Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update: Bumping Carts

Episode Date: September 23, 2024

A new trend involving GROCERY carts has been uniting singles all over the world. We’re intrigued and we’ll tell you all about it in a brand new Second Date podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Not even my favorite app, Clinger, where personal space is just a myth. At least everybody on the app agrees. You imagine you hear a knock at your door immediately. Find your fellow codependent on Clemmer. But she says she's found a more unique way to meet guys. And we've heard of these types of movements before where people are like trying to move away from the apps in favor of other methods.

So let's talk to her and find out what she did. Her name is Mandy. Mandy, welcome to the show. Hey, guys. Hey. You sound cute and fun, and like you did something fun to meet some guys. She said hey.

How did you get that from hey? You did it? You sound perfect for Clinger, Brooke. So Mandy, tell us about this guy that you met and how you met him. What's your strategy now? Oh, my goodness. So I'm loving not being on dating apps anymore. Oh, okay.

It's really been a game changer for you, huh? It really has. And there was this TikTok movement going around. And I want to say it started in Spain. And it's where singles meet up at a grocery store. So, like, you'll have a store and you'll have a time, and they usually see a huge turnout, like 60 to 70 people take part in it.

At a grocery store? Wait, who organizes it? Like, how do you find when the meetup is? I feel like... I'll see you guys at Check Stand 5. Like, I'd be the person not invited to the grocery store for some reason. Brooke's just already there.

Yeah. Oh, are we dating? What's going on? So, it is a movement on TikTok, so, like, people will just kind of post

the store name and time, and they'll get reposted and reposted, and then people just show up. I've seen, like, not exactly this, but, like,

I've seen people go on and they'll be like, I think this bar would be fun for singles, go this Friday night, and it's, like, a popular bar and it goes viral. But we're doing grocery stores instead. Yeah, exactly. But that doesn't make sense. If you're going to do it, you share

it. If you watch any video where it says hot singles might be here, I feel like you're into it. Yeah, I see a lot of those websites and they're never true. So a bunch of people go to the grocery store hoping to meet someone, right? Do they go to the meat section? Because that would be really funny.

No. Oh, God. No. I buy the water because I'm thirsty. Mandy, tell us how it works. What happens once you're in the store? Then here's where it gets a little, like, saucy. So you go and you get a pineapple.

Oh. Okay. Girl. Hey. It's okay. No, no. It's not like that. Oh. Then why is it that that oh then why is it that fruit you know i wondered the same thing like you couldn't have chosen a different fruit but whatever okay you put it upside down which i know runs like rampant with that other are you sure you're going to the right me yeah brooke shut're just the confused one here. Brooke, shut up.

I'm loving this idea more and more. Keep going, Mandy. So then you put it upside down in your cart, and then you go over to where the wine is, and you grab a bottle of wine. Is there a little bowl where you put your keys in? Okay. You got an upside-down pineapple and some wine.

Yes. And you check out who's around to see if they have the same items in theirs. And if you see somebody who kind of tickles your fancy, so to speak, give them a light bump with your cart. And then the pineapple tips over. So now we're bumping carts. I will say this. This can be subtle because even if you don't see someone at first, you could just wander

around. Looks like you're looking for groceries. How long do you have to wander in there? I have a question, though. If you bump someone, do they bump you back? Like, how do you know? Do they run away with the cart? Very interesting.

If they're not interested, they could, you know, just, oh, sorry, excuse me, and walk away. Oh. Okay, so bumping carts is the equivalent of swiping, basically. Exactly. Okay, so who did you bump the equivalent of swiping, basically. Exactly. Okay, so who did you bump upside-down pineapple wine carts with? Right? It's going to be a coincidence. You got it, Jeff.

We're all following. Who was it? That is how I met Mark. Mark. Okay. And then how do you turn that into a date? Well, once we bumped, then we exchanged information. We actually got together and we went to a wine bar.

Oh. And it was really nice. Like, we just got to sit down and really talk. And there wasn't all that anxiety that you would normally feel because you've already seen them. So you're not worried that they're lying on their dating app i can see that yeah okay okay because you kind of pre-approved looking at him you know nothing about anxiety tends to go down after you bump carts with someone so what what did you like about mark when you were hanging out with him you know i just i liked that

he's really funny and he's, he's an animal lover. And which is great. That's good. Yeah. Exactly. And I mean, he, he's just, he seemed very genuine. So did you get the vibe that you guys were going to do this again? You're going to see each other again?

Yeah. Yeah. And that's the weirdest thing. Like he walked me home, you know, we kiss and then. Oh, cute. Done. Done. And then done? That's what you said? No. and then he was gone he ran away after the kiss

he's like oh my god I have wine breath and then he runs away he's embarrassed maybe he had to go get another pineapple oh interesting so have you called him or texted him or are you waiting for him no I did I called him and I texted and I've gotten nothing.

Have you been back to the grocery store to see if he's still perusing? Well, I haven't seen a name or time come up for another one. Oh, okay. I had been doing this for a little while, but he was my first bump. Wow. You never forget your first upside down pineapple. So how long has it been since you

and Mark went on that date? It's been about two weeks. That's a while. Yeah, long enough that he should have reached out. Okay, well let's call him and find out what he has to say. We're going to come back and do your second date update. You got a pineapple or something?

