Klein/Ally Show: The Podcast - HOUR 4- Dynamic Pricing, What You Learned in School and MORE

Episode Date: August 10, 2026

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If you're new to the show, hi, I'm Klein. There's Allie. Hi. That is Jake the Nerd over there. You've got DJ Omar Khan, Postmaster Johnny, and producer Vanessa taking them calls right now at 800-520-1067. Jay Leno's not going to stick around? Oh, sorry, Jay Leno. Thank you.

There's been actually a couple of messages about Gay Leno on the GOAT line, and we should... Booty calls? A lot of booty calls, a lot of interest for Gay Leno. We will get into all of that at some point this hour, I hope so. But first, Allie, this is interesting. Someone listening to our show is about to have a first experience. Now, we did talk to the Bud Light Bros before he lost his virginity for the first time, one of the Bud Light Bros. That's a big first.

This guy's about to experience a great first this week. Hey, guys. I'm headed to In-N-Out for the very first time, and I just wanted to know what your guys' go-to order is so that way I kind of have a game plan going into it. Thanks, guys. Yeah, I went to my favorite In-N-Out over the weekend, the LAX In-N-Out, and I got to watch the planes land,

and, boy, it was magical. I was there for... More science clients autistic. How long were you there? A long time. I was there for a long time, and usually I'm there for a long time, and I'm waiting for someone's flight's delayed

that I'm picking up at the airport. Because I'm a sucker. But I dropped my sister off. And I dropped her off not because she even said I had to drop her off. I really wanted to go to that In-N-Out. I thought it was a great day. Oh, wow. I thought it was a great day for plane watching.

I got some great, I got some 777s landing. I got some 747s. You know, there's an actual hobby that people have. Yeah. Plane spotting. I talked to people there that were there. And they will go to different locations all across the country just to have plane watching experiences. I wouldn't mind coming to my house.

I have one right down the street. In-N-Out? No, no. Well, there's In-N-Out, but also like airplanes where you can park and watch the airplanes. I don't think I would do it. I think to me, it's the combination of the In-N-Out. You have to go across the country finding that combination specifically. Yeah, it's got to be In-N-Out and an airport close together.

I don't know if there's anything that's as close as the LAX one. I will say I was sad when I got there and my number was, my order number was 22 and they were calling number 36. Oh my gosh. So it has to go all the way back around? It has to go all the way to 100 and then back around again. No way. That was not great, but it didn't take as long as it should have, and the reality is I'm so happy. I'm at peak happiness, I realize, watching the planes land, eating the In-N-Out.

What's your order? Yeah, what is your order? Because this guy's calling. He's about to go, so I imagine we're too late in answering this already. My order has shifted slightly, but I do a double-double, no tomato. Tomato's a waste of space in life. I agree. Tomato should never be on a sandwich or a burger.

And I do two new things now I've never done before that really annoy the people in and out. But I think it changes everything. I do one of them. I do. Listen to that. I bet you don't do as annoying as I do. Let's see. I do.

So I do whole grilled onions. Obviously, that's a good move. I do cold cheese. Wow, that is cold cheese. And then I do cold cheese, which you can order. What are you talking about? Cold cheese. On the side?

No, no. They'll put it on top at the way end so it kind of melts in real time. All right. And I do a burger medium rare, which you can do as well. And I will do the bun extra crispy. Oh, my God. I do the bun. I do the bun thing.

Bun extra crispy. It changes my life. It changes everything. It changes everything. It changes everything. I was like, oh, my God. Like, you have to do it. Everybody listening right now, order it that way.

It'll blow your mind. Extra crispy. Then I do fries well done, cheese fries well done, pickles too on the burger. Annoying customer number 22, please. 22, you little bitch. And then I always forget what I say, and I say it out of order, and the person's always annoyed and has to redo it, you know? Well, because the first question is the onion question. Yeah, I've got to say it the right way.

I forget the right way to order. But when I get it, man, it's perfect. I think I've actually perfected it now at this point. Sometimes when I'm feeling extra hungry, I'll say, add a patty. If I'm feeling extra annoying, I'll tell them to add a patty. And take a blow on it, make it medium rare. Or you say fatty. I say, no, add a patty.

