Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update - Second Date Update: Valentine's Day Fork

Episode Date: February 14, 2024

Cupid needs our help with a Valentine’s Day emergency! The woman on the phone says they were KICKED OUT of their restaurant but she insists it was one of the best meetups she’s ever had.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Second date update. Sometimes it takes a bold move to make a first date really stand out. Oh, okay. Whether that means going in for the kiss right when you meet.

What? Oh, yeah. Bringing your parents along with you. Or giving them your car at the end of the night. As a little thank you gift for meeting up. I'll walk from here. We sign the title over to you. Sounds like a great day for Alexis.

Another bold move is to have your first date during the most romantic holiday of the year. Oh my God. Valentine's. Did you do it? That's what happened for one of our listeners melissa who now needs our help on valentine's day so melissa welcome to the show hi oh my goodness i'm so curious who would ask you out on a first date around this time oh well it was this guy i met online actually all right okay this is going to sound silly.

Did he in any way say, I don't like you like that? See, I feel like he probably just forgot that it was the holiday. I mean, he's a man. That's a classic guy thing, actually. We're going to do a lot of complicated questions. Let's start with an easy one. Does he have a name? There it is.

Yes, his name is John. John. Very easy name. Tell us about Easy us about easy john easy john um he's really nice he's so cute okay i just thought he was like a perfect gentleman oh really what did he do that was so gentlemanly okay well he definitely knew that it was Valentine's weekend and he went above and beyond, booked this really nice restaurant. Oh, nice. So he didn't shy away from it. He was like, I want to take

you on a Valentine's date on Valentine's weekend. Proper. Totally, yeah. Wow. Well, that's good. Okay, so how did it go? Well, so we get to the restaurant. It's really nice but it is so busy oh did he have reservations yes he made a reservation oh okay okay wow nice restaurant like reservations on valentine's

weekend it's very romantic but it could put a lot of pressure on both of you going into that day did you feel that pressure energy at all i felt felt pressure going into it, but then once I got there, he made me so comfortable. Oh, he did? Aw. That's sweet. How was it? Did you have a good time with him?

I had a good time. Uh-oh. No, no, no. I really liked him. It was just that the atmosphere was so insane and hectic. We get to eat at our table we get our orders in our food comes out and we notice there's only one fork like the waiter's so busy we ask for a fork but they never bring us another fork so we're like okay i guess we share it did you did you share

the fork what we tried to share the fork but that just like took too long because then each person was waiting for the other person to take a bite seriously you would take a bite share the fork, but that just took too long because then each person was waiting for the other person to take a bite. Seriously? You would take a bite from the fork, and then you'd pass the fork over to John, and then he would take a bite from his meal? Well, you can't wait for one to finish. The other person's going to get cold. If he was a real gentleman, he'd wait for her to finish.

If he was a real gentleman, he'd just go in the back like I do and steal a fork from wherever the server station is. It's like, I got first silverware. Don't worry about this. I mean, all the joking aside, isn't that like a weird way to go about your first date sharing utensils? True. Yes, but it was like sort of, we had a laugh about it.

I switched over to a spoon. It kind of made things a little bit, it made it low stakes because we were like, this is crazy, right? All right. So he cut up your meat for you and then you spooned it into your mouth. All right. Let's get past the fork sharing. What other highlights happened during your restaurant date?

Okay. So this is where it got a little bit weird. Oh. A weirder. Oh, boy. We're finishing up our main course. Uh-huh. And then the host of the restaurant comes over and asks if he could speak to John, like,

away from the table. What? That's weird. John goes over, has this long conversation. I could see them talking. It looked like a little bit heated. I couldn't hear what was being said. So like hands are moving. It's a little animated. It lasted like five minutes. It was kind of

a long time. Is the host a male or a female? A guy. Okay. I was wondering if it maybe was an ex or something. Oh, that's not a bad thought. Not an ex. So what happened? Okay, so when John comes back from the conversation, he was like really upset and he

was like, screw this. We're leaving. The host chases after him and is like, you still have to pay. I'm like, I'm in the middle of it. I'm confused. I'm like, what is happening? So you're dining and dashing? Well, it sounds like they're being kicked out of the restaurant, not dashing. Yeah, but then they're like, you have to pay. You have to pay.

But hey, if you're kicking me out of a restaurant, I'm not paying either. So what'd you do? Yeah, what happened? Well, John told me to go out and wait in the car and that he would deal with it and he pays. He settles up. Okay. When we're on the car ride home, I'm asking him, like, what just happened? That's crazy.

Apparently, the host told John that we were taking too long for our meal. No. And there was an hour limit. Oh, they do that sometimes. Yeah. Didn't John say it only took so long because we had to share one fork passing it back and forth? That was probably part of his argument. Yeah, like he hasn't given us bad service i mean and i was supportive john was like really upset

about it i was like i'm upset too that's ridiculous yeah you're having a good time on your date well that sucks that puts like a definitely a sour taste at the very end of the day were you able to end it on a happy note yeah i mean i he took me home again he was a perfect gentleman walked me to the door said he would. We should do it again. Oh, really? He apologized for the restaurant thing, even though I could tell he was still sort of heated by it. And it wasn't his fault. Yeah.

