Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet - 214: Reviews of Wedding DJs

Episode Date: January 4, 2023

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And by the way, remember when I did that AI-generated thing? I promise I'm not bringing another one. But I will say every time the intro got messed up because they could not understand what the hell we were saying. We read the worst reviews in most dramatic fashion. it really couldn't figure out what we were saying and it often thought it was multiple people speaking at the same time which is very disturbing creepy anyway we are here today to discuss wedding djs alexander seems particularly excited about this when the energy in the room has amplified, has shifted. I feel excited.

Yeah, this is going to be a real winner. It's honestly electric. Yeah. Yeah. It is electric in here. Mm-hmm. This was suggested, by the way, by Amy on Patreon. Oh, thanks, Amy.

And yeah, I mean, who wants to go first? I'll go ahead. Okay, you go. So my first one is of Sunflower Entertainment in Miami, Florida. They do weddings, but this is not of a wedding. This review is about Quinceañera. My first one's of sunflower entertainment miami florida uh they do weddings but this is not of a wedding this review is about uh quinceanera my first one's not about a wedding either good we're here to talk about wedding djs but we're not gonna do that yeah so we will no i'll i have plenty of weddings i made up for it me too in fact i overcompensated. This one I just couldn't resist. Okay.

Are you familiar with an Ora Loca? Crazy hour? Yeah. Are you familiar with that? No. Neither was I, but I looked into it and it is, let me read what the New York Times has to say about it. This carnival-esque mini bash is a quote transitional hour between the traditional wedding reception and the after party.

Oh, fun. It says even though it's popular in Latin America and Miami, it's unknown to so many people. So the idea is you get that hour of, like, in between of party, dancing, DJing, and, like, it's a very specific type of vibe. Sounds fun. And someone said, quote, every culture has something, but the Latinos know how to party. I love that we can borrow and say it feels right. Because this person, it was an event planner who suggests it to people. Oh, cool.

Anyway, so here is a review. And the review mentions it, which is why I said that. That would be really weird if it didn't. Yes. Just saying. It was just culture hour. Yeah. Hora cultura on B2C.

I went to Quinceanera and let me tell you, this Ora Loca was absolutely horrible. The guy dressed as a robot walked in with a can of some type and started spraying it everywhere. He started scaring the guests that were there. The lady that was there, along with the guy, was absolutely inappropriate. She was very provocative and made a lot of the teenagers that were guests very uncomfortable. Additionally, the robot guy started grabbing guests out of nowhere with a lot of force, and the guests got very scared. I would definitely not recommend this company for

i mean hey or a loco it sounds like that's what you got they're fitting right in no if that's not what you wanted you did not deserve this insanity specify that you didn't want and a violent robot at your or a loco sorry um maybe that was a real robot who's just on the fritz, you know? True. He's just like malfunctioning. I like it, yeah. And just grabbing everyone. Yeah.

That is disturbing. Very. Question mark. I love that all the teens were uncomfortable. I'm like, were they or were you uncomfortable? I don't know. I feel like if I were a teen in this situation, I'd be very uncomfortable.

I would be crying. Can you pick me up? There's a robot robot a violent robot a handsy robot handsy robot oh boy um that's great so this is oh i wrote here before i got the hint that it was wedding djs i got this review oh nice so it's just a normal not not a normal dj but like a dj at a bar and this is actually sent in by z whose pronouns are he they and it's of one of the oldest and hot most haunted bars in memphis called ernestine and hazel's that sounds haunted right it sounds haunted but only by ernestine so this is a one-star review by William. Love this bar, but I'm only giving it this terrible review because the karaoke DJ is having problems with the internet, so he's playing from his lame emo feelings mix.

But it's the kind of music that only a sociopath would listen to if they were trying to pretend to have feelings. Oh my god, that sounds like another robot. What is happening with these reviews? Yo, what is happening with these reviews? I hate this DJ with the fury of 10,000 suns, and I would welcome all life on Earth being wiped out in an apocalypse as long as this DJ and any of his offspring died. What? I don't know.

How is this necessary? I think it's safe to say it's not. Okay. Just saying. Russell George is rolling over in his grave because of the sonic excrement being played in this bar. I mean, he's literally playing Nickelback.

Fire this guy or I'm not coming back. End of review. Yeah. If you're playing Nickelback at a place. At a karaoke bar. Okay. Ernestine and Hazel are probably rolling over in their graves. I'd probably sing some Nickelback songs, though, on karaoke,'t really judge yeah at a care yeah i don't know i mean if it's a dj just

playing to the crowd nickelback no thanks but i can see how it'd be funny to play photograph on karaoke or something you know i can see the humor in that but only like one song not a whole not a whole playlist you're right my next one is of DJ MC Brooklyn Entertainment. This is a one-star review. It's actually in the not recommended. Oh, boy. Here it is. This is by Alan.

He showed up with a woman that had psychiatric issues and was quite scary. I was the father of the bride. The DJ spent more time outside smoking with this woman, so it started with not getting the correct songs at any of the crucial moments, i.e. walking down the aisle with my daughter to our first dance, to the music where the parents and wedding party enter the room. He spent more time with a drink in his hand. This person is lucky I don't take him to small claims court.

So he had no list of music we sent him, said it was not his fault because of the internet, which has nothing to do with his performance. Imagine the Judge Judy episode where they're like, here's our wedding tape. You can see him smoking in the background. And we were walking to absolute silence down the aisle. Oh man, I don't really, I don't like that show,

but I would watch that episode for sure. A timer, every time there's a drink in his hand, like a timer to see how long it's in his hand my guests were complaining and asking where i found this bleep i don't know what the bleep it's just a bunch of asterisks oh i thought it said bleep no but there were no there's no flick first letter You don't even get a hint. I want to say asshole because it's seven asterisks. Yeah, that fits. It sounded like he had a blown speaker, and the best part was the woman with him. She goes to the groom's mother and says about the bride, my daughter, that she must be pregnant because they rushed this wedding. The big mouth was told he is leaving for the Navy.

God help her if I would have found out at the reception. So it turns out the husband... Oh, that's why they got married. And she's the big mouth. Yeah. The big mouth is the woman who said that she must be pregnant. Who's trying to spread rumors to the wedding party. And they're quote-unquote rushing the wedding

because he's leaving for the Navy. Big yikes. God help her if I would have found out at the reception. The police would have taken her away. His performance was amateur at best. The woman threatened the outside vendors, the food truck, that she would ruin his business if he didn't give her a hamburger and candy. Okay. So far, I was thinking, I don't know if psychiatric issues really really explains this behavior but then

you said that and I'm like well actually maybe the DJ signed a contract with the Carlton in the park that he cannot take a product from outside vendors I would have removed him from the venue if I had any other options without upsetting my daughter any further stay

away from this DJ end of review and then the owner responded whoever wrote this is false without upsetting my daughter any further. Stay away from this DJ. End of review. And then the owner responded, whoever wrote this is false. And that's it. Yeah, yeah, likely story. I'd like you to step up and give some explanations for this because it seems like a wild thing to make up. I know, it's very all over the place.

