Should I Delete That? - Is It Just Me: Mandatory training at the zoo
Episode Date: January 5, 2023In this week’s Is It Just Me? the girls discuss canned applause, Spotify wrapped and whether or not a proposal should be a surprise...Big shout out to Rachel xxxFollow us on Instagram @shouldidelete...thatEmail us at shouldideletethatpod@gmail.comProduced & edited by Daisy GrantMusic by Alex Andrew Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Hello, hello, hello. Hello, hello. Hello, hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. This is, should I delete that in case you weren't sure? Oh, we're still so bad at introducing this thing. I know. I put my, um, I put my headphones in at night because I listen to, I have to listen to a podcast to get myself off to sleep, which has reminded them to put her podcast in, her headphones in.
When you said you have to put headphones in at night to get yourself off, I was like, oh, fuck, you know.
To get myself off to sleep and off.
Because, you know, can't be alone with own thoughts.
And I put a timer on, but often it goes into the next episode.
And I wake up in such surprise.
I'm like, what is this that I'm listening to?
I went to sleep listening to one thing, and this is very, very different.
Is there anything worse than when you wake, like you fall asleep on the sofa and you wake up?
it happened more as a kid because I feel like now the things that we watch are more like
we choose the things that we watch so it doesn't automatically roll onto the next thing
but when you were a kid and you'd be watching something that like and then you'd wake up
and it would be like fucking hell then it'd be like yeah then I cut on my sister and I put her in the
oven and it's like oh my god you know what I miss those days not the murder the murder TV days
but like I miss the days of watching like the other day I can't oh I couldn't think
of anything to watch and I was like I had a bit of time by myself I was like what's we're going
to watch and I watched I went on to normal TV just like normal channels you know how was it
what did you do it was so nice actually it wasn't nice because on ITV ITV there was just
adverts and on channel four there were just adverts and on channel five just I was like
there's just adverts everywhere so I have to say I have become a horror recently and I don't know
who the fuck I think I am like to be so
like morally, like an intellectually superior about television.
But I think I haven't got a great attention span for a start.
And I can't, I don't like, I don't like, I don't like just watching something.
Or I like just watching something, but then I don't like, I don't know.
Like the background noise can be really jarring to me.
And there's nothing that annoys me more than like a canned, like clapping.
And my, I'm just going, I'm, is it just me that feels like this about some TV programs now?
because this is a whole thing is you've unlocked something in me oh my god i'm intrigued i have so
many feelings okay i cannot watch the chase anymore because i used to love it but i hate that
the minus option is an option i hate that the minus i hate the people that choose the minus option
i just think they're the minus option so if you go like if you answer like maybe one or two
questions right like maybe you're like the third person to go through and then you get like
one thousand pounds in the cash builder for example the the the the the the
Chaser will offer you either, like £60,000, £1,000 or minus £1,000, or £1,000, or £3,000, or £5,000.
And quite often, people take the minus offer, which means they are minusing the money
from the good people who have gone before them and added to the pot.
So they're taking their stupid brains because they, because they didn't do as well.
Like the people at the cash, probably don't need them.
You know what I mean?
Like, and then they go and they get a minus option,
which means you've got one fewer questions,
and you're just taking away this money from people who fucking earned it.
And I genuinely, like, it's not like a little thing that I'm like,
oh, ha, they're the worst.
I'm like, no, I can't look at you.
Like, I hate you so much.
I have to turn the television off.
So is it just so that they can stay in the game then?
Yeah.
It's a few, because I swear I know.
No, no, no, no, no, no, it's a thing.
And it all minus everybody's offers.
