Full Show PT 1: Friday, March 27 [Vault]

Summary

The Bert Show – Full Show PT 1: Friday, March 27 [Vault]

Date: March 27, 2026
Cast: Bert, Kristin, Abby, Cassie, Tommy, various callers, special guest Seth Rogen

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Episode Theme

This episode is brimming with real-life drama, a dose of workplace ethics, the complexity of personal boundaries, laughs, and a celebrity interview. The hosts take listeners through sticky situations: navigating a promotion earned under questionable circumstances, dealing with awkward friendship requests, and setting boundaries in work and life—with wisecracks and relatability. Plus, Seth Rogen drops in for a no-holds-barred chat about Hollywood and life.

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Key Segments & Discussion Points

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1. Katie’s Dilemma: Promotion from a Résumé Lie

[00:46–13:32]

Background

Katie, a previous caller, lied about her experience on her résumé to get her current job. After being summoned to the office (panic ensues—listeners/judges assumed she’d be fired), she’s unexpectedly offered a promotion.

Discussion Highlights

• Misleading Start: Katie expects to be fired—her boss had asked her to bring in her résumé.
  • "Look, all they had to do is hold up the résumé and she would have known what they meant. They didn't even have to be words exchanged." —Burt (00:46)
• Unexpected Promotion: Instead of a firing, Katie’s boss is moving up, recommending Katie for the position due to (alleged) superior experience.
  • "I was a little dumbfounded... my boss recommended me over her because I have, you know, more experienced." —Katie (02:31)
• Ethical Quandaries & Anxiety:
  • Katie feels guilt over the more qualified coworker who was expected to get the promotion.
  • Internal debate over living with the lie for higher pay vs. doing the ‘right thing’.
  • She asks for advice, expressing genuine turmoil: "I'm seriously sick to my stomach. I don't really know what to do." —Katie (03:05)
• Panelist & Listener Perspectives:
  • Many listeners, contrary to expectation, say “take the job—everyone’s struggling.”
    • "Ride it until the wheels fall—just do it. Everybody’s struggling. Make some money." —Alicia, caller (04:47)
  • Counterpoints: Some panelists condemn blocking a deserving colleague.
    • "Was the company's decision based on false information?" —Co-host (05:22)
  • Katie is torn, reflecting: "I do feel bad about this girl. We eat lunch together. She is my friend. At the same time, I would like this money. I would like this job." (10:34)
• Tone & Humor: Hosts and callers frame the debate with playful banter about work ethic, entitlement, and generational differences.
  • "Back in my day, I do believe we had to lie to get a job." —Co-host (08:36)
  • "Would it change your mind if I said that, like, I was a lot nicer and funnier and prettier than the other girl?" —Katie (09:47)
• Moral Takeaways: Listeners and hosts are split—some push for seizing the opportunity, others call out the unfairness and foreshadow karma.
  • "What this girl has done is committed fraud. And we’re going to let a criminal get a promotion ahead of somebody who has been honest and hard-working?" —Teresa, caller (10:06)
  • "What comes around goes around." —Samantha, caller (12:40)

Notable Quotes

• "I do feel bad. Thank you." —Katie, on struggling with the decision (12:22)
• "A real simple conversation here... You've only been friends with her for two months ... So what? You offend her." —Burt, shifting later to friends segment but reflecting the “move on” advice (22:23)

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2. Amanda’s Birthing Room Conundrum

[14:35–23:19]

Background

Amanda, seven months pregnant, befriended a church acquaintance (age 22, also pregnant) just two months ago. The younger woman asks to be present at Amanda’s delivery.

Discussion Highlights

• Amanda’s Dilemma: Uncomfortable with the request—her own sister’s never been present at her birth, but the younger friend is overjoyed, “crying” after Amanda’s husband inadvertently said yes.
• Host and Panel Advice:
  • Many say it’s an overstep, suggesting Amanda firmly say no.
    • "I only show that part of my body to very few people...when something’s coming out of every orifice I got." —Co-host (17:14)
    • "This is your baby. This is your delivery room. There are very few times in your life where you get a chance to be confident enough to put your foot down. This is definitely one of those." —Co-host (20:48)
  • Others (half-jokingly) say Amanda has “brought relief” to a scared young woman and should go through with it.
    • "I think for the health of the young girl's baby, you need to agree." —Host (19:54)
• Humor & Sarcasm:
  • Multiple jokes about personal boundaries and funny “code words” for hospital staff to clear a delivery room (“green popsicle”).
  • "It's your vagina." —Co-host, with the group bantering about owning personal choices (22:55)
• Listener Calls:
  • Some side with Amanda’s need for boundaries; others recall being “traumatized” as pregnant observers at births.

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3. Seth Rogen Interview

[23:27–29:41]

Interview Highlights

• LA Life & Hollywood:
  • Seth admits to being laid-back, referencing LA’s pervasive unemployment: “LA is nice. Cause... everyone’s unemployed. You kind of walk around and like, no one's at work all day. That's more my speed." (24:01)
• Weight Loss for 'Green Hornet':
  • Responds with his classic sarcasm about “bulimia... I’m joking, obviously,” before admitting he simply ate better and exercised. (24:26–24:37)
• Twitter and Social Media:
  • Not on Twitter, finds it “a little insulting” when people assume he’d spend time updating mundane happenings. (25:09; 25:18)
  • Amused if someone impersonates him to promote his projects: “Let him keep going then. Good.” (25:52)
• Career Start & Bombing:
  • Started stand-up at age 12, received no sympathy on stage: “They are more than happy to let you bomb completely and utterly.” (26:21)
• Improv in Film:
  • ‘Knocked Up’ was the most ad-libbed film; roommate scenes particularly improvised. (27:10)
• Marijuana Stance:
  • Firm, unapologetic: “Legalize it.” (29:13)
• Hollywood Movie Overlaps:
  • Not bothered by similar movies (“Observe and Report” vs. “Paul Blart: Mall Cop”), says overlap is inevitable, you just “hope your thing is different.” (28:26–28:47)

Notable Moments

• "Never believe anything I say on a talk show." —Seth Rogen (27:00)
• "I'm insulting a lot of people on Twitter and I don't care." —Seth Rogen (25:36)

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4. Amanda’s Husband: The Taxman & Overreaching Friends

[31:39–39:09]

Background

Amanda’s husband, a new accountant, is swamped during tax season. Friends (and family) keep asking him to do their taxes for free.

