Will You Be My Work Wife? | Reading Reddit Stories

- Hello and welcome to "Smosh Reads Reddit Stories". I'm Shayne and today's theme is coworkers. And I actually am genuinely joined by two of my coworkers. - What? - I get to actually like, not be a lie, for one of these interviews. - Not be a lie? - [Shayne] But-. - Not be a lie? - Well, it's like sometimes, like I say silly ones all the time, but you are both legitimately my coworkers. - And today's episode, my fidget will be my headphones. - Oh! - Wow! Look at you!

You look like you tell us like to-. - Welcome back to 101.1, the mix. - [Courtney] The mix! - You would be a really good radio DJ, I feel like. - That is so nice, Shayne. - Yeah, you'd kill it. - Smosh Radio, is that our next big venture? - Whoa, Smosh Radio, we're gonna go to radio. We've been doing YouTube-. - Okay, Dropout went to cable, so we go to radio. - Oh! - Okay! Actually, it would be fun to have a radio show. - It would be so fun! - [Shayne] It would be cool. - Even if it's like a station on Spotify, it's like you just turn us on and we're live, like talking to you in the mornings. - I love those like a local station.

to just like one random town-. - That's awesome. - Somewhere with like a population of 2000. - We can do it to Oxnard. - Yeah? - Yes, you love Oxnard Radio. - Oxnard Radio! Anyways, you're both my coworkers. - Yeah and you're our coworker too. - Yeah. - So? - That, but yes, that's how that works. - So, you're not special. - You're not that special. - Okay, cool. I'm assuming we're gonna get a bunch. of bullshit coworker stories today. - Mm-hmm (affirmative). - I've only worked as people know on sets and then at Smosh.

And Smosh is the most normal job I've ever had, which is pretty wild. - Crazy to say! - Which is pretty wild. - But Smosh is a surprisingly normal-. - And there have been phases of Smosh throughout the years. where it's been like an office job. - Yeah. - Like we had cubicles for a long time. - Yeah. - Like back in the day and like, it's like, "Yes, I'm working with the cast, but I would go over and like hang out and talk. to all the people working all the like administrative jobs. and learning how they do their job.

and I'm working with them a lot of time.". - And there's a kitchen, there's a lunch room, there's-. - Yeah, like-. - [Courtney] Yeah. - There's aspects that it's like an office job sometimes, but the nature of the actual work itself is very silly-. - Yeah. - For the most part. - You did a lot of service industry. - A lot of service industry, mostly service industry. Did some catering. - [Courtney] Hmm. - Did nannying. - I did nannying too! - Worked at camps, a lot of camps. - Nice, I wish I did camps, that would've been fun. And then I worked at a pharmacy for a long time-. - Mm-hmm (affirmative). - At a play place.

- A play place? - Yeah, it was like a wannabe Chuck E. Cheese, but there was no mascots, like it was like FNAF, but without the FNAF. I don't even-. - That sucks. - Devastating, anyway. (Courtney giggles). - But anyways, I feel like, so whenever we read these types of stories, I feel like I'm like a martian reading about humans. So, I get like a very outside perspective, 'cause I can't relate. - I worked at Google for two months. - Two months? - I feel like you've talked about this before. - Yeah. - Wow!

- It was my first job out of college. - Aw! - It was Google Maps, doing vertical integration on Google Maps. - That's crazy! - [Courtney] Whoa! - [Shayne] Damn! - Okay, jobs! - All right, let's hop into our first story. This comes from today I fucked up, this was posted back in 2023. "Today, I fucked up by adding the celery man. to the name of my friend on his resume, which he did not notice.". - What? - "My friend has a bad habit. of not double-checking or revising his work. Earlier, in 2022, he asked me to look at his resume.

as he was looking to apply for new jobs. I said, 'Sure.'. Let's say his name was Tom Henderson. I edited the name to be Tom The Celery Man Henderson. (Courtney laughs). I also added a bullet point to each of his positions. in job experience that said, 'Crunching and munching that celery.'. Why did I do this? I did this as a joke, assuming he'd see it and removed the silly edits. When I gave him feedback on the resume, I asked him if he would be sure to make some revisions. before sending it out. He said, 'Sure.'.

Well, he didn't, not only that, but he never noticed the edits. It turns out since April, 2022, he has been sending out resumes. with the celery man on the resume. He has good experience and has been frustrated all year. how he got like no interview.". - Aw! - "He actually had one initial call with a recruiter. and was perplexed. when the recruiter guy called him celery man. He had no idea what it meant, but just went along with it, never got a second interview. Finally, before New Year's, he had a legit interview. They also made a celery man joke, which astounded him.

And he asked why they made this reference. They told him it was all over his resume. He was mortified. He even told them he had no idea this was on there. But in doing so, it basically came out. that he had never looked at his resume.". - Ooh! - "He thinks this is the reason he didn't get the job. In any case, I had to confess to him, I was the one who did this. But it had never been my intention. that he would actually send it to jobs. I thought he'd have noticed it right away. Well, he's quite mad at me. He said, I've made him the jackass.

to all of the New York City tech scene. and that I went beyond all acceptable lines of pranking. I think he's overreacting a bit. I mean, it is just a silly prank really. And how in the world does somebody not notice this. for almost an entire year on their own resume? I am worried it might cost me this friendship though. So, I'm hoping to find a way to make it up to him.". Okay. - Oof! - Okay. You gotta look at your work. - Look at your resume! - Yeah, you gotta look at your resume, like, especially if it's, I mean, I'm not trying to blame him wholeheartedly,

like it really sucks that someone did that to his resume. and he was just trusting his friend. when he was proofreading it. Like, he was trusting his friend, he was like, "Make sure to make some revisions.". And he said, "For sure.". But I feel like when he gave it to his friend to check, it's like, the friend should have been like, "Hey, it's just celery man all over your,". like, I think that's what the friend would've expected. - [Shayne] Yeah. - I think it's also like, it says it right in the title, like in between your name, like you-. - He literally didn't-. - Open the document. - Yeah. - Yeah. - And the fact that it's like, if you're struggling for so long, if I was in that position, I'd be like,

"Damn, like maybe I gotta fix my resume or something, like, maybe the way I wrote it isn't good.". - Yeah! - There's always so many hacks online. of like how to make your resume work. for the jobs you apply for. - [Shayne] Right. - So, yeah, I'm like shocked. - And I don't think the guy did it. as to like trip him up or to sabotage him. I think it was a cute, little bit that didn't get caught. - It's a funny little bit. - [Courtney] Yeah. - It was a funny little bit. - But lost wages. - I mean, it's not his friend's fault.

- It like legitimately-. - He didn't have a job for a whole year. But it's not like, "Oh, I didn't have a whole job. for a whole year because of him.". It was that he, for that entire year, didn't look at his resume. - Yeah. - Or just when he-. - It kind of does reflect on him. - The friend sent it back, he said, "Look at the edit before you send it.". - Yes. - [Courtney] Yeah. - No, it's on the guy, like, if you're gonna have a friend edit your resume. and not look at it, you're being a little lazy there. - Especially if he told you to look at it. - Yes! - And you said you would. - Absolutely.

I was gonna say instead of celery man, he should have had Tayne. and then had been like, "Oh, show me nude Tayne.". Neither of you're getting this reference? - That's, what is that, the fricking the-. - What? - What's his name? - It's the Paul Rudd sketch. - The Paul Rudd sketch where he just-. - It's like, "It's celery man.". It's like, "Show me celery man.". - [Emily] I put the GIF in there. - Yeah. - Oh, is that the reference? - Have you never seen this? - No, yes, I've seen that, Paul Rudd sketch many times but-. - Oh, Chanse, you would love this shit. It's so good. (Emily laughs).

- It's very good. - [Shayne] It's weird as hell. - It's just like vibes. - No, celery man, thank God it was something like innocent and not like-. - Something innocent-. - Not like Tom (beeps) Face Henderson. - Right, like Tom Sexual Harasser Henderson. - [Shayne] Yeah. - Yeah, the celery man-. - Skill, sexual harassment. - It's harmless and it's like-. - [Shayne] Super harmless. - Crunch and munching on some celery, that's good. - A part of me thought like, as this story was progressing, I'm like, "Is he gonna get a job because of it?". - Yeah! - 'Cause they're like, "Hey, we like your vibe, man.". - Yeah. - It's like an icebreaker. - Yeah. - It's like a silly thing. that if only he had known about it, he could have leaned into it when they brought it up.

and been like, "Yeah, I just love celery, I love being healthy, I got good discipline.". - How confused those recruiters had to be when they're like, "Oh, yeah, celery man.". And he was like, "What are you talking about?". - Or someone who probably was like, "Hey, celery man.". He goes, "Oh, yeah.". Then, I'm like, "What?". - [Chanse] Yeah. - Sorry, I don't do that. - I don't go by that name anymore. (Shayne laughs). - Yeah, that's my father's name. - "Well, it's still on our resume.". But then also if he applied to Smosh, I think it would do well. - He would do gangbusters. - I think it would do really well! - The people who handle the hiring at Smosh,

are about to see so many celery resumes come through. - Oh good, oh good. - Be original. - Be original. - I'm not mad at OP, but if I pulled a prank like that. and my friend made no reference to it, I'd been like, "Did you see?". I would just be kind of like, because I wanna know what he thought of my joke. - Yes, agreed. - Like a day or two later, I'd be like, "Hey man, you haven't said anything.". - I want a performance review on my-. - "It's okay if you didn't like the joke, do you have notes for my jokes. that I put in to your resume?".

