Toni and Ryan - Meet Toni's Finance Team

Episode Date: December 7, 2021

What started as an innocent Normal or Nah, has turned into a true sledge-fest. We also talk about our new friend Sunny and her hobbies, and workplace assumptions. Love ya, T x Check out our Patreon at patreon.com/ToniandRyan, and make sure you join our Facebook Group! Find #ToniAndRyan on Instagram @tonilodge and @ryan.jon OR on TikTok @toni.lodge and @ryanjondunn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello? Hello, is that Henrik? Yes, it is. This is Ryan, John and Tony Lodge. How are you? Oh, I'm well, thanks. How are you? We're well.

Thank you so much for answering our call. Not that you were really low down on a list or anything, but you're probably the 77th person we've tried to call today. Oh, my God. And I know, I believe you're booked in for next week, so I just thought I would call in advance. And I know that you might be working. Is that right?

I will be next week. I'm not actually working today. Oh, this has just worked out perfectly. Oh, you're on bloody holidays, Henrik. You're fine. I am. Yes, I'm more than fine. I'm having actually working today. Oh, this has just worked out perfectly. Oh, you're on bloody holidays, Henrik. You're fine. I am. Yes, I'm more than fine. I'm having a great time.

Wait, are you actually on holiday like overseas or something right now? No, no, no. I work two weeks on, one off. So I'm at home at the moment for a week, which is great. So where do you, because FIFO, is that normally like mining and stuff, or what do you do for FIFO? Yeah, I operate machines in the mine. Oh my gosh. Hey, Henrik, you've got a bit of cash, obviously, then. You're doing all right. Oh, I mean, I'm not struggling too much at the moment, if I can say it like that.

Well, as you're about to find out, everyone in this episode coming up, Tony is also mega rich. So you guys probably have a lot in common. I hate this. Hey, just a random question. I always associate FIFO and mines with it being all blokes, all men. Is that an incorrect assumption or are you one of the odd ones out? What's it actually like when you know, when you're away for work? No, it's not too bad. Like there's definitely more females now in the industry than there used to be. It's getting more and more, which is really great to see. So, yeah, no, it is good.

It's definitely changing. Oh, that's good to hear. That's so cool. It's awesome to hear like women bloody doing it, you know? Yeah, it is good to get out there and just sort of, I was a bit worried to start with. I started off actually cooking in the mines, which is obviously, you get a lot more females in the kitchens and in housekeeping and that. And then going into operating was definitely different to start with and a bit scary to go into

but my team's great as well, so that helps. And now you're just paving the way and you're really, really rich. Yeah, it must be nice. Very nice for you. Great. Definitely. Well, if you could take some time away from, you know, counting your coins over there, Henrik, could we get you to a...

I'm pretty busy, but... LAUGHTER Well, if you could spare just a moment for us, would you mind giving us some approval so we can get started today? I would love to do that for you guys. Amazing. That was great. And thank you so much for taking our call as well.

We appreciate it so much. No worries. Thank you guys for making my sometimes quite boring days in the machine so much more exciting. Oh, you're so – we're glad we can be along there with you while you're making all that money. Yeah. That's right.

Hey, this is Kendra from Cairns and I approve this podcast. Welcome to today's podcast. Hi, happy Wednesday. Happy hump day. Happy hump day. Is that a thing all over the world or is that an Australian thing? I don't know. So it's like the middle of the week, you're at the hump, top of the hill, like it's all

downhill from here. Over the hump, down, cruising towards the weekend. Yeah. Well, thanks for joining us. Thank you. My name is Ryan. I'm joined by Tony, who is the captain of the ship. Did you just forget my name?

No, I was considering whether I was going to call you the bread to my butter. Oh, sure. And then I realised I had that around the wrong way. Okay. Usually I'm the vice captain of the ship, you're the captain of the ship. Fuck off. I was just trying to get the pecking order right before I, you know, threw something out there.

Okay, mate, we'll peck away. Okay, pucker up. Mate, I don't even know what a la carte means. Yeah, I know. That was embarrassing for you yesterday. I've got a family Christmas eventucker up. Mate, I don't even know what a la carte means. Yeah, I know. That was embarrassing for you yesterday. I've got a family Christmas event coming up. Yeah, I'm actually excited for you. So is that everyone?

Yeah, it's everyone, all the cousins, grandma. Oh, wow. Yeah, it's going to be great. And then you just said as a joke before we started, oh, I'll come as your date. Yeah, do you want me to come as your date? I'm great with family. Not that Bridget isn't, but just if you wanted me to come for fun.