So then it's like, if you had, like,
9,000 pounds in the pot, you know, they could minus like 2,000. So they'll get through
and then everybody's reduces to seven. So not only if they've then got to not split the nine
between two or three, they've got to split the nine between an extra seven between an extra
person. Do you know what this calls for? Prison. An off-com, an off-com complaint,
or prison. Yeah, 100%. Off-com complaint and then prison. Honestly, that was the beginning of my
shift in television, but like, that would annoy me to the point of like,
just like absurd
absurd amounts
and then I just get so impatient
with everything else
like we're pointless
when they're chatting
I'm like I haven't got time
I don't care
just tell me the answers
and then just before the answers
it's the outbreak and I'm like
why am I here I don't care this much
I could just Google it
I could just Google it
and it annoys me so much
and then lovely Richard Osmond
give me a fact and I'm like
I don't need this
I don't need this
and I just I
get so impatient
with it. I just get really impatient
with all the format. Like, I'm like, this could
have been a 10 minute segment. This did not need
to be an hour long show and I haven't got the time
basically. And I hate
just like the canned, like, what?
As the background. I'm like, ugh.
I am with you. I hate the
I think TV shows, especially
yeah, well, actually only reality
TV shows, go on for like
way too long and talk for way too much.
Like, Married at first sight.
Oh yeah. Yeah. Like married at first
site, I could have been into that. I'm the kind of
person that enjoys shit like that but I was like I can't invest I'm not interested in hearing
a random person's backstory make me interested in this person and then and then maybe I want to
get to the backstory but I don't care about all this like I don't know I just couldn't do it I just
felt like it was the episodes were so long and so drawn out and then love you do it when it's like
coming up next and then previously and it's like I've been here
The whole time, I know, I know.
And then there's some scenes in like,
why is there such a bug up my ass today?
But there's some scenes in like the Kardashians even when I'm watching it
where it's just like, they've obviously done this to like make the television.
And it's like they're doing a stupid game or like they're having a food fight or whatever.
And I'm like, grow up.
I don't care.
I don't want to see this.
But there's an episode of just watched way back when it's like Chloe hires a mine
to be handcuffed to Chris all day.
And I'm like, I remember that.
This is such a waste of my life.
I don't need to watch this random person.
And quit, why am I watching this?
Why am I watching this?
And also, mine's a sinister as shit.
Like, as shit.
Yeah, very.
So then I just can't.
No, I don't like stuff like that.
This is too silly.
I'm not watching it.
And so after that episode, I didn't watch it for about a month.
I was just too silly.
I'm not doing it.
It's too silly.
Honestly, everything does my head in.
It's so bad.
I'm like such an old gromp.
Alex just,
puts on like background TV but you know what oh my god this why is this is unlocked something in me
my brother and sister will come in like if i'm sitting in the city i'm just like reading my book
or just like chilling yeah they'll come in and they just flick the tv on and i'm like why
why we broke we could just talk or we could just sit here not talking why is this happened
and they turn the tv on this is my ADHD talking clearly they turn the tv on and then they'll
just have a look at sky movies and they'll just be like oh this is doubtfire 45 minutes in they'll just
watch it. I'm like, what?
They did, like, think my brother the other day.
Like, we were watching Jurassic Park.
I mean, my brother, there was a whole thing, watching Jurassic Park, and then about
an hour in, he was, I'm going for a shower.
He's like, what the fuck do you?
Like, is nothing sacred?
It's nothing sacred to you.
No, I get that because I can't sit through a film.
I really struggle with, like, sitting through an entire film.
Like, I like episodes.
I like knowing that there's, and the thing is, is I will sit through many more
episodes than would actually make up a film but there's something about knowing that a film is
more than an hour like an hour and a half maybe two hours and I'm like I have to sit here and watch
this do you remember when we went to nelly's house this just reminded me do you remember when we went
to nelly's house and interviewed nelly london and she had um she had is it she had is it is it
cake on in the background what what is that tv show they have like objects inanimate objects
and they might be the objects or it might be like cake
which looks like someone's made a cake which looks exactly like the object hell this show sounds awful
oh it's literally called is it cake the game show do you don't remember this and it was on and i
couldn't concentrate on you guys like i was trying so hard but it was fascinating and it's on it's on
netflix oh my god completely forgot about it but i need to watch it because i was hooked because you
cannot tell it'll be like a bag like literally it's like is this a bag or is it a cake and you're like
no idea
not a clue
it looks like a bad
how has this been made
into a television program
like we've just made
this like what's the sewing beat
there's a channel
there's like a whole show
about the sewing
like some of the shows
and oh my god
like when Alex
this is what he put on the other day
he put on
location no not location
location location
like a place in the sun
on one of those shows
and it's like
yeah they'll be like
let's take this
random couple
and it's like
Karen and Keith
like we've come to the
Spanish coast and like we're going to see if they want this house and then they look at this house
and this flat and they hate the flat and then the guy's like oh it's on for like 130,000 euro and
it's like what? Like where? And then it's like oh and I just I look at it and I'm like they hate it.
