WEBVTT - Sick Day Excuse

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<v Speaker 1>Mudjoe on in the morning. This was something I was

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<v Speaker 1>going to do in a.

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<v Speaker 2>Trending news but I'm going to do it now because

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<v Speaker 2>I saw it and I thought it was too good.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is trending on Reddit right now. What do

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<v Speaker 2>you think the craziest reason is why somebody would call

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<v Speaker 2>in sick to work. When I tell you this, I

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<v Speaker 2>want to ask the listeners if they think that this

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<v Speaker 2>is a legit reason to call in sick. Okay, this

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<v Speaker 2>is the actual letter that was sent to this person's boss.

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<v Speaker 2>It says, hi, and they blacked out the name. Feeling

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<v Speaker 2>a bit overwhelmed with all the work and my energy

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<v Speaker 2>feels a little off, so not getting the vibe right now. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>they're sending this to their boss, Please don't miss me.

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<v Speaker 2>And then it goes into explaining what the stuff is

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<v Speaker 2>that they had to do for work. They called in sick.

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<v Speaker 2>They took a sick day because they said that their

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<v Speaker 2>energy was feeling a little.

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<v Speaker 3>Bit off personal mental health day.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm telling you, I mean, listen, I wish I had

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<v Speaker 1>the balls to do stuff like that that some of

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<v Speaker 1>like the the twenties something.

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<v Speaker 3>So please don't miss me though, don't you want people

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<v Speaker 3>to miss you when you're out, so that yeah, there's security.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right, joking though, like, please don't miss me.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm telling you though, like I like, I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>ten years ago that you could call or you could

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<v Speaker 2>tell your boss.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm taking The world is changed.

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<v Speaker 3>My energy is off.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to be like that. The world has changed, though.

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<v Speaker 4>Man, you used to have to just suck it up,

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<v Speaker 4>and regardless of how you felt, you had a job

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<v Speaker 4>to do, you had a responsibility, you had an obligation.

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<v Speaker 4>You got to go do your job. But honestly, I

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<v Speaker 4>give them somebody energy off.

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<v Speaker 2>My energy has been off that day and I've worked

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<v Speaker 2>five and a half hours.

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<v Speaker 1>Or whatever, and it's been Yeah, you fine, years tired.

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<v Speaker 1>I know what you're doing. I got no energy. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>so exhausting on what you're doing. All right.

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<v Speaker 2>So here here's the question. I asked, what is the

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<v Speaker 2>craziest excuse somebody gave for taking a sick day? Now,

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<v Speaker 2>you get a sick day, or you get days probably

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<v Speaker 2>that where you're under the weather. I don't think that

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<v Speaker 2>I have ever taken and I've taken sick days when

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't sick, but I don't think I have ever

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<v Speaker 2>used an excuse of hey, I'm just taking the day,

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<v Speaker 2>even though I probably can do that and just say, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I just need a day whatever. But there are so

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<v Speaker 2>many times where people will come up with their excuse

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<v Speaker 2>and their excuse is either BS or it could be legit.

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<v Speaker 3>Why do you even need to say? What why you

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<v Speaker 3>are taking your sick day? I'm taking a sick day.

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<v Speaker 2>Funny thing is I always feel like I have to

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<v Speaker 2>explain myself because I think that people think I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>BS or I am.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I'm the same. Yeah, if I ever need

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<v Speaker 3>to call off or something, I'm like, this is what

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<v Speaker 3>my voice actually sounds like, because I need to be believed.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you remember that when you like.

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<v Speaker 3>I've done that forever. But also I feel like you

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<v Speaker 3>are allowed so many sick days. You don't need an

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<v Speaker 3>exp just I am taking a sick day.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the same thing when you.

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<v Speaker 4>Go pick your kids up early for school and you

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<v Speaker 4>got to son them out and they say, reason, yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>come to get my job.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I tell you something.

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<v Speaker 2>I have signed out Luke from school and said because

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<v Speaker 2>he's going to spend time with his dad today, And honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>I remember at his school the person in the front

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<v Speaker 2>office was like, good for you, that's great, Like they

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<v Speaker 2>were cool with the whole thing. I just didn't feel

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<v Speaker 2>like I needed to do. Like he's going on to

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<v Speaker 2>my friends.

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<v Speaker 3>Her daughter out at the end of this last school

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<v Speaker 3>year because the UV was eight and she wrote that

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<v Speaker 3>in them.

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<v Speaker 2>Eight four Tour Mojo Live eight four four six six

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<v Speaker 2>five six five four eight. I'm taking a day off

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<v Speaker 2>today because my energy is a little off.

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<v Speaker 5>With that.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you have the day I want to be.

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<v Speaker 1>They give you days I want.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, I know people that take all their

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<v Speaker 2>sick days and they and they take them all and

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<v Speaker 2>they don't in our company.

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<v Speaker 3>They go over Like I just looked at mine because

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<v Speaker 3>I had had to take off some days coming up,

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<v Speaker 3>and when so many.

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<v Speaker 2>When I had my heart surgery, I had so many

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<v Speaker 2>sick days that I didn't have to do a like extendedly.

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<v Speaker 3>I did the same thing for a maternity leave. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I just exhausted all my six days, but I was

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<v Speaker 3>still getting.

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<v Speaker 1>But there are some people. Listen.

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<v Speaker 2>We've had people who worked on the show that used

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<v Speaker 2>all their sick days, And I thought to myself, I'm like, man,

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<v Speaker 2>if you do ever eventually decide that you're gonna, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>have a baby. You have no days, you know what

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, Like you're getting unpaid. I don't think they

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<v Speaker 2>don't give you the pay. I don't think this company

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<v Speaker 2>does it.

