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Airplane Seats, Driving Waves, and Resetting My Car - TICKED OFF TUESDAY - The JTrain Podcast w Jared Freid
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Uncle J Train
I know you're angry. It's Tuesday and it has no feel. The weekend was fun. You're still hungover from the eating and next weekend is too far away. What will you do with your day? It's time to get ticked off. Complain with your gripe. Right now your friend Uncle J Train is here to tell you that you're right. It's a Ticked off Tuesday. Ticked Off Tuesday. You're angry and you don't even know why. Enjoy this podcast. It'll help you get to Friday.
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Jared Freed
Hello and welcome to the J Train Podcast. This is J Train Jared Freed coming to you live from Stamford, Connecticut. That's right, every Tuesday. It is a ticked off Tuesday. Are you mad? Are you upset? Is there something that's grinding your gears? Well, I want you to send your complaints to ticked off Tuesday jtrain podcastmail.com that's where you send it. Jtrain podcast gmail.com now if you really need to get something off your chest, you got to sign up for Patreon. Patreon gets first dibs. So patreon.com jared free that gets you first dibs on ticked off Tuesday because I have four complaints in front of me from listeners. They are all from Patreon subscribers. So they're using the their membership and they're going to be heard. So if you want to be heard, j it is patreon.com jared freed patreon.com jared freed that is where you can comment on coffee with J Train with your complaint and I read them here and I complain with you. That's the whole show. Now I would love for you to come to my show. I'm doing stand up on the road. I am going to be in Brea, California, Spokane, Washington, Denver, Colorado, San Francisco, California East Providence, Rhode Island, Kansas City, Missouri, Richmond, Virginia, Washington, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Chicago, Durham, Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale, Royal O, Columbus, Orlando, San Diego. And then that takes us to the new year. Philly, Baltimore, Atlanta, Charleston, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Toronto, New York, Vancouver, Seattle. There's always more dates coming. Jaredfree.com I would love for you to come to show. Now listen, the way this show works is I do my complaint, then I read the listener complaints and somewhere in there we do a sponsor. The sponsor. We have one sponsor today. That's great. I'm, I listen, we're here on Ticked Off Tuesday so I'm allowed to complain about anything. I want. I do want to say I don't like how I feel when I complain about my complaint today. I'm going to. It just happened. I'M in Stamford, Connecticut, and. And I have shows tonight. I just taped Mailbag Monday, the one that aired yesterday. That's out there. And then I, like, took a break to decide whether I was going to do TikTok Tuesday. I was like, what's my complaint? I don't really have one. Then I open up Instagram and here is a message I got. And again, let me start by saying I don't like how I feel complaining about this, but I do think my complaint exists because this is the new age of the economy that we. That some people aren't admitting to. And listen, let me just read the message. Hi, Jared, I was coming. And this is a DM. I received this person DM me February 2020. Twice. February 2020. And it was with laughing Face emoji. Laughing Face emoji to both response to stories. So there's a backlog. So that kind of plays into why it gets me upset. And I'm asking you to see it from my end, which. That's the whole premise of this show, which is why I feel comfortable complaining to you today. Because the whole premise is that I try to see where you're coming from. Any complaint you send in, I'm coming to you. And that's why it's a fun show for me. I'm not here to disagree with you. I'm here to see your complaint and see you and make you feel validated and then complain with you or find another complaint that you didn't even see. I'm here to make you feel validated. And I'm hoping that you can do the same for me, because I can understand this is a very me issue. And so in an issue that no one really seems to care about until it's you, because the world is kind of moving this way. We are in the creator economy. We are in the follower economy. I've been talking about this. I feel like a crazy person for years about how following and liking this is all currency. And I. When I ask you to subscribe to the show or subscribe to my YouTube, I genuinely appreciate it because I do consider that money of a certain kind. When you like an Instagram post, that is money that's throwing a dime into the. Into the. The guitar case while I'm playing on the