- There was a really weird time, speaking of performance reviews, there was, we've changed leadership here a couple of times. - [Courtney] Mm-hmm (affirmative). - And there was a good section of Smosh when I first started. where we were getting performance reviews, which is such a weird thing to be like, "This is a job and now I'm getting performance reviews. on actual performance?". - Yeah. - [Courtney] Hmm! - And I'm like, "Is it gonna affect my pay?". Like if I'm not funny enough or if I'm not-. - Right. - It was so strange, I've never gotten like creative feedback in a workplace.

- In a corporate way. - In a corporate way. - No, it's-. - Like in an email. - [Shayne] Yeah. - That's why Smosh, I think, it has always been the strangest job I've ever had, because it is like a bunch. of incredibly creative, eccentric even on our best days, like creative, kooky people, theater people, all into a corporate like office setting-. - Environment-. - [Courtney] Like it is so-. - Yeah, it's weird. - It is an interesting little mix of it all. - Comments, "That's both hilarious.

and you should have brought it up. to him maybe a week or two later. to make sure he was aware of it, tops. Never following up with the aftermath, especially if you fail. to notice him ever mentioning it to you is not good. A week or two maybe sent out. to a couple companies would've been funny. A year almost of it's gone past the fail.". - Yeah. - Yeah, he let it go on too long without checking in. - Yeah. - Someone said, "Always work on collaborative documents. with track changes on. Then it will be harder to miss changes other people make.".

Someone said, "Or just double-check your resume. before sending.". - Yeah. - Yeah, 'cause if it's that big at the top, I mean, bro. - Yeah, it's the title, it's literally-. - [Courtney] Oof! - Someone said, "My boss would toss resumes with spelling errors, not enough time to run a spell check, not good enough to work in his medical clinic.". - Hmm. - Yeah, fair. Someone said, "I act in community theater, comedy, storytelling, et cetera, so, I have my own resume for all my credits. I also have my work resume, because I'm not at the point. where the money I make. for entertainment is enough to quit yet, hopefully soon.

But I was applying to office jobs. with my actor resume for like three months, because somehow, I switched the names of the files. Eventually, one company replied and was like, 'Very cool, but I think you sent us the wrong thing.'. I was mortified. She understood and I sent the correct one. and fixed the file names. I got that job.". - Wow! - Hmm. - [Shayne] Okay! - [Courtney] Be vigilant. - Yeah! - It's also so strange in the actor world. where like some things you need actor resumes for, like theater and musical theater, usually, you'll need a resume.

- Yeah. - Unless, you're like now a lead role in Broadway. where it's like your resume is how famous you are. - They just, yeah, they're aware of your work. - Yes, they're aware. - The resume is out there kind of. - And a lot of actors are that way too, for like streaming things. - [Shayne] Yeah. - Mm-hmm (affirmative). - It's like, well, I know who this is, because I was blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, in "The White Lotus" and blah. (Courtney chokes). - This episode of "Reddit Stories" is sponsored by Zocdoc. Flowers are blooming, pollen is in the air, people are sneezing.

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- But how much did you do it? - But how much? - How hard did you do it? - How hard did you do their honeymoon? - And before they did it. - And before they did it. - "I have a coworker who loves being engaged. She's the quintessential typical bride-to-be. She has her wedding planned to the smallest detail. and talks about it all the time. She's the type to share mood boards and swatches. with us during lunch. This isn't something that bothers me, but I wanted to paint a picture for context. I actually like talking to her about her wedding. The issue that recently came up, was that she was sharing with us. about her honeymoon destination.

It's a cute seaside city. and honestly, I thought it sounded great. I shared it with my husband. and we decided that we'd love. to take a vacation like that too. Because of our itinerary, we decided to visit a different but very similar city. in the same country. Think San Diego versus Santa Barbara, if you're in America. When I came back from my trip, my coworkers were excited. to see pictures and hear about the trip. And I shared some chocolates that I brought back as well. The entire time, my coworker was kind of icy. and I finally found out, it was because she thought I stole her idea for a vacation.

She said that since I've gone on a similar vacation, I've stolen the magic of coming back. to talk to our coworkers about it. Even though it's a different place, she says it was similar enough. and that it was kind of shitty for me to take the attention. when she's been planning on her trip for a long time. I personally don't feel like I did anything wrong, since we went to a different city. and did different activities. than what my coworker talked about. She likes sporty things like hiking, whereas I visited museums and dined out more.

But she's so upset, she's talking. about changing the destination of her honeymoon entirely. So, I feel like I'm missing something. Please let me know if I'm the asshole. in case I need to apologize.". - You know what this reminds me of? - [Shayne] What? - I will never forget. I was going to a restaurant with friends in high school. and we were going around ordering. what we were going to eat at the restaurant. And I ordered something. and my friend looks at me and goes, "Ah.". I was like, "What?".

And she's like, "I was gonna order that. You heard me talking about it". I was like, "You can order it too.". - What? - And she was like, "I'm just gonna get something else,". and like goes around and she's like, (Courtney laughs). "I guess I'll just, I'll get what, I'll get that.". And she ordered the same thing. I was like, "What is going on?". - Oh my goodness! - It was like-. - She abused food like the Highlander. She's like, "No, there can only be one.". - There can only be one. But that's exactly the type of-. - That's insane! - Yeah. - It's insane! - I feel like it's kind of like a fun moment. when you're with a group and people order the same. It's like, "Do you get that too?".

- Yes! - Yes! But this is even weirder. in that it's not even the same thing. You basically-. - It's not the same thing. - Were inspired to go on a vacation, like-. - I thought it was gonna be like, "Oh, she stole her hotel room or something," like-. - Yeah, I thought it was like stealing her itinerary, doing all the same stuff, like taking the same opportunities, like-. - A part of me would almost be stoked, I'd be like, "Great, someone went and like test-drove it. and said, 'Oh, that's a great vacation spot.'". I'll be like, "Hell yeah, I don't have to worry about it being a scam, or not turning out-". - It's like someone going to the Eiffel Tower. and being like, "Oh, I can't go now, you already went.".

- You went to the Eiffel Tower. - You did it. - No, but it's like, but it's not though. - It's like I said I'm gonna go to Paris, but I just found out there's other people already there? - [Chanse] Yeah. - [Courtney] But it's not-. - I can't go. - It's even weirder. where it's like, "Oh, you're going to Italy? Now, I can't go to France!". - [Shayne] Yeah. - [Chanse] Yeah. - Like, hello? - [Shayne] Yeah. - It's not even, they're not even, they didn't even go to the same city or do the same things. This person feels like they're like, with the wanting to share so much of the wedding planning, like loving being the center of attention. and getting and having their unique experience. that everyone wants to know what their experience is. And so, now that everyone is excited.

to see OP's experience at this thing, she feels like the attention's off her. and is being so stubborn about it. that she needs to start from scratch on her honeymoon. That's what it sounds like to me. - It's insane that she admits, like, "Oh, you took away, like I wanted attention. from being able to come back and talk about it.". It seems like that was her number one priority. She doesn't actually give a shit. about her fiance and the actual trip. She's more excited about coming back and talking about it. - Which I don't like, I personally don't like talking about a trip.

after I go on it. I like going on the trip-. - [Courtney] Yeah. - But then to, like-. - No, I literally, I agree with you so passionately. - I'm like, "I don't-". - I hate having to do that. - I'm like, "I'm recapping you.". I'm like, "What things do I,". I don't know, it's just like, it's a weird stressor for me that I'm like-. - It's so real. - [Shayne] Interesting. - I don't really wanna-. - It's like working, it's like hard work. - Yeah. - Like when we went to Japan, people were like, "How was Japan? I just wanted to go.". "Good, it was good.". That's all I wanna say. - Yeah. - I literally agree with you. (Shayne laughs). - Yeah. - It was cool, it was Japan. - That is so funny. (Shayne laughs). - Yeah.

- But I do think it kind of like sums up. what I think things are for a lot of people now, is people are not excited about the actual thing anymore, they're excited to tell people or show people the thing. - Which is, it's, attention is okay, it's okay to want attention. - Totally! - Like everyone deserves attention. - But you're getting engaged, you're getting married, you're going on a honeymoon, like eye on the prize of what's actually fun here, what's like the number one most exciting thing. and she does not seem, she's gonna change her honeymoon, so that she can tell her coworkers about it. - Yeah. - Like how lame is that?

