Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: When ‘Dad’ Gets Added… Is It Offensive?

Episode Date: September 1, 2025

On today’s show:  Ben’s annoyed because we got him the wrong size undies… A nasty scam is going around that completely wiped out someone’s bank account! Does adding ‘dad’ to a word, like ‘dad bod’ or ‘dad rock’, make it offensive? Producer Grace breaks a WORLD RECORD before 7am! That awkward moment when you called someone the wrong name… Why Megan gave her daughter d*ck-shaped soap… Dear Megan: One woman at work is lovely to everyone else but nasty to me, what should I do? Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFAST Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thanks to Hello Fresh, cook easy, delicious dinners the whole family will love because nothing beats dinner time. Welcome to the podcast on a Tuesday morning. Great to have you with us and I was just a clickbait article, got clickbaited, Tyson Fury, you know the heavyweight boxer, a brother of Tommy Fury who you will know from Love Island, is it Megan? Yeah, Molly Mays. I think they're back together. Oh, they're back together? Yeah, ex, yeah, baby daddy, should we say.

Well, did you know Tyson Fury has been married nine times to the same, to his same wife? They've had... Remember I said they got, they did another wedding, yeah, in Paris recently. Nine times. Far out. That's impressive, isn't it? And like, it's not a small thing. Like when they did it, I think it was in Paris.

She's, like, wearing like, a full outfit. Yeah, well, they're part of the traveler community, aren't they? And I do weddings, because they used to have a show, didn't they? They're about traveller's weddings And when they do, geez, they go big They go big on a wedding Yeah Yeah, so nine times

Wow, it's the same person Yeah I'd renew my vows It's just like, I can't be bothered Are you planning on doing it? You will do it? So no, you're not I'll do it but I can't be bothered

I was like, I want another dress and do all that And we say we will But then I don't know if we'll ever get round to it That's cool Yeah, I like the idea behind it But it's another bit of thing to have to do Yeah, but because you look back And it's a snapshot in your life

When you get married but then you look back again and you're like, I'll be cool to celebrate with different people there in your life now. Yeah, exactly. But that's,

and I have your kids as well too, you know. Exactly. I understand tight family, but how would you feel if you're like, I was like, hey Ben, do you want to come to me and Jenna renewing our vows? Would you like to come to our? Yeah.

You'd come? Yeah. It wouldn't be all. So we're obviously not inviting Jono. No, I'm just like, is it a weird thing to be, to have a whole other big. It's just a party.

Yeah, you're right. And it's just like people, like you'd just be celebrating you and Jen and that's just that you she still puts up with you probably less emphasis on all the things we're like yay Jen here's your medal yeah she's probably doesn't deserve that you're right yeah so it's just an excuse for

for a part adult booze up yeah pretty much but yeah nine times I thought that was lovely a lovely story did you think it was lovely no I did I thought it was very cute because I find them quite endearing the furies particularly the father the father is like a hot head

and so Tyson Fury would be worth I'd say hundreds of millions of dollars and did you see his reality show? Yeah, at home with the Furies? At home of the Furey's. And he was like, look, and they haven't changed their traveller lifestyle. So the dad still lives in a caravan

on Tyson's backyard. He's like, I don't need a house. I'm happy here. This is all I need in life, which is beautiful. But then they had Tyson Fury there. He's like, looking out and he's like, I wouldn't change this view for the world. And I'm thinking, this is a guy, could live anywhere in the world and he's looking out at the skungiest most polluted pond it's like an

estuary and like part of like small town england yeah like the car with the wheel sort of sitting in he's like oh i wouldn't change this for the world you're like good on you mate it's like muddy marsh it was a bulky marsh yeah people are chucking washing machines and old dryers in there you're like that's kind of what's endearing about yeah yeah it's good that's a good that's a good Hasn't changed. Well, listen, we're going to start the podcast with something that producer Grace. Just told me four minutes ago what we're leading the podcast. Oh, I think it's to do with me complaining about a gift, you know, a gift that I got given.

Oh, you know, like a slight complaint, a small, very small complaint. Very small, tiny, tiny, tiny complaint. Yes, but a cost-saving complaint. Yes, but a very small, small complaint. Like, squint to see it. Yeah. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast.

The heads. A great sport going along. moment the black foans and the women's rugby world cup through the quarterfinals we've got the all blacks taking on south africa this weekend at eden park which would be very exciting now producer toy set of south african radio shows got in touch and they want to have a wager yeah so we'll find out what that is they're going to propose something to us before the end of the week yeah and as well as at the warriors are making the top eight we're not sure if they're going to make the top four after last uh fridays uh a bit of a shock well it's a bit of a controversial loss on your

Birthday as well-being. Yeah, it was. It was my birthday, and you guys, I'm not really a big birthday person. I'd rather avoid it, but you guys gave me, early in the morning, I appreciate lovely gifts. It was under the cover of darkness. It was, it was. And, you know, like chewing gum, which I like, you know.

