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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. Hello and welcome to the J Train podcast. Is J Train Jared Freed coming alive from Delray Beach, Florida? That's right, every Tuesday is a ticked off Tuesday where you, the listener, complains to me, the comedian, and then I complain with you. That's the promise here, is that you will feel seen. I will find a way to agree with your complaint. And as I say every week, the way to complain here with me is to join the Patreon because they get first dibs. Patreon is a paid platform. It's like only fans for creators. I do a show every Friday on Patreon called Coffee with J Train. It is my favorite podcast to do. No offense to this one, but it is like my own diary. I am very personal there. I tell stories a lot of those times. A lot of those stories become stand up bits and things I do on stage. So if you want to be a part of that, the link is in the bio to this episode. Wherever you're listening, it's patreon.com Jared Freed. And the reason I'm like pushing Patreon is because I'm going to start this episode with a story I would have told on Patreon. And the reason I didn't tell it there is because I taped Coffee with J Train on Wednesday when I usually tape on Thursday. And then this whole thing started happening on Thursday that it would have been a Coffee with J Train story and I was gonna make it a Patreon episode, but now I had to tape Ticked Off Tuesday and there's a lot of complaints within this story. So I was like, let's do something different this week. I'm going to tell my story because I had a couple complaints and they were just small and fun and whatever. I'm going to tell this story in the way I would tell it on Patreon. So consider this like a freebie and my way of saying please sign up for the five bucks a month because if you like this, if you like this story that I'm telling You this is kind of how I would do things on Coffee with J Train and we have a pretty good retention rate there. People who buy in end up staying and liking it. So that's my, this is me plugging for myself. I do have four complaints from listeners and I have two sponsors. Well, here's how we're going to play it. I'll do a sponsor. I'll tell my story. You can then sign up for Patreon or not. And just, or just have fun with the story. I mean I'm being, I, I now I'm being a little bit pushy. I'll tell my full story about how I bought a car. I bought a car. That is the, the name of the story. 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Get 25% off your first order right now at tommyjohn.com feather save 25% off@tommyjohn.com feather. Okay, so we have a second ad. I'll do it after my story and then we'll get to the complaints here. I bought a car now. I moved down to Delray beach in June. My parents live in Boca. They have an extra car. Jared, you're so lucky. Yeah, I know, I know. The extra car is like a fuck around car. It is a. And I've talked about it a little bit here and there. The car, the extra car was I think, given to them by my grandfather, my mom's grand dad, and he had it as this fun toy older car. I think my grandmother drove it until she got sick and had dementia and couldn't drive anymore. So this car has been around. It's an older car. It's a red Jaguar. It looks, it's. It, it gets looks. It's one of those cars that gets complimented. Oh, my God. Ooh, I love that car all the time. It also, I, maybe it wasn't my grandfather's because my dad might have gotten it here's the other thing about the car. It was Neil Sedaka's, supposedly. I don't believe it was Neil Sadaka's, but because it says on the visor on the sun protector, Neil Sedaka with a music note. Honestly, the way Neil Sedaka is written on the car in Sharpie, anyone could have just written that. It just has a music note. Like none of this is, you know, been verified by the government. It's just Neil Sadaka with a music note drawn onto the sun visor. And but I I don't think that gave it more value. But it is a weird quirk about the car. The car and I talked about this on Coffee with J Train. It it is kind of how last week's episode ends. If you are a fan of Back to the Future, this To the Future one into Back to the Future two where they like replay the ending of Back to the Future one because this is the ending of Coffee with J Train from this past week, which you can sign up for. And I I'm repeating myself for the Patreon subscribers, but this is a free podcast. Well, it has ads. I I guess they call it freemium. So the car has become contentious. It is older. The car drives like a dream. It is a great car. It is a fun car. My mom hates the car. My mom wants cheers for the car to go extinct. If you take it on the highway, she'll yell, it's going to break down. You're going to have problems. She will speak. She. It's if. It's as if she's trying to speak into existence. A horrible accident for the she's wishing when she does this and she's not meaning to do this, but she's praying for you to have the worst day of your month. She is praying like if I said I'm taking the car to Miami, it's an hour ride, she's it's gonna break down. Don't take that car. It's gonna be horrible. She's praying even like, Like I am a little bit. Woo woo. Like if I go on an airplane and someone mentions, you know, bad things with airplanes, I get. I'm like, why would you even say that? Don't say that. Oh what if you have a delay? Don't even bring up a delay. Just let's stay in the land of positivity. She is doing the exact opposite of what I would do. It is something's going to go wrong, you're going to regret it. And the annoying part about doing that is like if you're wrong, no one brings it up. And if you're right, they go, I told you, I said it was going to happen. But a broken clock is right twice a day. So it's annoying because there's no way for her to ever be wrong. She will. You either got lucky or you're on the side of 95. And you're saying I should have listened to mom. That's, that's her game. And it's annoying. She. She would. She and she. And here's the thing about moms, about your parents. My parents, they don't mean to do this. They don't want to ruin your day. They don't want to ruin your life. They, they want the best for you. This is protection from them. That's the hardest part about this whole thing. My dad. Cheers for the car. My dad doesn't want knows he. They have gotten used to a third car being part of their life. So it's like don't fly first class because you won't be able to go back to coach. He understands that even he likes having this third car option. It's helpful for when I visited in the past. It's helpful for my brother visiting and his wife. The third car is now part of the family. There's no going back. He knows that. So he doesn't want to buy a new third car. He's also someone who doesn't believe in leasing. He will. And, and that's why I'm not sure if it was my grandfather's car, if he bought this car because he deals with a car broker who gets him gently used nicer cars. That again, as they say, they. When you drive a car off the lot, it loses 50% of the value. Well, some people drive it off the lot, loses 50% of the value and decide that's a car they don't want anymore within a couple months. And then my dad is the one to gain from that because now he comes into a really nice car for half the price. And listen, money is very emotional. That is something that makes him feel good. You might come back at me with, well, if you do the math on the lease and what he doesn't care. This makes him feel like he's getting a deal. And honestly, that's what a deal is, is you feeling like you've won one over on someone else. That's what it is. It's not the money is all. It's. It doesn't matter what's a lot to you and a lot to Me is very different. It's like cold. What is. What is it to feel cold. We all agree 2 degrees is cold, but if you walk in a restaurant, I think it's perfect. You think it's cold. There we go. That's money. So my dad is biased in the sense that he doesn't want to buy a new car. The car runs fine. When it breaks down, it breaks down. I'll deal with the worst day of my life or life. I'll deal with the worst day of my month. When it comes, I know it's coming, but I'm not going out of my way to buy a new car. So we have two. We have the two opposing viewpoints living in the same house. We have my mom cheering against the car. We have my dad cheering