If I'm her fiance and she comes home and she goes, "We have to change our entire honeymoon.". He's like, "Why?". It's like, "Well, 'cause Nancy and finances-". - Went to a similar-. - "Went to a close city.". I'd be like, "We're not getting married.". I'd be like, "Uh-uh.". - There's something so similar too. in that like, when I go on trips, I am very much like not on my phone a lot. I'm not taking a lot of pictures, I'm not taking a lot of videos. It's like, I'm like in the moment, doing the things that I'm doing. - Sure. - And then, sometimes, I'll regret it.

where I'm like getting back and I'm like, "Oh, I wanna post.". And I'm like, I have-. - Yeah. - I'm really bad about this. - [Chanse] Two pictures. - Yeah, oh, let's take it and-. - That's not what I did the trip for! - Yeah. - I didn't do the trip to work. - Mm-hmm (affirmative). - I did the trip or didn't do the trip. to share it with people, I did the trip to experience it myself. - [Courtney] Yeah. - Courtney can attest I'm horrendous about taking photos. - Yeah. - I'll be like, "That's the coolest thing I've ever seen.". And I will not like, in fact-. - Here's what I'm gonna-. - I'll actually not take photos. The cooler something is, the less likely I'm to take a photo.

- Because what is your photo going to do? - Mm-hmm (affirmative). - Yeah, I mean, picture. - It's like I can Google that thing. and see a photo-. - Landscape shots, yeah, for sure. - Who was a celebrity who was on a talk show recently, he was like, "I saw someone take an iPhone photo. on the top of Mount Everest.". He's like, "I shouldn't be able to see that.". He's like, "You, this person climbed over dead bodies. to get over to the top of this mountain.". - He's so right. - To get there-. - Gatekeep it. - "And I could just see it from my living room?". - [Shayne] Yeah. - Gatekeep it, queen.

- [Shayne] What I do- - Gatekeep it. - Okay, what I do like take photos of, the best thing to take photos. of are like mundane, little, silly things, 'cause you can't Google that. - Mm-hmm (affirmative). You can Google it. - 'Cause there was the what, there was the sign in Japan that I posted on Instagram, was, it's a sign that said no pissing. - Yeah. - And so, I took a photo next to that. I'm like, "That's perfect.". - Yeah. - I'm not gonna take a photo. of like some famous temple or something in Japan, because I'm like, "You could Google that.". - It so is I do love like a picture of like a coffee table. and what's on the coffee table in that moment. - [Shayne] Yeah. - I love those-. - Mundane photos are the best, I think. - Yeah, but I think what I'm saying.

about the coworker and attention is like, this OP doing this thing doesn't take away. from her attention. I think everybody deserves attention. It's okay to want attention. Just know that there is unlimited attention eventually. - Yeah. - And not worrying. about someone doing something similar to you. Like, I wonder what would've happened. if she did do the exact, the same thing. as this honeymoon plan, like, I'm like-. - [Shayne] Yeah. - I just feel like the reaction was very big. - Yeah, oh, absolutely, it's-. - Icy. - [Shayne] Definitely a lot. - I like the word.

- She needs to add an air of mystery too. And people. and her coworkers are gonna find that more interesting. - I'm also the type of like, I think Marcus recommended a hotel to us. and then we went and now it's like I'm obsessed with it. and it's like now my personality trait. and like, I'm telling everybody about it, like I'm the one who invented it or something. But it's like, I love when people impact each other. and it's like, "Oh, I love that thing that you do, I now do it every day.". - Yeah. - I love when people like go to some place. that we've talked about. I get a little nervous, because I'm like, I hope they like it. - Yeah, yeah. - Like, I hope it was good, because I'll be sad. if they go and they're like, "That sucked.".

I'm like, "Oh yeah, for sure.". - Okay, you guys can drop places right now. You can drop one place, one thing. - Oh, we know. - I've got one, Orinoco in Mexico City. - Ooh! - It's like, I'll describe it. as the in and out of tacos in Mexico City. - Oh! - It's amazing. - I've just got chills. - Whoa! - [Chanse] Yeah. - Hell yeah! - Go try it. - Yum. - I'm not gatekeeping it. - Okay. - Go when you're in Mexico. - Wow! - Solid. - Oh, yum, yum, yum. - Yeah, I'm excited, I'm driving there now. - What? (Courtney laughs). - [Shayne] Getting in my car.

I'm leaving this, I'm driving-. - No, no, Shayne. - Okay, verdict, not the asshole, comments. - I forgot about this. - Right, right, right. - We're reading "Reddit Stories". Someone said, "Not the asshole, your coworker just has severe main character syndrome.". Someone responded to that saying this, "You didn't even go to the same town. Even if you did, that's like trying to call dibs on Bali or Fiji.". - Whoa! - Someone said, "My wife and I recently traveled to Japan.". (Courtney gasps). - Did you write this? (Emily laughs). - "Upon my return to the office, I spoke about the trip. At least four people said, Japan was at the top of their bucket list,

their dream destination. None of them got upset, I had visited there. No one owns a destination when it comes to travel.". - Right. - Literally, at Smosh, someone is always in Japan. - That's true. - Someone is always there. - At any given time, someone is in Japan. - You got boots on the ground. - I think Selina's in Japan right now. I think Arasha is in Japan right now. - She's back. - She's back. - Ian might still be there. - Ian tagged back, Selina went in. We always have someone in Japan. - One pair of boots on the ground. - At any given time, someone from Smosh is in Japan. - Just wait for Smosh Japan.

- [Courtney] Smopan! - I didn't, nobody recognized me in Japan. They were not watching Smosh. - Anybody who did recognize you, was a tourist from Australia. - [Shayne] Yes. - And there was a lot of those. - Yeah. - [Chanse] Yeah, a lot of them. - I love our fans in Australia. - Someone said, "Wait, she's choosing her honeymoon destination based. on how she can talk about it later, instead of how it would feel with her fiance in the moment? That's messed up. She's planning a wedding, but not a marriage.". Ooh! - [Courtney] Oh. - Oh. - Oh, oh. - Dana to all of them!

- Oh. (Courtney laughs). - "Not the asshole, a well-adjusted person would be happy. to have been an inspiration.". - Yeah. - [Shayne] I mean- - Yeah. - Yeah, weird. - [Chanse] Yeah. - Weird. - Weird. - Our next story. (Courtney barks). This was posted in 2020. This comes from TalesFromTheFrontDesk. (Courtney gasps). - Tales? - OP writes, "I invented a coworker. I usually work the afternoon shift three to 11.

So, I get a lot of calls asking. about reservations and check-ins. One night, I got a call. from a man asking about our availability. I informed him we did have openings that evening. and that I could make a reservation for him. I asked for his name and credit card number to reserve. He gave me a reward number. Then, he started cutting out since he was driving. I tried to explain that I needed more information. and especially a credit card to reserve the room. But he kept cutting out until the line went dead.". - Hmm. - "Well, the hotel wasn't particularly busy, so, I decided to put a room on hold for him.

I thought that since he was driving, he would arrive in about 30 minutes. He doesn't show up. So, I release the room and go back to work. When I have about 20 minutes left in my shift, guess who shows up? He says that a woman over the phone reserved his room. Now, I have to point out that I'm a man. I have a higher-pitched voice. and it is exacerbated over the phone. Now, the guest is upset about not having a reservation. and I've got 20 minutes left. and I'm not in a mood to deal with him. I tell him, Susan must have been talking to him, but her shift ended hours ago.

We still had rooms. So, I made a reservation for him and checked him in. He still seemed angry, so I typed up a note about him. and emailed it to my coworkers, so they would be aware. Next day, I go to my manager's office first. to get pass-alongs and information about the day. She walks out first and I follow her to the front desk. And guess who's there? Since my manager was in front, she addressed him first before I could get there. He says that 'I'm not mad'. Always a red flag whenever that gets said.". - Hmm. - "'But I want to know. what woman was working here last night.'.

My manager is a little confused, but says that she will check the schedule. She clearly hadn't seen my note yet. So, I jump in and say, 'As I said last night, Susan was working yesterday, but today is her day off.'. No one named Susan has ever worked at the hotel. And my manager slowly turned away from the guest. to look at me in a what-are-you-talking-about face. that the guest thankfully cannot see. My coworkers behind me, who did read my notes, had to contain their laughter. The guest accepted this and left. I then had to gather everyone.

and have them stick to the story. To this day, that guest thinks Susan was responsible.". - You got a room anyway! - Yeah, what-. - Yeah. - What are you even at the front for? - [Shayne] What the hell? - You already spent the night, like what do you want? - "I need to talk to Susan.". - I don't get people, who like just can't let shit like that go, like I'll be mad about something, but I'm like, "Yeah, well, there's nothing that's gonna be done now.". - And it's also like, you got a room. - You got a room, it was fine. - You just came out of the room that we gave you a room. and just came down to say, "I'm not mad, but-".