It's extremely detailed. But it was also bouncing back and forth between the DJ and the woman. And I was like, my like my gosh are these people it sounds like just a lot chaos couple like they just show up and both wreak havoc in like their own unique ways like she starts spreading rumors like she's doing like psychological damage ruining people's businesses there are so many reviews i read that i thought is this real or is this the plot of a movie and it's just a joke. Yeah, some of them sound like sitcom-y almost.

I think that's some of them I have still are wildly ridiculous. But I think this happens really. It must. It's so strange, all of this stuff. Well, I have an email from Annika, she, they, and it is a review from Yelp. And it doesn't say exactly what the company is but maybe that's for

the best so this is this is uh mary's review i went to a catholic slash jewish wedding over the summer i effing love to dance and get all dressed up i was looking good that day slash night but the dj sucked so bad that no one was dancing except like four eight-year-old boys and two four-year-old girls. The dude was playing like Donald Disco Duck. What? I don't know, but I love it. The dude was playing like Donald Disco Duck and just the lamest stuff. It made me hate the couple who got married even more.

That's so brutal. It makes me love the couple who got married even more that's so brutal it makes me love the couple yeah right and hey if the only people dancing are kids might as well give them something to dance to yeah right like put on baby shirt you know it made me hate the couple who got married even more boyfriends friends wedding I was requested so many good wedding slash dance songs and the silver tuxedoed guy was like, hmm, let me see if I have that. Okay, yeah, um, I think I might. Cut to him scrolling through his shiz. Dude had nothing. He did play New Sensation by In Excess as the third to last song, which I requested much earlier in the evening. Everyone got up and shook it then.

End of review. Oh, my God. Okay. So, basically, what I'm getting from this is that the reception had Donald Disco Duck and In Excess. That sounds pretty bad. I'm not. This sounds like in the good place where, like, they play only, like, the worst songs. Like, the people in the bad place, like, hell, play a playlist of just In Ex and donald disco duck over and over you know i'd have fun no i i hope on uh the good

place it's grandma got run over by a reindeer oh no and then they just like play over i love that song though and oh puddle of mud that's the other one i feel like i feel like this really does go hand in hand you know like donald disco duck is too grandma got run over by a reindeer so anyway my turn yep um my next one is of river city river city dj in roseville california right here in river city you know yeah sure that's all i know about it i don't know what that is music man oh wasn't that in gary indiana right here in river city yeah which i think is what gary indiana is called river city as well man i don't know what river city are you talking about i i just told you it's in roseville, California. Oh, I was thinking. I don't know.

Is there a river in Roseville, California? Is there a river in River City? There is a river. Oh my God, River City is also a Scottish soap opera. Okay. River City, it's just two very normal words together that are often seen together. Right here in River City. Stop.

I'm sorry, we got trouble. Right here. Okay. Okay. Here's a review. This is by Whitney. one star okay one star would never recommend this dj to anyone not only was he unreachable until the day before the wedding he called me the morning of stating he didn't have my first dance song or the song i would be walking down the aisle and that I needed to figure it out.

He was extremely rude to everyone, was crazy drunk before the wedding even started. Not to mention him and his, quote, mistress were in a corner during our reception doing unmentionable things. So unprofessional. I feel bad for anyone else who ever uses this company. End of review. I know you said unmentionable, but I want you to mention them. Why don't you tell us the details?

We're all here. Because it probably isn't as juicy as we would like. You're probably right. That's how it always goes. It's like an exaggeration. I'm sure this was a terrible experience. Don't get me wrong, but. But like really?

Yeah. Spill the deets. Come on. Give me more juicy stuff. Let us enjoy your misery. Let's live vicariously. That's so sad. Like, if this is going to be the plot of a Scottish soap opera, I need more details, more juicy details.

Okay, fair. I'll do more research next time. Thank you. I'll reach out to them on Yelp about their wedding eight years ago. Thank you. So this was sent in by amy who suggested the theme by the way and uh this is of midwest sound dj entertainment and uplighting by the way i love that well that uh that name midwest sound like it's a little bit

uh play what midwest emo i'm in maybe this is a two-star review by jenna we were unfortunately disappointed with our experience with midwest sound the initial contact with their office was great the staff was very helpful even helping me find ceremony music when i was having trouble deciding our dj got in touch with us about a week before to sort out last minute details which was nice however the issue started on the day of first it was an outdoor wedding with a heat index of He's like, I need peace. If I'm going to work, I need to lower my body temperature. I need to lower my body temperature. We, of course, were all busy getting ready and did not notice until it was too late. He then did not play the song for the unity ceremony, even after I awkwardly tried to get his attention from the altar.

So instead, we performed the ceremony in uncomfortable silence. Oh my gosh. It's a nightmare. Like, it's a nightmare. The number of reviews I read where people were like, literally from the altar, were trying to motion to the DJ. i'm like yeah it's so painful the fact that you have to do that oh it's so awkward and everyone's watching you yeah and then during dinner he announced my husband by my father's name that's so uncomfortable my dad said i was gonna say my dad said my husband's name wrong in his father of the bride speech yeah and the name he used was very uncomfortable okay never mind the name had a name had a personal

connection to us which he didn't even yeah i don't think that's what it was like that's why it came up it was just he just i think it might have been a subconscious thing. I don't know. Okay. And then during dinner, he announced my husband by my father's name. Awkward. So now dinner is over and everyone is ready to start dancing. Nothing. I just assumed he was getting things ready, waiting for more people, etc. And I don't want to be pushy.

Finally, after almost an hour, my mother goes and asks him what the holdup is. And he informs her that he can't start the reception music until his balance has been paid. Jesus. Are you kidding me? Now, I will take responsibility for probably overlooking that detail in a previous email. Things get a little hectic during wedding week. However, he was aware in the days and hours leading up to the reception

that there was still an outstanding balance. Was he just going to sit there and wait? Yeah, that's pretty fucked. Like, of all times? Wait till that moment as if like to force their hands i'm going on strike right now in the middle of your wedding he didn't even ask for it beforehand yeah if he had asked for it beforehand or like said at the beginning of the wedding or before the ceremony saying hey i still haven't received my beginning of his strike of his hour-long strike. Like, nobody knew why he wasn't playing. It's not an effective strike.

This is so stupid. He's like the worst hostage taker ever, you know? He's just like, he forgot to give the ransom demand to anybody. He forgot. Then he wonders where it is. Where is it? Yeah. Was he just going to sit there and wait?

We were in communication both by phone and email send a message drop a text call me anything i then proceeded to have to round up 820 dollars at my own freaking wedding to pay off the dj who was now essentially holding my wedding hostage an hour after the party was supposed to start talk about humiliating so she literally had to go around and ask people for cash that's so bad that's horrifying like what a terrible day talk about humiliating so we finally get the music going my husband and i have our first dance for which we took dance lessons and had a choreographed dance that was about two minutes long we finished our dance with an obvious finale and the music just kept going once again I'm awkwardly trying

to get the DJ's attention and nothing. I finally have to walk over to him and ask him to stop the music. Also never threw my bouquet. Fortunately, we are all very easygoing people and we just rolled with all the hiccups throughout the day because at the end of the day, it's really just about the people and being together and having fun. However, looking back on it now, our DJ was at constant and my only stress throughout the entire day and that is pretty disappointing end of review that is disappointing if that had happened to like a quote-unquote bridezilla yeah true no that i feel like that dj is lucky imagine imagine the hell this dj would get from some people and rightfully so like don't

get me wrong but like that must be a terrible position to be in where you're like i don't want to be that like yeah over demanding person but this person's taking advantage there comes a point where yeah i don't know it's terrible nothing's gonna get done otherwise i'm gonna throw in another two-star review of this place just because of this same place just because i have it here this is two stars by Nathan. He played Pitbull. That's all you need to know. End of review. Oh, so five stars? It's a Midwest sound.

