Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update PODCAST: Birthday Drugs

Episode Date: March 27, 2020

This dinner date was out of the ordinary... it included some ILLEGAL activity. This women claims the guy she met was SHADY and she wants to find out what he did. Can they date again after she knows the truth? Find out in the Podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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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 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 of Defector and the writer Edward Ongueso Jr. With guest appearances from Behind the Bastards Robert Evans, It Could Happen Here's Gare Davis, and a few surprise guests throughout the show. Listen to Better Offline on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever else you get your podcasts from. It's crazy to me how many people have actually been ditched in the middle of a date at a restaurant. Yeah, me too. Oh my God. As a former server, I've seen it and it's awkward for everyone involved. Even us.

Oh yeah. Over the years, we've talked with a lot of them. People wondering, you know, what did I do wrong? Right. Was it that my hair was messed up? Did my breath stink? You know, just because i pulled it out doesn't mean they need to run away uh okay that i don't know jeffrey i don't think you're

talking about your spoon are you i was like wait wait a minute usually when we talk to those people the person who needs our help is the ditchy yeah not the ditcher of course but today it's a little bit different that's who's on the phone with us for a second date update. The person that walked out is on the phone. Wait, what? Who? Her name is Jocelyn, and Jocelyn, you're basically admitting that you're a total backstabbing ditch. Well, I'm not admitting that.

I'm admitting that I ditched someone, but I'll tell you why. Yeah, you got a hard hill to climb up right now, Jocelyn. I'm going to tell you that there's a lot of people who are already judging. Yeah, so tell us the name of the guy you were being a ditch to. Stop calling her that! She was. She was a ditch. I know she was a ditcher, but don't say it. Who did you leave at the

restaurant, Jocelyn? Well, the guy's name is Grant, and I met him through a friend of a friend. Oh, retro. Yeah. Retro retro yeah i mean but that's even worse because that gets dicey right friend of a friend so if you ditch someone on a date and they're a friend of a friend did you also ruin friendships like there's a lot on the line for you right now jocelyn well it hasn't gone that far yet this only happened a couple days ago so we'll see all right so tell us about your day what happened well when days ago, so we'll see. All right, so tell us about your date. What happened?

Well, when we met, you know, we were writing back and forth, and then he asked me to dinner. Okay. And I really didn't know him very well. I just thought, you know, he's kind of pre-screened because we know people in common. Right. And we were having a good time. Like, I didn't know whether we would have anything to talk about,

but it turns out that we're both runners, and, yeah you ran right out of that restaurant that's that's what it is she was proven into how fast she was sorry so sorry keep going what else happened okay well yeah we bonded over that and how much we like it and so then grant said that he has to use the bathroom okay and up until this point you're're thinking, oh, wow, this is going great. Yes. But let me tell you what happened when he said he had to go to the bathroom. Okay. It was weird because from where I was sitting, I could see him talking to someone in the doorway of the bathroom, but I couldn't see who it was that he was talking to.

Okay. So he's talking to another person over by the bathroom. Yeah. Which is kind of weird because I didn't think we knew anybody there. But anyway, then when he came back to the table, he was different. He was like all sweaty and nervous. And I tried to start up the conversation again, but he was so distracted. And then he had to go use the bathroom again. that's like a drug deal i mean my first thought is actually he has like some sort of bowel issue but yeah or food poisoning something no you were right when you said the drug deal i think because then he was talking to

another person again i mean they passed something back and forth to each other and i thought for guesses is he using our date to cover up a drug deal? I was kidding. That's terrible. You're being serious? You see why I walked out? I've had issues in the past if my ex was a drug addict. I don't need to get involved with any of that. So wait, he's at the bathroom and you see him pass something to somebody else

and that's when you're just like screw it and left? Right. It just gave me a really bad feeling. I don't want any part of that and I just thought that's just you're just like screw it and left right it just gave me a really bad feeling i don't want any part of that and i just thought you know that's just not normal and i just went outside and ducked into a nearby store you know oh my god i don't i don't know much about how drug deals work but i do know a lot about what happens inside restaurant bathrooms so this checks out this definitely checks out, Jocelyn. I think for sure he was doing drugs.

Don't ask him. Either doing it or selling it or whatever. And I saw him out there looking for me, and I just stayed hidden until I saw him leave. And, you know, he's been texting me a lot. Am I okay? And what happened? And honestly, I don't know what to tell him. Well, I mean, we're all assuming it's a drug deal, but I don't know.

Maybe his special seasoning that he wanted to put on his. You got that, Mrs. Dash? Let's go. We got to hurry. I want a date. There could be another plausible thing. That's all I'm saying. Well, that's what I thought, too, that there could be some other explanation.

