Full Show PT 2: Thursday, December 11 [Vault]

Summary

The Bert Show – Full Show PT 2: Thursday, December 11 [Vault]

Original Air Date: December 11, 2025
Cast: Bert, Kristin, Abby, Cassie, Tommy, Mark (listener), Larry (listener), Various Callers

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Episode Overview

This episode focuses on real-life relationship dilemmas with a candid, entertaining approach. The hosts field dramatic calls from listeners grappling with tricky moral situations—ranging from breakups and infidelity to workplace lies—all while providing their signature blend of tough love, banter, and genuine advice. The team invites callers to weigh in, often resulting in hilarious and brutally honest community feedback.

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Segment 1: Mark’s Cheating Confession and Car Dilemma

Timestamps: [01:47]–[17:34]

The Story: Mark Calls in With a Car Conundrum

• Mark, a long-time listener, explains his breakup with an ex-girlfriend of 2.5 years. They jointly acquired a condo (in her family’s name) and a car (in her name, due to his poor credit).
• The twist: Mark cheated on her with her close friend/cousin, which led to the breakup. Now, she’s refusing to let him access the car, even though he’s paid $11,000 towards it.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

• Ownership & Consequence: The car is legally in her name, and Mark is seeking sympathy due to his financial investment. The hosts and listeners emphasize that his actions led to these consequences.
• Honesty and Accountability: Mark dodges direct questions about the affair's details until pressured:
  • “Who’d you screw around with and where’d you do it, and how’d she find out?” – Bert [03:35]
  • Mark admits: “Her cousin.” (with some confusion about how close the relationship really is) [03:56-04:05]
• Community Response: Callers overwhelmingly hold Mark accountable, with a mix of tough love, sarcasm, and some direct insults. Very little sympathy is extended to him.

Notable Quotes

• Bert: “You screwed around on her.” [02:52]
• Mark: “People make mistakes.” [06:57]
• Steve (Caller): “Take what's left of your credit, buy some shoes, and get to walking to work. You don't cheat on your girl.” [07:07]
• Host: “You are telling a story like a guilty guy. Yada, yada, yada, we broke up… you screwed around on her.” [02:40–02:53]
• Melissa (Host): “You called us to get your car back, not for advice... The car’s in her name. You’ve got no legal ground.” [09:03–09:40]
• Jay (Attorney Guest): “No leg to stand on, buddy. Nothing. Nothing at all.” [14:01]
• Kim (Caller): “What about the life that [your ex] was wanting to start with somebody?” [11:44]
• Mark responds with arrogance and a lack of remorse, further aggravating both hosts and listeners.

Memorable Moments

• Mark tries to elicit pity, saying: “Are there any cute girls with a car out there?” [11:34]
• Bert succinctly sums it up: “You’re the one who has to walk, buddy.” [12:40]
• Mark, defensive to the end: “I made the mistake already. Why do I have to keep paying?” [16:44]
• The call ends with Mark making a misogynistic comment: “Be careful because women just want your money.” The hosts immediately cut him off. [17:23–17:29]

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Segment 2: The Scruples Dilemma – Lying to the Boss to Attend a Child's School Event

Timestamps: [20:18]–[29:45]

The Story: Larry’s Ethical Quandary

• Larry, another listener, calls in losing sleep over a recent lie to his boss. He used his son’s (fake) emergency room visit as an excuse to skip an important work obligation to attend his son’s school play.
• The lie spirals further when his boss asks the next day what happened, and Larry claims his son was hit by a car, even producing an old photo of his son with an injured arm for extra credibility.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

• Is it ever "okay" to lie to your boss if it means putting family first?
• Does invoking a serious accident as your excuse cross a moral line, even if your intentions are good?
• Hosts and callers debate the “size” of the lie and possible karmic implications.
• The real issue: Is Larry anxious about the lie itself, or the subject matter of the lie (inviting bad luck or karma)?