For fun? For fun. Bridget will be there. Oh, you wanted me to come for fun. For fun. For fun. Bridget will be there. Oh, nice. Representing the status of Ryan's partner. Yeah. Although they probably love her more than me. They really love her.

Fair enough. And I mean, you know. It makes sense. They're only human. Yeah. But when I was younger, a friend of mine, Katie, she wasn't dating anyone. Is that Kate that works for Will and Woody? No.

No. Different girl. No. Different girl. No. Thanks for bringing that up. Actually, which story should we tell? No, I feel like we have to tell both. I really threw Ryan under the bus yesterday and I'm going to tell you that story tomorrow.

Tune in tomorrow to the podcast. It's so embarrassing in my workplace at the moment because Tony threw me under the bus with that girl, Kate. And I'm going to let you all know about it tomorrow. You're writing that down. You're so chuffed with yourself as well. Oh, because I was. Yes, it's fucking good.

You're going to want to listen. In fact, because she works here in digital, I'm pretty sure she was recording. Yes, she was. Fuck. Anyway, so do you want me to go as your date to Christmas tomorrow? Obviously not. Okay.

Bridget will do that job. Great. But there was a time where my friend Katie, who I went to high school with, we had both been single for Obviously not. Okay. Bridget will do that job. Great. But there was a time where my friend Katie, who I went to high school with, we had both been single for a while. Yeah. And it just gets to a point where you go to family events and they're like, oh, are you seeing anyone? Yeah.

What's going on? Yeah. Why are you single? And it's just all these questions and I'm like, I just can't be bothered answering. And she was getting the same thing from her end. Yeah. And I don't know why it might be weirder or more full on for a girl.

Why haven't you found a man? Well, yeah. And because people always tell you that your biological clock is ticking. Oh, just the awful stuff. Yeah. And so when you go to a family event, people are like, don't you have a man that can look after you yet? What if you can't have kids later?

And it's just like, oh, we're so past that. So Katie and I decided that we would tell each other's family that we were together. Oh, as if your mum would have believed you. Well, for ages I was hanging out with Katie, especially Dad was like, oh, what's going on? Oh, yeah, hanging out with Katie, blah, blah, blah, and she would say the same to her family.

Okay. And we never, ever, you know, romantically. Did you ever do it with her? Never. Did you ever kiss? No,? Never. Did you ever kiss? No, not even. Oh, okay. A genuine friend.

Genuine friend. Like you and I? No, we've obviously had those times. One time, had a big night. Katie lived just off High Street, Northcote. And High Street, Northcote in Melbourne is like really fun area, live music, comedy clubs, bars, pubs and stuff like that. And she lived like 100 metres away.

We'd had a lot of beers and I was like, oh, I can't drive. Katie's like, hey, just come and crash at mine. It's totally fine. Yeah. And she was staying with her mum at the time. And so then I wake up in the morning a bit dusty, you know, walk out of Katie's room to go to the bathroom and her mum's there and it's like, Ryan, we've heard so much about you.

Thanks for coming over to stay. I've heard lots about you too. Can't wait till Christmas. Oh, my God. How embarrassing. We broke up later. Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. You're still together.

Maybe we are. Maybe it's something I need to bridge about. You've got a couple of kids now probably. I don't know what the story's like on her end. For all her family knows, maybe we are still together. Yeah. Oh, congratulations. Thank you.

Yeah, Katie and I have been together about 10 or 15 years. Really loved my life. Haven't spoken to her for a while, which is a shame. Was it a bad breakup? It sounds like it. Yeah. Shout out to Katie or any of her friends who know Katie. She is lovely.

What are we talking about today? Okay. Well. Oh, are you about to get stuck into my profession? I can't decide whether you're going to agree with me here or not, but I've got a normal or nah. Okay. Having an accountant, normal or nah?

Extremely normal. Okay. Why do you? Thank you. What happened? So yesterday, last night, I had my work Christmas party. Yep. More on that later also tomorrow.

I was running a little bit late, which is very uncharacteristic of me. Very off brand. Yes. You were late today, by the way. Two minutes. What's happened to you recently? I'm not. You are changing.

No, I'm not. You are changing. My body's changing. I don't know. Anyway, I was running a little bit late and someone was like, oh, how come you're late? And I said I was waiting for an Uber for ages because the traffic was really, really bad, but I had been on the phone to my accountant.