It's add a patty. but that's my what what is your go-to oh i don't think i do anything that anyone else wants i do a double double protein style mustard fried add pickles even though i think that adds pickles already to do it mustard fried because they put it on the griddle with mustard on it and then they add pickles i want them to add more pickles yeah i take off the tomato i also do i just do regular onion we should all and then i do ketchup and mustard instead of spread we should all go in order the way we order and then at the end we'll just spread no no what's wrong with you monster I'm a classic girl.

You mean you get it on the side and you drink it out of the package? No, I don't do animal sauce at all. Sauce. Whatever the sauce is. I know. I don't. Yeah. I know.

It's kind of boring. We should all order and then we should say to the person who was the most annoying and get a real. It will definitely be you. It will not be me because I. I want cold cheese. Yeah. When I say it, they know what's up and they're like, yeah, this guy knows what's up.

They know. Yeah. I'm telling you. This guy. I remember. I've heard tell of you. No. It's not annoying.

When I do it, I'm telling you The legend is true He's here Maybe he's going to add a patty Jake, what's your order? That's it, double double extra spread That's it? If I did bun, I would definitely do a toast

That extra crispy, that sounds like a good one Sometimes, I go protein style extra crispy Just to mess with them They don't know what I'm talking about William in Los Angeles We've stalled long enough. You are the 20th caller. Congratulations.

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We've mentioned a lot this week. It's back to school time. And someone wanted us to point out to everyone that does not have kids and you're not a child, we should also mention that all the people that are going to miss out on this amazing traffic flow that they've gotten to experience in Southern California. And I know it has not always been great, but I do appreciate the person that let us know on the text line. I'm trying to find this text now because everyone's just texting in their In-N-Out orders. But they said all of the focus has been on children returning to school and teachers. But how about just us regular people that, hold on, let's take a moment from the 213, dear Klein and Allie, in this back-to-school hoopla, please don't forget to take a moment of silence for all of us Angelenos that don't have children and have to say goodbye to our short, sweet time when there was less traffic and greater ease of movement. So we take a moment to celebrate all of you people as well.

Yes, it will be a tough adjustment. That is true, but also the rogue children rambling around the neighborhood, too, that's going away. So that annoys the regular people, and that's going to be going away for you. They're all going to be in the classroom now, and they're going to be doing their little after-school activities. So you'll have a little more peace and quiet. Jake was out at the bars this weekend talking to people about what is the one valuable thing that they learned from school that they still use today in honor of Back to School Week, and this is what we got. What's your name? Miguel.

Miguel from where? I live here in Burbank. Shocker. Shocker yet again that Jake talked to a person that lives in Burbank, because that's the only place Jake will go to talk to anyone. He walked out of his shack and it was the first person he saw. That's right. I was born in Mexico City. What's the most important thing you learned in school?

None math. Not math. With a big laugh right there. Yeah, I know. The person who created math. I mean, come on. What are you doing? You don't even need to anymore.

I guess history. History? History for me, yeah. Any part in particular? Just, no, not really. I mean, just in general, I mean, about the evolution of history in the world from the Romans and the history of Roman. Oh, amazing history.

That's important. It was good then. It's good now. It's always history from the Romans and the Civil War and all the stuff. What's one thing you wish you would have learned? All the stuff. Civil War. And that's when I stopped paying attention.

What's one thing you wish you would have learned in school? Business, finance and business. I think I will be much better off if I can learn some of that. Well, he made fun of math earlier. And math is, I think, technically as close as you get to learning about finance and business. Here's how you apply it to make money is the next step, though. No, no, no. The math they teach now, like my daughter brought home her homework, and there was like A equals X.

Dude, it's not the regular math. Dude, it is weird-ass math that they're doing now. It's the world's easiest problem. I'm telling you. if a equals x then then x is a i don't know dude it was it was bananas we don't know yeah i don't know what this is but uh a lot of people saying and jake's research showed that most people said the one thing they wish they learned in school they never were taught were just basic financial just finances i just don't understand why we don't teach regular life things like that

like i know back in the day it was like home ec and stuff like that it was all sexist and weird but I understand bringing some of that back where let's just teach people how to cook ramen or open a bank account. You need to learn how to cook ramen. You can't really mess that up. Yeah, but there are certain things that you have to... Or simple investing.

