Awkward Tuesday: Never Hire Friends

Summary

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Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update

Awkward Tuesday: Never Hire Friends

Release Date: September 16, 2025
Host: Brooke & Jeffrey || Guests: Kristen, Matt

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Episode Overview

The central theme of this episode is the classic dilemma of mixing friendship and business. The listener, Kristen, finds herself deep in regret after pulling strings to hire her best friend Matt as her assistant. Three years later, the situation has devolved—Matt is underperforming and their friendship is suffering. Kristen seeks help from the Brooke & Jeffrey team to navigate a delicate, and very awkward, conversation: how to push her best friend to move on from his cushy, underwhelming role—without ruining the friendship.

The story unfolds in classic "Awkward Tuesday" fashion, culminating in a big twist that nobody saw coming.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting the Stage: Regrets About Hiring a Friend (04:54–06:45)

• Jeffrey observes the perils of blending personal and professional life.
  "Are there any warnings about don’t hire your friends to work with you at your company?" (06:26)
• Brooke delivers the classic wisdom:
  "'Friends and business don't mix.' That is literally the saying." (06:31)
• Kristen emails in because she ignored this rule—she not only got her best friend a job but made him her assistant.

2. Kristen’s Backstory: How It All Went Wrong (07:02–10:47)

• Kristen explains she's been at her company seven years and brought in Matt after her assistant quit, stipulating they hide their friendship.
• The plan: Matt would use the assistant job as a stepping stone, then transfer.
• The reality: "That was three years ago, and he’s still my assistant." (09:29)
• The toll: Matt has grown complacent, regularly skipping meetings and neglecting tasks.
  "He’s gotten in a pattern of skipping meetings or taking long lunches or forgetting to do little tasks." (09:43)
• Kristen admits: "Yo, it is horrible." (09:32)

3. The Hosts Weigh In: How to Break the News? (10:47–14:44)

• Panel debates whether Kristen should speak to Matt as a boss or as a friend.
• Brooke suggests focusing on Matt’s financial interest:
  "'You deserve more money. Everybody wants more money...We are going to find you a better job and we are going to get you paid.'" (13:43)
• Jeffrey and Jose recommend using humor and emphasizing that a change will benefit their friendship, referencing the old adage: "Absence makes the heart grow fonder."

4. The Awkward Tuesday Phone Call (15:16–20:15)

• Kristen nervously calls Matt while he’s on the job, and the following gems are exchanged:
  • Matt: "I am your assistant, you know. If you remember. You do have to tell me things." (15:35)
  • Kristen tries to broach the subject tactfully, and Matt initially worries it’s about missing a meeting. She builds up to her point:
    • "You need to go out there. You need to be making more money." (16:54)
• Surprise TWIST:
  Matt confesses: he’s been interviewing for the Director of Business Development—a role that would make him Kristen’s superior and pays more than her current job!
  • Matt: "I'm actually in the final interviews for the Director of Business Development...I just didn't know really how to go about, you know..." (17:01)
  • Kristen is floored: "Who is my assistant is going to be...you’re going to be my superior. That’s what’s happening right now." (18:52)
• The hosts jump in to clarify the situation (and Matt’s confusion that he’s on radio!) and everyone processes the dramatic news together.

5. The Meta-Awkward Resolution (20:15–21:54)

• Both acknowledge the working relationship had grown stale, and Matt claims:
  "I just feel like it was starting to get a bit stale. Like even our relationship, our friendship dynamic, I really just needed a place to grow and I just feel like I wasn’t really growing anymore with you as my boss." (20:15)
• Kristen, stunned, decides she needs to take the rest of the day off to process it all. Matt offers to buy drinks in celebration:
  "We have drinks to get and celebrate and you know." (21:15)
• Brooke quips: "Well, drink’s on Matt this time since he can afford it." (21:24)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Brooke (on classic friendship/business wisdom):
  "Friends and business don't mix. That is literally the saying." (06:31)
• Kristen (on her ongoing hell):
  "Yo, it is horrible." (09:32)
• Matt (realizing change is coming):
  "Girl, I don't like the tone of your voice right now." (16:21)
• Matt (revealing the twist):
  "I'm actually in the final interviews for the Director of Business Development." (17:01)
• Kristen (stunned):
  "Did we break her Swayze? … I'm shaking over here." (21:03)
• Brooke (wrapping up):
  "Well, drink's on Matt this time since he can afford it." (21:24)

