Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update: Friendly Favor or Salmon Scam

Episode Date: October 4, 2023

One of our listeners was on the best date of his life until she asked him to do her a favor… and now he’s living in regret and shame.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Man, we've got some amazing guests lined up to close out the season. But, you know, I don't want any of you guys to miss all the incredible conversations we've had so far. I mean, we talked to A. Marie, Johnny Marr, E., Jonathan Schechter, Billy Porter, and so many more. Look, if you haven't heard these episodes yet, hey, now's your chance. You've got to check them out. Listen to Questlove Supreme on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Second Date Update. Alexis, let me ask you, and just be honest here,

have you ever gone out with a guy just to get something out of him for free? Oh, like a meal or a coffee? Duh. Yeah. What are you talking about? Why would you even ask? Sorry, I didn't mean every single time you've ever spoken to a guy. I just meant like once or twice. But sure, for you, Alexis, you didn't think anything of that. You feel like they deserved to pay for your steak dinner and the 14 white claws just to enjoy the privilege of being next to you. I am fun company, correct.

That all checks out. Think about the guy. What is he left with? A fun night next to me. That's what dating is, Jeff. It's a large credit card bill, too. Okay. With nothing to show for it.

But one of our listeners, John, says he feels like he may have been used when he went out with a woman the other night. And we're going to try and help him out. What does he expect? I mean, okay. All right. I mean, what do you want in return? John, you're getting no sympathy from Brooke today. I'm sorry.

It's just like, what do you want in return there, John? Yeah, why don't you actually hand over your credit card information to us now before we get started, okay? Yeah, you know, relationship. You can't guarantee

that'd be more fun. Brooke, can you not judge him? He hasn't even gotten to say hello to us. It's just like, come on. John, what's up, man? John? You scared him away.

You're allowed to talk now, bro. Hey, I'm here. I don't know. I feel like maybe I've been used. Used for what? What were you used for? All right. Let me back it up.

Why don't you start from the beginning? Tell us about this woman that you met, how you met her, what her name is, and then lead us into the story. If you say Alexis, I swear to God. No one will be shocked. Change my name. What's her name? No, you're safe. Her name, I guess her identity is probably safe if I just go with the first name, right?

Nikki. Yeah, we have to call her. We can ask her last name or address. We've got to call her, bro. Like, that's how this segment works. Okay, her name is Nikki, and how did you meet her? Okay, you know, I met her online. Okay.

Okay. And was there any red flags seeing that you think you got used? I mean, it was cool at first. We're talking. She's cute. She's not, like, strangely hot where, you know. She doesn't look like a bot is what you're saying. Yeah, exactly.

No. Okay. We're talking, and the conversations are good. Like, we're talking. Take us to the date and what happened. Okay. So we were having trouble getting together because I have kind of, I'm the weak link. I have a bad schedule.

Okay. We're in a casino. I'm in the surveillance room. So you have like a crazy schedule. Yeah. It's a problem. It's funny that a guy who works in surveillance thinks he may have gotten scammed. It is ironic, isn't it?

Yeah. So, I mean, your schedule must be hard to, like, find a good time to go out with somebody that you really like. What did you end up doing with Nikki? So, it was cool. She goes, all right, you come over. I'll make you a nice dinner before you go to work. Oh. That's sweet.

What are you complaining about being scammed about then? Yeah, bro. That sounds awesome. She sounds amazing. And she trusts you, right? Yeah. Because she's inviting you to your place before she's even met you. Exactly.

I thought that was cool. I'm not a criminal-looking guy, so. I don't think it's looks on that one. Yeah, there's a lot of good-looking guys that also you can't trust. But yeah, sure. So she invites you over. She opens the door. She tells you,

here, put your wallet over here. And then you're trapped. Yeah, we're not so blatant. Okay. It was like salmon and wine. Oh, man. That's a fancy thing.

