630: When the Law Puts You In a Catch-22 | Feedback Friday

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Hi. My name is Cody Rigsby. And I'm Andrew Chappell. And if you just got off a red eye from San Francisco to JFK, you're exhausted on 4 hours of sleep and recording your own podcast. This is your weekly episode of tactful pettiness. Yes. That would be me. I was in San Francisco yesterday, did a little gig, hopped on on red eye, came back, and we are back in New York City recording typo pettiness. As listen, and it is our great duty to not skip a week. Yeah. We are we are very regimented. We like to make sure we're offering you content on a regular basis. And we don't stop because we love you. We love you. And funny funny enough, I bumped in. I was at the, opening night for, A Wonderful World musical, which is about Louis Armstrong. Okay. Thank you. It just opened this week. And Honest opinion on it? Actually, I really enjoyed it. Okay. Great. I and and I don't like many things, but I really enjoy a lot of things. I really enjoy that. Wonderful. Okay. So and where are we going with this? I'm going with this because we were at the opening night party Uh-huh. And a woman stopped me, and she goes, I love your podcast. Oh, how wonderful. And I said, oh my god. Thank you for listening. And she goes, oh, actually, I don't listen. I just look at the clips on social media. Well, there was a woman that was at the event that I, spoke at that said she also loved the podcast. So we love hearing from you, the listeners, and giving us feedback. Yes. And if you and because you're listening to this now, you are a listener. So if you are a listener, tell a friend to listen. Yeah. It's like an MLM. You know? You know? If you if you get someone in, you'll get a introductory price, selling tights and beauty creams. Precisely. But we have nothing to pay you. Precisely. Now speaking of flying, we have to talk about the Wicked movie premiere red carpet. Okay. I just said flying because they're witches on brooms. Got it. Got it. Got it. Got it. Got it. Got it. Got it. Flies in a broom. Got it. Glinda flies in the bubble. Okay. Great segue. Sure. Yes. And all of the stars came out for this red carpet. Stars and some Correct. Some not stars. Not stars. Yeah. Yeah. There there were a lot of not there were all actually a lot of not stars at the red carpet. But as you know, they do do to that petty or was that tactfully petty? I think that was just pure pure petty. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But I think we're being tactful by not saying who we're talking about. That is fair. So we actually are exhibiting because I have to talk about not their outfits. No. It will be a bloodbath. Well, you okay. And this is we are be okay. Now we're not even being tactfully petty. We're just being shady. We're being shady. But I will say some of the the non celebrity times that were there. Uh-huh. I was talking to Juan about this. Mhmm. Why are they all so pale? Every everyone was, like, had a green tone to their skin. You know, it's the summer. It's, it's autumn fall. But they live in LA. I'm losing I'm losing my my color from all from being out in the sun in the summer. Sure. But So I understand. You know? They live they live in Los Angeles. That's where you're supposed to go to look go to this place. Angeles. Quote me if I'm wrong. I feel like it has been colder and more fall like than New York City because it's been, I don't know if this term is correct, and maybe you can correct me if it's not correct. Okay. Indian summer. Like, it's been like Oh. Like, it's been very, like, a September, October Warmer. Warm. That is what it's called. Okay. Yeah. That is what it's called. I I don't know. When it when it when it You represent the community. I so many communities. I stand at the intersection of so many people. You do. And you also don't have to worry about, well, losing your tan as much. Well, okay. True. But I I don't have a tan. You look like no. I see it. Vacation. Yeah. You just came from vacation. Okay. To the red carpet. Okay. Jennifer Lopez, what do we think about her outfit? It's a little busy. I don't love it. And it's kind of giving, like, the Versace dress 3 point o. Mhmm. I don't love it. It's not horrible. It's not great. I mean, here's the thing about you. It looks like she kinda showed up. She showed up? Yeah. Like, she was like, okay. No. And I She looks great. She looks great. Anything. Look at the apps. She's 50 plus. Exactly. So I would say she looks great, but I don't love the dress. K. Great. She's again. Cynthia Reid. Cynthia Reid has been slaying it so hard. Thank you. The Crestor. The Crestor. It is you know, it's close-up there to Fantasia Merino. And she just looks gorgeous and stunning. She's she's really she's really turning out harder than anybody on the street. My my question to Cynthia, and if I ever see her again, I'll ask her this, but, like, I need to know the amount of time that is spent on the nails. Oh, and does she she changed up the nails a lot? For every outfit. Oh, wow. And I mean, that that there are pieces of art. Someone who avoid like, I love going to get a manicure, but I avoid it somewhat because it's, like, it's just a task that's not fun to me. As someone who loves to get a manicure, but it takes, like, too much time, I I couldn't sit in a chair like that for too long. And I'm literally just getting, like, them cleaned up and a little bit of clear gel on there. Yeah. I mean, I think for I'm overdue for one right now. For for Cynthia, because she's such an artist. I think that it's all a part of the vision for that outfit. Absolutely. And but I think she's got so many people around her that are that are working while she's getting it done. Course. So it's like, you know, someone's giving me the dress. Someone else is emailing. Someone else is talking about Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And she can relax. And the and the nail technician is in the hotel room with her. My thing is I love that she's in green. I love that she's in green because she is playing Elphaba, and that makes sense. They've they've been very, very consistent with the messaging. Yes. But everybody didn't need to wear green or pink. Correct. Correct. Yeah. I I actually would have loved if they had reserved those two colors only for Cynthia and Ariana. Love that. Great question. Yeah. You're nay. I was thinking, what if they switched? Oh, I like that. I think that's the idea. That I like. I like that idea for 1 premiere. I just wanna say, moving on to Ariana, she is just so cute. She's really in a new era of her life. My god. Her face is just like she looks like a Disney princess. She looks great. She looks great. She's Natural. I love how they really leaned into Tom Brown. They they were a lot of Tom Brown on this on this press tour. And Tom Brown, the the the dress that, Ariana wore to LA, it is hand beaded. Oh. Like, hand beaded with a little pearl. It's a high labor cost. Stunning. Stunning. Stunning. Stunning outfit. Kristen Chenowood showed up. She looks gorgeous. She looks amazing. She's wearing a gold, very, strict form dress. