WEBVTT - Let's Hear It For Petty Office Gripes

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<v Speaker 1>We have a lot of opinions about how things around

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<v Speaker 1>the office should be. For example, chivalry and the elevator

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<v Speaker 1>is totally misguided, the case for not properly shutting down

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<v Speaker 1>your computer, and why you should upgrade your work lunch tupperware.

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<v Speaker 1>Today we're devoting our entire episode to half baked takes.

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<v Speaker 1>This is game plan. Hi. I'm Francesca Leasy and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Rebecca Greenfield, and today is our first half baked take

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<v Speaker 1>a thon Becca. It's so summer right now, Yes, still

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<v Speaker 1>LI four. It has happened here and people are either

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<v Speaker 1>actually on vacation or in our brains they're on vacation.

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<v Speaker 1>Vacation mind has said in everyone's phoning it in, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a kind of an acknowledged thing that no one wants

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<v Speaker 1>to be here, or like no one minds being here,

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<v Speaker 1>but just your mind is not better outside, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>And every week we do a segment called half Bag Takes. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>We've been doing it from the start and it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>our favorite segment. Yeah, it is your baby, So I'll

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<v Speaker 1>let you explain exactly how that works. Half bag takes.

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<v Speaker 1>That could be a complaint. They often are something office related,

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<v Speaker 1>but it could also just be like an observation or

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<v Speaker 1>a weird thing you notice at work, or a funny

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<v Speaker 1>office tick you have. But the basic idea is that, like,

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<v Speaker 1>that's all it is. It's just a thought that you,

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<v Speaker 1>for some reason feel passionately about. But it really doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>deserve as much air time as we give it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>there's not much to it. So like your tupperware halfy

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<v Speaker 1>take that I mentioned in the intro, what was that again? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so I really just think that your work lunch is

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<v Speaker 1>so much better if you have nice tupperware. I have

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<v Speaker 1>these last Tupperwars tuper To get into it, you can

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<v Speaker 1>listen to an old episode but that we were for

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<v Speaker 1>you to aquint essential half big take. So's an idea

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<v Speaker 1>I had and you should follow it because that's great. So,

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<v Speaker 1>in the spirit of summer and being half here mentally,

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<v Speaker 1>we decided to turn this episode over to our bloom

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<v Speaker 1>Brick colleagues and ask some of our favorite people around

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<v Speaker 1>the office for their half big takes. And here it

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<v Speaker 1>is happy fake takes. Josh hit us with your half

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<v Speaker 1>big take. I want to know why men aren't allowed

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<v Speaker 1>to wear sandals in public? When you say aren't allowed,

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<v Speaker 1>I think you mean there's some kind of taboo around it.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a taboo around exposing men's feet, specifically in a

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<v Speaker 1>corporate environment, and I don't think it's totally fair more

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<v Speaker 1>because I have to spend the entire summer sweating and

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<v Speaker 1>dying in my little sock prison, and everyone else around

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<v Speaker 1>me gets wear open to choose and sandals, And you

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<v Speaker 1>say everyone by everyone everyone else, ladies, Ladies, are you

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<v Speaker 1>ranking sandals right now because I am I am wearing

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<v Speaker 1>a sandal heel things that do reveal a toe. And

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<v Speaker 1>I actually think ladies do make a calculation, which is like,

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<v Speaker 1>like you should no one should ever wear flip flops

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<v Speaker 1>in the office. That is really not okay, So like

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<v Speaker 1>there is such a thing as too much toe for everyone. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>but yes, I do make a judgment call. There must

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<v Speaker 1>be some women who are so conservative about it that

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<v Speaker 1>they don't even think the open toe choose are okay

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<v Speaker 1>for anyone. That reminds me of a news article I

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<v Speaker 1>saw the other day on the internet. Maybe it might

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<v Speaker 1>have not even been real because I only saw the headline,

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<v Speaker 1>so really happy take of me. But I saw something

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<v Speaker 1>that said a man showed up to the office in

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<v Speaker 1>shorts someone sent home, so he came back wearing a dress,

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<v Speaker 1>Which is a similar argument, which is women can wear

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<v Speaker 1>things that are more cooling in the office. They can,

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<v Speaker 1>which is completely fine. I just the sandal thing is

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<v Speaker 1>what gets me. The shorts argument makes a little more

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<v Speaker 1>sense to me. Like I do think that men should

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<v Speaker 1>be given permission to not have to wear pants in

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<v Speaker 1>the summer. That's just awful. I think that's a personal choice.

