Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update: Elevator People

Episode Date: December 12, 2022

Nothing bonds two people like being stuck in an elevator for hours. It happened to the couple in today’s Second Date and they’re on the line now to tell us about all the ups and downs!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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You have to be obsessed with the human condition. Listen to Building One on the iHeartRadio app, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts. Second date update. Right before we came in studio, I was out in the hall and someone was telling me I'm an

unlovable has-been who won't amount to anything no matter how hard I try. Oh, who would ever say that to you, Jeffrey? When I finally mustered up the courage to hang up on mom, there was no time left for me to prep for this call. So I don't really know anything about it other than the guy's name is Tyler. Do you need a hug? No, I'm good.

I'm unlovable, remember? Oh, yeah, years and years of this. You just shove it down. Thank you. That's why he acts out in other ways let's welcome tyler to the show tyler i want you to know even though the person that you went out with isn't calling you back or acknowledging your existence i don't think you're unlovable oh i appreciate that you should see jeffrey's sad puppy dog eyes right now

i can only imagine yeah actually you probably don't want to see good tyler but we're going to concentrate on you yeah let's concentrate on your blooming love life and all the people that are interested in you. Tell us what's going on. Who'd you go out with? What's their name? We want the whole rundown. So it was actually kind of like a date by accident. Okay.

Oh, interesting. How does that happen? So I was going to meet friends at a restaurant and I had to park in a parking garage because it's one of those places where the garage is underneath the restaurant. Yeah, right. Oh, yeah. And so go to get in. And all of a sudden, I hear somebody yelling, hold the elevator, hold the elevator, hold the elevator.

So she gets in. Beautiful, beautiful redhead. I know this happens in movies all the time and everything, but the elevator got stuck. No. No. This is one of my biggest fears wait was it just you and her or were your friends already with you just me and her my friends were already up in the restaurant i was running all late oh my god stuck in an elevator that's terrifying we thought

it was really really funny like how often does this ever happen this is ridiculous yeah yeah we laughed about it for the first 10 minutes oh how many minutes more were there uh we were in there a total of about 30 minutes oh that's still just long enough to really suck dude i have been stuck in an elevator for 45 minutes once yeah and i am with you like the first 15 minutes is like crazy and then it starts to get kind of scary yeah you're, how long could this take? It could take days. How broken is this thing? Exactly.

And are we going to become elevator people or something? Yes. This is our new life. Elevator people are hot, though. Apparently if you're a redhead. Yeah. So what happens during this 30-minute wait in the elevator? So like I told her I'm there to see friends for a party and everything.

She's actually on, was running late for a first date in the same exact So, like, I told her I'm there to see friends for a party and everything. She's actually on, was running late for a first date in the same exact restaurant. Oh! Oh, she's actually going on a date? God, what date is going to believe that? No. She's texting him, like, I'll be there, but...

Did she really have a date or is that just what women do sometimes where they're like, oh, I'm here with my boyfriend? Oh, yeah. Pretty sure she was on a date because she started to ask me, like, what do I text this person so that they actually believe that we're stuck on the elevator?

Oh, man. What'd you come up with? Just really, like, you're never going to believe this. Million and one shot. I get on the elevator and it actually broke, like, in one of those rom-com movies. Oh, my God. So now I'm on a date with another dude named Tyler. He is awesome.

Did her date respond to the text? Oh, he responded with, responded yeah uh-huh sure i wouldn't believe it either try to put yourself i think a lot of people would go really like you said one in a million shot okay look if you just don't like me then that's fine just say that wait how did you turn that into something for you and her though like because it sounds kind of flirty it kind of got there at one point because it also kind of helped me get out of my date because I don't think this guy really cares and doesn't believe me about this elevator

thing. That felt a little bit like flirting and laughing, like, oh, we should totally do that to mess with his head type of thing. I can see you being flirty. Like, Mike can't go on a date, so now I'm free. You're already in a restaurant elevator. You guys can just go to the restaurant after if they're still open.

Were you able to turn it into a date after it started working again? Well, once it finally started working, we both went to the restaurant as planned where she went to go find her date and I went to go find my friends. Yeah. And lo and behold, everyone we both went looking for was gone. Yeah. What, they used the stairs? People, they dish you after only a half an hour. I know.

It's not like you were in there for three hours you know honestly like i just like a little cursory glance and it was like kind of like i'd rather hang with the hot redhead okay so turn it into a date for yourself how'd that go it was really really nice i mean we hung out at the bar laughed a whole lot i got her number because neither of us wanted to really make it like just a waste of a night after we'd stuck in an elevator. So let's hang out for a little bit more, not trapped in a four by four foot box. Dude, that's awesome. And honestly, when you start a date trapped with somebody, it's all up from there. There's like nothing bad that can happen next.

It's like you're bonded. You have inside jokes. Yeah. You really know what each other smells like if you're stuck in an elevator. The big question is, did you guys take the elevator back down to the parking lot after it was over? We thought about it,

but no, we took the stairs. Good. That's smart. Well, what happened in the parking lot? Was there a hug goodbye? A kiss? I walked her to a car.

