll say, I bet you that I bet you, they have a lot of photos, cuz

And because of their little quote line, I thought this is someone that probably

But that's just 79, 3 star reviews.

They have like 800 million other star reviews.

okay.

Good to know.

Okay.

All right.

Here's another one.

Justina w Justine W's profile quote is dessert.

First eating my heart out wherever good food takes me.

And they have 23 funny votes.

Is Justin a w a reviewer or a ER?

Elite review.

That's right.

Oh, my God, like three for three,

You are.

Okay.

Okay, this one is really funny.

This is the person's name, less like French, like LS less, or I guess that's Le

Yeah,

the hetero homo as in header dash O dash docs, comma ho sapiens end.

that's their name?

Less the hetero homo.

As in hetero docs, homo sapien M has 52 star reviews and 580.

Cool votes.

ChelseyBD

Oh.

is less the hetero homo as in hetero docs, homo sapiens, M a reviewer or.

Oh.

This is very interesting because I wanna say they're a reviewer

And how could you have so many cool votes unless you're writing so many reviews, but I

Okay.

I'm gonna say, or

correct.

Oh my God.

You're really doing good at this.

God, I'm so proud of myself.

I spend so much time on Yelp.

You guys so much time.

Okay.

Here's another one.

Danielle w Danielle w has seven, four star reviews and four cool votes

Oh my again, I feel like I'm trying to be tricked.

So I'm gonna say elite reviewer.

That's

Woo.

Chelsey.

You've literally gotten every single one

I'm so proud.

I Donn don't think this has ever

Evelyn F has three One-Star-Zinger reviews and 56 funny votes.

happened.

Is Evelyn F an elite reviewer or a ER?

Ooh, elite reviewer.

Yes.

Oh my God.

okay.

I really feel like I've studied for the SATs.

Just like the amount of times I've read Yelp reviews.

Okay.

Here's another one.

Okay.

Tory H their profile quote is good food.

Good people, good times.

And they have 39 useful votes.

Chelsey is Tori H an elite reviewer or a ER

I think a PE or

you're right.

Oh my God.

Oh my God.

Uh, I have four more, but we have to do them all because I don't know what's happening to you.

This is we're like we've spent too much time as like partners.

Okay.

Here's another one so far.

You've gotten every single one, right?

Okay.

This is YNY H YNY H has 13, three star reviews and 36 funny votes.

Chelsey is YNY H and elite reviewer, or a PE viewer.

oh God.

Elite reviewer.

Yes,

Oh,

what's happening.

Okay, this is, um, Meki Y Meki Y has zero three star reviews, but has three cool

oh Trey.

You're really trying to lead me one way.

And I Donn know if you're trying to trick me or if you've tricked me into thinking,

No,

you were trying to trick me into tricking myself.

that's one wrong.

Oh, I almost said

doing so well.

Okay.

We have two more.

Here we go.

Okay.

Well that was such an obvious PE or I thought must be a trick.

Okay.

I should've

Okay.

Here we go.

Van end, quote, w.

Yelp profile quote is I calls it as I seize it and they have 39 funny votes.

Is van honest a w an elite reviewer or a ER?

Yes.

Ooh, God, thank God.

I'm back.

Here's the final one?

Okay.

Stephanie U Stephanie U's Yelp profile quote is I try

Exclamation mark and Stephanie U has 48.

Cool votes Chelsey.

Donn is Stephanie U an elite reviewer or a PE or

I think they're an elite reviewer.

so this was the trick question, but I think you're gonna get the point.

Yes.

Because Stephanie, you was

Okay.

And then they took him away, took it

but is no longer an elite reviewer.

So diva, you got 10

Out of 11,

of 11

I'm pretty proud of that.

Chelsey.

That was remarkable.

I should have gone with my gut on the other one, but it's okay.

It's okay.

Thank you.

That was remarkable.

If you were listening, how did you do, did you do as well as I did?

Do you spend as much time on Yelp as I do?

I doubt it.

I mean, not that you did well, but that you spend as much time as I did.

That was fun.

Trey.

I lo Trey has been creating these games behind my back.

You guys, I had no idea this was coming just to make that clear

That's right.

And you really excelled.

what a great game.

I love it.

Thanks Trey.

Good job diva.

And now we're gonna find out if we really know me C.

That Review.

All right.

We are back from that game break where Chelsey excelled.

And now it's your turn diva.

Yeah, it's my turn.

And now we're gonna see, is this the same C that we saw earlier?

Or is this a different C

Hmm.

I'll let you be the judge.

This is ABC's One-Star-Zinger review of pep boys.

Oh,

Yeah.

