1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast 2 00:00:10,613 --> 00:00:11,453 Speaker 1: from News Talks. 3 00:00:11,453 --> 00:00:15,053 Speaker 2: That'd be good morning, Jack. I enjoyed your opening comments 4 00:00:15,053 --> 00:00:17,413 Speaker 2: this morning. So long as you are making it part 5 00:00:17,413 --> 00:00:20,053 Speaker 2: of your routine, you're always making progress. It doesn't matter 6 00:00:20,093 --> 00:00:25,773 Speaker 2: how slow you might be compared to others. Yeah, I guess, thanks, Jack, 7 00:00:25,933 --> 00:00:31,373 Speaker 2: totally agree. Regarding New Zealanders and their monolingualism, all you 8 00:00:31,413 --> 00:00:33,853 Speaker 2: need to do is travel through most of Europe and 9 00:00:33,893 --> 00:00:36,733 Speaker 2: you realize just how far off we are compared to 10 00:00:36,733 --> 00:00:39,013 Speaker 2: the rest of the world. It is a humbling thing. 11 00:00:39,053 --> 00:00:40,693 Speaker 2: And it's not just Europe. I mean, obviously, you know, 12 00:00:40,813 --> 00:00:43,813 Speaker 2: if you got someone like Scannina, they speak better English 13 00:00:43,813 --> 00:00:47,373 Speaker 2: than we do. But even when you travel through you know, 14 00:00:47,413 --> 00:00:50,693 Speaker 2: you travel through parts of South Asia or something, you know, 15 00:00:50,733 --> 00:00:53,533 Speaker 2: you go. I just I can recall being in Pakistan 16 00:00:53,573 --> 00:00:57,053 Speaker 2: and being like, man, these you know, kids who don't 17 00:00:57,053 --> 00:00:59,693 Speaker 2: have anything like the opportunities that we have, and yet 18 00:00:59,733 --> 00:01:03,213 Speaker 2: they are you know, they have more language skills than 19 00:01:03,213 --> 00:01:05,053 Speaker 2: we do. It's yeah, it can be a humbling thing. 20 00:01:05,133 --> 00:01:06,813 Speaker 2: Ninety two ninety two. If you want to send us 21 00:01:06,813 --> 00:01:08,653 Speaker 2: a message this morning, you can email me as well. 22 00:01:08,693 --> 00:01:09,053 Speaker 3: Of course. 23 00:01:09,133 --> 00:01:11,173 Speaker 2: Kevin Milne is whether us Kevin, you strike me as 24 00:01:11,173 --> 00:01:13,093 Speaker 2: a bit of a polygue, like a man of the world, 25 00:01:13,093 --> 00:01:14,653 Speaker 2: someone who could speak a few languages. 26 00:01:15,173 --> 00:01:18,653 Speaker 3: I actually answered the phone this morning from Zeb of course, 27 00:01:18,693 --> 00:01:23,213 Speaker 3: from our producer to By saying she replied, to which 28 00:01:23,253 --> 00:01:26,493 Speaker 3: he replied, so we're all sort of we're all getting 29 00:01:27,173 --> 00:01:28,613 Speaker 3: multi lingual this morning. 30 00:01:28,693 --> 00:01:33,413 Speaker 2: Yes, slowly, albit slowly, but yeah, y slowly. 31 00:01:33,573 --> 00:01:36,053 Speaker 3: Yeah. I've just had a text, funny enough from my 32 00:01:36,533 --> 00:01:40,453 Speaker 3: son in London and he's he's at the O two, 33 00:01:40,893 --> 00:01:45,293 Speaker 3: you know, the big stand and who's playing but crowded out? 34 00:01:45,613 --> 00:01:46,893 Speaker 2: Ah, how good. 35 00:01:48,573 --> 00:01:50,613 Speaker 3: It's funny really because I was just looking the other 36 00:01:50,693 --> 00:01:53,293 Speaker 3: night to see what sets were available in Parmerstan North. 37 00:01:53,733 --> 00:01:55,893 Speaker 3: I mean, it must be weird to be a kind 38 00:01:55,893 --> 00:01:59,413 Speaker 3: of a group like them where you can go one 39 00:01:59,493 --> 00:02:02,973 Speaker 3: day you're playing you're playing O two in London, which 40 00:02:03,573 --> 00:02:09,093 Speaker 3: and the pictures that Alex said, so it's a huge crowd. Yeah, 41 00:02:09,213 --> 00:02:12,533 Speaker 3: and then and then next month you're you're at the Region. 