- "I'm not mad.". - What? I love the barrier of information. Do you know what I mean? Like, I love that they could make up a coworker. to avoid conflict. - Yeah. - And everything is okay. And nobody was harmed. in the making of this information, coworker. - No, I think every place should make up a coworker. (Chanse giggles). - The fall guy. - Like, 'cause we don't have fake coworkers. We have Sadie who like, people just kind of don't remember a lot of times. - Yeah. - And it's hard to forget Sadie. - It's hard to forget Sadie. - She's a dream. - Sadie's the best.

Republican, but-. (everyone laughing). - [Courtney] Shit! - But hey, hey, hey, hey! (Shayne laughs). - [Courtney] Listen! - She's actually really nice. - She's really nice. - And I'm surprised-. - [Shayne] She's Republican. - She's surprisingly nice to me. - She's Republican, she's Scientologist. - Please delete everything you just said! - She's both, a rare combo. - Somehow. - Somehow, a combo. - I don't understand what this guy would've said. if he did learn of Susan, like-.

- What do you want? - What did he want? - What do you want with Susan? Leave Susan alone. - [Shayne] What does he want? He just wants-. - He wants compensation? - He just wants to hurt someone. - Wanted to be superior. - Comments, "I read something similar a while back, I think at a pharmacy. Basically, when any customer was mad about something, especially unjustified, but didn't have a name, the employee would ask if it was Anastasia. The customer usually agreed and was then informed. that Anastasia had been let go for cause, pulled their fangs.". Someone said, "I invented a whole planning department.

for clients that wouldn't agree with the news. that their project couldn't be finished earlier. I really did my best with my colleagues. at the planning department, but unfortunately it cannot be done.". - Hmm. - A lot of people are lying out there. But hey, for shitty customers-. - To protect themselves. - Do it. - Especially, I worked at a pharmacy. and there's so many bits of information. and complicated things about pharmaceuticals. and getting your medicine. that like they just get mad at you, whoever's in front of them. - [Shayne] Yeah. - And it's just such a nightmare.

- It's interesting. to see like when controlling people meet like a wall. that they can't control. - Mm-hmm (affirmative). - And they just cannot handle it. - Yeah. - At the airport, every time you're at the airport, you're gonna see someone doing it. - Losing it, yeah. - I think I talked about this, but I saw on, I think it was Facebook at the time, but I saw on Facebook how someone were like, was the manager on the shift and so did the turnaround, "I'm the manager on the shift,". when they wanted to talk with him. And I worked at a restaurant in college and I tried it. and it did not go well.

- Really? - [Chanse] Yeah, they like-. - "I am the manager.". - Like I did, it was like, "Can we get to talk to the manager?". And I was like, "Yeah, one second.". And then you turned back around and you're like, "Hey, how can I help you?". - [Courtney] Oh! - It did not go well. They like looked up the owners, they like called them and they were like, "That was not funny, it was like-". - "Bad joke!". - Yeah, bad joke. - I think my-. - [Courtney] Oh my gosh. - My view on these things is like, no matter how, even unless I'm being robbed of money. from this business or something, I'm like, "You're just wasting your time.". - [Courtney] Mm-hmm (affirmative). - Like, people will spend hours, days!

I'm like, "Do you not want your life back, do you not want to go do something fun instead?". - It is-. - [Shayne] My God! - So trivial. - Mm-hmm (affirmative). - And it's like, "Move on, put your energy elsewhere.". - [Courtney] Yeah. - You're gonna lose, like how many years of your life are you gonna lose. throughout your entire life. from just following all this petty bullshit? One more comment. "About a week after Chris was fired, I was wearing his shirt with his name patch. and got a little jerky with a customer. Customer came back the next day to complain.

and I hid in the office laughing, while the manager told them that Chris had been fired.". Someone replied, "But why were you wearing Chris' clothes?". The original commenter replied to that, "I ran out of shirts and there was a whole pile of his, they were rented from a uniform company.". - Ah! - Yeah, yeah. - Yeah, right. - Pretty smart move. Wear one of your coworkers' name tags. - [Chanse] Yeah. - You're in a bad mood. - That's why sometimes on podcast episodes, if I feel like I'm not being very funny, I'm just like, "By the way, I'm Amanda.".

(Courtney laughs) (Shayne laughs). - That's awesome. - For our audio listeners, I'm Amanda. (Courtney laughs). And then they think Amanda's the one who's not funny. - Yeah. - Got 'em. - Got 'em. - Got 'em. - Our next story comes from AmItheAsshole. "Am I the asshole for refusing. to help my coworker paint his new house in work clothes?". - Huh? - Okay. - Hmm. - "So, I, a 27-year-old man, have a friend from work, a 31-year-old man. We've known each other only about two years, but have gotten fairly close. When I moved to a condo a few months ago, he helped me paint.

and I've been meaning to help repay him the favor. on a house that he just bought. Things keep popping up and we're in a busy season at work. We're both teachers. and it's middle-of-the-year testing period. So, I have admittedly been pushing it off. Anyway, last Friday, he asked me. if I wanted to stop by after work and see the house. He doesn't live there yet, so it would be mostly empty, but I could finally get a look at it. and then we could grab dinner and drinks in the area. I say, 'That's great.'. He drives and I'm immediately taken aback. that the house is further than I thought.

He had said about an hour away, but it ended up being close. to a two-hour drive with traffic.". - Oof! - "I'm trying to enjoy seeing the house, but I'm immediately stressed, because I'm realizing that this is going. to be a massive out-of-the-way inconvenience. to do after work. He can't do weekends. as that's when he has custody of his kid.". - Hmm. - "I see that the paint is already brought and I say, 'Since I'm already out here, why don't we do it now?'. He had already prepped the place to be painted. and he seemed into the idea. That way, I wouldn't have to do a whole other trip.

The issue was I was wearing fairly nice work clothes. that I didn't wanna mess up. So, I asked if it was cool. if I just wore my undershirt and boxers. He looked at me like I was crazy. He said, 'If I didn't want to do it, just don't do it, but please don't make dumb excuses.'. I felt taken aback, because I didn't think it was unreasonable. to not want my clothes to get dirty. I ended up not painting, because he wasn't into the idea. and I just went home.". Edit, "Since everyone's asking, he had no stuff at his house. He was also planning on traveling back that night.

He hadn't moved yet.". - Hmm. - It's like, "Hey man, can I just get naked?". - Well, it's like-. - "Let me just get a little naked, man.". - It's also just like, that's kind of when it's, or did it say if they were gay or anything? - No. (Courtney laughs). I'm assuming no. - But it's just like-. - I don't think that-. - At that point, I don't even think it doesn't matter. I would think I would just be like, "Okay, I'm gonna do it in my boxer, so I don't get it on my pants," like-. - Yeah. - It's not a thing. - [Shayne] But- - Weird. - I think the way he's writing. that the guy took it as like, "Oh, you don't want do this?

Okay, fine, you can just go.". - Yeah. - Like, "Oh, you're trying to come up with this?". - So weird. - Yeah, doesn't sound, like their like communication was very like direct, or just overall good if he couldn't go, "No, no, I wanna do this, I just, I really wanna keep my clothes nice.". And like being in an undershirt and boxers, I'm sorry, that doesn't sound like-. - That's not that crazy. - That's a full-on outfit. - Yeah, that's a full-on outfit. - Yeah. - Like I see girls wearing that to Coachella, like- - [Shayne] Right. - Yeah. - I mean, I guess the guy is allowed to like, 'cause it was OP's pitch to paint it then,

so that he can avoid another two-hour trip sometimes. - And OP also said like, "I was trying to enjoy seeing the house but was stressed.". So, it was so, okay, clearly, OP was maybe putting out bad vibes, like just stressed in general. about the whole situation. And it sounds like the friend, the coworker was down to paint it. - Yeah, he was down to paint it. But then when he is like, "Oh, can I take off my clothes. and just being in a T-shirt and boxers to paint this,". then he got weirded out. - Mm-hmm (affirmative). - I'll also say a lot.

of people have trouble asking for help. and asking for favors especially. and they feel really guilty. and like they're a burden for asking for a favor. And so, then they're like, "Oh, you're probably looking for any excuse to get out of-". - Yeah. - "Me being a burden, here I am.". - That's kind of my assumption here, but I don't know. Verdict, there's no official one, but comments leaning towards not the asshole. with a few "Everyone sucks here.".