Is Pepboys the ones that, that has like the Larry moan curly kind

I think so.

Okay.

Okay.

I do love that branding.

Anyway.

I don't know any history about Pepboys, but this is Amy C's One-Star-Zinger you of pep boys.

Here we go.

Fuck these lying assholes.

I had my breaks done here in July and noticed some weird clanking sound.

Whenever I was driving.

Well, I took it back after a few weeks, since the sound wouldn't go away,

It would be $300 to fix.

I decided to wait a week later, I went back there and said the noise was getting worse.

They looked at it and said that I needed to replace the struts and axles in

Oh,

WTF.

So the price went up $200 in a week.

Wow.

Business must be booming.

Anyway, I decided not to do the service here, took it to a different auto

They told me that the clanking noise was from the brake pads not being installed

Geez WTF.

So now I have to get new brake pads to fix the problem.

Explain to me why I paid $200 for new brake pads and rotors.

If the shit ain't gonna be done, right, I could have fucking died.

These jerk offs are a bunch of losers who don't give a shit on anything, but ripping people off,

Thanks.

Oh brother.

I think screaming.

I'm assuming this was an all caps.

I could have died.

Yes,

I mean, that is like that's winning a One-Star-Zinger review.

It wasn't at all caps.

It was, I could, I could have fucking died with two exclamation points,

Oh,

but still

wow.

This was, um, this is reminding me of the, um, what was the explicit review?

The

yeah.

very cussy cussy

I know Amy C I thought I knew you

oh, we also didn't even mention this, but we did one of ABC's reviews on

So if you aren't a member of the Patreon, you, you like

and you want a little more C in your

That's how we got to this idea, cuz we thought ABC was so entertaining.

Okay.

First of all, I am very confused.

I am someone that could be swindled when it comes to a car situation.

So I Donn don't know what a suspension means.

I don't know what struts or axles are.

Mm-hmm

So to me, I'm sort of like, wait, what, I, I can assume what a break

So like who's right.

Which is very stressful.

I just wanna zoom out a little bit because how do we know that pep boys is the one that's lying,

Like I recognize C's they went back and that it was different the second time.

So that's very, like, I'm just, I don't know what's going on.

So I Donn don't know if C is correct or not, but I get that C is very angry and very upset.

I mean the key takeaway here for me and, and it's easy to sort of like miss,

But the idea is we went to pep boys and we had our breaks done.

All

then.

We notice some weird clanking sound and then we're coming back and they're blaming it on other

something else

And then when we go to another, that costs money.

And then when we go somewhere else, they're like, oh, it's the breaks that are messed up.

And the brake pad wasn't put on.

Right.

So that's why I think ABC is so mad because like this imminent danger that C was put in

And not only did, when she went back and said, something's wrong, not only did

But they were trying to blame other things for the rattling noise.

And I would imagine I could be wrong, but I would imagine that ABC probably had the next

And then the car was probably fine.

I mean, now that

a leap.

but now that you're pointing all that out, I did miss that detail at

Right.

Like I had my breaks done here in July is like the key point,

Well, is that true?

Do we think that that's truthful or is that shady?

I think it's probably truthful.

That would be quite a crazy lie.

Yeah.

I think it would be a totally crazy lie.

I don't.

I mean,

the idea, it isn't now this is a very interesting point because if you took

They, you go and they tell you it's something else.

Then you come back, they tell you it's something different, that's more money.

And then you go to a different place altogether and they tell you that the

That's outrageous.

right.

Yes.

Can you actually get into a car rack if there's something up with your brake pads,

you kidding?

Like, yeah.

You can get into a car wreck if there's anything wrong with your brakes.

Cuz if you can't like break.

Well, is that what a brake pad does?

I don't know,

Yeah.

I think that's like part of, yes.

It's part of.

on a bicycle, like the little like P

It it's part of like the mechanism that makes, that keeps your break from like,

brake pad.

a, that's a like needs a new break pad.

Do you think that's common practice for like these types of places to like install

Cause C is saying the new place they went told them the brake pads were installed incorrect.

Oh, do you think that they're like also like

Well, no, my question is, did pep boys install it incorrectly to

oh,

tell you it's the suspension and charge you $500.

well that would be very shady if that were the case.

What were you get?

What were you getting from this?

That it was installed incorrectly and then they just,

Yeah, it was installed incorrectly and that they didn't wanna like own up

So instead of just like owning up to what was, what the mistake was, they were like, oh, there's

Well, that is a really good point.

What if, what if it was innocent and then you've come back and they look and they're

Correct.

Do you tell the customer that something

Yeah.

You just say like, you don't say there's something dangerous.