for the car. I am also biased. I need a car. While here, I'm living. I move here in June whenever I visited. Having that third car makes it so I'm not attached to their hip or asking permission or sussing out a schedule with them. So it makes my life easier. So I'm cheering for the car. I also don't want to have to deal with the car. I'm inherently lazy. I don't want to have to deal with part of my. Because if the. If something goes wrong with the car, I'm the one who has to bring it in because I'm using it. So which is fine. But I'm like, cheering for the car. But I also don't want to admit that it has any problems. If they were to get a new car, it would help me. So, like, I'm in this weird position, but I have my biases, too. The car roof on the back of it, the back window is like caving into the car. So the car works. The roof is. Is. Is a problem, and it has been a problem. Now, my dad, he doesn't want to replace a, you know, a $10,000. You know, he doesn't want to put a $5,000 roof on a car that's worth $10,000. I understand that my mom wants the car to go away based on the roof is caving in, but it still runs. Do you see where we have a problem here? Car still runs. My dad doesn't want to buy a new one. Car back window is broken. My mom now has reason enough to say, get rid of the car. Over the past couple months, where I've been driving the red Jaguar, the back window of the car has gotten worse and worse and worse. And then I left for 10 days. I left the car at my parents place. I come back, my mom goes, the car's dead. I don't. My mom's so biased against this car that I didn't even believe her. I go, is it dead? Like, I actually didn't believe her. I go, it's not dead. She goes, no, it's dead. And I go, well, are you using the right key? What happened? What'd you do to it? Like, in my mind, my mom went beneath it on one of those, like those little carts that you lay in your back that like the mechanic lies on and she snipped the brakes to fuck with us. Like, I really do believe that. She's like, it's not working. She comes over, picks me up, and now we have a car. The car is not working. My dad calls aaa. They get the car working, but they're like, the battery's dead. So he brings it to this Jaguar mechanic that's like in Delray and he just leaves it out there. And then we go to dinner. His plan was they'll replace it in the morning. We'll figure out what to do. We have gotten to the point where this Jaguar is now I want out. Like, I don't want to be in this fight anymore. So the need for getting a car has become, there's more incentive. I can see a month from now, this red car, this red Jaguar, we're already bringing it to mechanics I and the, the back is caving in. I want this to not be my problem. When it becomes a problem. I want it to be my parents problem. That is my game here. I When this car explodes into the in, you know, on the highway, I want my mom yelling I told you so at my dad and not at me. That's my strategy. And you might be listening, like, what the is this? What's wrong with your family? I'm just saying I want no involvement with this car. So when the car went dead and then we brought it to the mechanic and, and then I went into the mechanic to pick up the car. My dad goes, take an Uber to go pick up the car. The woman there, she goes, the roof is caving in. You're going to need a new car. The rain, we found water. I don't believe her because her incentive is for us to replace the roof for $5,000. So no one is trustworthy. Get me out of here is my thinking. So I've been wanting like a beachy car. It was between a Bronco, a Wrangler, also was looking at like old Jeep Cherokees. Like I thought it'd be cool to have a cool, fun beach car. The broker that I mentioned before that my dad deals with, I email him and I tell him I want. I'm looking for a wrangler from the. And my cousin's really into car. So my cousin was like, you got to get wrangler from this year to that year, Cherokee from this year to that year, and Bronco from this year to that year. So I get on the phone with the broker. The broker's like, got, you get it. I understand it. I'm kind of looking for the same thing myself. The broker brings me a few weeks ago. The broker, after I told him this. The broker brings you back a car a couple of weeks ago. This is going back. Brings back a car a couple of weeks ago and it has like 64,000 miles on. It's a Wrangler, it's 1995 or something like that. So it's a 30 year old car with 64,000 miles on it. I call my parents, I'm like, I think I'm going to get this car. This is 64. They go 64,000 miles. No, no, you're an idiot. Who gets a car with 64,000 miles. I'm like, it's a 30 year old car. That means it's been lightly used for 30 years. That's not 60. That 64 didn't happen in a year and they don't want to hear it. And this is the problem I have. If you bring your parents into your decision as an adult, you will have to hear from them, but you have to be okay saying, I don't care what you say. I'm an adult. And I'm bad at that. I'm really bad at that. I take their consideration into account. I take it personally. I think about how it makes me as a person, how I'm seen. It becomes a whole layered thing of like, this is who I am and this is what they think of me. And this is all my faults and I hate it. I had it with the apartment that I'm sitting in right now, this apartment. I found it with a realtor. It's not cheap, but it's not expensive. It gives me everything I need. It's two blocks from the beach. My mom was like, what are the kitchen finishings like? And I'm like, I don't need to hear this right now. I don't need to. Like, there's no other option. Also the kitchen finishings. And you're like, what? She brought up the Kitchen finishings, yes. She goes, what are the. Is it a good. Are all the appliances new for this is the question she's asking for an apartment that I was going to be in for three months now six months. So what it is, is she kind of just like you'll be. I consider my mom like she is looking for my best, but she's going. And I think parents do this where they, they throw in wrenches, you're walking along and they throw in these obstacles that make you question yourself. The kitchen finishings. I don't care about it. I know I don't care about it. But then I'm going, wow, Jared, have you been thoughtless? Are you not thinking of things you should be thinking of? So this is all to say they bring up the, you know, they shout me down for this wrangler that the broker brought a couple weeks ago and I say, I'm sorry, it's too many miles. And now I'm telling the person who's the car expert, who brought me the car, who already said to me, I'm only going to bring you the best. I'm only going to make sure that it's safe. I'm only going to make sure we. We have a higher level than most, bro, than, than just finding one online. Like, you know, the car broker has to differentiate themselves. They have to take you from looking on your own. It's like a travel agent. Why would I do go through you if I could do it myself? Well, the broker is going to know cars better. Going to make sure that they're safer, that you're not getting a lemon. So I am now telling the car professional, it's too many miles for me when I know nothing about cars. That's embarrassing. That and that. And also that's what my parents are doing. They know nothing about cars. So when that there wasn't as much incentive to get that car then because the car, the Jaguar was running okay. But now the Jaguar's breaking down. I'm seeing that I might have an issue where I might be without a car. I gotta get out. I gotta get on the first life raft off of this sinking Titanic. So I decide I tell my. I'm gonna go check out a. So I'm gonna go check out a Ford Bronco. My buddy had one. He loved it. Everyone loves it. I see him around town and I'm not sure what type of Bronco I want. I've seen four door, I've seen two door, I've seen hardtop, I've seen soft Top. I'm gonna go into a Ford dealership and I tell my parents. It's like, after the car breaking out, I'm like, I'm really going to buckle down on a car Wednesday. My mom goes, oh, my friend Bill, we'll take out last names here. My friend Bill has a guy at the Ford dealership. And I said, great, let me meet this guy. I think I got nobody. So, yeah, I would love to meet and I would love for this guy to take me through the pros and cons of all the different Broncos. That's, hey, I want a beachy