Discussion Points

• Problem Statement: How to say “no” to free tax prep without losing friends?
  • Amanda and her husband overwhelmed with freebie requests: “April 15th goes first.” (32:05)
• Advice from Hosts & Listeners
  • Be upfront: Offer discounted rates or propose bartering with services, but don’t work for free.
    • “I don't come to your work and ask for you to do free services for me. Why would you do it to me?” (34:30)
  • Set a universal ‘No Friends/Family Policy’: Frame refusal as firm/ethical, not personal.
    • Reference ethical codes and “firm policy” as a justification—even if it means fudging a bit.
    • “If she’s doing taxes off the books, and they’re not getting their cut, then she could lose her license.” (37:14)
  • Use Technology: Auto-reply emails politely defer tax help (36:23)
  • Send Mass Email: Before tax season, send a rate sheet to set boundaries (38:28)
• Tone: Supportive banter, camaraderie with new accountants; advice applicable to any “friend with a useful skill.”

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

• [02:31] Katie (Caller): “I was a little dumbfounded... my boss recommended me over her because I have, you know, more experienced.”
• [07:40] Katie (Caller): “But now people lie and get jobs. I honestly believe that. And like, I never thought I'd be one of those people, but I'm kinda okay with it. And I'm really, actually kinda not okay with it.”
• [10:06] Teresa (Caller): “All karma aside, what this girl has done is committed fraud. And we're going to let a criminal get a promotion ahead of somebody who has been honest and hard working.”
• [17:14] Co-host: “I only show that part of my body to very few people...when something’s coming out of every orifice I got.”
• [24:01] Seth Rogen: “LA is nice. Cause...everyone’s unemployed. You kinda walk around and like, no one’s at work all day. That’s more my speed. That’s what I do.”
• [25:18] Seth Rogen: “Do I really seem like I have so little to do, I have to update people on every mundane activity I accomplish?”
• [29:13] Seth Rogen: “Yeah, I mean, not...I mean, not generally, but if you ask me, sure. Legalize it.”
• [34:30] Nick (Caller): “I don't come to your work and ask for you to do free services for me. Why would you do it to me?”

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Timestamps by Segment

| Segment | Timestamps | |-----------------------------------------------|--------------| | Katie’s Job Dilemma—Résumé Lie to Promotion | 00:46–13:32 | | Amanda’s Birthing Room Dilemma | 14:35–23:19 | | Seth Rogen Interview | 23:27–29:41 | | Amanda & The Taxman’s Friends | 31:39–39:09 |

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Tone & Takeaway

In classic Bert Show fashion, the tone alternates between empathy, sarcasm, and candid honesty. Each scenario is dissected with humor, real-world advice, and genuine debate—no topic too awkward or controversial, be it résumé fraud, birthing boundaries, or freeloading friends. The show continues to offer a relatable and cathartic listening experience, inviting listener input and moral reflection—with plenty of laughs along the way.

Transcript

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[The Birch Show Host]

The Birch Show.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

You guys remember Katie? You were really mad at her. You guys were really, really mad when you were calling because she fibbed this much like this 99 on her resume and she landed a job. And she told us yesterday that the boss and HR and the boss's boss called her in for a meeting yesterday at 10 o' clock and they told her to bring a resume. So we're figuring that this thing took 60 seconds and look, all they had to do is hold up the resume and she would have known what they meant. They didn't even have to be words exchanged.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Just.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

She'll nod, they nod.

[The Birch Show Host]

Everybody goes.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

She turns around, she walks out of the building.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

She.

[The Birch Show Host]

She should actually go into that meeting with the cardboard box with the plants

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

sticking out of it. Hey, Katie. Good morning.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Hi.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Hi. Thank you for getting up with us this early when you don't have a job. We really appreciate it.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Yeah. What's your plans for the day?

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Oh, yeah.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Well,

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

you know, the best advice holding went with was just in the meeting. Literally sit down and don't talk. Like, just keep my mouth shut, you know, until they talk at me. And I'm actually in kind of even a different pickle now. So I need. I need a little bit of advice. Actually.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

A legal one.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

No, a little. A little advice.

[Co-host/Panelist]

What happened?

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Well, you know, I sat down and. Well, I guess the long and short is it that my. My boss is getting promoted and then. Okay. They want to promote me.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Seriously?

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

They brought you into the office to tell they want to give you a promotion?

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Yeah.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Shut up.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

No, I know. No, trust me, I know. I was a little dumbfounded. Yeah. Because my Boss is getting promoted. And they've known this for a while. And it's always been assumed that this girl who basically does, you know, like, we pretty much do the same job, but she's been there obviously longer than I have. And we all thought that she was going to get the job, but my boss recommended me over her because I have, you know, more experienced.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Oh, no. Firestorm of calls, there they are.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Like, I'm seriously sick to my stomach. I don't really know what to do. I told them I was like, you know, I couldn't sleep last night and I couldn't sleep the night before. Like, I'm really stressed, really stressed out. And. And yet, like, I told them I had to take the weekend to think about it because, you know, I don't want to. Like, this girl's gonna hate me.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Okay, hold on. We gotta back up for one second. So when you go into the office yesterday, is it you and the other girl or is it just you? It's just you.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Just me.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

And why did they tell you to bring your resume then?