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Key Segment Timestamps

• [04:54–06:45] – Introduction of the friend hiring dilemma; developing the theme.
• [07:02–10:47] – Kristen details the history and breakdown of her working friendship.
• [10:47–14:44] – Host panel offers advice on how to “break up” work-wise but save the friendship.
• [15:16–20:15] – The Awkward Tuesday Phone Call: confrontation, confession, and the twist.
• [20:15–21:54] – Aftermath, processing, and attempts at closure.

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Takeaways

• Even the best intentions in mixing friends and business can backfire—often in ways nobody expects.
• Direct communication, approached with kindness and an eye for both parties’ best interests, is essential but not always easy.
• Sometimes, problems resolve themselves—in this case with a surprising promotion.
• The Brooke & Jeffrey team highlights how awkward conversations, when aired out with a little humor and authenticity, can end up strengthening relationships rather than breaking them.

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Episode Tone

Light, comedic, and full of the playful banter that typifies Brooke & Jeffrey’s style—even as they tackle the real anxieties and complications of life, work, and friendship.

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This summary covers all major discussion points, pivotal exchanges, and the memorable, twist ending. Listen for candid, relatable confessions—and that signature Brooke & Jeffrey blend of heart and humor.

Transcript

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[Brooke]

Hey, welcome to your brand new Second Date podcast. Thanks for being here. It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning and yesterday. I love when people dive into our comment section and tell us how they feel about the episode. It's always fun to read. Yeah, yesterday's hit a lot of strings. Yeah. Is that the right word for it? The right analogy? Strings.

[Kristen]

We're never correct with sayings here.

[Brooke]

Anyways, we make up our own, Right? So, okay, if you didn't hear yesterday's episode, go back and listen to it. There's a lot of anger at the end. It was a big miscommunication over who gave this woman flowers. And it turned out it was the gym worker. Yeah. Who lied and then assumed. Yeah. We had mixed reviews. One person said, I work at a gym, and I understand that you are categorized as just a gym employee. Someone else said, I was hoping for a 50 Shades kind of story.

[Kristen]

All right.

[Brooke]

Someone said, with a rich guy on the trail? Yeah, I think so. Wow.

[Jeffrey]

He's like, I own this chair.

[Brooke]

Come into my helicopter and we'll fly away. We need more men like Mitchell. Brave, courageous, and ready to chase a woman down in a parking lot. True love is one parking lot surprise away.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, read that again.

[Kristen]

To thin.

[Brooke]

Which someone replied and said, lol. Brave. He lied, stood her up, hung up on her. On the show he had to catfish. Nobody wants a guy like this.

[Kristen]

Okay.

[Jeffrey]

You know, you chase a girl down in a parking lot.

[Brooke]

That's what I was like.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, this isn't very.

[Brooke]

Hopefully in the daylight makes it better.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, I mean, I guess it's all in.

[Brooke]

And don't grab her from behind.

[Kristen]

You know that too.

[Brooke]

Figuratively. Grab her heart for her attention.

[Jeffrey]

Chase her with your mind.

[Brooke]

Yes. So anyways, I loved reading those, though. Thanks, guys. Hopefully we'll get some more comments about how you feel about today's awkward Tuesday. Because it's brand new and it starts right now.

[Jeffrey]

Having a best friend is a real blessing.

[Announcer]

Aw.

[Brooke]

Yeah, it is.

[Jeffrey]

To have someone who would do anything, anything for you. They lend you money, they'll let you crash on their couch for if not free, a really small sum, they'll be brutally honest about how that outfit you're wearing really looks on you.

[Brooke]

Yeah. As they should be. Someone needs to be.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, right. Cuz they've got your back. And that's why our listener thought she was doing the right thing when she lied to her boss and to her entire company to help her best friend get hired.

[Brooke]

Oh, that's a real one.

[Jeffrey]

Well now, in retrospect, it may have been the worst decision that she has ever made.

[Brooke]

Oh, goodness.

[Jeffrey]

You're gonna understand why she had no choice but to reach out to us in your brand new awkward Tuesday phone call. Next. It's awkward.