Not just one, it was a pack of 30. A whole pack of 30, you know, chewing gum as well. And Warriors, like, I love my Warriors merch, and you gave me some Warriors underpants, which was lovely. You know, so on Friday night, it was going to the Warriors game, and I was like, hey, should I put on the undies? Should these be my lucky undies. It seems like an appropriate time.

Yeah, it does. And I said, two pack, two pack of undies. I said, thanks very much. And then I went to put them on and I looked and I was like, small. Gosh, small. I mean, like, I mean, yeah, okay, small is probably the size I should be wearing. But, God, I mean, at least, like, leave me a medium to large. Yeah, at least give me a medium to large, you know. Was it two days earlier when we were talking to you about, and I said, do you have Warriors undies? this was on air so we can get this audio and I don't

and I said what size would you wear and you said small for comedic comedy yeah comedy well yeah like at least it's like giving you an extra extra large or something me getting a shirt or something

you'd be like oh my next question your honour did they fit? That's not the point the point is another point whether they fit or not it's the fact that you're like you would have preferred oversized underpants Oh, Ben, he's very large in the underwear department. I know he's a small guy, but on the underwear department, he'd be wearing extra large or something.

By your own admission, you were like, I'd need a small one, struggle to fill out anything else. Yeah, I came by my own mission, they fit perfectly. But that's not the point. I was like, small guys, you know, at least human me with a media. But you know how he saves money buying NBA singles? He buys kids' sizes. Yeah, he can buy kids extra large sizes. Do you buy kids' warriors' tops as well?

I could actually try a kid's extra large, is it, yeah. But then if we bought you a kid's size, you'd be insulting apparently. Particularly around the underwear region, you know. Yeah, but they were perfect. Yeah, but that's not the point. The point is, you know, just at least, like when I buy the kids stuff for school and stuff, they buy something bigger so they can grow into them, you know? Well, we would like to think cotton on.

I don't think you're growing into them. Cotton on kids for supplying those underpants as well. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Yeah, Ellie joins us on the show. Good morning. Good morning.

This is my best friend, Ellie. She would like to let everyone know. It's a public service announcement. You've been scammed, and this is so elaborate. I feel like we could all fall for it. So what happened? What exactly happened, Ellie? I've been selling some bits and pieces on a Facebook marketplace,

as many of us do. And, yeah, someone said that they would organize some postage for me to send the item. Sent me a link, and it was the easy as that. So you were dealing with a legitimate person And then obviously the scammer somehow got hold of their account Is that what happened? Yeah, yeah, they hacked into somebody else's account And we're fishing me through that

Wow, so where you got this emails, you were like, Well, that's great, I'll be selling this particular item to this person It all seems legit of a board Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly And the website that I unfortunately clicked through was a New Zealand post site and it looked so legit. Oh my God. No red flags there.

No. And so what details are you putting into this fake site? Oh, that's where I got stupid. That's where they got my card details. Yeah, but you're paying for postage though. You think you're legitimately paying for postage. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You just don't think in the moment.

You just... Well, all so far, it feels like it ticks all the boxes. You're like, go, go doing all this. And you're probably running an autopyage. pilot with admin and going, yeah, cool. Also, you're expecting to hear from that person, too. It's not as if it was out of the blue. Yeah, no.

No, exactly. Oh, your road toll charges are, yeah. This is really, you know, it's a masterpiece of scammery. And so what did they take from you? Oh, they took $1,700, unfortunately. Jeez. Clear you out. From my card.

So a lot of random transactions, which the bank, bless them, is, um, helping me try to get back. But it all happened because you didn't realize until maybe like an hour later, eh? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It literally all happened within like 40 minutes. It was crazy. Jeez, at least, hopefully they left you a good review.

Five stars. Would scam again. She got to get something out of this. I really kept to say a few words to them. I bet. What's the thing? Because I've all had things we've been tricked by scammers

and it's getting more cleverer these days, clever and cleverer. But you'll feel embarrassed afterwards, eh? It's that feeling of like, Oh, I'm such an idiot. Oh, of course. And I'm a young spring chicken, so you think that these things happen to an older demographic. Like someone like me?

Yeah, exactly. I don't want to say it out loud. But yeah. And so has this, have you lost all faith and trust in marketplace now? Will you use it again? No, God, no. I donated everything else that was on there. But then again, it's probably, it's not their fault, you know, like I would imagine as well.

It's just. And that woman, she obviously didn't know that she. she had been hacked, the Facebook page? No, apparently not. Apparently not. Oh, God. And so how does the bank actually, I'm always interested, because they do generally try and get your money back. What do they do?

I'm not too sure the intricacies, but they basically dispute it. They dispute every single transaction with the merchant that the money is trying to go to. If the person on the other end agrees that it's a fraudulent transaction, then, yeah, hopefully they give you money back. But it's never guaranteed, which is the money. crazy part. Oh, my goodness.