I mean, so you haven't heard anything from him since this weekend? No. Does that feel like, I don't know, maybe he's busy? It's weird to do a whole Valentine's Day date and then not text on Valentine's Day. Yeah, that's true. All that build up and nothing could just be super embarrassed or maybe he only has one cell phone that he shares with his roommate back and forth and so his roommate has the cell phone this week time limit yeah so i don't know there must be an explanation

we're gonna call the number that you gave us hopefully it's john and we'll try and get you your second date update right after this all right all right all right hold on second date update two meals one spoon should be the title of our second date today no man i feel like you still you still shouldn't look that up on the internet because our listener melissa went on a valentine's date on the busiest weekend of the year with couples packed into nice restaurants. Their waiter was too busy to give them another fork. Sorry, I should have said fork before. Oops. So they just shared one, which is a little awkward to do on a first date.

And made for a long meal. Yeah, but it does sound like it helped break the tension of having a pressure-filled first date on a holiday like that. Totally. And they naturally got to taste each other's food. Oh, my God. The weird part, though, was when the host came over to the table during dinner, pulled her date John aside, and they got into a heated conversation, which Melissa couldn't hear all of.

It led to John saying, though, screw it, we're going to leave. Dude, they basically got kicked out of the restaurant. Super awkward. A lot of questions about that, but apparently they were there for too long and the restaurant was trying to turn as many tables as they could that night. Oh my God, so rude. So, almost ended in

disaster. I think it did. Melissa, do you think maybe John's just embarrassed that that situation happened on the first date? I think so. Maybe. I was also trying to think if anything else weird happened. And I do remember that he wanted to get to the restaurant early.

And I was like a little bit late getting ready. And he picked you up, right? Like you guys were in the same car? Yeah, he picked me up. And I was too late. Oh, so you're part of the reason that maybe the reservation got shifted. But if they only have you blocked out for like an hour of eating and you arrive 20 minutes after your hour, like they might rush you. Have you ever dated a woman?

Like, are we ever on time? I mean, come on. You should pad it into the reservation time. That's what you're supposed to do, Jen. I don't know how I'm apologizing for this, but yeah, I'm sorry. Thank you. Like, just call the restaurant and say you're running late before you even get us. Yeah.

Okay. I would put myself in his shoes. I don't think I would want to call her back, too. Really? What? So embarrassed. You have all these expectations, and now you're always going to remember the first date. No.

Yelling, storming out of the restaurant. We're going to save this on Valentine's Day. I hope, but I can see if he is embarrassed. We're going to save it or we're going to blame John for not understanding what women are really like. There he is. We'll make him say I'm sorry right when he gets on the phone. Perfect. It felt good when you said it, Jeffrey.

Do you feel good about that, Melissa? Yeah, I just want some answers. All right, let's get those. I'm going to dial his number right now. Here we go. Hello? Hey, we're looking for John. This is John.

Hey, John. My name is Jeff from a radio show called Brooke and Jeffrey in the Morning. Hey, John. We're all here. Sorry for how seductively my host tried to say that to you, but it is Valentine's Day after all. Dear John. Okay, we're on your marriage. All right. She's married, John.

Sorry about that. I'm just being silly, John. It's just a... Yeah, we're comedy. Yeah, we're comedy. We're kind of a wacky fun show, and we do this wacky segment called Second Date Update. That's so wacky. Okay.

And we're trying to help one of our listeners get back in touch with you after you went on a date with her named Melissa. Oh, man. Yeah. Really? We heard it was an interesting night. I thought bold move on your part for going on a first date on Valentine's Day weekend and, like, leaning into it. Yeah, that's a big deal, dude. Melissa called you yeah

she emailed us and we reached out to her to find out about how you two met and what you guys did on your date so we have a few of the details the information we're looking to get from you though is why you're not reaching out to her after the date she says it's been a few days and got nothing. Oh, man. Why are you laughing? Because this is very embarrassing. You know, I want to call her, and I know I need to call her, but I've just been putting it off

because it's such an uncomfortable conversation. You weren't physically attracted to her? No. That's what you got from that? How did you get that? It was a bad guess. Sorry. I get three bad guesses. to her? What? No, no. That's what you got from that? How did you get that? Well, I don't know. You don't need to tell people that. It was a bad guess. Sorry. I get three bad guesses. We all get three bad guesses.

That's my first strike. Terrible guess. Not even bad. What were you embarrassed about? So, I was really nervous about the date. Yeah. And so I really wanted it to be a good experience for her, but I waited too long to get dinner reservations and there was no restaurants

open uh you know that had anything open for me wait she said that you had reservations and that you guys went to this fancy restaurant yeah yeah yeah well i i might have done something uh a little weird what i don't know if she told you, but so at the restaurant, the waiter pulled me aside. Yeah. He had like a little conversation with me. Yeah, she was mentioning that it got kind of heated between you and the host, but she couldn't hear what was happening. Yeah, so basically what happened was the host, he pulled me aside and he's like, are you John? And, you know, I told him that I was.