- Hmm. - Comments, "No one's an asshole. I think your title is misleading though. You proposed to paint right then, but in your underwear, because neither of you had a change of clothes. and you didn't wanna ruin yours. That was a reasonable proposal. and it was also reasonable for him to decline. and prefer to do it later. when you were both better prepared.". Someone said, "Not the asshole, you were basically kidnapped. If he had everything set up already, he knew what he was going to do when he asked you over. The least he could do was offer you a change of clothes. if he didn't give you a chance.

to pack something appropriate.". 5,000 upvotes. - I don't think he was, I think that maybe they're assuming, because they think that they rode together. and this OP didn't have a car to get back-. - Did he? - And was like stuck there without anything to do. - Oh, I guess if they rode-. - If I was in this situation-. - But we don't know that they rode together, right? - We don't, we don't. - [Shayne] Yeah. - I think that like, to assume this person's being held hostage. and being kidnapped to check out a house is a bit extreme. But I think if I was in this situation, I'd go, "Hey, like let's go run to like CVS. and get those like cheap T-shirts and pants.".

- [Shayne] Sure. - And so, then we can-. - There's so many fixes to this problem. - There's like $5 shirts and like $6 pants. at CVS or something like, but-. - Wear a Moomoo. - Get some Moomoos. - Get a Moomoo. - A Labubu and a Moomoo. - Labubu and a Moomoo. - [Shayne] It is-. - A Labubu and a Goo Goo Dolls Moomoo. - Enough. - You're cooking. - A new Labubu and a Goo Goo Dolls Moomoo. - A newly Labubu and a Goo Goo Dolls-. - A new Labubu and Goo Goo Dolls. (Chanse grunts). Oh wait, you gotta stay it with me. - [Together] A new Labubu and a Goo Goo Dolls Moomoo.

- God, that's hard. - A new Labubu and a Goo Goo's Doll Moomoo. - No. (Chanse laughs) (Courtney laughs). - You didn't do it right. - Goo Goo's doll. - A new Labubu and a Goo Goo's-. - No! - A new Labubu and a Goo Goo Dolls Moomoo. - That's hard. Okay, a new tongue twister unlocked. You wanna try? - Yeah. A newly-. - You just, you couldn't even say one word. - All right. (Emily laughs). - Someone said, "Ugh, I had a coworker like that, except instead of helping him paint, he wanted help moving. He made it sound like he had a crew of multiple friends.

that would be helping. that everything was packed and ready to load into a U-Haul. and that the distance between the two places was close. False, first, there was no U-Haul, there was his new boyfriend who had a compact car. and an elderly female friend that is a hoarder. So, she was basically unpacking things. and standing in the pathways. So, the transportation was my SUV, the compact car and his sedan. The distance between the places was two hours. He had no food or even water for us. There were two dogs who were not trained. and pee pads everywhere. Everything in both places was dirty and gross.".

- Whoa! - Damn! Geez! - Did you sign up for hell? - Yeah. - I'm out, I'm out. - No. - He signed up for a tough mutter. They continue on. "Hardly anything was packed. and the furniture was not taken apart. My husband, who didn't even know him, did the best he could. to fit what he could in the vehicles.". - Aw! - "We agreed to do one trip to the new place. and then my husband and I went out to eat and went home. Never again.". Damn! They had more of a story than OP did. - Mm-hmm (affirmative). (Courtney laughs). - Oh my God! - Like we almost painted, but not really is the-.

- Yeah. - [Chanse] Yeah. - One time, I almost helped my buddy paint, but then we didn't. (everyone laughing). - My ex, his friend needed to move. and it was like one unit over-. - Hmm. - In the same building but like was completely not packed. - Oof! - And like we, and it was also my ex's birthday that day. and we were like, well, he really wanted this friend. to come to his birthday thing that we arranged, but he needed to help his friend move.

in order to have him come. It was just so weird and I was just kind of there. And that was the first time I heard Post Malone. - Oh, okay. (Emily laughs). - Moving is the worst. (Courtney laughs). - Moving is rough. - I just moved and I did a pretty good job of it, I'm not gonna lie. - Yeah? - I was quick. I was quick, I was fast and I was organized. - Yes! - [Shayne] Way to go! - Because I was also like ready to leave that apartment. - [Shayne] Sure. - That feeling. - That feeling and so I was like, "I know exactly where.". And as soon as I got to the new space, I was like, "I know where everything's going already.".

- Cool. - [Courtney] Nice. - That's awesome. - You were cooking, you were nesting. My mom after the divorce, my mom moved like every year for years. And then when I started living on my own, I kind of did that. - Right, yep. - 'Cause jobs change. and like things get better or worse, whatever. And I just, I got very good at packing up and moving. and getting unpacked very fast. - Same, I was that way for a long time. - Yeah. - Oh, yeah. Military brat turn after-. - Well, yeah, well, I only remember one move as a kid, but for many years, I moved to a different apartment.

for like five straight years. - It's kind of fun! - But I hated it. I had like super light, cheap furniture. I was like, whenever I would buy furniture, I was like, "What's the lightest thing I can buy, so that I can move it super easily?". - But you have all those muscles for what? - [Chanse] Yeah, what are those muscles for? - They don't do anything. - Glamor. - Glamor muscles. - The glamor muscles. - Not couch muscles. - He can't move a couch, but he can move your feelings.

- Okay. It's weird! - It's working! All right, let's move on to our next story. This was posted in, what is this, May of 2020? (Shayne exhales). - That was a rough time. - That's a tough time. - That's a tough time. - I was in Nashville at that time. - This comes from AmItheAsshole. "Am I the asshole for demanding my fiance tell his coworkers. that he will not be renewing his vows with his work-wife. when they return to the office?". What the (beeps)? - (beeps) happening?

(Emily laughs). - Okay. - What is happening? - "My fiance, Mark, works closely with a woman, Megan. They both have similar responsibilities. and need to work together as a team. I've never had any problems with this. They don't really interact outside of work. We have been working from home the last several weeks. I happened to be in the living room with him yesterday, while his office had their weekly Zoom meeting. During that meeting, people began talking about what they wanted to do. when everyone returned to the office. I could hear someone say. that my fiance and Megan must really miss each other.

Several other people began referring to them. as a work-wife and work-husband.". - Okay. - "Then someone suggested. that my fiance and Megan should renew their vows. when everyone is back in the office. Mark just played along and joked. that they would be registered at Office Depot. I left the living room in tears while he continued, oblivious to how I was feeling. I confronted him after the call and said I felt humiliated. Our wedding was supposed to be in September, but we've had to postpone it. and it's not clear when it will be safe to reschedule.

And here, he is talking about renewing his vows. with someone from work? Mark explained that it was just a joke and not a big deal. He tried to show me some joke article, his office had been passing around. about how teleworking is ruining work-wife relationships. I said the term work-wife itself is offensive. and humiliating, because I'm supposed to be his wife. I demanded that at his next meeting, he needed to publicly apologize to his office. and tell them. that he will not be renewing his vows with Megan, because he is engaged to marry someone else.

I said he also needs to tell his office. that they need to stop calling him and Megan work-spouses. He says he can't do that, because it will be embarrassing. and hurt his reputation at work with his colleagues. I said, 'Oh, is it hard to feel embarrassed? I would never know what that's like.'. He called me an asshole. Now, that I've cooled down a little, I need to figure out if I overreacted.". Okay. - Oof, well-. - Well-. - It's a bit much. - It's a bit much. - It is a bit much. - This is one where our job being so silly, goofy,

it's hard for me to relate and like understand like-. - Mm-hmm (affirmative). - 'Cause the concept of like that gets thrown around. by our fans and stuff so much. of like obviously talking about us. that I'm like, "Whatever, we don't think anything of it.". But if you're working like a very different type of job, like an office, like corporate job. and someone's referring to someone as a work-wife, it's like it's, I understand why people probably feel really weird about it. - Yeah. - Especially, oh, this woman is so insecure,

because they've had to postpone their wedding. - [Chanse] Yeah. - So, she's in her feelings about a lot of stuff. So, that gets brought up. Now, it wasn't her fiance himself saying like, "Oh, we gotta renew our vows and stuff.". It was someone else saying it that she overheard. - Yeah, yeah. - But it's weird, I also think he's not reacting, like she's really messed up from this. and he's being like, "Oh, it's not a big deal.". - I think, the work-wife thing, I feel like when we joke about it, it's very like ironic.

