Toni and Ryan - Scandal at the Sushi Train

Episode Date: August 25, 2022

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This is Tony, I'm Ryan, and we're calling The Big Nude. Hayley Noodle. Oh my god, hello. The Big Nude! Hello, where are you? Hi! Oh my god, hello! Oh my god, I feel like I'm talking to somebody that I know so well. I feel the same here.

Hello! Oh my god, this is so surreal! Somebody that I know so well. I feel the same here. Hello. Oh, my God. This is so surreal. It's so lovely to chat to you in person, Noodle. I haven't spoken to you since we were on that live stream when we were driving to Sydney. I know. So at the moment, Hayley Noodle, are you in the big nude

or are you clothed at the moment? I am not. I am fully clothed. Okay. That's fine. That's a disappointment for everyone watching the vodcast today. I hope. I am fully clothed. Okay, that's fine. That's a disappointment for everyone watching the vodcast today. I hope you miss a bit of skin, but that's fine. Sorry, guys.

Will you approve this vodcast? Of course I would. How could I not? Oh, hang on. No. Will you approve this vodcast? Absolutely. Yay!

Hey, it's Hayley Noodles from the Whip Sundays and I approve this vodka. Coming up in this episode, has Tony committed a social faux pas? A crime. A crime against how we should be living. Do you think other people who are listening or watching right now may have also committed this social faux pas?

I reckon everyone's thought about it, but maybe not everyone's done it. Because the rest of us have morals? Yes. Yeah. Okay. Yes. Sorry, could I the rest of us have morals? Yes. Yeah. Okay. Yes. Sorry, could I be any more severe about that? Yes.

Yes. All right, that's coming up soon. But I want you to have a think about the first time you got your first real paycheck, your first real job. And often when you're at college, you might work at the bar, make a couple of bucks to make money, help with some rent. But then you get that first job and you get that first real paycheck and you go, ooh. My first full-time job, I was working at a fish market.

So it was like in my gap year between finishing high school and starting uni. And I was working in a fish market in Leederville in Perth. Shout out to Kayla's fish market. There you go. And I'm pretty sure that every fortnight I made like $1,100 or something. So for an, I was 17 at the time. And then you get a check for $1,100. Every fortnight. It was like, yeah. So like not much money.

Sorry. Maybe it was per month. That's a shitload of cash. Maybe it was per month that's a shitload of cash maybe it was per month after tax maybe i've got the numbers wrong it was like i hope so because why would you go back to college um and anyway but it was amazing because i was living at home mom and dad were like you know putting fuel in my car like i was very lucky yeah and so i was literally just like going to the movies and like buying stuff that i wanted and i remember the very first pay that i ever got you know, putting fuel in my car. Like I was very lucky. Yeah. And so I was literally just like going to the movies and like buying stuff that I wanted.

And I remember the very first pay that I ever got, I bought some like cool shoes that I wanted. Like they were like vans that I'd wanted for ages or something, like skate shoes. And in that era. Yeah. Vans. Oh, yeah, that was like the going thing.

I think I had some. Was the Chris Scott, the black and white pattern? No, I didn't have those ones, but like the tie up like off the wall ones. Yeah. Like the skate ones. Yeah, I bought those and a hairbrush. That was like the first thing that I ever bought and I was so excited. So Adder...

Fuck, why have I picked the hardest names? Adrene? Adderine. Adderall? started so at a fuck why have i picked the hardest names adrine adorine adderall i'm sorry let's call you adzy adzy it starts with an ad uh i went back to school and got my master's degree in my late 30s which is really impressive and i got my first big girl job in my field at age 41. Holy moly. Congratulations, by the way. That's fucking awesome. Huge. My husband suggested I treat myself. I'd studied hard.

I worked hard. It's like, hey, your first paycheck? Do something crazy. Blow it, girlfriend. Yep. So I bought a car. Oh, yeah. Love that.

She goes, obviously, it was just like the deposit and whatever. But she's like, set ourselves up, went all in, treat yourself. Aaron, I used my first real paycheck to take my parents and sister out for dinner after all the support they gave me. I also gave some of it to my grandparents for the encouragement in my career, and then the rest of it I got wasted with the boys. Spelled B-O-I-Z-Z-Z-Z. Good, good. As I would expect.

