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Steve
The Bird show.
Host 1
Yeah, let's just reset this here Southside. Steve's dude that works on our rock station, right?
Steve
Rock 100.5.
Host 1
Rock 100.5 on your dial. And the last time we had Steve on these were his words about Joanna. I mean, this could be soulmate material we're talking about here.
Steve
I think in your lifetime, you run across three people that could be the one, that it would be the perfect match, that there would be trust, there would be love, there would be lust, there would be, you know, just this, that perfect soulmate.
Host 1
Then there's Joanna. You put in the same category.
Steve
I don't know why. It just hit me. I just knew that's what I do.
Joanna
I sneak up on people.
Host 1
Okay, so we're establishing here that Steve's into her. And every day, as we've said before.
Host 2
What gave you that impression?
Host 1
After the show, Steve is in the office, and he's just jockeying every single day. Every single day. So we really gave Joanna the opportunity to say, look, let's. You can tell him this is never, ever, ever gonna happen, and he'll go away. She didn't take that opportunity.
Joanna
I'm with Jason. Jason is the person I'm gonna spend the rest of my life with. If something ever, ever happened, which it won't, Steve would be on the bench
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because, look, he's a good guy,
Host 1
couldn't close the door.
Host 2
And you know what? Here's the best part about this is Bert, before this happened on the air, Bert was just in the office with Steve and Joanna and gave her the opportunity to handle this off the air. Bert was so dumbfounded and disappointed almost in Joanna's response to Steve because Bert said to Joanni, well, he's sitting right here. Just tell him. Joanna's like, well, I can't do that
Host 1
I'm like, we can put an end to this right now. No more complaining. You get your job done. Whatever. Just tell him right now he's got. And I think I was doing this to Steven on one end also. I'm like, dude, you're wasting your time here. A guy's only got so much energy. Let's show.
Steve
But I know better. That's your observation. I mean, obviously, this is something. I can tell. This is something I'm good at. I read the situation. I don't care what the world thinks. I know what's going on. A lot of people act different when nobody's around. I'm just gonna keep it real, man. There's many girls that will say that, you know, like, in the office or even out, they'll be like, no, I would never go out with Steve. And all the friends were like, well, thank God, because you know how he is. Well, let me tell you where she is at 1am and she's not telling you. And I don't need to brag. So I'm not a guy that goes around and goes, guess what I did last night. I just do what I do. And I can keep secrets. I could. I could date. I could be dating somebody in this room right now, and no one would ever know it in a million years, and I wouldn't run into you 10 years later going, hey, man, you know what?
Host 1
I'm.
Steve
Well, Melissa, you know I have a thing for you. There's no doubt.
Host 1
If you're. If you're gonna come out with a guy, I don't think you want to start there.
Steve
I'm the dude. We talked. I'm the dude. We have so much in common. It would be fun. We would use each other and high five when it's done. And I would open the door for you because your foot still hurt.
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That's right.
Steve
See?
Host 1
And I would go with the guy
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with the most exciting. Thank you.
Steve
You would get experience. And also, I would also.
Host 2
You would get a lot of things.
Host 1
Melissa, I told you, I am hung like a lesbian. If you were to come out, I am your guy.
Steve
Well, that's true.
Joanna
Save that.
Host 1
Okay? This is about Joanna. All right. Yeah, Joanna.
Steve
So back to Joanna.
Joanna
I like, focus over there.
Host 2
Melissa, if you want to cut it off with Steve right now, now is your opportunity. Just look at him and tell him.
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Tell him it's never going to happen.
Steve
Jeff. If you keep coming at me so hard, Jeff, I swear to God, I'm going to switch teams just to have. You just need to Chill. Cause there's so much tension, it would take 20 minutes to talk you into doing something horrible.