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<v Speaker 1>Like a lot of men don't feel entirely comfortable wearing

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<v Speaker 1>shorts in an office environment, whereas I feel a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of men would feel comfortable wearing sandals. Do you think

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<v Speaker 1>a man wearing sandals is obligated to to sort of

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<v Speaker 1>up his foot care game a little bit, maybe more

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<v Speaker 1>than they should. They should be presentable there, you know, grunge, gunk,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever you want to call unpleasant to sites should be

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<v Speaker 1>taken care of. What sandals would you wear if not

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<v Speaker 1>flip flops? Like, what kind of sandals do men wear

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<v Speaker 1>that aren't tvas, tvas, tacos, vomitous. If you're not on

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<v Speaker 1>a rapping trip, if you're not on a rafting trip,

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<v Speaker 1>tva should be bad. What mandals are you dying to wear?

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<v Speaker 1>I think burgen stocks come in and out of fashion.

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<v Speaker 1>Those are probably acceptable at all different times, because I

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<v Speaker 1>don't really care if they're in or out of fashion.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure to pursue team would have a whole list

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<v Speaker 1>of options for us if we were to ask them

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<v Speaker 1>to investigate this issue. Honestly, that half big ticket is

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<v Speaker 1>turning into a full story is getting a little baked, Danny,

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<v Speaker 1>what is your half big take? All right, this is

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<v Speaker 1>about fidget spinners. I guess they're they're cool and for

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<v Speaker 1>all the kids now in classrooms. But I keep hearing

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<v Speaker 1>them in the newsroom, which I know is a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit ridiculous because how much noise could they make? But

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<v Speaker 1>when it's quiet I'm trying to write, I just hear

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<v Speaker 1>this gentle like sound that they make, and I just

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<v Speaker 1>know what they are, and it's very distracting. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>even know adults use them. Yeah, I didn't know that

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<v Speaker 1>the adults use them. Is it like the modern day

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<v Speaker 1>stress ball? I think so. But the one I saw,

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<v Speaker 1>who the owner of it will remain nameless, is like

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<v Speaker 1>a neon color, So even the look of it is

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<v Speaker 1>very distracting. I don't know. I feel like maybe do

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<v Speaker 1>do some suducu if if your board do something that's

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<v Speaker 1>a little doesn't have noise, and I like, I like

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<v Speaker 1>the idea of a visual distraction, like you know, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>somebody like tapping their foot endlessly is going to be

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<v Speaker 1>really annoying or making some annoying mouth noise. But there's

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<v Speaker 1>also like you can do stuff. There's a new way

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<v Speaker 1>to distract your coworkers with your idle habit also, as

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<v Speaker 1>in fidget spinner supposed to be something that people use

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<v Speaker 1>themselves to concentrate, is that they use it to like

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<v Speaker 1>ground don't understand the fidget spinner at all. I feel like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I feel like it is a stress ball

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<v Speaker 1>kind of thing, but they don't realize how it's affecting

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<v Speaker 1>the people around them. Fidgets spinners have consequences. And then

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you have to get an earful of where

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<v Speaker 1>they bought the fidget spinner down at the bodega somewhere.

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<v Speaker 1>Spinners their kids exactly exactly the colors, the ones that

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<v Speaker 1>light up fidget spinner talk is definitely a thing. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a fidget. One of our colleagues wrote a fidget spinner

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<v Speaker 1>story not too long ago, and then multiple editors for

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<v Speaker 1>multiple days were like sampling fidget spinners, explaining to each

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<v Speaker 1>other what fidget spinners were like, I don't need to,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't want your fidgets, you know. I'd also

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<v Speaker 1>argue there's a health risk involved, because wasn't there some

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<v Speaker 1>whole issue with counterfeit or knockoff fidget spinners that were

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<v Speaker 1>coming into the US, that maybe we're made from flammable

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<v Speaker 1>products or something like that. I don't like, don't like it.

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<v Speaker 1>Who do you have? Big takes? Could be a public service?