[Announcer]

It's Tuesday.

[Jeffrey]

It's awkward Tuesday phone call. There's a lot of sayings that warn people about how you shouldn't date people that you work with. Oh, office romances never end well. Oh, yeah. Sayings that Brooke has completely ignored over the years. Which is why all of our promo guys at our radio station never seem to last. It's all girls now. Actually, it is all girls.

[Brooke]

They should be, you know, available as well.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, I don't know.

[Brooke]

I'm kidding. I really don't think it's that big of a deal.

[Jeffrey]

We could tell people meet up.

[Brooke]

I mean, they do. As long as it's not like a weird boss like situation. Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

I am curious. Are there any warnings about don't hire your friends to work with you at your company?

[Brooke]

Oh, yeah. Friends and business don't mix. That is literally the saying.

[Jeffrey]

Well, somebody didn't know about that saying, Brooke, because one of our listeners, Kristen, emailed saying she got one of her friends hired at her work. Now she has to make an awkward Tuesday phone call about it.

[Brooke]

That's actually where I draw the line. I don't do friends and business stuff, but it ruins friendships every time.

[Jeffrey]

Just, it's either humping or nothing.

[Brooke]

That's right.

[Jeffrey]

So, Kristen, welcome to the show.

[Kristen]

Hey, thanks for having me.

[Brooke]

Oh, goodness. So wait, you're the one that got your friend the job?

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. Tell us the story.

[Kristen]

So I have actually been at the same company for seven years, and I mean, it's the longest job I ever had. Things are going really well. Like, I love it if you can.

[Jeffrey]

Keep a job that long.

[Kristen]

Right? Yeah. Doing something right, I think.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah.

[Kristen]

But then out of nowhere, I had an assistant quit. And she. She was great. Very solid and dependable. It was just like a life choice change. Nothing super dramatic or anything.

[Jeffrey]

The thought of one of my assistants quitting would Just be. I mean, if I hooked up with them first, then that's okay, but just quitting out of the blue.

[Brooke]

No, it's one thing to get a friend a job for, like, somebody else in the company. A different department. Are you saying you got your friend an assistant job and you're the boss?

[Jeffrey]

Oh, bro.

[Kristen]

Yeah. This happens, and I'm, like, out to happy hour with my best friend Matt, and I tell him about it, and, like, gets so enthusiastic, freaks out, and he's like, oh, my God, you have to pick me. I would be a great assistant.

[Brooke]

No, no, Matt would be a terrible assistant. Because you're best friends. Yeah. I mean, honestly, like, he may be a great assistant to anyone else. Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

But he just thinks, like, oh, my God, we should be hanging out all day. This would be great.

[Kristen]

Yeah. Yeah. I wish you guys were at the happy hour that day. That would have helped my brain a little bit. Oh, no, that's okay. I was thinking the same thing. Like, I don't know about this.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. Hesitation before you went through with it, but what happened?

[Kristen]

Totally. Totally. And so he's, like, really pleading for me to give him a chance. So against my better judgment and that little voice in my head, that apparently is all of you, but you weren't there. I. I did. I hired him.

[Matt]

Oh, my God.

[Jeffrey]

Oh. What's happened since you hired him?

[Kristen]

Well, the most important thing was that when I hired him, it was under one stipulation, and it was that no one at the company could know that we were friends. Oh.

[Brooke]

Because that would look bad, right?

[Kristen]

Yeah. And, like, I don't need anyone to know that. I don't need to bring my personal life in, but we pretend to, like, not know each other. And the plan was that he could work there with me for a few months just as a way to get his foot in the door. And then he could apply to another position within the company, and that would be good for him and then good for me, just like in the.

[Brooke]

So there was an end date to you being his boss?

[Jeffrey]

Yeah.

[Kristen]

Yeah. We could have a few fun months, but that was three years ago, and he's still my assistant.

[Brooke]

How's the friendship? I bet it's great.

[Kristen]

Yo, it is horrible.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, no.

[Brooke]

Who hates who more?

[Kristen]

I mean, it's not that we hate each other. It's just, like, he's taken advantage of the situation.

[Matt]

That's the problem.