It's just if you guys could have seen what I saw when he came back, he was like a different person. He was like shaky and sweating, and it was really weird. See, that's what's weird. Well, he may have just been nervous for being on a great date with you. But how are you not nervous off the get-go? You get more nervous through the date? It's probably the opposite. Exactly. I mean, there's a lot of signs that

are pointing against him right now. Yes. Are you wanting to hear him out? Are you wanting to accuse him? What is our plan of attack here? Hey, crackhead. I really want you guys to help me figure out what to do. Like, should I hear him out? Should I never talk to him again? Should I ask him straight up, you know, what happened? Why are you acting like that? Well, I think we're going to have to talk to him again if we want to continue with the second date update. So if it's not the drug deal would you consider giving him another shot i think i might but i don't know what

explanation it's gonna be i mean you never know so i'm open to the possibility all right well we're gonna play a song give this guy a call and then get your second date update okay thank you guys all right hold on all she to do is party on. Moving 92.5. Ruck and Jubal in the morning. Second date update. If you're just tuning in for today's second date update, we've got Jocelyn on the phone and Jocelyn walked out on her date, Grant, halfway through dinner because she's pretty sure she may have seen him possibly buying drugs over by the restaurant bathrooms. And if I've learned anything from the D.A.R.E. program, it's that drugs are bad? That D.A.R.E. program didn't work. Sorry, it may have changed it since I was in it, however long ago that was.

But anyway, Jocelyn ditched him after that. She hasn't responded to any of his calls or texts yet. Instead, she wants us to reach out to him and figure out what was really happening that night. Jocelyn, are you ready to do this? Yes, I'm ready. And, you know, he could have been selling drugs, too. Could have been the other way around. Maybe he would have paid for your dinner, Jocelyn.

You just didn't get him a chance to do it. I don't think that's better, just so you know. Okay. I mean, I think this will be good because you'll be able to hear him talking to us and you'll be able to tell if he's lying or not. Unless he's on drugs. It's true. People on drugs

are usually not very smart, Jeffrey. You would know. Okay. We're going to call Grant here in a second. Are you ready, Jocelyn? I'm ready. I'm up for hearing him out. Okay. I'm going to hearing him out. Okay. I'm going to dial the phone number right now. Here we go.

Hello? Hi, can I speak to Grant, please? This is Grant. Took you a while to remember that. Hey, Grant. My name's Young Jeffrey. I work for a radio station called Brook and Jubal in the Morning. Hi. Why are you calling?

We're hoping you could sell us something. No. Information. Yeah, we need to know something. Yes. Sure. Nice. Yes. Sure. Nice. Sorry, Grant.

We're doing something called the second date update. Have you ever heard about that before? I mean, yeah, maybe. That's solid. We'll take it. Better than most people. Just as a reminder, in case you haven't heard it, it's where if you go out with someone and then afterwards you can't get a hold of them,

we'll call and try and figure out why. All right. This one's kind of different, though. Yeah. The weird thing is, in this scenario, you are actually reaching out to the person. So it's a little bit backwards. Okay. Yeah, the person.

Am I not being clear? No, the person who ditched you, Grant, contacted us. They haven't been contacting you. Right. As you can tell, this is confusing. Okay. The whole point is, do you know who we're talking about? Do we know who we're talking about?

I don't know who I'm talking about. He's like, am I high? I think I know what you're talking about. Is it Jocelyn? Yes! See? We did it! We got there.

You get me, Grant. I probably would have gotten there a lot quicker if you just said her name at the beginning. Yeah. Okay, you're right. You're right. You would think. The thing is, Jocelyn wanted us to reach out to you because we want to know what happened from your perspective on that date.

Yeah, I've been trying to call her to ask her about it, but did she tell you why she left? She kind of hinted at it, but I think it would really help us if we got your perspective on what happened first. Okay. She was really nice and really pretty, and I thought it was going well. We talked about travel and runners would both run. I thought it was going really well. Like we talked about travel and runners would both run, which, you know, I thought it was going really well. And, um, I came back from, from the bathroom and then she was gone. But she said that you went to the bathroom twice. Sure.

She mentioned that you did look kind of nervous and sweaty after you would make a trip to the restroom. Oh God, I can't believe it. Um, I mean, in her words, you came back and you were a totally different person. After you went to the bathroom, you came back, you were nervous. It was weird. Yeah. Oh, my God.