Notable Quotes

• Larry: “Ever since then… I'm waiting for your kid to get run over or something. I'm waiting for a phone call where this... where my poor baby's in the emergency room.” [22:43]
• Host: “Would you be losing sleep and stressed if you missed your son's play, instead of lying?” [24:00]
• Larry (on why he didn't just ask for time off): “There was no way. If I said, well, my baby's got to play, he would have been like, ‘Well, you got work to do.’” [24:51]
• Robbie (Caller, single parent): “I never tell the boss that my child has something at school… because they penalize you for it… you gotta make work the priority.” [27:20]

Memorable Moments

• When pressed about what he told his boss, Larry confesses: “I said he got hit by a car.” The room erupts in disbelief. [25:48]
• “How many accidents can your kid walk out in front of?”—host, poking fun at the escalation of Larry’s stories. [27:12]
• Final caller: “You set a lie so you could spend time with your son. … If you come back and you get hit, it’s not your son that gets hit, it’s you. … You gained so much more.” [29:13]
• “Why can’t my boss just get hit by a car?”—Larry, jokingly lamenting possible karmic consequences. [29:34]

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Tone & Takeaways

• Original Language & Tone: Conversation is brash, funny, direct, loaded with sarcasm but also real human insight. Hosts and callers don’t hold back, calling out guests on their nonsense.
• Advice: Both segments emphasize personal accountability, integrity, and the complexity of real-life moral choices. The community (via callers) reinforces values of honesty, respect, and owning up to mistakes.

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Mark’s story begins: [01:47]
• Mark admits cheating details: [03:56–04:05]
• Listeners call in with reactions: [07:07ff]
• Expert legal input from Jay: [14:01]
• Mark’s story ends: [17:34]
• Larry’s scruples scenario starts: [20:18]
• Larry reveals depth of the lie: [25:48]
• Callers debate morality of the lie: [27:20ff]
• Final thoughts on family vs. work: [29:13–29:41]

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Final Thoughts

This episode delivers a gripping mix of true-life drama, humor, and no-nonsense advice. Whether you agree with the hosts or not, you’ll walk away thinking more deeply about integrity, forgiveness, and the importance of facing the consequences of your actions.

Transcript

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[C]

The Birch Show Gotta get Birch show listener Mark on the phone. Hey, Mark.

[D]

Hey guys.

[B]

Good morning.

[C]

How you doing, man?

[D]

Well, I'm. I'm in a bit of a pickle you might say.

[C]

Mark's been a bad, bad, bad boy.

[B]

All right.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

What happened?

[C]

Bring it.

[D]

Well, basically.

I have a long term. Well, basically ex girlfriend at this point. We dated for two and a half years or so and head down the old marriage path and we got a condo and we got a car which is in her name. Because I have, you know, student loans, a little screwy credit that I used to go to work with every single day. And we're not together now, and she's got my car hostage.

[C]

Hold on a second. You're missing a couple of things here, all right? I read the email, my friend. You are telling a story like a guilty guy. Yada, yada, yada, we broke up. Yada, yada, yada. You screwed around on her.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

He's like, yeah.

But she's holding my car hostage.

[D]

Yeah. I gotta go to work, and I have. I have stuff I need for work in the car. She will not let me use the car. She won't let me talk to her to get the car.

[B]

Well, and also another thing that I do have to point out is the fact that since you had shoddy credit, that she helped you out by getting the car, using her name and her credit to get it.

[D]

But I didn't screw up her credit. I have paid every single month for 18 months already and haven't missed a payment.

[C]

How much money have you invested in this car already?

[D]

$11,000.

[C]

$11,000?

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Bigger. Better question for you. Who'd you screw around with and where'd you do it, and how'd she find out?

[C]

Yeah. The details of this are gonna be important because, I mean, if you did something really, really dumb. Because if you were like. I mean, if you went over the top and you did something really stupid, like you screwed around with her sister, of course she's not gonna help you out.

[D]

Well, I didn't. So what's the big deal?

[B]

Who'd you screw around with?

[D]

Her cousin.

[B]

Her cousin.

[D]

Yes. I guess I can. Cousin? More like a family friend.

[C]

Seriously.

[D]

She'S like one of our friends.

[B]

Come on, Mart. Be a man. Stand up. You did it. Tell it.

[C]

You're the one that called us, man, so come clean.

[D]

Well, the reason I called, you know, I mean, I listen to you guys, but I don't. I don't know a guy who calls radio. You know, radio shows.

She listens to you all the time. She will not take my phone call. She will, you know, I send her an email, and nothing. She has shut the door everywhere, including the garage door, and I can't get in.

[B]

How did she find out? How did she find out that you cheated on her?

[D]

Her cousin told her.

[C]

Now, this is a real cousin, or is this a close friend? I'm getting two different stories here.