Indeed. Midwest sound. I get it now. There were so many. So I looked at so many different places. A majority of them had five stars out of five, despite having 40 plus reviews. I don't know what it was, but for some reason, these wedding DJs were some of the highest rated things I've ever seen. I think it's because... But if they had a negative review,

it was a one, always. It was hardcore. It was like 55 stars and like two really intense one stars. I think it's just wedding etiquette to give five stars to your vendors. Yeah, that makes sense. And tip your vendors. And so I think it's just like part of the process yeah and also like different people attending the same event have the opportunity to review oh sure true so i know because i saw many of them

three in a row were from the same date about the same wedding all positive yeah because like after my wedding the vendors would sometimes write and be like could you leave a review and so i feel like it's more likely you would write a positive review of this than exactly any other company and you're just coming off your wedding hopefully feeling very positive people still ringing in your ears and life is good yeah i get it like i assume this bride that the one that you just read uh i assume the reviews of the other vendors were glowing and positive. This one seemed very reasonably negative. What a, what a,

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wow that's actually the top positive review i have oh okay so this is a negative and then i have a positive then i'm done okay so diplomatic So diplomatic. I try. Here's a one star review. This is by Lisa. Oh my gosh. Okay. Boy, this is remember when I said that some of these sounded like a TV episode or something. This is one of those. Oh, geez.

I like someone's going to write in and be like, yeah, this was a plot of this movie. How did you fall for this? It's like a copypasta I don't know, this is wild If it includes J-Lo, I can probably confidently say it is from a rom-com But okay, I'm listening Not that I remember, it's very, there's a lot in there So here we go

Horrible, horrible, horrible company and service No accountability, no compensation, do not book with them Okay. the day of. She arrived and interacted with my florist first, stating someone needed to unload her car. Then said she needed a bathroom, and when directed to go in the door, she walked to the electrical panel next to the door and attempted to open that and was confused. Oh my god! Oh my god, what the fuck?

I know, and already I'm reading this like, whoa, I'm in for a ride. I mean, we already talked about somebody with psychiatric problems, and now this person is trying to climb into the bathroom. If they pee in the electrical panel, I'm going to freak the fuck out. The door was directly next to her and very visible. No possible way to confuse it. She then showed my florist that she needed to clean up because she was bleeding and blood

was dripping from her hand. Oh my god, Alcindor! If you can guess why it's bleeding, I would give you $100 right now. I'll give you a thousand guesses and I'd give you $100 if you got it right. What about $1,000 and 100 guesses?

I would also do that. Take that deal. So, my first guess was like she was just touching the electrical panel and she electrocuted herself no and then turned around and said the bathroom hurt me or something um my next guess was that since she's talking to the floor she started touching all the roses all the thorns no okay well those are two of my no you're not gonna get it i have 98 98 more. No. Okay. Blood was dripping from her hand. She said she cut it on a root beer bottle. What? Where? In the

electrical panel? What is she doing? I don't know what's going on. This is so exciting. I feel like I'm on the ride of a lifetime. This is not a J-Lo film that I can recall. When she got to the bathroom, someone was in it, so she knocked and said, I'm sure whoever is in there wants-Lo film that I can recall. When she got to the bathroom, someone was in it. So she knocked and said, I'm sure whoever is in there wants their privacy, but I need to get in there because I'm bleeding.

When she came out of the bathroom, she went into the kitchen where a friend of mine was making mimosas and asked for a drink. She stood uncomfortably close till the drink was made, then chugged it down. This was when she was informed that the officiant wanted to know if she had a microphone he could use during the ceremony. She stated that it was a silly request and he could just talk louder. Aside from all this, she interacted with the owner of our venue,

my 18-year-old son who unloaded and loaded her car, my mother. She went to the floor and was like, empty my car, and the floor was like, what? I'm literally setting up bouquets. And then the poor teenage boy had to go unload the car? That's not how that works. My mother, my florist, my brother, all of who expressed how off she seemed, unprofessional and rude.

We also have pictures of how disheveled she showed up and the door that she couldn't understand how to walk through that is a hundred percent visible she showed up to a job dripping blood when she was asked to leave she sat in her car for 20 minutes staring at her hand that was bleeding before leaving it was all so very strange what i found out after my wedding is that when they were finally reached they told my husband quote you can either have a full refund or a DJ. I'm completely blown away by this. I've never heard of something so horrible to say to someone on their wedding day when their company sent a seemingly drugged woman to our venue. The response should have been an immediate apology, a quick action to rectify the situation with the DJ. Then there absolutely should have been compensation for our day not going as planned. My husband of course just wanted the DJ there in that moment as it was

almost time for our ceremony to begin. Our parents' wedding songs were not played. My must play songs were not played. My recessional song was incorrect. Our last song of the night was not played. The DJ should have been playing the last song at 9pm, not packed up and gone by 840 without even speaking to anyone. And he was requested to play a song by my daughter, but instead packed up and left early. They stated that as far as they could tell from speaking to Hazel, she was fine and don't believe we are owed a refund, yet they fired her. None of that adds up. We've gotten no refund. They blame us more than anything they are extremely rude and i wish i read more reviews here first as it seems this is not a first

end of review alexander isn't that wild is i mean oh my god either she's like an alien being trying to fit in like like where is the bathroom it's there and she tries like it sounds like an alien or she's on drugs like i don't know how else to explain this behavior i don't know this is so strange alexander i don't know she's just like bleeding and like chugging mimosas and like and then get just leaving because they were like please leave and staring at her hand in the car i mean this is bizarre yeah no it's it really did seem so fucking weird like i i didn't expect to say this but this is too strange for a sitcom or a rom-com yeah that's why i brought it because i was like this can't be a

joke like if this happened people would be like what the fuck kind of plot line is this she's trying to pee in the electrical box yeah i don't know like it's too weird maybe if we had some context or something it could could be like, that was just so wild. Oh, my God. I don't know. I feel very fortunate that my wedding is over and I don't have to do it again. Oh, man. Although I might hire Hazel just to see what happens.

Yeah, I know. Well, Hazel was fired, so you're going to have to hire Hazel as independent contractor. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm happy to do that. Honestly, I'd prefer it. Easy. So this is where I just couldn't help myself. And I went and found somebody that we both know and love.

Uh-oh. Who used to be a wedding DJ. Do you know who this could be? DJ Shlomo? I forgot about that. Wow. No. No. Okay. Let's just say our math teacher was also a dj so there's that

okay so no uh i'm talking about the lovable zach bagans yeah okay yeah i didn't know he was a wedding dj yes he was now i want you to guess what his dj name was and i i'd also like to point out here that i went to great lengths and i mean great with a capital G lengths, to find the name of his DJ company, of which he was president. Because it is so difficult to find. Really? Yes. Well, I guess the name of it's not that difficult, but I found a lot more details. And then I ended up finding his current home address, which I won't be revealing. his current home address, which I won't be revealing. But, you know, I didn't do anything illegal, but I did find quite a bit more information than I initially had planned to.