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But always looks great. Idina. Idina. I like the off the shoulder moment, but it's it's it's a horrible picture of her. It's yeah. She looks surprised. I think this is probably one of those moments where she probably looked better in person. Oh, wow. That's that's I disagree. She looks great. I think I love this I love the stress on her body. I just don't like this picture really bad. Know? She didn't wear green. She let Cynthia wear green. She came in black, an homage to Elphaba, but not Too much. Like, you know, and and and Elphaba wears black the black dress. She doesn't wear a blue dress. Fun fact. You know, Bianca Del Rio, famous drag queen from RuPaul's Drag Race before she was a 5. Winner? 6. 6, maybe. 5 or 6. Can't can't remember. But before she was famous from RuPaul's Drag Race, she worked in the Taylor shop at Wicked No. I knew that. And would make the the alphabet dress. Have we also talked about Adina Menzel, how iconic Adina Menzel is? We have we have spoken about that. Okay. That's why I'm not. Like, I just I the the amount of checks that she's collecting from 3 songs Oh, absolutely. From 3 songs. A thrilling a thrilling vocalist when when occasionally. Now moving on to Jonathan Bailey who I just think is The show. He's so cute. I did not love what he wore to LA. Vocalist. The silver shirt. Well, it is an homage to the Tin Man Mhmm. And the poppy fields and the ruby red slippers on the bottom. So I like the vision. That's fine, but he's not but Fierro turns into the scarecrow. Yes, babe. I'm sure he's gonna have a scarecrow look for another premiere. I think he's going with the theme here. 1 will be lying, 1 will be tin man, 1 will be scarecrow, 1 will be But the tin man should have been Ethan Slater. Because Ethan Slater Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. We need to talk about Ethan Slater. Because speaking of something has changed within me, he has been popping up on my for you page. And when I see him in interviews, I get it. I see it. Okay. I'm like, Ariana. I see I get like, is he is he like super attractive? No. But, like, he's cute and his little personality is just endearing and adorable. And I'm like, Ariana, I get it, babe. Sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm Well Issue her an apology. Sorry for calling your man not attractive. I and I get it. I see what you see, and I give you your credits, girl. This is very big of you, Cody, to issue an apology because just saying I'm wrong is huge. You guys, you this is classic Cody. Cody, his knee jerk reaction to most things is to say, oh, girl. No. Uh-uh. No. We're not doing that. I can't even believe it. And then give it 2 minutes later. He's like, I'm obsessed. I need a beat. I need a new perspective. It's the same thing with the brat album. I was trying to get you to go on the brat boat. You know? The brat album, it's one thing. The brat boat, I'm good. I don't need to be speaking of green, I don't need to be stuck on a bowl with bush with wings for 3 hours and no no exit route. But let it be known, Cody is a fickle pickle, but he does usually come around. Yeah. Yeah. He does usually come around. And so Ethan Slater, I see it. You're adorable. You're cute. But he wore what he wore for carpet to LA is a little safe, in my opinion. I don't think he's going for, like, a fashionista here. I think he's going was that Normani? That's Normani showed up. Hate it. Yeah. Hate it. She's kind of lost her luster. Oh, Michelle Yeoh. Is she in the movie? Yeah. She did. That's a moral. That's right. Okay. Great. She looked amazing. Okay. Well, I'm I'm excited to see what else the girls bring to it. I love the blonde bob. Yeah. Looks great on her. I would have loved to see Beyonce there, but I'm sure she was busy. Is she? I mean, well She's always busy. I don't know if you know this, but Yale just introduced a new class on the cultural impact of Beyonce's music. If there's one Yale class that I would get an a plus in, it would be that class specifically. Okay. No studying required. No studying required. I know the material, babe. With Grammarly? I wouldn't even do Grammarly. What? Yeah. I don't even know what Grammarly is. That's how he writes sentences. You don't know what Grammarly is? Okay. Grammarly is like a service you pay for, and it, like, reads your emails and, like, gives you grammar things, which I literally could not write an email without the main host. Okay. Well, great. Well, if you like it, then I love it. Yeah. It it's just like I so I I wouldn't even so the joke is I wouldn't even need Grammarly because my my work would be so thorough. I did not know this, but, apparently, Beyonce is not the first person to have a college course named after her. Who else has? Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga. And I understand both of those other choices. I would fail the first. Of course. I I would thrive on this on the latter. Like, I know Lady Gaga quite well. I've been following her since 2008. I have I have a confession to make, though. Lady Gaga. I I am a huge fan of her music, and I I think she's an incredible performer. K. But I don't know everything. Like, I don't think I would do very well in that course. I don't know everything, but I know enough. Like like for like our friend Adam Pryor, for instance. Like He wouldn't know everything. We we go to the bar. He knows all the choreography to poker phase and mom and One of my favorite moments in Lady Gaga's lore is I don't know what I think it was the Born This Way Ball tour, and she's doing, like, Shibe, Shibe, I think the song is called. And she sees an audience member doing the choreography. Like, she sees him, like, slaying it, and she, like, gets him on stage, and he doesn't miss a beat. It's a little clumsy at parts, but you're like, oh my god. He, like, literally know, like, the formations, the pauses, the things. I that video will come on my TikTok all the time, and it's one of those videos that I will absolutely stop at every single time it pops up on my my my feed. And see, I think that it's that energy that that's why the fans really do their due diligence to learn. Because they're like, maybe I can be the one that gets pulled up on stage. Also, one of my favorite things is watching Celine Dion do the bad romance choreography when she went to the Vegas show. So good. You know, I just I love Celine. She's such a good sport. She's such a good sport. She's such a good sport. Do it all. I wish no. No. I would ace not only ace a course, but I could teach the course at Yale if it was about Britney Spears. Oh, baby. You would be professor emeritus. Yeah. I I I would have it down. You the girls in order. You I feel like you might even have a syllabus prewritten. Already already on. And I use Grammarly. I didn't even use Grammarly. And to be honest, I think that in another universe, like, if if things in Britney's life hadn't gotten so turbulent in her personal life Mhmm. She too probably would have a course. I mean, she could have a course. I think she could have a course on, like, the her impact in music, but I don't think she has, like, a political or Oh, is that part of it too? Yeah. It's it's about, like, like, Beyonce's, like, political reach. Oh, I see. I see. I see. Her influence in the world. She once took a picture with Hillary Clinton. So, you know, it's such an awkward picture too. Oh my god. What did Britney Spears and Hillary Clinton discuss? Or was it just quiet? Even know who she was? Hillary Clinton or Britney Spears? Both. Both. Both of them. I'm actually, I'm sure that Hillary Clinton probably listened to some Britney Spears tunes when she was having her tumult with Bill Clinton. Like, she probably listened to Stronger. I could see I could see Hillary Clinton closing the door to the to the, like, one of the rooms in the White House and, like I don't know if that timeline adds up as someone who's gonna teach the course. I believe right. By the nineties or the 2000? Yeah. Stronger came out about 2,001. Bill Clinton was already out of office. Okay. Well, then we'll just we'll place it in their house in the Hamptons. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. Definitely. 100%. Because we know that things didn't get much smoother after the left. Took a while Yeah. To forgive and forget. Correct. And and who knows where they are, but we wish them well. You know, it's been a long time that we're kinda, like, ditching the shorts and the flip flops. They're still coming out here and there, but now we're moving into colder weather. And I really feel like we need to upgrade our fall and winter wardrobes. And then you know and you know what, Cody? To me, nothing says travel more than treating yourself to a fresh outfit for the for the trip. Oh, we love an airport look. Honey, we like to look good with your travel because you never know who you're gonna run into at an airport. Run into. You need to look chic, but not too dressed up. I don't know what people are too dressed up. Too much. Too much. Just by elevated. Elevated and cozy. And the place you can get these beautiful fashions, a cashmere sweater, a leather jacket, would be from our friends at Quince. Quince offers affordable, high quality essentials for any wardrobe. That includes seasonal must haves like Mongolian cashmere sweaters from a $60. You heard that right. $60 and comfortable pants for any occasion. And you need comfortable pants for that flight. I actually got a gorgeous ring from Quinn's. Oh, right. And it's understated. It has one diamond in it. 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I I'm so excited about this. And, you know, I thought 2 years from White Lotus 2 to 3 was gonna feel like a long time, but I think we took a nice little break. I like to miss things. I I like to miss things. The only thing is sometimes whether it be an an album from an art artist or a TV show, maybe the momentum slows down a little bit. That's the risk that you do take. Mhmm. But if you can do it like Beyonce, where she took a 4 or 5 year break and put out the best album that she's ever put out with Renaissance, in my opinion, then maybe they can do this with White Lotus. Well, and also with White Lotus, they've been so they've done such a wonderful job with creating a prestige product. Yes. So and that's how Max h formerly HBO Go should be approaching things. They used to make a premier product when it comes to television programming. Niche, prestige television. They haven't had anything that took me in a while. Well, they you know, they've kind of fallen into the same trap that all the streamers have, which is like More content. More content. More content. More content. More content. And it's that word content. That's the that is kind of the big conversation in Hollywood right now is filmmakers and show runners and writers are urging these platforms not to use the word content and to actually go back to what it is, a television show. Program. We're telling a story. We're not just making content for people to watch. Mhmm. And and I think that the whole way that we, as consumers, as audience members, have metabolizes these shows has turned into content because of the way we have content at our fingertips constantly with our phones. Yeah. I want quality. I want quality. We won't And I think we're gonna get pussy up content creators on television programs. I think we're gonna I think we're gonna get with White Lotus just simply because Parker Posey has signed into the chat. Okay. Don't be mad at me. Oh, my god. I had a feeling you were gonna say this. Don't be mad at me, but, like, just tell me, like, one thing that Parker Posey has been on. I know the name. I know the name. That's best in show. Oh, best in show. Okay. She play she plays one of the dog owners. She's one of those actresses that the gays just eat up. Right? Like, anything she does, the gays will just be, like, on top of. You show me a gay person that doesn't like Parker Posey, and I will show you a straight person. Okay. But wait. Okay. So what did you say? Best of show. Never seen it. She also had an amazing arc on Willing Grace. Oh, I don't remember that one. Yes. What what was she? She I mean, she plays kind of a a similar character and everything. Is she the is she Jack's manager at Bergdorf? Yes. Yes. Then, yes, I know. Okay. And she's very good in that. She's so good. Falls in love with Will. Yeah. But she thinks Will is hot. She's she's amazing. She's also been waiting for Goffman. K. That goes over my head too, babe. Oh, goodness. Well, tonight, your your homework is to look up Parker Posey. Just watch your Is that her real name? That's a really good stage name, by the way. So The alliteration just pops off your tongue. Yeah. It's a good name. It's really good name. It's a good name. Who else is in it? Okay. Funny you should ask. Patrick Schwarzenegger Oh. Who is a cofounder of the Mosh Bars, which we've been Pat Pedalie. Yes. Who's so cute. So cute. Well, I Lisa from Blackpink. Oh, wonderful. Yeah. Okay. Well, I hope that we get to see Patrick's Moshbar. Moshbar. Very good analogy. Yes. Because Patrick's is serving up many a moshbar. Yeah. And Show us that moshbar, Patrick. I don't want it to be a prosthetic. Okay? Yeah. Let's see what we're gonna give you. Full frontal. Stop wearing your prosthetic. Let's see what you got, baby. Well and also, like, as someone who just did the film festival circuit, I've seen so many films all over the world. Right? I actually like to see a natural penis on stage. I mean, on on on film. Like like, even if it's even if it's not impressive, even if it's just like you're they're coming out of the ocean and it looks kinda small, there's something I'm, like, I appreciate about seeing just it in the Their confidence. Their confidence. Yeah. Because listen, we're all adults here. It doesn't always really matter. It doesn't. It doesn't always really matter. Think about think about, like, if someone's got the swag or someone is extraordinarily handsome. What what listen. Yes. And we can work with average and you've got everything else going. We can work with that. Because it's about the feeling. It's about the connection. Yes. But, like, if we go too below average Well, sure. You can't there's nothing that can overcompensate for me. Sure. You can call me a size queen if you want. I don't care. What are you Wow. Don't you don't have to blow up my