[D]

Well, it's her cousin. See, they call her cousin, but it's really like a second cousin, best friend removed kind of thing. It's kind of weird. They're.

[C]

They're really Tight.

[D]

They're really. They're really tight. And basically we. We fooled around for a couple of months and it was all innocent and just whatever.

[C]

Innocent?

[B]

Mark, give me a break.

[C]

Crap.

[A]

Crap.

[D]

Well, not exactly, but, you know, it's just an affair. And I said, listen, I'm, you know, I'm going out with Kathy. I. I'm not. Just forget it. And when I wouldn't, like, go out with her, she took my girlfriend out to dinner and just ratted on me.

[C]

All right, so let me get this straight. I'm trying to break this down here because you're being so elusive here. Okay, so you're in a relationship elusive.

[D]

I need. I need my car.

[C]

Well, hold on. You've been in this relationship for two and a half years. You start screwing around with her best friend. After a couple of months, you tell the girl that you're screwing around with. You're like, I don't want to do this anymore. And she goes to your girlfriend and tells her everything. You guys have already bought a condo together, you bought a car together, but your credit is so bad that she co. Signed for you, or she assumed the car. I guess it's in the conduct.

[B]

The condo and the car, both in her name.

[D]

Well, the condo is sort of.

Extended family gift from my family and her family because there's a long history that takes forever to say, but basically we kind of grew up together. And our families are friends as well. They used to. Our parents used to share this place.

[B]

But who's. And I appreciate all that, but the thing is, when it comes down to it, whose name is on the mortgage or whose name is on the condo?

[D]

Her family. They're a bunch of controlling bastards.

[B]

Are you still living in it? Is that where you're calling us from?

[D]

No.

[C]

And she bought the car base. She bought the car, basically. And you're making payments to her and you've already spent about 11 grand on it?

[D]

Yeah, but I don't care about the. About the condo. You know what I mean? Like, I'm a guy. I can live anywhere. You don't mess with a man's car. I mean, I gotta get to work, you know?

[C]

You don't mess with a girl's best friend either.

[D]

Hey, man, people make mistakes.

[C]

Now hold on here. Hey, Steve, you're on all the hits. Q100. Let me give the phone number here out real quick. Steve. 404-741-1005. Go ahead, Steve.

[D]

Tell that loser he needs to take what's left of his credit, buy some shoes and get to walking to work. You don't cheat on your girl.

Like it is brother.

[C]

But I mean, he's already invested. He's invested $11,000 in this car.

[B]

Steve, just shut up. That's stupid.

[D]

What do you mean that's stupid? He's probably. Jake is.

[B]

He's not on my side because guys, you know, it's a guy code and everything. Just.

[C]

All right, let's see if Jose's gay also. Hey, Jose.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Hey, what's up, man?

[D]

You know, you know, like I was saying, Mark, you know, fine, you're right. You don't, you don't screw around your girlfriend. You don't do anything like that. Especially after long term relationships. We never made a mistake. What's that? Never made a mistake. You, Mr. Perfect, Mr. Never cheated, Mr. Everything is happy and nice over there.

[C]

Here's what I don't get. Like, why did you call us up with this attitude if you have this kind of attitude? You called us.

[B]

You think, Mark, you actually think your ex girlfriend's going to give you the car after you're being such a jerk?

[C]

I wouldn't give you a damn thing either.

[D]

I would think that if other listeners listen to my side, you know, or other women here, my side, that they'll reason with her or that she'll understand that she's just being a bitter idiot. And you don't have a side, though. That's the whole thing. You don't have a side because you're trying to make it sound like, like you had nothing to do with it, like it's everybody else's fault. I mean, if you're gonna cheat, that's one thing. I mean, that's wrong to cheat, but I mean, you're cheating with one of her family members. I mean, you might as well just gone and did it with her mother. I mean, you just don't do that. You, first of all, you don't cheat on somebody that you've been in a relationship with, regardless of whether it's been for a week or a month, a year, 10 years. You don't do that. You know, that's not being a man because you're, you're poking everything that comes your way. You don't do that. I mean, if you're truly in love and you've been in a long term relationship, you just, you just don't cheat on somebody. You don't do that. That's not being a man.

[C]

Thanks.

[B]

So, Mark, you just pretty much called us to use us to get in touch with her, to get Your car back. Like you don't like it. Sounds to me like you don't even really want any advice from anybody.