- Totally. - Because I feel like work-wife ties. into the same terminologies. of like when a workplace goes like, "We're like a family here.". - [Shayne] Totally. - It's a little bit too like nesty, a little bit too unhealthy of a workplace. So, like, but it sounds like if an article was going around. and a group of people, who are going through a pandemic together, are working together. and are making jokes about the work-wife, 'cause sometimes, a bit just keeps running. to the point where it would not make sense.

to a newer person. - Right. - Like, I'm sad. that this fiance, the OP feels just the right amount. of insecure about their relationship. that this is affecting her so much. - Yeah. I think the demand. of you need to publicly apologize to your entire office. and say this, I'm like, "That's a lot.". - Yeah. - That's a lot. when what she needs is just assurance from him-. - Yeah. - That they are secure in their relationship.

and that this is nothing like-. - Also, yeah, I totally get that. And I think that there is something so playful. about work-wife. and then there's a point where it goes too far. - [Courtney] Mm-hmm (affirmative). - [Shayne] Yeah. - And there's like vows, doing the vows. I'm like, "What is happening here?". - Yeah, that's weird. - [Shayne] What is this-. - Renewing them like-. - Right. - Yeah. - [Chanse] It feels like-. - Was there vows at one point? - Yeah, was there a wedding? - [Shayne] Yeah. - Like I don't know about this. - I think he could have offered to like, be like, "Oh, I can just, like start shutting down the work-wife thing,".

like it is a little inappropriate. - [Chanse] Yeah. - Right, right. And also, he could have just really like taken that moment to, 'cause clearly, she was not feeling very validated. in their relationship and just isn't, she's talking about how like insecure she was. about that they're postponing their wedding and stuff. He could've just taken that moment. to really be like, "Hey, like-". - Yeah, I know-. - "You are my fiance, I'm so excited to be like married to you. It's like, you are my person.". But he's just kind of playing it off like casually. - [Chanse] Yeah. - And in playing off the work-wife thing,

he's also kind of playing off her emotions. - Yeah. - And so, she's probably feeling dismissed. I think it just, it's not one of those situations. where I'm like, "Oh, you guys, one of you is an asshole.". It's more where I'm like, "You guys are not on the same page, clearly, there's insecurity and like something going on here. that you need to talk through.". - Mm-hmm (affirmative). - The verdict was everyone sucks, which is maybe, I guess like the closest-. - I guess. - To what I would agree with. 'Cause it's not that I think like no one's the asshole, there's nothing going on here. I'm like, "There's a problem.". - Something's going on.

- But they're in the middle of lockdown, it's May. So, it's been those couple of months. So, they're at the peak of like-. - It's at the worst. - Really spiraling. - [Chanse] Yeah. - Nobody's in a good place. - A lot of make or break relationships. - So, there's, I think like, given that, but I also think clearly there's just a lot going on. in this relationship clearly. - Yeah, like she deserves more validation. if she's feeling this way-. - For sure. - Or something like this. - Comments, someone said, "Everyone sucks here. I think the whole work-wife thing is disrespectful. and silly. But you did overreact to what was obviously a joke.

He's not literally going. to be renewing his vows with anyone, or registering at Office Depot. And forcing him to tell everyone. that they need to stop calling him and Megan work-spouses, is going to make a mountain out of a molehill.". - Hmm. - "And give everyone the impression. that you're a difficult person. Just ask him to stop joking about it.". OP said, "No, they were actually planning out. how to do it, like where in the office. to hold the ceremony and reception, et cetera. My fiance was fully onboard planning. Meanwhile, I have to nag him constantly.

to help me reschedule our actual wedding plans.". Someone said, "In that case, not an asshole. for asking that he don't go through with it, but it would be embarrassing for him. to publicly apologize and say he wouldn't go through with it. in front of everyone. Maybe ask him to talk to Megan separately. and tell her it's only a joke. and won't be doing a ceremony.". Yeah, hearing that, I'm like, it's embarrassing to publicly apologize. Is this not also embarrassing. to have like a public renewing-the-vows thing at work. with your work-wife? I'm like-.

- No, it feels weird. - I'm just sitting there like, "What the hell is this?". - No, like you're adults, like you're grown adults. We don't-. - Yeah. - That is confusing. I mean, that's sad that he's, like it sounds like they were just doing bits. and if I wanna assume that it was like, "Oh, they were riffing,". or like, "Oh, we'll do it in the break room next. to the water cooler that we always," like-. - Yeah. - But so, she interpreted that like, and that's me as, that's putting the benefit of the doubt on him. - Like they were yes-anding each other. and she took it as no they were actually planning this out. - Yeah, but even if it was like they're gonna do this. as a bit, like, that hurts if she's feeling like pulling teeth.

when she's trying to plan a real wedding. Yeah, it's just like a lot going on. - Someone said, "You're the asshole. It sounds like they were just joking. Demanding that he tells everyone. that he's engaged sounds pretty controlling. If they bring it up again, then he can say that he's engaged, so he can't be married again. But what you're asking is a little much.". Someone else said, "It sounds like you have more issues than this. You say you have to nag him about planning the wedding. and you clearly have some insecurity. around his faithfulness if the joke upsets you so much.

Getting married will not solve these issues. Perhaps, it might be wise. to try couple's counseling before your wedding.". - I'm sorry, I'm still blaming this on COVID. Like you were, I was unwell. - [Shayne] Yeah. - So many people-. - Oh, it's prime time, bad time. - It is prime unwell time! - Yes, yes. - Questioning everything, no clue. The world is in shit! It is in chaos! - Yeah. - [Courtney] Yeah. - Truly, it was an apocalypse. - So, I'm like, I can't even take this like-. - It's true-. - [Chanse] Story, I'm like, you-.

- [Shayne] It's really true. - You're so focused on this thing-. - Yeah. - I'm like, "The world is ending at this point.". - We've kind of forgotten like the places. - Yes. - Yeah, I think if you were like, scale it, like if we were. to like really tear down all the like the chaos of it all, like I think it would've been so reasonable. for her to just express that it made her uncomfortable. - Yeah. - [Chanse] Yeah. - And see what he would've done with that. - And she seems really upset, like she was probably so excited for their wedding. And it's May, the wedding was only gonna be four months away at that stage. and now it's not happening.

and they don't know when it's gonna happen. - Yeah. - She's probably thinking like at that point, in COVID, you're probably like, "Oh my God, are we ever gonna get married?". - Right! - So, she's losing her mind over that. - Mm-hmm (affirmative). - And he's just playing this off. - I remember there were so many weddings planned. for like 2020-. - So many! - That got pushed like a year and a half later. - [Shayne] Yeah. - But they didn't know when it was, I remember they, a lot of the weddings that were planned, were like "Okay, we're doing the same venue, next year this time, same date." - [Courtney] Yeah. - Yeah. - [Courtney] I'm just hoping. - But they still didn't know-.

- [Shayne] Yeah. - There was no knowing. - If it's gonna happen. - Lastly, someone said, "Everyone sucks here. You did overreact a bit, but knowing how uncomfortable it makes you, he should be willing to quit playing along. with the work-wife thing, a dumb concept anyway, but I digress.". - I digress. - But I digress. - I digress. - Yeah. (Courtney laughs) (Emily laughs). - Tough. - Yeah. - And that's all we've gotta say about that. - I can understand, I really understand her though. If she's hearing like, "Why are you guys taking this bit so far?

Is this a relationship. that is deeper than I understand?". Like-. - [Shayne] Yeah. - It leaves room for doubt. - [Shayne] Sure. - But yeah. - I agree though with Chanse of like that era-. - [Courtney] Yeah. - All these things are exacerbated so much. - Dude, our Zoom meetings, our monthly Zoom meetings-. - [Shayne] Yeah. - During the pandemic. - What were they like? - Oh my god! - Crazy. - It was just everyone trying. to get their quick, little 15 minutes of being funny. Like we were all just trying to-. - We're all trying a bit. - It was just weird, we were all just like trying to be like doing standup. in a big meeting, like just that would be funny and nice. - It was such a weird time, 'cause we were filming lot.

We were filming the same amount of videos as-. - From home? - Just from home, yeah. - But just from home, it was weird. - But that month meeting-. - Remember "Tiger King"? - Yeah, we did a sketch about "Tiger King", like the week guys. - No way! - I was Carole Baskin. - Oh my god! Play it, I wanna see it, I'm gonna look it up later. - No, it's really bad, it's like really bad. - It was really tough, 'cause we had to change our entire design. of how we made things, so we were just-. - And it was hat on a hat, so it was "Tiger King", but we couldn't do, like we didn't do real "Tiger King". It was "Tigger King". So, he was obsessed with Tigger. - Not "Tigger King". - I know, Chanse, I know.

- I'm scared. - It was "Tigger King". and there was lots of Winnie-the-Pooh merchandise. around our apartments for a while. - What? (Chanse laughs). - Yeah! - Shayne, that's tough. - And in a monthly Zoom meeting-. - Who was the Tigger King? - Ian? - Yeah, I think he shaped his beard to look crazy. - The things we did. Yeah, yeah. It was like my day was film a sketch, have maybe one meeting and then "Animal Crossing". - Ah!

I did some "Animal Crossing", I did a lot of "Overwatch". - Hmm. - [Shayne] Nice. - That's when I learned-. - People were probably so good in the pandemic. - People were so good, I was ranked. - [Shayne] You were ranked? - Yes, ma'am! What? - [Emily] Who was your main? - At that time, I think it was Orisa, but it was when Orisa still had the shield in front. - Ooh! - [Shayne] Wow! - Okay, I love it. - [Shayne] Wow! - And then right when Moira came out, I was like, "Yeah, that's my girl right here.". (Courtney giggles). - Our next story comes from AmItheAsshole. "Am I the asshole for not paying for my coworker's lunch?".