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Danny, You're welcome. You're welcome, Polly, what is

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<v Speaker 1>your half pick take? My half pig take is that

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<v Speaker 1>you should be able to drink coffee all day, no

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<v Speaker 1>matter the time, caffeinated coffee. So if you want to

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<v Speaker 1>have coffee at three in the afternoon, it will not

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<v Speaker 1>impact your ability to go to bed. I will not

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<v Speaker 1>impact you, know, how you're gonna sleep or what you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna do that evening. I have no scientific evidence. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>I think there's a lot of evidence that disagrees. But

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<v Speaker 1>I personally drink coffee all day until five o'clock in

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<v Speaker 1>the evening and I go to bed just fine. So therefore,

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<v Speaker 1>this is right. Actually having no scientific evidence makes it

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<v Speaker 1>a perfect hapic take. Yeah, this is my favorite kind

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<v Speaker 1>of happy take where it's like that my anecdotal experience,

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<v Speaker 1>uh disagrees with the science on this. So I'm pretty

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<v Speaker 1>sure the science is wrong and I'm totally the same way.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll have an after dinner espresso and I just so European,

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<v Speaker 1>what can I say, very cosm of Walton, But I

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<v Speaker 1>don't see any effect on my sleep. I don't like

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<v Speaker 1>drinking caffina the afternoon and upsets my stomach. But actually,

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<v Speaker 1>yesterday I had a tie iced tea which I think

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<v Speaker 1>has a ton of caffina like six pm, and I

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<v Speaker 1>like could barely keep my eyes open at eleven pm.

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<v Speaker 1>So so we should all be drinking coffee at six pm.

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<v Speaker 1>And there you mentioned this to me too. Decalf is

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<v Speaker 1>kind of bs right, oh complexe. So I was a

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<v Speaker 1>waitress in my pre journalism days for many years and

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<v Speaker 1>we just totally had no regard for people's caffeine requests

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<v Speaker 1>and they never knew the difference, sleeping like babies with

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<v Speaker 1>their fake decalf. You cannot see my face, but I

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<v Speaker 1>am freaking out. That's crazy. We didn't know the difference.

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<v Speaker 1>The two coffee pots were the same. It wasn't totally

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<v Speaker 1>our fault. And we asked our general manager for like

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<v Speaker 1>a new one, and they were like, it's all the

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<v Speaker 1>same thing. It could have been making only decalf all

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<v Speaker 1>day and nobody would live your life. Drink what you

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<v Speaker 1>want to drink, enjoy that coffee, do what you've got

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<v Speaker 1>to do to get through the day, love it. Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you all right, Dina, what is your happic take? So

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<v Speaker 1>it's really more of a question than to take, um,

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<v Speaker 1>where is the appropriate place to change your shoes? Because like,

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm going in for an interview, I'll change my

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<v Speaker 1>shoes like in the subway station. But if I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>coming to work, I change my shoes like at my desk.

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<v Speaker 1>But that means that I have in this office a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of room to run into my bosses while I'm

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<v Speaker 1>wearing like my rainbow flip flop. Okay, so you you're

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<v Speaker 1>one of these people that commutes to work wearing comfortable

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<v Speaker 1>shoes and then you put on your work appropriate shoes

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<v Speaker 1>at some point before you start your day. Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 1>to be clear, I mean these are my work appropriate shoes.

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<v Speaker 1>They're just not comfortable enough. We're looking at some elegant

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<v Speaker 1>slides flat like flat shoes, but they're just not comfortable

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<v Speaker 1>enough for a twenty minute walk to the subway. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>summer in the city, changer is a half bake take already. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not a shoe changer. And then yeah, where do

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<v Speaker 1>you change your shoes? Is another layer to this. Happened

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<v Speaker 1>that I never even considered, and this causes a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of angst. I used to be a shoe changer. I

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<v Speaker 1>think I just converted to heels that are comfortable enough

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<v Speaker 1>that I can wear them on the subway. But I

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<v Speaker 1>would do it like halfway up the block from work,

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<v Speaker 1>because I felt like the subway was too weird, Like

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<v Speaker 1>if I did it in the subway car, people would

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<v Speaker 1>be looking at me. But the office exactly the same

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<v Speaker 1>thing you would walk through. You didn't want to walk

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<v Speaker 1>through the office and your flip flops. So I would

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<v Speaker 1>like pause in some some loading dock halfway down the

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<v Speaker 1>block up and be the weirdo that's standing there taking

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<v Speaker 1>my shoes off. It's it's it's hard. I'm sorry, guys.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just gonna say it does kind of gross me

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<v Speaker 1>out to think of you guys changing your shoes in

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<v Speaker 1>the subway station. It's grossed down there. I guess the

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<v Speaker 1>street is not. But you don't have to put your

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<v Speaker 1>feet down on the ground. The floor is lava. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>one shoe at a time. If you have a seat,

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<v Speaker 1>even better. I have noticed you change your shoes at

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<v Speaker 1>the dusk and I'm like, oh, Diana's a shoe changer. Yeah. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the walk between like entering the building and getting to

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<v Speaker 1>my desk, I'm like, very much on the lookout for

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<v Speaker 1>all of my superiors. I do do they notice our

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<v Speaker 1>shoes the second shoe take. Yeah, shoes are a big deal.