car. You got a Bronco. I would figure. My assumption is that Bill's friend, who's our guy, and my mom, my parents, I think boomers love having a guy. They love the guy who knows things that no one else has. The secret key, the guy who's going to get you a deal, the guy that's going to tell you how it really works. So any mention of a guy, my mom, her ears perk up. She loves hearing about a guy. I think millennials are obsessed with efficiency, and boomers are obsessed with having a guy. Millennials, we want. We have the Internet at our fingertips. We want efficiency. We have. We want the Uber to arrive at the door as we are walking out of it. No break in stride. We also have an understanding that every guy has his own. I think everyone understands every guy that you get in contact with has their own, you know, things that they want out of this deal. But I think. I think in a world where you grew up with no Internet, our parents, and no Google, no ability to, like, wire cutter and check out reviews, you live in a world where having a guy was your version of the Internet was your version of having all the information. I think millennials and younger understand that our version of having all the information includes a great big wide world where we can fact check the guy, we can go. The guy can look at us and go, it's. This is the best deal you're gonna get. And we can go to cars.com and go, well, what about this? And show them what it actually costs. And so my mom says, bill gave me his guy, and I get to their house and she shows me the guy, and it's this guy named Jeff. My. And I'm expecting a phone number. I'm expecting Jeff with his personal phone to be able to get in contact. That's not what I had. All she wrote on the page. I'm sorry, but no, I got a little sneezy. All that's written on the page is the name of the dealership, Jeff. And that's it. That's all that's written. So when I saw that, I'm not going to like, you know, pooh, pooh her guy. I'm just. I understand. We have less of a guy than maybe she's saying. We have a name. We know someone who. We have a name of a guy who works at a dealership. Okay, so we've gone down a level, but it's actually more than I have, which is nothing. I have no name. I was just going to walk into a dealership cold and that was going to be that. Hey, can you help me? I'm looking for a Bronco. That was going to be it. So we are better than I would have been, but it's not as good as she's claiming it to be. I call the dealership and I say, hey, I'm looking for Jeff. And they say he's like one of the managers. I said, okay. They go, what are you looking for? Obviously this is their like phone line to like suss out who's coming in. I said, I'm looking for a Bronco. The guy at the other end goes, we got tons of Broncos, we got all the options. I said, great. He goes, do you want to make an appointment? I said, I actually would. This is awesome. He goes, when I go, I'm going to be coming home from my parents house. Can I come at 5 o' clock tonight? He goes, perfect. I go, will Jeff be there? Yes. Great. Good to go. I go to the dealership. And I did not know that Ford dealerships look like reception on a foreign planet. This looks like reception at a space station in the future. It was beautiful, I have to say, unbelievably clean. It looked like it was futuristic. There's someone at the dead. I just didn't think that car dealerships had that or needed that. So I get there and it's like I arrive at the space station, There's a woman at the desk and there's all people with Ford Polos on. So there's people there that look like they're of service to other people. This is again, we've all know that car salesman, like is a thing that there are deals, quote unquote, to be had. I'm just looking to have someone speak to me like a human. And. And I know nothing about cars. I say, hi, I'm Jared Fried, I'm here for my 5 o' clock appointment, which I didn't even know Was. I'm. I'm actually, like, enthusiastic. I'm actually. Wow. I'm so happy that you can make an appointment, give your name, and someone's going to come out here and know something about you to get you started. Because again, I am uncomfortable at a car dealership. I know nothing about cars. All I know, I mean, nothing could sound dumber than me, I want to beat you, car. That's me. She calls back, and immediately it starts getting weird. She's like, I got Jared Freed here for a five o'. Clock. Do you. No. Oh, okay, okay. You know, you can hear the conversation's not clean. She, like, looks back, she yells at another guy, Jared, 5 o'. Clock. This other guy goes, hey. Looks at another guy and goes, he's with you. That's yours. A guy comes up to me, and he was young, very nice. And, and this is where this story. I don't want to be offensive. I'm not looking to be offensive. And someone could take from this podcast, this part and make me evil. And I'm acknowledging, I'm acknowledging how someone could make me sound. And this is like the fear of anyone putting their opinion out there. The guy that I, that I am and is, I'm set up with doesn't speak English. Now, I'm not one of those, come to the country and learn the language people. I don't give a fuck. I don't care if you don't know English. I don't care. I would think speaking English and being able to understand someone is part of the car salesman game. Now, I told this story to a friend and he was like, oh, did they think you were Cuban? And I go, that would be a very good assumption for this story, you know? And I said to him, I go, yeah, that would make sense. They look at me, I got dark eyebrows, I got a tan going. Set them up with the Cuban guy. They can go back and forth in Spanish, right? And this is to the point of the language barrier. I would say it makes sense for a car dealership to hire people that spoke different languages to help the local clientele. Let's say you have a. You have a portion of the population in the area, only speak Spanish. We got to have some Spanish speaking salesmen. That makes so much sense to me. Here's the problem. Unless Cuba speaks Chinese, then I don't think they thought I was Cuban because this guy is Asian, and that's fine. I. This is where I'm like, I'm not. I can't believe. Again, I'm Fighting against someone I don't even know exists. I think everyone should understand, but there is a language, and he could speak English, but it was just. I. It wasn't enough to sell me on the car. I'm having issues understanding. And he's very nice, and I say, hey, nice to meet you. And I would assume that the language barrier is part of the problem that I'm about to tell you about, because he goes, what are you looking for? And I go, I just don't want to start off wrong. I called and I was told to get in touch with Jeff. Is Jeff here? He goes, he's in the back. He's helping other people. I'm going to be helping you today. And I'm like, okay, okay. But I did want to say, like, you know, Jeff was supposed to be the guy, you know, And I called and asked for Jeff, and I also told them I'm looking for Broncos. So they. You. I would assume you would have known I'm here for Broncos. And they said they have all these options. We have so many here. And he goes, what are you looking for? And I'm like, I'm looking for a Bronco, but I don't know. I want to see all the options. He goes, well, here's the one on the floor. And he just shows. And I'm looking in the window. I'm like, can I open the door? I'm leading this. And I would assume that the language has to do with that. He doesn't have. Maybe he wants to tell me, hey, and this is five cylinder and msrp. I don't know. But that's not what's happening. A very kind person who. He's going, well, what do you want? And I'm like, I think if I walk in here, you go, we got A, B, and C. Here are the pros and cons to A. Here are the pros and cons to B. Here are the pros and cons to C. Which way? Which direction you want to go? What is your lifestyle? Do you have a family? Do you have kids? What are you looking for out of this car? Do you. Those are all things I would ask me. They were not being asked. And I go, well, what. And I'm looking at this car, and I go. And he's showing me the sport. I go, does the sport have a topless version? I'm looking kind of for, like, a soft top. No, no. No soft top on the sport. So then I'm kind of leading this thing, and I'm getting annoyed. I Go, what about a two door that has a soft top? He brings me. And