[Kristen]

Like, he's gotten to the pattern of skipping meetings or taking long lunches or forgetting to do, like, little tasks. Like, not huge things that would get him fired, but just, like, little things here and there, and it's just. It's not great. And I have been hinting at him for months to move on. I send him emails for applications, and he just won't do it. He has, like, no initiative. And I'm like, did I make this too comfortable?

[Brooke]

Well, he's not getting reprimanded for anything. It sounds like a sweet job. He's taking long lunches. He's skipping what he wants to.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, you mean. At this point, you sound like you're completely frustrated. Like you've totally had it with your friend.

[Kristen]

I mean, yeah, it's driving crazy. I can't work with him anymore. And I just. I guess I'm at the point where I need help delivering the message, like, very loud, very clear, it's time for you to move on without hurting our friendship. Because I do love him, and he still is my best friend, but with also not being his boss anymore.

[Brooke]

Okay, so you're gonna talk to him as his best friend, not as his boss?

[Kristen]

I think so. I think that's the idea. Because I don't want to fire him. I guess that would be the boss conversation. Would be that.

[Jeffrey]

Would he care if he got fired? Like, does he?

[Kristen]

I hope so.

[Brooke]

Get unemployment if you get fired.

[Jeffrey]

Okay, I'm just going to sound like it's true now, but you're right. I mean, still, that's all of his benefits. I'm sure he loves, like, collecting this paycheck of this nice, cushy job that he has and not having to work very much for all that money, but how do you politely deliver that message? That's on us. And I'm afraid of what Brooke is going to say.

[Brooke]

I'm a little more direct than you are.

[Jeffrey]

That's what I'm saying.

[Brooke]

And I think.

[Jeffrey]

I don't know if there's a way for Brooke to kindly tell a man you're not good enough right now.

[Brooke]

Without being mean. And she's obviously been hinting for a long time, and the hinting isn't working. Like, it's better for him, it's better for her, it's better for everybody.

[Jeffrey]

I cannot wait to see what that advice looks like coming from you. Oh, my God. I am dying to hear what we have to say to help you politely tell your friend slash assistant that he needs to move on from his job.

[Kristen]

I'm a guest. Looking forward to it, too.

[Matt]

I just want to get, when we.

[Jeffrey]

Come back, give your advice and let you make your awkward Tuesday phone call. Coming up right after this. It's awkward.

[Announcer]

It's Tuesday.

[Jeffrey]

It's awkward. Tuesday. Phone call. I may not know much about my co workers, but I know this. Nothing makes Brooke smile like the idea of a woman shaming her male counterpart, telling him he's not doing good enough and needs to get his act together. What? Tell me, tell me, what did I do wrong there?

[Brooke]

I do not shame male counterparts. I just shame you.

[Matt]

Okay.

[Jeffrey]

Yes, totally.

[Brooke]

And I also spent over a decade with you telling you how great you are.

[Jeffrey]

Not to my face.

[Brooke]

I've never heard that. You are such a pain in my butt.

[Jeffrey]

And that's exactly what made one of our listeners email us for help. Our listener, Kristen, secretly got her friend Matt hired to be her new assistant. Of course, they didn't tell anyone at the company they knew each other because I was just supposed to be a way to get his foot in the door and then he could climb the company ladder.

[Kristen]

Yeah.

[Jeffrey]

But three years later, Matt is still her assistant and seems to be taking advantage of their friendship because he's skipping meetings, missing tasks that he's supposed to be doing. So at this point, Kristen's finally had enough. She needs advice on how to politely but firmly tell him, time to saddle up, pony boy. Or however corporate people talk.

[Brooke]

I don't think they say that the.

[Jeffrey]

Email, I'm sure I don't really know.

[Brooke]

I think that's how the bosses email Jeff.

[Jeffrey]

So, Brooke, your moment. Tell Kristen how you would lay the hammer down on your male counterpart.

[Brooke]

I don't think you have to lay the hammer down like this is your best friend. Like a best friend is so important and that's what you want to keep at the end of this. So here, here's what you do. You say to him, matt, you deserve more money. Everybody wants more money. And I'm sure Matt wants more money. Am I right?

[Kristen]

I would assume so. Everybody does.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah.

[Brooke]

And you're like, listen, I'm going to help you get more money. We are going to find you a better job and we are going to get you paid. We're going to get you what you deserve. Because then you're hyping them up and helping him move on.