That's classy. Yeah, she's paying for you. Okay. And it was awesome. And then nothing is moving too fast. We're just having a nice dinner. It was a first step. It's cool. Right. Well, you have have to go to work later so it's not even like you can have a drink

or two you know it's like nothing's gonna happen during that date right right but okay so we're there and then she mentions the fact that her bathroom sink is dripping a lot and she's like she did the thing where it was like she mentioned it like twice and stuff and I... Oh, she keeps bringing up that darn sink. Oh, that's funny. The sink. Right. Okay. It was like enough of a prompt

where I was like, you want me to look at it? She did. And I'm like, yeah, cool. I was happy, honestly. I was like, cool. Okay, are you a handy guy? Did she know that about you? Yeah yeah so i think that's like maybe why she didn't mention it because i i mentioned that i renovated my place i see where the using i think is going to come into play here but it may not be using still she may still be into you and be like look while you're here i don't go on a lot of dates i don't have a lot of guy friends yeah just look for me yeah okay so did you go look at the sink yeah i did and i

fixed it in like 10 minutes so oh that's cool all right how did the date end did you just like fix the sink and you're like all right well it works here done like no i mean it ended like i thought we were totally vibing got the hug got a kiss but it was like a restrained kiss you know i kind of initiated it and uh okay this is gonna be a little awkward so she cooked you a meal she gave you a kiss you fixed her sink in like 10 minutes and you feel like that was the scam i mean i'm wondering i can't help but wonder because I thought the date was good. You know, I played it cool. I waited two days, you know, texted her.

I texted her again. Okay, so she's not responding. Exactly. Yeah, but what, like, maybe she just doesn't like you. It doesn't mean that she's using you for the secret. I'm a skimming guy. I want to give you a to-do list of things to do. Oh, yeah.

Like a full. You're like, well, that was quick. Now you have time to go right to leave. It makes it sound like you didn't want to do it as a favor. Like, it just sounds like a friendly favor thing to do. Like, you expected something in return? No, it's not like I expected to do something in return, but it comes down to this, right?

If she already knew that she's not into me, but it comes down to this, right? If she already knew that she's not into me, don't ask me to fix your sink. And don't kiss me. She doesn't want to waste her night. She wouldn't have cooked you a full dinner if she already knew that. That's a good point. You know, like she wouldn't have.

I mean, if that's what a scam is, I hope that somebody scams me tonight. I am open for a scam. I got you so good with that five-course meal. All right, fine. I am open for a scam. I got you so good with that five-course meal. Oh, damn. All right, fine. I'll take your car warranty. Anyway, let's find out once and for all. Maybe there is a nugget of truth to this.

We're going to call Nikki for you and try and get you a second date update right after this, okay? All right, cool. All right, man, hold on. Second date update. To be scammed or not to be scammed? That is the question because one of our listeners, Noble John, foundeth himself at the apartment of the beautiful and fair Nikki.

And during their dining date, she exclaimeth, O thou noblest of Johns, my sinketh doth leaketh. Can you fix it, perchance? Which he did. Yeah, that was nice of him. It was very nice of him. Took him all of ten minutes. And then he went on his way to work because he does the night shift over at the casino inside the surveillance room. Has

not heard from Nikki, though, in eight days. Why aren't you guys applauding the performance that I had had the Shakespearean? You quit halfway. I only had a small role in it. Anyway, John feels like maybe

Nikki took advantage of his handyman skills and had planned on using him for free plumbing work the entire time. But it's not free, John. She paid for the salmon. That's expensive. We don't know that she paid for that salmon. Oh, you think she used a fisherman to get her?

She's just using men all over town. At that point, good on her. Time is money. She cooked the salmon. That is true. She put in effort for this. You didn't text her anything like, hey, are you using me? Or anything like that?

You said you texted her, but we didn't know what. No, I'm not like texting her accusations and stuff. I'm just like, hey, what did I say? It's okay. We don't have to read all the texts that you sent to her, but you've tried to reach out and she's not responding back, and that's enough for us to give her a call. Yeah.

