Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update PODCAST: 2 Numbers One Date Scammer

Episode Date: February 10, 2020

Everybody was completely BAFFLED by this Second Date Update... Nobody knew what to say or how to react. The guy we called ended up saving us ALL, and it's a crazy story. Listen to it here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that today's second date update involves probably the worst first date story we've ever had. No, no. We had a girl poop herself in the back of a car. Yeah. She's right. But I think this might be worse. We've had people get blown off and ditched on a first date. That happens quite a bit, more than you think. But we've never had anybody call in who got ditched two times on a first date by two different people.

What? But I guess kudos to you to having two different people set up for a first date in one night. No, I'm trying to find a silver lining already. That's what her email said. I don't really know how it worked, but she got ditched by two different guys on a first date in the same night. Her name's Patricia. Patricia, what's up? Hi.

Hey. You know what? We were going to do your second date update, but I got to run real quick. I'm sorry. No. That's cold. How did you get ditched by two people on the same night? So I matched with this guy from Tinder, so we decided to meet up and get drinks.

And, you know, I thought everything was going good, and he decides to go to the restroom. And like 10 minutes goes by, 20 minutes, and i was like uh well at first i thought well is he okay like sometimes you know if you feel sick from something it's really embarrassing to talk about that so i texted to say hey are you okay didn't hear back so i was like all right well i know what this is yeah has this happened to you a lot patricia it sounds like you like, all right, well, I know what this is. Yeah. Has this happened to you a lot, Patricia? It sounds like you're like, all right, well, this has happened to me before. No, I even like, you know, ghosting is a thing that happens on text. So I was like, oh, real ghosting.

Cool. Yeah, and that's like way worse than someone just not showing up for a date. Like that means they met you, they got the first impression, and they decided they didn't like it. Yeah, salt in the wound well i will say it is brave for you to call and make this all public after it happened so yeah so then i was gonna stay positive so i decided to hang out and you know have a few more drinks and you know enjoy myself and um i ended up meeting this other guy, but I had already had plenty to drink. And the conversation is great from what I can vaguely remember. And I know we made out and exchanged numbers because I had this number in my phone. So were you just sitting there after your date ditched you, just kind of drowning your sorrows?

Like, does anybody want to talk to me? Because my date just left. I hadn't quite reached that point yet, but I was at the mindset like, I'm going to make the best of this. I'm not going to let him ruin my night, even though he's a jerk. I'm going to make it great.

That's awesome. So did you approach this second guy? Well, he approached me, which kind of helped my ego a little bit after that. Yeah. You needed that. That could help. Yeah.

Yeah. So the conversation was great. We exchanged numbers, but I don't remember a whole lot. I know he put me in an Uber, and I think his name was Pete. Oh, my gosh. Okay, so you don't even know his name. I'm 60% sure that his name is Pete, but then 30% says Mark, and I don't know about the other 10%. The other 10% is just a wild card.

Yes. Patricia, we've all had those nights where we don't remember somebody's name, but why would you want to follow up with them? Well, I do remember that the kissing was really good. Oh. Okay. And, I mean, it's nice to, like, put someone in an Uber and make sure that they are safe. And, you know, I remember having fun. I just don't remember his name.

Okay. Okay. So is that who you want us to call today? You want us to call Pete or Mark or Mr. 10%? Or, so I've got two numbers. I have the number of the original guy and his name's Oscar. No, no, screw Oscar. Screw Ditch Boy. You're not wasting our energy on him.

