Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update: Brunch Yuck

Episode Date: June 20, 2025

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Yeah, to get you through whatever you need to today or just make you laugh. That's the goal here. And this one actually is really funny. It is! It's a really funny one. I think you're really gonna enjoy it. You know, this guy was definitely worried about a story, an old story he told that he thought would be funny. That, you know, he came off as a freeloading criminal,

but whatever, she didn't laugh. It happens. Yeah, it happens. It happens, you're gonna hear the whole thing. And we always love to read your comments because it really means so much to us that you take time out of your day to write them. So Alexis what do you like? I saw one from Aline who said the only thing that should have been offered to

him was a therapy session. My god. And I'm thinking what if we did offer therapy instead of dinner? It would be a really good like instead of a gift certificate you get just a therapy session. You guys are trying to destroy the show by terrorizing the listeners. That's a good point. No, no one get therapy and keep requesting dates from us. Second dates I mean. Stable people don't call radio shows for help. Exactly! I see you Jose, that's good.

You're gonna eliminate the loser line too? Alright, your brand new second date starts right now. Second date update. You ask anybody and you'll get a lot of different responses for what's the best time of day for a date. Oh yeah. Because I mean you have the traditional seven o'clock dinner plans people. But then you also have the hikers and bikers who are like ooh five in the morning let's wake up early and go for a ride together while the sun rises on my tandem two person speed bike. But I got to get up at 2am first to work out before we're bike riding five.

Yeah. And our listener, Rez, he might fall somewhere in the middle of those based on what he chose to do for his first date the other day. So let's talk to him about it. Rez, welcome to the show. Hey, you guys. Thanks for having me. How you doing?

Oh, we're pretty good. Yeah. It's a good time of day to do this show. Yeah. What time of day do you like to go on your dates, Rez? I'm a gentleman, so I like to go at whatever time is convenient for my date. Hey, that's an answer.

I was like, uh-oh, what time is it? Whatever the girl wants. she's in charge. Okay, very smart. Okay, so you asked them when would be best. Yeah, exactly, like... So tell us about this woman that you met recently. What's her name and what time did she want to go out? So this woman's name is Katrina.

Okay. She said she was free on a Sunday. Huh. Okay. And kind of left me with that. And I was like, well, like Sunday is brunch day. Yeah. It is a chill day. I think brunch is a great date. Yeah, exactly.

So we did like a Sunday brunch buffet that I really love. I've been to before. And so we met at the place and we hit it off like immediately and I was like on my best behavior You know, I wanted to be a total gentleman like open the door pulled her chair out Like I really really was like into this girl You know a lot of people like to get rowdy and go wild at brunch. So it's good that you real the day Held yourself in check. Don't push her into the door. Open it open it for her okay let her go first for the omelet section choice that's really nice of you I mean were you able to connect yes for sure I know Brooke wants to know about

your connection and if there was like a vibe going on I'm more curious about what the selection was like at that Because you said it's a breakfast buffet So does that mean it's all serve yourself or is there a menu that you can order off of like I need a new spot to hit up. Oh, I mean this is my secret spot. I'm not telling anyone. Oh, you're gonna gate keep it. Yeah, I'm gate keeping. Okay.

There was a carving station which was sick. Nice. I was putting down the bacon, but she was just into like a ton of different fruit. Ew. Hey, fruit's good. No it is, but not all. It's usually just like one fruit salad. Yeah. Like a ton of different fruit Just like one fruit salad, yeah

worst part of the buffet I'm down on the real fancy ones have the smoothie stations Like I said before like I won't tell you where this place is, but this place is legit. It has absolutely everything, all the fruits. All the fruits. All the fruits. The secret fruit palace. Okay, you won't ask questions. So being the gentleman that I am, like every time I was either going or coming back, I

would ask her, like, is there anything that I can get you? So like running up, getting her a a bagel getting her some pineapples Did I describe your trips to the buffet? It sounds like you two did some damage at this Him just being the server to her honestly Get your money's worth, but did anything like awkward or weird happen? Well, like I Decided to reveal to her this Like age old brunch hack that me and my friends have or had.