So, you know, I put my old PI skills to use. But do you want to guess what his DJ name was? DJ Haunt. I have no idea. Not quite. It was Vegas Voltage. Oh, no, I would never have guessed that one. Now, just for a little context, for those of you who don't know zach bagans is a paranormal investigator he's famous for his show ghost adventures he has a haunted museum in las vegas um he's probably arguably like the biggest paranormal investigator you know pop culture wise and here's a little i just want

to read a blur because this this comes into play this is a summary or a synopsis of ghost adventures paranormal investigator zach bagans leads his team of co-investigators nick groff and aaron goodwin at haunted locations both in america and abroad this is the description of his dj of ghost adventures yeah both abroad wow they've really made it big as djs vegas voltage in amsterdam This is the description of his DJ. Of Ghost Adventures. Yeah. Abroad. Wow. They've really made it big as DJs. Good job.

Vegas Voltage in Amsterdam? So, now then I ended up on Nick Groff's debut book. Oh. Called Chasing Spirits, The Building of the Ghost Adventures Crew. So, we're just going down the... Yes. Proverbial rabbit hole. Got it. Because this is about wedding djs oh okay okay yes it is it is it is so this is how this is how this whole thing happened well you'll just what's the whole thing ghost adventures

ghost adventures was started oh wow and it has to do with wedding DJs. Okay. Okay. I like this. Okay. Yeah. Sorry. So Nick says, producing wedding videos may sound like the least exciting job in the film business, but it's a way to learn a lot. Plus, so many weddings come through Vegas. When it came time for my own wedding, I asked Aaron to film it, and then I would do the editing myself. Next, Veronique and I needed to find the right music. We had originally picked a DJ recommended by the Ritz, but I decided to look instead for someone cool with better music. I went online and one website popped up right away. Vegas Voltage. Veronique and I met with a Vegas Voltage DJ over drinks.

It turned out the guy had gone to film school too and was really into movies. We liked him and hired him for our wedding. His name was Zach Bagans. I know. That's kind of cool and then they kept in touch that's how they met that's wild he met aaron and nick at nick's wedding that's so cool is that wild i like that and then they all kept in touch and we're all like into ghost hunting and look at them now and now they're like mega stars yeah that's just a wild

story so i wanted to just share that but i do have um pictures of his house but i'll show that to you later weirdly makes sense though i know does it fit it very much does yeah yeah i think the wildest part is that all three of them met that way yeah yeah it's one thing to hear he used to be a dj but like two of them used to be djs and all of them worked in the wedding space is like so like so random. It's so random. And they met at his wedding. Wow. Anyway, that's really my wrap. Cool. That's right.

Do you have any more? Yeah, I do. I have a final redemption. Okay, great. This was sent in by Izzy They Them. And it's actually a review of DJ Mac Cummings in Atlanta, Georgia. And it's a five-star review. Okay.

This is by Josephine. I love coming. I love coming. I love coming out. I love coming out. DJ Matt Cummings is not only the turntable minister, but he is the anointed turntable minister. Whoa. It takes more than DJ equipment to be a Christian DJ. It also takes more than just skills.

DJ Matt Cummings mixes inspirational gospel music like none other because he has a relationship with his creator. He oozes inspirational gospel music. He mixes music from his spirit, man. His mixes uplift the listeners, and they've realized that the presence of the Lord is in the place. End of review.

Whoa. Whoa. Right? Talk about elevating your the place. End of review. Whoa. Whoa. Right? Talk about elevating your church experience. That's right. If we had that at Catholic school or Catholic Mass, we'd probably still go to church. Hell yeah. Man.

DJ Matt Cummings. They know what they're doing. They do. These like newfangled Christians. These newfangled. Not the Roman Catholics. No, no. They're just getting out their like turntables and sliders

and meanwhile roman catholics are finally not using latin i know they finally switched to english oh man just wait 100 years from now we'll finally the first priest will get like a hand me down turntable and be like wiki wiki okay okay okay i was raised catholic i was there you can't blame me for not knowing how DJ stuff works. Okay. True. Also, like, wow. I was expecting him to say like the Holy Spirit. Like he, I guess he sort of, they sort of said that.

Yeah. They mentioned the Holy Spirit. And also the spirit, the word spirit was capitalized. Lord was capitalized. Everything that was like that was capitalized. Like even God's pronouns. Yes. Yeah. Yeah like that was capitalized. Like even God's pronouns. Yes. Yeah, yeah.

Of course. Okay. So this is from Natalie Sheher. And this is actually just Natalie's review of her own wedding planner. Uh-oh. Because I just, I read this and was like, oh my God, I need to share this. It's sort of like a personal story, but it is also a review from a listener. So this is from Natalie.

And she says, it looks like wedding DJs are probably going to win. I can't find any good reviews of my wedding DJ. So I'll just tell you guys a story. He was a friend of our wedding planner. I say was because I suspect she may have blacklisted him when we told her what happened. As a DJ, he was absolutely phenomenal. Read the crowd well, played music that appealed to Gen Alpha all the way through our grandparents in their late 80s. My husband's grandfather bragged that he ran onto the dance floor without his cane. My shy autistic cousin found a spot far from the speakers and danced all night. We also used his production company for a photo booth.

Because our dance floor was so lit, the photo booth attendant decided to join in. My husband and I thought he was a wedding crasher at first, but then it clicked. That's kind of cute. He was grinding up on the hottest single lady. That's less cute. Super unprofessional, but we both had a good buzz going at that point, and he was not the only dude going after her, so we let that go. Also, to think that's a wedding crasher.

This is a photo attendant grind. Not even the DJ. No, this is the photo attendant. Grinding on. Not attending the photo booth. Just couldn't resist. Couldn't resist. She collected tons of numbers that night and ended up going out with our wedding planner's hot son good for her

i love this this is like the wildest tale like talk about a rom-com plot you know ultimately the main reason we used that company was for the dj so we tipped him very well we figured he'd choose an appropriate amount to pass down to the creepy photo booth guy i'm here as the ghost of christ Christmas past telling future couples getting married to put trusted family members or people from the wedding party in charge of giving out tips. They see a lot more than you do. You'll be distracted going around saying hi to everyone who comes and the vendors will work extra hard to impress you when you're nearby. We had an after party and several people mentioned that the dj was also being creepy my maid of honor went up to request a song and he told her he'd only play

it if she gave him a kiss on the cheek she told me it was weird but that song's my jam so i did it and the song respect i respect the hustle i don't respect that that ass no no no exactly honestly i mean it is gross but natalie is like 10 steps ahead of all the reviewers on the internet because she gives us the context we want yes the song was no scrubs by tlc you got it i guess that's important and then she says i'm not sure why that feels relevant but it does somehow i'm glad and it does it is. I'm at peace. Me too. Thank God. I feel like we have so many loose ends. Is that a thing? A loose end?

Yes. Okay. You have to tie up the loose ends. The loose ends. We're tripping all over them. The Yelpers never tie them up. My aunt also went up to request a song and he said, hell yeah, and ran out of the booth to give her a hug.