he goes, we only have, like, one. And I go, well, what's the one? And it's outside. It's raining out, which isn't helping, you know, the whole conversation. And I'm like. And he brings me out to the outside one. It's a special model. It's the Stroop model. You can look it up. It's like a red, white, and blue Bronco. It, like, looks kind of ridiculous, but it's pretty cool. And it's got high wheels. And I go in there, and I'm like, can I go in? He's like, let me grab the keys. And it's like, why am I leaning? I'm getting annoyed at how much I'm doing here, because I don't want to talk myself into a mistake. I want to be talked into a mistake and realize it months later that I should have gotten the other car. That's fine to me. We get in this model, the Stroop model, and he goes. And I go, well, what makes this more expensive? Like, how much is this? He goes, you know? And he's like, looking around at the sticker that's on the outside of the window, and he's like, I think it's. And I go, well, what's a Stroop model have that the other model doesn't have? And he goes, it's Stroop. This is the part where I really get annoyed. I go, what do you mean? He goes, stroop. It's a famous driver. And I go, well, what about this car makes it X amount of money versus the floor or versus the regular model that makes it this amount of money? And he goes, it's Stroop. Famous driver. And I'm like, I gotta go. I. I. There was a point where I was looking around thinking, Is this a Mr. Beast prank that I'm being put through? Like, I'm like, that can be the only answer here. Because I'm like. And I'm like, well, do you have any other cars to show me? He shows me, like, another Ford, you know, the Explorer. But I'm like, lee, I feel like out at sea without an engine. I never got to meet Jeff. And honestly, I'm a little annoyed. I. And I go. And I. And I say to the guy, thank you for helping. I gotta go. I go to my car, I call my parents. I call I and I call my mom. I go, there's no guy. She goes, what? What are you talking about? I go, whoever your friend Bill told us to get in touch with, he never came out. He never said hello. Like, if I had someone call my dealership and mention my name, even if I was with someone, I would go, let me go just talk to this guy and say hello and tell him he's with one of my best salespeople. Like, like, let's try here. And I said to my mom, I go, I think we're out on Bronco. I'm not. This ain't it. Tell Bill his guy didn't really do it. It's a no go. There's no guy. There's no guy. She goes, no, well, that's ridiculous. We'll. We'll go back tomorrow. I go, I'm not going back. I go, they had their shot. I'm not trying to make this a pride thing, but I didn't really even. None of the cars that I sat in, even without the information, got me excited. So why would I go back to give these people another chance to get me excited? I go, it's over. It's fine, it's fine. I'm not making a thing. I say that as I'm taping a 45 minute story in my podcast about it. So I go. So then I hang up with them. I go home, I'm a little annoyed. I go out for dinner, I have my night, I'm in bed, and I start looking up Wranglers. I had already been to the Wrangler dealership, and I had a. Actually a very similar experience that I had at the Ford dealership where I walked in and I remember I went up to the door, I said, let me just stop by a Jeep dealership. And I went to one, and the guy answered the door as if he was the guy answering the door at the wizard of Oz. Like the guy who slides open an eye hole and is like, who goes here? Who wants to see the Wizard? And I'm like, honestly, the guy opened the door, he goes, what do you want? And I go, I'd like to take a look at your cars. And he brought me to the. I talked about this on coffee with J Train. He brought me into the middle of the car lot, it was hot as hell, and he didn't even bring. And he goes, I go, I'd love to see the two door Wranglers. And he goes, there they are. And he made me look through the window of the car. And I'm like, what the hell is this? And so now we're 0 for 2 on car dealers. And car salespeople. And I'm like, maybe this is just how the industry works. And which is a. I'm like, that would be a surprise to me considering there's commission here. I just can't believe that they're treating honestly. When I went to Ford and I had gone to the Jeep place, you know, months ago, both dealerships made me feel like it was a Walmart. And I asked where the toilet paper was, and then they nodded at io5 and they expected me to put a Jeep or Ford Bronco into my bag and go to the checkout. Like, that's kind of how it felt that I was just going to go, yeah, I'll take this car. Without any information, any talking, any A, B and C pros and cons list. So I go to that Jeep dealership website and I start looking through their cars and I see a white Wrangler 2 door. And it like, looks great. I don't think of myself as a white car guy. It's it and. But it like, it's the price I want. And so I. It says, you can inquiry. So I write, I'd like to look at this car. I also send the link to my mom and I, this is late at night on Wednesday after my Bronco debacle. My mom texts back. So I wake up in the morning, a text back from my mom saying, I love it, that she loves the car. This is the one. You got to get this one. And then I have emails from the Jeep dealership because I put in my phone number, my email, and a text and a call. Totally different vibe. And the call was a totally different vibe. The call was, hey, Jared, I saw your inquiry on our website. I'd love to invite you into the Jeep dealership so that I can try and earn your business. I say it, that is word for word, earn your business. I'm saying that specifically because that is something that they said that this person said maybe five times on the message and then another 15 times when I met in person. This was obviously a line that they felt was very important to say as a salesperson and having come from the situation I had at the Ford dealership, I got to say I appreciate it. I was happy to hear that. I'm happy that now I was like, so let down from that other experience that I'm like, I don't listen. I was like, happy to hear the hacky sales crap. I wanted it. I. We needed it to like have this be a regular conversation. So when I heard the message, I call the Guy back and he's like, he goes through the same thing. I want to earn your. Hopefully you can come in and I can earn your business. Which again, it's like, it's very salesman speak. But it was so different than what I had been experiencing. I was looking for direction, so I was happy there was an acknowledgment of business to be earned. I go, I call him, we have a chit chat. I go, let me come in. He goes, come on in this afternoon. Okay, great. At that point I get a call. I, I, I missed the whole part of this story and but this is part of what happens on the story podcast. When I got back, I called my. I'm so mad I missed this part. I hope this isn't confusing. I have an appointment set up for that afternoon with the salesy guy at the Jeep place. Remember that? The night before when I was disappointed, I called my parents and I told them I'm out with Ford, it's over. I get home and I get three calls from a number in Florida with a message and the message is from the Ford dealership. I call the guy back and a guy picks up and he's like, hey, I heard that you were in and we didn't get to connect. I'm just looking for what you're looking for. And I, and I go, they did have my number. I did make an appointment with them. So maybe this guy heard that I walked out empty handed. That was my thinking because I, I said to the guy, I go, listen, I came in, I'm kind of disappointed with the service I got. I couldn't really communicate with the guy that was working. I didn't say that. I didn't, I didn't want to throw that guy under the bus. Like I don't need to be involved in that. That's up to them. Maybe there is a community of people that that person is specific for and everyone else was being helped. I can acknowledge that. I just saying my experience. I go, it's just not going to work. He goes, well, what are you looking for? I go, we did this already. I go, I came in. I told the guy what I'm looking for. I told you before I came, I was looking for Jeff. He didn't come out. I go, we did this. I think it's over for us. He goes, no, I really love to invite you back in and go over. We