They hate it. They're not going to buy it. Why have we all done? Why have we all? Why have we all just
had a tour of this horrible flat somewhere in Spain that none of us have been but nobody wants to buy?
and then
normally happens
you have a 30 minute
segment with these people
you get super attached
what are they going to buy
home are you going to stay
are you going to go
what are your kids going to
and where will the room
and then they go
who's actually decided
we're not going to do any other things
what is the point
what is a point
yes however
speaking of TV
and speaking of Spain
I would like to pitch
something to you
okay
a TV show called
bargain loving Brits in the Sun
what's happening
I don't know. I was expecting a reaction. That's fine.
Is it a show or do you want it to be a show? Because it sounds like a show. No, no. It's a show. It's a show. So it's Brits have moved to Benadorn.
I'm really sorry that I didn't react. I just, you looked alarmed. So I was like, oh, do you know it? I love it. Okay. One of two shows that I very much love. I love more than two shows, but two shows that are in my mind right now. So yeah, these people move to Benadorn for like to live a cheaper life out there. And it just shows them like,
navigating this you know how to live a cheaper life and the second one is gone from my head the
second one is four in a bed where it's like four people that have an Airbnb oh my god it's so good
they go to each other though that right winds me up that frustrates me and makes me angry
when they're unfair yeah because they are unfair because they have their own agenda they're all
unfair yeah it's clear and also like it's so it's so it's so the standards of the like the uh
Not the standards, but like, they're all like...
Yeah, when they're like on their hands and knees, in the bathroom,
like behind the, what's the back of the locals?
Cistern.
Oh, what?
Yeah, behind the cister and I'm like, oh, get up.
This is I'm digging for.
Who cares if there's a speck I dust behind there.
Who gets?
And...
But also, if you've watched the show, you should know that your guests are going to be awful
and they're going to be there, so just clean it up.
Oh my God, it would have to be like sparkling.
Sparkling.
Sparkling.
I just, I hate, like, I don't know what it is.
I don't know why.
I think, unfortunately for me, despite my incredibly positive attitude and generally, like,
quite nice demeanour, I have this horrifying cynicism that comes only when I'm watching TV.
Like, generally, I'm a believe the best in people and, like, quite a positive and upbeat person.
But that part of me just dies a death when I'm watching TV.
And I just hate everybody.
Yeah, I just, I genuinely, I'm not proud of that.
that tangent that I just took us on,
but I can't think of a show that doesn't annoy me.
Apart from, I love grand designs.
I love grand designs.
It's the best.
My only beef is when Kevin gets quite high horsey
with certain people.
There's some people he just takes against.
It's normally a woman,
and he just takes against,
and he's really petty and mean the whole way through,
and I'm like, why you like this?
Like, I think there's some women
he doesn't like to be too above there,
boots or too architecturally confident. That's all I've noticed about off. Okay. Okay. Otherwise,
all good. Sometimes I'm just like, why have you brought this attitude? Why have you put this attitude
to this lovely person's house? And I can't wait for them to prove you one. I'm sad to say that even
that shows moves too slow for me as well. I've got a problem. That's, that's the kind of
speed that I like because they don't do the adverts. They don't do previously. It's just,
just watch this show. It's just here's an hour. Like we haven't.
overproduced it, it's just
it's what it is what it is.
You know?
And no one claps, which I love.
You don't like clapping.
I hate it when the audience claps.
I hate it when the audience claps.
Oh, I love it.
No one wants to be clapping.
And I really feel that as a viewer.
I'm like, all those claps are frustrated claps
from people that want to be at home by now.
See, I just love it.
I love a clap.
I know you love a clap.