But also, when you rang the bank, they said it's happening a lot. Yes, yes. Yeah, the guys at ASB said that it's happening very frequently. They're getting calls every day, all sorts of elaborate fishing schemes. She's the trust is. Honestly, the trust is gone with the internet. You know, once the trust is gone. That's what I'm saying, yeah.

Trust no one. But me, hey. Yeah, obviously, yes, yes. Although you could be doing a long play. You could be a Nigerian prince. Megan, really, your best friend, Ellie. I don't know if he has got that Nigerian prince vibe about me

Come into your family's inheritance I'm sorry, well hey listen thank you of anything for alerting the audience about this and really sorry hopefully you get all your money back there Ellie I know I know thank you for yeah talking about it Let me know if you need a sugar mama I can spot you I'm not coming to you who's a sugar but you have two children

and no money We're in the same boat here my friend Yeah, one to watch out for Jeez John O'Benn and Megan The podcast The Hats Australia State

State and Australia is set to ban the plastic fish soy sauce bottles You know the ones you get with sushi They're saying You know

Even though they're popular First use for sushi In many countries Obviously trying to reduce Unnecessary waste What's your mum gonna do? Well she Like to be honest

She doesn't like the fish She doesn't like waste So she'll be quite happy That's why she's reusing That's why she's reusing She loves reusing her She doesn't like throwing anything out. She puts mouthwash in them, doesn't she? Yeah, she was like she kept them for ages

trying to work out what she was going to do with them. Didn't she end up with soy-flavored mouthwash though? Oh yeah, she washes it out and stuff. But yeah, she keeps everything. Everything my does. So yeah, so she won't be that unhappy. The other ways for her carry mouthwash around. I mean, but in terms of landfill, I understand that they would be creating some, but they're very tiny. They are tiny, but I guess everything, maybe. Adds up. Everything adds up. Yeah. How much, like, does, how much mouthwash does that give her one mouthwash? Yeah, not much, really, eh?

It's just a little amount. A couple of droplets. Yeah. You know, when you come up to an intersection sometimes, there's people there are washing windows and things. I always find the windows end up dirtier than when you entered the intersection. Well, like some smaller parts around the country might not know. Like people with, like, a pump bottle of water and something like a squeegee thing.

Yeah, a pump bottle of water with no soap in it. Just water. Anyway, so I pulled up to an intersection yesterday and there was one of the window washers there working hard and uh he said oh do you want your windows washed but as he was already washing them oh yeah sometimes they just go straight and then you're like we're here now no no no we're here now but then you don't honestly don't have cash so most of the time i don't have cash i try to keep some money in there so i did have like two or two dollars or something so i was like here you go and i have music playing because my son he plays the drums and he's learning uh

a song by queens of the stone age no one knows right okay this one i thought so great songs This is just playing when I plug my phone. And I've just pulled out of the work car park, so I'm at this intersection, just up the road there. This is playing, and my windows down as I'm handing the money. He goes, he goes, oh, listening to a bit of Dad Rock, are we? Dad Rock? Well, to be fair, it is Dad Rock. That's what's set with me.

As I drove off towards the motorway, I'm like, offended, immediately defensive. And I was like, Dad Rock. I was like, no, this is just rock. You can remove the patronising Dad. No, I'm kind of a great song. I'm saying it's not a great song, but it's dad rock. I mean, your son probably wouldn't be learning, you know, like it's, you know. I drove on the motorway and I was like, well, I'm a dad tick.

Yeah. It's rock music tick. And he said, are you listening to Dad Rock? And I was listening to it and I was like, I am filling all the criteria for Dad Rock. 23 years ago that song came out. But also why does that offend you, do you reckon? Yeah, yeah, true. Just putting the word Dad, you know, Dad bod, you know, Dad Jee's, Dad Jokes.

Dad jokes. Yeah. shoes it really feels like you're humiliating the connotation doesn't it it does it's negative it's not positive and it's father's day week yeah you don't deserve that no that's right and so maybe i need to proudly own the fact that it's just i know it's sad rock but you could also just call it right oh listening to some rock are we yeah but it's not new rock it's not new rock i see you know yeah no he's right i mean he's 100% right yeah yeah yeah are you only listening to the new rock you know like if you're listening to something i don't

New rock, are you? Who's the new rocker? I mean, we haven't had, it feels like we haven't had rock. Music's sad rock. Yeah. Like, is anyone making rock these days? No, no really. Yeah.

I kind of give you an example of like, oh, if you're listening to that song? Yeah. I mean, the last place you feel that your music's going to be critiqued, does that the intersection or someone's washing your window? I feel like it was just bans. No matter what you were playing, there would have been something. The bit of pink, he's like, oh. Dad pop, is it?