Yeah, right. It's going to make you a millionaire when you're 60. Or here's how to fill out a 1040 and do your taxes. Nobody knew that. I would have some teachers who would go rogue and say that stuff, and they would say something like, you could either have a gumball today or,

and as soon as they go or, and their goal was to say, like, put that away, And in 50 years, you would have a gumball machine. I was like, I'll take the gumball today. And so that's the problem. You don't think about it. And you're like, yeah, did you say gumball today, sir? But maybe later, like in high school or something.

That's when I fell for the gumball thing. Oh. Apparently, Allie, we have misspoken yet again. It happens from time to time on the show. Michelle, you're a teacher? Yeah, hold on, Jeff. Let me put you on speaker. Can you hear me?

Yeah, now we got you. What are we doing wrong? Yeah, well, they actually passed something a few years ago and my daughter's going to be a freshman this year in high school and by the time she graduates financial literacy is a required class in high school no way and they have replaced they've replaced one year of math with a requirement for financial literacy and it's they're all in california and i started a non-profit here in long beach where i teach financial literacy to fourth and fifth graders in long beach great i'm gonna connect my wife with

you yeah you could use it too yeah teach it to her parents are always welcome to join the class all right thank you we uh we do learn at a fourth and fifth grade level still so that would be great financial literacy no one knows what that means but it's a theory and uh we'll get into that never again on k rock we are klein alley show if you are having tip fatigue because everywhere you ago you were being asked to tip it is frustrating and now there is something that we believe is the evolution of the tip fatigue and some would argue it is downright dirty if it is real i don't know we have audio that proves that this is actually happening but well this is happening at one place maniacal and there is this is legal by the way i don't think so either but it's going everyone's

going rogue and doing their own thing because if you go to a place like a shake shack especially where you just order at a screen and you're not really being served by anybody right a lot of people wouldn't tip and there was a rumor going around that this couple decided to test out that if you do not tip the prices for all of your items go up on their own so they kind of make you tip my wife says that if you don't tip at shade shock they make it more expensive per item so we're about to find out. So they're adding some shakes. So they decided to say no tip. And then it said there's been a price update on some of your items. They went back to their screen. Please review. Everything just went up 50 cents. Wow. Every item went up by 50 cents.

So every item that they had, all three shakes, went up by 50 cents each. So they paid $1.50 more because they chose not to tip. Now, legal question, how is that possible? But a lot of places now are doing this fluctuating price thing, right? And most people don't notice. Well, yeah, we talk about this in stores sometimes or items in real time. The price is the price, though. The price used to be the price.

Now it's dynamic pricing. Well, they were noticing that at different Target locations or just different department stores in general, based on location, based on you and how you're searching on your phone and how much money you spend, it's collecting all that data and it's deciding, okay, we'll show this price to you, but then a different price to another person. Some grocery stores now, I think they're playing with this concept of if you do self-checkout, instead of going,

they will knock your bill 10% down if you choose to check out yourself. Well, that's the question, right? Because if this is happening, because I have been to restaurants lately where they will actually say there is no tipping because we've added a percentage fee to go to the workers to give them a good quality of life and so we can get them health benefits, et cetera. As a result, not tipping is optional.

They just get rid of it. There is no option to leave a tip anymore because we've added 10% to your bill. There's no option either at all? Yeah, some places, there's no option. They go, no tipping, we've included the fee into the food. What if the server was awesome and you want an extra tip? Right, because you throw them some cash.

You couldn't do it on your credit card. You could maybe slip them something. What if they were awful and you want to take it away? I don't think you can do that. I don't think you can take away your health insurance. But on delivery apps, too, like on Grubhub or whatever, there's a lot of stuff that's already included. Even if you tip, there's already something built in for the drivers, for the driver benefits. And I get confused about how much I'm supposed to tip on that.

Well, because they claim that a lot of the deliveries will say the tip will go 100% to the driver, whereas all the other things that were, quote, delivery fees, et cetera, the drivers are getting a small piece of, if anything. But is the driver benefit, is that supposed to be part of my tip? Or am I supposed to tip 20% on top of the driver benefits that I'm paying for? You know what I mean? Like, all that stuff that's for health insurance and for the quality of life of the person, is that supposed to be built into my 20% or am I tipping 20% on top of that? Because I thought that was supposed to be in place of the tipping. Who knows anymore? I don't know.