[D]

I'll take that thousand dollars you guys are giving away, okay?

[B]

You know what that means? I think that everybody else listening needs to call up and give you some advice. You know, my thing is, we've talked for the past few days about legal matters and legal when you're not married, you know, and that kind of thing and. Mark.

[D]

Hey, hey.

[C]

Whoa.

[B]

Loser.

[A]

Shut up.

[B]

See, the thing is, and under legal terms, the fact of the matter, you're not married to her. You cheated. The car's in her name. You know what she's in the right for? It's her.

[C]

Got nothing here.

[B]

You got nothing, Mark. You've got no legal ground to stand on. It's her car. It's called Take Mata. It's smarter.

[D]

You're a tool.

[C]

Dork. Yeah, dude. I mean, like, you're. Here's what you're saying. Here's what I hear. You're saying, look, I did something that I did something that has absolutely no integrity attached to it at all. However, my girlfriend should do the right thing in this situation, even though I didn't. I'm asking my girlfriend to do what's right here and give me back my car.

[D]

Apologize. How many times does one person have to apologize?

[B]

You're not apologizing. You're not apologizing. I haven't heard you apologize once in this conversation.

[C]

Yeah, let me take calls because you're not listening to us.

[D]

I'm sorry. How's that? Now give me my car.

[C]

Cindy, you're on all the HQ100.

[D]

Hey, good morning, Mark. I got kids, man. You're an idiot. First off, you don't screw around on your woman. Second, I agree with Melissa as it's in her name. You add a lot in product. Do you have a boyfriend? Do you have a boyfriend? I have a husband. Oh, you have an extra car I can use? No. I don't even give it to you.

[B]

You have got some.

[C]

You got.

[B]

Serious? You're the one with bitter issues, dude.

[C]

Hey, Steven, you're on all the hits. Q100.

[D]

Hey, I just want to say.

As a code for cheating, you don't cheat with a relative, and you don't get caught. You get caught. Hey, man, you lose.

[C]

You lost everything here, man. I don't understand why the rules are different for her than for you. You did something wrong. You didn't act appropriately, and now she's not acting appropriately, and you're like, what's the matter?

[D]

I didn't lose everything. I lost the car. But it's important to me, so I'm calling because she listens to your show.

[B]

She's the reason that you got the car in the first place.

[D]

Like nobody's ever cheated. I think everyone's, like, you know, rushing up high ground.

[B]

It's not right. And it's her car.

[C]

Have you shown just a little bit of remorse? Maybe you'd get one person on the phone going, you know what? You're right here. But everybody's calling up to call you. A.

[D]

Are there any cute girls with a car out there?

[C]

Hey, Kim, you're on all the hits. Q100.

[D]

Hey, guys. How's it going?

[C]

All right.

[D]

She sounds cute.

[C]

You're a tool. You are.

[D]

Man, he is a complete tool. All I want to say to him is he's sitting there acting as though. The only thing that's the problem here is that he lost his car. What about the life that he was wanting to start with somebody? Wait a minute. I have let everyone hear this. I made a mistake. It's not okay to screw around. It's not cool. Who I screwed around with. That is over. I can't take that back. I made a bad mistake. I understand that, but now she's messing with someone's livelihood. I mean, someone I've paid bills for over two years with. This girl.

[B]

Well, she saved your ass by getting the car in the first place. And you didn't screw with her livelihood. Like, she had all these plans and.

[D]

I didn't screw with her livelihood.

[B]

You did. You absolutely did. She had it, like, in her mind that she was gonna marry you, and this was her life, and she had invested all of this time and energy and effort into your relationship. Good for her for keeping the car.

[D]

Totally overreact about everything.

[B]

Good for her for keeping the car. You're the one has to walk, buddy.

[C]

Tino here. What's going on?

[D]

Hey, there, bro.

[C]

Hey, man.

[D]

Hey, this guy doesn't want your help. He's wasting your time as a listener. I don't want to listen to him anymore. And for the record, yes, I'm gay.

Sure as hell sound it.

[B]

Oh, no, you're just a loser. Let's. Let's.

[C]

You're pushing buttons on purpose now. Hey, Ryan, I found one guy that's got your back. Go, Ryan.