And I love that for you and I want to take it away from me.
A very unifying ritual.
Um, okay. Is it just me? I haven't. Fifteen minutes in. I haven't. Is it just me?
Sorry, I really feel like I, uh, uh, I, I took the wheel there. Because you had your very own. Is it just me? And I'm sorry for Betty tip-tapping around on the floor. I can't really help it. Sorry. Do you think it is just me? Do you think other people hate TV like that? I don't think. I don't know, possibly. I'm starting to hate it more as well. Like, the older I get, the more I hate it, which doesn't both well. Imagine when you're 60.
you've been throwing rocks at the TV
I don't enjoy the TV like my family will sit down to watch TV and I'm like no
not coming like they'll all have dinner on their laps like watching the TV and I'm just
like I'm just going to sit by myself and read my book that's where you get a lot of reading done
that's good that's good thing yeah yeah they're all watching the chase and I'm just like
this is watching my brain I'm going to watch someone do a minus and then I'm going to throw
something and it's just going to be undickness I like to rock my brain like no I'm just
too invested no too angry
I just, I can't bear it. I can't bear it. I can't think about it. Sorry. That's fine. That's fine.
So, and is it just me? A bit of a, a bit of a random one here, potentially a bit of a niche one, but maybe not also at the same time. Is it just me whose engagement isn't a surprise? Me and my partner of seven years had previously discussed getting married in the year 2023. When a proposal didn't materialize, I brought up the subject a few weeks ago, and my partner said he wanted to get engaged and had started looking into planning it, but was feeling.
feeling a bit overwhelmed by picking a ring and actually proposing. I completely understood this
and we are going ring shopping together this weekend. He will probably just end up proposing
whenever we actually have the ring, but literally just on one knee to officially ask me
and put it on my finger. Although it's not why I always imagined, I do feel okay about it and
that it's the right thing for us at this time. My slight insecurity is when people ask the question
how did he propose is how do I answer. I'm curious to know how many Instagram worthy engagement
stories are actually true or is it that my or is it that my story is not that uncommon but no one
talks about it please help oh my god it's not that uncommon at all sorry it's not that uncommon at all
happened to my friend as well she knew it's happening they went to pick a ring together she picked
the ring actually i think she picked the ring online and was just like i want this one um
and they went away to i think like the lake district and she knew it was going to happen and it did
and it was it was yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah my friend proposed
to her boyfriend.
There you go.
There you go.
She used a plate.
Yeah, she wrote, she wrote,
she had something written on a plate.
Like, it is the year 2022.
Like, I genuinely this,
and I completely get the insecurity
about, like, comparing it to everyone else's,
but actually, at the time,
it feels like the biggest thing ever,
because obviously it is in,
for a week or so.
But now, thinking about it,
like, I can barely remember
how all of my friends got engaged.
Do you know what I mean?
Like, I know you were in South Africa.
I know my friend lost and so people were at their house.
I know Lucky was abroad.
Like, she was skiing.
Like, I know where they were.
But that's as far as it.
Like, I don't know.
I mean, I actually do know yours,
but I feel like we talked about it
for like, you know, reasons to remember.
But like most of my friends,
I don't know if their partners got down on one knee.
I didn't know if they were talked about it before.
Yeah.
I didn't.
for me when people come and tell me they're engaged
I'm like oh my god how did it happen
I'm just like oh my god I'm so happy
yeah like my friend yeah my most recent friend
to get engaged I went to saw her biggest hug ever
I'm so happy for her blah blah
I talked all about like her wedding and stuff
but I did not ask how he did it
because I just don't think it's very relevant
and I feel like that's quite common
and your story is your story
and that's what's gonna make it special
and I just don't think it matters
I think you can get sucked into like
I mean there's a whole side of TikTok
dedicated to like engagement proposals um engagement proposals dedicated to proposals but um but you don't need
to have a fancy proposal that's the thing you just don't and it's not like a it's not an indicator
of what's going to be a a happy marriage or doesn't mean much you know it's like yeah and realistically
like my friend who I was saying tonight actually um he they got engaged his couple got engaged
and it is not a surprise to anybody
like you know she's been very clear
because it's part of her life plan as well
yeah like they have communicated
and it has been a big part of like
the conversation that we as their friends have had
and they as a couple have had
that's just like
when we get married we're going to get married
you're going to propose or whatever
like because you have to plan
your life
so yeah like I just
I really don't think it's that bigger thing
like and I mean
I'm an idiot like I was genuinely surprised
when Alex proposed, which I shouldn't have been
because, like, you, like the person
who sent this in, I had been with Alex for seven years at the time.