There was not a kiss. We hugged. I got her number and I've texted her since and I just haven't gotten any response. That's weird. She could have easily just left. Yeah. You know, like, she could have just haven't gotten any response. That's weird. She could have easily just left.

She could have just said, my date's not here. I gotta go. She was interested at some point, for sure. Definitely felt like it when she left, but I then told her, I really feel like everything in the universe happens for a reason. So it just felt like we were kind of fated to meet. It's a little deep, her first date.

Sure. Maybe you were fated to meet. Yeah. It's a little deep for a first date. Sure. Maybe that's a little too much. Maybe you were fated to meet and maybe you were fated to never see each other ever again. Yeah, that's true. That's true. You were definitely fated to call her because we're going to play a song, come back, we'll reach out to Rachel for you and try and get you a second date update, okay? That'd be great. All right, hold on a minute.

Second date update. Are we listening to elevator music right now? Yes, we are. And it's for a reason. Because if you're just joining, Tyler's first date definitely had its ups and downs. Unlike the elevator that he rode in, which got stuck for 30 minutes. And that's how we ended up meeting Rachel. Rachel was supposed to meet a different dude at that restaurant, but her plans and her feelings changed after spending a full half hour in a small enclosed space with Tyler.

Kind of like a Stockholm Syndrome thing. Like you survive a... wait, what's a Stockholm one? That's where you fall in love with the people holding you captive. Oh, wow. Okay, so now we're saying Tyler kidnapped her. She'd fall in love with the elevator in that sense. Oh, okay. It sounded romantic in my head.

But Tyler, the question that I have here is, why is this girl so important that you felt like you needed to reach out to a radio station to get a hold of her? Like, I appreciate you doing it. Don't get me wrong. If it wasn't for people like you, we wouldn't have a show. But why reach out to us for help? I really just felt like an amazing kinship with her because we just went through this ridiculous thing

of being stuck in this elevator of all places. And then it really felt like kismet. It's meant to be. Tyler, do you feel like you're trying to force the universe's hand by having us help out? No, I think it's not really forcing so much it's just like let's take a chance let's do that okay we're guiding yeah guiding the universe well worst case at least you'll get some closure on it right that's true yeah why are you not excited about

this i just if if this turns out tyler where you like push the emergency button when you saw this cute girl get on the thing and And it turns out to be this. I'm going to be really upset. Impressed, but upset. Honestly, man, we pushed every single button trying to make this thing move. So even if I had accidentally done that, we would have pushed it back. Okay. I guess.

I don't know. I just hope it's not your game that was playing all along. If it is, though, I kind of want to learn how. To imprison women in an elevator? For me. Oh, you were going to do it. Okay. it could be a good trick for other people but okay we're gonna call rachel we'll see what she has to say you ready that'd be great all right here we go

hello hey is this rachel Yep, this is Rachel. Hey, Rachel, how you doing? This is Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. The radio show. Um, I'm sorry. Sorry, can you say that again? Yeah, he was mumbling through his hands there. Yeah, it was really... Scratching my face as I said that. That's probably not great as a radio host.

She would be hitting the emergency button right now. Yeah. Hey, Rachel, do you mean? Hey, Rachel, you get stuck in any elevators recently? Oh, wow. Is that what you're calling about? Yeah. We're actually

calling because one of our listeners said that he got trapped in an elevator with you and he loved it. He didn't say it like that. That was the gist. His name's Tyler. Okay. Okay.

You sound excited. I mean, obviously you guys spent some time together. What did you think of Tyler? Yeah. That's what we're kind of doing here. We're doing something called the Second Date Update where we're trying to help Tyler figure out what's going on in his dating life with you. Well, it wasn't a date. I was stuck in

there with him yeah yeah is that not how most of your dates go yeah uh that that was a joke that was sarcastic sorry rachel i'm finding i have to explain myself a lot you guys did go get drinks after being stuck in the elevator for a half hour so i don't know tyler kind of read that as maybe you were interested i mean i just i don't i'm not really sure what to say i like he was nice and everything and yeah i mean it was good to have a drink after being stuck in the elevator okay so you didn't ever have any like romantic feelings towards him at all well so we were at the bar and we got to talking and when we were in the elevator like i thought that he looked familiar but didn't have any idea like if i knew him or anything but then like when we were at the bar we started talking and we started to tell like what we do and stuff and

then i realized that he's a college professor okay okay that's a good thing yeah so i realized that i was actually in his class like more than a decade ago it was probably like 12 or like maybe 13 years ago yeah what's wrong with that was he just a really bad professor and you're like can't listen to him drone on any longer or it it's weird, Brooke, because he was like the old professor when she was in his class. But that was like 13 years ago. A lot of regular people don't have the instinct to just sleep with everybody that's in their life.

I never hooked up with any of my professors, but my husband may have. So you're not against it. I don't know. I mean, it's just like, is it the age difference for you then? Yeah, I mean, his own. I don't know. I mean, it's just like, is it the age difference for you then? Yeah, I mean, it's not.