Mum pop. Yeah. So anyway, I do listen to Dad rock. Hey, next, we're looking for a New Zealand's most unhandiest dad to listen to a bit of Dad Rock and see if they can build something for us. We can all join in in the... John O. Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hit. Producer Grace, Gen Zee, producer Grace, has been learning something for the past, probably about the past month, actually, all 47 US presidents in order. It's crazy. I never thought two months ago that my whole life would be about the US president. Yeah, it's your existence now. And you saw a Guinness World Record on... line, I didn't understand

or realize it was held by a child which makes this all the more better that we're bullying a little child out of their record you know, this kid's got a couple of things in life and Guinness World Record is one of them and a grown adult is wanting to take that from this child. Yeah, but she's got her whole life to do something else. And you've got the records.

And if you've already got the record, no one can take that particular moment about the fact that this child's got the record and that's what happens with Guinness Record. Someone's going to come along better. That's what we're trying to do here. So this is, well, this was the previous record holder who we were like, well, Grace, you can smash this one. George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson.

Credits were credits due, he's remembering. He's remembering. Hey, great pronunciation. He sounds so cute. Okay, so that's all 47 presidents in the order from the United States of America, but we've since found out someone did it a lot faster. Another child, the children are really into this record. George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Montrose, John Quincey Adams, James Jackson, Martin, Van Muey, William Harrison, John Taylor, James Keebock.

Picken up the pace somewhat, that child. Now, yesterday you gave this a bash grace. You had set a really good pace. Yeah. I thought you were going to get there, but it just fell over at the end. George Washington, John Evans, Thomas, Thomas, Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy, Andrew Jackson, Martin, William Harrison, John Tyler, James Poeck, Zachary Taylor, Taylor, Pierce, James, James, Abraham, Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulylis,

Seth, Behanes, Jacob, Chester, Arthur, Grover, Cleveland, and Jimon, Harrison, Grover, Cleveland, William McKinley, Theatre, Roosevelt, William, Taff, Woodrow, Wilson, Warner, Harding, Kevin Coolidge, Habito, Hover, fucking Delano, Roosevelt, Harry Tumann, Dwight and Howard John of Kennedy. And then things fell about, part towards the end, they didn't know. But, fair enough, I mean, there's a lot to remember, and to do it fast, and clarity of words.

That's what I'm looking for. I'm just looking for clarity of words. I was practicing last night, and I was like, Ben told me to practice my diction. I don't want you to get through it, and then go, oh, we couldn't quite get a couple of presidents, you know? And you remember them. I know you can remember them all.

Yeah. Two things. do we have to have middle names? Yeah, that's what I've still don't know. And you say again, I've been practicing not saying again. That's a second, surely. There's Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Montrose, John Quincy Adams, Saundleynne, Jackson, Martin, Van, Wooden, William Reeves it.

Mixes it up, John Quincy. He says William Henry Harrison, and I just say William Harrison. Okay, all right. So there's obviously no, they're not going to worry about that. As long as you understand who the president is. Okay, now, we do know it's an absolute fiasco getting a Guinness World Record, the paperwork and they sort of want $8 million into you to donate a kidney

or something so what we're going to do is just going to film it Ben you're going to hold up the paper again hey today's paper there you go on camera this is an attempt for the Guinness World Record this is the wonderful blindfolded see I've got my blindfold this time Grace Hilliam which is like William with an H attempting to beat a little child

with naming the most amount of US presidents in under 28 seconds okay all right I've got the stop watch you start when she's She starts. Okay, I'll count us down. Three, two, one. George Washington, John Adams, Thomas, Thomas,

Jefferson, James Monroe, John Quincy, Adams, Andrew Jackson, Matt of Mbiam, William Harrison, John Tyler, James, Zachary, Taylor, Millard, Philmore, Franklin, P.S., James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ullasley, Andrews says, Grutherford, B. Haybes, James Gavell, William McKinley, Theodore, William Harrison, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren,

Harding, Calvin, Colage, Herbert, Herbert, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John of Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard, Jared Ford, Jimey Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. H. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Donald Trump. Stop!

What is that? 27! 27! Grace! I was following along with all 47 and you did the order of all 47. Guys. Hold that up to the camera. Oh goodness.

27. September 2nd, baby. Portia Woodman's on the front paper. Grace Hilliam. Right. Record breaker. We're no more than age. There's no other radio show in the country right now at 6.40 in the morning.

Smashing World Records. Patricia Grace. I'm so proud of you. That was really impressive. Thank you. Bowing, everyone. Wow. Suck on that, kid.

Yeah. Wow. I feel so good. What a way to start. That was really good. Send it off to the Guinness World Records. Let's try and see what they say. Well done.

27.93. It's because I had a coffee this morning. Wow, they're really impressive. Yeah, you've just shaved the record, but hey, you got it. Hey, well done. That was very impressive. Now what? Yeah, now what?