I have the number for Oscar, who is cute and funny and I enjoy spending time with even though he ditched me. But then I also have the number for Pete. And, you know, I like both of them, and I would go out with either of them again. So we've got two phone numbers for Oscar and another guy whose name might be Pete. So which one do you want us to call? Maybe both. What? Wait a minute. You want to call, you want us to call one and ask him for a date and then call the other and ask him for a date? Yeah, I mean, let's up these odds. It's a numbers game, right? Okay, but wait, let's, so if the first one says yes, you still want us to call the second one? Um, maybe, I don't know. And let's see what happens. All right. Screw it. We'll see what

happens then. We'll play a song, come back, and then call a bunch of people and try to get you a second date in your second date update, okay? Awesome. Thanks. If you're just joining us for today's second date update, 792.5. Brooke and Jubal in the Morning. Second Date Update. If you're just joining us for today's second date update, we're going to attempt to solve a mystery. Patricia's on the phone, and Patricia just wants a date with anybody. I wish that wasn't true. She actually met a dude on Tinder and hung out with him for a little while,

but he ditched her in the middle of the date. He went to the bathroom and never returned. So she thought she'd make the best of it and hung out at the bar and continued to drink and just have a good time. And then she met another dude, and we think his name is Pete, but she was so drunk she can't really remember. They hung out for a little while, made out, and then she got in an Uber, and she hasn't heard from either of these guys since. So we have both of their phone numbers,

and Patricia said, I really don't care who you call. Just call somebody and get me a date. So I guess, Patricia, we're going to start with Oscar, the guy that you originally went on a date with. Is that okay? Yes, that sounds great. God, I do not want you to call this guy and ask for another date. He ditched you in the middle of a date. You deserve more respect than that. You realize that, right, Patricia? Yes, but in his defense, we haven't heard his excuse yet. So, like I said, maybe he got sick or something.

Yeah, because he didn't call and apologize to you or anything. So, okay, we're doing it, so it doesn't matter what I say. Well, we're going to dial Oscar's phone number right now and see if we can get him on the phone and find out the reason why he left you. And then if that doesn't work, we'll call the other dude, okay? Right on. All right, here we go. We're sorry, you have reached a number that has been disconnected or is no longer in- Wait, did you guys dial the right number?

I dialed the number that you gave me. What? He gave you a wrong number? Wait, he went so far that he disconnected his number? I can't, what the heck? What did you do in that first half of your date to scare this guy so bad? I have no idea. I've never had someone change their number because of me. This is new.

Congratulations, Patricia. I guess we can try dude number two, mystery man. Maybe his name is Pete. Do you want to try him? Yep, let's do it. Number two, Mystery Man. Maybe his name is Pete. Do you want to try him? Yes, let's do it. All right. If his number's disconnected, then you need to give up on dating forever. I might take a break, yeah. Are we just going to call him Pete?

I mean, we're just going to gamble with that? At this point, who cares? As long as somebody answers the phone, we'll just call him whatever. All right. Here we go, Patricia. I'm going to dial his number now, okay? Oh, my God. I hope he answers.

I kind of hope he doesn't. Making this the shortest second date ever. No. All right, here we go. Hello? Hi, can I speak to Pete, please? Yeah, I'm speaking. Your name's Pete?

Yep. Awesome. What's up, Pete? Yay. Hi. Who is this? This is Jubal from Brook and Jubal in the Morning. How you doing?

Wait, what? This is Jubal from Brook and Jubal in the Morning. It's a radio show. Have you ever heard of it? Okay. That doesn't answer my question. Have you heard of it before? What's going on?

I'm calling you today because one of our listeners emailed us about you. Her name is Patricia, and you met her at a bar a little while ago. Yes. Yes. Yes, I did. Oh, you remember her. Patricia told us about the night that she met you and said that she's been trying to get a hold of you, but you're not answering any of her texts or phone calls. Well, yeah.

I mean, what she did was pretty rude. Was she super drunk? Yeah, she was pretty tipsy, and it just kept going. How bad did it get? I mean, it got pretty bad. Did she puke on you? No, there was no bodily fluids. Oh.