[D]

Yeah, dude, it's Ron. Yeah, I think. I think everyone's called in this far, and you guys are being a judge and jury and incorrect because you don't know what's going on in this guy's relationship? Thank you. Two. Two wrongs do not make a right because he screwed up and did a wrong thing. Does that, does that make it correct for a woman to take some guy's car or job materials away from him and keep him from making his own?

[B]

Give me a break. He has shoddy credit. She gave him, got him the car. I don't care if he made the payments or not. If you go to a judge, Mark, if you go to a court, if you go to a lawyer, it's in her name. It's her car.

[D]

Melissa, you're not getting legal advice or anything.

[B]

It's her car.

[C]

All right, before we get more judgmental people on the phone with you, and Lord knows we got plenty of them.

[D]

Let me kidding. Give me a break.

[C]

Let me get you on with Jay here, who is an attorney because he's such a good guy victim.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Hey, Jay.

[D]

Hey, guys. What's going on?

[C]

Hi. You're an attorney here in Atlanta?

[D]

That's correct. Actually, I do real estate, but I just want to make sure I have the. The facts straight here before I say anything. Basically, this guy has. He's not married to her, legally wed her in any way whatsoever, and the car is completely. Her name is from what I understand. Is that correct? Yeah. Yeah. No leg to stand on, buddy. Nothing. Nothing at all. What about. Hey, Mark, I don't know about here, but in other states they have like.

[B]

Hey, Mark, I got three special words for you, baby. Melissa was right.

[D]

Hey, Mark, you are a snotty bitch today.

[C]

Oh.

Take that back, Mark. It's not just today.

[D]

Melissa. Yeah, we need a good breeder bashing on here this morning.

[C]

So, Mark, what Jay here is saying, man, is you got no legs to stand on whatsoever.

[D]

Great.

[C]

Not legally, probably not.

[D]

What about getting my stuff? She has possession of my personal items, my property.

[C]

Dude, you screwed around. You screwed it up.

[D]

Hey, Ron, that's fine. You know what? She can take the car from me. I understand it's in her name, but she's being a bitch. But first of all. And why, why can't I at least get my stuff? I have a briefcase and, you know, some sports gear in the car.

[C]

Hey, Ron, you're on all the hits, Q100.

[D]

Yeah, the advice I was going to give to him is I just went through divorce a little less than a year ago. I had a car that was. That I paid for, that was in my name, and she still got it, so. Along with other things. So it's a Good thing that you're not married because you would probably be paying a lot more.

[C]

Yeah, I can't find a lot of people here to sympathize with you. Mark, I gotta be honest with you.

[D]

That guy sympathizes with me. He knows I'm smart enough not to get married.

[C]

Hey, Mike, you're on all the hits Q100. And you never will be. Hey, Mike, you're on all the hits Q100.

[D]

Hey, Mark, you screwed up, man. I know that he's calling you a tool and there's a reason. You're not really a tool. You're just acting like a tool. You screwed up on your girl, but you're not really thinking about the big issue. And the big issue is trust. You lost that trusting man. And she's gonna be hurt for a long time. I did the thing, same same thing you did over a year ago. And I lost.

The most important things in my life to me, man. I really, really regret it. It's that one time thing. You go, well, you know, I might be able to do this. And then you kind of lose track of reality and the reality hit you back in the face. You got a woman that loved you and you screwed up on her. Well, I would have done it if I thought this would have screwed up my ride.

[C]

You know, this is like typical right here. And you sound like you got no remorse at all.

[D]

I made the mistake already. Why do I have to keep paying? I'm trying. I'm just a. You know, you guys are ragging on me and I'm a nice guy trying to get to work.

[B]

You can tell.

[C]

You sound like a great guy.

[B]

You know what? Nobody's going to work today. The roads are bad anyway. You've at least bought one day with the snow. Tell me, tell them you're gonna commuting.

[D]

Well, I need that. Why don't you guys give me that $1,000.

[B]

No, you know what?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

This naughty bitch is not gonna give you a thousand dollars.

[C]

Mark, we're done, man. You know what? You got your word out. If you said if she listens every day, then she's probably listening. She realizes why she left you and you're probably never gonna hear from her again. But maybe she'll call you now.

[D]

Well, thanks for taking my call. And you know, to all the men out there, be careful because women just want your money.

[C]

Get out of here. See?

[B]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Seemed like they had a lot, a lot to offer.

[C]

Thanks for the advice.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

With everything in her name. He was unbelievable.

