Excuse Me Ma'am, Are You Taken?

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand – Episode Summary: "Excuse Me Ma'am, Are You Taken?"

Release Date: May 1, 2025

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Introduction to the Incident

At the heart of this episode, Joe kicks off the discussion with a rather shocking story sourced from TMZ: a road rage incident where a woman defecates on a car hood. The segment begins promptly at [00:30], transitioning straight from an advertisement to the headline news.

Joe: “[00:30] Excuse me, ma'am. I'd just like to ask, are you taken? It's one more thing.”

This opening line sets a humorous yet critical tone as the hosts delve into the bizarre and unsettling behavior exhibited during the incident.

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Breaking Down the Road Rage Incident

The hosts dissect the details of the incident, focusing on the unusual and extreme reaction taken by the woman involved.

Armstrong: “[00:54] I just watched this video. I regret every second.”

The discussion highlights the escalation from a typical road rage scenario to an unprecedented act of vandalism, emphasizing the woman's deliberate choice to defecate on another vehicle's hood.

Joe: “[01:22] The victim honks while this is in progress. And when she realized what happened, her best insult is to call the suspect a slut.”

The conversation touches on the immediate consequences and the type of language used, reflecting the emotional intensity of the confrontation.

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Analyzing the Behavior and Legal Implications

The dialogue shifts towards understanding the motivations and potential legal repercussions of such an act.

Getty: “[01:09] You know, as a professional communicator, I will say that she communicated very clearly. Her message is unmistakable. So points for clarity.”

Getty commends the clarity of the message, albeit through inappropriate means, and the hosts speculate on the psychological state that could drive someone to commit such an act.

Joe: “[03:54] Possible charges in the case include criminal mischief. Well, that's some mischief.”

They explore the legal aspects, considering charges like criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, while Armstrong humorously questions the severity.

Armstrong: “[04:21] Oh, so now, first of all.”

The conversation balances between serious legal considerations and the absurdity of the situation, highlighting the uniqueness of the act.

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Personal Anecdotes and Broader Implications

Joe shares a personal anecdote that parallels the incident, providing a relatable context and expanding the discussion to societal norms and behaviors.

Joe: “[06:36] I've told the story on the air many years ago. She was in our wedding. She's not proud of it and she was quite inebriated at the time.”

This story serves to humanize the extreme behavior discussed, illustrating that such actions, while rare, can stem from deeply emotional or impaired states.

Getty: “[08:37] You think it's genetic? Here's this. This just clicked in my head though.”

The hosts ponder whether such behavior could become more commonplace or remain an isolated occurrence, debating its place within societal expectations and professional environments.

Joe: “[10:58] I will tell you that you got to make sure you really don't want to work there anymore though.”

They humorously consider hypothetical scenarios where such behavior might manifest in the workplace, concluding that it would unequivocally burn bridges.

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Conclusion and Final Thoughts

As the episode wraps up, the hosts reflect on the rarity and inappropriateness of the incident, reiterating their disbelief and disapproval.

Getty: “[09:23] I mean, as like an in the moment reaction. It's way weirder than a jilted lover thing.”

They emphasize that such behavior transcends typical emotional responses to conflicts, marking it as an aberration rather than a manifestation of common relationship grievances.

Armstrong: “[06:28] Joe: Well, here's the interesting part. So I've got a capper to this story. And then I know a person very well who did this one time.”

The episode concludes without a definitive solution but leaves listeners contemplating the complexities of human emotions and reactions in extreme situations.

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Transcript

[Katie]

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[Joe]

Excuse me, ma'am. I'd just like to ask, are you taken? It's one more thing.

[Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty.

[Getty]

One more thing. Bold and grassy.

[Joe]

Well, that's what you might say to someone like this. This is from tmz. Woman poops on car hood in road rage incident. Excuse me, Are you taken?

[Armstrong]

I just watched this video.

[Joe]

Watch the video.

[Armstrong]

I regret every second.

[Getty]

Oh, there's a video.

[Joe]

Oh, yeah, there's a video. Oh.

[Armstrong]

Oh.

[Getty]

Send it way. Katie, I'm a journalist. I need to take this on.

[Joe]

We will not get into too much of the graphic part of this, but it is more or less what you would guess.

[Getty]

You know, as a professional communicator, I will say that she communicated very clearly. Her message is unmistakable. So points for clarity.

[Joe]

I'm reading from TMZ because their writing is pretty good. Sneak a peek at this video which shows a woman literally taking a dump on the hood of a car in Pennsylvania. Here's the scoop. Pennsylvance police are investigating a road rage incident that quickly turned crappy when the woman jumped out of her vehicle. And then. I'm not going to say that it was all caught on video. The disturbing.