And I just like, you know, I just feel like it's kind of weird. I mean, he probably doesn't even recognize me. It was like a really big school and he probably had so many students. You don't think that he knew that you were in his class too? Probably not. I hope not. I mean, he wasn't acting like, I mean mean I feel like if he recognized me he would have said It's not like it's his

Her kindergarten teacher She was a grown Adult and he wasn't hitting on her While she was in class obviously Was he creepy when you were in college I mean no He was just like normal but like a teacher Just a normal 40 year old lusting over

A 19 year old I think it depends if he was known as the hot professor or the terrible one. And he could have been an adjunct professor. How much older do you think he is than you? He's probably maybe more than 20 years older than me. That's a big gap. I would think 15 would be okay. I was going under 10.

Let's see who's the closest with their guesses because Tyler's actually on the line and can answer that for us. Tyler, how much older are you? I honestly have no idea. Oh. All right, Professor Tyler. Rachel, so there he is. He's been listening this whole time. Wow.

So, yeah, I'm sorry that I haven't been in touch. I just, when I realized that, I was just like, I just don't know if this is a good idea. Oh, I bet you're, I would be so embarrassed right now. I'm sorry, Tyler. Why is it not a good idea? Hold on, Tyler, did you recognize her from your day's teaching? I didn't. I mean, I taught to fairly large classrooms,

so it's really like unless the person was somebody who got into a lot of trouble with me or came to my office a lot, I... Right. Yeah, well, I didn't at first either. It was only, like, afterwards that we were, like, at the bar that I was, like, and we started talking, you started talking about that you were a professor, and then I just started to put two and two together,

and then I just, I was planning to, like, tell you what happened, and then I just haven't had the nerve two together. And then I was planning to, like, tell you what happened. And then I just haven't had the nerve. And I just, I feel awful. I'm sorry. I mean, look, we are two adults now. I'm not your professor. You're not my student.

In all honesty, I mean, you're very pretty. I'm quite cute, I hear. So, I mean, together we'd be pretty cute. Come on. Wow. Are you blushing right now, Rachel? Oh, my goodness, I can hear that. I know, he puts the D in PhD, huh?

Whoa. Were you attracted to him at all, Rachel, before you realized he was your old professor? I mean, yeah, I definitely feel like we had chemistry in the elevator. See? I mean, is it normal to, like, date someone who used to be your professor? I mean, yeah, I definitely feel like we had chemistry in the elevator. And like, I mean, is it normal to like date someone who used to be your professor? Like, I just feel like that's something I should I'm like, not supposed to do or something. I wouldn't date my high school teachers. Right. But your college professor, once you're in your 30s. Okay, talk to me then. You're really asking the wrong group of people what's normal to

do with their dating lives. More importantly, who cares what's normal? Normal is boring. I mean, what about your friends, Rachel? What would they say, the ones that you went to college with, if you told them, hey, I'm dating Professor Tyler? I definitely think that they would scream and

be really surprised. Well, is it like a yay scream or like an ew scream? I don't know. That's what I'm trying to figure out. If you were happy, your friends would be excited for you. That's all that matters. I'm just saying that there are a lot of benefits to dating an older guy, especially when there's this older guy who thinks you look amazing in that green dress you have.

He has compliments too and remembers what you're wearing which is a testament to his memory has it gone yet he's a teacher brooke he has to do we have gift cards for after our meetings in tyler's office because if we do i would love to send you one of those gift cards rachel and pay for pay for another date for you and tyler um i would love to take you out for a fantastic romantic dinner where i will treat you right and just let you know exactly what i see in you and how much i would love to spend time with you i think any girl would love that kind of serious rachel what do you think um i think that sounds awesome oh dude a plus well she said it sounds awesome we just passed okay no teacher puns

we need an official yes from you rachel is that a yes uh yes that's a yes all right well congratulations tyler you got yourself another day thank you guys go do some Yes, that's a yes. Yay! All right. Well, congratulations, Tyler. You got yourself another day. Thank you, guys. Go do some extracurricular activities. You know what I'm saying? We are now officially the dirtiest morning show on the air. You have a teacher that you've been crushing on for a while.

We will hook it up. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Ugh, we're so done with new year, new you. This year, it's more you on Bumble. More of you shamelessly sending playlists, especially that one filled with show tunes. More of you finding Gemini's

because you know you always like them. More of you dating with intention because you know what you want. And you know what? We love that for you. Someone else will, too. Be more you this year and find them on Bumble. Catch Jon Stewart back in action on The Daily Show and in your ears with The Daily Show Ears Edition podcast.

From his hilarious satirical takes on today's politics and entertainment to the unique voices of correspondents and contributors it's your perfect companion to stay on top of what's happening now plus you'll get special content just for podcast listeners like in-depth interviews and a roundup of the week's top headlines listen on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Tomer Cohen, LinkedIn's Chief Product Officer. If you're just as curious as I am about the way things are built, then tune in to my podcast, Building One. I speak with some of the best product builders out there. I've always been inspired by frustration.

It came back to my own personal pinpoint. So we had to go out to farmers and convince them. Following that curiosity is a superpower. You have to be obsessed with the human condition. Listen to Building One on the iHeartRadio app, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.