Okay. So what happened was the actual John showed up. Wait, wait, wait. What? You took someone else's reservation that was also named John? Yeah, I did. How? How'd you know there was another John there? Did you just go, oh, table

for two for John? What about Tom? What about Sarah? Kurt, I meant Kurt. How did this happen? So the day before, me and my friend went to the restaurant, and I told them to distract the host, and I went up to the reservation book, and I looked for another reservation with the name John.

Oh, that's brilliant, though. And, like, it's such a generic name. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I can't tell if I'm flattered that you put energy into making sure you had a table. Like, seriously. It makes sense because Melissa was saying you wanted to get there early, and she was running late.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I thought I could sneak it in there, you know? Oh, my God. Dude. Okay, I thought I could sneak it in there, you know? Oh, my God. Dude. Okay, hold on. The server in me has to ask, was John the table for one, which is why there was only one set of silverware on the table? Yeah, yep, that's right.

I figured it out. Okay. Oh, my God. That's why they only had one fork. Oh, my gosh. Because John was a party of one. Well, you should have just asked John to join you. Yeah.

He might have been happier. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Well, you should have just asked John to join you. Yeah. He might have been happier. Yeah. Oh, man. And you've been waiting to tell Melissa this? Yeah, I guess I was just too embarrassed to let her know. I had a great time on the date with her, but I just was so ashamed of myself, I guess. Oh, yeah. But you put extra effort.

I think it's kind of fun. I think that she's going to think it's funny. All the women think that it's great that you took someone else's reservation and stole it from another honest man, but that's okay. Table for one, who cares? Sure. I wonder how Melissa would feel about that, though, who actually is on the other line listening to this conversation, dude. Uh-oh. Oh, my.

Are you kidding me? I'm serious. You just told her. She's on the other line? Yeah, I think she's still there. Melissa, you there? Yeah. Are you serious?

That's what happened? Oh my God. Hey, Melissa. Why wouldn't you just tell, why did you have to make a big thing? Like you made a reservation. We could have gone anywhere. I know. We just we clicked so well.

And I just wanted to make it special. And, you know, I just I guess I like you a lot. And when you're starting to vibe with someone online, you don't want to lose that momentum and let it go like two, three weeks till the actual date. Exactly. You got to get face to face as soon as possible. And Melissa sounds so understanding. You sound good, right? I mean, I guess I do see how much he likes me to go through all that trouble.

That is kind of sweet. Yeah, but also kind of sketched that he wasn't going to pay the restaurant bill. They were leaving. Remember that? Well, they were kicking him out. They were kicking him out. I think it was just angry. I was going to pay it, but I just didn't want to get busted in front of her.

So I just had to get out of it. Had to get her out. That's sweet. If he commits crimes or makes mistakes, he won't involve you in them. That's chivalry. You say it's dead and it's not, Jeff. That's the type of promise every man should make. So because of that, I feel the vibes going on here.

We'd like to send you guys out on another date, Melissa, that we would pay for. We can't get reservations for tonight, though. No. And I promise two forks at the table this time. Oh, great. You just get your own utensils. What do you think, Melissa? You know, that is weird that that was happening, and I had no idea.

But I do think that it's actually kind of really nice that you were like freaking out so much about it and put all that effort in. So, yes, I would like to go on another date. Love is real. Look at that. If you're a little bit dishonest on a first date and then admit to your dishonesty later on. It's all in the name of love jeff yeah yeah it's fine as long as you say that you don't have to actually believe it just say that it's for love and we can get you a successful relationship congratulations guys

thanks guys oh happy valentine's day it's brooke and jeffrey in the morning brooke and jeffrey in the morning well it's official the hot new first date move is stealing someone else's reservation and claiming it for yourself. It's romantic. Is it not? And I still feel that. It's effort. It's not the right word. Yeah, effort is the right word. I mean, Brooke, if you found out that your husband, Michael, did that for your Valentine's date and stole some other couple's table, would your reaction be, oh, Michael, you're so conniving and manipulative and sweet. I love you. Dude, yes, I would be impressed.

I have not even lied. Just because he hasn't been putting in effort? Yeah, we got into a fight over how he hadn't planned anything, and so he did finally plan something. Or did he? Well, whatever. Did he just find someone with a generic name like Michael at a reservation somewhere? Could be. I had a great date on Saturday night.

There's like five Mad Michael Foxes in the city. Dang it! Well, the lesson that we're learning is it's okay to be dishonest on a first date as long as it's for a good reason or to possibly get some action at the end of it. And the woman benefits from it. As long as the girl comes out on top, everybody wins.

I'm so excited for them. I haven't been as excited for a couple in a long time. I feel bad for the original John guy whose reservation got stolen. Dude, I feel bad that he was eaten by himself on Valentine's Day weekend, but you know. We'll have to pile on. He shows up, of course someone already has my

table. We promise not to pile on to you, though, if you need some help with your dating life, email the show. We'll call that person who's not calling you back and find all of our second day on to you, though. If you need some help with your dating life, email the show. We'll call that person who's not calling you back. And find all of our second day podcasts wherever you get yours at Brooke and Jeffrey. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. Jon Stewart is back in the host chair at The Daily Show,

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