I don't know. Someone's going to see it again. Just poor Troy's going to have to deal with the back here. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Megan, why are you being called Wendy? So my son, I remember...

He's such a Wendy, you're a Wendy. I remember doing this when I was young, and for some reason it's so mortifying. But my son, he started calling me, he's like, Wendy, I mean, Mom. And so Wendy is one of his teachers' names at his daycare. So I guess he's just getting confused. What does he call Wendy? Mum. Oh, that happens.

When that happens at school, I don't know why that's so mortified. But it does. Well, you accidentally call the teacher mum. You're like, oh, and everyone laughs. And I don't know why it's so. Shame, shame. But like, you only do it when you're younger. It's not like when you get to work, you're calling your boss, mum.

They would be mortifying. Well, maybe you have. Maybe there's a pet name that you've called for someone. I would call my wife, bro, once. She didn't like that, did she? No, that was weird. And it just sort of slipped out. Yeah, thanks, bro.

Yeah, thanks, bro. Was she like, did you just call me bro? And I was like, yeah, I think I did. It's like me. I say babes for everyone. Babes is my very casual term for everyone And one time I was like, hey babes To my husband

He's like, no, no, no, no, I'm not babes He doesn't like babes No, he's like, that's what you call everyone Oh, okay Babes What if he called you bro? I hate bro And mate

Hey mate Mate, mate, mates can sound patronise a game Oh Jesus, it's all I ever call you is mate No, that's fine I mean if my husband call me mate I'll be like, I'm not, no No, no No

What I like about two Gen Z producer Grace's generation They're calling everyone, bro Hey, Grace would be like, hey, bro, you know. Oh, brah. Brough. Yeah, brough. Oh, bruh.

So we do want to know this morning, 0,800 the hits when you said the wrong thing to the wrong person, like calling your teacher mum or something. I remember at the Canterbury A&P show. Remembering, and we were walking through, and there was a paddock load of very good-looking horses. And I said to one of the horses' owners, that's a sexy horse you've got there.

Right. And you two made me feel very uncomfortable. Well, that's not something you would say. You made me feel uncomfortable. Yeah, you made us all for uncomfortable. She's the wrong thing to the wrong person. Well, I don't know the pro. protocol when complimenting a good-looking horse.

We don't say sexy. Pretty. Yeah. Sexy means like you, yeah. A good-looking horse. Yeah. Yeah, he's probably like, what are you about to do with the lifestyle? Yeah, it does feel a little that way, sexy. You guys, that was definitely wrong term.

So wrong thing to the wrong person. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hits. Morning I want to know when you said the wrong, embarrassing said the wrong thing. Now, you got things that a little bit mixed up, like your son, calling you a Wendy. Yeah, his teacher and then calling his teacher's mum. that's so embarrassing

I don't know why it gets embarrassing another thing I find too sometimes you might get dropped off maybe by an Uber driver or a taxi at the airport and they have a good flight and you're like you come up with a U2

and it's not the appropriate thing you're like I'm gonna go to flight yeah he's like you know the situation I always struggle to go as soon as you hop in an Uber busy day

yeah that's classic year had a busy day maybe you know they must get that every dub yeah so I had 100 it's when you said the wrong thing

to the wrong person, just harking back to I said to someone, a horse owner, you have got a sexy horse when we're at the Canterbury AMP show. Someone's texted in saying your horse greeting was completely appropriate. That's from the horse community. If I was that horse's owner, would have taken as an absolute compliment. Okay. She didn't know.

It was a handsome horse, though. Yeah, it definitely weirded her out, but it was the Harry's styles of horses. So, wrong thing to the wrong person. Cassie, good morning. Oh, good morning. Lovely to have you on. Saying the wrong thing to the wrong person. Yeah, well

I've got to do thee I ended up professional work call with Love You and hung up Oh no Who was on the other end Well it was a male supplier

So I quickly had to call him back And explain But I didn't actually love him Oh you called him back I would have just left it Because he might have been like Did you say I love you? Was he?

Did you? Yeah Nah Because I had to talk to him Quite a lot Like every day So you could Technically

you could have fallen in love with him. Well, yeah, and he worked with his wife. So he had called his wife. He heard me. Did he say, I thought that was an unusual way to wrap up the call? Hey, when I rang him back, he honestly was like just about wetting his pants. Oh, my God. So I had to tell my husband as well because the co-worker overheard me.

It's just really good. You got in deep on this little thing, didn't you? Oh, man. Well, I didn't want it coming out at the Christmas stew. like do you everyone gossiping in the office? Oh yeah I mean it totally ruined my reputation

because I was the office pit bull Oh right And geez you confessed to everyone involved as well Did you go to? I had to come clean I just couldn't love with it Because I really didn't love him Yeah that's funny

I really didn't I didn't Could you see yourself together in the future though You know maybe not love at first But maybe it could have got there Oh no I'm not my type Yeah good

Well it's a lovely Well we'll say love you love you, Cassie. Oh, thanks. Love you guys too. Yeah, good. We're waiting for it to come back. We don't have to call you back and clarify. Have a great day. Oh, you too. Thanks a lot. Love you. Love you.