[C]

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[D]

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[C]

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We've all been in this situation before where we're struggling with some kind of scruples like dilemma where, you know, you can ask half of your friends what you should do in this situation. They'll give you one answer and half give you the other because there's no like really clear line of right or wrong. And we go through these a lot, a lot. We know you guys struggle with them also. So we're asking you to give us a call, tell us what this dilemma is that you're struggling with. We'll give you our opinions and we'll take calls from listeners also. Maybe you walk away and have a little better understanding of what you should do.

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Right?

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Good morning Larry. You're on all the hits. Q100.

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What's up guys?

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Tell us man. How are you dude?

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Sound a little beat up.

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Larry, you all right, man?

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I'm a little beat up.

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What's going on?

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I'm losing sleep over this one, so.

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All right.

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I really need your help.

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All right.

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A couple weeks back my, my ex informs me that our, our son is doing a, you know, a little school show there.

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Uh huh.

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So I'm a good dad, you know, I don't miss stuff like that. So I put it down on my schedule that I was gonna, you know, be there for him. I wanted to see him do his little show.

So I was getting closer to the day there and head honcho over where I work decides that he's gonna entertain some clients the night of the show. Of course I'm still trying to be the good dad. And the last thing I wanna do is hear it from my, you know, ex. Cause she's such a sweetheart.

So I'm thinking, hey, all right, I gotta be there, so I gotta find, find a way out of this thing, you know, I can't, you know, I can't miss this show. So I charged right into my boss's office. I waited till the day of the show. I figured, I mean I knew about it a couple days before. I knew that I had this conflict, you know, but I figured I couldn't bring it up. I couldn't think of a way to, you know, approach the situation. So I marched right into my boss's office and I told him, told him I just got a call and I had to go see if my son was okay. It was the first thing that came out of my mouth. And he said, well, what's wrong? And I got sweated and nervous and I think it was because I knew what I was about to Do. And I told him. I told him, I just got a call. My boy was in the emergency room. Ever since then, I mean, I wanted to go see the show, you know, and I did. I went to see the show. It was really cute. I didn't miss anything. I didn't have to deal with any clients that night. But ever since then, I swear, I'm waiting. Waiting for your kid to get run over or something. I'm waiting for a phone call where this. Where my poor baby's in the emergency room.

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So what you're struggling with is not only the lie, but the lie that you told has your kid in the emergency room, and you're not sure if you did the right thing by using that as the excuse, right? 404-741-1005. Where do you guys stand?

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I think that. I gotta say, I think he did the right thing because now, lying, you know, isn't always the right thing. But I think he did the right thing because he put his family first. And in one way or another, he made his family and his son a priority rather than work.

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Okay, but. Okay, now. And you're saying using the emergency room excuse is okay, but what if it was a bigger lie than that? What if it was an emergency room. What if he said he thinks that his son has come down with cancer and they have a doctor's appointment to go to?

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Well, that's not the scenario we're talking about.

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But I'm one. Well, we're talking about. No, no, because what you're talking about.

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What if he says his son is dead? His entire family has been wiped out.

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His son has been exorcised by the demon alien.

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What I'm trying to get at is, like, the size of the illness thing here. Does that make any difference in the decision of it being a good lie.

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Or a bad lie? Well, I think, more importantly, Larry, would you be losing sleep and upset if you had made the opposite decision? Like, if you had missed your son's play? And would you be losing sleep over it and stressed out about it? Because if you wouldn't be, then, I mean, my concern is the fact that you might be a little more. The family should always come first.

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I mean, I like to think so.

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You missing that son's play would have had a lot more damage on him than you missing a client meeting with your boss. Your boss ain't gonna think twice about it.

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See, he's not. You're not so much struggling with the lie. What you're struggling with is. Is the Subject of the lie, right?

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Exactly. I'm thinking, like, it's the whole karma thing. Since I put it out there in the world, I'm bound to get this phone call now.

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I mean.

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Yeah, I hear you.

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Now, does your. Like, would your boss have let you go if you said, hey, my son's play is tonight?

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Like, the weird thing in my head when I walked in there, there was no way. If I said, well, my baby's got to play, he would have been like, well, you know, tough that you got to. You got work to do.

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You think that's what he would have said?

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Yeah, I mean, I had it worked out that, you know, as soon as I went in there, that if I. If I brought it to the table like that, that he wasn't gonna be helping me out.