[Kristen]

Yeah. I guess just making money the focus of it maybe will help his ears perk up a bit.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. I actually like you're looking out for his financial interest to distract from your trying to get rid of him. So, Jose, what's your advice? Well, there's a famous line that says absence makes the heart grow fonder. So right now you Guys are just too close.

[Brooke]

Yeah, that's true.

[Jeffrey]

Tell him you miss missing him, huh?

[Matt]

Right?

[Jeffrey]

You miss those times where you went weeks without seeing him right now.

[Brooke]

That's gonna make someone feel good.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah, you just don't appreciate him because he's there every day. Help him get a new job, and then you guys can rekindle your best friendship. Kristin, what do you think?

[Kristen]

Yeah, we are around each other a lot, so maybe that would be good for both of us.

[Jeffrey]

And a little laughter, a little humor could help lighten the message of what we're really trying beneath the surface here, which is get the F out. So I feel like that was actually some pretty good advice we gave you. You can do what you want with it. But I'm going to dial your assistant sl. Best friend Matt's number. Hopefully this awkward Tuesday phone call go smooth. He's on the job right now, right? He's on the clock. Yeah. Here we go. Good luck. We'll jump in you feel like you need some help, and I'm dialing you right now.

[Matt]

Hello?

[Kristen]

Hey, Matt, it's Kristen.

[Matt]

Oh, hey, girl. You disappeared on me earlier.

[Kristen]

Yeah, I just had to step up for a second.

[Matt]

Right. So whose phone are you calling me from?

[Kristen]

I can't tell you that right now.

[Matt]

I am your assistant, you know, if you remember. You do have to tell me things.

[Kristen]

Yes, I remember. No, I'm just. I'm dealing with. I'm just dealing with something.

[Matt]

Do you want to spill some tea on something in the office? You know, I'm all ears.

[Kristen]

No, it's not about our co workers. It's. Matt, it's actually about you and me.

[Matt]

What? What about you and me? Wait, are you mad that I missed the budget meeting yesterday? I told you. I'm sorry. I forgot to tell you. I was just getting a haircut. Oh.

[Kristen]

I mean, yeah, that's a good example, but I. First of all, you know I love you as a friend, first and foremost, right?

[Matt]

Girl, I don't like the tone of your voice right now.

[Kristen]

I just want to remind you, like, rewind three years about our whole, like, work arrangement when you got here, right?

[Matt]

Yeah. That was, like, decades ago. We were literally babies.

[Kristen]

It was three years ago. But look, this position was supposed to get your foot in the door and, like, honey, you haven't moved on.

[Matt]

Wait, what are you. What are you saying?

[Kristen]

I'm saying you need to go out there. You need to be making more money.

[Matt]

Okay? I. I just can't hide it anymore from you. I guess I should, because I've been feeling a little guilty myself, and I'm actually in the final interviews for the Director of Business Development. And, you know, I. I've been wanting to tell you, but I was, like, scared to tell you, and I'm like, does this have something to do with that? Like, did you find out, or.

[Kristen]

Oh, wait, what? What are you talking about?

[Matt]

Oh, you knew you were gonna probably be jealous because that position makes more money than you, and I just didn't know really how to go about, you know.

[Kristen]

Wait, what? Awkward.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, my God.

[Matt]

Uh.

[Brooke]

Oh, that's great news. Yeah, congratulations.

[Jeffrey]

It's good for him.

[Matt]

Wait, what the. What is going on?

[Kristen]

I don't.

[Jeffrey]

Let me jump in first here, Kristen, because I need to tell Matt. Hey, dude, you're on the radio right now.

[Brooke]

Like a conference call?

[Jeffrey]

Yeah.

[Matt]

What? I'm so confused. Am I getting a trip or something? What's going on?

[Brooke]

I wish we could do those things.

[Jeffrey]

You really like to read into stuff deeply, don't you, Matt? But this is just a radio show called Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning, and this segment is called the Awkward Tuesday Phone Call.

[Matt]

Okay, that's awkward. So. So we. Did she know about my new job?

[Brooke]

No, that's not the best thing.

[Jeffrey]

I don't think so. Especially not the way that Kristin was reacting. Kristen, do you want to talk to him and tell him what you.

