Speaker 1: Second date of to day. When you're picking a restaurant
Speaker 1: for a first date, what criteria do you tend to
Speaker 1: look for? Depends on the date? No fluorescent lighting? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, are you looking for a place with a
Speaker 1: nice atmosphere in a romantic setting? Do you look for
Speaker 1: a spot that does live music and entertainment? Do you
Speaker 1: look for someplace that has a dollar menu and toys
Speaker 1: with the meeting? Depends on the person. I saw two
Speaker 1: seven year olds in big wheels pulling through the drive
Speaker 1: through the other day. Hopefully go out again. But it's
Speaker 1: different for everybody. And one of our listeners, Matthew, sent
Speaker 1: us an email asking for help, and in it he
Speaker 1: said he has a very unique and genius way of
Speaker 1: choosing where to take his dates. So I'm excited to
Speaker 1: hear it, maybe learn something useful. Matthew, Welcome to the show,
Speaker 1: my friend. Hey guys, thanks for having me. Yeah, we'll
Speaker 1: get to your date strategy in just a second, but first,
Speaker 1: tell us about who we're going to be calling today
Speaker 1: and where'd you meet her. We're calling Julia and we
Speaker 1: met on the dating app Hinge. Okay, I'm not familiar
Speaker 1: with that one. My favorite one that's your favorite. You
Speaker 1: like it more than bumble? Okay. You can see the
Speaker 1: most personality in people, It's not just pictures. Okay, how
Speaker 1: do you put your personality onto a dating and you
Speaker 1: like personality? Well, I could see if they're boring. Okay, Matthew,
Speaker 1: what do you think? Why do you like Hinge? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Now I agree with her. That's the reason I like
Speaker 1: it is because it makes you answer questions about yourself.
Speaker 1: So you can kind of tell a lot more about
Speaker 1: a person, I think than some of the other apps. Okay,
Speaker 1: and what could you tell about Julia? Well, one fun
Speaker 1: thing is that they make you do three truths and
Speaker 1: a lie. And I knew her lie right away. It
Speaker 1: said her favorite animal was a peacock, which is nonsense.
Speaker 1: That's nobody's favorite animal. I don't know. They're beautiful, Yeah
Speaker 1: they are beautiful, but name one person you know that's
Speaker 1: their favorite animal. I don't think I question people enough
Speaker 1: on that one. I'm not skeptical when I asked somebody,
Speaker 1: what's your favorite animal? And the salla liar? You were right,
Speaker 1: though Julia's Julia hates peacocks or something. It's not that
Speaker 1: she hates him, but that was her life. It was
Speaker 1: not her favorite animal. I mean, that's a good start
Speaker 1: to your relationship if you're already able to call her
Speaker 1: on her bs exactly. I mean, obviously you guys started
Speaker 1: off with a good connection. What did you guys end
Speaker 1: up doing for your date? We met at a restaurant,
Speaker 1: at Greek restaurant to have dinner. And how did you
Speaker 1: choose that place? Because you said you have a unique
Speaker 1: way of choosing. Yes, I do have a unique way
Speaker 1: of picking a restaurant, and sadly, I think maybe this
Speaker 1: was my downfall with her. One thing I do is
Speaker 1: I wait until the restaurant has experienced like a problem
Speaker 1: like a public fluid, born illness or something. No, just
Speaker 1: hear me out. Hear me out, Okay, I wait because
Speaker 1: then afterward, One, the lines are always shorter for a reason.
Speaker 1: Yeah right right. But two, the kitchen is going to
Speaker 1: be immaculate and on their best behavior because they just
Speaker 1: got in trouble because you hope. But that's why restaurants
Speaker 1: get shut down all the time. They get war and
Speaker 1: then they don't follow up on the warnings, and then
Speaker 1: they get shut down by the health department. Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't go when they are shut down. Though, I
Speaker 1: wait until they're cleared and reopened, and then I go, oh, yeah,
Speaker 1: you see it, but you said it maybe your downfall.
Speaker 1: Please tell me this didn't backfire for Juliet. Is there
Speaker 1: like a big f on the front door before you
Speaker 1: walked in from the health depart Now they had a
Speaker 1: passing grade, which I thought was good honorable. Oh passing grade.
Speaker 1: This place is not good enough. Wait, what happened? What
Speaker 1: went wrong? Well, they brought out our entrees and then
Speaker 1: it came up like, how did I pick this place?
Speaker 1: Because we were having a nice time? So you told her?