42 00:02:16,053 --> 00:02:19,133 Speaker 2: It's pretty cool actually that they, you know, like, it 43 00:02:19,173 --> 00:02:20,813 Speaker 2: says a lot about the group. Don't you think that 44 00:02:20,853 --> 00:02:22,773 Speaker 2: they still play the Region in Paveston North? 45 00:02:23,053 --> 00:02:26,493 Speaker 3: I think so absolutely? Yeah, absolutely, And also what I'm 46 00:02:26,493 --> 00:02:29,893 Speaker 3: thinking is although there were no decent seats left. Yeah, 47 00:02:30,013 --> 00:02:32,893 Speaker 3: I thought probably any of the seats in the region. 48 00:02:32,973 --> 00:02:36,093 Speaker 3: Again to be like being upfront at thet Yeah. 49 00:02:36,173 --> 00:02:37,373 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's so good. 50 00:02:37,413 --> 00:02:37,733 Speaker 3: I was. 51 00:02:38,333 --> 00:02:41,333 Speaker 2: The thing I love about Credit House is that they 52 00:02:41,373 --> 00:02:44,373 Speaker 2: are so successful that I kind of take them for granted. 53 00:02:44,453 --> 00:02:46,333 Speaker 2: I was watching The Beer the other day, which is 54 00:02:46,373 --> 00:02:48,293 Speaker 2: this amazing TV show we're going to talk about about 55 00:02:48,333 --> 00:02:52,773 Speaker 2: up to ten o'clock this morning, and just as part 56 00:02:52,813 --> 00:02:55,533 Speaker 2: of the soundtrack, Crowdit House was playing and it was 57 00:02:55,573 --> 00:02:58,013 Speaker 2: something so wrong, and it was right at the very 58 00:02:58,093 --> 00:03:00,133 Speaker 2: end of the song. I was like, hang on a second, 59 00:03:00,133 --> 00:03:02,093 Speaker 2: there's Credit House, you know, like it just feels like 60 00:03:02,493 --> 00:03:04,693 Speaker 2: you're like, oh, I keept just another. 61 00:03:06,453 --> 00:03:06,653 Speaker 3: Yeah. 62 00:03:06,973 --> 00:03:10,373 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's kind of a different, a different like stratosphere 63 00:03:10,533 --> 00:03:13,733 Speaker 2: of success. Yeah, it's quite remarkable. So yeah, absolutely. 64 00:03:14,013 --> 00:03:14,253 Speaker 3: Yeah. 65 00:03:14,373 --> 00:03:16,813 Speaker 2: Anyway, Kevin, you you have been perplexed this week about 66 00:03:16,853 --> 00:03:17,973 Speaker 2: something at the supermarket. 67 00:03:19,213 --> 00:03:22,893 Speaker 3: Yeah. I do most of our household supermarket shopping. Jack. Weirdly, 68 00:03:23,213 --> 00:03:25,693 Speaker 3: I enjoy it. So I'm in the supermarket for the 69 00:03:25,733 --> 00:03:29,253 Speaker 3: often and this one thing I don't get. I happen 70 00:03:29,293 --> 00:03:31,213 Speaker 3: to shop at a New World. As you know, they 71 00:03:31,293 --> 00:03:34,653 Speaker 3: frequently offer your stickers based on how much you've bought, 72 00:03:35,293 --> 00:03:37,213 Speaker 3: and you can trade them in on various stuff. I 73 00:03:37,253 --> 00:03:41,453 Speaker 3: think it's it's kitchen containers a man. When you go 74 00:03:41,573 --> 00:03:44,053 Speaker 3: through check out, you're asked if you want your stickers. 75 00:03:44,893 --> 00:03:50,213 Speaker 3: What I don't understand is why people say no. It's 76 00:03:50,213 --> 00:03:53,093 Speaker 3: not like if they don't take the stickers they get 77 00:03:53,093 --> 00:03:56,213 Speaker 3: a cash reduction on what they're bought, So saying no 78 00:03:56,373 --> 00:03:59,653 Speaker 3: to the stickers seems to me like just throwing away money. 