Hmm. So we don't often need to catch up really unless, you know, things are different or I need to ask for advice or whatever. What's going on? You got some tax issues, mate? No, I don't know. Dodging the big guy. You paying your fair share? Well, those roads aren't free. I'm actually paying too much tax, as you know. We just, did we talk about that on the podcast? We talked about this on the podcast. You're an idiot. Yeah, I agree. Every time I, like, have any money, I put, like, more than half aside for tax. Which is ridiculous.

Which is, like, not the right way to do it. And anyway, I keep telling you that I'm saving too much money for my tax bill at the end of the year, and you keep saying you don't need to do that, and then I say you're not my accountant, and then we have an argument. Anyway. We don't have an argument. Anyway. We don't have an argument. We've never had an argument. I support you all the time. Yeah, that's true.

I tell you you're a fucking idiot. Yeah, but you still support me. But I do support you. Yeah. Don't confuse the two. So anyway, I needed to chat with my accountant and just double check. And I literally was on the phone to him and I was like, hey, can we make an appointment for in the next couple of weeks?

Whatever. Anyway, I get to the Christmas party and everyone's like, oh, and I was like, so sorry I'm late. Like I was on the phone to my accountant and everyone's like, what? Hey, got an accountant. Things must be going well. Accountant. And I was like, what? All right.

To be fair, when you say I'm just on the phone to my accountant, when you say my accountant, I assume, yep, that's that guy you go to one time a year to do your tax for 40 minutes and then you don't see him until the next year. So when you're like, oh, I'm just chatting about some financial issues with my accountant, that's a very different statement, hence the reaction you received. So are they a bit like, must be nice? How hard it must be for you to need to hire professionals

to manage all the money flowing into the Tony Lodge Proprietary Limited? There is no Proprietary Limited, for your information. Well, that's what you should talk to your accountant about. Get one. But I didn't tell the people at work that I was talking to him about, like, a finance thing. Well, what else would you be talking to him about? No, so I didn't explain at length that I was talking to him

about anything in particular. I was like, I'm just on the phone with my accountant. Well, that's what I mean. If you're on the phone with your accountant, the that I was talking to him about anything in particular. I was like, I'm just on the phone with my accountant. Well, that's what I mean. If you're on the phone with your accountant, the fact you're talking to him about anything implies you have something to talk about. But they were all really shocked that I had an accountant. Normal or nah?

Why do you think some people just go around their life not having a person? Well, because you can do, because we've talked about this before, you can do your tax online. I got scammed. You didn't? You just hired someone? By accident.

It's not a scam, though, if you hire someone online. No, but I accidentally did the wrong thing. I went onto Amazon and I got scammed. They took $26 from me and all these T-shirts turned up. What a ruse. Okay, well, it was a cleverly disguised website to look like the government one that's supposed to be free for innocent people like me to get scammed.

Mate, I've seen you. You aren't innocent. I don't, I'm not really good with that stuff. I'm very stressy when it comes to doing the right thing. I like to make sure that I'm paying enough tax, doing all this stuff. Can I give an example of how stressy you are? Please.

Your tax is due next September, and you called him last week nine months in advance. It's a bit more of a pressing issue. Is it? Than that. What is the issue? Well, it's not about my tax return. Like, it's

Anyway, it's fucking it doesn't matter what it's about. Apparently it does. It doesn't actually matter what it's about. You're being very defensive. You have some finance issues. You've got an accountant. I'm not being defensive. I've had this accountant for like four years.

So it's not like. How often do you see him or speak to him? Just depends. No, I talk to him once a year. I talk to him once a year. And a couple of phone chats. Yeah. Here's a question.

Similar vibe. I've actually fucking sobbed myself out here. I sound like an asshole. You are. Maybe it's nah. Maybe it's not normal. Do I sound like a jerk? Because I don't want to put this in the podcast myself.

Well, it's already on the podcast. You have a finance people who you're advising, who are advising you, sorry. No, he's not my financial advisor. You've got a financial advisor as well? Hang on a second. Who's your financial advisor? You know her name.

Well, I do know her name, yeah. Her name's Catherine. Catherine. So hang on, let me get this right. Yeah. You've got a financial advisor named Catherine. Yeah, who I caught up with on Thursday. And then after that you have to speak to your other finance professional,

which is an accountant, on the Friday. He's an arts accountant. Talk to him on Friday. What do you mean an arts Friday. He's an arts accountant. Talk to him on Friday. What do you mean an arts accountant? He's an arts accountant. What does that mean? He's an arts accountant. So he's not just like a normal finance pro.