Speaker 1: I did? I told her, Yeah, I won't get a
Speaker 1: restaurant that had like mice run on the food line
Speaker 1: and we didn't even get shut down to get shut down. Yeah,
Speaker 1: did you want to know the name of that restaurant
Speaker 1: just in case the second day? Yeah, you can get
Speaker 1: that to me off the AIRNIS write it down for you.
Speaker 1: That's a lot of information to give Julia on a
Speaker 1: first date. You know, not only is she now scared
Speaker 1: to eat the food? Had you already eaten at that
Speaker 1: point or had you not? We were in mid meal
Speaker 1: when it came up, and I should have thought twice
Speaker 1: about it. It just kind of happened naturally. Yeah, did
Speaker 1: she stop eating? She did flow down pretty hard, yes, okay,
Speaker 1: oh man, And then I'd just be sitting there scared, like,
Speaker 1: am I going to get food? Boys, you start thinking
Speaker 1: and it's not that you're cheap, because it's like the
Speaker 1: same price. Well no, actually, I mean, to be fair,
Speaker 1: they had slashed the prices a little bit to get
Speaker 1: people in the door. Were you able to get the
Speaker 1: date back on track after revealing that to her? I
Speaker 1: mean we changed the subject and I thought we had
Speaker 1: a good time. But at the end of the night,
Speaker 1: she got into her uber and she kind of wept
Speaker 1: in a hurry. Yeah. I mean you could see where
Speaker 1: that'd be a red flag. I mean, you obviously know that.
Speaker 1: Maybe you shouldn't have brought that up on the first date.
Speaker 1: I mean, I guess so. But we did have immaculate
Speaker 1: and exceptional service. We had like three waiters at our
Speaker 1: table basically the whole time. There was nothing else for
Speaker 1: them to do. They had nothing to do. Yeah, no
Speaker 1: one else was there. There may be a reason, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know. It could be something else. So that's
Speaker 1: what I was calling you, guys. I was hoping we
Speaker 1: could find it out and maybe you guys could help
Speaker 1: me get an answer from her. I feel like this
Speaker 1: is more of a health and welfare check. Yeah, who knows.
Speaker 1: She may have gotten something and that's why she left.
Speaker 1: Are you guys going to be shocked? And we call
Speaker 1: her and she's like, oh, I loved the chief discounted
Speaker 1: Greek food. That wasn't it at all. I'm going to
Speaker 1: be shocked. We'll find out. Let's play a song, we'll
Speaker 1: come back, We'll call Julia for you, and we'll try
Speaker 1: and get your second date update. All right, great, thank
Speaker 1: you so much. Good. Hold on, if you go to
Speaker 1: a restaurant and you see a little sign up in
Speaker 1: the window giving it a D rating, remember that D
Speaker 1: stands for Date Worthy Boys Diploma too. That's right, you're
Speaker 1: going to pass. At least it does for one of
Speaker 1: our listeners, Matthew. He recently went up with a woman
Speaker 1: named Julia and took her out for dinner, and in
Speaker 1: the middle of the meal, he told her about his
Speaker 1: unique method for choosing where to eat. He purposely seeks
Speaker 1: out places that have been shut down recently for health violations,
Speaker 1: because when they reopen, they have no weight time. The
Speaker 1: chefs in the kitchen are on their best behavior, and
Speaker 1: the food is sometimes even offered at a discount. Yeah,
Speaker 1: after sharing all that information with Julia, she kind of
Speaker 1: lost her appetite and ended up leaving shortly afterwards. So
Speaker 1: now he's reached out to us asking for help. And
Speaker 1: I'm wondering, Matthew, did you ask our morning chauffeur help
Speaker 1: because we have a D safety rating and we just reopened. Well,
Speaker 1: you guys did say that D stands for diploma but
Speaker 1: also for delicious. Right, Okay, there we go. But you know,
Speaker 1: I actually think that this could work out for you
Speaker 1: because we are her security blanket, because we will give
Speaker 1: you guys a date at a restaurant that has a
Speaker 1: good rating with the health department at the end of this.
Speaker 1: You can't say no to that. Oh I thought you
Speaker 1: guys were giving gift cards and I could use it
Speaker 1: at any place that I wanted to. No, man, definitely
Speaker 1: not for you. Stop going to ye I'm sure we
Speaker 1: can find a spot that was recently shut down and
Speaker 1: get you if you really want to help our Look, guys,
Speaker 1: it's just it's just a mild case of giardia. It's fine, Yeah,
Speaker 1: all right, so you're ready to do this. Matthew about
Speaker 1: to dial Julia's phone number. Sounds great, let's go. Okay,
Speaker 1: let's do it. Hello. Hi, I'm looking for Julia. Yeah,
Speaker 1: this is she? All right? All right, good, nice and healthy.