79 00:04:00,893 --> 00:04:04,733 Speaker 3: I'm not obsessed with these stickers. I accept it's stupid 80 00:04:05,093 --> 00:04:07,053 Speaker 3: just to bend more in the supermarket just to get 81 00:04:07,093 --> 00:04:11,773 Speaker 3: more stickers. I also accept that possibly the supermarket puts 82 00:04:11,853 --> 00:04:13,973 Speaker 3: up the price of its goods to cover the cost 83 00:04:14,293 --> 00:04:16,813 Speaker 3: of giving away free goods. I don't know that, but 84 00:04:16,933 --> 00:04:21,293 Speaker 3: maybe it's people suggest it. But if that's so, all 85 00:04:21,413 --> 00:04:24,973 Speaker 3: customers are paying more for their goods, including the people 86 00:04:25,173 --> 00:04:28,213 Speaker 3: who say no. I don't want the stickers, So why 87 00:04:28,253 --> 00:04:31,813 Speaker 3: would you say no to the stickers? All I can 88 00:04:31,853 --> 00:04:34,733 Speaker 3: think of is that if you very rarely go to 89 00:04:34,733 --> 00:04:37,813 Speaker 3: the supermarket, might think it's not worth taking the stickers 90 00:04:37,853 --> 00:04:40,813 Speaker 3: because you'll never get enough to trade them in on anything. 91 00:04:41,733 --> 00:04:44,853 Speaker 3: What I'm wondering is that in all the worthwhile discussion 92 00:04:44,933 --> 00:04:49,253 Speaker 3: about whether you'd rather your supermarket lowered prices than give 93 00:04:49,293 --> 00:04:52,933 Speaker 3: out kitchen containers, etc. Some people have got the wrong 94 00:04:53,053 --> 00:04:56,853 Speaker 3: end of the stick somehow. Maybe they think that they 95 00:04:56,893 --> 00:05:01,173 Speaker 3: shouldn't accept their stickers. I always accept the stickers. We've 96 00:05:01,213 --> 00:05:06,013 Speaker 3: already got every We've got every container available and the 97 00:05:06,093 --> 00:05:10,173 Speaker 3: current new will probation. But what I'm proud of is 98 00:05:10,213 --> 00:05:13,853 Speaker 3: that I've resisted the temptation of asking people in front 99 00:05:13,893 --> 00:05:16,733 Speaker 3: of me who don't want the figures, can I have them? 100 00:05:17,053 --> 00:05:18,933 Speaker 3: In my view, that would be overdoing it. 101 00:05:20,493 --> 00:05:26,253 Speaker 2: I am with you for the supermarket, but I will 102 00:05:26,373 --> 00:05:30,533 Speaker 2: challenge you when it comes to the coffee cards. And 103 00:05:30,773 --> 00:05:33,053 Speaker 2: I've got a couple of like I got a couple 104 00:05:33,053 --> 00:05:35,893 Speaker 2: of other places that offer loyalty cards. The thing that 105 00:05:35,933 --> 00:05:39,053 Speaker 2: annoys me is when you have to carry a physical item. 106 00:05:39,373 --> 00:05:41,413 Speaker 2: So if it means that I've got to put another 107 00:05:41,773 --> 00:05:43,893 Speaker 2: card in my wallet, then I don't want to do 108 00:05:43,933 --> 00:05:45,293 Speaker 2: it because I want to have the I want to 109 00:05:45,293 --> 00:05:48,133 Speaker 2: I'm an absolute minimalist. I want my wallet to have 110 00:05:48,213 --> 00:05:51,493 Speaker 2: the fewest cards possible. And so where's my wife? On 111 00:05:51,533 --> 00:05:54,373 Speaker 2: the other hand, we sh'll be running about thirty loyalty 112 00:05:54,413 --> 00:05:55,773 Speaker 2: cards at any one time, you know. 113 00:05:57,053 --> 00:05:57,333 Speaker 3: Mind. 114 00:05:57,893 --> 00:06:00,893 Speaker 2: Yeah, And I was thinking, oh, this is this is 115 00:06:00,933 --> 00:06:02,853 Speaker 2: so frustrating, you know. But she's like, what do you 116 00:06:02,933 --> 00:06:04,573 Speaker 2: mean You've got to get the free stuff. You've got 117 00:06:04,613 --> 00:06:06,693 Speaker 2: to get the free stuff. Maybe it depends on how 118 00:06:06,773 --> 00:06:07,693 Speaker 2: much the door, aren't you? 119 00:06:07,813 --> 00:06:11,733 Speaker 3: Jack? And suddenly your wife says, wait a minute, gentlemen, 120 00:06:11,813 --> 00:06:14,693 Speaker 3: I just got my card. I yeah, you know you're 121 00:06:14,733 --> 00:06:17,613 Speaker 3: now in there for another five minutes. Yeah, yeah, totally 122 00:06:17,973 --> 00:06:19,733 Speaker 3: as you go through all the cards. 