[Getty]

Aren't you gonna say that because it's so gross?

[Joe]

It's okay.

[Getty]

Yes.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Getty]

Thank you. You know what? I should. I should thank you not question.

[Joe]

Yeah. The disturbing clip shows the aggressor dubbed on social media as the Delco Pooper. What's Delco mean? Is that the town they live in.

[Getty]

Or the Delaware county pooper? Oh, my God. It's a closer up video than I anticipate. I'd assumed it was a bystander from like, you know, 50 yards. Do I have it in me to watch this?

[Joe]

The clip shows her walking from the her black car over to her silver sedan, squatty, squatting and proudly defecating on the hood of the car. She seems to be giddy as she walks away. That's my favorite part of it. That's why you want to watch it. You don't want to see the defecated part because that's gross. But the way she struts back to her car like, Ah.

[Getty]

So what do you think? TikTok video. I can't watch it.

[Armstrong]

You can't watch that.

[Getty]

I'm not on freaking TikTok.

[Armstrong]

Okay, hold on. I'll. Let me fix this.

[Getty]

Hang on a second. Let me try it again.

[Joe]

Getting back to the narrative. While Joe tries to find the video, she seems to be giddy as she walks away, leaving behind. I'm not gonna say that there's nothing like. There's nothing like a good road rage incident to anger the bowels, says tmz. The victim honks while this is in progress. And when she realized what happened, her best insult is to call the suspect a slut. Seems like a weird thing to say.

[Getty]

That doesn't fit my definition, but she.

[Joe]

Might be very chaste. I don't know about chased, but she might be quite conservative in her, you know, who she gets intimate with and how often.

[Getty]

Monogamous. Yes, exactly.

[Joe]

They don't necessarily go together.

[Getty]

Right.

[Joe]

Police say they're treating this seriously. He says the squabble occurred when one person cut off the other person the intersection on fourth Avenue in Madison. Yet. Well, you cut me off, there's only one way I can react. Climb up on your hood.

[Getty]

Right.

[Joe]

Let her. Let her go. Words were exchanged and escalated from there. The department believes they've identified all parties involved. Possible charges in the case include criminal mischief. Well, that's some mischief. Is that. Did you get into some mischief today, Jack? Oh, I sure did. I climbed up on somebody's hood and pooped on their car. Criminal mischief, disorderly conduct. Well, it's not orally and indecent exposure.

[Armstrong]

Oh, so now, first of all.

[Getty]

Oh, okay. Thanks, Katie.

[Joe]

But again, skip that part. Did you watch her strut back to the car? That's the best part.

[Getty]

She's got a spring in her stash.

[Joe]

Tad like clapping her and said, take.

[Getty]

That, my sainted grandmother. Katie on my dad's side used to go to the races. Now again, the horse races. And she would always bet on the horse that pooped on its way to the starting gate because she. She sensed that the horse had a little spring in its step, just like that gal.

[Armstrong]

Okay, that's a theory.

[Joe]

As it says here in tmz, with charges forthcoming, seems like this suspect's shits and giggles won't be lasting too much longer. Wow. I get it.

[Armstrong]

I will give her credit for. She didn't climb up on the hood of the car. Her feet stayed on the ground and she kind of like.

[Getty]

Right.

[Joe]

She was able. Yeah. Congratulations.

[Armstrong]

Yeah, it's.

[Getty]

It's. It's terrible. Yeah, it Is something wrong with her diet?

[Armstrong]

Yes.

[Getty]

Right.

[Joe]

More cheese. More cheese. And I know this is disgusting and it's awful and it. But so.

[Getty]

Which is why this sort of thing is generally frowned upon.

[Joe]

Yes, but her car is not like the car of a person that can't function in society. And she doesn't. She. She looks semi attractive. Ish. And everything. I mean, it's like. It's not like it's a. A drug. Drug addict, homeless person. That doesn't look to be.

[Armstrong]

No.

[Joe]

So it's just surprising, that sort of behavior. Again, it's not orderly conduct.

[Getty]

I take your point. But that's. This sort of thing is so rare. I don't know that I've formed a. Yeah, thank God. I don't know that I could describe to you the sort of characteristics that a person who would shit on somebody's car would have.

[Joe]

Well, here's the interesting part. So I've got a capper to this story. And then I know a person very well who did this one time.

[Armstrong]

Oh, come on. Really?

[Katie]

What?