Host 1
So let me just establish this even before we continue on this long winded road, right? Like, even if she said to you that day, because we give, we have given her multiple opportunities now, Joanna, that it's, you never have a shot. Even if she said, look, Steve, honestly, if there's no Jason, you're just not my type, no chance, last person on earth, not ever going to happen. Would you have stopped at that point?
Steve
Yeah, okay, I would have. Because I'm not going to be like a stalker. I mean, there's nothing worse than that. I mean, there's a lot of dudes out there that don't see the signs. And you're like, okay, that's annoying. It's one thing girls will put off certain signs just to keep their friends off their back or judgment off their back, Right. But then treat you a different way, you know, a different way. Agreed. If a girl truly has given the signs and you can't read it well, then you're a tool and then you become a stalker and you're annoying. And at that point she's probably just going to get very angry at you. And I can read girls well enough to know, and I see that I'm on her bench. I also see she's loyal to this dude and they have a past. They've been together for a year and a half. I'm sorry, had I met you two years ago, there would be no Jason, but there is.
Host 1
God, the confidence. God, I wish I could say that
Steve
there wouldn't be because we do have a thing. But she's very loyal to this relationship, very loyal to this dude. And unless there's something that goes bad, wrong, I'm never gonna have a chance.
Host 1
So Jen is branded. It's sort of the office.
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Well, I was kind of joking around about it because when they're sort of flirtations in her office, sort of, you know, connection or whatever started, you know, there's some sort of chemistry there. Right. Like when that starts, there's something so exciting about that that I was saying that Joanna was enjoying the attention and most girls would enjoy the attention that comes from somebody like Steve who's charming and who's like way into her and whatever. And I was saying that like, you know, that like Joanna was pulling Jen's hand now, like dressing cuter and like, you know, just like, just kind of like she was looking to seeing him every day. So I deemed it the quote, unquote office boyfriend. Even though there's nothing going on, she was excited to see him during the day, and he was obviously excited to see her.
Joanna
And I disagree in some of what you said, because I think I've always dressed pretty nice when I came in here. I always get ready in the mornings and put my makeup on and pick out my outfits the night before. So I wasn't doing it for anyone in particular. I just do it for myself. And, yeah, I mean, he came in there and he would flirt and we would talk, and, um. Dude, I did. I like the attention, yes. But I think that anybody. I'm new to this office, so I'm. I want to be nice to everybody, and I want everyone to come in and talk to me and give me advice and stuff. And he's just a little more flirtatious than maybe the next person.
Host 1
And I think. And wouldn't you agree that you're a little bit more flirtatious with him than you would be with other guys in the office?
Joanna
I think I'm generally just a flirtatious person.
Host 1
So she's really saying, you're not very special at that point.
Steve
That's the way I took that and something.
Host 1
Now, here's what I'm getting at today, because something has changed since the last time we had him on, and my hunch is that Jason said something to you about it, but you say that's not true. Something changed because Joanna came up to me, and she's like, yeah, it's kind of getting annoying now.
Joanna
It's not okay. Jason had nothing to do with this. He never said anything to me. Actually, we joke about it a lot, you know, at home, and it's probably
Steve
best that y' all do that. Keep it on. A joking thing. That's good.
Joanna
But I started thinking. I definitely think that I'm crossing some kind of line, and I don't want him to feel uncomfortable. I don't want Jason Steve or Jason Jason. I don't want him to feel uncomfortable when I go to work. I do love this guy, and I want to spend the rest of my life with him, and I want him to know that. So, yes, I took it upon myself to stop with the flirting. And secondly, I felt like my job was starting to slack a little bit, you know, like, I wasn't getting things up on the website. I wasn't the first. Phones weren't being answered, and I. And honestly, I think it's because you would come in there and you would talk to me, and I felt like I would be Talking back to you. And I was, wasn't doing my job.
Steve
We have two minute conversations. I'm on a five minute break on a show that's in two cities. I don't have that much time to talk to you. You're really tripping on that.