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Oh, because my boss had lost mine or something. Like, he just couldn't find a copy of it and I like, for no reason, you know. And so it was really just to show the HR and like the general manager that I had a lot of experience, basically to like, prove to them that I was the best person for the job.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

No. No way. Awesome. So you. Wow. Go ahead.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. Like, this girl is, you know, nice enough, you know, she's kind of snooty, but like, she actually has the requirements and has.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Oh, God, she deserves that job.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

So this other girl legitimately has all this experience and is probably better for the company because of what's on your

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

resume the same time.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

You know, I.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

If I had messed up this, you know, whole month, like, they would never have asked me in, but I know I've been doing a good job, you know.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Well, you must be. You know, sometimes this show takes such a left hand turn. No, everybody calling up today is saying, good for you.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Really?

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Are you serious?

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

I am totally serious. Go ahead, Alicia, you're on Q100.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Well, I went and got my four year degree and, you know, in business and I can't find a job right now and a receptionist, but I'm like, ride it until the wheels fall. Just do it. You know, everybody's struggling. Make some money.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Alicia, it wouldn't bother you at all knowing.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Not at all.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Somebody else in the office that's more qualified that probably once she gets in the position, would handle it better because of all of her real experience. And Katie here is blocking her out of that position.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Well, that sucks for her.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

But, I mean, that's the company's decision. And if she were to go to them and say, you know, I'm not

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

qualified for this, just leave me where I am, they're probably fired.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Was the company's decision based on false information?

[The Birch Show Host]

But she can't tell them that.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

No.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Omar, you're part of the Burt show, huh?

[Seth Rogen]

It is a capitalist system.

[Caller/Participant]

Go for yours, girl.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Get yours and get it done.

[Seth Rogen]

Good for you.

[Caller/Participant]

I mean, it's tough out here.

[Seth Rogen]

It's all about you.

[The Birch Show Host]

Handle it.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

How is this happening? Based on the calls that we took yesterday, how is this possibly happen?

[Co-host/Panelist]

So lie your way to the top.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Tara, good morning. You're holding my tongue, holding my dog.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Holding my dog.

[The Birch Show Host]

Those are the lessons capitalism has taught us these days.

[Caller/Participant]

Yes.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Hey, Tara.

[The Birch Show Host]

Good morning. Lie and hide and you get paid.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Think she should take this job? Take the promotion? I had to lie on my resume and say I didn't have the experience that I did have just to get a job. So in today's economy, take that job.

[The Birch Show Host]

Yep. Do it. Got to get that paper right.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

The thing that doesn't feel right here is that she. She literally got the job because she had more experience on her resume.

[The Birch Show Host]

But she's obviously proved herself to this point.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Yeah, well, I mean, the thing is,

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

the promotion does have a little bit more responsibility that I'm not familiar with. So I get really nervous thinking about that. But at the same time, you know, I know I'm a fast learner, and I know even if I, like, made a few mistakes, my, you know, my boss right now who's getting promoted would totally help me out.

[Co-host/Panelist]

You said yesterday that you. I mean, I know you've been there a month, and we're. We're praising you as if you've gone in there and done a perfect job. But you told us yesterday that you were kind of working your way those first few weeks.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Yeah, yeah.

[Co-host/Panelist]

And you're about to. You're about to get a promotion, and it is a lot more responsibility. And you can't just assume that the. The woman or the man. I forgot the gender of who's getting promoted above you, that they are going to have time to sit there and help you through a job. You know what I mean? Like, I just think this is. This is a decision in your life regardless of what's going on around you in the economy that you have to make the right decision and you don't want to do it. You want us to tell you to take that job. And I think that you're blocking a person from getting that job and it's wrong. I am.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Honestly.

[Seth Rogen]

Here's.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Normally what happens on the Burt show is we'll put a call like this on and then the first wave of calls comes in, and then in the second wave, they usually are different than the first wave. Not today. Everybody calling up saying, go ahead, what's from yesterday? I have no idea. She lies and she gets the job. Amanda.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Right, right.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

But now people lie and get jobs. I honestly believe that. And like, I never thought I'd be one of those people, but I'm, I'm kind of okay with it. And I'm really, actually kind of not okay with it. I'm really stuck right now. I don't know.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

But you're, you're putting the company at a tremendous disadvantaged because you're being promoted into a position that A, you're not qualified for and B, you're probably not gonna be able to handle that well,

[The Birch Show Host]

not even talk about this. You have to lie to get into a job. Are we creating a, have we created a situation now a world where people so expect more than they deserve? Because guess what? You don't have to lie to get into a job. You need to work at a lesser job. You make lesser money, have a lesser lifestyle. You don't drive that BMW. You drive the used Civic. You don't live in the brand new top floor penthouse. You rent an apartment that's out in the birds.

[Co-host/Panelist]

That's work ethic, Jeff.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Right.

[Co-host/Panelist]

And that is old fashioned.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

That's crazy talk, but I mean, that

[Co-host/Panelist]

is your parents generation. Because I truly believe the whole work ethic thing is not going on right now.

[The Birch Show Host]

Back in my day, I do believe

[Co-host/Panelist]

we have people who expect more than what they're worth.

[The Birch Show Host]

We had to lie to get a job.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Hey, Aaron, good morning. You're part of the Burt Show.

[Caller/Participant]

What's up?

Not mad at her at all. Then go for it. She could be doing a lot worse. Be selling drugs or prostituting or

[The Birch Show Host]

lying your resume so you don't be a hooker.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

What kind of defense is that?

[Co-host/Panelist]

It's not doing drugs and prostitute.

[Caller/Participant]

Yep.