Maddie, morning. Morning. Great to have you on. Now, when did you say the wrong thing to the wrong person? Oh, so I was swinging off this guy's arm. We were lining up in Wellington to go see the Endeavour ship, I think, or there was some kind of ship there. And I was swinging off of old men, talking to him, calling him granddad.

And then my granddad looks at me, and he goes, what are you doing? And I looked up, and I was, like, swinging on an old man. And I was just a random old guy. At no point, did he, he wasn't thrown off. He was just rolling with the punches. He just let me do it. He's like, I mean, had this attention for many years. It's like, we're going to hook you up with a double pass to go see Down to Nabby,

the grand finale. It's in cinema's September 11. Amazing. John O'Ben and Megan The podcast. Our friends went on holiday to Bali and came back and bought us a wee gift. I haven't used it yet, but it's been sitting in the drawer in our bathroom.

Right. Bottom drawer. And my daughter comes in and she watches me put on my makeup sometimes. And you know you're focusing so hard on what you're doing, you're not concentrating on what they're doing. Fosser King. Foss the King around. and I heard her say, what's this, mummy? And I was like, oh, I don't know.

I wasn't paying attention. And she then tried to feed this present that I got from my friend from Bali to our dog. And when I looked at her, she was like, Leo, here's your bone. And it was a novelty soap that we'd been given. Okay. That was in the shape of male anatomy. Great novelty present from Bali I was thinking it was a whole other item

and I was like well jeez That's a hell of a friendship Hell of a friendship I just came back in the thought of you So I put this out for you Electric toothbrush by the way That's what we're talking about It was a soap on a rope

Yeah That's a fun gift Big like yeah Yeah And she was trying to feed The soap on a rope To a dog How do you use that thing

Do you just kind of like Hold it and rub it out I don't know And that's why it's still in the drawer Because I'm just like ha ha ha, but... Because at some point you've got to clean your undercarriage, too. True.

And I'm like, no, it's not Leo's bone. That's not for... That's not for Leo. It's a different. It's very soapy for the dog as well. It's going to be confronting. I thought I was in for a bone. Yeah.

Well, technically a bone of some description. Yeah, it's not exactly what you want. Yeah, so I put that in a different joy. You'll be pleased to know. Do you want it? I can bring it in. We should put in the communal showers. Yeah. Yeah, that'd be nice.

They're argumental showers, aren't they? There is downstairs, yeah. We've never used them. Let's have a team shower. I've also got a booby one too. My son wants to use in the showers. I should have just bought you about a bit of a Bintang t-shirt or something. John O'Bennon and Megan.

The podcast. The Hits. Mr Troy, it's lovely to have you in the studio. Yesterday we burdened you with an official information act request. This is from the show, probably the most adult thing this program's ever done. To be fair, though, we threw away. it out as a bit of a joke and next thing we know Troy has already put it all through.

Like official documentation. That's on you, producer Troy. Sometimes I find the line quite tricky, where to drill the line. Is it a gag? Is it a gag? He definitely didn't have to follow through with the seven pages of documents for the official information ad. Prime Minister Christopher Luxend said in relation to a video that he put

out there inviting Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift in New Zealand for their wedding. He said that he knew a mate in America who worked in business with Travis Kelsey and that he thought it was quite funny, the video that Luxon had done, and he asked for a passport. And we're like, did he? Or is this a story like twice removed? Yeah.

And so we want the text, because apparently all MP's phones, their texts are fair game. Geez, that would make me nervous if I was an MP. So we want receipts. We want receipts that Travis Kelsey did indeed say that in response to his video. So you'd assume that the Prime Minister's friend

would have messaged the Prime Minister with the feedback. And so we're just wanting full confirmation. We want answers. We want answers. We're like new stalks ZB. We want answers from the government. Step aside, Paddy Gow has got issues. This feels like a huge waste of...

The Official Information Act, people did get back to you, didn't they? Yeah, well, after I've read through... It ended up being 20 pages of documents he had to kind of go through and check balances. And ended up finding a template online. So I said something along the lines of... We would like to request a receipt of communication, screenshot or otherwise, between Prime Minister, Christopher Lichten. and his friend who claims to have heard from Travis Kelsey

as referenced in the following quote Megan did point out I sounded a little bit passive-aggressive on this template how the email ends said this was part of the template it said if you do not normally deal with official information requests or need advice on dealing with this request guidance is available from the ombudsman and then adds a link

so if you don't know what you're doing he's a link that might help you sweetheart do you reckon they just are going really really this is what we're going to do this is it They've got to follow up through, don't they? I got a pretty prompt reply that started with, in all caps, unclassified.