can source any Bronco. I go, I can do that too. I can go on bronco.com and order one online. That's not what I'm looking for. He's like, we can get you any color. We can go into our, you know, our. And I'm like, yo. I'm like, that's not what I'm looking for. I was looking to be told about the features of the product and that didn't happen. So I go, I appreciate you calling. We're done. I'm sorry, I'm not going to be back. So the next morning. So after. So the next morning, my mom texts me, I love it. I sent her the wrangler. I get a call from the Jeep guy, I want to earn your business. Fine. I then get a call from my mom and she goes, jared, we gotta go back to the Ford dealership. I talked to Bill. I go, what? She goes, yesterday, after you called me, I called Bill and I said, your guy Jeff never came out. And then I called the dealership and I told the dealership. I'm like, are you kidding me? That's why they called. They called because my mommy called to complain that I was bullied at the dealership. She goes, I called the dealership and I told them that I. I'm going to go online and I'm going to complain about you. And I'm in. All I'm hearing is she told them that I have a podcast and I have an Instagram account that I'm going to complain. She threatened them with my ability to go out and, you know, rant and rave. And I'm like. And that's my assumption. I don't know if that happened, but I'm going, oh, my God, this is the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to me. She goes, we're going to go on Friday, 1:30, we're going on Friday. We're going to go into that Ford dealership. I'm like, no, I'm not going into the ford dealership. A 40 year old man holding my mom's hand, you know, now you be nice to him, like those TikTok videos. My boyfriend's gonna show you something cool and you better be nice. That's what it felt like. And I'm like, no, no, no, no. That's the most embarrassing thing I've ever heard. I go, my mommy isn't walking me into Ford to make sure that they're nice to me and try to sell me a Bronco the right way. That's not gonna happen. And I said to my mom, I go, it's over, it's done. Tell Bill and Jeff we're out. We have no guy. Bill can deal with his guy on his own. We're done with Ford. So. So I'm, like, fully embarrassed that my mom, my mommy. I keep saying that because it's like, that's the way it felt. Called the dealership to tell them that they weren't nice to me, and. And I'm never going to show my face there ever again. I go to my appointment with the guy, and, you know, it's like a three Bears situation. I went from, like, no sales to the most salesman sales guy you've ever met in the history of sales. I walk in, he's like, I just want to thank you for letting me earn your business. Earn your business. Earn your business. And it's very nice and fun, but it's like, there's a point where you go, okay, can you just. Let's just talk like two regular people. I don't need this. And I have gone from one extreme to the other. I would prefer the sales extreme. Having experienced no help. I do want help. He's showing me the cars, and you could tell he's an eager beaver. And he shows me, and he's like, I got the car. It's all ready for you to look at. We're going to go take a test drive. I mean, honestly, I was so happy. I was like. Like, I would have assumed I would have taken 10 test drives at this point. I've taken none. He's like, I got the car ready. It's all cleaned up. We're going to go test drive it. We'll take it around. We'll see what you like. We'll. We'll get this done. And he's like. Immediately he starts talking about. He's like, and I'm getting married tomorrow. I'm actually going to my wedding tomorrow. And I moved down here 10 months ago. He does his own, like, pitch of who he is and what he's done and where. And I used to do this, and I used to that, and I'm from New York. And I'm like, this is a salesperson. This guy's doing it. And again, it may have been just the language barrier, because maybe he would do that with someone that he could speak to. Because this guy's doing a cartoonishly salesman approach, which, again, maybe you might not like that, but I would say to you, if you're in need of a car and don't know anything about cars, you want something, you want information, you want to feel good, you're about to. And I'm paying in full. Like, I'm not leasing. I'm doing what my dad does. I'm about to, like, drop some dough here, and he's. He's giving me his life story. And I'm like, laughing to myself because I'm like, this is what they tell you to do. This is the move. Because I'm going in my mind, I'm like, look at me. I'm going to help out a. A freshly married young guy. He's going to get a sale before he even goes to his own wedding. What a win this week. I'm. I'm feeling part of this. And he goes, he goes, I actually have another car getting washed up. It's another white wrangler, but it's a four door. I go, I would love to look at the four door. Just so I know. He goes, really? Really? You want to look at it? He jumps up. He's like, it's a little bit more expensive. Like, you can tell, like, there's. I could see the. This guy's all sales. The other guy, no sales. This guy was all sales. So I'm starting to realize, like, he ain't. He ain't no wilting violet. This guy is like, not like, well, I'm getting married and, you know, okie dokie. No, this guy believes himself to be a very good salesman, which I would say he's done a great job. He goes, he pops up. He goes, we're actually washing it. It's got, like, it's, you know, they rose the tires and it's got these red leather seats. And I go, I just want to see it, you know, let me just take a look. He pops up, he goes, come with me, come with me. And rushes me outside. And we go to, like, the car wash. And I take a video of this car, and it's a very cool wrangler. It's four doors, it's bigger than I wanted, but it's got this cool red seats and it's got the lifted tires. It's a little bit more braggadocious. I would say if I saw a guy in it, I would go, that guy really wanted to tell me something. It's not for me, but I take a video of it and I send it to my family group chat. That video that I sent is the worst mistake I've ever made. I send the video to my family group chat. My brother and his wife are like, the red seats. Ooh, the red seats are awesome. Look at the red seats. My mom is like, oh, that is great. It has red seats. I Didn't even know. And I write back, I go, that's not the car, that's the four door. My mom goes, how much is the four door? How much more is it? I go, I'm figuring it out now. I've. The mistake I made was showing them a different version to make me feel less than about the version I am getting. Because I wanted the two door. I wanted the two door. Also. Price is a concern. I'm not just going to leave a check for $60,000. Like that's just not what I came planning to do. I came planning to pay around 35 ish. Just that is going to make me feel, you know, make me wince a little. But also it's money I can spend. That's what I was looking to do. So when I hear it's twice as much, I'm out. But because I've sent the video, I have my family, they're all going, you're not going to get red seats. Ask them for the red seats. And it's like, what are you talking about? Ask them for the red seats. They're not going to just like snap a finger and then the cars are going to have red seats that I want. That's not going to happen. All this stuff would have to be done after the fact. I came here to get a car or to get a car within the next week. Like, I'm not. If you know the red seats are going to be 2000 extra, do. No, I'm not doing that. I don't, I don't need it. It's a huge mistake though because my brother is going on, did you get the red seats? What kind of tires do you get? The tires? My mom's. Now my mom's hearing my brother. Did you get the tires? My dad is going to. I don't know. It's all very expensive. This is a lot more than you thought you were going to get. Now you have like the ghosts of insecurity pasts are just floating in your head. I go, I go on the test drive in the two door. I love it. It's great. The guy, the sales guy is telling me, he's like, I've made the most sales they've ever had in a year. I'm like, oh, I'm really, I'm dealing with not. This ain't. Oh, shuck. So me, this is like a guy who's going to like, I'm going to end up sitting here with like a Jeep crown on that I bought. Like, I, I