Speaker 1: My name's Jeffrey. I'm calling from the radio show Brooke
Speaker 1: and Jeffrey in the Morning. How are you doing today? Oh? Um, well,
Speaker 1: you know I'm good. But you said your radio station show. Yeah,
Speaker 1: well we are the station. Let's be honest. I like
Speaker 1: that confidence, Jeffrey. Yeah. But we do a segment on
Speaker 1: our show called the Second Date Update. Have you ever
Speaker 1: heard of that before? You know? I now that I
Speaker 1: think of it, I have a friend I think who
Speaker 1: likes those segments. Um. So somebody emailed us after they
Speaker 1: went out with you. His name's Matthew. Uh, yeah, I
Speaker 1: know who he is. Okay, what was that? Well, Matthew
Speaker 1: told us a little bit about your date together, and
Speaker 1: he admits that he may have made a couple mistakes
Speaker 1: just about the possible samonilla that you may have gotten
Speaker 1: from the restaurant. I mean, what Brooks talking about is
Speaker 1: that he shared with us his strategy for choosing a restaurant,
Speaker 1: and he said, he told you about it during the
Speaker 1: date too, where he's trying to pick out places that
Speaker 1: have recently been shut down for health violations. Oh yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: he told me about that. And you know, the thing
Speaker 1: about it was the timing he picked to tell me.
Speaker 1: It was like when our entrees came out and we
Speaker 1: were in the middle of eating on food. If later,
Speaker 1: I think, I think he just felt connected to you, though,
Speaker 1: and he wanted to share and be one hundred percent
Speaker 1: honest with you, and you have a nice moment, Jeff.
Speaker 1: Not everything he's shared. I mean, he knows that it
Speaker 1: was a mistake. That's the thing, Julie. He knows he
Speaker 1: shouldn't have told you. He feels like that he does
Speaker 1: this often and it's a very safe practice according to him.
Speaker 1: I mean, do you really think it was a mistake,
Speaker 1: because I got the feeling that this was not going
Speaker 1: to be the last time he did that. It might
Speaker 1: be the last time he does it if you end
Speaker 1: up together. Oh no, I don't think so. I mean,
Speaker 1: you can appreciate a man. You can appreciate a man
Speaker 1: who's good with money. He thinks these things through. He
Speaker 1: has a plan, like it may not be the best
Speaker 1: plan but at least he has a plan. Yeah. I
Speaker 1: mean he's alive, he's healthy. No, but he doesn't drink
Speaker 1: at these places. When he said that, in the middle
Speaker 1: of the meal, when our entres came out, it all
Speaker 1: made sense, like it all clicked because before when we
Speaker 1: sat down, he brought out his own silverware, and he
Speaker 1: brought out his own little juice box and a travel
Speaker 1: cup and I was like yes, And I was like,
Speaker 1: what is all of this? And every time I asked
Speaker 1: about this weird stuff that he was bringing that he
Speaker 1: didn't bring any for me, he was like, Oh, it's
Speaker 1: just this thing I do. Don't worry about it. That's
Speaker 1: why he brought his own set of silverware and didn't
Speaker 1: have anything for you. No. And then the entrees came
Speaker 1: out and he was like, oh, the food is really good,
Speaker 1: don't you think And I was like, yeah, I guess
Speaker 1: it's okay, it's fine. And that's what he told me
Speaker 1: how he picked the restaurant. Oh my gosh, that's weird man.
Speaker 1: So was there anything redeeming about him or was that
Speaker 1: just too much? No? It got worse. At the end
Speaker 1: of the meal when we were wrapping things up. He says,
Speaker 1: you know, I really liked this place. I want to
Speaker 1: keep the cross down. And he holds out this fake
Speaker 1: plastic cockroach from his jack hip pocket and he says,
Speaker 1: will you go into the kitchen and slip it into
Speaker 1: some of the food without the cook noticing and take
Speaker 1: a picture. Oh my gosh, it's got to be something.