What is it? A hack? A brunch hack? You know how hotels do continental breakfasts for the guests? Yeah. Yeah. So like, if you just walk into this hotel and you just walk up to the buffet, sit down, get your food, sit down like you know what you're doing like you belong there

You can just eat it in lane You make you show the little coupons usually like the little You take her to a hotel did you no no I just told her that hack Hack that's actually just an illegal activity And how old is that waffle batter been sitting there somebody's gotta eat it Jeff How did Katrina react to hearing your hack? I mean like immediately she just had this look on her face like I don't know like my face was melting off it was not good. She's a better person than us.

Yeah. I think she'd laugh and talk about like how she got free stuff in college. Yeah. Unless he did it last week and she probably assumed that you weren't gonna pay for brunch this time. She's like wait have you paid for this meal tonight? Yeah. Oh, yeah I had to backpedal and be like I only did this when I was 17 like I'm gonna tip like 30% now So did the whole energy shift after that combo Yeah, we wrapped up hugs felt really weird and then we haven't spoken in like a whole week So really weird and then we haven't spoken in like a whole week Yeah, have you tried? Yeah, I reached out I texted the next day because like I was kind of like hoping she would text me later that day being

Like I had such a good time or something and she didn't Think you did this to yourself you taught her how to get free food and she doesn't need you anymore her how to get free food and she doesn't need you anymore. Oh that could be it. She's busy. Yeah. You give a person a fish or teach him to fish. There you go. Well we'll find out when we call her and see if she actually stole your brunch hack and is using it for evil when we do your second date update right after this. Thank you guys. Hold on. Second date update. If you're just joining us for the second date update, we've been talking to Rez about his brunch date at a super secret brunch location that he refuses to disclose on the radio. It's very strange how protective he is of this place. He's gatekeeping.

He is, but that's where he took a woman named Katrina recently, and it was going extremely well until he made the mistake of speaking specifically speaking about his brunch hack where you can get free continental breakfast from hotels if you just walk in and act like you're staying there. Yeah. I mean that's that's stealing it but yeah but it doesn't cost anything so that can be considered a hack yeah if you look at it in a different way it was an idea it did change the vibe for the rest of their date though because Katrina did not have the best reaction

he's hoping we can get things back on track and in an unrelated note the CEO of best western called in and wants to speak to you after the segment is over okay rez I gave them your phone number so you can chat later. I mean, I admit to nothing though. You already admitted to it. My man. We have recorded evidence. I'm going to tell you you should ask for a lawyer if you ever get called in.

Don't do your own talking. You know, I honestly I regret talking about it to you guys and I regret talking about on my date. This is ruining my life. Yes The good news is we don't know if that was the cause sure she could have some other reason to not be calling you back But let's dial her number right now. We'll figure out what she has to say. All right, great Hopefully she picks up and this is a good time for you to not say anything Okay noted a good time for you to not say anything. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Okay? You're good at that though.

Noted. All right, here we go. I'm gonna dial it right now. Beep, beep, beep. Beep, beep, beep. Beep, beep, beep. Hello? Hey, is this Katrina?

Yes. Hey Katrina, you're on a radio show right now. It's called Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning. Hey Katrina. Hi. What's up? right now. It's called Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning Hey Katrina! Hi! Good morning! What's up? Hi! Hi! Welcome to the show!

I like Jeff branched out there for a sec with the woman. That was cool bro, freestyle! I know! I really opened up! Sorry, I'm on a radio show? Not a good one either! Yeah, it's called Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. And this is a segment that we do. You might be familiar with it. It's called a second date update. I don't know. Is this like a prank? No, no, we do those two.

Yeah. Sorry, Jinx. But this one is one where we're trying to help one of our listeners get back in touch with you after you went on a date with him a guy named rez. Oh Okay, yeah Look, I'm sorry. There's just no way that I can go out with him again, but thank you guys for calling That's okay for you to say that but could you maybe give us a little bit more information on why? Because rez is really confused. He told us about your brunch date But he's clueless for the reason you might be blowing him off. And you sound real strong in that conviction

there that you don't want to see him again. I don't know. I mean, I should say he was a really nice guy. He was very polite. He was like offering to get me food. We went to this brunch buffet. Why wouldn't you want to date that? You don't like nice guys? No, I like nice guys. He's just missing something Missing Did something happen at the buffet that turns you off I mean, yeah he It was honestly it was so weird. Like I've never I've never experienced anything like this before it was it was so strange Like I said, he was really nice. He's like offering to go get me food right from the buffet,

which is like very gentlemanly of him. Right. I was like, sure. OK. I'll have like some cantaloupe. And I'd see him walking around and he finally comes back a few minutes later. And he's like, oh, they don't have it. OK. But I could see it from where we were sitting, like I could see there was cantaloupe sitting on like one of the buffet things Maybe he's one of those guys that gets cantaloupe and honeydew mixed up