street. If we really want to reduce things. So I have done the Bachelor live scream for years. I will. I love yelling at the Bachelor. I've done it for years. And then I put the. I put it all in my account. I put it up for Free. It takes me a lot of time. It started as a fun thing that then helped me gain. Maybe you. Maybe you're here on TikTok Tuesday because you saw my Bachelor live stream and that got you into the jcu, the Jays Train cinematic universe. That's. That means it worked. That means we have a good exchange of goods for services. You get an entertaining show where you get to put your brain on the shelf. And I get paid by the sponsors because of having a listenership, or I get paid when you come to a show because you got a ticket because you love this show so much. It's all, again, all of us want to work. This is the. This is where boomers sound like assholes. Nobody doesn't want to work. No one doesn't want to feel value. We all want to feel value. Everyone does. I do believe that there's nobody looking for handouts. People want to work and do something that makes them feel fulfilled, that lets them create and find happiness. And you find happiness in people feeling value from that. I really do believe that. That's why AI scares me. That's why, you know, turning things into robots scares me. Because I do think as much as we complain about jobs and having to work and things we have to do, when you do them and you do them to the best of your ability and someone gets value from what. What job you did, you feel value, too. I do believe that. So I do the live stream. I started doing it years ago. I'd yell at the Bachelor. I'd make fun of it, and I love doing it. Over the years, it has gained me followers, and then recently the numbers went down a little bit. It wasn't helping as much. I started extending myself doing the Bachelor podcast. I stepped away from that because we're taking a lot of time. Bachelor in Paradise, I never really yelled at. I would usually yell at just the Bachelor and the Bachelorette. Then the Gold in Bachelor, I would yell at that. That was fun to do. Right now I'm like deciding if I'm going to do Bachelor in Paradise. If you've been on my TikTok, yes, it is there. I noticed that I was losing followers from doing it on Instagram. Okay, that is something I noticed. I was wondering, is it worth my time? Is it getting people to my shows? Is it helping me? I get this message today from someone who Messaged me in 2020 with laughing face emojis, and it seems as though they responded to posts I've done for the Bachelor in the past two from 2020. Okay. Now they respond to my story that I have up with my stand updates. Hi, Jared, I was coming to ask if we will be seeing you doing bachelor in paradise recaps, but hi, Jared, I was coming to ask if we will be seeing you doing bachelor in paradise recaps, but by the way this schedule is looking. You're too busy crying. Face emoji, broken heart emoji. Broken heart emoji. So their response, and then I go look, and they don't follow my account. How am I supposed to feel? And I wrote back to them. I said, why would I do them if people watch my stories and don't follow my account? I said, why would I do them if people watch them and don't follow my account? And I feel like a piece of shit writing that back, but it is the truth. So I put out entertainment that they are claiming they love and they're writing to me, hey, where's the thing? I really love that you do. And then I have to sit there and go, well, you don't follow me. How do I get paid? How do I get make money? How do I make a living? I asked that question sincerely. And I don't think this person thinks that they're doing that. I don't think they think they're stealing my joy. But I do think from my end, I think that they don't even realize how important that is to me. They. That's my empathy showing that I don't think they think that way, which that's what bothers me the most, is that we're doing. I have to do the. I do these things with the trust that people want, the thing that entertains them, the person that entertains them to make a living. I have to trust that. That some at some point that will come back to help me. And I do believe the Bachelor livestream has come back to help me in many, many ways. I, you know, there's opportunities that have come up from yelling at the Bachelor. I'm just saying for this, when I see that, I get, like, sad. I'm like, man, how is it that we're missing the point so much that there's no one putting things on social media just to put them up? You know, I'm not doing this just for my own shits and gigs and then my free time again. And it's something I love doing. So, like, and again that I've, like, thought about stopping doing and it's like, am I thinking about stopping doing it? Because maybe people don't