[Co-host/Panelist]

How much of a pay raise is this promotion?

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

I would say, you know, I, I am. It's a little, but it's substantial. I mean, like, it's not.

[Co-host/Panelist]

You don't have to give me the Number. I'm just wondering, like, either percentage or like you said, substantial? Does it double it? Does it half it?

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

No, no, no. Nothing like that. But it's. I mean, it's about. Okay, It's. It's about, like, 7K more. This is a lot for me.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Okay.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

All right. Finally.

[Co-host/Panelist]

That you're robbing from the other woman. Okay.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

That's the struggle that you're gonna have.

[Caller/Participant]

You are.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

That's the struggle that you're gonna have all weekend long.

[Caller/Participant]

And even when you take the job, you're still gonna have that struggle the entire time you have that job. Because you're gonna have to look at her and you're gonna. Technically gonna be her boss.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Yeah.

[The Birch Show Host]

You're fine. Get your money.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Would it change your mind if I said that, like, I was a lot nicer and funnier and prettier than the other girl? You know what?

[Caller/Participant]

Well, that just. No, that just. That made you mean. That did not make you nice.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

That doesn't help.

[The Birch Show Host]

She was joking. She said. You didn't think that was funny.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Teresa, good Morning. You're on Q100.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Good morning, guys. How you doing?

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Okay.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

I just want to know what has happened in this country recently that it's okay to be dishonest on a resume and get promoted for it. All karma aside, what this girl has done is committed fraud. And we're going to let a criminal get a promotion ahead of somebody who has been honest and hardworking.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

I got to tell you, Theresa, you are in the minority as far as your attitude goes today. Most are saying go for it. So are you really going to think about it this weekend, or you pretty much already know what you're going to do.

[Co-host/Panelist]

You're going to take this?

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

No, I honestly have no idea. Because every time I think I make a decision, I feel really bad or like I think that I'm not getting what I deserve, but I'm not. I honestly go back and forth because I do feel bad. I do feel bad about this girl. And, like, you know, we eat lunch together. She is my friend. At the same time, I would like this money. I would like this job. And I know I'm sure I can do a good job at it, you know?

[The Birch Show Host]

You know, I take a lot of.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

I don't know. I don't know.

[The Birch Show Host]

I take a lot of the way. The way I make my decisions and the way I guide my life. I do it a lot based on the girls from America's Next Top Model. And I know on that show they all like each other. They're all friends. They want to see each other succeed. But they know in the end there can only be one best. And you know what? Just because the other girl wasn't creative enough to fabricate part of her resume, because she wasn't all of it.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

She didn't have to.

[The Birch Show Host]

Right, because she wasn't smart enough to really highlight some things on her resume. Yeah, sure, whatever. I mean, something in you is shining. They have seen a light in you that they didn't see in her. And I think you can't extinguish that light. It wouldn't be fair to you, and it wouldn't be fair to them or to the world.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Jeff.

[The Birch Show Host]

Right. Exactly. Thank you, Bert. And so Tyra would want you to succeed, and therefore I want you to succeed by any means possible.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

What would Tyler do? Wwtd well, we are gonna have to check back with you on Monday morning and make it official that you're taking the job. After this. After this inner debate all weekend long.

[The Birch Show Host]

She might not take it.

[Co-host/Panelist]

She's gonna take it.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

She is taking that job.

[Caller/Participant]

Selfish.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Okay.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

I don't know.

[Co-host/Panelist]

She shouldn't have a job in the first place.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Feel really bad. Thank you. Thank you.

[Co-host/Panelist]

She shouldn't have a job in the first place. And she'd say, you know what? I've only been here a month. She's been here a year. I mean, she's still lying. Let her have the promotion.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Here.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Samantha. Samantha wants you to have a couple more things to think about before the weekend. Go ahead, Samantha. You'll be the last call on this.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

I would just like to say what

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

comes around goes around. I think it's really funny that she's lied on her resume and she's not allowing another another person to have a job that actually they deserve. And granted, she might have been there a year, but right now companies are trying to get as much as they can for as little pay as possible. And just what comes around, goes around. You're gonna get it in the end.

[The Birch Show Host]

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[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Here is Marcia and she wants to be on the voice disguiser. Good morning, Marcia.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Good morning.

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[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

How are you today?

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Well, I kind of in a pickle. I don't really know what to do. That's sort of what's going on for me.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Okay, let's go through the whole thing here. So your how long pregnant now? How far along?

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

I'm seven months. So, you know, getting there.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Okay, you just go ahead, take it from here.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

There's a really sweet girl who I know from church. She's like 22 and she's not really a newlywed anymore, but she got married kind of straight out of school and she's also pregnant. Not as far along as me, but I think she just sort of, you know, she said that she sees me as a big sister and she doesn't have a big sister. And after her husband, I was the first one she told that she was pregnant. And we've just because she's younger and she's really sweet, she has a lot of questions. She's kind of nervous about a lot of things. We've become friendly, but just over the past couple months, you know, we go to lunch, we talk about things that she has all kinds of questions about the crazy stuff that's going on with her body and stuff. And I have a couple kids already, so I Sort of know what's going to happen and what's going on. You know, we talk pretty often, and we get together probably a couple times a week. And she and her husband and me and my husband went to dinner, and she just said, you know, look like, you know, you totally can say no to this. It's completely fine. But it would mean so much to me if I could be in the delivery room with you.

[Co-host/Panelist]

She asked you?

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

And how long have you guys been hanging out with each other?

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Just, like, a little over two months. Oh, my God.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Who the hell does that?

[Co-host/Panelist]

Well, even if you've known each other for years, who asked the mother to be in the room?