Yeah. It's so funny that when you first start getting paid like good money or like more money than you used to after working a part-time job or whatever, that you're like, this is never going to end. Yeah. This is the first time in my life. I fucking hand it out. Yeah.

Give some to my grandparents. Yeah. I'll pay for every round with the boys. Kaya says, I was on vacation with a group of people when I got my first paycheck. So she was out and about. So I bought a whole round of drinks and I never like bought a round because especially when you're at college young, you just, you buy your own beers and whatever and stuff. Or you all put in to buy a jug of beer or something.

She goes, it was nothing big. It was nothing fancy, but I just felt amazing going, hey everyone. It's on me. I got this one. Oh, that is an amazing feeling. Margarita for everyone at the table. That is an amazing feeling. Yeah.

Getting to do that. Because you just, like, get to share it. Yeah. Like, and celebrate with people. Go like, you know what, this is on me. I love that too. It feels real festive. Yes.

You've said that a few times, like, the idea of, like, oh, when we go hang out with Tony, you've said that, like, the pride of, like, shouting dinner or drinks and whatever. Especially for like mates that, you know, like we don't have children, like Torbs and I don't have children. So I always think, you know, like. I am, Bridget and I are your children. Yes. We'll look after you. Mason said, this is a real moment in time.

Oh. Mason said, this is a real moment in time. Oh. As soon as the money hit my bank account, I went onto Amazon, this new upstart website at the time, and spent all of it on a customised engraved iPod Touch. Oh, speaking of slutty things men can do. Yeah, that's a cool, that's cool.

That was cool then. That was super cool then. Yesterday we spoke about things that make you slut. So what, if someone has an engrave with their name or a cool thing on it? Yeah, just like what a cool thing to buy with all your money. Absolutely. And going, you know what, I'm going to buy this thing that I've – and an iPod then was something you'd thought about forever. It was a Rolls Royce.

Yeah. And you'd go, oh, I really want one of those, but it's going to take me so long to save up. Like I saved up for ages to get my first iPod Touch and my first iPod actually, the Nano, the silver one. Do you remember that first Apple ad that came out? And it was because there was never white headphones before. And it was the white head and it was like the silhouettes,

but you could just see the headphones and they were dancing around and stuff. Yeah. Oh, my God. A real moment in time. A real moment in time. A real moment in time. So because it was then cool to have like white headphones. Yeah. Like what a statement.

Oh. When I was in, when I lived in Malaysia, there was this guy like getting about town with his white headphones. Nice. And everyone was like. He's worth a cube. A cube? Are you doing all right?

A quid? A cube. He's worth a cube. He's worth a cube. A cube? A quid? A cube! He's worth a cube. He's worth a cube. Don't know if you've ever heard that before. New lingo. It turns out that he didn't have an iPod or anything. He just had the headphones and the cord went into his pocket.

And he was just walking around being like, what's up? So I can't decide whether I'm like, ew, what a poser, or I'm like, respect the hustle. Like I genuinely can't decide whether I'm like, why would you care about that? But then I'm also like, but, you know, joke's on us. Hey, the game, not the player. We believed it, yeah.

So I asked Mason, hey, do you still have the iPod Touch? I asked him in the group. I was like, where is this collector's item? Six months after I bought it, I dropped it in the pool. And that was it. Oh. Well, I hope you still got that job, Mace. Oh, my God.

That's so heartbreaking. I hope you had insurance. Stephen Mullet, last one here. Now, this one takes an unexpected turn. I was looking for a job in sound editing work. Turns out, not the only audio queen in the TARP community. Wow, there you go. Stephen Mullet.

And he goes, and I finally got a place here in Los Angeles and found a job. Oh, awesome. He goes, it wasn't about the money per se, about what I could spend. He just said, I couldn't believe I was being paid to do something that I love. You know, just that moment of like, you're going to pay me for this? Like, this is what I do in my spare time. Are you going to pay me for this? I was so stunned that I was actually getting paid.

But there was a bit of a cherry on top. I actually hate when tapas are successful. It makes me feel bad. I love it. I love it when people that listen to our podcast are successful. The cherry on top was the audio, the show I made the audio for, ended up winning a Daytime Emmy with me and my team. So if you want to check it out,

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie on Amazon won the Emmy for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Preschool Animated Program. That's amazing. That's fucking unreal. I couldn't believe it. Stephen Mullet. Well done. That is so fucking cool. What a flex.