Why would he lie, you know, right brooke maybe he's like some men don't know their melons Okay, I mean I was like maybe he missed it, right? Maybe he just didn't see it like there's a lot of food there So I pointed to where it was and I was like, Oh, I think I see it right over there. So he gets up, he walks over there and I see him like circling the table and he's not grabbing the cantaloupe. And then he brings me back a bowl of like berries. And he was like, they didn't have it. So I just got you this. I hope that's okay. So did you just get up and go get it finally? Well, no, because I realized I don't think this guy knows

what cantaloupe is. Like how do you not know what a cantaloupe is? I was like so shocked in that moment. Wow. So just to be clear, the big red flag in your mind was that this is a man who does not understand what type of fruit cantaloupe is like That's a big turn off to you If you're a 30 year old man, and you've never heard of cantaloupe what else has he not heard of?

We're gonna go on a date and he's gonna be like, oh, I can't read I can't read cantaloupe to suddenly the poor man can't read? Like, that is a wild jump to make. Those are basic things though. Like if it's one basic thing he doesn't comprehend, then what any other basic thing is gonna show up. Let's ask him what other basic things he doesn't know and comprehend about because Rez is on the other line of this phone call right now listening, waiting to talk to you.

What are you talking about? He is not. He actually is. That's how this segment works. He could read and write enough to email us. So that's a good sign. Well, you can get ChatGPT to do a lot of that stuff for you. And that's not giving too much credit. Rez, are you there? Oh, I'm here.

Oh, wow. Are you hearing what Katrina's saying about you? I'm being fruit shamed? Yeah. With good reason, some would argue, but yeah. Hey, I'm sorry. I didn't know you were on the phone. They didn't tell me. They just, they asked me the questions. I just said the truth. Like you can't deny it. I obviously would have not said it like that had I known you were listening. I'm sorry. Well, I know, I know now I Googled it. Oh, yeah.

We love a man who learns He took your criticism. He's not offended. That's pretty good. Katrina. This must feel like growth, right? You've encouraged this I mean, I'm glad he learned I'm glad that I was able to like help him expand his knowledge like help the less fortunate in terms of what they know about Fruit. Yeah, it doesn't change how I feel the less fortunate in terms of what they know about fruit. Yeah, it doesn't change how I feel the less fortunate The fruit illiterate out there. It's a real problem. I feel like I'm Oliver twist over here like I'm low class or something I don't know what a cantaloupe is. Did you hear that literary reference again proof the man reads He did say twist weird though, brock so

So weird like this is not a class thing. He just didn't know what a cantaloupe is. He knows now you guys can go out again. Katrina. I mean, hear me out. I in the moment, I did not know what a cantaloupe was. And you know, like apparently I should know this. And now I do. Everyone on the show knows I know, you know, we're all on the same page. I'm adaptable. I can learn. Look at that. That's hard nowadays. I was just never around Cantaloupe, but like that doesn't seem like

enough of a reason not to like me. I mean, I appreciate you saying that. And I don't mean to fruit shame you. It's just a thing that I immediately felt like a yuck about you not knowing that basic thing. And I appreciate you taking the time to do the research. I wish you would have gone to the bathroom and Googled it instead of running around and like,

you know what I mean? Gone to the bathroom in the middle of getting you cantaloupe. I mean, you know what I mean. Well, desperate times call for desperate measures sometimes. That's crazy. But Katrina, I mean. Well, desperate times call for desperate measures sometimes. That's crazy. But Katrina, I mean, in a lot of relationships, a big part of it is doing new things and exploring new things together.

That could be your journey with Rez. And Rez may. Is educating him through all of the different types of fruits that exist in the world. Rez may know a lot of stuff that you don't know yet too, you know, on the flip side. Ooh, vegetables. Yeah.