See, I'm already thinking, well, then that's better than I pictured for you guys. Yeah, that's pretty good. Is that the reason you're not calling her back, just she was too hammered? No, I mean, we were talking. She told me this story about how some guy ditched her, and I felt pretty bad for her. So I was hanging out with her, getting to know her, and I guess she had reached a point where she was ready to go home. And she asked me to call her an Uber, and she left when the Uber came. Okay. All this sounds pretty tame so far pete i'm not outraged yet were you just hanging out with her because you felt bad no i mean she was

cute and it was we were having a fun time okay okay so what when did it go south well when she left she never paid for the bill what She just left everything out on the table. Her drinks and the guy from before that ditched her. Shut up. That sucks. That's a big down. But she probably just forgot. If she was wasted, I mean, who hasn't wandered away from a bar and been like,

oh, I didn't realize I didn't pay for that. I mean, she bolted out of that bar like she was on a mission. Wait, so you think that she left you with the tab on purpose? I don't know. It felt like that. How much are we talking here? It was expensive. Not something I was ready to pay for.

Oh, no. So you didn't really intend on even going on a date that night, and you kind of wound up in a date situation, and then not only that, you had to pay for her drinks and some other dude's drinks. He went on two dates, kind of. Yeah, I went on two dates and I didn't get any action from anybody. I didn't even meet the first guy.

Well, maybe you can get some action now because Patricia is actually on the other line listening and wants to talk to you. What? No. Yep. No. Hi. Oh, my God, pete i'm so sorry i i didn't know that i did that i i was drunk so i knew i needed to get home which is why i was like okay i have to leave and i i am so sorry. Like, can I please make it up to you? Like, I can pay you back, or maybe I can take you out.

Yeah, look, it's pretty convenient now that I paid the bill for you to say all this, but it really put me in a hard place. No, I really liked you, and I would never, ever, if I was sober, do something like that. I am so sorry. I'm so embarrassed, you guys. I'm just so sorry. Oh, no. So this wasn't part of some master plan? No, no, absolutely not.

I legitimately had someone walk out on me on a tab, and I would never. I mean, I just have, but I would never in my life I'm so sorry I would never but I did it but I would never do it again I don't know this I mean I've heard of kind of cons like this happening before and I'm easily scammed so oh no oh my god no I like I want to make it up to you like Please let me make it up to you. That's really awful. And I had that done to me, so I definitely wouldn't want to pass that bad stuff on anyone else. How do I know the first guy was even real?

Wait, so are you saying that you think she set the whole thing up, like being at the bar and there was no first date just to get you to pay for her tab? Yes, it really felt like that. there was so much on that bill i would never like i'm not that crafty i got left without a date also why would i go on the radio she's bringing up some pretty good points pete like i believe her and you know pete i can vouch for her that she did go out with another dude and he ditched her in the bathroom. How do you know? Well, because we called that guy. And does he want to pay for the bill? Well, I don't know because the number that we have for him, it was disconnected, so we didn't really talk to him.

So we actually don't know. What are you talking about it was disconnected? I mean, this guy might not exist. You never talked to him. Well, but I had a phone number. None of this makes sense. She gave you guys a disconnected number and scammed me. I mean, it seems like this is all part of some plot of hers.

I'm starting to feel like I got worked over, too. Wait. Maybe you guys are getting scammed. He does have a point. Patricia, are you scamming everybody? Okay, guys, well, I got to go. I have a meeting. What? You can't go now. Patricia, are you scamming everybody? Okay, guys, well, I gotta go. I have a meeting. What? You can't go now.

Patricia. What? Oh, my God! She was totally taking us! She did scam us. Look, I knew it was a scam. Oh, my God! She was trying to get a free dinner out of us! Oh, my God! Alright, so you were right then. She must have set it up

to meet you at the bar and have you buy all her drinks. And you just figured that out right now. I've been telling you, what is going on with this girl? I don't know. Oh my god! Alright, well. Whoa! Sounds like...

I'm gonna stop her. Seems like you dodged a bullet then, Pete. Thanks for your time. Yeah, that girl was nuts. Nuts or she knew exactly what she was doing. Mastermind. The pay for my drink bandit. That's a bad name, but we might be able to come up with a better one.

Yeah, we'll work on it. Broken Jubal in the morning. Text in at 78592 that says you guys should have given Pete a free meal. It's Broken Jubal in the morning. Okay, I got to explain. If people didn't hear today's second date update, listen, we've been scammed on this show a few times for second date updates. Sometimes people will make up a story just so they can yell at somebody. One time a guy made up a story about somebody who wasn't calling him back just so he could yell at somebody who didn't hire him for a job.