He specialises in the arts and media industry. Yeah, yeah. He owns an art gallery as well. It's very cool. So do you get your financial advisor and your tax guy? Do you have a manager? Yep. So, oh shit.

So you're telling me, do these three people ever get it? Like, do you hire a whole boardroom so all of your staff can gather around to discuss your issues? Absolutely not. I talk to them all individually. That's not too time consuming. When do you have time to... Hey! This is really backfired.

I really don't like it. Question. When you introduced this normal or nah topic, where did you think it would go? I thought that... I don't know. But I really want to take it back. I don't want to sound like a jerk.

I sound like a jerk. No, you sound just very important, according to you. I'm fucking not important important and you know that. I do, but you don't. Hey, someone got themselves into a bit of a spot of bother. Is it this? Me now? Yeah, her name is Toni Lodge.

She writes in and says, I'm a fucking idiot. Let me just get her email because I want to get the words right here. Okay. By the way, her name is Sunny. I love that. But her full name is like original name, like Sunny's like a nickname, I guess, is Sunita. Beautiful name, right?

Oh, wow. Yeah, that's pretty. It's beautiful. My name is just shit. So whenever people have a nice name, I love it. I convinced someone once that Ryan was short for something and I just backed it in and said it was Ryanathan-ass or something. Ryanathan.

Yeah, I don't know. And they were like, oh, really? I just thought it was Ryan. I was like, no, all Ryans are actually Renathans or something. And they're like, oh. Really? Yeah. Oh, my God.

Who was the idiot you were talking to? Was it me? They went to my high school, so they probably weren't that clever. Shout out to Altham High. What does Sunny have to say? Sunita signed up with a department store for their loyalty program or whatever. Oh, like Maya One or whatever. It was Maya One.

Oh, was it? Yeah. Oh, when I signed up to Maya One, I accidentally clicked Doctor instead of Miss, and now my Maya One card says Dr. Tony Lodge. Very nice. Well, that is a good mistake to happen. Now my one card says Dr. Tony Lodge. Well, that is a good mistake to happen. Oh, no. Sanita has a bad mistake.

Yeah. Sanita signs up for this loyalty card. Yeah. And instead of putting an S, they wrote down a C. So instead of thinking that she's a Sanita, they think she's a Kanita. Are you a Kanita? Tony.

Well, I just want to let you know about a sunita that she's married to her beautiful husband and she's in fact not a canita. Right. She is a sunita. Who's sunshapen? But you said every time I get a phone call, and she must do a lot of shopping there.

Oh, it must be nice. She's shopping at Meijer all the time. Well, she doesn't have a team of fire fucking managing her payments for her. So every time she gets an email from Meijer One. Dear Kanita. Hello, Kanita. What have you been up to? Oh, bless her.

Yeah. Maybe she experimented back in college. Yeah. She had a face where she was a carnita but not anymore. So she sent this email to you saying this? Because we're talking about internet mishaps and she's like. Oh, my God. That is so funny.

And knowing the context that she sent that in as well is even funnier than she's like every time she gets a correspondence from them, she's like. But she said that's what the people are like when they call. Because you know when you go and buy something and they go, oh, can we just swipe your card? Yeah. And then they go, oh, yep, and here you go, Miss Tony.

Here you go, Kanita. What are you doing this afternoon, Kanita? No, I'm just having a regular lunch. Poor Kanita. Oh, Kanita. You ever been to Kanita. Oh, Kanita. You ever been a Kanita? What would it be like if there was a new hot guy at work? Yeah.

And say his name was, if I were to pick a random one, Trent. And word got around that he wasn't just a Trent, but he was also a great, epic Kanita. Would that be a great reputation for Trent to have? I actually can't because I don't want to. Oh, are you thinking of Trent that works for iHeartRadio Australia? Because you do think he's hot, don't you? Yeah, of course.

And he's such a nice guy. Have you ever imagined him being a bit of a cun-eater? Play the thing. Hey, this is Henrika from Cairns and you're listening to Tony and Ryan. Alright, yeah, when you're ready. During the break, not only was Tony being as annoying as she is being right now. Oh, fuck.

Is it true that you said, I hate it when you're in a good mood? Just because you like it. I'm up on my high horse over here feeling real good. You are feeling really good today. And the thing is. And you don't like it when I'm up on my high horse over here feeling real good. You are feeling really good today. And the thing is. And you don't like it when I'm happy and successful. No, don't twist my words. The relationship that we have, because we get along so well,

is the same way that my brother is with me, that when he's in a good mood and he's happy to wind me up, he just loves to poke and you do that and you just like love to bloody have a good old time at my expense. Well, sorry that I'm in a good mood. I'll put myself in a bad mood and just be less of a person just to suit you and your needs. Mate, I love it when you're happy.