Let's find out once and for all whether or not she's a scammer. Here we go. I don't think she's a scammer. Here we go. I don't think she's a scammer. If you're going to do something nice for someone, then you shouldn't expect anything in return. That's the nice part. Do you see what I'm saying, Jeff? Don't do nice things for other people.

That's okay. Let's just call. That's the nice thing we're going to do for John today. Okay, we'll do that. Maybe, John, you can get us back when we're done, all right? Here we go. I'm dialing it right now. Come fix our sinks.

Hello? Hey, is this Nikki? Yes, it is. Hey, Nikki. I apologize for the weird call that we're pushing you into here, but you're on the radio right now. Hey, Nikki. Did I win something? Well.

I mean, you could at the end of this. You want a free salmon. Not at this moment. What we're doing is something called a second date update. And that's a segment where we try and help out listeners who've gone out with someone and they're not getting a call back afterwards to help them figure out why. Who did you say you were again? I'm Jeff. We're all here.

It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning is the name of the show. That's not what she asked. She asked who I was. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She wants to know who the stars are. I think she meant who are you in the room, Jeffrey. No, she meant me. I'm Jeff. And I would like to ask you about a date you went on

eight days ago with a guy named john did you say john john that you cooked him dinner you cooked him a lovely salmon dinner he said yeah i did i did i went on a date with uh with john well he came to my house so right we heard that you made him dinner and you guys hung out right before he had to go to his work his like night shift he says that you haven't dinner and you guys hung out right before he had to go to his work, his like night shift. He says that you haven't responded to any of his texts in the last eight days. And I'm just going to be honest. He says he feels like he was used by you. Oh, we're going to go.

Or scammed even. Wait. If he thinks he's being scammed, I mean, he's not. I think I was the one being scammed. Oh. No way. That's a statement I didn't expect to hear from you. Wait, you think you're being scammed by him?

Yeah. I don't understand. So I don't know how much he's told you, but basically he came to my house. I made him dinner. And I mentioned that my. We know that he fixed your sink. That's what he thinks he was being used for. He feels like you knew that he's good at being like a handy guy.

And so you invited him over just for that. What? No. And also like he thinks he fixed my sink, but he, so he said he fixed my sink. I tried it out and it was fine. And then we were ending the day and he goes to leave and then he's like, oh, can I go to the bathroom real fast? And I was like, okay. And then later on that night, I go to the bathroom and the sink's like broken.

Like the hot water isn't turning on. What? Oh, no. I mean, the weird part about it was that later on he started texting me like, hey, if you have any other problems, like I'm totally there for you. I'll come around and and fix it that's nice though yeah but why would she have more problems it's like i think she's saying he's using it as an excuse it's like the classic like girl leaves you know coat at said man's house like he breaks her sink so that right is that what you're thinking nikki yeah he like

fixed it and then he purposely unfixed it to invite himself back into my house. That's brilliant. The oldest plumber trick in the book. I don't know if that's true though. It's kind of a stretch. He fixed it and then immediately broke it? Yeah, and then he started asking if he

could fix anything else. I mean like, I think he just wants to keep coming over. It sounds like they're both reading into each other a lot. Yeah he he thinks that you're scamming him you think that he's scamming you maybe it's maybe it means they're meant for each other two scam artists on the one date or not scam artists i never scammed him i invited him over for dinner yeah i'm on your side well let's find out for sure because we do have John on the other line who's been listening to this entire conversation secretly. Oh, what? No.

Oh, no. Another scam. But don't you want to know, John? Yeah. Hey, guys. I'm here. What's going on with the sink, dude? That's a big accusation that she laid down there, John.

Yeah. I mean, first off, I did fix the leak. So let's be honest. I fixed the leak. Kind of strange he's not coming in strong. He's like, what are you talking about? He could have been like, there's absolutely no way that I would ever do anything sinister like that. Boom.