spotlight. You just said I could call you a size queen. I am not always a side not always. Okay? Sometimes. Sometimes. So yeah. I'm just more so, like, if you're gonna if you're gonna be on television, go full frontal. I wanna see the real thing because women aren't out here wearing breastplates. Yeah. And we don't like a double standard. We don't have a double standard. You think that that beautiful girl from the substance who had the one of the most incredible bodies that you've ever seen in your life, Even I, in that movie, was like, damn. She's hot. She's so hot. She's incredible. Yes. You think these women are wearing some? I said, no. No. And and that and I wanna see it. And women have been having to show their titties in movies since since the cameras rolled. So, men, it's it's now your time to show some pipe. I've been seeing titties in film since I was 5 years old, and my mom would cover my eyes when she would take me to a rated r movie. I know. And I and I You only see a few seconds till she was like, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, not not too much of a a girl. And I yeah. And I'm also just like if if our moms only knew how little we cared about the boobs. Oh, yeah. I was pretending to care about boobs. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I was. Like, I remember when we would have a we would have a sleepover, we would always try and get a movie that have, like, boobs in it. Oh. And I remember being with all my friends from school and being like, oh, the boobs. Oh. Yeah. Nipple areola. Exactly. So you mentioned my tan. Uh-huh. I just came back from Roatan Oh. Honduras. How was that? Okay. It was a place that was not really on my radar. Okay. To me, Roatan, Honduras was like Helsinki, Finland. K. Like, I've I knew the name, but I never really thought about where it was or what it was. And Joe planned the whole thing. Oh, lovely. We did we got our a boyfriend who plans the trip for you. I do. Mhmm. That seemed charged. It was. Yeah. He so so Joe, he planned the trip for us because it was my birthday, and he wanted to give me something nice because I just finished the run it in Juliet. Oh, right. And he knew how stressed I was and blah blah blah. And so he found this amazing hotel. It was right on a bay called Half Moon Bay. Mhmm. We got our scooper certifications Okay. Which when I tell you, this is really hard. Ren has gotten her diaper certification. It was 3 very intense days where we would We did that in the city, though. No. We did that that this scuba training was on on the certification? Correct. So we were there. A lot of time wasted on the scuba training. But don't think of it as time wasted. Think of it as time earned. Okay. Because You could have done that in the city and gotten it done with? I don't think we could You could have done that. We can The American scuba association doesn't transfer to Honduras. I doubt that. No. No. It does. But but you have to do confined water, and you have to do deep deep water. This is this is already not something I wanna do. I This is too much work for too little joy. I'm sorry. And listeners, as you hear him say this, just know that in about 2 years, when he gets a certification, he's gonna be telling us all how much he loves you. Okay. Listen. Listen. I went on a vacation to Antigua or whatever it's called. I don't know if that's how you pronounce it. And I I had little flippers on the the resort gave me little flipper feet and, the goggles and a little breath thing that, you know, pokes out of the ocean. And I could see fish, and I could see corals, and I could see turtles, and I was good. I don't need to waste 10 more hours of my precious vacation. I'll be able to scuba dive for 2 hours. I'm good. I'm great. Thank you. Are you finished? Cody. Did you get it out? I don't need I just don't need that. Okay. Well, let me let me tell you. Anybody that's trying to plan a a trip for me, Cody Rigsby, I don't need to do the scuba diving. And I'm definitely not jumping out of a plane. That's also one thing that you will never catch me doing. And I will never change my mind on that. Alright? Well, here's my life is too precious. Here's what I'm jumping out of planes. Here's what I enjoyed about about this about learning how to die Please tell me. Was that as someone who's extremely ambitious and always thinking and planning and emailing and scheduling. Right? It was a moment where I couldn't think about my career. All I was thinking about for 3 days not dying. Exactly. I was thinking about surviving because the That's not this is like this is like a Burning Man vacation. I'm not going somewhere to survive. I'm going somewhere to enjoy myself. It was peaceful. And also what I enjoyed about it was learning something with my partner. That's I like that. So we learned we worked together in the ocean. It was just he and I and our and our instructor, Leah, and she would take us out there, and we were both on the same footing. Yeah. It was it was something about being an adult. Like, you know, when you're an adult, you not that we know everything, but we've been through enough. You can kind of curtail your life to a point where you're like, okay. I kinda know what's gonna happen. Yeah. Yeah. And this kept us so engaged. Mhmm. And on the first day, they they take you down to the, like, about 30 or 40 feet. Yeah. And it really unlocked for me, like, why am I doing this? Oh my god. There's a whole part of the world I've never seen. I don't need to see it. And it's so beautiful. Why do you think those people went down to see that Titanic and never came back? Okay. This is a little We don't need to see all that. We're only going to 50 feet. Just like a woman's areola in a 1995 film. I don't need to see that. That is a really great social clip. Yeah. We'll have to use that. Okay. It's like going to Mars. I also don't wanna go to Mars ever. I'm great. If we get to the point where we have to go Mars, take me out. Take me out. Girl, the snorkeling to scuba comparison is, like, having your first to, like, your first night on the dance floor, like, living in a house like in 2 and a half months, friend. So shut it. Welcome to Cody Rixey's life. I'm feisty today. I have a few minutes to share. It's his way or the highway. Get it get it together. Just glad we got that on the record. Mhmm. I know this. You guys aren't chatted. You're not you're not letting them in on something new. You've been reading me for that. No. Yeah. Yeah. But sometimes this is important to remind Glenn, your a*s is coming to me for advice 24 f**king 7. So who is right? She needs a lot of advice. Thank you. But I'm but I'm And so does your a*s. I don't think you're missing strays over here either. Do you wanna age with grace? Absolutely. Or enhance your physical prime? 100%. 