think that the. You know, like, I don't know, maybe they think, well, I watch it all the time. And I'm like, how do I know? So again, this is about following and social media. So it's never really discussed in a thoughtful way. It's always embarrassing. You're supposed to be embarrassed. But no, I put out a good product, something that this person really likes. Why aren't you still doing it? And if they said nothing, you also don't have to message me. You're messaging someone you don't follow to ask them why they don't do a thing that they put time and effort into that you're not even willing to be a participant in. So we are sponsored. Speaking of getting paid, I'm just saying, let's not, you know, this idea that, like, all of these things on the Internet are just going to keep going forever without engaging. And I think Gen Z does a good job of this. Like, you have to engage with the accounts that you love. If you like what they're doing, show them. But for free. We're sponsored. Herobred. Let's get real. Lettuce wraps suck. Hero bread lets you eat real bread without the guilt. Each serving as 0 grams of net carbs, 0 grams of sugar, 11 grams of protein, and 22 grams of fiber. That means you can enjoy that sandwich and still hit your goals. Just because hero bread is low carb and high fiber doesn't mean it tastes like cardboard. 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Jared Feather Feather. My ticked off Tuesday is stores that train new multiple people at once. I'm standing in line at a coffee shop I sometimes frequent when I'm on this side of town. It's a great place, good coffee, good food, etc. The staff here seems to really enjoy their jobs, which I appreciate. But of course on the day I'm having a bad day, I come in and they're training eight new employees at once. That's crazy. I agree. And they look like they're like you know, kids at school and they're all taking notes. No, no, no, no. This is too many people training at once. And it's like these people have never heard of coffee. Below there is. It's like these people have never heard of coffee. Below there is. Below there is. On person training all we got to figure out how we're writing the. I mean I could complain about their writing style. And it's like these people have never heard of coffee. Below there is one person training all of them and she's running from the kitchen to the register to the milk station to help all of them. It's frustrating to watch the shit show and know that what should be a 10 minute max thing is going to be a 20 to minute, 20 to 30 minutes. Because these people have never heard of coffee. It feels like nepotism. But who the hell is this much in this? Probably people who own a coffee. I'm sorry, I'm having trouble understanding your complaint. I. This is written. It's frustrating. I don't understand the nepotism part. It's frustrating. I just told you I would empathize with what you're talking about. Listen, I agree with you. I don't want to be there for the training session. Do this after the shift, do this before the shift. I don't need to be there while class is in session. But it's frustrating to watch the shit show and know that what should be a 10 minute max thing is going to be 20 to 30 minutes. Because these people have never heard of coffee. It feels like nepotism. But who the hell is fucking this much in this economy? Probably people who own a coffee chain. Anyways, thanks for listening to my complaints. Sincerely an under caffeinated batch. I listen, I'm. I'm going to. I don't know the part where they're having sex at the coffee shop. Let me. Let's do, let's do a little, let's do one read through of our complaints. Let's do one. Just skim through it like the milk, little skim milk on the, on the, on the email. When you write your complaint, let's do one read through. Before we had said, how about one? Because I'm reading this and I'm like, I, I, I, I think what you're talking about and to me your complaint is valid. I don't want to be. Especially at a coffee shop. Coffee is on the way to something else. It is, it is a timely thing. It is, it is a 10 minute trip. When you're sitting there and they're going, okay, so when you steam the milk, you're going to want to press here. And you're like, just give me my latte. Just give me the latte, please. And it's like, we can do this at other times. And also you can do this one at a time. Have one person trail your best, your best, best barista. And let's do it at an odd hour. 3pm I'm sure there's a rush in the morning. I'm sure there's a rush in the afternoon. Let's do a 3pm training session every day for eight days. And now you can stagger them. Then you can get the person that you trained on day one that can train the person that's starting on day eight. There we go. It just seems thoughtless and like eight people