Now we're being charged more for not tipping. We might as well tip them instead of pay more. But, you know, think of all the people that went through that whole process and hit, you know, skip tip and didn't even realize that the price just went up. And I know it doesn't sound like a lot because it's 50 cents per shake. But if they were going to tip a buck or a buck 50 on the shake, they chose to not do that. and they go, we'll just take it from you another way by raising the prices. Right, exactly. We're going to get the money. And then you're like, should I give it to Shake Shack or should I give it to the staff?

714 said they just went to a place and a restaurant had a gratuity tax on the bill. So there wasn't even just a tax on the food. There was also a separate tax on the gratuity. And where does that go to? Because I thought gratuities are not... Taxable. Well, they're taxable if you declare them, but I thought... Which I was a server and did not declare any of it.

Well, of course, you do not declare. That's why Allie's dealing with you. That's why Allie made $3. This money is gone. That's why Allie's been having a lot of fun with the IRS this year because of moves like that. That caught up with me. It sure did. She regrets all that.

Yep. All right. Well, in a moment, we'll give you the chance to battle Johnny's brain. It's back to school week for some people, but probably not for Johnny. We'd like to call and play. Johnny Doesn't Know is next on KROQ. KROQ, your client Allie's show. It's back to school week.

Johnny's in here on a daily basis to remind you that you should probably stay in school, kids. Because if not, you could be in here every day getting questions wrong. There's a new video up on our Instagram, if you haven't checked it out yet. It was Johnny struggling. What was it? Oh, it was Moby Dick. Oh, Moby Dick. Yeah.

He got very confused about Moby Dick and Pinocchio. Anyway, that video's up for you. Which is weird because he likes the dick. No one loves the dick more than Gay Leno, but he had a hard time with it, and I get it. He had dick on the brain for most of the weekend, but that video's up for you to see what we're talking about. It's on Klein Alley Show Instagram. Let's get into it now. We have one question.

It is back-to-school themed. Oh, nice. It's time for Johnny Doesn't Know, and only one person has the opportunity to play, and you don't need to know the answer. You just need to guess if Johnny will know the answer. So here we go. Johnny doesn't know. I was like, okay.

Oh, Johnny doesn't know. I didn't know Vegas was like in VAT for like a while. Johnny doesn't know. Johnny doesn't know. Gelato sounds like Jell-O. Johnny doesn't know. It like goes, wiggles. Say hi to George in Long Beach.

Hi, George. Welcome to K-Rock. Hey, Swag. Sweet divots. Sweet divots to you, good sir. Johnny's going to answer a question or at least attempt to answer it. All you have to do is predict will he know or not know. And the question, because we are talking about back to school, Johnny, is give me a synonym for teacher.

Will Johnny know that yes or no, George? First off, he's got to know what a synonym is. And I'm going to say no. All right. Will Johnny know a synonym for teacher? George says you will not know. George has a chance to win himself some limited edition Klein Alley Show merch. Johnny, it is now your time to shine.

So I remember synonym and antonym because I had a friend named Anthony in, like, kindergarten when they taught us. And they would always say, Anthony means opposite. So the teacher would tell me that, and I was like, oh, great. They said Anthony means opposite? Antonym. But, like, his name, my friend's name was Anthony. And they're like, Johnny, to help you remember. Was this the birth of Gay Leno?

Anthony. all i could remember was my friend anthony man he was the homie he was the homie did you say me or mo once again the question is the question is give us a synonym for teacher and you've given us a story about anthony now but shout out anthony man i miss that guy right i think you do yeah um no he he had terrible like a bad family background and uh he had a tough upbringing and then i'd lost touch with him like after ninth grade and i don't i I don't know what he's doing now. Shout out Anthony.

Hope he's still alive. So is that your answer? Sorry, actually, what was the question again? What the hell just happened there? George said you wouldn't know. Yes. Give us a... The cinnamon for teacher.