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And it was it was lovely. And it was our first international trip together. Which is a great segue into the theme of today's podcast, which is traveling, traveling with a a boo, traveling with a partner. How complicated these things can get. My my philosophy on this is just like sex. You don't wanna wait too long Correct. To go on a trip with a significant other. Correct. Okay? Because this is a make or break moment for the union. Mhmm. A lot of things come out. A lot of things come out. I will say this, which was kinda sweet. There were 2 separate moments on our trip Mhmm. Where, we were one was at the spa and one was at the airport Mhmm. Where one of the lady was like, you you guys are a really good team. Oh, we love that. That's a great She was just a great observation. She was just observing the way we were together, and I was like, oh my god. That is a great affirmation. That is a great affirmation. Really good too, because we weren't trying to be a good team. We just were so being. Are you typically the planner of trips, though? Yeah. Even in a relationship? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I'm the trip. Same. But I also like teamwork. Yeah. Like Of course. So, you know, Joe took the reins on this because I didn't have the bandwidth for it. Mhmm. But, you know, there there have been other trips where we did it together. 2 like, 2 you know, in my own self awareness, though, I it is a kind of a control thing for me. Like, I like to plan the trip because like I've said before, I'm kinda bougie when it comes to travel and hotels. Mhmm. So if someone's choosing something that doesn't meet my standard, it it does that is my own inner work to do. It kinda does bother me because, like, you know Well, they should know your standard. Like Yeah. Like, that was I gotta let I gotta let that go and relinquish control. Like, Joe sent me options. He was like, what do you think about this hotel? What do you think about this hotel? And then I would just tell him, and then he would do it. Because he knew that listen. Anybody who's your partner doesn't want you to have a bad time on the trip. I will also say this. A hotel listing is much like a Grindr profile. Oh. On on screen, on the Internet, the hotel is going to be about 20 to 30% more attractive than it is in real life. Okay? The pictures that they took are gonna look gorgeous. You might get catfished with some of them. So please know that you've got it when you arrive, your expectation should be about 20 to 30% lower than what you saw on the pictures. Okay. Getting to this. I've never left a review in my life online. Okay. This trip was so lovely. That you left a review? I left reviews for the spa. I left reviews for the hotel. Really? I had a lot of ample amount of time. For the scuba trip. Well, that was the thing. We were we truly were relaxed when we came back. Okay. But, yeah, it was it was our first international trip, and so now we've been together almost a year. Mhmm. We're, like, probably 9, 10 months. So this was your first international trip. Trip. Wow. But, you know Oh, you've been busy. I think You haven't had time to Exactly. Leave, like, the state, let alone the country. It is important, though, to just, hit some general housekeeping rules on travel day, which, you know, when you're traveling with a partner, you know, if they can't if you guys can't go to the airport at the same time together I don't know nothing like that, though. I love having the whole trip together. You know? Like, from start to finish, you feel like you're a team. You're in it together. But, you know, that's not always how life works out. Well, that well, so Joe and I were supposed to go to the airport separately. Oh. And he called me, like, right right now, it's about to order my Uber. And he goes, hey. I'm in an Uber, and we're about to pass your house. Are you ready? Oh. And so then we were That was a nice surprise. Yeah. We were able to take the Uber to go to the airport. So are you or are is he are you an earlier are you do you get to the airport early? I do not like getting to the airport too early. I don't either. No. I don't either, but I will say this if you are with somebody who is an earlier arrive arriver Mhmm. I think you have to compromise and go early. Yeah. Do you know what I'm saying? Negotiate. Try and get a little lesser. Negotiate, but, like, I know the anxiety that comes up with someone who, like, wants ample amount of time. And I think from the beginning, you gotta, like, you gotta you gotta go at their pace. Correct. So there's not added anxiety to the trip that's already being put on a pedestal and, like, a make or break moment for a courtship relationship. Also, you'll be more likely to bring them into your ways Yes. If you start showing up early, but then let help them realize that you're just sitting there not doing anything. You're not doing anything. And also, you know, you don't know what perks they have. That's true. Do they have TSA recheck? Do they have clear? Do they have lounge access? Like, all of these sort of things are very important, and you need to learn where they're at, and you might have to raise their standards. The only time I like to get to the airport early, early is if I'm coming after a long day, and I want to shower, I want to have a meal at the in the lounge. Like, I'm like, I don't have time to go home to do that, so I'm just gonna go to the airport and do it early. So not to sound bougie, but I purposely went early to my trip to San Francisco because I really wanted to enjoy the Delta 1 Lounge that's now at JFK, which has, like, a sit down restaurant. It's like the main event. It's very nice. It's very nice. And to that I say, yes. If you have if you have the beautiful perk, why would you not use it? Exactly. Because if you know, you're you've already paid whatever you paid for this plane ticket. And if it comes with the plane ticket, why not just go with it? I've also traveled so much, and I know my JFK and LaGuardia airports. Shout out to LaGuardia. Shout out to LaGuardia. Y'all did that. Talk about a comeback, baby. You are in the trenches. You are getting bad mouth from here to there. From Staten Island to the Bronx, people were talking s**t about you. And you said, hold my beer. Let's let's do a little COVID renovation. Now it is the supreme elite airport of the tristate area. Yeah. It was worth the wait. Wow. And the the curb appeal. Like, inside, it's gorgeous. But on the outside, it's gorgeous. When I'm approaching in the car, I am overwhelmed with excitement. I love LaGuardia. I wish that some I wish that you could get to a few more, like, international stops there. But if you're flying domestic, LaGuardia is the place for for me and you because I live in Williamsburg. You live in, Harlem. Mhmm. And it's such a quick car ride there. It's 10 minutes door to door. 10 minutes. For me. And that is also why, you know, this is topical. I also like early morning early morning flights. I love early morning flights. Because you can get from door to door from my door to, like, LaGuardia at 6 or 7 AM, and you're there in 20 minutes, and I love that. Another thing I like about taking flights very early, this is a little bit of a life hack. If you have status with an airline, always try and get the 1st flight of the day because you will almost always get upgraded. Oh. Because a lot of people don't wanna take a 7 AM flight or a 6 AM flight. Yeah. I wanna get it done with. And I also like it because it gets me to my destination early. Exactly. Exactly. I'll