starting at once. What did we fire everyone at once? What is this the day one of the coffee shop? You've been open for a while. This person goes to coffee at this place for a long time. Let's have a like an orderly thing here. Let's take care of the customer J train podcast@gmail.com or sign up for the Patreon patreon.com Jared Freed patreon.com Jared Freed Jared recently discovered the U UP&J train podcast. Thank you for all the comedic relief you provide. Here's my ticked off Tuesday. I was traveling for work. I always book either a window or an aisle seat if it's available because I just don't like sitting in the middle. That's fine. I agree. For this particular trip, I scored a window seat. When I arrived to my row, someone was in. When I arrived to my row, someone was in my window seat. I did the classic look around at my phone, look up at the seat number, act confused charade. As I pre as a precursor to telling him he was sitting in my seat, he replied with they're all the same seats. What does it matter? I hate the what does it matter? Guy hate, from the depth of my soul, it matters because I chose a seat for a specific reason. And if you didn't, then you. Obviously it doesn't matter to you, so you should go sit anywhere else. If it doesn't matter to you, get your ass up and go literally anywhere else. Because it matters to me. Yep, I'm the person who cares about where I sit. I guess I'm a crazy person. So why don't you get up and deal with all the other people who are normal, who don't care where they sit. Go see how that works with every other person on the plane. I hate that person. I completely froze up and couldn't for the life of me think of anything to say back, so I just sat down in the middle seat. Oh, my God, I'm so mad at you. Silently fuming the rest of the flight. All that to say is my ticked off Tuesday is twofold. No, no, no. You've already gotten me ticked off. I'm mad at you. Why? They're not all the same. They have different names. Literally, there's aisle, window, middle. Those are different. One at myself. Why could I not think of a way, any way to reply to this and ask for my Z? Yeah, I'm mad at you too. All you had to say to him was, it matters to me. I guess I'm a big fucking loser, so why don't you get up and go sit somewhere else and see how much it doesn't matter to everyone else on the flight. You chose a seat two at him who takes a seat that's not theirs and doesn't move when you call them out. I don't know. I don't know. They. That. That is to me, you start to wonder, like, who the crazy people are and how these people operate and this person operates because they just don't care about anything. Like, I almost envy them. Maybe I'm being crazy and this really isn't a big deal. Would love your thoughts. No, it's a big deal. It's a huge deal. I'm actually. It's such a big deal that you not saying something hurts the community of people who find the seat that they want on a plane to be a big deal. You have brought us all down. Order has been challenged, and you did not keep order. And I need you to remember that next time that if this. I can't even believe this happened. I arrived at my row, someone was in my window seat. I did the classic look with my phone, and maybe it's the gesturing Like I would just say, hey, you're in the wrong seat, man. They're all the same seats. What does it matter? No, they're not. They're not the same seats. And if it doesn't matter to you, get your ass up and go to a different seat. If it doesn't matter that much seems to matter to you. Hey, I, I, it is the reason. And to answer your questions, the reason you couldn't reply back is because this is wild behavior. The, the, I can't even understand this ever happening to again. You're like, what happens next time? I don't think this will happen again. I think this happens once in a lifetime because what they're doing is crazy. All the seats are the same. On a plane, there are literal debates between people, between aisle and window. Which is better, which is worse. Which do you like? You're saying that's the same. We wouldn't debate it if it was the same. J train podcast@gmail.com J train podcastmail.com Jared Many Feathers to keep the Portuguese mosquitoes away from your nuts. Luxury tot for you. Yeah, I went to Portugal and I talked about it on Patreon. You can Sign up for Patreon.com Jared Freed I give a review of the hotel I stayed in. Let's just say it was buggy. I own a BMW. I chose a plug in hybrid, partly to be environ, partly to be an environmental ground. I own a BMW. I chose a plug in hybrid, partly to be an environmental gal, but mostly to feel less douchey about having a BMW. Whatever gets you by. Well, my stupid eco car failed its emissions test. Apparently there was an engine issue. I paid for costly repairs at the dealership and then took it to