Like if, if that happened to me, I feel like, and I was like working in the back

Yeah.

Like we're gonna take another look at the breaks, make sure that everything is tightened properly.

Like maybe one of the screws got loose.

Yeah.

Like some, like make, you know, you can say things to not make it sound like

Like you can explain it a way in a way.

That's like, oh, that shouldn't be that way.

Let me look into that for you.

Oh, here you go.

All better now.

Like, you know what I mean?

Or the other extreme where you say it's something completely

Yeah.

I mean, I believe C in this and I, I think, I believe them separate from

So that is interesting.

But I also understand being exceedingly angry about this circumstance.

Like, are you kidding me?

I brought this here.

Cuz you're the professional.

right.

Do we think this is common?

Hmm.

I would imagine break pads are common.

Brake pads are definitely common.

I don't know if this scenario is common.

I think it's really hard to trust people that are working on your cars.

And I will say that this would be impactful for me.

Like if I read something like this

yeah.

I had an idea like this place.

Might be shady.

I think I wouldn't go.

Or if I was gonna go, I would definitely like have to bring someone with me that

In fact, something like this happened to me once, not at a pep boys, but

And like, I needed to get a new tire cuz the tread was low.

And then, you know, they're like, you also need a realignment.

You also needed this.

You also, and, and like, I just paid for it, you know, because like, I don't know any better

So you're gonna say, yeah.

So I do think reading reviews for these kind of places is super important because

So I think it's valuable to know like if there was something shady going on at this location, okay.

Maybe I'm not gonna go there.

And I think ABC is gonna impact a lot of people to not go to Pepboys.

I think that's the impact for me too, is like something shady was occurring,

Two different

visits, and then you go to a whole other location and they tell you it's something

It's the same issue that you kind of started with?

Yeah.

Yeah.

makes me feel like I am not gonna go here.

I mean, I do think the humor in this was like calling these mechanics jerk off losers.

I just think it's like so random, like.

it was provocative.

I'll give Amy C that there was, it was

Amy is like stomping their foot in the sand, wanting attention,

Like

again, like you said, on the other one where the other of you where everything

Like, we definitely had some, all caps moments, but like it was mixed in throughout.

It looks nice.

And because C I mean really divided us into paragraphs and areas and

It doesn't look like a crazy person rant.

interesting.

Oh, that's very interesting.

And the first sentence, the expletive sentence is like in all

And then there's like a two space after that.

And then we get into the review.

So it's very provocative the way it looks

and it's spelled Al right?

The curse words.

totally spelled out in the flash, like not hiding it,

Yeah.

the only time we're hiding it is, you know, the WTF, but.

That's a colloquialism,

Yeah.

And I Donn, I think maybe even though this review, I think will be a turnoff for some people.

Cause I, I would imagine some people don't wanna have to read curse words.

Maybe when they're reading reviews, there's something almost nice about the Braze Inness

full disclosure.

Yeah, I have

starting at the top.

So it's like, if you don't wanna read a review where there's cursing well, it's in

So just skip it,

but that, but with that, that is a thought of mine.

Like I do think there is unique, valuable information in this review.

And I wonder if you would lose that if you don't want to see the cussing, but

I don't know if that's a

I, I was gonna say, I also don't know, like, is it a, do you not like it?

If you're reading a review and there's cursing in it, like, does it, is it a turn off for you?

Would you not wanna read it?

I don't know that.

I don't know that that's a majority thing.

right.

I feel like we're in a culture now where like cussing isn't as big of a

Also, I don't think we have to be protective of children because I don't think like a

And then like their like fragile sense of reality is broken.

You know what I mean?

Like this is like, like, I think we're all adults.

If we're looking at this pep voice review, I Donn know that's my prerogative, but

We didn't do a compliment sandwich, which I usually like,

no, Amy couldn't be done with that.

She was, Amy was too mad.

Amy could have effing died.

Could have having died.

I mean, it is scary.

Anything to do with your brakes and your car is, is really no laughing matter.

Like, yeah.

That's a bad mess up.

I think I can crown this one.

How do you feel?

I think I can crowd it as well.

All right, let's do it.

The Queens are Tabulating

to, to school.

Oh, we're the same again?

Four and a half, four and a half.

Yeah.

I really feel like Amy sees a four and a half.

Let us know why you said four and a half Trey,

I just took half off because I am not sure about the cussing.

I don't know where it like falls in the world.

It doesn't offend me.

right.

I feel like if.

Like to be fully a Queen, you would just choose to not use it or like to use like asterisks or some

find a funnier.

Right?

Some other like attack towards how awful this experience was.