I put in my Instacart order already. So we'll be back. We'll going to come back and do your second date update. I put in my Instacart order already, so we'll be back. We'll do it right after this. Hold on. Second date update. I am never going to shop for groceries the same ever again after this call with Mandy. You and me both. I am

going to be just eyeballing. Eagle eye. Who's in here to meet other people? I didn't think of that. Yes. Because Mandy told us about a strange new dating ritual that apparently started with singles in Spain. And now it's come over to the U.S. where people will show up at a grocery store, like a lot of people. They take all the pineapples, put them in carts upside down, and meet in the wine section. Then start bumping each other to

show interest. And this is, wink, definitely 100% not a swingers thing. Even though it sounds like it to literally every person on the planet, except for our listener, Mandy, because she ended up meeting a guy named Mark there. And she only went out with Mark. Yes. Instead of everybody with pineapples. Just with Mark. They went out, had a really good time.

And this was her first grocery store bump sesh. But we never asked, what about Mark? Mandy, did you discuss that? Has he bumped before? He said he had. Oh, okay. He and a girl had gone out a few times

after they had a bump session. It's crazy how successful this is for people. What's it like when it's busy and it just sounds like a hundred shopping carts crashing in the corner of one store? Even more fascinating is how confused the produce man must be. Yeah. They wanted my pineapples and now they don't want them. They're back. We're missing cards.

What's going on? There's clearly a lot of questions that we have. And she's a rookie. She can't answer them. Yeah, the only person that can is the tropical fruit stud that we're about to call here. Hopefully we'll squeeze some answers out of him. Can we call him Mr. Chiquita? No, Pineapple, what's his name?

Oh, Del Monte? Pineapple Mark. Okay, Pineapple Mark. We'll just call him Mark until we get more from him. I kind of like Del Marque. Let's just dial him, see if he picks up first. Here we go. Hello?

Hey, is this Mark? Yeah. Hey, Mark, not sure if you're ready for this, but you are? Yeah. Hey, Mark. Not sure if you're ready for this, but you are on a radio show right now. We're called Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Yeah, what's up, Mark? Yeah. Boy, have we been dying to talk to you.

Oh, my God. Seriously, so many questions. Who is this again? I'm sorry. Sorry. It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. I didn't mean to, like, scare you. We're a whole show, bro.

Yes. It's four of us. Yeah, we have a radio show and we do a podcast as well i'm jeff and um you heard everybody else so i'd like to ask who he thinks matters so we want to ask you a little bit if it's okay about your dating life because we heard that you met a woman the other day at the grocery store named Mandy. Oh, my God. She told you about that? Yeah.

You don't got to be embarrassed, bro. We think it's really interesting. Yeah, she told us all about, like, the TikTok trend of going to the grocery store at the same time, like a call goes out to Hot Singles and everybody shows up and puts pineapples in their cart. And you, like, bumped their cart a little bit. Apparently you bumped with Mandy cart a little bit. Apparently you bumped with Mandy and she liked it.

Wow. Yeah, I have a couple of friends that they're doing this trend and they told me you should see what it's about. I asked her that a couple of times. I met Mandy and I don't know. I thought she was cool. Okay. All right. That's good. That's a good start.

Cool enough to take out on an actual date to a wine bar, we heard. Yeah. We went out. It's just towards the end of the date that like a weird thing happened. I don't know if she told you guys about it. Weirder than the grocery store thing? Well, we heard you kissed. Yeah, the kiss.

Oh, yeah, that's right. Oh, you're supposed to like bump noses ores? Is there, like, a new thing? Was it not a good kiss? I walked her home, and we kissed, and it was really great. Oh. But I take her to her door, and she reaches into her purse. Yeah. And pulls out an envelope.

Okay. Okay. What is this, Hogwarts letter? I'm walking away thinking that this is a thank you for the night kind of letter so i get to my car and i open this letter and it says thank you for this lovely date and then under it it says here is my pre and post date expenses huh, it's an invoice? Yeah. To what? Wait. There was the makeup, there was the pedicure,

things like that. She needed her toes painted to go to a wine bar? You never know, Brooke. Just put on clothes to hold shoes. Yeah, but after the date, if things go well. Okay. I didn't know that this was part of it. That's insane. Her Venmo was on there. There was a Venmo bar That's insane. Her Venmo was on there.

There was a Venmo barcode. She put her Venmo handle? I can treat it to maybe a guy you don't like more than someone where it actually went well. Oh, that's a good point. Like you wasted my time. Why would you do it? Especially because didn't you pay for the wine bar? Yeah, well, I paid for everything.

I thought, okay, I'll treat her to a date. That's normal. I just didn't know there were... Oh, my gosh. Hey, don't lie to us. You did not pay for everything. Okay. Makeup, her pedi.

Or maybe he didn't have enough money to pay for the Venmo thing. That's a lot. $250 on top of everything else? And come on. What is she having to buy new makeup for the date? True. Please. My palette ran out.