get retested. Failed again. This is horrific. The tech told me the emissions were fine, but that the car's computer hadn't reset yet. In order to reset it, he told me to be to complete the following insane driving challenge. Drive on the highway for what? This is crazy. So to reset your. This is like out of a movie. This is like out of a science fiction horror movie. To reset the emissions, you must drive off a cliff at 55 mph and land in the ravine and then drive up the mountain. Like, that's crazy. Here's, here's what they have to do. Drive on the highway 55 to 57 miles per hour for 15 to 20 minutes. What are we trying to go back in time to 1985? What is the flux capacitor involved? This is crazy. Then city drive for 15 to 20 minutes all in one fell swoop. There isn't even 15 minutes of drivable highway in my city, so I need to take a trip to nowhere to accomplish this task. This is insanity. If we're going to drive, if we're going to be driving computers, why can't they design them to reset with a button? Or if this rigmarole is the only way to reset the computer, why can't the dealership do it for me? Thank you for the safe space. This is an unbelievable issue. You're so right. Honestly, the car should be made like a Nintendo video game. You should be able to. Why can't you do that? You gotta go on the highway. Hey, go on the highway and stay between 55 and 56 miles per hour and make sure you drive behind a red car. What? And honestly, to make the emissions thing your problem, you should be able to get money back from BMW. They didn't make the environmentally car. The. They didn't make the environmentally friendly car. Friendly. Awful. And you know what this does? This hurts the environment. This, this is, you know, this issue is with mother Earth. I'd be as the, as a, you know, a friend of the planet should be mad. This should be, you know, this should be on the news. BMW, environmentally, they get to act like they have it in. Oh, we have a plug inversion. No, you don't. You have a crappy version. That makes me want to get the gas version more. Last one. Ticked off Tuesday. I'm writing this as I am currently sitting in gridlock. Very ticked off. It just really ticks me off when people don't give a polite wave. When you do. It really just ticks me off when people don't give a polite wave when you do them a major traffic favor like letting them go in front of you when it's going to take 45 minutes to get out of this parking garage after the fourth of July fireworks. What is wrong with people these days? And why can't they just give the politeness back? Pay it forward, people. Sincerely, Closeted Road Rager. Yeah, all we want is a head nod, little wave, little, little salute. Thank you. Arm up. Are we that lazy? I do it all the time when I drive. Arm up. They let me in. Thank you. Like I'm the Queen of England. I'm waving. I'm with you. And honestly, it feels like you've been taken advantage of. When, when they don't give the wave. Just look, make eye contact with me. Make a huge. Have a human moment. Where you look up at me and go, you know what? Thank you, Jared. Thank you for letting me go through. I owe you my life, right? It didn't take a lot, but you do owe me the thank you, Jared. I'll name my first child after you. Thank you. Yeah, I let you through. It would have been 45 minutes. It's 4th of July traffic. If I even hit the brake a little to let you go forward a little bit more, you should be kissing my foot that touches that brake. I. And I'm kind of back in the driving game now, but I don't really get the road rage thing. I'm not out there during traffic. I'm not out there during, you know, rush hour for the most part. So I'm not really dealing with the everyday hustle and bustle gridlock thing. But I will say, when I do get away from someone, they go, I like a. My bad. Wave my bad. Like a little my bad. Like where they put their hands back and they, like, clench their teeth. That was me. That's okay. I like that. I do think it resembles society a little bit. We live in a don't apologize, don't make eye contact, just, you know, hug your purse world. Don't let anyone through. Don't give anyone any form of, oh, I'm sorry. My bad. Thank you. No, no, no. All that's gone because we're so afraid of someone using that little bit of softness, that little bit of taking your foot off the pedal as weakness. And it's gotten worse. You see it on social media, people doubling down. It's okay to say, I don't know. It's okay to wave. Thank you. Hey, my bad. All things are. Those are all good things. And if you're thinking they're bad things, you have become diseased by the moment. J train podcast@gmail.com. it's a ticked off Tuesday. We're here every Tuesday. Keep sharing. Liking all those things that I complained about in the beginning. And we'll be back next week. Boom.