And also because of the whole conversation about like missing the

Um, but I think the ultimate payoff here is I have a large impact.

I, I think that this pep boy's location may deal in shady dealings.

And that makes me feel like, well, I'm not even gonna waste my energy.

correct.

So four and a half for me.

What about you?

Completely on the same page.

I just think we could have used a different tactic.

We could have used our nogging a little more.

I think I've learned that Amy, C's pretty smart and pretty clever.

And I think we didn't have to go with the cursing, but again, wasn't that offended myself.

That's why I went with four and a half.

I thought it was a, again, another stellar review from C.

And I'm gonna go ahead and say that C deserves this elite status.

What about you?

Yeah, I think, well, I think what I'm seeing from both of the stories

Yeah.

C was willing to go to a vegetarian place, even though they eat meat

And then be one over one over in such a way that they would return many times and

And similarly, I think ABC with the negative review is just so incensed in this one specific

I mean, hello.

Really the review could have started there, but great job

Good job,

very good about this.

What a firecracker.

Um, you must be in LA.

If you are, let's go.

Let's get a drink.

I'm gonna take your recommendation though.

I'm just telling you wherever you wanna go.

That's where I wanna go.

good job

Good job.

ABC.

I write my Queen.

We have reached the most Regal portion of our show.

Who are you inducting for?

My Royal line.

All right.

Today I have this really sweet story that I found online about the Owasso library.

So this was a news article

Do we wanna spell that?

O Owasso O w a S S O

Okay.

So yeah.

Awaso it's an Oklahoma.

Okay.

So this was a Facebook post on the Oso library back in may.

The post says thank you to whoever returned this copy of the book, Annie, Annie, to us.

Have you ever heard of the book, Annie, Annie by Molly Cohen?

No.

me either.

Okay.

According to the inside pocket, this book was due back to the central library

So the story here is that the Facebook post went viral.

And so a bunch of people were like, what was the late fee?

What was the late fee?

So they had to reply.

And finally say for those of you who were worried about late fees, the book

So there's no way for us to tell who had checked it out, plus the library

So no worries either way.

Isn't that crazy?

That's nice.

But wait, so, so the book was rent borrowed from a different library and returned to this one,

yeah, I'm unsure about that.

Cuz they tag central library.

right?

And now they're in possession of central library's book,

Right?

Wait.

So they returned it to the wrong place, I guess.

So did this wait, so did the, did the Owasso library return it to central library?

That's what I'm wondering,

Oh, well now this Royal Highness doesn't make any sense.

I was wanting to induct the Owasso library for being like in

well, I still think that we should induct the Awasa library for having good humor

Like I think that's pretty huge,

I agree.

right.

So I think Awaso library deserves an induction and also like, what are they, it's not their

They're just like being cheeky and fun about it.

And I do think since they tagged central library,

They're doing their due

right?

They're not like hiding this from them.

So for that reason today, I am inducting the Owasso library for putting out some

So for that reason, Owasso library, you are my Royal Highness.

Love it.

There's also a little tidbit here.

I want to include that.

Although 47 years is a long time.

Okay, wait a second.

Okay.

The tweet says only 46 years overdue, but then the article says 45 years.

And now this fun fact says 47 years.

Okay.

Regardless

Right.

Maybe it's just a time period thing.

Like

that is not a record for overdue

oh, oh,

George Washington, former president of the United States borrowed a book from the New

In fact, it was not until 2010 that the book got returned after the head librarian of

Oh, God stop.

That's true.

That sounds like one of those, like, you know, how Snapp facts are like sometimes they're facts

Have you ever had an overdue library book?

Oh my God.

When I was a kid, I'm sure.

But like, we used to get in trouble if we had to pay and we would have to take it out

What do you think about they're no longer being overdue fines.

I think that's great.

You know, where I was like, you know, where I was really problematic as a.

The

Blockbuster blockbuster.

I, I racked up hundreds in late fees.

My dad would be so mad cuz we would go, we would, you know, we would go to rent a new

right?

Exactly.

like what?

Well,

my

in the meantime, if anyone has any overdue library, books just return them.

It's

Just return them.

There's no shame.

Yeah.

All right, Queen, we did it.

That is another round on the library.

C Yelp elite.

No photos included except on my blog.

Ouch.

My break pad is broken.

Are you in RQ?

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does veggie grill serve fries?

They do, right?

Yeah, they do.

They're good.

I think,

I remember I ate at the veggie grill because it was right next to that psychic.

I went to who kicked me out.

oh

was like on the corner.

So I like ate there first.

there used to be a veggie grill right next to my gym.

So it was like, you know, calories in calories out.