So I don't know why.
I was so surprised.
But I think, like, for the most part, people aren't surprised.
And if I can give you anything,
it's that when I do Feel Good Fridays,
most of the Feel Good Fridays,
I get at least 10 a week that say either,
I found a ring, I found a receipt,
or I think my boyfriend's going to propose to me tonight,
or, you know, like, we're going on holiday
and my boyfriend's going to propose to me.
Everybody knows.
Not everybody.
A lot of people know it's coming.
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, for sure.
So I wouldn't worry about that.
And you can also say to him, like, look,
I know we've got this planned.
I know I've seen the ring, but I still want to feel like a fucking princess.
Of course you can. Yeah.
Yeah.
And you can ask for that.
And you don't have to tell anybody that you ask for that.
You can just talk.
That can just be something within the confines of your relationship.
But you can be like, I'm glad that we picked out the ring together.
Like, that felt really special.
But I would still like.
still like a moment, give me my moment. There you go.
Give me my fucking moment, buddy. Not only do I want the brain,
I want the moment to go in it, 100%. Alex had chewing gum in when he proposed.
I love that.
I know. I might say you. It's such a funny detail. But I enjoy it.
So funny. Yeah, same. Because we've both got these really big, cheesy grins. I'm like,
what's that? And Alex's mouth. I'm like, oh, it's true.
Oh my God. Al, I've got something to tell you.
Oh my God.
Okay.
This is not good.
What?
So this person has just listened to the episode in which you and Jenny come out and admit that you're...
Okay, don't make it sound like a...
Don't make it sound like a disorder anyway.
Okay, fine, sorry.
She's just listened to that episode where you said that really normal thing about wanting to eat another human.
No, no.
And she said, today's episode unlocked a really embarrassing memory for me.
I too enjoy playful biting
Okay
There's no way that I can read that
That it makes it sound not weird
I too enjoy playful biting
Are you dogs
Like I just don't understand it
I just I can't get mad around it
It's like a friendly hug
Or cuddling with your friends
Again
I think maybe it's because I'm not a friendly hug
or cuddle with your friend's type of person
Okay
Okay
I just don't get it
Anyway
She said not so much anymore
But when I was younger for sure
So she's a biter
She's one of us
She said
I had a close group of friends at uni, and we were playfully bite each other's shoulders.
Okay.
Sorry, I'm not pausing for effect. I was sick in my mouth, but that's not to do with the biting.
That's unrelated. One day, in physics lab, I was assigned a new lab partner. I was standing
next to him while the professor explained the assignment. Absent-minded, as I was, I started nibbling
on my new lab partner's shoulder. He looked at me.
absolutely terrified. As I had no idea how to get out the situation, I just pretended it didn't
happen. We worked together in the lab for a full semester and never brought it up again.
I think this is one of the most embarrassing stories that's ever been sent in. Oh my God,
I'm dead. That is fucking mortifying. You cannot explain that away.
Oh my God, it's just... Wow, on his shoulder.
Because I tell you what it is as well
Sometimes I do this with my Alex
If I'm standing behind him
I will rest
Like if wherever this is so niche
But if you're watching the fireworks
For example or something like that
I would rest my head on Alex's shoulder
Because he's taller than me
So it's like a nice like rest
It's incredibly intimate
Because of how close your mouth gets to their ear
And that's all I keep thinking
Is how close her mouth got to his ear
But like his shirt
shoulder. I mean, no matter what she bit, it would be awkward because you're putting your teeth
around another human being that you don't know. But like, you're just so physically close to them.