Yeah, I forgot about that. Remember that? That's a creative way to do it. It is. It seems like we got scammed today because the woman that emailed us for a second date update, her name is Patricia. Everybody hates her on the text message board at 78592, by the way. Of course. Her name is Patricia, and she told us a story about how she went out to a bar with a guy, and then he ended up ditching her at the bar.

So she tried to make the best of it and stayed at the bar and then met another dude and hung out with him all night and then he wasn't calling her back so she said i don't really care you can call both phone numbers we called one phone number and it was disconnected yeah and then we called the other phone number of the guy that she hung out with after the dude who ditched her his name is pete and we got him on the phone and he said i don't think she was actually there with anybody at all she was just there to meet somebody to pay for all of her drinks because when she left that night, she didn't pay her tab, and he had to pay for everything. For even the first guy.

He didn't see her with anybody else at all? Or she just drinks like a fish and eats a ton. And then he confronted her and said, I think that you are scamming me to pay for your drinks, and she got very defensive and then hung up the phone on us. So I think that she was just trying to do a second date update because, you know, at the end of every single second date update, we always offer to send them out on a second date.

And we usually do that with gift cards from the radio station for restaurants, not to pull back the curtain too much, but we're not really giving them cash to go out on dates. You know, we throw them a couple of gift cards and go, have fun, you two. So I think that she was actually just doing it so she could get some free gift cards for dinner. At first, I was like, no way. She's this poor girl. Why would

you accuse her of that? But then you think we didn't ever talk to the first dude and then she all of a sudden had to hang up and it was like, wait. Well, maybe she was just kind of weird and kind of stalkerish and maybe he did change his number to get away It was disconnected though somebody pointed out on her text message board at seven eight five nine two that nobody has a landline really anymore And it was like a disconnected landline or something so she must have thought it through

And found a number that was disconnected and said okay I'll tell him about this crazy date that I went on they'll call that that'll be Disconnected then they'll get Pete on the phone and I'll tell him about this crazy date that I went on. They'll call that. That'll be disconnected. Then they'll get Pete on the phone and I'll convince him to go out with me again so I can get a free dinner. Wow, smart. Rude, but smart. Yeah, I was just really trying to give her the benefit of the doubt like thinking, oh, maybe he just wasn't

into her or like he gave her a fake number because he didn't want to really, like he wasn't into her and then left. I don't even know. I think she tried to scam us. It does seem like it. Yeah, I think on this one you't even know. No, I think she tried to scam us. It does seem like it. Yeah. Yeah, I think on this one you're probably right. Remember, if you want to do a second date update,

all you have to do is email the show and we will call the person who didn't call you back or you can try to scam us out of a free meal. Please don't. Whatever you want to do. Young Jeffrey's Song of the Week

coming up in just a few minutes at 8.10. Moving 92.5. Brooke and Jewel in the mornings. 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? want. And you know what? We love that for you. Someone else will too. Be more you this year and find them on Bumble. Joel, the holidays are a blast, but the financial hangover, that can be a huge bummer. If you are out there and you're dreading the new statement email that reveals the massive balance that you may have racked up, well, you could use our help. That's right. I'm Joel. And I am Matt. And we're from the How To Money podcast. Our show is all about helping you make sense of your personal finances

so you can ditch your pesky credit card debt once and for all, make real progress on other crucial financial goals that you've got, and just feel more in control of your money in general. You know it. For money advice without the judgment and jargon, listen to How to Money on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, I'm Ed Zitron, host of the Better Offline podcast. And this January, we're going to go on the road to beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada to cover the Consumer Electronics Show, tech's biggest conference. Better Offline's CES coverage won't be the usual rundown

of the hottest gadgets or biggest trends, but an unvarnished look at what the tech industry plans to sell or do to you in 2025. I'll be joined by David Roth at Defector and the writer Edward Ongueso Jr. With guest appearances from Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans,

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