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<v Speaker 1>And the other problem with the subway changeup, which is

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<v Speaker 1>why I think I changed my ways, is that you

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<v Speaker 1>don't get to wear your nice, pretty shoes on the subway.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's honestly, like, that's when you want to look

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<v Speaker 1>good is in front of a bunch of interesting strangers,

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<v Speaker 1>not running your colleagues you see every day you don't

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<v Speaker 1>even care about. I love that you think that's always

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<v Speaker 1>full of interesting strangers potentially interesting anyway, thanks for your

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<v Speaker 1>great take my pleasure, So, Jenny, but is your halpic tic? Okay?

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<v Speaker 1>So I have two intern themed half bake takes, although

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<v Speaker 1>they applied everyone. Number one is I recently did a

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<v Speaker 1>presentation for some interns and a lot of them sent

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<v Speaker 1>me thank you notes. But one of them actually wrote

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<v Speaker 1>me a handwritten thank you note and put it on

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<v Speaker 1>my desk, which she also had to find in our system.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that handwritten notes are a little bit creepy.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a little like stockery that she she also found

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<v Speaker 1>out other information about me that I didn't talk about.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's it's like the intern over kill. My

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<v Speaker 1>second related intern thing that actually was part of this

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<v Speaker 1>thank you note is she referred to me as ms

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<v Speaker 1>Kaplan And while I appreciate the MSS rather than miss Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>she's like feminist, three years younger than me. Call me

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<v Speaker 1>by my name. Yeah, it's in office as we call

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<v Speaker 1>each other by our first names. Yeah, it's okay, we're

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<v Speaker 1>not in or Draper Price. Yeah it's also right, yeah

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<v Speaker 1>Mr Draper and never even not about that. Also, she's

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<v Speaker 1>a young woman in an office place, like she should.

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<v Speaker 1>She's already gonna they're going to be assumptions working against her,

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<v Speaker 1>so she should not make herself seem even younger. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>infantilize yourself further, maybe there are some workplaces that still

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<v Speaker 1>do them, Mr Draper ms Olsen, and maybe like you

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<v Speaker 1>heard that, then you would pair it. That's the only

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<v Speaker 1>way I can see this thing. That's conservative workplace. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's a hard balance to strike. So in terms we

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<v Speaker 1>respect your struggle, Yes, that's true, because I also would

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<v Speaker 1>have found it weird. I she was like, Sup, Jay Dog,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks for the presentation. I think that big Ti hears

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<v Speaker 1>that end are being ridiculously unfairly judged. That's part of

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<v Speaker 1>the process we all did. You gotta pay your dues,

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<v Speaker 1>just get judged for everything to do and say sorry

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<v Speaker 1>in turns. Happy summer, enjoy the free snacks, Kim. What's

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<v Speaker 1>your half big take? My half bag take is that

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<v Speaker 1>offices that put printers right next to people are just cruel.

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<v Speaker 1>And every office does this. Every office does this, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's if you if you sit next to a printer,

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<v Speaker 1>you deal with that all day. It becomes background noise

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<v Speaker 1>to your life. You're sitting there for ten hours a

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<v Speaker 1>day and people are just printing crap right next to you,

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<v Speaker 1>and what you what you gonna do? But you can't

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<v Speaker 1>blame the people they have to print their stuff out.

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<v Speaker 1>I blame the printer being there in the first place.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you sit near a printer now? Is that where

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<v Speaker 1>this inkster is coming from. I do not sit near

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<v Speaker 1>a printer now, but I used to, and I demanded

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<v Speaker 1>a desk change because one of our colleagues happens to

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<v Speaker 1>print a lot and again not her fault, but still terrible.

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<v Speaker 1>I also have sat near printers and you didn't. There's

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<v Speaker 1>something you didn't even bring up, which is like forced

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<v Speaker 1>to be the printer guru. You have to answer printer questions.

