1 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,479 Speaker 1: It's the radio segment that's making your morning routine even 2 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:12,879 Speaker 1: easier with a new bedside invention called the blender lamp, 3 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: perfect for those who want to enjoy a refreshing breakfast 4 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: smoothie before ever getting out of bed. Just pop those 5 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 1: ingredients in the night before you'll be ready to brighten 6 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: your night and blend your morning. 7 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 2: With Laser Stories, the segment. 8 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: Where we read weird news stories around the globe, just 9 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 1: like everyone else does, except we've got a laser and 10 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: those other Jamba jerks just don't. 11 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 2: This first laser story is out of Michigan. 12 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 1: So we covered this viral story last week with a 13 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: guy who was driving during a virtual court appearance about 14 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:43,520 Speaker 1: his suspended. 15 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 2: License and wit So viral game. 16 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: If you missed it, here's a snippet of that zoom 17 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: call with the judge, mister Harris, are you driving, Ashley, 18 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: I'm pulling into my doctor's office. 19 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 2: Actually i'm parking right now. Is everyone license suspended? And 20 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 2: he was just driving and he didn't have a license. Oh. 21 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: I still cannot get over the fact that he thought 22 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: he was so smart. 23 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 2: He's like, I'm bargain right now. His face was so pure, 24 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 2: you know, like oh, I made it on times. Yeah, 25 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 2: I'm in a park. So that was pretty insane. 26 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 1: But it just got more ridiculous because after the video 27 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: became a sensation, the driver, forty four year old Corey Harris, 28 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: complained about being made into a punchline it. 29 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 2: I really thought about him. I was like, you would 30 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 2: suck to be this guy. I know he's lovable though 31 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 2: he is, you know, it's not like somebody hat on 32 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:46,559 Speaker 2: he's He's not sure. 33 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: He told the local news that the courts had made 34 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: a mistake and that the suspension of his license had 35 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: been removed from his record, which was true technically, but 36 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: he neglected to mention one huge detail, the fact that 37 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: Corey he never actually had a driver's license to begin with, 38 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: stopple your head. 39 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 2: Did you get suspended if I don't have one? Wait? 40 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: He talked to the news, and then the news went 41 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 1: and researched and found. 42 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 2: This out man. 43 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: The follow up court hearing, the judge spent ten minutes 44 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 1: lecturing Corey and his representation for not taking responsibility. After that, 45 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: his attorney basically admitted that he'd lied. She said Corey 46 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: was not under oath for anything that he said to 47 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: the media, and that he just wants to move forward 48 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: from this, and he has an appointment to finally get 49 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: his driver's. 50 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 2: License for you, coy. 51 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: This next laser story is out of Missouri. Some businesses 52 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: will do anything to be popular with the twenty somethings, 53 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: but one place is going viral for not letting them 54 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: in the door. Rude. There's a new upscale Caribbean restaurant 55 00:02:55,600 --> 00:03:00,639 Speaker 1: called Bliss, so too spicy for you anyway expensive, and it. 56 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 2: Has an interesting policy. 57 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: They've set an age restriction which requires male guests to 58 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: be at least thirty five and women to be thirty 59 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: Who god, They do card at the door, and people 60 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: in their twenties will be kept out, So it's like 61 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: they to thirty five year old men are to be 62 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: trusted either. That's weird. 63 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:23,799 Speaker 2: Why are they doing this? 64 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: The manager says, Bliss is just something for older people. 65 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: You come here, have a happy hour, get some good food, 66 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 1: and not have to worry about the young folks who 67 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: bring in all. 68 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 2: Of that drama, you know what. 69 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: He also admits that they've been getting a little bit 70 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: of backlash online, but that's cool. They're still gonna stick 71 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: with it, and he says they are strict because young 72 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: people have been trying to sneak by and post about 73 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: it on social media. Can can you imagine getting a 74 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: fake sing your forty? 75 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 2: But I really. 76 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: Next the stories out of tech Trends USA. Have you 77 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: ever been to a place that only accepted cash and 78 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: if you didn't have any, they'd point to some shady 79 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: atm in the corner? 