Love it when you've got a smile on your face. Thank you. Love it. All the time. And I'm always smiling when you're around. Exactly. Because I love you so much. I love you too.

I fucking love you. I love you too. I fucking love you. I'll fucking wrestle you you're around. Exactly. Because I love you so much. I love you too. I fucking love you. I love you too. I fucking love you. I'll fucking wrestle you to the ground in jelly. That's a different thing. Oh, are we not? That's a different thing. All right.

Peter Montez, thank you so much. Monique DeRocha, she's probably listed on the treadmill. Thanks, big mono. Madeline Carmichael. Madeline. And Paloma Alassaf. Thank you so much. I was chatting to Paloma on Instagram the other day.

So Paloma has incepted me. Oh, you bought me these drinks. Palomita from Everly Bottling Co. Yeah. Very good, actually. I really like those. They are delicious. But I keep calling them Palomas because Paloma's messenger. Because of Paloma Alassaf, yeah.

And then Bridget's like, no, they're Palometers. And I was like, don't talk to Paloma like that. Yeah. But thank you, Paloma, for joining the Patreon and supporting us. We really appreciate it. Yeah, she's been around for a while actually. You know what? She actually messaged me.

And a few people on Patreon. Hey, Ryan, great to support you. I love to see you doing well, unlike Tony, who hates it when you're doing well and in a good mood. Paloma would not say that, ever. And Paloma has actually been a typer since October 9th, so a few months. Bit of an OG.

Yeah. OP. Original Paloma. Papaloma. What's a good palomita? What does your job say about you? Because a lot of people find out what their job is and they make a big old assumption.

On Monday we heard that someone judged you, Tony, because you were an audio producer and your Uber driver says... Oh, so you don't earn very much money. What a shit thing to say. It's a shit thing to say, yeah. And, boy, was he right. All right, I'm going to tell you I went to see a medical person. Oh, are you everything okay?

I hope so. What's wrong? Well, I'm going to get you to guess. What's wrong? Are you okay? Are you actually okay? Well, you love to see it when I'm not, so. Get fucked.

When you had that glass in your foot, I said I would take a day off work and I can take you to the thing for your ultrasound thing, didn't I? Fucking didn't I? I said that, didn't I? Are you shaking your pen at me? Didn't I? Put your pen and your finger down. Oh.

Oh. I did do that, though. You did. Thank you. You are a great friend. Thank you. Oh, love you. All right, yep.

And you're almost family to me, actually. Almost. Well, I offered you to come to my family Christmas and you turned me down. Let's fucking address this. No, no, it's fine. It's really fine. Originally when you said.

You're still welcome in the morning. Originally when you said. But apparently you'll be out of town. Originally when you said, do you want to pop around for breakfast? On Christmas Day. On Christmas Day, which was a beautiful moment between the two of you and actually everybody that listens to this podcast said, what a beautiful moment between the two of us.

It was beautiful and you said, no, I don't like you. No, that's not what happened. I said, that would actually be really lovely. Torbs and I don't have anywhere to go for Christmas. One of my good friends, Jane. Yep. Jane was listening to this podcast and she was like, don't you have anywhere to go for Christmas? I'm going up to where my family is, going to go and visit them. Why don't you come along? And she

invited me and then you changed your offer anyway. And you went, oh, well, actually we're not going to be in Melbourne. We're going to bloody Phillip Island. Yeah. So it was an empty offer anyway from you. And then I said, I'll just come to Phillip Island. Yeah. So it was an empty offer anyway from you. And then I said, I'll just come to Phillip Island. Yeah, and I said, no, I'd rather go and hang out with Jane. Okay, so let it just be known that I offered for you to spend Christmas with me. Yeah.

You said no. That's why we're just good friends and not family. This podcast has taken a turn in the last few days. I don't like it. No, me either. We need to get back to liking each other. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Family.

Family fights, mate. That's just what they do. Okay. You did offer to take me to the doctor. That's what we were getting at. Yes. And you are a great friend. Thank you.

A really great friend. Not quite family. That's all right. A really great friend. I'm going to tell you the specialist I went to, and you just guess what you think they spend their time doing and maybe what I was looking to have done. Oh, okay. I went to a plastic surgeon.