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

What's worse is that, okay, there's this long, awkward silence. No one knows what to say. I mean, and my husband just. He doesn't know why. He just. I think he wanted to break the silence. And instead of breaking it by saying no, he broke it by saying yes. So it sort of was left as a yes at the end of the dinner, even though, of course, on the way home, my husband and I were talking. We were like, oh, my gosh. This is just. This doesn't feel right. Like, even my own sister has never been in the delivery room with me. Like, why would this girl. I just don't know that. Well, I would never, like, just not right, you know?

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Did you say that there was a work component to this, or is this strictly friendship? Friendship.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

It's just friends. Just from church.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

I think you're making a. The request is shocking in itself, but I think the fact that you don't know how to handle it, it's overly dramatic. Either you don't call the couple back. I mean, you've only known them two months. Or you straight up tell them you're not comfortable with it and it's over.

[Co-host/Panelist]

I thought about it.

[Caller/Participant]

Reconsidered.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Yeah. Or you just don't call them at all anymore.

[Co-host/Panelist]

I only show that part of my body to very few people, and I mean, and only to a very few. When something's coming out of every orifice I got.

[Caller/Participant]

And just don't tell them when you're delivering the baby. Just go and don't make a phone call.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

I guess that's what I said. We can't really not call them back because. Because people in our church are really close. It's like, it wouldn't really be close to that close.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Too bad.

[Co-host/Panelist]

I'm not that close to very many people.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

We're not as immature or whatever as we sound because we decided on the way home, we were like, yeah, we're gonna have to tell her, you know, that we just like in a moment we said yes, but we considered and it's not the right thing. But we get this email from her before we have a chance to make that call. Said in the email that she was like crying. She was so happy. It meant so much.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Oh, no.

[Seth Rogen]

Oh no.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

And she wants me to be there when she delivers. It's like for her, it's like this huge, huge, big deal. And she feels so supported by me and this and that. So that's kind of the reason that it's become. I know that this should not happen and it cannot happen. But it seems like it's really going to shatter her world. And I don't. I mean, how do you break it easy to her? You don't have to, Dwyer, because she's a sweet girl, but I don't want her in my delivery room because I don't know her.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

There are two issues here. First, the one issue here is this is a brand new couple that you're hanging out with. So you guys have been pretty much in this superficial, just getting to know you stage. Well. What she has just shown you is that she is so freaky that you're probably not gonna keep her as a friend anyway. So you're gonna have to cut her loose eventually. Anyway. This is the beginning of the crack in the relationship armor here, is that this is not someone you're gonna hang out with. Somebody that could possibly request that and be so emotionally invested you're probably not gonna wanna hang out with anyway after this.

[Caller/Participant]

It does sound a little single white female.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Right.

[The Birch Show Host]

But look at the whole, the whole package. Like how old did you say this girl was?

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

She's like 22.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Okay, well, that.

[The Birch Show Host]

And is it rude to ask how old you are?

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

No, I'm 33.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Okay.

[The Birch Show Host]

Okay. So you've got some age and wisdom.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Yeah.

[The Birch Show Host]

This is this girl's first child.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Yeah.

[The Birch Show Host]

So she's looking at. It's a grasshopper type relationship. Like she's looking at you and she

[Co-host/Panelist]

maybe break down that she's pregnant as

[The Birch Show Host]

a birthing mentor and she's panicking a little bit. And then she writes you this letter and you've obviously brought her great relief. I think you have to go through with it now.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

You're. Honey, you're both not.

[The Birch Show Host]

I think you do.

[Caller/Participant]

You were saying a couple months ago that the husband didn't even need to be in there.

[The Birch Show Host]

I know.

[Caller/Participant]

Wasn't that your big argument?

[The Birch Show Host]

Yes, but that's different. This girl, this scared young girl. Oh, come on.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Put all the attention on the scared young girl. Just hear me out.

[The Birch Show Host]

Like, this is this woman's third child, a scared young girl, obviously very young, obviously very alone. This is the first woman. She is looking for some pregnancy guidance and this question gets blurted out. Her husband accepts the invite and has brought so much relief. I think for the health of the young girl's baby, you need to agree

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

to let her birthing classes.

[Caller/Participant]

She can watch the videos of people giving birth.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Hey, Jenny. Good morning. You're part of the bird show. Hi.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

I live in North Georgia and in the Chattanooga area, they have a code phrase, green popsicle that if you order one of those with one of the nurses, they clear the room with everyone except for your husband. And that way you don't have to hurt anybody's feelings.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Oh, that's great.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

That is really smart.

[The Birch Show Host]

All you have to do is remember that. So you're not like grape soda. What?

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Which means invite more people in.

[The Birch Show Host]

Right, Right.

[Co-host/Panelist]

And this is also a case, I think, with women. I know that. Well, I don't want to be rude and I don't want to, you know, make somebody feel feel bad after I said something and she crying. No, this is your baby. This is your delivery room. There are very few times in your life where you get a chance to be confident enough to put your foot down. And this is definitely one of those.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Jeff just thinks you're being selfish about it, though.

[The Birch Show Host]

I do. I think that this girl say this

[Co-host/Panelist]

with a straight face without smiling.

[The Birch Show Host]

This girl has come.

[Co-host/Panelist]

You can't do it.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

This girl look me in the eye

[Co-host/Panelist]

and say, he's got that face. With a smile, without the smile spot. Look at me, Jeff.

[Seth Rogen]

Come here.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

So she's doing harm potentially to the 22 year old.

[The Birch Show Host]

Yes. Because it's isn't. It isn't stress unhealthy for a baby?

[Seth Rogen]

Right.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Sure.

[The Birch Show Host]

This girl's obviously stressed, obviously panicked. The old woman, the 33 year old, she brought relief.

[Co-host/Panelist]

We'll call her Etta.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Right.

[The Birch Show Host]

Edda brought relief and calmness to the 22 year old. And now you're putting.