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Then I probably do the same thing. Yeah, I don't. I don't think that I would feel so bad about it if I were you. I gotta be honest.

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Really.

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Christina, Good morning. You're on all the hits Q100.

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Hey, I wanted to ask him when he got back to work the next day, what did he tell his boss was wrong with his son while he was in the emergency room?

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Larry?

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Larry, is he there? I was afraid someone was going to ask this.

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Oh, what did you say?

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Is he gone?

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No, he's there.

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He said he's afraid somebody's gonna ask.

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He's afraid to answer.

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Yeah, what did he say?

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Yeah, what'd you say, Larry?

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I said he got hit by a car. Oh, wow.

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That's a crappy lie.

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He said he was sick or something, but, like a traffic accident.

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Larry, I think you have. It's a crappy lie. Your boss isn't buying that anyway.

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You don't understand. I had pictures and everything from when he had just hurt his arm.

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Larry.

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So I brought that picture. Oh, see, I think you took that lie. You stretched it a little too far.

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You see, this is my initial point right here. You're gonna have to get yourself hit.

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By a car and take the karma off.

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All right, Larry. Good morning, Tina. You're on all the hits Q100.

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Hey, how are you this morning?

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Good, how are you?

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I just want to tell Larry that yes, maybe it was a little stretch, the story that he told, but in the real world, that's what you have to do. I'm a single mother of two, and the thing that bothers me the most is that their father can never come to anything they do, because 99% of the time, his boss won't let him off work.

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Yeah. I don't think Larry's saying here that he feels bad about lying. I think that he feels bad that the lie was that his kid. Kid got hit by a car and is in the emergency room and he.

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Came up with pictures.

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Dude, you are good.

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No, he's bad. No, I mean, I'm. I'm worried. I'm worried that what Larry's gonna have to do the next time his son has something he needs to go to.

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Yeah, I mean, how many accidents can your kid. How many cars can your kid walk out in front of? Good morning, Robbie. You're on all the hits. Q100.

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Hi, this is Robbie. Good morning. I just wanted to say that I think the guy was pretty perfectly right. Because as a single parent, I never tell the boss that my child has something at school or anything like that. Because when they do a review for a promotion or your yearly raise, they keep that in mind. And they penalize you for it because you're not making the job a priority. And they want somebody who's a go getter who's going to make work a priority.

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Robby does. Now that the lie doesn't bother you, does the subject of the lie bother you?

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Yeah, I probably wouldn't use something so fatal like the emergency room because I believe in that karma thing. I'd probably be a little more creative. I could use the car problem, you know, just. I'd probably use a little more creativity. Hey, Larry, is there any chance that your boss will encounter your son in.

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The near future and ask him how he's feeling?

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No, there's no chance of that.

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Well, you know, young boys, their bones heal quickly these days. It's milk, I tell you.

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He's my son.

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And they forget because they got run over by a car.

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Hey, Jeremy, you'll be the last call on this, man.

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Okay?

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What's up?

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What's up, man? I just have to say I completely agree with what he did as a man in the working place. I worked for the military, so it's. It's a lot different. If my son were to get hurt, I couldn't go in and say that he's hurt. I mean, you have to. It just seems to me that they're a lot more lenient.

Towards different, not, I guess, single working mothers versus fathers and stuff like that. Like my wife and I, it's a lot more convenient for me to get him, but for me, I would have to come up with something like that. And I don't think that it's going to come around to get you. Because the time that you get to spend with your son is going to be so much more valuable than the time that you lose with a client. So I think he did the right thing.

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So what you're saying is you think his karma is okay because of the reason he made the effort?

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I mean, personally, I think so. I think karma has to do with doing bad deeds. You set a lie so that you could spend time with your son.

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So the end justifies the means.

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I mean, in my opinion, you gain so much more by spending with your son. And if you come back and you get hit, it's not him that's gonna get hit, it's you. I mean, not to say you're gonna get hit, but you're the one that made the line, not your son.

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No, that's a great point because you didn't harm anybody here. You just told something.

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That was the drama teacher that's gonna get hit for having to play in the first place.

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Why can't my boss just get hit by a car?

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You can always arrange that, man. All right, Larry, I hope you got a little bit more of a clear conscience on this thing.

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I appreciate it.

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No worries, Larry.

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No worries.

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All right, dude. Thanks for calling.

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Take care.

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