- Okay. - Oh! - This is genuinely the dumbest AmItheAsshole, I've ever made slash read, but here we are. "I'm a first responder. and was riding along with another shift. for training purposes. The first day, we drove through a Chick-fil-A, I ordered a small Mac and Cheese. In our area, that's about $4. He ordered a whole meal. When we got to the window, they gave us 50% off, making mine $2. The guy I was riding with said, 'Don't worry, I'll cover you.'. Cool, thank you for covering my $2. I appreciate it, LOL.

Second day, we went to a local bistro. that's decently pricey. I ordered a salad that was about $10. His meal totaled out to just over $20. When we went to the register to pay, he told them, 'She's going to cover mine,'. while pointing at me. To say I was appalled is an understatement. The cashier looked at me and I calmly stated, 'No, I'll just be covering myself.'. The guy I was riding with got mad. and started saying he covered me for lunch yesterday. So, it's only right that I cover him. I'm not confrontational, but I'm also no punk, LOL.

I calmly stated, '$2 does not constitute $22, or whatever the total was. If you'd like me to give you $2. to cover my small side I ordered yesterday, I will absolutely do that, but I will not be paying for your meal,'. and handed my card to the cashier. He paid for his meal and we went outside. where he refused to let me get into the vehicle.". - What? - "He continued to argue. and cause a scene in the parking lot. He told me I'm no longer allowed to ride with him. So, I called for a supervisor. Once the supervisor arrived, he told them that he covered my lunch yesterday. and that I refused to extend the same courtesy.

and that I embarrassed him and caused a scene. and he no longer feels comfortable riding with me. I explained-". - Oh my God! (Courtney laughs). - "I explained my side to the supervisor and apologized, because this is literally so ridiculous, LOL. The supervisor essentially said I was wrong, because I should have just been respectful. and paid for him like he did.". - What? - "At this point, I was pissed. and told them this sounds like extortion. and that I wasn't going to be taken advantage of. I told them that $2 is a whole lot different than $22.

We are first responders, we don't make a lot of money. I continued to say, 'If you wanted me to buy him a drink from the gas station, or give him $2, I had absolutely no problem doing so. But I was not going to be bullied into covering his meal, because he covered mine.'. I ended up riding with someone else, because obviously riding with him is no longer an option. The person I switched to also said I was wrong. and should have just paid for his meal.". - What? - "I don't think I'm wrong here. Had I known the previous day that I would be expected. to pay for his expensive meal. after paying for my $2 Mac and Cheese, I would've never let him cover me.

I feel like since he put me on the spot, me putting him on the spot in return was only fair. I don't feel like I caused a scene. I wasn't the one who argued and refused to unlock the doors. But now, everyone's saying that I'm not a team player. and I embarrassed him as well as our place of work. Am I wrong here, am I the asshole?". - What in the world? - Oof, she is in a tough spot. - Okay, I have feelings. - [Courtney] Please. - Okay. - Do tell.

- There are 3,400 billionaires on the planet. (Courtney laughs). There are 8 billion people. Billionaires should not exist. - [Courtney] Right. - This problem should not exist. - [Courtney] Right. - We should be paying first responders more. - Right. - This should be a non-issue. - Mm-hmm (affirmative). - There are so few people with so much money.

that could fix so many things on this planet. - [Courtney] Mm-hmm (affirmative). - And we're not angry enough about it. Instead, we're yelling at each other. over $2 and Chick-fil-A Mac and Cheese. - I hear you, dude. - Yeah. - I mean, yeah. - Like this sucks to hear. They're first responders and this, that, that amount is bothersome. That should not be an issue. It should not be a conversation.

- Right. - [Courtney] I agree. - [Chanse] Like-. - It shouldn't. I think what I'm thinking about is she's newer, right? She's in training, she's the ride-along, or it's the opposite? - [Emily] He's the trainee, so she's the trainer. - She's the trainer, he's the trainee. - She's training them. And so, he covered her on $2. and sounds like the restaurant, 'cause like my dad was a firefighter. and sometimes, a restaurant would like comp them the meal, or give a big discount. 'Cause it's like, "Thank you for everything you do.". But like, it's just, it seems so, like there's a dynamic issue.

- The dynamic feels a little weird. and it also feels like this guy. and all the other coworkers are very much of the vibe. of just like, "Oh, just, ah, you should've just done it.". Like, I agree with her, I think it's like an unfair dynamic. 'Cause it's like when I'm, like, 'cause yes to the whole situation being screwed. But when it comes to though, like splitting the bill. and like you pay for someone's coffee one day. and then like expecting them to pay.

for your coffee the next, I do take into consideration like the amount of money. that was spent, right? It's like- - Yeah! And also like you can assume someone's covering a meal, but I'm never going to just assume someone's covering me. If I'm gonna assume, I'm like, "Oh, I'm just gonna assume I'm gonna cover them.". - Yeah, I'm very much-. - But you need to have the conversation, especially-. - But there is like also levels to it. It's like if I buy someone Burger King, I don't expect them to buy me a steak dinner, like there's-. - That's very true. - That's what I feel like, is kind of on some level, is happening here.

That's a little ridiculous. She also ordered a side, not a full meal. And he's expecting, this just feels a little bit, like a kind of just taking advantage of, it just feels like a little bit. of like a weird toxic workplace type of thing. - Like and the fact that he had to say like, "And she embarrassed me,". it's like that shouldn't be a work-related issue. This feels like it needs to be taken to HR. - It's a personal issue. - Let's look at this too. He tells the cashier that she's gonna cover it, instead of asking, "Oh, did you want to cover this?". - Right! - [Shayne] Yeah. - You're inputting this third party, so that you have leverage over her.

She's not gonna tell her no. She actually had, she's not a punk, so she told her, "No-". - [Courtney] Yeah. - "He's gonna cover his own," 'cause he is a grown-ass man. - And to just like, okay, now the job needs to continue. and not letting her continue her job-. - [Shayne] Yeah. - But because of something that is so not work-related, like I just, that's so petty. - It's really petty. The verdict is not the asshole. Comments, "Not the asshole, I bet that almost everyone, who is saying you are wrong are men. I bet you have violated some unspoken bro code.

that you as the trainee need to pay. for the person with more experience. What the dude did was a form of theft. The $2 snack, meaning you need to pay for a $20 lunch, that was double the price of your lunch. Then he locked you out of this vehicle. This is a toxic work environment.". 5,000 upvotes. OP said, "Funny enough, I technically wasn't the trainee, but instead the trainer.". - Hmm! - "It was definitely not a fun situation. and I've requested not to work on this shift again. I told my supervisors if they want me to train that shift, I will not be working under that supervision again.".

Someone said to that, "Not the asshole, I cover lots of people's meals, but it's because I decided to, not because they demanded it.". - Mm-hmm (affirmative). - "You're better off avoiding these assholes. If you have HR or a union rep, I would lodge a formal complaint to get it on the record.". Someone else said, "Not the asshole, my husband works EMS. and I wish I could say I was surprised. These guys are bullying you. I don't know why, but that's what they're doing.". Someone said, "Not the asshole, if it had been a few dollars of difference, that would be one thing, but $20 is a lot. It would be different if you had been partners for a while, but it sounds like you barely know this guy.

He was trying to take advantage of you, because he didn't think you'd push back. Him refusing. to let you in the vehicle was super unprofessional. Unfortunately, it sounds like everyone knows and likes this person, so they're siding with him. And anyone who disagrees is probably staying out of it. If you have to work with these people for a while, you might be better off apologizing, even though you did nothing wrong. It would be easier than being the outsider, who no one wants to work with, sorry.". Oof! - Oh, yeah, yeah, guys. - Yeah, that's tough.

- Oh, my sister's an EMT and I'm like, I'm trying to, she's never talked about anything like this. - Mm-hmm (affirmative). - But-. - Might be different region to region, like specific shift-. - But job's like that and just like, 'cause my dad's a firefighter state, a shift is 24 hours, like-. - [Shayne] Oof! - Or like two days on, three days off, like that's a dynamic. - [Shayne] Yeah. - You would not just be hanging out. with each other nine to five or-. - You're basically living with this person. - Part-time shift. It's a different environment. and yeah, like part of me was thinking.

about like, "Oh, well, if this is gonna be a long-standing work relationship, they're just like, 'Yeah, this, because over time, we are going. to hopefully, it's gonna be equal over time,'. but this person doesn't know that.". It's just tough. - That's really tough. Oof! Our final story comes from petty revenge. and it's probably one of my favorite titles. of a Reddit story I've ever seen. - What? - What is it? - Farted on my stupid coworker. (Courtney laughs) (Chanse laughs). - Angela, it's written by Angela. - Oh my god! (everyone laughing).