He didn't discriminate by gender either. My husband's gay uncles gave him a compliment on their way out and he kissed them on the cheek i look forward to hearing whatever you guys find peace natalie oh wow it was just like so odd i was like this is this is just um i mean weird when you consider zach bagans is a wedding dj oh god and you read all these reviews there's a certain type of person who seems to be a wedding dj yeah it and you read all these reviews there's a certain type of person who seems to be a wedding dj yeah it is a very specific brand and i mean you got to be like the life of the party yeah you're but not also like but some of them take it as like a way to

be creepy at their spotlight take advantage of this and yeah and make it about them i feel like a good dj you are the life of the party but you also know not to take over that's what it is yes like you're the you are the life of the party in the sense that you keep the music going yeah you let everyone else party

yes um yeah yeah I just all was pretty wild to me jeez anyway oh are you done

I'm done okay so wait I'm done too oh good okay I just have my challenge. Coffee break. Coffee break.

I have to let you in. He's crying out there. Oh, he's out there. Yeah. All right. Time for my challenge. This was sent in by Levan and the challenge is find a review that mentions a public proposal. Now they also said bonus points if they said no, but I want to put up front,

I could not find any where somebody said no. That's fine. So you don't get bonus points. I don't get bonus points. But do I because I was so honest about it? No. These points, Christiane, is anyone keeping track of them? Yeah, I know someone is. I hope someone is. We're going to meet someone at like a meet and greet one day and they'll be like i've tallied up all your points okay so first off i found okay well i feel like i should just be honest with you okay i immediately went to cruisecritic.com of course you did and um that's a place to do it yeah i found a youtube video

called proposing to my girlfriend on a cruise ship and it had like 22 000 views it was like just quite quite the show okay then i found this oh my gosh alexander this flash mob proposal on a cruise ship oh no oh my gosh i watched the whole thing and it was fun it was fun yeah and i actually teared up and i tell you. Because so the man walks down. So they're doing this flash mob. And apparently what happened is they did something called roll call, which I guess you do in a cruise ship where it's like a, I don't know what it is. I have literally no idea. So I don't know why I'm trying to explain it.

They did roll call and a bunch of other people, like the staff and stuff, said they wanted to help with this proposal. So they spent weeks choreographing this in secret. Holy crap. And like staying up late. That's insane. And like, you know, obviously not getting paid for this. So they choreographing this in secret. Holy crap. And like staying up late. That's insane. And like, you know, obviously not getting paid for this. So they choreographed this whole thing and then they filmed it. And it said like, first ever flash mob proposal on a cruise ship.

And then, so they're doing the dance and everything. And then every other cruise ship was like, oh God, people are going to ask us to do this. They've set the precedent. And so then the man kind of walks down the stairs and you see him like get ready to pop the question. And he's wearing like a camo hat, like baseball cap. And then he gets ready to propose. And another man in a camo hat comes out. And that's his boyfriend, his fiance.

And so it's a gay proposal. I was like drama two camo hats but they're both in these like polo shirts tucked into their pants like they're so cute and like oh my god i because i was not expecting i mean you know which i guess i just having heteronormative a heteronormative understanding of the cruise ship world. But, you know, I didn't really think about it in the way of, oh, my God, this could be so queer and beautiful. And so the guy goes down and he's and then his love comes out and then he says yes. And it's just so beautiful and heartwarming.

That's cute. So anyway, I was really wrapped up in that last night. Do we have negative reviews of these events? No. But now we don't give a shit. I just watch them. That's cute. So anyway, I was really wrapped up in that last night. Do we have negative reviews of these events? No. But now we don't give a shit. I just watched them, that's all. Negative points. I just watched them, that's all.

I'm just kidding. So let me get... Okay, some entertainment for people to watch instead of listening to the rest of the episode. It's really fun to watch. That sounds nice. I'll probably watch it later. Okay, good. Now let me find the actual reviews.

Was that your stalling tactic? Because it did not work. I don't even need a stalling tactic because I can just edit out the silence. True. And that's what I'll do. All right. Thank you for letting me stall because I realized I put all that information and then I never added the screenshots that accompanied it. So here, I finally got them in order.

Here they are. This is from the Cruise Critic community, and somebody asked, Help greatly appreciated. Oh, the title of this forum post is Marriage Proposal. Help greatly appreciated. We will be on the Triumph August 30th cruise, and my son is wanting to do a flash mob proposal.

Any ideas? How can we get a hold of the cruise director pre-cruise? Any suggestions will be helpful. Okay. So that is the post. And it has a few responses. I'm just going to read a couple of them. This response.

And by the way, I feel like some of these at least deserved an eek, but none of them. No one's eekin'? No one eeked in any of these. Weird. I know, I was like, something's off, you know? But this is by PB Steve, a response. Peanut butter? I think so.

Or PBS Teave, maybe. Yeah, definitely that. Could be that. Please take no offense, semicolon. I don't think it's going to happen. You will need to try and set up a flash mob yourself. Search Green Hornet on John's blog. Okay.

I feel like... We're too deep. You need the... You're too deep, Christina. To you, this is just a normal review. To everyone else, we're like, what is going on? This is like the jargon, the CC jargon yeah cruise critic jargon you're so deep into this that it all seems so normal to you oh my god i went undercover and i got lost what do they call it when you go

too deep undercover and you get like lost in the sauce no that's not right you get what no that's the lady peeing in the electrical box. You get lost in your undercover work. I'm sure there's a word for it. Maybe. Criminal Minds said something about it once. So John Heald, just like for those of you who don't know, I'm sure most of you, at least some of you know, but John Heald is the brand ambassador and senior cruise director of Carnival Cruise Lines.

Got it. And for some reason. And has a blog. He has a, he's a blogger for the cruise line. Got it. For some reason, people refer to this man by his first name and without any explanation, and everyone seems to know who this is. They don't know what a flash mob is, but they somehow know who John Heald is.

So just take that. Take that. Take that. Okay. So. Search Green Hornet on John's blog and 4th of July singer. It's not that they don't want to make you happy, but remember, there are 3,000 other people on the cruise. If you want a flash mob for a proposal, next becomes a flash mob for a new baby.

Then for a kindergarten graduation. And then because Muffin had kittens. All of a sudden, everyone expects to get a flash mob. Slippery slope. This proposal flash mob. Slippery slope. This proposal flash mob. Wow. The fucking progressive, the liberals are trying to get. What's next?

You know what I'm saying? What's next? Flash mob's famously progressive actions. Yeah, like flash mob is in men's bathroom. Flash mob's in women's bathroom. What's next? Flash mob because Muffin had kittens? All of a sudden, everyone expects to get a flash mob i would instead make it a private event or ask the

matra d okay m-a-t-r-a and then just the letter d sorry that's the matra d i'm guessing that's a standard request in the mdr i don't know what that is. I'm not going to Google it. So next we have Aaron's response. Aaron 3 2 1 9 says, what's a flash mob? Which is just super helpful. Thank you for your input. Then Lou responds,

flash mob equals, and then links the Wikipedia page for a flash mob. And says, don't expect it happening unless you have a bunch of friends on the ship and put the thing together yourself on deck or somewhere otherwise appropriate you won't get on stage before a show starts in front of the full audience to do it for the reasons people have stated above now here's my advice which is worth what you have paid for it nothing do you want to be classy or carnivore-y about it? I suggest the former. Make reservations at the steakhouse for one evening, just the two of you.