Don't worry about that guy with the iPod earpieces. Yeah. I've won a Grammy. No, I've won an Emmy. But also, Stephen Muller, he didn't tell us what he bought. Yeah. He goes, oh, it wasn't about the money, but I won an Emmy. Mate, that's not the question.

You're right. Mate, that's not the fucking question. Oh, I can't tell you what I bought, but did you know that I'm really successful? I said it takes a turn. No, but that's not a turn. That's filling in the wrong question. What are you doing? Stephen Mullet, what are you doing, mate?

What the fuck are you doing? Look, he's been waiting for a chance to flex that story. Yeah, but like I don't go down to the coffee shop. They're like, hey, what did you want to order? I'm like, did you know that I'm very successful? hey, what did you want to order? I'm like, did you know that I'm very successful? I'm like ordering Uber Eats and you know at the bottom it's like add notes and I'm like, my friend Stephen won an Emmy.

Pretend you're at a cafe and you're working there and I'm just coming in to get my order. All right. Oh, hey, mate. Sorry, what can I get for you? Yeah, in 2013 I was Best New Talent at the ACRAs, the Australian Radio Awards. Did you want a coffee or...?

And then it was Best Multimedia Execution in 2015. Okay. Sorry, did you want to order something? Because there's quite a few people waiting. Oh, I don't drink coffee. Okay, water, anything? Then at the Podcast Awards a few years ago, I was Producer of the Year, so...

Okay, did you... There's just a few people waiting. So did you want to order something? Do you have a podcast? No. Because I work in podcasting. I'm just a hot barista. You are a hot barista. Thanks.

Yeah. So did you want to order anything? My name's Stephen Mullet. I want a daytime Emmy. But congratulations, Stephen. No, Stephen Asher, I take back my congratulations. Maybe you're great at sound editing, but you can't time any. But congratulations, Stephen, nonetheless. No, Stephen, Asha, I take back my congratulations. Maybe you're great at sound editing, but you can't fucking read. In the episode thread in our Facebook group, brags.

I'm just going to put your bra in. No, don't be humble. Don't be humble. Fuck humble brags. If you're going to brag, go all in. Go all in. I actually hate humble brags. Yeah, if you're doing it, do it.

You hate humble brags. You just did 12. You're like, oh, here's a skit, but you said all the things that you'd won. I hate awards. I never went to any of those awards ceremonies. I don't like awards ceremonies. Oh, see, now you're just being painful. The Acros came out in Australia this week, so I read them the other day.

Yeah. I was like, I remember those. So it's like the Logies of radio is what we're talking about. And the Logies is the nothing of something else. Yeah. Yeah. Barrels, bottom off. Anyway.

Anyway, my first paycheck. Yeah. I was working in accounting and finance. And they send all the graduates from all around the country to the Gold Coast, which is like the party town of Australia. If Australia had like a Vegas, it would be the Gold Coast where it's like a loose weekend, nightclubs during the week, all night, blah, blah, blah.

And so there's the 40 graduates from Melbourne, the 30 from Sydney, the 20 from Britain. They all get flown so that we can do training together because it's easier to train. Well, instead of sending the training people. Oh, no, I understand why, but also. So I think we did two or three weeks in the office. Then we go off to training or whatever. And so you've just got to meet all training people. Oh, no. I understand why, but also. So I think we did two or three weeks in the office. Then we go off to training or whatever.

And so you've just got to meet all these people. You've all just graduated. You're all excited. But that's the thing. You've been at uni and you're on a business trip. Yeah, all of a sudden you're on a business trip. That is huge. You're what, 18, 19?

Like, fucking hell. Slightly older, but still young. You've finished your degrees. But it's about midnight on Thursday night. And you go out every night and you go partying every night. Oh, my God. I can't think of anything worse. And well, maybe when you're 22.

Yeah. At the moment, absolutely not. Full day's work and it gets to 4.35 o'clock. 4.30, mate. That is generous from you. So someone looks at their phone and has obviously just realised that we've got paid. And because we're all getting paid by the same place. Within 10 minutes of each other, you're kind of.

