Transcript
A (0:03)
So are we supposed to start the podcast?
B (0:06)
Ready, 1, 2, 3.
A (0:09)
Patriots, gay trots, they Trio, Black Trio, Brown Trio, and the Maga Cultists can do what? All right, pumps, what have you had it with?
B (0:19)
Okay, what I've had it with is when you are at a self service kiosk and someone from the growing concern comes up to you and tries to upsell you on what you're buying. And this continues to happen to me. Number one spot is at my car wash. I go into the self service and the guy runs over and tries to upsell me on a membership. Then it happened again at the fucking cleaners. I'm like, I'm just checking out, I'm getting my clothes, I'm checking out and they come over and want me to buy a big, like a package every month of how many shirts I'm going to have cleaned. And I'm just like, why does going through self service not signal you don't want to interact with the business? It's ridiculous. I've had it.
A (1:13)
Yeah, it's just all the forced capitalism, as you know, for decades that's been one of my grievances. Like the, the ruse where a woman will invite you over to her house, like, oh, I'm having a girl's night and then it's some makeup presentation, some fucking pyramid racket that they're dragging your ass. It's the same thing now. Like you're going to self checkout and somebody's going to run over. And here's the thing, like these people probably get, are incentivized and, or have a quota to do this. And I feel bad for the workers. And then these companies have figured out if you can get people to buy a membership, then we have a sustained monthly income. So that's what they're trying to do. They're trying to sell you this monthly minimum that you get charged as their business model. So they know that they have a predictable amount of money. But it's just, it's the, the late stage capitalism is just so, it's so unenjoyable because you're hustled at every minute. And then when you find out like all the algorithms, everything, they're mining all your information, all of your choices so they can target you with you want to buy. Like it's. Yes, it's relentless. Relentless.
B (2:25)
You're so right. Sadly, they know what I want to buy too.
A (2:30)
All right, so let me tell you what I've had it with. I have had it when I'm traveling with the packing part Every time I get my suitcase out and I have to start packing the. And I'm not a procrastinator by nature, but when I pack, I'm a complete procrastinator. I over complicate it. I project certain things or instances where I might need a particular item that never manifest. And so I'm a pretty good packer, but I would say a 20% over pack. And then when I get to my destination and I unpack my suitcase, because when I immediately arrive at a hotel, I'm an unpacker, I immediately start getting disgusted with myself for the choices that I've made, the extra items that I threw in that were unnecessary, that were unneeded, that I'm going to have to try to squeeze back into the suitcase to get back home. And just. I love unpacking. I hate packing. I hate all of the scenarios that run through my head about packing. I can't stand it.