Oh, okay. Now, what's the first thing? Boob job. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. And when I walked into the office, there was like moulds of

boobs. Yeah, like the implants. Because I'm assuming people there for consultations, they want to be able to feel them and touch them. And because there's different types. You can get saline, you can get silicon and stuff like that. I had no idea. So you can touch the different types. Yeah. And know what they'll actually feel like under your skin. Well, if you're going to get something attached to my purse and I want to know what it feels like.

A hundred percent. They don't attach it. They put it under the skin, but yes. I'm actually not a doctor, so. Yeah, I am, according to my Myo1 card. So. Sorry. You're a doctor, myself and Kanita. Yeah.

And I said, do you just do boob jobs all day? Yeah. And she said, oh, the other girl does. Because there's a few girls in the doctor suite. Yeah. And she goes, I actually very rarely do it, but because I'm a plastic surgeon. People assume it's just boobs, boobs, boobs.

That's all I do is boob jobs. And I was like, so do you not do that? And she goes, no, I actually, no, like not at all. And the reason I was at the plastic surgeon was because of the glass in my foot, because plastic surgeons are actually really great at really particular things. So they were actually going to go inside to remove the glass from my foot and then seal it over. So it didn't have like a scar where they went in and stuff. And I said, well, what do you normally do? And she goes, oh, a lot of people are born with like birth defects. So we'll just like make some changes to babies and stuff or sometimes people have a cut or a scar they want to get removed

so we'll like, you know, make it all up. And she goes, that's actually what a plastic surgeon does. Wow. And it's just this huge misconception that, oh, plastic surgeon, boob jobs, yeah, whatever. Well, is that more of a cosmetic surgeon? Is that a different thing? It's the same, but it's just like.

What you specialise in. That's maybe 2% of the job. Wow. And I kind of said to her, I was like, hey, does everyone just assume you're doing boobs? I walked in, there's like a couple of boobs I could have grabbed on the way through. Fake model ones, not the receptionist.

Fucking hell. And I just said, oh, like it's a big assumption, right? And she gave me one of the biggest eye rolls and was like every day. Every time I go out, hey, mate, nice to meet you. What do you do? I'm a plastic surgeon. Oh, boobs. Yeah, and she goes, that's all it is.

It would really suck to have your job because obviously you've studied medicine for however long to become a plastic surgeon. I can't even imagine how hard that job is to do, to have your job reduced down in that way. Well, when I heard children born with birth defects, removing scars, blah, blah, blah, like that's some important and like beautiful work. Life-changing.

And then people go, oh, boom, job. And you go, oh, I'm actually so much more than that. Yeah. Like she's not going to like fight everyone and be like, I'm more than that. But you can tell she's like, oh, I'm really proud of the work I do. Oh, wow. So I asked the Tarpers, the Tony and Ryan podcast group,

what do people assume about your job that's just not the case? Oh, that's good. So Sydney, he lives in Oregon and he works for a place that sells weed because it's legal there. Oh, yeah, of course, of course. And so he's like, yep, I'm just like any medical salesperson. I talk to pharmaceutical reps, blah, blah, blah, blah. But, you know, I work in cannabis.

And every time he emails someone for work, they're like, am I being scammed? Every day I'm like trying to just do my job and I have to like defend myself from not being like a drug dealer or a scam artist or whatever. And she goes, people just assume I'm a bad person. I just work in pharmaceuticals. I'm just trying to help people get their thing. Especially because weed, like the benefits that have been found for,

you know, like cancer patients and, you know, all of like the many things that like cannabis or CBD oil and stuff can do like for your health, you would be really great. Like the way you would want to share that is so great, but it sucks that it's got that like stigma of. So our good friend Brad. Yeah. Regular uses the drops or something because of his sinuses.

And he goes, I've changed my life and ability to breathe and just get about my day. And I'm always like, oh, getting high. And he's like, it's just, it's not that at all. No, because it doesn't have the THC in it. Yeah. And I was like, oh, I just assumed you were just sitting around smoking. Getting stoned all the time.

Yeah, no, you don't actually get high from it. Yeah. Victoria Echeldahl works in an adult store, a sex shop. I can only imagine what people would say. What would you say? Like what do you think the assumption would be? Oh, I think the assumption would be like, oh, do you get to like play with all the dildos?

Or do you test the stuff before you sell it? And no doubt they actually do. And good for them. Victoria said, literally what you just said, everyone thinks I have all of the products and sit around all day trying them all out. Yeah. She said, actually, when I'm at the adult store, that's just me trying to pay for my university fees. I'm currently finishing off my master's thesis at university.