don't. I Got to be wary of this guy. I'm not doing him any favors. Bye. Bye. In my mind, I thought, oh, he's going to go to his wedding. Look at me, I sold a car. No, no, no, he's going to go to his wedding. He's like, you know, got another one. Guy didn't even see what was coming. He spent 30,000 more than he expected to pay. Like, now I got to be on lookout for this guy because he's. Oh, and. And he's like, what do you. What's your. You know, what do you do? What do you. He goes, I. He goes, I searched you. You're a comedian. I saw you're a comedian. You got a pretty good business going on. You know when someone refers to being a comedian as you got a good. You've built a good book of business. I'm like, yeah, we're not. That's not how I look at it. But I get it. He goes, he goes, are you single? I could find you a girl. I could find you a girl. I could get. Yo, I'm the best wingman in the world. I get my friends set up all the time. I'm like, we gotta stop. I don't want to do this. No. Yeah. Thank you, thank you, thank you. He goes, what kind of girl? Blonde, brunette, you know, big ass, smallest. I'm like, enough. You know, I like them all. I like them all, you know, and it's funny being on, you know, having a lot of female listeners and hearing from, you know, the betches world, you know, like, you know, how come you didn't tell that guy to stop being such a dick? I'm like, I don't know, you know? And I don't think he's being a dick, but it. To me, it's all cheesy. What kind of girl you want? I'm okay, don't worry. We get back to the dealership. He's like, okay, okay, what do we. And he. And he starts. He takes out a piece of paper and a sharpie. And I go, well, how much is it? He goes, well. And he starts writing down. He goes. He goes. He takes the sharpie. Goes, literally, it's a piece of paper. It's like a loose leaf piece of paper. And he goes, are you military? I'm like, I just told you my whole life. I go, no, but you could tell he's trying to get. Listen, I sold life insurance. I know the games. They tell you to play this. And then. I'm not trying to be the. I'm above being sold guy, because I hate that guy, too. I'm just saying they have you what a big sales thing is to get the person to answer the questions for themselves. So this is what he's trying to do to me. He's going, are you military? Oh, you're not military? Okay. And he writes on the page, not military. And then, like, puts an X through it. And he goes, are you, is there a Jeep owner in your house? Do you have a Jeep lease in your family? I go, no. He goes, jeep lease puts a cross through it. And he goes, sergio, he had other questions. Are you, are you with the, you know, like, all these questions? And he kept crossing out, and he's like, okay. And then he goes on his phone calculator and he goes, and he starts, he goes, 500 for this and 400 for that, and it's going to cost you 500. This. None of it is real. None of it. He's like, it's going to be 500 for the, you know, the taxes. And he literally puts into his phone 17 different numbers that come out to, like, $2,000 more. He's like. And he writes on the page, it can be 41,000 or it can be 36 or 37,000. He goes, which of where? He goes, it could be anywhere between those two numbers. He goes, which do you want it to be? And I go, well, I guess I would choose the 37,000. He goes, well, you know, I, I. And I go, but it said online it cost 34,000. That's the Stellaris price. And he goes, I can't do, you know, 34,000 plus all the taxes I just explained to you. And I go. He goes, you know, he goes, what do you want? Which number would you feel comfortable with? I'm like, I want the lowest one you wrote on the page. How about the lowest one, which honestly might be the highest one? He just wrote the lowest one so that I choose it. I don't give a fuck, okay? Just stop playing the game. I don't care. You know, like, I, I, and that's a privilege. And I, I, I'm not going to sit here, I'm not going to go to another Jeep dealership. He knows that I don't care. Just tell me what it costs and don't do the games that you're doing, because he's doing a whole game. Because he goes, 30. He goes, you want this lowest number? I don't know, because I gotta go ask for this lowest number. And I go, that. How about you ask, and if they say no, we can go from there. That was my. He goes, okay, okay. And he puts a line at the bottom of the loose leaf that he just wrote all this Sharpie stuff on. And he goes, sign right here. If they say yes, you'll say yes to this number. I'm like, I'm not signing a thing. I'm also not signing the contract. You just painted here your coloring book. Listen, I ended up spending the money. It doesn't. But I'm like, I'm not like. It's funny. Like, this story could be told in a different way. And then I told him, you know, sign this page. I don't give a. Listen, maybe I'm the dummy. I'm just saying, like, you just showed me, it costs 41 or 37. What do I want it to cost? I want it to cost as little as possible. I think that's the answer to this test. And also, I'm not signing this. He goes, okay, I'm going to go back. But if they say. I go, listen, you got. I want this car. Just. If he says yes, we'll go from there. I'm not signing your fake contract. He comes back. He goes, jared, I got it. We got it. We got the price. We got the price. And I'm like, oh, thank you. I go, listen, I gotta go, because I have an appointment, but I'm gonna come back. Which I do understand is a horrific for thing for him to hear. I'm gonna come back. I gotta go get you a check because I'm not doing financing. I got to go to Chase bank, and I gotta go get insurance, car insurance, and I'm gonna call the people I deal with to help me do that, and I'll be back. He goes, well, he puts another line on the page. He goes, can you sign right here to let me know you're coming back? Or something like that. I was like, I'm not signing anything. Stop it. I'll be back. And I go away. I call my mom. I go, I think I'm gonna get it. She goes, well, which one? The one with the red seats. And I go, stop it with the red seats. I don't want to hear the red seats. She goes, well, make sure they give you other stuff. And I go, what do you mean? She goes, and I'm literally in the dealership, pulling out. And she's going, don't be soft. Don't be soft. Get the other stuff. I go, what would you like in the car, get the extra stuff. Have him Give you stuff. That's what they do. And I'm like, this is where you get fucked up. This is where people. Money is emotional. What did I get? Did you get the deal or did you get fucked? That's what, that's the thing about life, about when people are angry. Expectations versus what actually happened. That's where all the complaints on TikTok Tuesday come from. You expected one thing and you got another. I wanted a car and I got a car. The roof comes off, sound system's good. I can plug my phone into it. I'm good. I don't need the extra tires to make me feel like I won this purchase. But you have. And now I have my mom in my ear going, don't be soft. Making it a purchase, personal, you know, making this a personal thing, which it is not. It doesn't have to be that way. Again, when you think of it, don't be soft. Better get those extra tires. Get that red, you know, the better interior. Did you get leather? Did you get leather? And I literally said to my mom, I go, yeah, I got the big tire. I just lied to her. I go, I got big tires. I got the, the special seats that are waterproof. I got a little special hatch in the back. He said, it's all on us. You really got a deal. And she's like, oh, good. Oh, good, okay. And they gave me. And he, he did give me an extra keychain. He's like, I'm not allowed to do this, but put it in your pocket. I got you an extra keychain. I'm like, thanks, buddy. So now I'm the proud owner of a white two door wrangler. And I love it. I think it's great. I think it's ridiculous how it got to that point. I hope I told the story well enough. If you like the story, this would be a coffee with J Train. And the reason I didn't do it is because I already taped. And then I was like, maybe it'll be a bonus episode. I already explained this, but I'm just saying I, I wasn't going to tell it next week. And sometimes I'm sitting, I'm like, I just gotta get it out of me. So ticked off. Tuesday, sign up for Patreon. It gets you the ability to comment on coffee with J Train, to complain on this show. I got four complaints. We're still going to do them factor. Sure, you could meal Prep and have 15 Tupperware containers in the fridge. Or you could eat factor. Meals factor. Sends chef prepared meals straight to your door and they even expanded their menu. Now with more than 65 weekly meal options, every day can have a totally different vibe. No batch cooking required. Here's my Let me be the salesman now. When you want to cook healthy, it's all about portion and creativity. So both of those are beyond you. When you shop for one or two, it's really hard to get the right portion. And then when you cook for yourself, you cook too much and you end up getting off your healthy lifestyle. 