Check your phone. Check your bank account. And everyone just goes, what? And everyone's eyes just light up and it's you know how we're saying it's that feeling of i'll get the next round yeah imagine a hundred people that all just want to spend their money no no you don't get the next round i'll get the next round i'll get we'll both get it and it's just like shots is that did you hear that did did you did you hear that on the oh my god that was I'm so sorry

I haven't had breakfast Or is that just the thought Of a wet pussy cocktail Because that's what you get Is it? Or a cock sucking cowboy Like a shot Yeah

Or a shooter Tequila Or the What is the With the lemon and salt What do you call that again? Tequila slammer The slammer

Yeah So all this. Yeah, because everybody wants to spend their money. They're like, yeah, let me get it. And we're just so excited. Yeah. So everyone is just out of control. And I reckon more than five people like threw up in the club,

like physically in the club. Did you? I did not. But I was like holding some hair back and like there was, it just got like shit got wild. Whoa. So the kind of rule that this like, I don't know if camp is the right word, but we're training. We're all staying in a nice hotel.

There's a conference center and stuff. Yeah. And everyone else who works at the firm, they've had their rite of passage back in the day. They all know the drill. Oh, so they all know what's going on. Yeah. And it's not to the same extent, but they'll come out and have a few beers and stuff. But there's kind of this unwritten rule that everyone's learnt over the years.

And it's, you can go as hard as you want. You can be rough the next day, but you've got to turn up. Yep. Fair enough. Which is fair. We're paying you to training. So if you come in, oh, geez, she's looking a bit rough. Oh, big night, mate.

Yeah. But you have to be there. Yeah. Got to be there. Yeah. And it's downstairs in the hotel. All you need to do is get yourself to the lift down to the ground floor and roll in at 9.59 before we start at 9 o'clock.

Yeah, 10. So my – whatever. You just said 9.59 before we start at 9 o'clock. Yeah, yeah, righto. Maybe that's why I was late. So my roommate, let's call him Rick. Hi, Rick. Rick and Ryan.

Yeah, so we sat next to each other when I worked there, and then we were roomies when we were away, and we ended up being pretty good mates. Hi, Rick. Rick and Ryan. Yeah, so we sat next to each other when I worked there, and then we were roomies when we were away, and we ended up being pretty good mates. Oh, yeah. It's 8.57. What time are we going with? You said 10. Okay, it's 9.57.

Yep. And Rick's like in the bath. He slept in the bathroom all night, like curled around the ball. Oh, my God. And he's like, I'm not going to make it. And I'm like, we know the rule. You're like, bro, you have to, yeah. I was like, even if you get down there and give it a crack

and have to come back, people will respect that you turned up because the golden rule, the only rule from the week. Was that we had to walk out. You get there. You just got to go downstairs and sit in the room. What can I do to get you down there? Can I get you a, you know, when you feel like you need some food or whatever. So I got him some bread and a Gatorade.

And I was like, mate, I can't let you not be there. Because for the rest of ever, you'll be that guy that didn't rock up. So I got him a Gatorade, got him a bit of bread, got him down to the room. And like, he probably didn't even know he was there. I'm just like, put him in his seat. And I was like, we're here, we're down there. Well, you said we've got to turn up. We made it.

We made it. We've met the minimum requirement. I reckon within 80 seconds, Rick's body has turned white and gone like, there's like a greenish tinge to his skin and his face. And I was like, this guy's going to spew. He's not looking good. We've made it to the room. We did what we had to say.

Everyone kind of knew that he was like leading the charge. Like no one was surprised to see him pretty rank. Yeah. They were like, oh, that's, I saw that guy seven hours ago. This is. Seven probably. Three. So he, and then he looks at me with a.

Because you get hot mouth, you know, it's coming. And he sort of gave me the look to like. Something's happening. I'm going to fucking spit. So he goes to... And I was like, mate, you've made it here. Respect. That was the rule.

Fuck it. See ya. Don't spew on the fucking boardroom table. So he walks over to the door and he like starts pulling on it. He's pulling on the door and it's like, it's locked. You know, he's pulling. And I was like, oh, fuck. And we're like, bro, it's a push door.

Got to push it. And he's like, what? He's pulling at it, pulling at it. The door won't open because it's pushed. He's pulling, he's pulling. And then he's like looking around. He's panicking. He's like, there's another door.

And meanwhile, everyone's like, even the person giving the lecture. Surely everybody has stopped and he's looking at this guy. Yeah. And even the lecturer is sort of like looking at him going, oh, fucking Rick, what are you doing? And then someone's like, just push it, Rick. And he's like, what? I won't.