[Caller/Participant]

She's not her doula. She's her friend from church.

[The Birch Show Host]

I'm just saying if you're okay putting the baby at risk, go for it.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Her unconceived child.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Yeah.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

So if you want to go ahead and you want to tell this 22 year old that she can't be part of your pregnancy and stress her out for potentially her pregnancy in the Future, go ahead and do it.

[Caller/Participant]

We are not jumping on this bandwagon. We are not going to let you.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Good lord.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Hey, missy, you're IQ 100.

[The Birch Show Host]

Get away from me. You're not my daughter.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Hi, I'm from the old school. I don't spare feelings. So all she has to do is go to the hospital, have the baby,

[Caller/Participant]

call her up later.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

You're making way too much about this. This is a real simple conversation right here.

[Co-host/Panelist]

I want to be that woman's friend.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

You've only been friends with her for two months. You don't even have a lot invested in her. So what? You offend her. She's so offended, she never talks to you again. Big deal.

[Caller/Participant]

You need a representative. You know how all the celebrities in Hollywood have their representative to speak for them?

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

A relationship agent.

[Caller/Participant]

Yeah. To, you know, make their official statements to the press. Whatever. Melissa needs to be your official representative.

[Co-host/Panelist]

I mean, I see where Jen's coming from. I mean, you need to stand up for your delivery room. It's your delivery room.

[Seth Rogen]

Your vagina.

[The Birch Show Host]

Own it.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Yeah, I mean, it's your vagina and other parts that are going to be exposed to the room. So you can say whoever you want to see that, you know.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Let me take one more quick call here.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Yes, I was the other girl that wanted to be in the delivery room with my cousin, and I was eight months pregnant. Do not let that girl in there

[Caller/Participant]

while she is pregnant.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

It scared the crap out of me.

[The Birch Show Host]

The bird show.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Okay, I'm transferring you now.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

You have five minutes.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Thank you.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

You're welcome. Hello.

[Caller/Participant]

Hello.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Hi.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Hi. Seth Rogen, what's happening? Hey, how are you?

[Seth Rogen]

Good.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Hey, man. Right from the start here, I want to let you know that this morning show is not capable of doing a five minute interview with you. So you feel free to hang up on us whenever our time is up because we're just going to keep going.

[Seth Rogen]

I'll do it.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

We got five minutes. Rattle them off. As I'm on the Internet yesterday and I'm watching you in interviews, I have a hunch that you're like the most un la la kind of guy ever. But you're sort of stuck in that city. Am I. Am I wrong about that?

[Seth Rogen]

That's not entirely inaccurate. Yeah. I mean, it's not that bad here. I gotta say. LA is nice. Cause it feels like everyone's unemployed. You kind of walk around and like, no one's at work all day. That's more my speed. That's what I do.

[Bleacher Report Announcer]

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[Caller/Participant]

I'm curious.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Seth.

[Caller/Participant]

If you'll talk about your drastic weight loss and what it took to get there for your role in the Green Hornet.

Bulimia.

Serious.

[Seth Rogen]

Just bulimia.

[Caller/Participant]

That's la.

So you do do something.

[Seth Rogen]

People say it's unhealthy, but I disagree. I think it works really well. I'm joking, obviously.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Obviously.

[Seth Rogen]

I don't know. I exercise and ain't better. It's the lamest dancer in the world.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

I hate to draw an analogy between you and Oprah Winfrey, but please don't. It's gonna be a loose one. But I remember when she lost all this weight, like, people were pissed at her. Like, this is who we fell in love with. We made the connection. Did you have any of that?

[Seth Rogen]

No, I don't think anyone really fell in love with me in the first place. No one really cared. No one was that attached to me.

[Caller/Participant]

So there's sort of a Twitterversity. I'm gonna say that. Are you on Twitter or not? Because there is somebody pretending to be you one day.

[Seth Rogen]

I'm absolutely not on Twitter. I don't know why people would think I would care to do that.

[The Birch Show Host]

If the person who was, I'll be

[Seth Rogen]

honest, a little insulting whenever people ask me that, like, do I really seem like I have so little to do? I have to update people on every mundane activity I accomplish.

[The Birch Show Host]

You just. You just totally validated Jen Hobby in the studio. She refuses.

[Seth Rogen]

I'm insulting a lot of people on Twitter and I don't care.

[The Birch Show Host]

Now, given that you said it's a time thing and you don't want to do that, if the person who was impersonating you was very witty and creative and fun, would you let him go ahead and keep doing it and be proud of it.

[Seth Rogen]

I asked actually someone, I was like, what does this person do? And they were like, oh, they kind of promote your movies and, you know, alert people as to your talk show appearances. And I was like, oh, let him keep going then. Good.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

But if you see him on it is not him that we know now.

[Seth Rogen]

It's not me.

[Caller/Participant]

No.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

I think I read yesterday also that you started in entertainment, like 12 or 13 years old doing stand up comedy. And my thought was, would anybody actually let you bomb if you were on stage at 12 years old or they give you like a sympathetic laugh just because you're so young.

[Seth Rogen]

No, they do not do that at all. They are more than happy to let you bomb completely and utterly and help you bomb in a lot of ways at times. No, I bombed a lot. I think it's I think it made me funnier.

[Caller/Participant]

Quick question about your girlfriend. You guys have been together for a really long time, right?

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah, four years.

[Caller/Participant]

Four years. And I heard you guys just moved in together.

[Seth Rogen]

No, we moved in together years ago. I'm just. I run out of talk show stories every once in a while. I just gotta pretend that something that happened to me years ago just happened.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

So I.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Which of your movies never believe anything

[Seth Rogen]

I say on a talk show? That's a very good rule of thumb.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Which of your movies is the most ad libbed?

[Seth Rogen]

That's a good question. Probably Knocked Up, I would say.