Kiyo. Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982. OIA received on the 1st September, copied below. We will respond to your request within the statutory time frame set out in the Act 15 days. If we're unable to meet you with these timeframes, we'll notify you. Namuhi.

Namhi. I knew it was going to end with the Namih. I knew that. Well, okay. So we'll find out if he's got receipts. But you're right, we could probably message him somehow or message his people, but that's right now. It's going to be so embarrassing if he's not receipts.

It was a call. Yeah. Well, we can't prove that. Show us the call logs. John O'Bennon and Megan. The podcast. The Hits. Dear Megan.

Someone has slid into Megan's DM's with a dilemma this morning. Okay, it reads, Hi, team. I have a dear Megan situation. I work in an office, and we have a pretty big team. everyone is friendly and supportive of each other but there is one woman in our office who just has it in for me

she makes snide remarks all the time and leaves me out of things like coffee group outings honestly it's always hard to explain to people but it definitely gives off mean girl vibes the trouble is she's so nice to everyone else and people speak so highly of her that no one believes me when I say she's nasty to me it's really wearing me down

because I feel like she's turning people against me and somehow I end up looking like the bitchy one what do you guys think I should do oh wow she's enters a full two-faced bush mode okay good play here good play now how do we believe this lady that she's being bullied well that's how she feels

yeah true is this a thing does it happen absolutely the thing is like the hardest lesson I've had to learn is that not everyone will like you and that's okay not everyone needs to like you. Let them. That's all mate's theory, Mel Robbins. But if it's affecting your work and how you think other people are treating you, I think then maybe you do need to step in.

I like this woman sounds like a super villain too. Yeah. It is next level workplace bullying, isn't it? Almost gaslighting as well. Just gaslighting because I was like, no, she's really nice. And you're like, no, but she's... But not to me, she's not. Not to me.

We had someone in our friend group who was like that to me. They're not in our friend group anymore. but everyone was loved her and she'd been around for such a long time but she was really mean to me did you bully her out of the friend group no i was trying to tell everyone and everyone's like no she's fine she's fine i found out that she had a past relationship with my partner that'll do it so i was like okay that's like me so there's always a reason and that's the thing this lady clearly feels threatened by her maybe she's more talented that's what people do when they feel threatened sometimes is they attack you need to dearm her and

some way. Yeah, so what? It's not a leave the job situation, is it? Like, it's not quite at that stage. Don't let her ruin your job for you. Don't leave the job. Okay. Oh, sorry, I'm just asking.

Can you cut the brakes on her car? Can you cut the brakes on her view? Is that too much? It seems strange. Okay, little too much. You don't want to do anything unlawful. Could you put diesel in her petrol car or something? I was, I was leaning towards, like, trying to get her on board somehow.

When you go, what's Michelle Obama's saying? When they go low, you go high. you go high. Pink bats in around the pants? Yeah, no, you're not going high. You're not going high. Going lower. No, you're going definitely lower.

Okay, oh, Andrew the Hats, 4487 on the text. I love your help this morning. It has been blowing up on our Facebook page. We need to read out some of those. Can you secretly film her? Is that weird? That is quite. That's a bit weird.

Do you need permission to do that? No, but you want evidence. You're like, look. Or you could create an AI-generated image of her being mean to you. Yeah. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

Dear Megan involves a colleague at work who seems to be loved by everyone else, but just not one particular person. Yeah. So this one person works in a big office. Everyone's friendly and supportive of each other. There is one woman that has it in for me, which is really difficult. She's doing coffee outings, leaving her out, gives off mean girl vimes, but everyone else thinks that she's lovely. No one sees her be nasty to me. So what should she do?

She's full, bloody, what's the, what's Lindsay, Regina George? Mean girls, yeah, Mean girls. Regina Georging at Catherine, morning to you. Morning, John O'Benamiga. Good morning. Now, if this was your friend, what are you saying to them? Well, I've seen this happen in workplaces. It is not nice.

So to further elaborate, I think, we'll call the person A and person B. Okay. So person A is the one who's been left out, and person B, being the bit of the meany. Right, yeah. So, yeah, that. I was just trying to be a bit more polite. Yeah. You know, so I feel like they should have a conversation, one-on-one, by themselves, without anyone around.

That's a very good point. Yeah. Yeah. Front footer. And they should, like, dig a bit. but I was like, okay, is it not, no fluffing around, just be like, okay, is it true what you're saying about me? Confront them. Okay, that's a very good point, Catherine, because I think sometimes when you do that, you disarm them, don't you?

Yeah. Yeah. Like, confront them, but be nice, but still speak in a respectful tone. I don't do it with a smile on your face. Do it a nice way, okay, that's Catherine. It's definitely coming from somewhere. Yeah. Tracy, good morning to you. Good morning, guys.

How are you? Yeah, we're doing well. So going low, going high, what's your suggestion here? I think they need to look at their company's anti-bullying policy and read what the procedures are and then just keep a note for two or three weeks or even a month of just incidences that they feel this person is bullying them or being mean to them and then go and...

