Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - The Worst Way to Introduce a New Co-Worker | Itty Bitty Bit

Episode Date: October 1, 2026

A work morning tea turns into an accidental roast when Jono meets a new co-worker...   Join the Itty Bitty Hitty Committee HERE!Instagram:  @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Well, speaking of, we did have a wonderful birthday morning tea for you Friday. And also for Rach Bache, too, we missed acknowledge in the office. Excuse me. My birthday morning tea was split between the three of us because Larissa was leaving too. I was like, come on. Oh, stealing my bloody thunder. What was it about Larissa? You got a happy birthday and you got to blow out a candle.

Yeah, but I had one of those happy birthdays where it's like, happy birthday dear Megan and Rachel. Happy birthday. Like, sing it again. Can I tell your mind back to when you turned 40? I know, that was a, like, absolute fiasco. That was it. You had a giant screen and reception. Poor, Ray's just had to come in and celebrate her birthday in silence.

It wasn't a big one. She will get the same when she gets to 40. Okay, so that aside. We're at the morning tea. It was split between three people. We have a two, two people. No, and Larissa. The thing was later in the day.

No, she had balloons. But that was earlier. That was for the first thing in the morning. It wasn't during your morning tea, though Well, everyone was like, and bye to Larissa I was like, she's got her own thing Well, Larissa's gone forever now So, you know, we did have to acknowledge that

So, I've forgotten the point of my story now You've got to be at the morning tea And you're at a terrible person appreciate And now, because Larissa is leaving She has a person taking her position Britaining Now, Brittany, I worked with many years ago But then our boss, Harriet,

decided to take upon herself to sort of introduce Brittany to me. And it was a shopping list of all of my quirks. So, you know, when you get, if you know someone for a number of years, you go, oh, that's quirky, that's quirky. You kind of learn them over, you know, a timeline. But when they're all listed out, bang, bang, bang.

She's like, Brittany, this is, this is Jono. He doesn't eat. You won't eat during the day. He gets up at 3 o'clock in the morning. He lies on his driveway and decays at the sky. Yeah, that's all that. But he drinks a lot of Heineken. Fact.

Writes all his emails and caps. Fact. And I was a little thrown because... You heard all in one... And then poor Brittany, you can... I shared the look on her face. I'm like, oh, dear God, where have I signed up to work? It's a lot to say you're on board.

Am I stuck in this office with this man alone? So, yeah, in hindsight, it's probably best to just drip feed that information. Because she's got so much to download there as well. It would be, we should do that for all of us. Would it make you feel better? It would. Right, a bunch of our, can I do Ben? We should do it.

Walks around with a hand sanitizer. Yeah, that would be me. Brutters his teeth in his car. Don't say anything remotely negative because he'll be riddled with anxiety when he's to bed tonight. Schedules all his emails so it doesn't look like he's a psycho sending emails at 4 o'clock in the morning on the weekend. Yeah, you're right. Those things when you first meet someone, they'll be like, oh.

Yeah. Don't lead with it. Do not lead with it. He's got a bit of... He's got a bit of brand damage. Brand repair to do with Brittany in the office there.