[Caller/Participant]

Really?

Yeah.

Which scene in Knocked Up?

The one where you make him love.

[Seth Rogen]

I mean, a lot. I mean, pretty much every scene with me and my roommates is completely ad lib.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

So good. It's so good. Is there one actor that you just jibe with more when it comes to improv than someone else?

[Seth Rogen]

I don't know. I just did a movie where Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman play my roommates and it was a lot of fun doing scenes with them. Adam Sandler too, and Paul Rudd. I think all those guys are really fun to work with.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

We know you have observe and report coming up and we all had the thought this morning that at some point you must have been really pissed because Kevin James was sort of doing the same themed movie. Did you know that at the time or when you found out, were you pissed about it?

[Seth Rogen]

No, we knew. I mean, Sony made it. Sony made Super Bad and Pineapple Express and, and is making the Green Hornet. So literally, I mean, I talked to the people who made that movie every single day. And, and, and Adam Sandler produced it. And I mean, I've been working with him for the last year and a half on Funny people. So. No, we were well aware of it.

[Caller/Participant]

It just.

[Seth Rogen]

Honestly, we just thought they were totally different movies. You know, we. I know the guys that made Harold Kumar. We still made P Express. Like it just kind of doesn't, you know, affect those decisions. You just kind of got to hope that what you're doing is different. And beyond that, just, you got to understand that there's only so many things to make movies about and eventually there's gonna be some overlap. He's got to hope that your thing is different than the other thing, you know?

[Co-host/Panelist]

Do you find that comparison a lot since you made fun of it on Saturday Night Live last weekend?

[Seth Rogen]

I mean, I was finding that comparison way before I made fun of it on Saturday. How many people were commenting on it? That was a Funny joke. I thought.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

And it comes out this week.

[Caller/Participant]

Mm. Friday.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

It's Friday. Observe and report. Cool.

[Seth Rogen]

Yep.

[Caller/Participant]

Hey, Seth, a lot of your characters tend to like the herb. Do you take a public stance on marijuana?

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah. I mean, not. I mean, not generally, but if you ask me, sure. Legalize it.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

I don't know that there's gonna be a lot of people shocked by that. That's not gonna make the tabloids.

[Seth Rogen]

Exactly. I know. That's like I can only get a cop with a 500 pound joint in my mouth and I don't think it the back page of the newspaper.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Okay, sorry. We have to get Seth off.

[Seth Rogen]

Gotta go team.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

All right. Go get off, my friend. Thanks.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Bye.

[Seth Rogen]

Bye.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

I got a good question.

[Co-host/Panelist]

You did?

[The Birch Show Host]

And for the record, I was looking at Jen Hobby when he said that. Because he stretched it out and she actually cussed and hit her hand on the table. Not in mock frustration, but genuine anger that Bert received a good question from Sarah.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

I stole the trophy.

[Co-host/Panelist]

For one interview, Bert got a good question and he got vindicated for Twitter. All in the same interview.

[Caller/Participant]

No, no, no.

[Co-host/Panelist]

The best interview for Burt ever.

[The Birch Show Host]

About the Twitter. The vindication on Twitter is because Jen Hobby only.

[Caller/Participant]

Yeah, she's not on it.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Right.

[Caller/Participant]

Uses it.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Either way, my work is done here.

[The Birch Show Host]

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[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Amanda's got a beef. I mean, here it's her. Her husband's busy season right now. He's a tax guy, an accountant, and he's busy enough as it is. Then you got the friends to add into the equation also.

[Co-host/Panelist]

It's so rude.

[Caller/Participant]

I'm cool.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Hey, Amanda.

[The Birch Show Host]

Crappy.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Hi.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

How are you?

[Co-host/Panelist]

Hello.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

How are you guys?

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Good. What's going on?

[Co-host/Panelist]

I haven't done my taxes yet. Do you think your husband could do it for you for free?

[Caller/Participant]

Yeah.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

You think he can hook us up?

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

You must be hearing that so much right now.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Yeah, yeah. It seems like friends always come out of the woodworks. April 15th goes first.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Is that really what you want to get to here? Is this more of a message that inventing than it is looking for advice?

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

No, I. What we want to try to find is, like, a nice way to say, like, hey, you know, if you. You know, we'll give you a rate at a discount. Or, you know, maybe we could, like you guys were saying, trade something, that this isn't something we could just do, you know, for free.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Well, and you say it's you and your husband. So he feels the same way about his friends.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Oh, yeah. It's mostly his friends.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Because I see no problem with him saying, you know what? I can offer you a discounted rate. I mean, I see no problem with that.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Now, is this a time issue for you, or is this a money issue for you?

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

It's more time. You know, they work like, 10, 12 hours a day. And then he comes home, and he usually has, like, five emails waiting for him. Just questions. And, you know, people are calling, hey, can you do this? What do I do with this? And it just. It takes up a lot of time.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Look, this has to be a common problem in the accounting world right here. So if we have accountants listening right now, or the wives of accountants or husbands of accountants, how have you handled this in the past? I'm sure this is your season right here, where at this point, if you've been doing it for a long time, you probably have a stock answer.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Yeah.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

And she just doesn't know it yet. Like, how long has your husband been doing this?

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Only a year.

[Co-host/Panelist]

This is like, the first real seasoned accountants. Definitely could give you some advice.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Yeah. So you're really looking for just the sentence you can say where you don't Lose your friends and you're not opposed to your husband helping them out, but if he's gonna spend the time doing it, you gotta get paid.

[Caller/Participant]

Absolutely.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Exactly.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Okay, let's see what we can get here.

[Caller/Participant]

Or you could get stuff traded, too.

[Seth Rogen]

Like what?