Narc on them, knock! Well, if they feel comfortable approaching the person directly and say, look, this is what I think. happening then go for it but if they don't then talk to their supervisor or the HR manager and get some help that way and get the get it all done nicely and officially and hopefully resolve take it to HR now I mean Ben you've spent your fair time in HR haven't you how have you found the process yeah well it's always a bit stressful for me you know but hey am I going to get off this one you suggested maybe a few wines yeah if it was me I'd probably go out with everyone have some

wines and then do the old why do you hate me and maybe when they've had you know a couple of venos they might just be like i don't hate you i just you i feel threatened by you that maybe that's you just need a d and m it's what it's leaning towards isn't it they feel they're threatened carol knock this on the head what are you going to say to this person sorry um you should be i just feel that that because she she's being different around other people when they're with her if she recorded it she could prove it

and I know people have saying it's illegal to record but then if you don't then it's a matter if she says he says sort of thing yeah you're right the recording proves it unequivocally doesn't it and thank you Carol

coming to us live from an Avery this morning all right Megan you need to wrap things up what are we going to go back to this person with because a few different options here I just think like there's usually a reason and it might be because they're feeling a certain way. It might not be a you problem, but if you talk to them, you could disarm them.

And yeah, if you're not comfortable, I guess you're going to have to take it to HR. Don't leave your job. Don't let them make you feel uncomfortable in your workplace. But then in other cases, you have to let them, don't you? Yeah, well, true. Calling to Mel Robbins. Oh, yeah.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. I'm for a bit of a ceremony this morning. Okay, from the Hidaki breakfast, Jerry and Mina. Good morning. Now, we've been sort of negotiating behind the scenes and on radio about a curtain that we had in the studio. You guys have had your eye on it. We, to be honest, we wanted to get rid of it.

So it's played into your hands a we've been. What's worked out? Great, one man's trash, another man's treasure. We had a feng shui expert in Master Yu, who is telling us that, as you guys have learned in this studio, there's too much positive energy that comes through these glass windows. It's oozing it. It is. Now, we've tried to counteract that with negative energy on here, but evidently we've been overwhelmed.

so we need curtains and I came in to ask you guys where you got your curtains from and you said we can have one if you want yeah yeah and we said that and then we had to okay it with the bosses but the good users the big bosses have said you can have it

so it's great one of the two curtains we don't know what's happening with the second one yeah hold on you can have it I mean I was like curtains we kind of need to this is where the trade gets awkward it's a big curtain I just heard I heard plural

for some reason you're just wanting to block out the alleyway energy there, though, aren't you, where our boss just stands and vapes. That's where all the positive energy is coming up from. So you just see the one window? Well, that is one of the issues, but then there's also the other window which, where the big bosses can come around.

So we're trying to completely stymie that. Surely you want a little bit of positive energy coming around. Shut yourself completely off. Unfortunately, though, there's been a woman that's been arriving recently that's been crying every day on her phone. So also, we're trying to block that out if we possibly can. She does on the studio too. Megan does it all the time.

I was going to say. I was going to say, sorry, I won't walk past the studio. It's working with us, it's breaking it down. So it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, it's a, but it's a big one. No, it's a great curtain. Well, I can't help it notice. I thought you guys were getting rid of the curtains entirely. So did we.

You've kept the rail. Now, so. Do you want the rail too? Well, I mean, what are we going to hang the curtain on? We don't have a row. Sounds like a you problem, but I don't know. There's plenty of rails in the studio. I don't know if we can hang a curtain off any of them, but, okay, so one curtain.

Well, we haven't shown up empty-handed either. Jerry's brought a kohar. This is something that's near and dear to him that he thought you guys could benefit from. Yeah, this is the mousetrap, the clever killer. It's from good nature. Okay, thank you. It's a humane rat trap.

Oh, good to know, yeah. Mouse trap or traps? How many? Just a trap? Just the one. Oh, just the one. Yeah, okay. I heard traps, but that's fine.

Put out the corner of the studio and hopefully you can. Have you got a problem in Hodakie or not? Oh, yeah. Well, a pest problem. That's GNA, though. You know. The official handing over ceremony, I think it's even been to bloody regal dry cleaners as well.

Neatly folded, dry clean, covered in plastic as well. And it's resplendent in grey, isn't it? It's beautiful. A lovely grey mall. A millennial grey. The official curtain ceremony. Here we go. Yeah, do we clap?

So happy to get rid of that curtain that you're clapping it out. And we will let you know, we don't, well, our show doesn't want the other curtain, but that's not, that's not up to us. Okay, well you guys keep working on that. We'll try and find another humane rat trap and maybe we can work out another deal. I reckon might a tier mega be $10.50 a curtain rail. Even cheaper at Bunnings, I reckon.