take the I'll take the l. I'll just wanna go on the record and say it's actually the best airport in the country by Forbes. Forbes gave LaGuardia the best airport in the country. LaGuardia. LaGuardia. LaGuardia. I will say that the Delta lounge there as it is very big, the design choices are a little ugly. Okay. Joe said the same thing. He said they're dated. It looks like the best western in there. Yeah. The it's it's really just in the furniture choices. Like It's the furniture and the upholstery Yeah. Choices. It's giving Cheesecake Factory. It really is. But it's new. So it's conflicting because you're like, well, this smells good in here, and everything's clean, but I don't like the, like, paisley floral, like It's horrendous. Not great. It's horrendous. I'm sorry. And we're stuck with it. They're not stuck with it for a while. Don't have to do it yet. They're not And I don't want them to redo it because we've already we've already had to sit through enough of that. Now if you have say you're dating somebody Mhmm. And you have different status than they have. Bren, don't even look at me. I've used so many certificates to get you into every lounge. I've used certificates to upgrade your seat. So, please, with the one exception that my lay down bed on one trip didn't work and you had to switch with me? Wait. I'm confused. What what is what is the issue here? Wren is just giving me eyes over here and laughing. She wants to be in the lay down bed? No. We were on a work trip, and we both were there, which was very kind. And it was my 1st lay down bed ever. Cla*s. And it was very exciting. I was very excited to use the lay down. And, of course, Cody gets in his and presses the button, and it does not work. I didn't even I didn't even have to say anything to me. I already knew. I already knew when I got up. I said Let's switch. Let's switch. But listen. You still got to use the beautiful, dot kit that they gave you. Yes. And you had the the Prosecco and the and the grapes that came by. Yes. And I I just watched Finding Nemo. And, like, you know, in my defense, like, I had a busy day going back to New York City this time. Needed this okay. You need to sell that. I just needed the rest. You're the the start. Okay. You need to rest. You have a podcast to record when you get to the destination. Exactly. And you've left me many a times in an airport line, which is fair enough. And as much as we have wait. I've I've gotten you into airport. No. Like, you have, like, all these statuses that I don't have, so we can never walk to the airport together. Yeah. Yeah. No. We can. No. Like, clear, free check, all those. You don't have free check? I do, but not clear. Yeah. Okay. Oh, sure. Well, then in that case, you know, just see you see you over there. See you over over the same place. Unfortunately, I I can only I can only get you so far. I'll tell you what I'm not gonna do. I am not gonna wait in the non recheck line because I've got clear. Just for you. I could spend that 2 and a half hours that you are in that line. I could spend it literally anywhere else. Yeah. I'm going to the pre check line because I don't wanna take off my shoes. I don't wanna take my laptop out of the thing, which okay. Listen. I never know what the rules are for each f**king airport. They no matter if it's pre check or regular, there there's some there's some airports that, like, they do a facial recognition. You don't even need to show your your, ID, then sometimes they do. It is so inconsistent. But I will say this, no matter how frustrated I get with TSA, you better believe that my goal going through TSA is to be a perfect Yes. Perfect person. Yes. I'm gonna adhere to the rules. I'm gonna be quick. I'm gonna get my bag up. I'm gonna get everything in and out of my pockets. You Expeditiously. I will listen to the rules. The guy will be on the yes, sir. Yes, ma'am. Let's go. Some of you are taking too f**king long in the TSA. It it's it's like people who go to Chipotle and don't know what to order. Man, how have you not been to Chipotle in the past 15 years of your life? Yep. It's a f**king burrito. It's TSA. Have your s**t ready to go. Yeah. And also, like, you you you've been waiting in this line. And wherever you are, there's gonna be some type of a line. So you've had ample time to put all of the things from your pocket into the front pocket of your backpack. You've had ample time to get it all done. So don't wait until you get to the metal detector. A game plan. Please have a game plan for TSA. Please stop embarrassing yourself. I know. I feel so bad. I feel so bad for people because I'm just like, it could be so many things. 1, they just don't have a sharp mind. 2, they maybe they don't travel as often, and and therefore and I'm, like, man, to me But if I didn't travel as often, I would be even more diligent. I'd be like, why? That's what I'm saying. TSA is notorious for being, you know, x, y, and z. Mhmm. So do your due diligence and research what fluids you can bring, where they need to be, where the laptop goes, shoes off, like, come on, girls. They have signs all over. They they literally have a a person's name. Agent screaming. Screaming. Yeah. They have someone screaming. Now let me ask you this, Cody, because I have a feeling we're gonna have varying, answers to this. Okay. If you're not in 1st class right? So now we're saying, like, comfort or or coach. Economy. What what is your seat selection if you're traveling with a partner? Oh. Because someone's gonna have to sit in the middle seat. I want the window. You want the window? Yes. I want the window. And to my former partner's credit, he would always give me the window, and I am grateful for that. And he would sit in the middle? Yeah. But in and also to his credit, he was a little smaller, so he Yeah. Yeah. I need the, like, room. He would also do probably better in the middle seat just because, like, he doesn't require so much space. Mhmm. I will say this. What do you want? You want the aisle? I am an aisle or window person. Oh, no. Here's the issue. I don't like the aisle. Here's the issue. Joe, my boyfriend, is has a very wide shoulders. K. So I would say probably the biggest hurdle in our relationship Mhmm. Is that, like, we have to sit next to each other and his shoulder It's too many. Coming to, like, stupid boys. You know? So what I did None of us are dainty. So what I did on this trip, because I booked our flights Mhmm. Because I have the status, I gave us both the aisle seat. So we sat across the aisle for 1 hour. That's nice. And it was very nice because then we weren't crowded on each other. And then if we wanted to to share something with the other, then we would just show it across the aisle. And this is a PSA for every one of you that has a child. I'm not switching my sweet seat that so that you can sit next to your f**king kid. Period. Don't ask me. Don't think it. Don't tap me on the shoulder. I do not care about your child's comfort on my flight that I pay top dollar for. So please don't ask me. It's not happening. I do not care. The only way I'll switch with someone's kid is if it If it's a better seat, if you're gonna make me a better seat Well, I'm