Joanna
But I've only got till 10:30 to do everything that I have to do. And those five minutes is actually keeping me from doing a lot of things that.
Host 2
I appreciate that.
Steve
All right. On behalf of the entire Burt show, I apologize if I've hurt. You know what? You know, I'm sorry she's doing a bad job. Cause tell you what, her job performance,
Host 1
you're hurting her job.
Steve
I'm sorry for that.
Host 2
If there's a bonus discrepancy in my next check, you're filling the gaps. I'll tell you what, I'm drinking the difference down at your place.
Host 1
So I did say to Steve, I'm
Steve
gonna have a biscuit on you.
Host 1
About a week and a half ago, I did say to Steve, I said, man, I think the luster sort of wore off this thing. I think she's over it. So maybe it's, you know, let it go. And I could see, dude, I gotta be honest with you. Like, you were seriously hurt. Like, it was almost like somebody was telling you that she does not that into you. You are hurt.
Steve
I wouldn't say hurt, but I would say I've noticed. I even told you, I said, yeah. So I just kind of steered clear of the whole situation. I just kind of backed off. Because you can tell everything goes. It's waves, man, you know, right now he could have said something and she's covering for him so he doesn't look like a tool that's going, I'm jealous. She's making her guy look good right now. We don't know the truth of that. I'm not saying that's what she's saying, but if she was, she's not going to call her guy out, right? No, she's just not.
Host 1
So if I was him, I would have already.
Steve
You're at a 5050 because you don't want her guy to look bad.
Host 1
And if she's kicking assuming something, though that's not based on truth. You're assuming something.
Host 2
No, he's saying. He's saying it could. Could be. Yeah.
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Well, here's my assumption is that you do the same thing, that like women are like a shiny new toy. You're like a boy.
Steve
Yeah.
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You know, like you have a new toy and you want to play with the new toy for like a week or two. And then all of a sudden, you want another new toy and another new toy. And Joanna was your new toy for a little while that you want. You know, maybe you're like a boy cat. You want to bat it around for a little while, and then it gets under. Slides under the bed, and then you forget about it and you move on to the next one. Oh, look, there's a butterfly.
Host 2
That being said, Steve.
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Oh, wait, there's a new shinotura over there. Look, there's a new.
Host 2
Hey, now that's pretty. I don't disagree with that. And along the same lines, I'd like you to spin that chair around and say hello to our intern, Lauren. New hair extensions.
Steve
I saw her get her hair extensions. That was very cool.
Host 2
Looks good, doesn't it?
Steve
It does look good. In six weeks, she'll be back to your old self. But it's all good, right? Is that how long they're gonna last? But they look good.
Host 1
Yours look great, too, by the way.
Steve
You have no idea. It takes forever. Do this. No, it's all right. So I've been brought in here to be taken down a notch. And the only person that really cares about me in this room, I can tell, is Melissa, because she's the one that just doesn't have a smile on her face. And it's okay, baby. I'm all right.
Host 2
Just for the record, Melissa never has a smile on her face.
Steve
But, you know, and I. I get that. So that's fine. If you think you're crossing a line that tells me you actually like me and you're holding back, and that's cool.
Host 1
How does it say that?
Steve
How does it say that? Text messages don't lie.
Joanna
Text messages.
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Oh, Lord.
Steve
And I'm not gonna say it on air because I'm not a tool.
Host 2
Hold on. Give me an eye.
Joanna
I not sent him any text messages that that would send any wrong message to him.
Host 1
Are we gonna get into some weird area that we should soften up right now?
Host 2
Oh, yeah, we are.
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What are you talking about?
Joanna
I have nothing to hide. I haven't done anything.
Steve
No, you were just nice. But, I mean, if you're gonna call in here and land base me, you could just say, steve, I thought I've crossed the line. The only problem where you're upsetting me is, Steve, that I distracted you from your job. I mean, really, do you really believe that?