[The Birch Show Host]

Like if his friend, like we were talking earlier, like, if his friend is a landscaper, maybe he can take care of all the gardens in your yard and mow your grass for the summer. If you, you know, maybe he's a painter, a contractor, you got stuff to get done around the house or.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Yeah, I mean, we even have pampered chef guy take us out to dinner as like a, you know,

[Caller/Participant]

that's another obligation of your time because guess what? You're going to dinner with them.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Right?

[Caller/Participant]

It should be. If it's going to be a trade for dinner, it should be equal amount in a gift certificate for you and your husband to go to dinner.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Right.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

404-741. Q100. Nick. Good morning. You are part of the Birch Show. What's up?

[Caller/Participant]

Yeah, I would just basically be up front and say, hey, you know, I don't come to your work and ask for you to do free services for me. Why would you do it to me?

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Are you.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

I think that sounds confrontational, though, man.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Are you an accountant?

[Caller/Participant]

No, I'm not an accountant, but I do have a job that people ask me to do the same thing, and I do the same thing. You know, I'm nice about it. It's like, hey, I don't come to your work, you know, and ask for, like, if you're a waitress or a cook or whatever and ask for free food, you know, you expect me to pay because you got to get paid. But I got to get paid. I can give you a discount. But, you know, the free thing, that's. That's wrong.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Yeah, that is kind of rude. Like.

[The Birch Show Host]

It is.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Hey, Amanda, when we're talking about his friends approaching him, are we talking about, like, his tight group of friends? Are we talking about, like, periphery friends?

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

I guess it's kind of a mix. Like he does. I mean, some of our family members. And that's not.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

I didn't think that is.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

But that changes.

[Caller/Participant]

That's even worse.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Yeah, it's just a variety of friends,

[The Birch Show Host]

close family, or like cousins that you only hear of.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Close family.

[Caller/Participant]

I wonder if you could just make it like, hey, we just have decided that we're not. We don't do these services for friends and family policy.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

It's universal policy, not just you.

[Caller/Participant]

Because if something goes wrong, we don't want it to affect our relationship or something like that.

That's a good idea to mention to the friends.

Say it.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Yeah.

[Caller/Participant]

Across the board. We don't work with friends.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Some kind of policies. So where you take, like the person out of it, they can't take it personally. If this is the same thing you're

[The Birch Show Host]

saying to everybody, especially if with something as significant as accounting and taxes, it's easier to get away with than like landscaper.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Morning. Q100.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Hello.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Hello.

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

Hey.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Hi.

[Caller/Participant]

Hey.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

I had a. I think she needs

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

to attack it from two angles or her husband does.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Number one, for his friends who are

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

emailing and asking questions, he should set up an auto reply on his computer that says happy tax season. For help and assistance with your taxes, please make an appointment and leave a phone number.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

And then for his friends who ambush

[Katie (Caller with Job Dilemma)]

him in person, he should just hand them a business card and tell them

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

to make an appointment.

[Seth Rogen]

But if you're.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

But if you're a friend, that seems so.

[The Birch Show Host]

And who makes the appointments, though, if he's working for himself and nobody's setting appointments, that's kind of weird.

[Caller/Participant]

I think she's onto something with the auto reply on the email, especially if it's a personal email account. He could have an auto reply that says happy tax season. I may not have a chance to get back to you until.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Have a chance to get back to you, right?

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Yeah.

[Caller/Participant]

I can't get back to you until after the 15.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Good morning, Jim. You are on the Burt Show. Hi.

[Caller/Participant]

Hey, guys. My wife is a cpa and all of my friends try to hit her up to do their taxes this time of year and she just drops the ethics card if they're not a client of her firm. She gets four. Give four freebies, you know, a season that she's allowed to do for, like, friends and families. But other than that, if she gets caught preparing anybody else's stuff and the firm's not getting their cut of it, then she could lose her license in her position and stuff like that.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Reason she can't do it.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Amanda, is your husband part of a firm or is he independent?

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

But I don't think they have any regulation.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story.

[Caller/Participant]

They have regulations now.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Are you kidding?

[Co-host/Panelist]

That's not the point. The point is for him to say that.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Jim, run that by her one more time.

[Caller/Participant]

She just tells them and it's the truth. In her case, the firm allows her for freebies for friends and family or anybody she wants. But Other than that, you know, she works for them and if she's doing taxes off the books and they're not getting their cut of it, then, you know, that's like stealing from them.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

I love it.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Yeah.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Okay.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Why lie?

[Caller/Participant]

Well, it could be policy. Make sure he looks into his firm's policy.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Yeah, I'm sure if you ask the firm, they would prefer for him to

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

charge them some good stuff here. Good morning, Jack. You're part of the Bertra?

[Caller/Participant]

Yeah, this is Dax.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Yes.

[Caller/Participant]

Hey. I say that before the tax season even starts, go ahead and send a mass email describing prices and helping anyone. A buddy of mine does that and it completely kept me away from ever asking for help.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Yeah, well, that's good for next year.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

At this point it's probably too late for this year, but for next year, that's good. Well, there's some stuff for you there, Amanda.

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Thank you guys so much.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Yeah, I think the auto reply like Jen said, is perfect. And then. Yeah, and the whole firm thing, like, you know what, that's taken away from time from the firm. I can't do it next year.

[Caller/Participant]

Sending out his price list in about march, you know, March 1st.

Does it work?

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Is that working for you?

[Amanda (Caller with Husband's Tax Issue)]

Yeah, that's perfect.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

Okay.

[Caller/Participant]

All right.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

There you go.

[Co-host/Panelist]

Good luck.

[Caller/Participant]

All right.

[Burt (The Burt Show Host)]

And that's a good advice for any new accountants or wives or husbands and new accounts. Use that, man. Little lie never hurt. Especially around taxis.

[The Birch Show Host]

The Birch show.

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