Speaker 1: They're trying to have a little bit of fun. What
Speaker 1: are you gonna do just walk into the back of
Speaker 1: a kitchen at a restaurant? Look the other way, please,
Speaker 1: I gotta slip this in and get a picture of
Speaker 1: it behind you. You think he was being serious? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think he was serious because he went on to say,
Speaker 1: you know, I'll destruct the chef and tell him it
Speaker 1: was an amazing meal while you do it. I just
Speaker 1: can't get over the fact if someone would have the
Speaker 1: audacity to just walk into a restaurant kitchen, just maybe
Speaker 1: all those restaurants that have been shut down over the
Speaker 1: years was because of Matthew, seriously just leaving these plants around.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, man, I need to know whether or
Speaker 1: not he was being serious, And Julia, we have a
Speaker 1: way to find out, because I need to let you
Speaker 1: know Matthew's on the other line. Listening. He wants to
Speaker 1: talk to you. Oh my god, no, cockroach boy? You there,
Speaker 1: I'm here. What's going on? Well, if you want to
Speaker 1: keep the lines down and the prices down, it couldn't
Speaker 1: hurt to snaff a quick photo. Hurt. Okay, I'm just joking.
Speaker 1: I'm like, I'm not serious. I'm joke with her. I'm
Speaker 1: joking with you, Funny. Your timing needs some work because
Speaker 1: I am not able to get a read on you.
Speaker 1: What are you doing just walking around with a fake
Speaker 1: cockroach in your coat? Ready for the joe ook at
Speaker 1: all times? No, it's in my jacket all right. And
Speaker 1: I don't understand why you bring silverware for yourself but
Speaker 1: you don't bring it for her. Well, I told her
Speaker 1: I was quirky. I particularly like that silverware. It's more
Speaker 1: contoured to fit my hand. I will say, A good
Speaker 1: fork in the hand feels so nice. I mean, Julia, Julia.
Speaker 1: Wait wait, I'm not joking, Julian. Things taste better when
Speaker 1: they're off of certain material. Do you agree with that?
Speaker 1: I'm not you seriously don't think it was because the
Speaker 1: place got shut down and that's why he wanted to
Speaker 1: bring his own capella. You You're not gonna get sick
Speaker 1: from the utensils. You're gonna get sick from the food.
Speaker 1: I mean, everybody knows that. Don't trust Brooks. She brings
Speaker 1: in like old cabbage and crawfish salad. Nothing's saying. I
Speaker 1: get what he's saying, and I don't think that's a
Speaker 1: reason to hate on him, Julia. You know what, even
Speaker 1: if it was a joke, like I don't want that
Speaker 1: to be a first date, I felt like I was
Speaker 1: being punked if he wasn't being serious. Yeah, I agree, Matthew,
Speaker 1: I think you've really put yourself in a hole here.
Speaker 1: You need to talk to Julia and try and dig
Speaker 1: yourself out. All right, Well, I'm really sorry. I didn't
Speaker 1: mean to like ruin our first date. I thought, other
Speaker 1: than the cockroach bit, we had a pretty nice time, true.
Speaker 1: I mean it was a weird date, and I mean
Speaker 1: he's an okay conversationalist, he's got a funny sense of humor.
Speaker 1: But it was just too weird. Yeah. Yeah, but weird
Speaker 1: isn't always bad. I'm just saying weird can be good. Like,
Speaker 1: if you give weird another chance, maybe weird grows on you.
Speaker 1: I mean, as long as you go out on a
Speaker 1: date with somebody and they're not sniffing their fingers. That's
Speaker 1: a good thing. I agree with Jeffrey on that one.
Speaker 1: That's right. What else do you guys need for me?
Speaker 1: At this point? I need to ask you something, Julia,
Speaker 1: and that's would you be willing to go out on
Speaker 1: one more date with Matthew. We will pay for it,
Speaker 1: and we'll make sure that it's out of place that
Speaker 1: has at least a B rating or higher, and will
Speaker 1: make sure they have nice silverwear for you. Honestly, I
Speaker 1: think because of everything he did, you guys should just
Speaker 1: give me the gift card so I don't have to
Speaker 1: watch him bring his own silverwear and everything. You know,
Speaker 1: you just you just haven't had the right spoon. Once
Speaker 1: you have the right spoon, you'll understand what Matthew's talking
Speaker 1: about getting old. Tell you something. I had the sweetest
Speaker 1: knife in my hand. So Matthew, man, I'm sorry it
Speaker 1: sounds like she's not interested in seeing you again. I
Speaker 1: could bring you silverware. No, I don't think it matters.
Speaker 1: And Jeffrey in the morning,