He threw up on the back of the door And it's not like when you spew on the ground And it's on the ground Because it hits the wall And just drips down Slowly like a pickle on the McDonald's window Just easing down And then just to the side of where he spewed

He like leans forward on the door In like in defeat You know he's just like he's given up He tried And he would be so embarrassed. So embarrassed. Because he's in front of fucking a hundred people. And they're all his peers.

Yeah. And, you know, they're all smart. And Rick is a smart guy and wants to do well at the firm and whatever. And then as he leans forward on the door, because it was a push, not a pull. He leans on it. It like falls open. He just flops forward into the door. And into his vomit.

Well, the vomit's sort of on the side, sort of still trickling down a little bit. And then he kind of looks back up and goes, it was a push. Oh, my God. And we're like, yeah, bro. We were trying to tell you the whole time. Oh, my God.

That is so embarrassing. Oh, I tell you the whole time. Oh, my God, that is so embarrassing. Oh, I tell you who I'm not trusting with my attacks. Oh, my God. Rick. Hey, it's Hayley Noodle from The Whip Sunday, and you're listening to the Tony and Ryan podcast. A massive vodcast thank you to a few of our champion tapas over at our Patreon. Beth Davey, thank you so much.

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Now, if there's one thing I know about Toni, she doesn't like doing the wrong thing. No. And putting people out and upsetting people. No, she doesn't. So I'm nervous when Toni says, I think a social faux pas being committed. Is that what you said yesterday?

A social crime. Social crime. Yeah. So on Sunday, across the road, like near my house, there's a big shopping centre. And there is a sushi place there that do like sushi training. Oh, yeah. The Sushi Hero. Yeah, it's great.

Yes, in the food court. And I've actually talked to you about it before because I really wanted to go. It's great. Yeah. It's really good. I've had like takeaway from there it before because I really wanted to go. It's great. Yeah. It's really good. I've had like takeaway from there before, like the normal hand rolls. Yeah, but you've never sat in and done the train. But I've never done the train there.

So I've done it at other places and I also feel like sushi train is one of those things where like if you get a good one. They're so fun. It's a good one. Yeah. But then sometimes you go and there's like not a lot of variety or there's not whatever. I feel like if you're having a few beers and there's a few of you, it's the fun of the train. The atmosphere, yeah.

But this is obviously not like a drinking occasion because it is in a shopping centre so it's not really like that. Every occasion is a drinking occasion if you want it to be. Wow, okay. But anyway, so on Sunday, Torbs and I were like, oh, we'll go and do our food shopping. We had a couple of other errands we needed to run. And I was like, you know what we should do?

Instead of having lunch at home before we go out, let's fucking treat ourselves. Let's train it up, dog. Let's go to the sushi train. Absolutely. I'd wanted to try it for ages. We've been talking about it for ages. You'd said it was good.

And I love Japanese food. Have you been to Japan? I have been to Japan, actually. Yeah, twice. Ah. Yeah. Did you base your whole personality around those trips for a while? Yeah.

Still do. Still to this day. I'm surprised you bring up a story about you being to Japan. But I, like, love Japanese food. So I was like, this is fucking all me. Like, I love it. Torbs is obviously also keen on it. So it's fun for the whole family.

We go, cool, let's get dressed. We'll go over to the sushi train. We'll spend a bit of time there and then we'll kind of move on and do all of our shit. We get over there and there's a seat on the side of the... So you know how the sushi train's

kind of like a U shape. You know how the bottom of the U is like always where the chefs are, so that's where they're putting new stuff on? Yeah. We, I mean, here's the first faux pas. We sat on the other side of the U. So we were like, so they were putting this. Yeah.

So you had the leftovers. We were right before where they would put new stuff on. So it's done like a full rotation. So the only stuff getting to you is stuff that other people have let go past. Yes. So we're getting some crappy kind of stuff going past. It was around two o'clock. So I think that maybe we did miss that like optimum sushi train time.

Yeah. So you're at the end of the line and it's the end of the lunch peak. So they're really just doing enough. They're not putting a lot of new stuff on. Okay, yeah. And the stuff that was kind of coming past had kind of been passed like three times because like no one was picking it up. Of course, it just stays on the pay-abouts.

Yeah, so it just stays on the cable. Yeah, so it just stays on the thing. Anyway, so. What have you done? It's like coming around slowly and as soon as we sat down, we grabbed like three plates and we're like sharing some stuff and whatever and as soon as we sat down, the waiter like comes over and he's like, oh, the iPads aren't working. So if you want anything, just let me know.