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Would love to hear feedback. I'd love to hear what you thought. I'd love to hear it in the form of signing up for Patreon. That's what I do every week. I'll have a new one out this Friday and it'll be a lot like that. Just storytelling, being open, being honest, being as vulnerable as possible. I only told that here. I mean it had a clear beginning, middle and end. It ends with me getting a car. It had a beginning of how annoying the whole process is with my family and this extra car. It had this thing of like a sales. Two different types of salespeople that kind of were just the opposite of one another. Love this Jared. It says love this episode because it was a comment on literally this is a comment on my Patreon. Love this episode and all of them. So that's a very nice comment, but okay. Jared, I need your help with a ticked off Tuesday slash luxury lounge complaint. I Got engaged recently. I got engaged recently in my fiance's mom. Friends keep sending us gifts in the mail. It's creating so much work for me because they are following up with my fiance's mom, asking if we got the gifts and insinuating they didn't receive a thank you. Yeah, that's the move move that they do. You get that gift, that thank you better be in their hand within seconds. Now his mom is following up with us on sending thank you cards, getting the addresses, writing thank you cards and bringing them to the mailboxes, becoming part a part time job that I really don't want. Well, too bad. I, I know you're here. This is, listen, you're. I would tell you. And this is the same for my mom and my parents, them getting the call. My parents receiving a call from their friends that they aren't sure. And the friends know what they're doing. That's what's annoying. The friends know what they're doing. They are sending. They aren't wondering if you got their gift. They saw you cash the check. They're wondering where's my thank you note, I want it now. And they're going to make your life miserable by calling your in laws. And listen, if my parents got a call from their friends, hey, we haven't heard from did they get the gift? Which is a lie. They know you got the gift. Did they get the gift? That would be the same. These, these parents of ours, they all are trying to one up each other in one way or another. So when they call your in laws our future in laws, that's their way of saying, oh, so you didn't teach your kid right, huh? I guess you're not a thank you note writing family. Oh yeah, that's what they're doing to your in laws. And now it's trickling down to you. The misery is coming to your front door. So that's what happens. If my parents got a call from their friends, I didn't get a thank you note from your son Jared. That would be the equivalent of me going to their friend's house and spitting on their front door. Those are the same things to them. So I'm just letting you know there, I don't think there's an out here. We also, and I'm complaining with you, it sucks. It sucks that you are caught in the middle of this weird dick swinging contest between these old people. We also live in a very small apartment and don't have space for these cutting boards, random kitchen stuff that we're being sent. Some of the gifts have been a card with a check, which is nice, but. But the thank you notes are still creating such a chore. I don't even want the checks. You are. You don't even want the checks. I. Listen, you're preaching to the choir. I agree with you. This is annoying, but you got to do it. The other thing that is rubbing me in the wrong way. It feels like now I have. I. It feels like now I don't have the option to exclude these people from my guest list. Oh, they're preempting the guest list. They were going to be on his mom's knees to invite Liz anyway, but I feel backed into a corner to invite them now. This wedding is fucked. You are. I'm reading. Listen, I appreciate you. I think you're great. I'm so happy you're a Patreon subscriber that you're involved with this show. You better change your attitude, kid. This is. This is the beginning. Also, I'm pretty sure because you're repeating complaints that everyone has. You're not alone. These are all valid complaints. Your in laws are annoying. The thank you notes are annoying. The people sending gifts before even knowing if they're invited to the wedding is annoying. But this ain't new news. Also, I'm pretty sure a lot of these are being sent out of obligation because his mom has sent generous gifts to these people's children when they got engaged. Yup. Has nothing to do with you. This is. You are caught between two people having a dick swinging contest. This is the same as me with the car that I just talked about. Get out. Just. Can I. Can we all please stop bombarding people's grown children with gifts they don't want? No. No. This has nothing to do with you. Thanks for all you do. Over gifted and overwhelmed. If I were you, I would write the thank you. I would write the thank you notes. Now, before, let's. If you want to get ahead of this because you got to write the thank you notes or hire an intern. Hire someone. I would. I. I bet you could. I bet you could task Rabbit this. I would. Hey, TaskRabbit. How great would that be? Go to TaskRabbit. I need someone with good handwriting to write thank you notes to all the people that I have to write thank you notes to. And for every name on the list, I would put next to them. What? What? They got us and they have to do the same thank you note. And with one sentence, changing the blank is going to be cherished for a lifetime. The very generous gift will be cherished for a lifetime. If it's a check, the toaster oven will be cherished for a lifetime. That's what I would do. Hire a TaskRabbit. All of these things are annoying. None of them are going away. If you try to make them go away, you will make a bad investment in your life. This is my warning to you. I am the Ghost of Christmas Future. If you put a line in the sand on the thank you notes for your wedding, you will be dealing with annoying in laws until they die. So don't do it. I am warning you. Do the thank you notes now. Make your life better later. If you go against the thank you notes and inviting who they want, you are asking for a lifetime of arguing and fights. So let me be. Let me be your husband's best friend. Your fiance. Because your husband hasn't told you this, he's afraid of you. Your husband is probably sending me or your fiance is sending me a different email. I don't know what to do with my wife and my and my parents. My parents want thank you notes. I agree with them. My wife doesn't want to do them. They're annoying. I agree with her. But we still have to do that. That's what he so you're welcome Person's fiance. I'm ticked off with the store Staples. I needed to print off a scrapbook page for my cousin's bachelorette party. I don't have a printer so I usually go through staples and you would think that was easy. That's their they put in quote that was easy because that was their thing. But it was quite the opposite. I placed my print order online and it told me a time it would be ready and when I went to go pick it up and they were closing one hour earlier than the posted hours. When I went to pick it up they were closing one hour earlier than the posted posted hours. Already a little ticked off. When I go to the counter, the man working had me repeat and spell my last name at least four times and when he finally got it he said oh blank. Why didn't you just say that? Then he told me my name was not in the system. He asked for an order number and an email, but both of those pieces of information were also not in the system. He looked at my email and just kept saying