Or if with other family members slash friends, that's fine too. Earlier in the day, go to the steakhouse and see if the maitre d' spelled correctly. And explain what you want to do and if he or she will assist you. I'm certain they will, especially once you give them a $20 bill. Tell them your reservation time, who your fiancé is, and hand them the ring you do have a ring don't you first of all this is the mom of the person like she's like i don't have the ring jeez and i wonder if the son's like um i don't want a flash mob stop oh my god can you imagine yes i can like when Like when the online dating, the mom made the... Oh my God.

Then tell them whatever dessert your fiancee orders to put the ring on top of it and deliver your desserts while saying nothing about the ring being there. The rest is up to you after you hear the expected, what's this? Is this person just living out their fantasy by writing all i don't understand why it's so i did that says lou oh in a creme brulee in the creme brulee oh what is that i did that in a creme brulee at a fancy new york restaurant and it went over quite well also and this is underlined which I didn't know you could do. Also, don't listen to those asking you to bother John Heald. The man has enough to deal with aside from a range for a mob scene for this.

Mob scene? I mean, I'm not surprised people got up about this because it is kind of annoying to expect things to fall. But that's not what was happening here. But she wasn't trying to be like, plan this for me. She was just asking to reach out to them. And honestly, she probably was hoping to hear from people who were like, oh, I've seen this done and you can contact so-and-so. You know, I mean. Just let her contact whoever and let them say no.

Let John decide if he's too busy. Let him set his own boundaries. Exactly. The fact that they're like speaking for everyone. Yeah, Lou's like, don't bother John. He's busy. I'm like, says who? You're not his assistant.

Granted, John might appreciate that. I mean. But still. It's his own fucking responsibility. It's still strange. So this is the last response. It's by rogue person who had like a tag that i've never seen before whoa yeah so they have a tag on their profile

that says rare oh i know and then such as how they like their state or something and then i clicked on it and went and they had this badge that was like they've done like three live feeds or something. Where I think you're on a ship and people are like asking questions. It's like an Instagram live, but it's not video. I think it's like you're just answering questions. Oh. But they've only reached the second level, which is Cool Cruiser.

And then there's like 14 other levels. But they haven't reached any of them. They've only gotten to Cool Cruiser, but somehow they got this rare badge impressive i know i was just like really learning a lot so this is rogue person's response quality not quantity on cruise critic you know what i think that's probably true even though this person does have 3.5 000 jesus christ so maybe both maybe you both question mark here's something to think about which dissuaded me from proposing on my last cruise on the Independence. 30 years from now, the Triumph may be gone or under another name. Don't you want someplace you can tangibly return to and say, we got engaged here?

That's true. Blaze and I sometimes break into our old apartment and say, hey, no, you don't understand. I know you're sleeping. Oh, I love that song. Yeah, I i know just to see where we got engaged i feel like that's not on the top of everyone's priority like to go back to where you got engaged like i can see why that would be romantic if it's somewhere important that's something to consider at least i guess because i never i didn't think of it that way and this, that might be important to the son or the son's future fiance. Yeah, I guess. Yes. So I just, I'm just saying, like, I agree that it's, I don't think this, any of this is important, but that's, I'm not going to say that, of course. Don't you want some place you can tangibly return to and say, we got engaged here?

That made the decision for me to propose in one of the ports. In my case, it was during an excursion to Marigot. Listen, how often is he going back there to say, look where we got engaged? What is it? I don't know. It's a place in France. I think. I have no idea.

Or it's a place that France colonized once. I'm not sure. I did in on the pier. and unbeknownst to me, I proposed next to a printed graffiti. It was in French. I later learned that it said, this is my favorite spot. Aw.

Which is so cute, but also like so not helpful. Now you're just bragging, you know, like about how perfect your proposal was. No, it is like a beautiful story, but like also not helpful. Not at all. What this person was asking for. I was just cracking up because I'm like, it is like a beautiful story, but like also not helpful. Not at all.

What this person was asking for. I was just cracking up because I'm like, you know this person was like, oh, I know exactly what I'm going to say. I've been waiting for a moment to tell this story. No, they've told that story

3.5 thousand times. Oh, that's true. That's why they're so rare. Yeah. Okay, so now we're getting off the cruise ship. Oh, darn. But not to Marigo.

We're going to Five Crown Steakhouse in Corona Del Mar, California. And this is a one-star review by Carl. The end of an era. The Five Crowns is no longer. For 20 years, my family and I have been coming to Five Crowns several times a year, especially for special occasions. Most recently, our 15th wedding anniversary. In fact, I proposed to my wife right there on the patio.

Unfortunately, the patio no longer exists, nor does the menu, nor does the excellent service, nor does the excellent prime rib. Yes, they have a limited offering of prime rib that was cold and stringy. My wife ordered off the children's menu because she found nothing appealing on the limited adult menu. When I asked where the Henry VIII cut was... Yikes, this sounds gross. Yes, it does. I was told that I had to specifically ask for it because it was no longer offered. The meal, although still expensive, was second rate.

The patio, which once sported flowing plants throughout, is just another damp, dreary room that was so loud we could not even carry on a conversation. The waitress's attire is no longer the old English attire, but instead black pants, white shirts, and ties. Something you'd see at Denny's. First of all, no. Wait, I'm like trying to picture the Denny's uniform. I'm like, I don't think that's it.

That's also like a steakhouse uniform yeah that is very it seems very normal traditional steakhouse uniform what's the english attire but between the henry the eighth and the english attire and it's called five crowns powdered waves clearly it's like a i think it's like a uk uh theme sounds awful yeah it sounds awful. No offense to UK. That's not what I meant. No, it's not about that. But let me like look up because I remember reading how it. Here we go.

Upscale destination for classic cuisine in a warm space inspired by England's oldest country inns. I mean, that makes it sound nice. That sounds actually cozy. That does sound nice. But yes. So actually, it's really beautiful. Like this is the new patio, which I think is gorgeous. Looks like a...

What? That's a new one? Looks like a sunroom. That looks great. It does not look... What do they call it? A damp... A damp, dreary room.

Dreary room. Yeah. Looks pretty beautiful to me. Looks pretty nice to me. But anyway, so they are no longer wearing old English attire, which I feel like I'm hesitant to believe they ever wore old english attire but you know i'm so curious i am too i maybe i should go back on yelp and see like if they're old photos yeah well this was written in 2011 so it would have to be like super

old photos maybe maybe they got engaged during the reign of henry the eighth and he's just confused he's like been transported to a current time okay the waitress's attire is no longer the old English attire, but black pants, white shirts, and ties. Something you'd see at Denny's, not a famed steakhouse. As stated earlier, this was our anniversary. My wife was given a card. Can they not afford a piece of cake? Or are they just screwing their loyal following by trying to save a buck? This was the so low class it's laughable as we left to go find another restaurant to have dessert we encountered

another longtime patron in the parking lot with similar complaints holding their card and equally disappointed like an impromptu meeting how did this happen was he like protesting outside bitching really loudly. But this is like the classic of them. Like there was another couple who thought the exact same thing. I hate those so much. I wasn't the only one who thought it. I hate it.