In what? Didn't ask. I did ask for details about the story and that was not the details. You're like, so what dildos have you tried? Yeah. Well, it's not all of them. I mean, at least this one. Helene works in a church in Denmark and she goes,

people just assume I only work Sundays. She's like, no, there's a lot of admin and people come in during the week and we have classes and we teach children and stuff and I don't just work on Sunday. So she'll have friends invite her to like, oh, you want to come to coffee on Tuesday? She's like, I'm at work. Like, oh, you work at the church?

I feel really dumb, but I've never thought about that. But, yeah, I would have thought it was just Sunday as well. Is it sharp the other days? Now, Smosh Modges has written, I'm a delivery driver and people just assume I drive around theme parks all day listening to pornographic audio books by Tony Lodge. And they're right. Well, sounds like a good job to me.

The Big Woot. Oh, Rhys Wooten. Rhys Wooten. I work in retail and a very common misconception is that the customer is always right. Well, that's fucking wrong because they're always a fucking idiot. Yeah, I agree with that. As someone who's done my time in retail, I feel like most people. Oh, I wish I worked at JB Hi-Fi.

No, I worked at Coles. I worked at General Pants for a while. I could see you at General Pants. Thank you. That is such a compliment. Is that where you got that shirt from. No, I worked at Coles. I worked at General Pants for a while. I could see you at General Pants. Thank you. That is such a compliment. Is that where you got that shirt from? No, I didn't actually. It's a dress.

Oh, it's got pockets? No, it doesn't. Oh, that's a shame. Yeah, I know. Otherwise, I would have brought that up. Clearly. I feel like people either do their time in retail or like waitressing or bartending. Or bartending, yeah.

And I did mine in retail and I fucking, I feel you. Whilst it wasn't the ones you mentioned, when I worked at like the front desk at a hotel. Yes, yeah. Would that be in the category of I've done my time? I think so. Yeah, I think so. Because it's kind of like retail.

Yeah. You're dealing with, you're on the front line. That's a really good way of putting it. You know, you're dealing with customers all the time. I know all of us, the two of us and everyone listening, are included in what you would call the general public. Yes. That anyone who has worked in customer service knows exactly

what I'm saying when you say, oh, well, that work I have to deal with like the general public. Yes. Customers are a nightmare. Yes. No, I totally agree. Now, we've talked about accountants a lot on today's episode. Yeah.

I used to be an accountant, have an honours degree in accounting. Yes. I'm not one of, well, I guess I probably am one of your 16 staff or just people who are part of the Tony Lodge team. You know, I'm here just being the butter to your bread. Whatever, mate. Advising on which financial advisor can advise you on specific financial issues.

As I've discussed off air in the break, one of your issues is actually not an accounting issue, it's a financial planning issue. Okay. All right. Okay, we get it. Evelyn, I'm going to assume that Evelyn's fucking hot, by the way. Okay.

And you'll know why. I'm an accountant, says Evelyn. And I told someone at a bar recently and they leaned in and went, yeah, but like, are you really? So is she an accountant or is she an accountant? Well, what do you mean by that? Well, don't you know the TikTok thing? Clearly not.

Oh, okay. So like sex workers or strippers, they say I'm an accountant with a wing and they say, you know that TikTok sounds like I'm an accountant, do-do-do-do-do, an accountant. When people ask me what I do, I say I'm an accountant. And it's like a slang if it's not a golf trick shot it's not on my algorithm um it's like a slang well not slang but like code word so that people so that like um sex workers and strippers and things like that and

people in the adult entertainment industry don't get deplatformed. Really? Yeah, because if you talk about like super, I mean, it's not that it's like that lewd, that lewd. Like it's literally talking about an entire industry, which is fucking booming and huge. Yeah, because you can't like say OnlyFans or anything or they pull your content down. Right. Yeah.

So they say I'm an accountant. Well, I think this is different but kind of the same. Apparently a lot of people who are strippers, says Evelyn, she's just found this out, say they're an accountant because everyone assumes it's so boring they don't ask any follow-up questions. Yeah. Because if you go, oh, I do this, this and this and it's exciting,

they go, oh, tell me more. How does that work? How did you get into it? Yeah. But when someone says they're an accountant, they go, oh, cool, good for you. Anyway, seen any good movies lately? Yeah, when you told me that you used to be an accountant,

what was the first thing I said? Fucking nothing because I don't want to know anything about it. Because you're so bored. I'm already bored. I'm like, what else do you do? The word accountant only has three syllables and I was bored by the time you got to the third one. So Evelyn said, I really am an accountant

and I don't know if it's the way she looks, but she goes, everyone I told I was an accountant now thinks I'm a stripper. Poor Evelyn Lear. But I mean. And you can follow her at OnlyFans.com. I have a great, you'll love to see it. Do you really?