And I was like, oh, okay, yep, thank you. But then realised like we didn't have a menu. Like there was not like, oh, just let me know what you want. Like, oh, a new car? Like what's the limit to this? Do you know what I mean? A daytime Emmy? Yeah. Did I tell you what I mean? A daytime Emmy? Yeah.

Did I tell you what I bought with my first paycheck? It was an Emmy. Anyway, so the iPads, like, aren't working. We couldn't, like, ask for a drink. Like, we didn't know what there was. They weren't, like, serving tea or anything, which they normally do. Can I also add that in a situation like this, Tony is not the type to want to cause a fuss, want

to cause a hassle. Some other people might say something like, oh, hey, mate, there's no menu or what are the options? But if they just say, tell us what you want and you... No. So I didn't want to cause a fuss. Torb's also my partner. He is not a fuss causer.

So like he didn't want to say anything either. I'm surprised you've made it to the studio and'm not just still sitting there yeah i know days later so we're sitting there and we've got a couple of like the average not average things like but the normal stuff that would normally be the stock stuff exactly but then like the fun stuff is kind of like on its way around oh great so we're So we're like, fuck yeah. And I see them put like all this hot stuff on, like some karaage chicken, some like tempura veggies and stuff like that. I'm like, fuck yeah.

I see them put it on because they're right next to me. Yeah. It gets taken on the way through. So what's... So we're seeing the food get put on and it's coming around and I'm like, oh, it's almost at us. But then when it's kind of like right opposite me, it's still got to do a full half of the you to get back to us for it's in front of us.

Am I about to find out that you fucked with the rotation and cut in a line? Is that what's going to happen here? So as the food was going past, I was like, all right, it's getting dire. We need to take action here. Girl got to eat. Yeah. I was hungry. We had lots of stuff to do.

I was like, we can't just sit here for three fucking hours, like hoping that good shit comes past. There was a bit of a break on what was on my side. So where you would say the sushi train, what you can take is on your side, like right in front of you. There was a break in what was right in front of me. And on the other side, which still had a whole ways to go, was some hot karaage chicken and some hot tempura veggies.

I'm not proud of it. I'm not proud of it. I'm not proud of this. Did you flop your whole person over the thing or did you reach or what did you? So a very quick, swift. From the other side. From the other side. I was desperate, okay?

How close was it? Was it just a reach? So I could reach it. Like I just kind of had to like lean up and reach. So I'm picturing you like standing on your chair. Oh, no, no, no, no. So like it was just like a long reach. Like kind of had to, you know, when you kind of like lift your body off the chair.

There's nothing subtle. Still not much subtle about it. Not very subtle. It wasn't just like a cheeky, like it was a reach. So for you to get the kirage chicken, would there have been other people who would have seen it coming and you've just fucking reached out in front of them? Yeah.

So between where I... Stole from. Yeah. And where you were. How many people? Four. Did they look at you? I just kind of like quickly ducked back down.

You didn't want to look. You didn't want to look at them. I didn't want to face them. The fact that you weren't willing to face them means that you know what you did. No, but I know. That's why I say I'm not proud of this. But I was like, otherwise, what are we going to do? Nothing good's coming because all these other people are like going to get it on the way through.

And fair enough. And it was our fault fault did you choose where you sat yes did you realize where you'd sat before you'd sat down no i didn't even think i was just like oh can we just sit anywhere and they were like oh yeah just down here and i was like okay and we just went went right to the back because i was like that'll be fine anyway so all i could think after we did that was how fucked off I would be if somebody else did that and it was like about to come to me. I'm like sitting there patiently and I'm waiting for the sushi to come that I've got my eye on or whatever and that they took it. Isn't the golden rule don't do to others what you would not like done to yourself? I'm sure that's not the exact wording.

But, yep. You know what I'm trying to say. And the fact that you already knew as you were doing it. I knew. That if someone did this to me, I'd be so fucked off. Well, because I'd be like, fuck, I really wanted to eat that thing. Have you been to Vic Garden since? The shopping centre?

No, this was only a couple of days ago. Are you welcome back there? Probably not. I don't think I'd ever be allowed to sit down at the sushi train again. Are you? But if I was you, I wouldn't want to. I'm just like. Does the restaurant know what you did?