And that's it. What's going on? Did you mess with the sink before you left? I mean, hold on, hold on, hold on. Dude. That's hesitation. A little light, cute sabotage. Oh, my God.

I knew it. I knew that that was the case. And you left me there with no hot water. Like, you made my life worse by doing that. She had to wash her hands in cold water. Could you imagine? Hey, if you would have invited me back the next day, it would have been sick. Oh, John.

That's ridiculous, bro. It's kind of romantic when you put it that way. Is there like a string of women out there with plumbing issues because of you? No. Usually it's the thermostat. Oh. Not true. No, I'm joking. Look. Okay. Usually it's the thermostat. Oh! No!

No, I'm joking. Oh! It's really hard to believe you, John. It's a good joke. Does that make you feel special that out of all the women he's dated, you're the only person in sync that he has sabotaged? He wants to come back that badly. Cute sabotage. Very cute sabotage.

I mean, he's breaking things instead of fixing them. And I had to call my neighbor and, like, inconvenience people because of him. I mean. Oh, no. Now other people are involved. Oh, man, John. Nikki, you don't have to call your neighbor. I live close.

Oh, John. John, do you not feel bad? No, I don't feel bad. I fixed the main problem. You don't have a leak anymore. It was just turning a knob. I mean, would you blame a woman for purposely leaving something at a guy's house? Would you call her a bad person for doing that?

I mean, if she called a radio station and accused the guy of using her first, I would call her kind of a crappy person. Yeah, I would. Hold on. Hold on. Everybody's, like, painting me as a bad guy suddenly. You did turn off her hot water. Yeah.

Yeah. Well, I mean, just barely. So, Nikki, I mean, it's really up to you. Could you find it in your heart to forgive him for just doing a little cute sabotage because he really wanted to see you that badly one more time? Yeah. Could you see that and maybe give him one more chance? He is kind of funny.

He is kind of funny. We did have a good time. What? This is crazy. Come on, Nikki. Maybe it looks in a certain light that I did something less than above board, but come on.

That's it? Come on. Nikki, but come on. Wow. That's it? You said, wow. Yeah, maybe, come on. Nikki, Nikki, Nikki, how can you say no

to this romantic? You know what? Life's too short. Let's do it. Oh, my God. What? You made the right choice. She wants a little

extra punishment in her life. Oh, my God. Good for you, you two. Don't invite him back to your house or ever let him look on your car. Did he just scam us for a date?

Yes. Yes, he did. I'm coming over. Oh, wow. Whatever you want, I'm sure. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. You heard Brooke and Alexis and everybody in this room completely shocked that she said yes to another date. I am still shocked.

But this is how bad the dating pool is. A guy comes to your house, eats your food, intentionally breaks your sink, and then admits a week later and you say, yeah, sure, I'll date that guy. That's where we are in the dating world right now.

It's just like the rom-coms from the 90s, right? Yeah. I mean, no joke, seriously. I mean, I guess the good news for us is it does ensure a lot more people want second dates. It ensures our segment can continue because things are so rough out there.

It'll never get better. It's just a dark look, Jeffrey. Well, the next time that anything breaks inside of my house, I'm going to be like, huh, who is trying to get a hold of me? roof caved in wow somebody must really like me you came and put black mold in this closet oh bro was that you anyway we can always help you out with your dating life no matter how tragic it might seem shockingly we

can we can do it we'll call that person who isn't calling you back. 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, 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,

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This is Questlove. Man, I cannot believe we're already wrapping up another season of Questlove Supreme. Man, we've got some amazing guests lined up to close out the season, but, you know, I don't want any of you guys to miss all the incredible conversations we've had so far. I mean, we talked to A. Marie, Johnny Marr, E, Jonathan Schechter, Billy Porter, and so many more.

Look, if you haven't heard these episodes yet, hey, now's your chance. You gotta check them out. Listen to Questlove Supreme on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.