Unfortunately, this will be our last visit. They should have changed their name rather than try to dupe their longtime clientele into one last disappointing meal. End of review. But you know, this goes directly against the argument but of rogue person because it's like don't you want some more tangible maybe you don't maybe you want to keep it preserved no i see that's the thing as a perfect place i was gonna say the same thing because i'm thinking like in my case going vegan i mean it's a silly example but like i don't know i was at a steakhouse like going to back. Yeah. Like, that's not a crazy amount of time. We were at like an all-you-can-eat Korean barbecue buffet.

Exactly. No, yeah. Imagine if you'd proposed to someone and now it's like, well, that's awkward. I was never going to do that, but, you know. But, you know, for the sake of a fun story, yeah. So, yeah, who knows? a fun story yeah so yeah who knows i mean i feel like uh i'm just gonna leave that apartment that blaze proposed into the to the current tenants and and not you know try to recreate 2017 i think that makes sense thank you i do too i do too um so this next one i have is a redemption of five

crowns oh apparently a lot of people get engaged here because remember this challenge. It still fits the challenge. Yeah. This is Five Stars by Bonnie. Five crowns has been in my boyfriend's family for years. His dad proposed to his mom here and his brother proposed to his sister-in-law. We came here for our one year anniversary and all I can say is OMG. The prime rib was so tasteful.

We had it with the cream of corn and cream of spinach. We had cocktails at the bar and a bottle of wine at the table. The owner was very attentive. There was a wedding outside when we were there, but that didn't hinder the quality of the food or service. Sometimes when there's a big party being hosted, the dining room gets disregarded, which didn't happen with us. The souffle, which takes 20 minutes to make, was to die for. first five crowns experience i cannot wait to go back end of review i read that

because i felt like it was going in the direction of and then he proposed to me yeah me too i was expecting that because i'm reading it goes we came here for a one-year anniversary all i can say is omg the prime rib was so tasty and And I was like, oh, dear. I thought this was going to be like, OMG. He popped the question. And there's like a picture of her souffle. And I'm like looking for the ring on the souffle. Much like Lou.

I feel like there was that energy. Like there was that hope. In the air, you know. It's sort of like you're taking. Like, hey, look at all the history that my boyfriend's family has with this place his brother proposed his dad had a good souffle there yes the prime rib was delicious and i'm like i thought it was cold and stringy but i'm glad that you got what you wanted you know um so i was like menu because and the fact that the proposal was in that search like

the word was in there and i was like oh i know where this is going oh no never mind that's disappointing i mean she seemed to have a great time so i'm not saying she's disappointed i just was hoping you were disappointed i was disappointed got him um okay so i think this is my oh i have two more okay so this is uh this is a forum on yelp called who do you hate most on the Food Network? Yelp can be really toxic. I don't know if you've noticed that. I think I have. But the forums?

Who do you hate the most, Christina? Who do you hate the most? Do you have an answer? No, I don't really hate anyone on the Food Network. I don't really watch the Food Network. I mean, I feel like in passing I have, and I know the names, but I don't care that much. Yeah, I know. That's how I feel. It seems like a lot of energy but and i know the names but i don't care that much yeah i know that's how it seems like a lot of energy to you know so first of all kim responded rachel ray seems too easy

what that skinny sandra lee and her mushroom soup cool with vienna sausage creations is pretty bad too and i think that paula dean might secretly be a dominatrix okay so wait these are negative things who do you hate oh yeah dominatrix i was like and yeah i was like oh really who do they think that about ena garten polo d i'm sorry you know garden here i swear i'm not just like making that up i think it's pronounced ina garden ina garden i know i just heard that on a podcast and was like whoopsies okay so gregor didn't get the chef carton okay gregor didn't get the assignment and wrote i hate that my tv screen isn't scratch and sniff i think they're the only one who got the assignment i approve i like this one christopher wrote the answer to this question is so obvious and that's it that's it no other no other words

um then let's see i bet some people are like yep it is but i don't know who and then i think it's rachel ray is the one that everyone is trying to um okay then kim responds again and says which by the way i feel like she's already given like enough context about the dominatrix a skinny sandra lee rachel ray suzy now she writes that barefoot contessa used to irk me flaunting her affluent hampton's life jetting around in her bmw to buy expensive spatulas at william sonoma then i started to like her because she seems to spend so much time drinking lots of cocktails with her fabulous gay friends what a lush i'm like this person is like wow i think there's a lot of their own opinion i think yeah this is very it's very specific things to to to hate and to love this person's like emotional pendulum is like violently swinging i don't want them to listen

to our podcast so scared i do not want that i'm like i don't i don't want to know what they think of us it can't be good um and now louise writes paula dean i used to like her but ever since paula's party she comes off way obnoxious to me didn't she also say some really hateful stuff yes she's like she said the n-word like she's not a good person or at least you know not not a role model the turning point was watching the episode where someone proposed on her show and she spent the whole time afterward talking about the woman and her ring while the guy stood awkwardly in the back also sandra lee is fake with her makeup and half-assed creations and the response

wow okay so that's where the proposal i forgot the whole point of this i know i was like oh yeah of course let's talk about food network it just made sense it's just i didn't question who do you hate most on the food network that's amazing it's just uh do you have a video of that it made sense did you look up for that video oh yes i did well I didn't watch the video, but I did read the article about it. And the guy apparently, he asked the producers and they said, oh, you can't do it till June. And he's like, well, we're getting married in August and we can't change that. So he ended up telling his girlfriend, like, go pick out a ring and plan the wedding. Okay.

And I'll propose to you at a certain random time and place then they got to the screening or the taping and the theme was like wedding dishes so like she was pretty obvious what was going on but apparently it was kind of cute the shit paula dean was like does anyone want to taste this and then like handed it to i don't know the guy or the girl and then he proposed on camera so you know and then she said the n-word um okay so oh paula i know she's like really problematic so here is a review of pf chang's that's where i want to be proposed i just feel like i found some great spots that's where i want to be proposed yeah i know you do um so here is a review of pf chang's Chang's in Atlanta. Ten years ago, I proposed to my wife while having dinner at P.F. Chang's in Cumberland Mall.

The manager was in on the deal and assisted by putting the ring on a wafer stick that was part of her dessert. The entire restaurant witnessed it and cheered when she said yes. It added to a memorable event. My wife will be in the Atlanta area for business next week, and I was planning to surprise her by flying to Atlanta and taking her to dinner at the same place. Oh. finding another one in the general area. The problem is that it would not be the same because if it wasn't the same restaurant, is it worth the chance? I forgot. This wasn't really a review. It was one of the forums.

And so people responded and they were like, nah, it'll work. Like we were like, it's fine for what you're looking for. It's fine. I think you're going to find negative reviews at every PF Changs. Yeah.