[Joe]

I've told the story on the air many years ago. She was in our wedding. She's not proud of it and she was.

[Armstrong]

Duh. I would hope not.

[Joe]

She was quite inebriated at the time.

[Armstrong]

Oh.

[Joe]

Although she's not too embarrassed to tell people the story, I guess. Anyway, it was an ex boyfriend who had cheated on her. She was young and so she climbed up on the hood of her car. His car. Climbed up on the. You do your own car now you're really into crazyville.

[Getty]

Yeah.

[Joe]

She climbed up on the hood of his car and left him a message about her displeasure regarding his relationship.

[Getty]

Infidelities.

[Joe]

Yes, exactly. His infidelity.

[Armstrong]

I don't know that anything has ever made me so upset or angry that my brain immediately went to shitting on.

[Getty]

Somebody'S car or even eventually. Yeah, right.

[Joe]

And the reason I bring it up is she was an otherwise. She was at our wedding. She was an otherwise very normal, balanced, successful, smart person.

[Getty]

I again, I give you points for clarity of message, but the idea that this will. Ignoring how it will reflect upon you.

[Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Getty]

I think is a mistake.

[Joe]

Well, right. He didn't think, oh, I've ruined this relationship. I let. There's the. The one that got away. He's thinking, thank God, I dodged a bullet there.

[Getty]

I knew she was nuts. I didn't know she was that right?

[Joe]

What, she's next.

[Armstrong]

Is she taken now?

[Joe]

I don't know, actually. Not in contact. That's a good question. Yeah.

[Armstrong]

And does, hey, honey, guess what I.

[Joe]

Did one time and does her current bow. Or husband maybe. It's been many, many years. She could be, she could be married with a 15 year old easily now.

[Armstrong]

So who's also out there shitting on cars?

[Getty]

You think it's genetic? Here's this. This just clicked in my head though. I, you know, I certainly wouldn't, you know, suggest anybody does this, but an ex who did you wrong and you want to send an unmistakable message. Maybe you've been drinking, as in this case, you've been, you've been pissed off for a long time. You've been thinking about it. You're full of angst and resentment and heartbreak and blah, blah, blah. Okay, that's one thing. Somebody honks it in traffic and you just go to that. You draw it like a pistol and just crap on their car.

[Joe]

I don't have that sort.

[Getty]

I mean, as like an in the moment reaction. It's way weirder than a jilted lover thing.

[Joe]

Oh, yeah, absolutely. It's a different level of. I think the likelihood of it happening again with the jilted lover is lowish. Although you have done it once. You've displayed that it's, you know, it's on the table.

[Getty]

Isn't us within your Overton window.

[Armstrong]

Like she has like 10 ex boyfriends are all hanging out together. She do it to you too?

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Armstrong]

Oh man. Yeah, same here.

[Joe]

Yeah, it's like, it's like the Facebook pages. Are we dating the same guy to be a Facebook page? Did, did, did this person crap on your car? But again, so the jilted lover, you've, you've made it clear that it's on the table. Within your Overton window, but probably not that likely in traffic for a mild dust up over time. You're doing it all the time. You know, they, they, they forget your fries at McDonald's, you're probably.

[Getty]

Well. And I'm picturing it catching on in society. I mean, it's some, you know, you're a ball player and you get rung up on a questionable third strike, you drop your uniform pants and go red face toddler right there on home plate or something.

[Joe]

Red faced toddler.

[Getty]

We need less of this, not more.

[Armstrong]

Will this spread to the workplace.

[Joe]

I don't have that kind of control, so that's, I'm just amazing. I just, I don't, I don't have the ability to nail down a time and a place like that.

[Getty]

Michael, the idea of of leaving such an unmistakable message on an ex boss's desk has come up in conversation more than once during our careers together.

[Joe]

I will tell you that you got to make sure you really don't want to work there anymore though.

[Getty]

Yes, that is a thoroughly burned bridge if you will.

[Joe]

Right, that bridge is burned.

[Getty]

Just so you know, there are car.

[Armstrong]

Cleaning kits available on Amazon from 11 to 39 dollars.

[Joe]

Well, I guess that's it.

[Katie]

Time is precious and so are our pets. So time with our pets is extra precious. That's why we started Dutch. Dutch provides 24. 7 access to licensed vets with unlimited virtual visits and follow ups for up to five pets. You can message a vet at any time and schedule a video visit the same day. Our vets can even prescribe medication for many ailments and shipping is always free. With Dutch, you'll get more time with your pets and year round peace of mind when it comes to their vet care.