You try to do something good for someone and it just blows up in your face. What? What does that mean? What does that mean? I don't know. I wish I could have talked to her a few days ago. I mean, it didn't have to reach this level. This is a little ridiculous. Okay, well, look, it didn't have to reach this level. This is a little ridiculous.

Okay, well, look, you don't have to tell us what the situation is. Maybe you wouldn't mind just telling Jocelyn. That's what I've been trying to do, but she doesn't want to talk to me. Oh, yeah. Well, you're actually going to have an opportunity to talk to her right now because she's been on the phone listening this whole time. What? Are you kidding? No, she's there jocelyn grant this is

jocelyn oh my god right why haven't you been returning my calls been calling you endlessly you know i just i thought that something shady was going on i didn't know what you were doing and you know i have a history with an ex who was into drugs and i thought maybe something like that was going on and i just it just freaked me out all right i mean if if you would answer your phone i could have explained this just like it could have been between us and there couldn't be no like a radio station involved wait was, was it drugs? No, it wasn't drugs. Oh, my God. Then what happened?

What was it? Look, okay, our friend that set us up mentioned that it was your birthday, and I was, like, talking to the waiter. They were going to come, and they were going to give you a cake, and I had to go to the back because they didn't have candles,

and so I had to tip him to go get the candles, and they were going to do something nice for your birthday. It was going to be like a whole cake and candles, and they were going to sing, and it was going to be great, and you left. That's why you were nervous. You were paying a waiter to give her a birthday cake. And give her candles for the cake. No, they didn't have candles.

They had to go out and get them. Yeah. Oh, my God. I feel awful. I had no idea. Wait, Jocelyn, do you believe him? Like a baggie of candles? Who said a baggie was involved?

I don't know. That's just what I envisioned. I do believe him. I feel terrible. I'm so sorry. I don't know. I'm sorry. It's because I've been through in the past, I guess.

It just triggered something and I got really scared. I hope you can forgive me. I don't know. I'm a little frustrated, to be honest. past, I guess, it just triggered something, and I got really scared. I hope you can forgive me. I don't know. I'm a little frustrated, to be honest. Dude, I don't blame you. You have a right to be. I hope maybe you can understand that I really thought there was something shady because I don't know you very well,

and that's so sweet that you were trying to do that for me. That's really sweet. I mean, just like the level of conclusions that you jumped to. Yeah, why would you jump straight to drugs, Jocelyn? Yeah, we didn't at all. Like I said, I've been through that in the past and I really thought that that's

what was happening. I still kind of think it was what was happening. I don't know. Am I the only cynic over here? Are you sure, Grant? I used to be a server. People would have to bring in their own candles and flowers. Exactly. I probably could have prepared better going into it, but the restaurant's supposed to have candles.

Am I wrong? Not all of them. It depends. I guess. All right. What color candles were they? Brooke. I just want to make sure he's telling the truth.

Brooke does not buy it. Red. Reasonable. That's the truth. Brooke does not buy it. Red. Eh, reasonable. That's the color, Brooke? So, Jocelyn, you believe him. You really believe that it was. I do. I really believe.

I'm glad I'm hearing this now. I feel really bad. All right. Well, in that case, if this is really what happened, we would like to send you guys out on a second date. If you'll both agree to go out again. We'll pay for it. We're not going to pay for candles for another cake, but or drugs. We're not going to pay for

either of those things, but we will pay for a dinner. I definitely would like to, and I hope you will too, Grant. I hope we can just start over again. I don't know. I'll have to think about it. This is kind of a lot right now. Okay.

Wow. I understand. I just, I hope that you'll decide to go out. I mean, I'm really, I usually communicate much better than that. I just was really freaked out. I mean, seriously, Grant, you accuse a guy one time of being a drug dealer and then suddenly he doesn't want to go out with you again. I don't really get it.

All right. Well, whatever you guys decide to do, just will you guys keep us updated on if you guys will go out again or not? Yeah, sure. Yeah, we'll keep you updated, I guess. Such enthusiasm. No, you're very nice. I like you.

I mean, I'm very sorry. I hope we can get together again. I don't want you to call the feds if I have to go take a leak. You know what I mean? That would together again. I don't want you to call the feds if I have to go take a leak, you know what I mean? That would be amazing. Go number two. CIA. All right, Jocelyn, well, sorry we couldn't get you a second date. And I guess, happy birthday?

Yeah. Question mark. Broken Jubal in the morning. We're so done with New Year, New You. This year, it's more you on Bumbled. It's Brooke and Jub 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 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, It Could Happen Here's Gare Davis, and a few surprise guests throughout the show. Listen to Better Offline on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever else you get your podcasts from.