definitely not going back. We're not going back. Not moving back. Definitely not going back. But if it if it makes, like, if it makes psychological sense to me that, oh, it it's just a simple fix for them to sit next to their parent, I will oblige. If it's an equal trade, sure. If it's an equal trade, sure. And I don't and I might have to only go back 1 or 2 rows. 1 or 2 rows. That's okay. Sure. I'm not going back more than 5 rows. Absolutely. That's fair. That's fair. I'm not going back more than 5 rows. Don't do that. Something in this deal. I need something in this deal. I'm sorry that you you planned poorly. What kind of monster? What kind of home alone situation is here where you're booking you're booking the flight, and you put your child next to a stranger? I know. I'm calling CPS. But you know what? They probably just assume it people would move. Because most people would. We're we're being difficult. We're we're being difficult. Most people would. No. No. No. No. No. I just I think people need to stand on business here and hold a f**king boundary. Your kids are not my responsibility. Love that for you. I'm glad that you made that choice, but I don't care. I know. But and this is an unpopular opinion I'm about to share, but I'm gonna share it anyway. A lot of people have kids and then they assume because they had kids that we all need to do things for the kids. It's exactly how I feel about kids and dogs. Your kid is not my priority. Your dog is not my priority. Move, please, out of my way. I love I love that you have a kid. I love that you have a kid. I don't I don't need to do anything for you. The sacrifice you committed to, not I. Have are you a member of the Mile High Club? No. But I really that is, like, a full fantasy. Wow. But I think in a, you know, I I think that you can't get away with that. How how do you even do that? This is You sneak into the bathroom together, then you're there's gonna be a line waiting outside the bathroom that you're gonna get you're gonna get caught. Sometimes people do that. People do it overnight flights. Oh. Yeah. When everyone does it. It's the overnight flight. That's when everyone does it. Penetration? That's fine. Like an HJ. No. It's when the lights go down. How do you The freaks of the house. Get on top and get things in and get things moving. Like, that's that that seems very complicated. I mean, listen, where there's a will, there's a way. I feel like the I feel like I would like to check this marker off in my life at some point within the next 5 years. And I think that the only way to get this done A private PJ. A private flight. A PJ. For an HJ. A PJ. Yeah. You don't need to be on a PJ for an h No. No. You're going full in. You're going full in. You're going full in. Yeah. You know, HJ is underwhelming. I like it. I I'm sure I don't think I've ever you know, I I don't know. I don't know if I'm trying flying private ever, but, like, I have. Was gonna say, we we've already shared a story where you flew private. I did fly private, but I was with a lot of people. Mhmm. It was a Unprivate. It was unprivate. It was private by unprivate. And there was definitely no my hot club going on there, but I it's definitely a fantasy. Okay. It's definitely a fantasy, but I'm too scared to, like, go for it. I've I've had some under the blanket action before. Yeah. A little touch and feel because of touch and gooey, but nothing to well, because climax? No. But I also feel like Oh, man. Stop it. Next to you anymore. Well, I'm not touching you. I'm not touching you, man. I will happily be in 35 e where I belong. Oh my god. Backwards. But yeah. No. I don't know how that's I don't know how that's done. And there was a I feel like there was a a flight attendant who had relations in a in a bathroom with a adult film star, and they got fired from their job. Because their adult films film star posted about it? Yeah. I think so. Wow. These are the the volden the Voldemort of adult Oh, I know the stars. I know you're not. Gay world. I will say this. I do think that the adult entertainers have gotten a little bored posting the naked photos on the plane. Oh my god. They love Y'all are doing too much. That. And OnlyFans creator loves to be like, I just went to the bathroom. Oh, congratulations, girl. Yeah. I pay the bills. I'm I'm proud of you. Or even not an OnlyFans creator, just a man with a alt Twitter. There's a lot of that on alt Twitter. It's like, I went to the bathroom on an airplane. Here's my penis. You know, maybe our audience doesn't know what an alt Twitter is. Okay. So for those of you who don't know, an alt Twitter is when you have your regular Twitter that everybody can see, and then you have an alt Twitter that's under a different name, a pseudonym, or kind of a different, like, obscure picture as the main picture, and it's usually private. Mhmm. And that's where people who are just modern day exhibitionists go to post whatever things that are more risky That they don't want. Spicy content. And that is how a lot of these scandals have gotten out. Like, over that guy that was having sex, like, at the Capitol or congress or something. How embarrassing. And he posted it, and then somebody screen grabbed it. And She does not speak for the community. Okay? We we don't we don't we don't advocate for that. Some things are sacred, and you didn't need to do all that, sis. I I just have to say, as some If you have an alt Twitter, like, why not just have an only fans, you might as well make some money off of it. Yeah. And then send the link out for free. I think it's probably the gateway drug. It's the marijuana of porn. They they do the alt Twitter, and then they ultimately get the OnlyFans. Okay. I don't like that pipeline. Right now, the American Red Cross is helping and supporting people across the southeast living with the heartbreaking destruction from hurricanes Milton and Helene. And with their partners, American Red Cross will be helping for weeks months to come. Families affected by hurricanes Milton and Helene need your support. Your donation can help the Red Cross provide meals, shelter, and hope to people when they need it most. Please donate today. Go to redcross.org or call 1800 Red Cross to donate. Every dollar you can spare helps more than you can imagine. Your support is critical. We cannot do it without you. Donate today at redcross.org. Let's move on and to our our famous segment called get it together, starring Ryn Anders as our reader of a listener question that is travel based. K. Dear Cody and Andrew, I've been seeing this guide for 6 months, and it's been going amazing. So great, in fact, that we decided to take a trip together to Mexico for a little getaway. And that's when s**t hit the fan. This man that I'd grown to care for so much was actually the worst travel companion I could ever imagine. He was chronically late to all of our plans, complained about everything, and was basically high on edibles the entire trip. Thank God it was only 4 days or I wouldn't have survived. It's been a week since, and I don't know what to do. Should I look the other way and pretend that it didn't happen? Or is this grounds for a breakup? Signed, Max. Oh, I say