I don't know if anyone saw. No one like worded me out. Because I was like, am I going to get in trouble for doing this? You wouldn't get worded. Like, okay. Put yourself in the position of the other people. Okay. You'd be fucked off, but you wouldn't say anything.

No. Well, I definitely wouldn't. But you wouldn't forget it either. No. And because in that shopping centre there's the food place, there's movies, there's a shopping centre that came out. You kind of see that after a while the same faces and whatever. Oh.

Those people, you're going to wander in and they're going to be like, that's that bitch that stole the fucking karaage chicken. She's the sushi train leaner. The leaner? That's who you are now. I'm really not proud of it. That's your personal brand. But there was no other option.

Well, there was. You could have asked for chicken Kuroge from the chef who gave you the option. You could have waited for it to come around. You could have sat in the right seat. There was no way that it would have come around. No, there was no way it was coming around. It would have gotten picked up on the way.

It was so delicious. There was a KFC within metres. I wonder if they get the popcorn chicken. Surely not. I was at Vic Gardens yesterday. Yeah. And this guy was eating popcorn chicken. This white guy was eating popcorn chicken with chopsticks.

Good for them. From KFC. It's a really good way to eat because it slows you down so you don't eat as fast. And also then you don't get greasy fingers. I respect that. So this is how I saw it playing out. He's like, well, as someone who eats a lot of KFC,

I always feel like a bit of shame and a bit of like, oh, it's a bit of a naughty treat. KFC, I would never eat KFC in public. KFC is a home food. Thank you. Yep. And so I reckon he's gone, oh, I don't want to be that guy. I'll dress it up with some chopsticks.

Dress it up. Because if you're eating karaage chicken at the sushi train a metre away with chopsticks, 100% fine. But if you're eating popcorn chicken, oh, come on, mate. Do you know what is funny about that? Is that, like, he's obviously gone to the Japanese place and been like, can I have some chopsticks? Yeah, do you want some sushi?

Nah, I'm just going to get some KFC. Yeah, I'm getting KFC. And I looked at him and was like, mate, you're not fooling anyone. Oh, I do respect it. It is a good way to eat. And you can't eat popcorn chicken with a fork. You just pour it out of the box into your face. At home.

You can't do that in public. I know this is a vodcast episode and I know that that motion. I'm glad you've done it as well. Could someone please make a gif of Tony? Preferably not me. Someone please make a gif of Tony, preferably not me. So maybe we need an update next week if you've gone back or not. If I go over there and they're like, man, we will not serve you. If I go to Terrific Gardens with you,

I'm going to be scanning everyone else's reaction to see if they see you and go, oh, it's like that. I feel really I knew exactly what I had done. And even Torbs was like, oh. So he knew. Yeah, I knew too. It's not a shock. It's not a shock.

That's why I wanted to share it. I was like. Well, thank you for sharing. I know. Luckily no one in Australia knows who I am. Well, they do. They don't like Tony Lodge podcast. They like Tony Lodge karage eater.

Sushi train leaner. Let us also know in the episode thread if you agree with everyone that this is a faux pas. A cardinal sin, yeah. And then everyone's thought about it. Don't get me wrong. Yeah, that's what I mean. Everyone's thought about doing it. But not everyone's done it.

But no one's done it. I'm the only one, I think. Here's things you love to see to round out the week. I've got a recommendation. Oh. And I'm seven years late on this one. Oh, my God. What is it?

There's a TV show. Called Game of Thrones. Have you heard of it? If it's Game of Thrones, I'm going to shit in my chair right now. Well, put it up there. No, it's not. It's I'm going to shit in my chair right now. Well, put it up. No, it's not. It's called Alone. Uh-huh.

And I've only watched the first season. Apparently, they've done many since. Yeah. Ten people get put in different spots on Vancouver Island, like the wilderness in Canada. And they're alone. And so they need to start a fire. Oh, that's what they should have called it.

But there's no camera crews. They have to self record. So it's literally a test of like survival. And it's like minus two. There's wild bears and coyotes and shit. They're terrified. Grown men like shaking. They're looking for.

It's kind of like, I think what survival was like supposed to be. Sure. Before it got gamey and stuff. Yeah. But then the real challenge sets in of they don't see another human being for weeks, months. They're literally alone. And here's the premise of the show.