It's sort of just the vibe of the PF Changs. I think it's, if it's special to you, definitely just go to that one. Yeah. And at the very least you can go to annie ann's at the mall you're at the mall there's so much what could go wrong what could go wrong um and so that is a pf changs i also looked up rainforest cafe um just some other ones i didn't really find any good ones from there darn chuckie cheese now someone now the most romantic of all uh a brad paisley concert at the o2 in london oh yeah so stephanie asked on trip advisor is it a good idea to propose this

friday inside the o2 watching brad paisley my girlfriend adores him and i don't know if it's a good idea to do it there okay so here are the responses. Someone's going to be like, oh yeah, while she's ogling another man, you want to propose? While she's worshipping. While she's worshipping Brad Paisley. Mr. Paisley. So Ian wrote back, I would say no, not a good place. But remember, I'm not young. I will remember that, Ian.

Thank you. good place but remember i'm not young i will remember that ian thank you at the rod stewart concert it was like being in a noisy rowdy pub full of drunks and when i tried to propose at the rod stewart concert i wouldn't be surprised if a brad paisley concert has a similar vibe though energy yeah now uh i7654Z something or other responded. Difficult to say as these things are very personal. The arena is large and really only comes to life when it is full of people, but then it is very noisy. How sure are you that her answer will be yes? If fairly sure and you want to make it special, why not get in touch with the O2 or People or Brad Paisley's team to see what they are prepared to facilitate?

You never know. You might end up proposing on stage. Good luck. And then Jiveman49 says, Wow. I love when people talk about proposals talk about proposals as if like whoever's being proposed to their mood that day is what will affect their answer and it's like a 50 50 shot it's that thin of a line right that shouldn't happen brad paisley or not you know i don't know if these people are talking from experience when they say this, but... Who, Jiveman49, the slickest TripAdvisor user that ever lived? I've proposed 12 times in my life, and that's what I've learned. And I've also been to 12 Rod Stewart concerts. Coincidence?

I think not. Yeah, I just love like, oh, if you ruin the evening for her, she's going to hate the concert. It's like, is that the priority here? That she... I mean, I don't know. Yeah, I don't know i yeah i don't i didn't get an update on whether that happened or not um but i would assume it didn't happen there i did find a forum where someone proposed at chucky cheese no way i'm not kidding no way

and the forum was basically him asking i don't know why people are always asking other people which is not going to go on the internet never ask the internet and they said my son is having i'm not kidding my son's having his birthday party at chucky cheese this weekend and apparently he told his girlfriend's mom that he was going to propose like that weekend and he's like so i now i have to do it at chucky cheese and people were like please don't ruin your son's birthday and like he's like he's five he won't know what's going on and i'm like this is so weird but then there was an update and it said update she said yes so i'm like all right wow it actually happened

which which like went against all the advice from the internet so why even ask you know exactly that's what that first person responded saying it's such a personal thing just said nasty things and then he did it anyway so you know i mean i got to witness it so i feel like blessed that hashtag blessed that he put it on the internet um but i was like yeah if you're asking the internet like then you probably already know right just go with know that what your aunt know what you're leaning towards i don't know so those are all the reviews i have the only thing i have left are um just a listicle from buzzfeed of the worst places people have proposed oh i love these just for fun so i saved a couple so this one says my sister drove me out to this beautiful area where i immediately spotted roses and picture frames all over the ground i was convinced we were ruining

someone else's proposal and frantically ran away my boyfriend came out from behind a bush and i didn't recognize him at first i yelled there's the man we have to go and began to run away even faster i eventually figured out it was my own proposal and i've never felt dumber we've been married almost three years now oh good there's the man there's the man run away that's not a good sign for the no if you don't know what's going on while working at an italian restaurant a guy asked if we could bring a ring and flowers out to his girlfriend on a tray for him to propose during dinner. My manager excitedly came out and placed it on a couple's table. The woman was ecstatic, but the man was in sheer horror.

It was the wrong table. We all had to awkwardly watch as the correct groom walked over and claimed his ring from a very upset woman. The rest of the proposal was overshadowed by the crying woman and her boyfriend trying to explain he just didn't see that future for them needless to say no amount of free dinners was fixing that mess and that's from jacqueline um wow okay i guess it rips a band-aid off yeah i guess now they've really gotten to the bottom of yeah that's one way to test your relationship like if they were on that those different pages it's really rocky yeah clearly wasn't gonna last if she was expecting a proposal and he was like

absolutely not oh no okay this one says my husband proposed to me on a cruise ship and i got so drunk i had to be pushed around in a wheelchair after throwing up everywhere i was then banned from drinking on board for 24 hours now that's the kind of thing I want to see on cruisecritic.com. Yeah, banned for... Oh my gosh, amazing. Pushed around in a wheelchair because he got too drunk. Okay, this one says, I had to pee really bad while on a walk with my boyfriend back to our hotel on vacation.

I wanted to stop, but he insisted I wait. I had to pee so bad I was in pain and started arguing with him, saying I was glad we weren't getting married anytime soon when we got back I shoved him out of the way and took the longest pee of my life I was so sweaty I couldn't even get my jeans pulled back up so I walked out with them around my ankles and laid on the bed to cool off I looked over and saw him holding a ring and he proposed perfect I asked for a redo and he just shrugged and said moments over besides what just happened is very us yeah i like that that's fun that's cute my boyfriend knew his sister was watching

so he said let's get this over with will you marry me when i broke up with him shortly thereafter i started the breakup speech the same way oh yikes My teacher told her boyfriend that she wanted to be proposed to when she was having a really bad day. So one day her boyfriend texted her saying, we need to talk. The whole day she was sad and worried he was going to break up with her. When they met up, he proposed. Oh my gosh. So he put her in a bad mood. Yeah. Yikes. Okay. My cousin's girlfriend loved blue and yellow macabre. So he decided to propose while dressed in a giant homemade macaw costume in front of the whole family. Somehow the suit got ripped and he didn't realize there was a gaping hole in the rear end and he wasn't wearing underwear. Let's just say we all got a lot more than we bargained for when he got down on one knee.

What the heck? How do people get in these positions? It's so bizarre. This is the last one. I ruined my husband's proposal three times. The first time he was going to pick up my engagement ring, but I got the email and picked it up first. The second time he was going to take me out to dinner where we had our first date, but I insisted on going somewhere else. The third time he hid in a cardboard box in the middle of the driveway and I thought it was just recycling. That's good.

He's like, this will have to work. She drives around him. Someone took out the recycling today. Oh, my gosh. Anyway, so those are the last ones. I just was having a lull. That's all. Amazing.

The end. Thank you for that. I like that we started with wedding DJs and ended on proposals. I didn't even think about that. Me neither. Because we swapped the challenges. We did. It wasn't even supposed to be this order.

And I forget why I wanted to do that. Me too. But I felt that way last night. So I'm glad we did it. But yeah, this worked out very well. Yay. Thanks for listening, everyone. Yeah, thanks, everybody.

If you're getting married, please don't be anxious. We didn't mean to put you in a spiral. And please, just like, you know, read Yelp reviews before you hire someone, I guess. Yes. Yes. But that's all you can do. That's it. If somebody fucks up, it's not your fault.

It's not. Just write to us about it. Yeah. Tell us a story. At least. Be like Natalie. I'm always like, you know, if it's a shitty experience, at least it's a good story. Yeah, for sure.

That's the Gemini way to look at it. At least you'll have something to tell people for years to come. Can't wait to hear it. Okay. story. Yeah, for sure. That's the Gemini way to look at it. At least you'll have something to tell people for years to come. Can't wait to hear it. Okay, bye. Bye.