Everything does run out at the same time. Don't get me started. It's annoying. We're throwing out a lot of theoreticals. We don't know the true story. The only one that does is Mandy, who is on the other line listening to this call right now, Mark, and wanting to talk to you. Hi, Mark. Oh, girl.

Mandy. Hi. I didn't realize that was what bothered you. So you admit that you invoiced him for everything before and during the date? Well, I went out, I got my makeup done, I got my hair done, I got a new outfit, I got shoes. You shouldn't put that much in for a man, just saying. Yeah, seriously, we're not worth it. I didn't ask you to do any of that.

And I had no idea that there was a bill attached to our dating culture. You were insistent that you wanted to go out and that you wanted to pay. And I wanted to pay, but to give me the receipts, it was just, it was impersonal. I didn't feel right about it. I walked away feeling good thinking, oh, cool. I got a cute envelope with a note. Instead, I had a receipt. What are you doing?

I mean, a letter does kind of make it more personal in a way. No, it doesn't. At least she took the time to write it. You know, it's one of those things. I didn't see that as a big deal. Have you had other men actually fork up the cash for these invoices? Because my guess is this isn't your first time. Yeah, no, I've done it before.

And I've never had any real complaints. Really? Maybe in the pineapple community, the standards for payment are a little bit different. I hate to admit, though, if I went on a date with a girl and it went well and I wanted to see her again and she billed me 50 bucks, I'd be like, okay. Oh, no. She knows I'm financially stable. I can afford it. I can take care of it.

I don't think she's thinking about that when she asks. I just like these are expenses about just being an adult that you just have to incur. Like this is just life expenses that you got to take on yourself. But don't you feel that we're getting a little screwed over by the amount of money we have to pay? It's like kind of a shared thing you both put in your effort and your money. Mandy, is there a way that maybe going forward you could see not doing the invoice or at least giving him a discount on the things that he has to pay for? If it's going to make you feel more comfortable, if we go out again, you know, we can go Dutch. Go Dutch.

On the date or on the pre-date expenses? Yeah. On all the expenses. I don't even understand what that means. It means she pays for half and he pays for half. Of what though? He pays for one foot, she pays for the other foot. I thought it meant you paid for your own crap.

Like when the bill comes, you split it. Oh, okay. That's not how modern pineapple dating works, Brooke. Get up with the times. Mark, it sounds like she's trying to be reasonable with you, offering a pretty significant discount on the rates that you have to pay. So I would give her another chance. This is like when you tell a company you're going to cancel

and they give you that last offer. Exactly. Okay, we'll do one more trial. Is it too late to go Dutch on the first bill bill or are we just talking about the second bill you know we're not in charge of the entire financial landscape all we're in charge of is paying for the date that you go on because we will offer to fund it for you mark if you'll see mandy one more time if you're willing to talk about splitting things down the line and down the middle between you and I in the future, then I don't see a reason not to. No reason.

I think that's a yes. With spreadsheets included. Yes, spreadsheets, Excel. You need to keep receipts, Mark. If you get a haircut, you got to remember. See how many pumps of foundation she's using. You got to count numbers. This is some sexy talk that we're having on the show right now.

But Mark, is that a yes from you? That's a yes from me. Yes, Mandy. That is shocking. Did not see that coming, but congratulations, Mandy. You got yourself another date. Well, thank you guys very much. Mark, once you've been moving the house for the first date, we can schedule a second date.

Oh, hey. Mandy, I thought you were nuts, but now I'm thinking I want you to do my financials. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Remember when we first started this call and Mandy said, hey, and Brooke goes, oh, my God, you sound like so much fun. I bet you are the funnest person ever. And smart. And I bet you make good money. Did not sound very fun by the end of the call, did she?

God, it's like, sometimes I'm too negative, and then I try to be positive, and it bites me in the butt. It's 50-50. You chose the wrongs. I always choose the wrongs. Always. I'm going to tell you, if there's two lanes of traffic, I will always get in the middle of the road. It's not your fault, Brooke. It sounded like she

got caught by the end pretty big time. Dude, but she got another date. Yeah. Yeah, and got everything paid for. Like, what? Whatever everyone else is doing, they're doing it wrong. They're doing it right. She probably should have told us about her invoicing thing before we called the guy.

Sometimes I know. I'm like, why didn't you say that to them? Or why didn't you realize that's the issue? Yeah. Maybe that many guys pay it without talking to her about it. Oh, my God. I can't even imagine. I do kind of want to follow her on Venmo to see how often it lights up, though.

You know what I mean? I wish you could make a living off of this. If you want to get help with your dating life, please don't invoice us. We will not pay. We will call the person, though, who's not calling you back. Go check out all of our second dates wherever you get your podcasts at Brooke and Jeffrey. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.

Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Jon Stewart is back in the host chair at The Daily Show, which means he's also back in our ears on The Daily Show Ears Edition podcast. Join late-night legend Jon Stewart is back in the host chair at The Daily Show, which means he's also back in our ears on The Daily Show Ears Edition podcast. Join late night legend Jon Stewart and the best news team for today's biggest headlines, exclusive extended interviews and more. Now this is a second term we can all get behind. Listen to The Daily Show Ears Edition on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.