Like, in order to get your teeth there, you have to be physically so close. Like, you're standing,
you, you can't, it's not like you can like arch your neck, like a heron. Like, you have to just
stand so close to them. So bite or no bite to him, to be that close is weird anyway. That is,
are so embarrassing. I just love this girl. I feel like it needs to be a voice note. Oh my
God. I feel like it needs to be restraining all of them. Oh, I love that. God bless you. God bless you.
Oh, that is really embarrassing. And God bless him that he never brought it up again. I swear to
God. I bet he's now like, I wonder if that actually happened or I made that up in my head.
Because you know when people don't acknowledge things and then you just start to question yourself?
Like I can question myself out of anything. Like I could punch you.
myself in the face right now, I'm just not a good example. Do you gaslight yourself? Yes, yes. I can,
I can literally, like, give me an hour and if I question myself enough, I'll be like, did I podcast
with them today? I don't know. Really? Yeah, yeah, no, I just, I have the opposite affliction. I am so
self-short and stuff. I love that, though. I'd love that. Yeah, and this poor person, yeah,
probably just like, who am I?
Am I okay?
Have you got a voice note?
I do, yeah. It's a Spotify wrapped
related voice note that I have for us.
Girls, I just did my Spotify wrapped
and I have spent
10,200 minutes listening to
should I delete that?
And that's equal to
a full seven days.
Seven days? That's the whole week.
Oh, my whore.
Which, true, I wouldn't have it any other way.
Like, I'm happily, happily devote a full 24-hour working week to listening to you guys.
Oh, yeah, I'm happy with that.
10,000 hours.
That sounds like, that sounds like a judge, like a judge-ordered community service.
You have to listen to this for 10,000 hours.
minutes. That's more than a seven-hour working week. Sorry, a seven-day working week, no one would
have to work that much. That would be illegal. Oh my God. Literally, one week is 10,000 minutes
just over. She spent a week with us, but like, that's a week with no sleep either. Oh, my. That's
like two weeks away. Seven days and seven nights. Isn't that a film? Seven days and seven nights. Anyway.
It's like a parable in the Bible. The film is six days, seven nights. Six days and seven nights.
Six days and seven nights.
Well, she's done longer than that.
She can top it.
She can write the sequel.
Harrison Ford and David Schwimmer, 1998.
Anyway, that's cool.
I love her.
What's her name?
Or maybe she doesn't want us to say her name.
I don't know.
I feel at this point, like, she's called Rachel.
I mean, she is well and truly part of the family.
We love you, Rachel.
Thank you so much.
10,000 minutes.
It does sound like a punishment.
But that's making me think.
Like, how long have we spent...
Actually, no, we've spent so long recording.
We have spent so long recording.
Like, I don't know how many minutes we've made.
Like, how many minutes, how many minutes we've done?
But then, like, no one, like, this is actually a problem.
We've talked about my good memory before.
Like, how much information have I retained about you, like, from doing this?
Like, I probably know you more.
I've probably spoken to you more than most people in my life.
I think I've spoken to you more than Dave this year. I'm not even joking.
That doesn't surprise me.
Literally more than Dave, 100%.
100%. More than anyone else in my life.
I was probably spoken to you more than I spoke to Alex. My Alex.
Oh God, there you are my Alex now. We talk so much.
Like way more than I talk to my mum, my sister. Oh my God.
Shit. I think I know everything about you.
The sad thing is, I don't even think I'm scratching the surface.
I've got so many horrifying surprises
Like my loathing television
No but that's good
Because you know
We can't let it run dry
Yeah we can't let the convo run dry
You know
Jesus Christ
10,000 minutes
It's too many
It's too many minutes
We've talked for too many minutes
It's too many minutes
Too many minutes
Too many minutes
Too many minutes
Too many minutes
And that was the day
That was the day that Rachel never listened again
she's like you know what i've listened to a lot of shit from youtube but that was the fucking
was poor yeah okay i will i will round us out with an embarrassing story hit me
hit me with your rhythm sticks oh that is also Spotify wrapped um related themed related that's the
word struggling my words today it's because we've been recording for quite a long time today
um lots of talking hello
I know these messages normally start with how much I love the pod
but I'm just going to screenshot my Spotify Rapt of 5,177 minutes
I've should I delete that as an evidence that I can't live without it
and think that what all you do is incredible,
which would have been so good had we not.