Yeah. Nobody needs to know that. I'm just saying you learn new interests and new stuff through people that you don't know yet too, you know, on the flip side. Oh, vegetables. Yeah. Nobody needs to know that. I'm just saying you learn new interests and new stuff through people that you date. Are you willing to keep an open mind and give Rez one more chance, and we would pay for it if you'd go out with him another time? I just think it's weird. Like, it's his brunch place.

He brought me there. They have a lot of cantaloupe there. Like, I feel like he should have known it. OK. He's on the shortest leash. we can't get over this yeah One word in the future I know it's like such a small hill to climb Yeah, no to jump over this moment everybody is different Brooke. It's not your life that we're living here Katrina has standards and one of the standards is cantaloupe or at least knowing what a cantaloupe is

So Katrina, I'm assuming that it's a no from you. That's kind of what I'm hearing. Yeah, I just I don't think I can get past it Okay, what if he can name ten fruits right now? Apple pear pineapple No way he's picking guava out of a table. There's no way he has one of those. Yeah, he doesn't know what it looks like. He just Googled fruits right now, and he's just looking it up. It's alphabetical.

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Listen to Finding Sexy Sweat on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Brooke, this might surprise you, but I agree with you on this whole cantaloupe situation. Oh, you've come to my side Well, I agree. It's a small problem that she should probably get over But it's more than just he doesn't know the name of one fruit What is it like this is just a small slice of a larger picture that Katrina is Recognizing where she's thinking God if he doesn't know something as basic as this, how is he going to fit into the rest of my life? Like with my upscale friends and

my melon loving parents? Like what else am I getting myself into? That's where her mind was at. What's going to happen if someone hands her a kumquat? Yeah, no idea what to do. I don't even know what a kumquat looks like. Yeah. So it's like she's looking down the road of like other problems that are going to be arising if he doesn't know this. She's making problems. The real problem is how much fruit she's eating at breakfast instead of pancakes and bacon. Well, that's the red flag.

That's not bad. She must spend a lot of time in the bathroom after that type of diet. Yeah I'm with you on there. I should have eaten more meats, but still you got to respect people for where their line is drawn, that's where she draws the line. Okay. Cantaloupe. I guess, it's a very, very short line. Well plus you have to weigh in the embarrassment too of telling her friend she decided to go

out with Melon Boy again. That's hard to come back from. But hopefully we can help you come back if you're struggling to get a second date, email the show, we'll call that person who's not calling you back and go check out all of our second day podcasts, wherever you get yours at Brooke and Jeffrey. Over the years of making my true crime podcast, Helen gone, I've learned no town is too small for murder. I'm Catherine Townsend. I've heard from hundreds of people across the country with an unsolved murder in their community.

I was calling about the murder of my husband. The murderer is still out there. Each week, I investigate a new case. If there is a case we should hear about, call 678-744-6145. Listen to Hell and Gone Murder Line on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What happens when we come face to face with death? My truck was blown up by a 20-pound anti-tank mine.

My parachute did not deploy. I was kidnapped by a drug cartel. When we step beyond the edge of what we know... I clinically died. The heart stopped beating. ...which I was dead for 11.5 minutes. ...in return... It's a miracle I was brought back.

...Alive Again, a podcast about the strength of the human spirit. Listen to Alive Again on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Do you remember Vine? It changed the internet forever and it vanished in its prime. I'm Benedict Townsend and this is Vine, Six Seconds That Changed the World. The untold story of genius, betrayal, and the app that died so that TikTok could thrive. From overnight stars to the fall that no one saw coming, we're breaking down what made Vine iconic. Listen to Vine on the iHeart radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. We are telling our scientists today, we have disdain for your expertise.

And then you have China as an exception saying, actually, we're gonna invest a trillion dollars in new science. You heard that right. While the US is slashing science budgets, China is doubling down. This means here in the United States, less innovation, fewer breakthroughs,

and falling behind on the global stage. This week on Dope Labs, Chelsea Clinton breaks down what these cuts really mean. Listen to Dope Labs on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So what happened at Chappaquiddick? Well, it really depends on who you talk to. There are many versions of what happened in 1969 when a young Ted Kennedy drove a car into a pond. And left a woman behind to drown.

Chappaquiddick is a story of a tragic death and how the Kennedy machine took control. Every week, we go behind the headlines and beyond the drama of America's royal family. Listen to United States of Kennedy starting June 30th on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.