he didn't know what to but I already paid for this. He suggested I rebuy it, but I told him I already paid for it once. Then he had the nerve to tell me he was going to do me a favor and just print it for me now. Like, yes, sir, that's what I'm here for. And that's not even a favor because my end of this transaction has already been completed. I then had to resend the PDF and at this point, the store is closed. Like, the employees are leaving. Finally, he comes back and tells me the printers are jamming. I was there for 45 minutes. He ends up just printing it on regular printer paper and not the cardstock that was requested. On top of everything, the printer's jamming. Got a bunch of ink blots on my page when he handed it to me and said, this is free of charge, but once again, I already paid for it online. What is wrong with people and printers these days? Sincerely, that was not easy. Here's your issue. Your issue is that it's 2025. You're a millennial, and we are the generation that is caught between analog and digital. Staples is going to cease to exist. Staples is going to be an apartment building in 10 years. Staples will not be around. Staples will be an online company where this will all be done easier and through an app. And it's all going to be fine for you. There's going to be no going to Staples. There's going to be no guy. You're going to deal with a robot and AI. This guy will be high on meth somewhere, living under a bridge. You won't have to worry about him anymore. Because we are the generation that has to go through the beta version of everything we have to deal with, oh, you can print it out, but you got to go to a stables and you got to deal with a person. They don't know how to use the computer and my parents don't know how to sign in the Netflix. And all of these things are our problem. And all these other generations will never thank us. They'll never say, oh, you were the reason that we were able to go from all of this interpersonal crap at Staples to the best app. And we're honestly 10 years from now, Staples drones will be flying up to people's doors to deliver all of this for you, and your time will be yours. But the main complaint here, all I hear with this is I'm dealing with a dying industry and I know it could be done better because we have the technology. Jtrain podcast@gmail.com, jtrainpodcastmail.com I really don't mind doing and going places alone, but the part that does bother me is you don't have anyone to watch your stuff. This is the hard part about being alone. Happens at the airport. That's the worst part. I go to the Delta Sky Club. I leave my stuff out. I'm fine with it, and then I go to the bathroom. But bringing all your luggage into the bathroom, it does feel like a very big loser move. You're like, what am I doing? I. That luggage sitting in front of you while you're on the toilet is just your singledom in a product in a physical form. I'm currently at an outdoor market. Found a nice seat in the shade, and now I'm hungry. Do I sacrifice my nice table in the shade to get something to eat? Do I hope the table's still here when I return with my food? This is the problem of being on your own. And you could leave a hat, but am I going to have my hat stolen? Hey, can you watch my table that I'm sitting at with nothing to leave on it and just trust that you'll defend it with your life. That's the thing. You have to trust that someone else is willing to argue with some rando on your behalf, and they don't even know you. It's hard. These are these small things as a single person, and you start to learn how to deal with them. You know, I leave the house, I strap in with chargers and extra chargers. I can't be left on my own. I don't have another partner to be an extra phone for me. Last one, Jared. Bushels of feathers. These are all from Patreon subscribers. Been a follower on Instagram for years and now YouTube. I love every opportunity to see you at the Cellar. Thank you. I'll get right to it with a bit of backstory. I'm a live wedding painter. Wow. So you make those, like, beautiful pieces that they get at the end of the wedding. A friend of mine did this. It was cool. Because I'm painting. I. I paint guests at weddings because I'm painting from photos I took during the cocktail hour at the reception. After photos, I'm mostly left to my own devices until people come to pick up their paintings. So I have a lot of time to listen to the wedding music. Oh, so you. I saw one where it was one painter, and they were just, like, out in the middle of the reception painting them, like slow dancing. I didn't realize that there was a. This is a. This is very cool, too. So you take the pictures during the cocktail hour, and then they get to go home with something. A beautiful painting Love it. So you're complaining about the wedding music at every wedding? No. Hyperbole. Is it hyperbole? Hyperbole. Okay. Every wedding, the DJ and her band play a not zero number of breakup songs. At first I was like, whatever. Maybe the songs are fan faves of the couple. But now I'm feeling like these DJs are either not paying attention to the lyrics or are subject subversively adding them to the playlist. It's gotten so noticeable to me, I started keeping a list. I'm at a wedding nearly every weekend, so the list is long, I promise. These are real popular during cocktails. Landslide. So these are all breakup songs that you're noticing getting played at weddings, A time where hypothetically breakups shouldn't even be brought up. Stick season. I don't know that one. Go your own way. At the cocktail hour, they kind of play them on the symphony version. They do like the classical, like Bridgerton version of it. Dancing on my own. I will always love you Regular herd during the reception. You're no good since you've been gone Bye bye bye I will survive gives you hell. Also wildly popular is Mr. Brightside. I have heard that Mr. Brightside is considered our generation's version of Shout. That's the big closer. And I always thought that was about cheating. Are DJs going rogue? Is it subversive DJs or is it just the songs that are bops for either cocktail hour or the reception? So who cares? Do you have any theories about this? Thanks, music lover. I. My theories are a few. One, they're all catchy, catchy songs. It doesn't matter. They could literally be going, I shit my pants over and over again. And if it's catchy, no one would say, are we singing about shit in our pants at the wedding? Oh my God, who? It is one of those things like the life isn't fair thing. And this is like a version of that where how come, you know, it's like comedians, you know, if you broke down their jokes and you're like, look at that person did a joke with these offensive topics. The ingredients may be in may be offensive, but a good comedian, a good joke is taking the ingredients that are offensive and putting them in such an order that they are now seen as funnier than they are offensive. Same with the song Good hook. Way better than the actual lyrics. No one cares about the lyrics if the hook is right. Now, as far as breakups and cheating is concerned, I do believe our music taste is run by teenage girls. Teenage girls love songs about their life and that is about breakups, cheating, will I ever fall in love love and lost losing love. That is all topics that teenage girls. That's why boy bands go listen to lyrics of boy band songs. None of the subjects they're talking about are things men talk about. Boy bands are singing about what women are complaining about. It's. It's all fraudulent. Now. Justin Timberlake has never thought Cry me a river. He was never that angry. I think a woman, a lyricist, wrote that and he performed it to a level that made it a hooky pop song. So I agree with you. This is weird. I don't think it's the DJs. I think it's a result of how we consume music and what becomes popular. Catchy songs get popular catchy songs that are liked and connected to by teenage girls. So you're going to have a high. There is correlation here. You're going to have a higher amount of breakup songs because teenage girls like songs they can connect to and they run what our taste is in the music. That's why Taylor Swift is as huge as she is. This is what she does. She is at the epicenter, the crossing of taste. And who pushes taste? Great emails, great complaints. I hope you enjoyed my story. This is a long one. Ticked off Tuesday. Back next week. Boom.