Yes. So a syndicate at a gym of 51 women in WA. Oh, I've heard. How good was this? So they all go to the gym together and they won $80 million. Holy shit. They were the only winners of a Division I lottery in WA. Don't you love to see when everyone's chipped in and stuff?

The camaraderie between them. You know that it's been years that every Tuesday morning they all meet at the gym and they go and have a coffee after and they go, oh, yep, I'll send you the money for this week's lotto. And they each walked away with $1.4 million. Each. Because sometimes with those syndicates. 50 people, you'd be a bit fucked off, don't you reckon?

Well, it depends. Because imagine if you'd won it yourself. Yourself, yeah. And you go, fuck, I could have done with 80 mil. Well, you know what I thought, though? Like, sometimes Division 1 in Australia is like 600,000. Yeah. And if you divide that by 50. Yeah, you're all just might as well say no, thanks.

I mean, maybe for you and your team of financial people, you fucking walked right into that. I was obviously hyperbole. Yes, anyway. But I thought, well, good on them for the fact that it's still 1.4 each and not like 30 grand. Yeah. Like if you won first division, it's one in 600 million

and only won 30 grand. You'd be like, the odds of winning are so crazy. 1.4, good. You do love to see that. Could you imagine the one person that goes to the gym that doesn't chip in? Oh, you'd be so upset. It'd be hard to get past that.

You'd have to change gyms. That's life-changing. Oh, absolutely. That's crazy. And, yeah, they've obviously been chipping in for quite some time. So bloody good on them. You'll love to see it. I've mentioned it a few times now.

I used to be an accountant. Now I work at the radio station KISS. And a lot of my job is giving away, like, prizes and doing fun stuff. And especially Christmas, we're doing a lot of, like, take... And it's summer in Australia. Take the family out to here. We've got a family Christmas party. Like, it's very family-orientated.

Yeah. So this lady calls in. She was actually from Eltham, my area, from St Helena. So if everyone knows, that's... Oh, not as good as Eltham? Oh, well, everything's better than Eltham, my area. From St Helena, so if everyone knows, that's... Oh, not as good as Eltham? Everything's better than Eltham High, but it's still like St Helena, like sort of rivals from down the road if you will. Anyway, this lady is

a support worker and she goes, oh, I know everyone today has been like mothers and fathers wanting to take their kids. I actually don't have kids, but I'm a support worker and the family I'm taking care of, I would love to take them to the theme park that you're helping people out with today. And I'm like, oh, my God, they would love it. I think it was Bounce, the trampoline place and stuff.

Yeah, oh, kids love that shit. Kids love that. And I think I also gave her a pass to, like, the aquarium so they could go and see all, like, the crazy fish and the sharks and, like, apparently the visuals, like, it's just unbelievable going to the aquarium. And I was like, will they enjoy that and she said oh they only saw a park for the first time last week because they've been like i don't know what country they were from or like they've had a really rough time and she goes if i took i took them to the park and they were like this is the best day ever and she was almost in tears being like they're gonna just absolutely love this

and she's like oh you know it's they're going to just absolutely love this. And she's like, oh, you know, it's not my job, but if I've got a day off and I've got these tickets, I'll take them out. That's so sweet. So selfless. Oh, what a legend. Wow.

Even makes up for her being from St Helena. Wait, everyone, a lovely story. You love to meow it. I don't know. Meow. The Aquarium. Hold on. Okay. Holy Spirit, activate.

Oh, no. Holy Spirit. I panicked. I didn't know how to end this episode. Me either. The music stopped and I just panicked as well. That's why I said meow. Holy Spirit, activate. Oh, no know how to end this episode. Me either. The music stopped and I just panicked as well. That's why I said meow. Holy Spirit, activate.

Oh, no. Hold me our keys, baby. Holy Spirit, activate. Praise the public's cause. Holy Spirit, activate. Tomorrow on the show. Yes. A chat about how Tony threw me under the bus with a colleague.

Yep, sure did. And the worst thing in the world, workplace secret Santa. And finally, more dirtiness at Disneyland. Yeah. That's tomorrow. That's going to be a big episode.