Joanna
No. No, I really do, because I'm in that office and I can't even leave the office. For 60 seconds. So when someone comes in there for
Steve
five minutes, if I'm throwing you off on your new job, then that's a compliment, too.
Joanna
I have to still impress here. I haven't been here for very long.
Steve
I'll take that. If I threw you off on your new job, if the fact I walk in a room, you can't do your job, that's fine. That is a huge compliment to me, and I will leave with a huge, huge compliment. I cannot do my job when this guy's around. Oh, my God. He walks in the room, and I don't know if I'm talking to a guy or girl. I don't. Talking about somebody in a relationship. I don't even know what type to burn. I'm just a wreck. I'll take it. I'll take it all day.
Host 1
So it doesn't matter what she says. Anything that she says, you're going to interpret as she's attracted to you.
Steve
She said to my. To. To Larry, of all people. She said I was a 9. On a scale, 1 to 10. I'll take that, man.
Host 1
I can only do so much here to protect you.
Steve
Did you or did you not say it was a 9?
Joanna
He came in there and he asked.
Host 2
She also said Larry was an 875.
Steve
She gave him a four. And I was like, well, then I know it's real.
Host 1
So can we redefine this now? Okay, so you do not want him coming around the office. Is that what you were saying?
Steve
I won't come anywhere near you. You'll never see me again.
Joanna
This is exactly what I didn't want to happen. I didn't want you to get so offended that you start talking.
Steve
Have you seen Jen and Jezebel? I'm gonna turn my focus on you. You're in a dress in Jezebel this month. Oh, my God.
Host 1
See? Now look how easy this is. Hold on, Joanna. Watch how easy this is now.
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Yes, Jen, yes.
Host 1
Is there any chance, any opportunity at all for Southside Steve to sleep with you? No. You see how easy that was, Joanna? Is there any chance at all. Tell right to him. Is there any chance at all? Look him right in one of the eyes.
Steve
What do you think people are gonna say when you ask this?
Host 1
Look him right in the eyes.
Steve
Chance wants me, but he'll tell you not to.
Host 2
Well, I would actually let her go, Steve. Because last time he asked her, she was like, well, maybe someday if Jason loses her own.
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Maybe.
Joanna
I never said maybe.
Host 1
Does he have any shot at all of sleeping with you?
Joanna
No.
Host 1
Okay.
Steve
If. Now that's. In the present situation, she's not gonna cheat. I don't see her as a cheater.
Host 2
Joanna. Let's say every human on earth died
Steve
except for Steve, then I. Then I'm. I'm hitting it. And not just. I mean, all day, constantly.
Host 1
So you don't. You're not going to send him text messages? He's not going to come by the office?
Joanna
To clarify. I never am the one who initiates the text messages. I was looking for another bartending job, and I couldn't. And he said he knew people in Atlanta, and that's how our phone numbers got exchanged, because I was looking for another. Not at his bar. At another bartending job somewhere in Atlanta. And that's how he Actually, we did
Steve
talk about my bar, though.
Joanna
Right. But I didn't.
Steve
I mean, that was a. Crunching.
Host 1
Okay, so they're professional tests. No more professional texts.
Joanna
So there was never, like, flirty text messages back and forth? It was pretty much like, hey, do you think you could ever. No, I will stand by that. I never sent flirty text messages to you.
Host 1
I didn't see what it said.
Host 2
That's a tough one to defend right there.
Steve
Joanna. Yeah.
Host 1
Did you see the text message?
Steve
All you gotta do is show Jeff, because Jeff keeps it real. Well, a little too real sometimes.
Host 1
Is this something we should totally stay away from?
Host 2
Yes.
Steve
Okay.
Host 1
Okay.
Joanna
I have nothing to hide. There's nothing you need to stay away from.
Host 2
Can you read it on the air?
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I don't care.
Joanna
Go right ahead. And I will tell you if that's from me or not. And if you're just trying to represent somebody else's text message is mine.