[Kristen]

Yeah, thank you. Sorry, I'm, like, fuming. I don't really understand. Did you even apply for it? Like, how long have. You know, I'm just very confused right now.

[Matt]

No, I literally was having lunch with your boss a couple of weeks ago, and he just started asking me more about my career. And, you know, the job opening, like, it just kind of came up naturally. And he was insistent on, you know.

[Kristen]

Who is my assistant is going to be. You're going to be my superior. That's what's happening right now.

[Matt]

I mean, not. Not, like, directly, but I'm gonna be making more money than you, so let's.

[Brooke]

Not bring that up again.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, but that's what you said you wanted for him, right, Kristin? For him to make more money. Oh, wait a minute.

[Kristen]

Okay. Yes. Hang on. Wow.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. Brooke. What good advice.

[Brooke]

Well, I mean, is this a job you wanted, Kristen? Were you going after this position?

[Kristen]

No, I hadn't gone after it because this hasn't even been listed yet. This was not public information.

[Matt]

Okay, I am just, like, a bit confused now because I thought you knew about the job, but now it's just sounding like you're, I don't know, a Bit jealous or something.

[Kristen]

Oh, I'm not. I'm not jealous. Okay, so if you thought I knew about the job, why didn't you bring it up? Why would you keep that?

[Matt]

He told me not to say anything. And he said specifically that it wasn't going to be posted. It was kind of like an internal thing. They were trying to make things smooth and easy. And then I kind of thought that's what this call was about when you were calling me, like you had found out or something. But what were you going to call me for?

[Kristen]

Oh, I. I was gonna say. I was gonna say a lot of things. I guess I was gonna say you deserve more money, but I sounds like.

[Jeffrey]

Exactly what you wanted for your friend is now happen in an even better way than you could have ever imagined.

[Matt]

I mean, Kristen, and if we're being completely honest here, like, I just feel like it was starting to get a bit stale. Like even our relationship, our friendship dynamic, I really just needed a place to grow and I just feel like I wasn't really growing anymore with you as my boss.

[Jeffrey]

Well, that's not true. Apparently your hair was growing enough where you needed to get a haircut during the last meeting that you were supposed to be at. But still, you had already known about this promotion before that.

[Matt]

I mean, I only missed like a handful of meetings probably in the last month and they weren't really even important, so.

[Brooke]

Isn't that true? What meeting is.

[Jeffrey]

Yeah. Could have been an email. Yeah. So I mean, Kristen, I'm taking your silence as you're totally thrilled with how this call is going and this is insane.

[Kristen]

Did we break her Swayze? And I think I'm just gonna have to take the day. I love you all. You've been a help, but I' I'm shaking over here.

[Matt]

Oh no, girl, you need to take the day. I mean, we have drinks to get and celebrate and you know.

[Kristen]

I love Matt.

[Brooke]

Well, drink's on Matt this time since he can afford it.

[Matt]

And if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't even be here right now. So. You helped me into this point in my life too, so I don't know why you're so fast.

[Kristen]

Uh huh.

[Jeffrey]

All right, well it sounds like now your friendship is gon back in a better place now that Matt's gonna be moving on and up the company ladder. And Kristen, you sound totally happy with where you are, so. That's awesome.

[Kristen]

You guys are funny. You guys are really funny.

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You know, Matt definitely seemed confused there, probably because he didn't get to fully understand the whole reason why Kristen was calling and needing help in this conversation. It's probably for the best that we didn't get into the details. The listeners got all the details and he still doesn't understand.

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I mean, he was her assistant for for three whole years and it might take her another three years just to get over this sudden promotion out of the blue. But in the end it sounds like they have a really tight bond and this will actually be a good thing for their friendship.

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Yes. I don't know if it'll be good for her career, but it'll be good for their friendship. For sure it'll be great for Matt's career.

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Are you sure? Based on his work habits that we heard, I don't know if he's going to be able to handle that director job.

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I don't know. So far. I think that's the thing about directors. Have you not noticed this? They don't care. Yeah. They don't go to things.

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Or was she setting up pointless meetings because he was like, I just like five of them. Yeah. And I'm over here thriving. Yeah. Everybody at the company loves me.

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It's a power move to skip stuff.

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