Cinnamon for teacher. Synonym. What gay friend reminds you of synonym? I don't have many gay friends now. I only have like two. I got to expand my Rolodex, actually. Sorry, I didn't mean to take you off track again. Go ahead.

Last chance, John. Okay, okay, okay. Your time is running out. A synonym for teacher is mentor. Synonym means the same, but kind of like adjacent to. Antonym means complete opposite. George, I will accept Johnny's answer as far-fetched as it was and how long it took us to get there.

I would have accepted tutor, educator. Well, give me an antonym for Johnny right now. Who's straight that we could think of? All right, that's correct. We give you one more, and then we get out of here with takeaways. If you got them for us, send them to us now on the text line 805-201067. That is the first thing we do after bad omens on KROQ. All right, that'll do it for us.

Don't worry, Sluggo's going to be in here in a moment. And remember, every hour starting again in about 15 minutes, you get four tickets to go to Six Flags, and everyone who wins will qualify for that 2027 Gold Pass to prove to the world you're better than them as you enjoy your free parking and unlimited visits for all of 2027. Takeaways from today's show. What do we got?

let's see 818 my takeaway is omar can improve any party with drugs yep 650 my takeaway is double confirming means asking for the first time that was wild 626 shout out anthony 818 my takeaway is if a child misbehaves just punch him in the junk and 562 my takeaway is johnny hates columbia and let's see 310 my takeaway is And once the show's over, it's time to talk about Roy from Whittier. That's right. We got to get back to that Roy. Be real.

Be real story from Roy. Man, we talk about that every day around this time. So good. Remember that? Vanessa, what is your takeaway? And by the way, too, on a serious note, Vanessa's had a lot on her mind during the show today because of this earthquake in Columbia. She's got a lot of family there.

She's been checking in with them. And I know that you've been thinking about that a lot. So thank you, Vanessa, for sticking it out here. I know that that's been on your mind heavily. Which is weird because, you know, she's so cold-hearted. I know. So it really is weird. It was a big earthquake, a 7.5.

We understand that. We understand. But you're always saying death happens. Right, yeah. Move on with your life. Anytime one of us has lost a pet or a fish or a relative, you go, is what is, moving on. Yeah, exactly. So, you know.

Things died. Things die. They come and they die. I mean, whatever the message is, whatever you said to me after my dog died, it didn't really warm the cockles of my heart. I'll put it that way. Well, you don't have to talk about this. No. You brought it up.

That's right. But are you doing better now, or are you still freaked out? You've talked the most to your relatives? Oh, actually, my friend's telling me about all of her family members, and there's a lot going on. I just feel like this is stressful. Like, so many earthquakes. Venezuela, Colombia. It's just going to keep going.

We're next, baby. And every country's going to have the hugest earthquake, and it's going to suck. It's the end of days, baby. Yep. Just having a sip of my Don Francisco. Is it good stuff? That was a great fake sip you took. Thank you.

That's prompt. He's really good at acting human. Take away from today's show, Vanessa? Do you have a take away? L.A. Magazine choo-choo us for the best of L.A. with the puppets. They should choo-choo us. That's a good take away. Johnny, take away?

Yeah, hide your penis. Summerween is coming. Summerween is here. Jake, take away? Yeah, you always have to measure a hamburger. Man, all these boobs are one and a half hamburgers. We found that out on Friday. I think it was five hamburgers.

Five hamburgers. You got to look at the video. It's up on our Instagram. if you want to see Ali going all topless in the tent of consent here in the K-Rock Studios. Ali, takeaway? My takeaway is Klein likes his In-N-Out burgers with extra spit. Apparently. They would never do that to me.

I'm such a loyalist. Omar, takeaway? F Columbia. Oh, that's Johnny's words, not ours. Johnny's words. Actually, Klein said it, too, if you want to pull that clip. I said it to quote what Johnny said. Please pull that, yeah.

Thoughts with you, Columbia. I love you, Columbia. Pull that clip. Pull that clip. All right. Here is... Don't delete it. Delete it.

Delete that clip. Take away from today's show. That's all we got for you. Here's a jingle by... Glenn and Ellie, it's just okay. Do-do-do. Glenn and Ellie, it's just okay. Wow.

Glenn and Ellie, it's just okay. Do-do-do-do. It's just okay. Do-do-do. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.