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<v Speaker 1>You have to tell people whether or not there's paper

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<v Speaker 1>in the printer, or why there isn't the paper in

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<v Speaker 1>the printer, or where they can find paper to put

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<v Speaker 1>in the printer, and people will need help fixing the printer,

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<v Speaker 1>and they assume that you are the one who can

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<v Speaker 1>do that. It also reminds me of when I sat

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<v Speaker 1>on the end of the row in the aisle and

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<v Speaker 1>that's where everyone walks by, and there's everyone just wants

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<v Speaker 1>a small talk you all the time, and you're just like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just trying to do my job. Yeah, and they

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<v Speaker 1>think you haven't heard the sentiment about the printer or

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<v Speaker 1>the thing at the end of the row. A hundred times. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a reason, like the separate copy printer room exists.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you if you have both the separate copy

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<v Speaker 1>room and printers on like every row, it just it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't make any sense. Just let let the people walk

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<v Speaker 1>all the way to the copy room for the different

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<v Speaker 1>times where they actually have to print something out. I

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<v Speaker 1>do have one alternate suggestion for how to handle this problem.

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<v Speaker 1>If the design gods have deemed it impossible not to

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<v Speaker 1>put printers near people, that those desks be assigned to

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<v Speaker 1>people who are like on some kind of office probation,

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<v Speaker 1>or who are in trouble. You get, you know, but

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<v Speaker 1>you are experiencing that misfortune for a reason. It's like

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<v Speaker 1>the punishment seat. Yeah, it's like shape up your work product.

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<v Speaker 1>Every six months you can graduate out of the printer's

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<v Speaker 1>seat to a nice becaushy window seat that's messed up. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I know, it's pretty evil. I'm kind of glad I

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<v Speaker 1>thought of it, all right. Thank you, Kim pat tell

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<v Speaker 1>us you are a half big take office curtains. Everybody

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<v Speaker 1>hates the open office. You got somebody eating over here,

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<v Speaker 1>sneezing over there, talking on the phone, laughing behind you,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the worst of all those. Laughter, it's we

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<v Speaker 1>should discuss that. I think it might be the worst

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<v Speaker 1>when people are having boisterous, happy conversations behind you and

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<v Speaker 1>you're trying to be some serious kind of business. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so I think you should have office curtains um either

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<v Speaker 1>dropping down from the ceiling, or if you have high

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<v Speaker 1>ceilings like we do in our newsroom, then maybe they

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<v Speaker 1>could kind of slide on a rack. So when you

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<v Speaker 1>need to have a little bit of like hospital curtains,

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<v Speaker 1>that's exactly how I was thinking about on a track. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like nobody likes to be in the hospital sharing

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<v Speaker 1>a room with someone else, but it makes it that

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<v Speaker 1>much better if you have curtains separating. So I did

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<v Speaker 1>a happy take once about how I wish we could

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<v Speaker 1>have cubicles because that's better than an open office. But how, how,

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<v Speaker 1>how how would office curtains be better than a cubicle

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<v Speaker 1>because we've already had cubicles and cubicles are terrible. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>Pat is knowing Pat that is a real estate reporter,

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<v Speaker 1>knows that we could never go back to cubicals because

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<v Speaker 1>it's too expensive. But curtains cheap and easy solution. It

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<v Speaker 1>could be a d I y solution. You could be

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<v Speaker 1>the one office curtain reporter in Bloomberg. No, I think

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<v Speaker 1>this is a startup. Yeah, curtain you. I'm trying to

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<v Speaker 1>think of a downside to the office curtain, and I can't.

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<v Speaker 1>I've thought of many. But when I was like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>what if someone wants to talk to you? Like the

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<v Speaker 1>whole point of the open office is like knock on

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<v Speaker 1>the curtain. There would also be a lot of people

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<v Speaker 1>calling your name from the other side of the curtain,

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<v Speaker 1>not knowing whether you were at your desk or not.

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<v Speaker 1>They make Pat you in there, Pat, you need heavy

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<v Speaker 1>curtains so you can't hear that. Yeah, this is a

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<v Speaker 1>such a great half It's so creative. I really just

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<v Speaker 1>love points for creativity. Yeah, well done, Pat. Those were

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<v Speaker 1>some seriously excellent half Bay takes. Yeah, thank you so

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<v Speaker 1>much to our colleagues for bringing there really not fully

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<v Speaker 1>formed ideas. Yeah, to us, it was just enlightening. There

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<v Speaker 1>was not a single take two baked. No, they were

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<v Speaker 1>all perfectly under done. Yeah, with the cooking time on

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<v Speaker 1>those takes, And normally we would end the show with

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<v Speaker 1>our half bag takes, hence the second that inspired this all.

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<v Speaker 1>But I feel like we've been out done. There's no

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<v Speaker 1>need for us to do that now. But next week

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