They're alone. The last man standing gets half a million dollars. Whoa. And it's not like, yep, if you survive day 30, it's like, and you don't know if anyone else has dropped out. You just keep living. So you can drop out after four weeks and you go, am I the first one out? Or have I almost won? Like, you don't know if anyone else has dropped out you just keep living so you can drop out after four weeks and you go am i the first one out or if i almost want like you don't know you either call and give

up or they turn up and tell you you've won and they get told you could be up to a year so yeah so at least in a game like survive you go oh that guy's limit oh i'm close to the top six how do you organize when someone's going to feed your dog or something? A whole year. And so the chat that they have, and it's like almost vlogging. Yeah. And they're kind of like, oh, my wife was two months pregnant. I hope she's feeling okay.

And then they kind of go, oh, am I going to spend a year out here and not win and then I've missed my children walk or my mum's getting old, I hope she's... And, you know, you're out there with your own thoughts and it becomes more of this psychological... Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, and not to, again, piss take the name alone, but watching it is fascinating,

seeing these people go through the stages of... Like dealing with that. You'll be crazy and stuff. Yeah, oh, totally. And what I like about it is because it's not gamey and the production's very flat because they film it themselves, so it's strangely calm and you kind of can appreciate the nature and it's quiet.

To have it on the back, I watched the whole first season on the weekend, in one weekend. Oh, wow. Yeah. That's a lot for you. It is. I'm not a binger, but it just like, I don't know, it was calm to watch because it wasn't whizzed back.

Yeah, right. And it was fascinating fascinating i just got really hooked in like wow did me in oh awesome maybe tears oh okay good recommendation alone let us know in the episode 30 if you've watched it people be fucked up because yeah it's seven years old i think they've done eight seasons oh something now yeah but i've just discovered it oh it's fascinating. No, that's awesome. Yeah. Oh, I love that. Good job. What recommendation?

What have you got? Last week I talked about a parking hack about how I, when I'm going the wrong way in a car park, I'm like, no, what have I done wrong by accident? Zoe Bailey posted in our Facebook group, we used to go to this park with a bunch of family friends on a Sunday that was really busy and hard to find a car park. Once my dad had parked his car, on more than one occasion,

made me get out of the car and sit in an empty car park to save it for another member of the family so that they wouldn't have to wait for a spot. Tony, can you just go stand in that park over there? Yeah, so Zoe's dad would be like, all right, Zoe, out your hot pop a chop. Like, there's a spot there. Standing there until Aunty Karen comes.

Zoe's dad, no. The trauma that would cause a child. I compare that to when you're in the aisle at the supermarket. In the line. Yeah. And going through. And mum goes, oh, I've just got to grab some pasta. Yeah.

And just disappears. Yeah. And then you worry that the checkout chick's going to be like, cool, that's $200. And you're like, ah! And you can see six items to go, five items to go. Oh, my God, it's scarier than alone. Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun.

They always appear. Mine doesn't anymore., but yes, I know what you're talking about. Well, when I was real young, my birth mum went to get something else and never came back. Yeah, it left you behind. That's where my mum found me, at the checkout at Coles. And the woman's like $200 and you're like

little baby. Excuse me, ma'am, can you pay for this and take that kid with you? Yeah, it's been sitting here for three weeks. But I love to see that, Zoe. Thanks for sharing. I don't love to see that, Zoe. I feel for you. Oh, I thought that was so fucking funny.

Your family needs to... Nah, that's awful. That's an awful thing to do to your family. I'd ask Torbs to do that. If we were parked somewhere, I'd be like, oh, like Ryan and Bridget aren't too far away. Like, can you just stand in that spot? I'd definitely do that. Do it to him. see how he likes it.

He would because he can't drive. Yeah, you'll do what you fucking told me. I'll park the car. No, he's not. What are you going to do, drive us home? No, fucking stand over there, bud. Jump on the tram, mate. See you in a couple of hours.

Thank you so much for listening or watching, if that's what you were doing today. And I like that people like the vodcast. Me too. It's lots of fun. I don't. And I like that people like the vodcast. Me too. It's lots of fun. I don't know. I keep looking at the camera and at you. What am I supposed to do?

What do I do with my hands? Goodbye. Do we like the shuffling of the papers? Yeah, except we don't have any papers, so I'll do it with my laptop again. Thanks for listening. Bye. Bye.

Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Thanks for listening.

Love you, bye. love you bye