123 00:06:20,773 --> 00:06:24,093 Speaker 2: And I'm no, I'm no eclonist, Kevin, but I'm I'm 124 00:06:24,173 --> 00:06:27,013 Speaker 2: fairly confident that the supermarkets, and not just the New 125 00:06:27,053 --> 00:06:31,813 Speaker 2: World and it's containers, the supermarkets, for their respective promotions 126 00:06:32,253 --> 00:06:35,653 Speaker 2: will have allowed for those in the pricing of their goods. 127 00:06:35,733 --> 00:06:37,293 Speaker 2: I don't think they're doing it out of the goodness 128 00:06:37,333 --> 00:06:38,493 Speaker 2: of their heart, only a hunch. 129 00:06:38,933 --> 00:06:42,373 Speaker 3: I totally agree with you on that. But yeah, that 130 00:06:42,533 --> 00:06:45,413 Speaker 3: being the case, why wouldn't you want to take the 131 00:06:45,613 --> 00:06:48,213 Speaker 3: goods to sort of even that up a bit? 132 00:06:48,413 --> 00:06:53,413 Speaker 2: Yeah, totally totally. Hey, Thanksgivin. Appreciate your time this morning, Kevin, Melanie, 133 00:06:53,493 --> 00:06:54,293 Speaker 2: thank you for your text. 134 00:06:54,373 --> 00:06:54,573 Speaker 3: Jack. 135 00:06:54,813 --> 00:06:58,813 Speaker 2: So true. When I travel overseas, I always feel so inferior. 136 00:06:58,893 --> 00:07:01,733 Speaker 2: My Turkish uncle married to my key. We aren't spoke 137 00:07:01,733 --> 00:07:05,573 Speaker 2: about eight languages, all self taught on the streets, hardly 138 00:07:05,653 --> 00:07:07,933 Speaker 2: any schooling. It just amazed me. He would jump from 139 00:07:07,973 --> 00:07:10,693 Speaker 2: language to language before my very eyes. Is so Jack, 140 00:07:10,733 --> 00:07:12,653 Speaker 2: I lived in Russia for a period of time, so 141 00:07:12,693 --> 00:07:14,653 Speaker 2: it was sink or swim when it came to speaking 142 00:07:14,693 --> 00:07:16,893 Speaker 2: the language. I had a language teacher who taught me 143 00:07:16,973 --> 00:07:19,733 Speaker 2: the grammatically correct Russian, and the boys in the office 144 00:07:19,733 --> 00:07:21,733 Speaker 2: taught me the street Russian, how to swear and that 145 00:07:21,813 --> 00:07:23,973 Speaker 2: kind of thing. It was very important not to confuse 146 00:07:24,013 --> 00:07:25,813 Speaker 2: the two so as not to offend people like the 147 00:07:25,853 --> 00:07:31,373 Speaker 2: old Babushka's working in small Russian products towards Thanks John. Yeah, 148 00:07:31,413 --> 00:07:36,333 Speaker 2: context is everything. A context is everything, Jack. I think 149 00:07:36,373 --> 00:07:39,053 Speaker 2: you meant the song something so strong, not something so wrong. 150 00:07:39,093 --> 00:07:41,653 Speaker 2: Did I say something so wrong? Well, it was something 151 00:07:41,693 --> 00:07:43,813 Speaker 2: so wrong with me. Thank you ninety two ninety two. 152 00:07:43,813 --> 00:07:45,333 Speaker 2: If you want to send me a message like cash, 153 00:07:45,453 --> 00:07:46,773 Speaker 2: just that we're talking support next. 154 00:07:47,533 --> 00:07:50,653 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 155 00:07:50,773 --> 00:07:53,573 Speaker 1: to news Talks i'd B from nine am Saturday, or 156 00:07:53,653 --> 00:07:55,493 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.