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<v Speaker 4>But I used to work for companies where if you

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<v Speaker 4>were no longer employed there, they had.

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<v Speaker 2>To pay you out the amount day. I do that

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<v Speaker 2>they do. I think that, yeah, I think that they

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<v Speaker 2>might do that. Eight four four Mojo Live eight four

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<v Speaker 2>four six six five six five four eight. Give me

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<v Speaker 2>a call, or I'm taking a Rando. I'm gonna go Rando, Rando,

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<v Speaker 2>Rando caller.

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, Mojo in the morning. Hello, good in the morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Puff.

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<v Speaker 4>I had a.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's your name one more time. I didn't catch it.

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<v Speaker 2>Say it again, your phone cut out again?

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<v Speaker 1>Say it? Kuck, Puck, Puck, p U c K puck.

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<v Speaker 1>What's going on? Puck?

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<v Speaker 6>I had a coworker come in once who called in

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<v Speaker 6>because they were tired and stressed.

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<v Speaker 1>And this was during COVID.

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<v Speaker 2>Well listen though, that's leg thought that.

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<v Speaker 3>I do think that's a legit. Yeah, reason to not man.

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<v Speaker 2>But when you're Puck and you're the one having to

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<v Speaker 2>do all the work, you're like now, you just made

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<v Speaker 2>me even more tired and more struct You're switching that

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<v Speaker 2>first letter, and I get, I get, and I get

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<v Speaker 2>why you would be like, hey, I'm calling in for

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<v Speaker 2>this one because it does. It falls on you. Now

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<v Speaker 2>you're the person that has to do all the extra work.

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<v Speaker 2>What's up, Tina?

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<v Speaker 6>Hi, good morning, Good morning, guys, Good morning. So we

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<v Speaker 6>had my husband and I have a plumbing company, and

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<v Speaker 6>on one of our job sites, the guy came up

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<v Speaker 6>to my husband and told him that he had to

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<v Speaker 6>go home because it's Tina's hurt.

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<v Speaker 1>Again, just say you have to go home.

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<v Speaker 2>I would have I would have asked so many questions

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<v Speaker 2>about that.

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<v Speaker 1>Fantastic.

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<v Speaker 6>My husband did ask a lot of questions. My husband

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<v Speaker 6>doesn't have a social filter, so definitely had a fun

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<v Speaker 6>time with it.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, that's great, Miranda. What's up.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Mojo in the morning. We're talking about crazy six

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<v Speaker 2>day excuses.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, first time mon Miranda's on the phone.

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<v Speaker 6>Hey, So I had an old coworker who called insit

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<v Speaker 6>because her boyfriend had passed and she had a dashes

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<v Speaker 6>and she called in sick because she stilled them.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh noilled them. Oh it sucks. Valid.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, it's dallads very valid, but also like, did she right?

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<v Speaker 2>What do you say to that? I sign the picture?

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<v Speaker 2>Signed the picture. I want to see it, and the

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<v Speaker 2>penis guy send a picture. What's going what's going on?

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<v Speaker 1>Dennis? How you doing good?

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<v Speaker 5>Good morning? How are you?

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<v Speaker 1>We're good.

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<v Speaker 2>We're talking about the craziest sick day excuses.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>So, when I was an employee or when I was

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<v Speaker 5>a manager at UPS, one of my employees texted me

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<v Speaker 5>one day and he basically sent me about a three

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<v Speaker 5>scroll page on I message about just some sob story.

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<v Speaker 5>And at the end of it, I read that his

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<v Speaker 5>girlfriend kicked him out of the car and he's been

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<v Speaker 5>walking for the last five hours.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the worst.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, no, And it ended up being that he was

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<v Speaker 5>actually twenty minutes away because my boss saw him walking.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, you know what I would have said, We'll come

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<v Speaker 2>get you and we'll get you into work.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I know this kid was a dope fiend

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<v Speaker 1>or something.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>He was always itching and scratching, So I was okay

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<v Speaker 1>with that. Josh, what's happening. It's Mojo in the morning, just.

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<v Speaker 4>Calling about an employee us to work for me.

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<v Speaker 6>And he called on the fourth of July and said

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<v Speaker 6>that he was running late because he was at the

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<v Speaker 6>Secretary of State.

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<v Speaker 1>Dummy, did you call him out?

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<v Speaker 6>Everything?

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<v Speaker 1>Uh?

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<v Speaker 4>Not on the phone? Wait until he got there, and

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<v Speaker 4>every employee.

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<v Speaker 1>Called him out. That's awesome, a dummy.

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<v Speaker 6>He never left. Let it down.

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<v Speaker 5>It was.

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<v Speaker 1>That's awesome. Hey, thanks, thank you for the call. We

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate it. You can't sneak that in.

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<v Speaker 2>And I sa at the end of the conversation, I

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate you, buddy. Oh my god, this is crazy, Gina.

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<v Speaker 6>You there, Yes, I'm here.

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<v Speaker 1>What was the story?

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, So I worked in HR at a factory and

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<v Speaker 6>I had an employee of ours call in because he

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<v Speaker 6>said his niece died and when they took her to

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<v Speaker 6>the cornery that she woke up.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, when they took her to know then.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, And I was like, you are the you are

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<v Speaker 6>the biggest liar ever. I was like so annoyed with

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<v Speaker 6>this guy. And then I got home that night and

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<v Speaker 6>I was watching the news and it was actually true.

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<v Speaker 6>This was like a couple of years ago, and I

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<v Speaker 6>don't know what happened. I guess she had a seizure

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<v Speaker 6>and they thought she had passed and she did not pass.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, did you feel horrible?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>I was.

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<v Speaker 6>I was so mortified because I was really rude to him.