Steve
I wouldn't even know how to do that. I barely know how to operate this phone. It's a complex phone. It's a BlackBerry. Jeff actually put me onto it.
Host 1
Are we sure we want to read this? Are you sure you want to do this?
Steve
No. You don't.
Host 1
I think we'd rather not.
Commercial Announcer
Yeah, let's not do that.
Host 1
I think let's not.
Steve
Because I was in here for fun, and I. And I had, you know, a little thing, and I just was happy with being the guy on the bench. I wasn't trying to make inroads or anything. I'll make jokes.
Host 1
She's telling you there is no bench. The bench has been unlimited. There's no dugout, there's no bench, there's no stadium.
Steve
What about a foxhole
Host 1
In.
Host 2
In Joanna's defense or in just general in defense? It was an exchange of two text messages. You saw them, too, right? Jen And I would tell you that if that same exchange took place between anyone and Jessica, the fact that somebody felt comfortable enough to send her that one and the fact that she would respond the way she did, like that would be. So it was the whole exchange. Like, I think Joanna standing alone is not that.
Host 1
I don't understand what.
Steve
You're more uncomfortable.
Host 1
I like that we were almost past it.
Steve
No, it's okay. So you know what? We won't throw around anything. It's fine. I can take the hit. That's cool.
Commercial Announcer
I mean, you guys had a flirty, fun thing, and the flirty, fun thing died. So let it go.
Steve
It's dead.
Host 1
There's no bench. There's no stadium. There's nothing.
Host 2
Okay, it's dead, Steve. Say it's dead.
Steve
I'll say it's dead.
Host 1
Forever, Joanna.
Host 2
Forever.
Joanna
It's done.
Host 1
Dead.
Steve
No, it's not dead. If something happens.
Host 1
Not capable.
Steve
Not capable.
Commercial Announcer
Doors are all sensitive. I'm surprised how sensitive he was.
Steve
Yeah. Oh, I'm a totally sensitive dude. I cry in movies, you know. I'm a very sensitive person. You're starting to see a different side of me.
Host 2
All the ladies who are listening right
Host 1
now, he is what he needs to be.
Host 2
This is marketing.
Host 1
You are a chameleon. You are a chameleon.
Steve
I was raised proper. I'm an Eagle Scout. I'm a good dude.
Host 2
I guarantee you, when you find out you're going to be on the bird show today, you called your brand manager and said, how do I capitalize on this to get the ladies calling me?
Steve
No, not at all. I'll be honest with you, man. I'm not that calculated. I'm just. I'm just a nice guy. Do you mean it upsets you to know that I'm nice? And any girl that dates me will tell you that's not him on the radio. He really is a nice guy.
Host 1
I agree with that.
Steve
And I'm sorry. It's just the truth. You talk to anybody? I've never burned a bridge in my life, man. I'm not a tool. I can date any girl that I used to date again because I was nice.
Host 1
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Steve
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Episode: Vault: She tells him he's next in line if things go south with her man
Date: May 7, 2026
This episode dives into office flirtation and the blurry lines that can emerge between friendly colleague banter and something more, centering on a dynamic between Steve (Southside Steve) and Joanna. The Bert Show hosts (Bert, Kristin, and others) attempt to clarify the ambiguous relationship while offering their trademark humor and candid group discussion.
In trademark Bert Show style—casual, candid, humorous—this episode explores the blurry lines between workplace camaraderie and flirtation, centering on Steve’s persistent but ultimately doomed pursuit of Joanna. After repeated nudges, Joanna finally gives a firm no, prompting a reluctant acquiescence from Steve. Through jokes and exaggeration, the group unpacks office dynamics, the need for clear communication about boundaries, and Steve’s blend of bravado and vulnerability. The segment ends with all parties (mostly) on the same page and the “bench” officially closed—unless, of course, there’s a global apocalypse.