Had we not to Sad Rachel.
Yeah, 10,000.
No, but seriously, we love you.
This girl's called Annie.
I feel like we can say that.
I'm so randomly competitive with the minutes.
You know, I went on Spotify Rapt and I was expecting
like to see that but then like to see my like our podcast come up and I was like oh like so cool
I'm going to be on Spotify raps and then I realized like well obviously I haven't listened to my own
like it doesn't come up on my own Spotify sad sad no no no and I refuse to listen back so that's fun
yeah I download about the whole process I download because every little helps and that one
download a week will you know every penny counts no every list of yeah look after your
pennies and the pounds will take care of them saves what yeah yeah I look my one what was your one
what a way to butcher I actually don't know what the right one is it's look after the pennies and the pounds
all look after themselves yes you're right my mom's like penny obsessed like she'd honestly
for as long as we've been alive she's like look after the fucking pennies I'm like okay yeah my dad's like
that um okay i have an embarrassing story that bounced back into my mind uninvited when listening to
you talk about people having the same name as you i think of my name as rather generic but i actually
rarely meet people with my first name and have never met anyone with my full name last year i was in a
mandatory training at the zoo oh my god no no no no nope nope nope no last year last year i don't know
how i got that last year i was in a mandatory training session on zoom and was looking at the
see of names on the screen.
Did you get that?
I was like, oh my god,
a zoologist listened to the podcast.
Like, so cool.
Nope.
Nope, I saw Zoom.
And I was also like,
I wonder what mandatory training at the zoo is.
Is it like, don't go in the lion enclosure.
Like, hands out the bottom of it.
I wonder what they learn in the mandatory zoo.
So disappointed.
Anyway, anyway.
Yeah, it's been a long day.
Sorry.
Last year, I was in a mandatory training session on Zoom.
and was looking at the sea of names on the screen.
Everyone obviously had their cameras off
and were probably doing laundry.
And I suddenly saw someone with the exact same name as me.
Excited and so surprised,
I immediately messaged them a super cringy message
about how I had never met someone with the same name as me before
and that it had just made my day.
I also messaged the family group chat to tell them the exciting news.
A few minutes later, I got a reply on Zoom
from my news.
work colleague who I was training to say that it was actually just her and that she had
used the Zoom login details I had given her because her account hadn't been set up yet
mortifying.
Oh no, that's why I thought she was going to say.
I thought she was going to say that she'd like a message herself, but like that's worse,
that's way worse.
Yeah, she's included another person in this like shame.
Oh no.
so embarrassing. So embarrassing. So embarrassing. Because also we gave her the Zoom login.
I know. This has made my day. Oh God. Oh, bless it. Love it. Love it. So funny. Thank you.
My Zoom name for the last year and a half has been Sarah's name. We have no idea why. But every Zoom meeting I joined him and be like, who's Sarah? And I'm like, I don't know what. I don't know how it happened. It was still connected to my email address, but it was Sarah's name. I could not change it back.
And that was just me.
I feel like I just got used to it.
Me too.
And then I got on your laptops and now I'm Emily again.
Oh, yeah, you are.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, weird.
Yeah, everyone just got really used to it.
It's like, oh, it's just Sarah.
It's just them.
It's fine.
So weird.
I have literally got no idea why that happened.
But also, every time I log onto my computer, it gives me the option to go on as Sarah,
like Sarah's money, Sarah's passwords.
Like, all the touch IDs are connected to Sarah.
And I'm just like, ooh, deliver her on Sarah tonight.
I love that.
I know, save.
You could cause havoc.
Oh, I do.
And then I guess, no, I'm joking.
And then I tell her that it couldn't possibly be me.
No, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't.
I just steal her identity from time to time just for fun.
But now I have to go.
So, yes.
Thank you.
Thank you.
For listening.
Love you loads.
See you on Monday.
Bye.
Bye.
Thank you so much for listening.
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