80 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 2: Yea, And then you always wonder, wait a minute, is 81 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 2: it their atm? 82 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: And then they're making Well, now the opposite is happening 83 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: these days. A lot of places don't take cash and 84 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: they only accept digital payments. 85 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 2: So what do you do if you only have cash 86 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 2: on you? You make sure that your phone has your credit 87 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 2: card on it. 88 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 1: Jessy Brook and Alexis Tomy that it changed my life. 89 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 2: What if you've forgotten? What if you forgot your phone? 90 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 2: Then too? Are you a human? Someone came up with. 91 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 1: The idea for a reverse atm? 92 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 2: What exactly? 93 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:43,359 Speaker 1: Wait? They've been popping up everywhere lately, and these reverse 94 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: ATMs will take your cash and then it'll spit out 95 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:54,359 Speaker 1: a plastic debit card. Now they do deduct a transaction fee, 96 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:56,919 Speaker 1: which is usually a few bucks. And they've even started 97 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: popping up at baseball stadiums where the concession stands, will 98 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:00,799 Speaker 1: we take calls? 99 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 2: I notice it, and it's always an old dude that's. 100 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: Like, what do your mean? 101 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 2: I can't buy with my five dollars this. 102 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: Yet the old people who still like to pay with 103 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: cash and they love to write their checks, they have 104 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: no idea what is going on right now? Son, Now 105 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:20,159 Speaker 1: we're gonna see an old guy writing a check to 106 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: a machine. Laser stories out of Workplace Central. The Wall 107 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: Street Journal just did a big story on telephone a phobia, 108 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:35,239 Speaker 1: which is the fear of making or receiving phone calls. 109 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 2: Telephone that is a fun word. 110 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: It's much more common in people under thirty who've never 111 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: known a world without texting it. And in the other hand, 112 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 1: older workers tend to find phone calls more relaxing because 113 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: no one's looking at you during the call. 114 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 2: Making a phone call, I'm like, who died Somebody's. 115 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,039 Speaker 1: I mean, if I'm gonna choose between a FaceTime or 116 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: a phone call, I'm so over like the video chat 117 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: yeah photo. But younger employees have the opposite take. One 118 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: twenty six year old commented on the story and said 119 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: she has to listen to music and pump herself up 120 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: before she ever gets onto a phone because not seeing 121 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 1: people gives her anxiety. Oh that's so weird before but 122 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: you don't see somebody makes you feel nervous. Yeah. Some 123 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: companies are even hiring consultants now to teach young people 124 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: how to. 125 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 2: Do work calls. 126 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: Well, there's a woman named Mary Jane Copps who calls 127 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 1: herself the phone Lady. She charges three grand a day 128 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: or two hundred dollars an hour for one on ones. 129 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: Oh my god, that's all we do is voice? 130 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 2: How do we get in on this cash? Jeff, we'll 131 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 2: teach you how to make a phone call. She said. 132 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 1: Some of the questions that she gets really surprise her, 133 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 1: like how do I end a phone call? 134 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 2: Whoa goodbye? 135 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: Yes? Oh? 136 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 2: When you have to leave a voicemail? How do you 137 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 2: end a voicemail? 138 00:06:59,040 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: I don't get it. 139 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,799 Speaker 2: It's no awkward, Okay, talk to you later. Bye. It's weird. 140 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 2: It's weird. 141 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 1: Or when they ask after the person says hello, what 142 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 1: do I say? 143 00:07:07,320 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 2: Back's tricky? That is scary. It's a scary moment in life. Yeah, 144 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 2: probably say hello. 145 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 1: So I go with that. So meetings over the phone 146 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: are back in style because everyone's got zoom fatigue and 147 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: young people who hate the. 148 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 2: Phone are not happy about it. 149 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: I know this guy makes phone calls all the time, 150 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: but he denies that they're on purpose. 151 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 2: He says it's not his fault. He keeps butt dialing 152 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 2: his X, so that's awkward for him. 153 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: That sound means Laser Stories has come to an end 154 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: for the day. We'll do it again, same time on Wednesday. 155 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 2: Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.