Farted on my stupid coworker? - That's awesome, that's awesome, awesome. - What? - Sorry, I didn't mean to kick you. - You kicked me. - Are you okay? - I'm gonna fart on you. - No! (Courtney laughs). - Guys, stop farting and fighting. (Chanse giggles) (Courtney laughs). "This happened a while ago, but I figured I'd share. I used to work as a hostess. at a massive three-floor restaurant-slash-bar. One bartender, Mac had the tendency. to do what I like to call Mac-xplaining. He would always go on. about how the highest paying tables, should always be seated in his section.

Before my shift, he'd always give me the same lame speech. about how his section. of the restaurant was the most prime seating. with the best service. So, of course, I should only be seating people, who look like they're going to spend a lot of money there.". - Oh, no. - [Shayne] "Whatever that means.". - No, no, no, no. - "Typically I'd just be like, 'Sure, whatever, Mac,'. and then seat people without profiling them. Because obviously, this place was also always jam-packed with a massive line. So, it's not like there was much room for me. to shuffle people around based. on how much they looked like they might ball out. Also, how the hell am I supposed to gauge, who is going to ball out?

Anyways, Mac took this personally apparently. One time, I sat a group of older women, celebrating a birthday in his section. and they ended up ordering some food with no drinks. and then left. Mac went on this massive tirade. about how I was incompetent at my job. and how I should clearly, have known those women weren't going to spend much money. and should clearly have sat them in another server's section. that wasn't Mac's." - What? (Courtney barks). Sorry. - "One shift, I felt a particularly heinous fart brewing. and got a sinister idea.

For context-". - I forgot about the fart, I forgot about the fart. (Courtney laughs) (Shayne giggles). - But here comes the fart! (Emily laughs). "For context, I'm not a regular farter.". (everyone laughing). - I'm not a regular farter. - I forgot! - So, I'm really getting into- - I'm an irregular farter. - I'm getting into farting recently. (Emily laughs). "For context, I'm not a regular-". - As cool as Shayne. (Shayne laughs). - Guy who's learned about farting. "For context-". - But Angela's impression of you was like, I'm getting into-. - I'm really getting into farting. (everyone laughing). - Clip that, clip that. - "For context, I'm not a regular farter.

A lifetime of terribly disordered eating habits, has rendered my gut to be a few stroke shy. of a chemical weapon. And I've instigated several heated arguments. on fart politics amongst my friends, all with the power of a single fart. So, there Mac is, behind the bar washing glasses fast as hell during a rush. And I thought, 'Wow, how helpful would it be. if I go put them away behind the bar for him, while he makes orders for customers?'. So, of course, I go out of my way. to go behind the bar to help Mac. And right as he's behind me shaking cocktails, I let it rip.

Some of my finest work, I must add. I peeked over to Mac. to see if he'd been caught in the radius. and sure enough, there he is with his face twisted in sheer disgust. To make matters worst, there were two pretty girls seated across from him. at the bar, seemingly clear of the nuke zone. As I was fleeing the scene, I caught Mac trying unsuccessfully to keep his cool. in the midst of the stench, while attempting to chat up these girls, LOL. The satisfaction of that moment led me. to get a little carried away. and I started systematically targeting Mac. whenever I needed to fart on shift.

One time, I even made myself a protein pack green smoothie. to up my impact-". - Oh, shut up! - "After a shift. where he'd been particularly menacing. When I saw Mac frantically talking to a manager, pointing at the open drain under the bar. and checking the fridges for milk spills, I knew I'd gone too far. Anyway, Mac, wish you the best. You thought you were a smart fella, but you're really a fart smeller, LOL.". - Oh my God! - God! (Shayne laughs). So-. - So, he never knew it was her?

- [Shayne] Didn't figure it out. - I hate this. (Courtney laughs). - The comments were all just a bunch of fart jokes. Someone said "Mac dusting," someone said "Big Mac attack.". - Oh, come on! - I hate it. - Yeah, it started to get a little cringe. I'm like, as soon as you start changing your diets-. - All right, all right, man, okay, we're done. We're done here, we're done here, you got 'em. When it was one fart, I was like, that fart's-. - One fart, fine. - One fart was awesome. - Continual harassment of fart rockets-. - Right, it's also like, that feels like chemical warfare, like I feel like-. - [Shayne] At a certain point. - I feel like it's-. - Too targeted. - I remember, okay, now that we've been talking. about the pandemic in this episode,

like when people who were anti-mask, would fake cough or sneeze at people. and that was like called, I think it was called like a form of, like a-. - Bio-terrorism. - Terrorism, yeah, bio-terrorism. I'm like, "How is a fart different from that?". Like if you're targeting people-. - Giving people pinkeye. - I can say I've never wanted to fart on anyone. - I've never wanted to fart on anyone. - I feel like I have this weird-. - You guys, I've never wanted to-. - I've never wanted to fart on anyone. I do feel like I have this bad luck thing though,

where when I'm out in public. and I'm like, "Okay, I'm by myself,". and I like kind of like silently fart. At that moment, some person is going suddenly approach my area. - [Chanse] Sure. - You go, "Hey, can we,". and I go, "Back up, back up, back up, back up, back up.". - No, no, no, no, no, no! - No, no, no, no, no! - Get away from them! - Like I'll be at a grocery store, I'm like, "I'm alone in this aisle.". And then as soon as I fart, it's like everybody comes there. - Hmm. - They're like, "Oh, we're gonna go to the aisle six now.". - Mm-hmm (affirmative). - I have- - [Courtney] Aisle six? - And then I feel like on occasions-. - They're telling their friends, they're like, "Come to this.". - "Come here, on!". And then multiple occasions, I'll be in an elevator.

and like the second I'm like, "Okay, like I'm gonna do this,". and then it stops, opens up and like people get in. and I'm just like-. - Hmm. - The guy who was in here before farted really bad. - The guy before me! - There was a guy in this elevator. - My house is a fart-free house. - It's a fart-free household? - Okay, take off your socks, please don't fart. - Take off your socks. - [Shayne] Take off your socks. - No shirt, no shoes, no sharting. - No sharting. No shoes, no shirt, no sharting. (Shayne laughs). - No shirt, no shoes, no sharting. - No shoes, no shirt, no sharting.

No sharting, but all the Chardonnay. (everyone laughing). - Oh! Can we go back to how shitty Mac is? - Yeah. - Mac sucks. - Because he is wanting to discriminate. and send the rich people to his section. Don't you love the feeling. when it's like I remember being really not, like not having a lot of money in my pocket, like really, really struggling. And then you get seated at a restaurant and you're like, "Wow, we got a really nice table.". - Yeah. - "Isn't this so nice?". - Well, he's saying his area is the best service,

because it's him. - Yeah. - [Shayne] Like-. - Well, and he has the prime seating, so it's like best-looking, like maybe his side of the restaurant has a view of the city. and he thinks his service is the best. and he's like, "The view of the city is me. I am the good city, I am the service.". - I'm the good city. - I'm the good city. But like, that's so sad, like he wants like, the whole like rich getting richer, like, "Oh, so the rich people get. to have the nicest experience in the restaurant,". like even though it's like, "Come on!". - It's some bullshit. - It's a bullshit. And Mac, maybe we shouldn't. and maybe I'm glad he got farted on.

- Oh, I'm glad he got farted on. - I am indifferent on him getting farted on. - [Shayne] Unfortunately, other people-. - I want him to know why he's getting farted on. - There's collateral damage here. She's out there farting all over the place. Other people are getting hit by that. - But he is not connecting those things. He's not going, "I'm getting so stinky smells around me. Maybe, it's 'cause I'm discriminating.". - The hope is that people think that Mac is the one farting. That's the hope. But I don't know if that's occurring. - That's not my hope. - What's your hope? - Stop farting. - Peace on Earth? - Yeah. - [Shayne] Yeah. - Don't be fart, don't use that.

- Peace on Earth, don't piss on Earth. - Nice. - I don't want, piss on Earth, hell? I've been quoting a lot of things. that nobody knows the reference from in this episode. and I'm really-. - That's okay. - Curious, people in the comments will know. I don't want anybody to fart on me. and I don't want you guys to fart on anybody. - No, I wouldn't. - Okay, I won't. I promise I won't. Thank you both for being here. - You're welcome. - I'm glad that our coworker situation is not like these. - No, we're good.

- Mm-hmm (affirmative). I would paint your house. - And I would work your wife. Wait, no! (everyone laughing). No. - I will work your wife. - You would work her wife? - Your work-wife. (Shayne laughs) (Courtney laughs). - Your work-wife. Anyways, thank you both for joining me. Thank you all for watching and listening. And hey, we have a lot of live shows this year. - Woo! - "Smosh Reads Reddit Stories" live, they're gonna be all over the place. So, keep an eye out for them.

And maybe, we'll see you at one of them. - Whoo! - But we will see you next Saturday, right here. - [Courtney] Always. - Bye!