it's a skip. I say breakup. That sounds horrible. Well, some elements are fine, but I won't get into the details. Oh. I'm a max baby. They went to Mexico. He's high in edibles the whole time. The whole time? The whole time? You pace yourself, sis. 4 days is is an appropriate time. Appropriate amount of time for tomorrow. Trip. Yeah. 4. That's a good amount of time. Yeah. 4. It's a long weekend. Yeah. That's that's good for a first trip with a with a significant other. I don't love that he was late to everything. Yeah. Late is not good. But, you know, some people are just late. Some people take too much time in the bathroom. Those people are not for me. Yeah. Those people are not for me. No. We have a lot of chronically late friends. We do. And we just leave them. And we just leave them. But those are our friends. Those are our friends. Those aren't people we're dating. And also keep in mind, we have left those friends after years of waiting for them. Years of waiting. And now I will say that this first trip should be approached like meeting your someone's parents or friends. You gotta you wanna be, like, you wanna be on your your best behavior. You're trying to impress this person that you're dating and show and show them that you are a good teammate, that you're a good partner, that you can do things together. Obviously, there's compromise to be had. You know, maybe someone maybe one of you really likes a a full planned out trip, and maybe the other likes something relax you know, more relaxing and less more laissez faire. Is that correct? Laissez faire. Laissez faire. Yeah. So This is also this is also for all intents and purposes, you guys have been together for 6 months. This should still be in the everything is going well honeymoon phase. And so I think you honestly waited too long. I think you waited too long to have a trip. I think I think You waited too long. 6 months? I couldn't get one in at the 3. 3 months' month. A long weekend, a trip upstate. Road trip. Road trip. Something. Something of the source. Something where, like, you're outside of your everyday lives. There's new stimuli. You've gotta interact with different types of people. You have to see how they pack, see how they like, what is their style? What what are they what does the luggage look like? That's very important. What it looks like? The luggage. Oh. Like, are they travel traveling raggedy? I mean, what is it? A f**king, like, plastic box? Right. Who knows? Yeah. I don't mean it. Who knows? People travel all different kinds of ways. Okay. People travel. How are they in the TSA line? How are they in the TSA line? Yeah. You waited too long. You waited too long. Obviously, he bombed this. I think this is gonna I think this is gonna change your relationship. Or you can have I you know, maybe we need to have a postmortem and say, hey. These things bother me. I don't wanna, like, bail on this, but, like, we've gotta get more aligned on trips because those are important to me. And and that can be a tough conversation because you don't want this person to feel like you're critiquing them. However, they do need to know that something's wrong. So I I would say if you really are invested in moving forward with this person, you need to address the trip and the things. Because and who's to say that, you know, maybe maybe you they could find a person that really likes that they're on edibles all the time. Because especially, like, all these negatives could have just been, you know, turned into a positive. Well, no. For somebody else. Oh, I was gonna say if y'all were having, like, bomb a*s vacation sex because let's be honest, that really does make a trip. A couple trip. I feel especially in the 6 months, y'all be y'all should be getting buck nasty all over that resort. But I feel like they weren't getting buck nasty. They were not. How this is worded. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. There's no mention of any buck nasty in here. Well, they should have. At least that would have improved the trip. Can I really like the term buck nasty? Buck nasty. Buck nasty. Okay. I'm gonna heat you tomorrow. Did y'all get buck nasty? On the trip. And as you should. Because it's a mixture of buck wild. And and nasty. You're just getting nasty. You're getting buck nasty. Buck nasty. You should have had sex on that trip. It might have made things a lot more Yeah. Better. I would say I would say if you really care to move things forward, talk to him about what happened on the trip. And if you don't, phase him out and move on. It's time to go. Because because if if you are already kind of on the fence, then time to go. Yeah. Okay. So we're gonna end our episode. Now usually, we just do one scam of the week. But because this is our travel episode, and Cody and I are both very opinionated people, Cody more opinionated than I, but I Oh, you When it comes when it comes to travel, we have a a laundry list of scams. So will you help me with this? Yes. Absolutely. 1st scam. TSA PreCheck. That's a scam? This is already I think it's well well worth the the application and money. I just don't understand what it is. Like, okay. So you have my my ID. You need my ID anyway. You're gonna be. Take my fingerprints. Take my Take it all. Take my Social Security number. If I can get through the airport with it with more quickness and less time wasted, I don't care. And y'all have that anyway. You have all my information anyway. No. No. No. No. No. I and the well, yeah. Also, the interview process is such a LOL. It's like it's silly. Yeah. Just let us through. You know, ultimately, all of this is just Actually, no. I disagree. I disagree. Okay? I wanna feel elite. I wanna feel bougie going into this flight. So if you host can't get the application done and the and the fee, then you're gonna win the regular line. Well, to me, that is that leads us to our second scam, which is Clear. Because Clear what is the difference between Clear and TSA PreCheck? Well, you're currently paying Clear. To skip TSA PreCheck. Well, to skip the line. Clear used to be very clutch. I think that TSA pre check and global entry has kind of eroded their their their their Providence in the airport. Yeah. So, like, man, now they can only use 1 per one thing with clear is like, they'll have, you have to wait on an agent and only one agent can take the person at a time. And so I'm just like this, you're following the bad clear. And I think they know that. No. They and do you know, I still have my clear subscription just to be, just to be clear. I know. But I have thought about canceling my clear subscription many times because sometimes the line for clear is longer than the line for TSA Bridge. I just fear that there will be because there's some airports that like It does help. It does help. I I don't know the names of those. It's definitely not LaGuardia. It's definitely not JFK. Utah. Salt Lake City. Utah was quick. Yes. Bird help there. Yes. It it just it it does help. So I'm not I'm not willing to let go, but I am gonna let, clear know that we are a little disappointed and you just step your pussy. The scam to me, why I wrote it is because so many people have it that you end up waiting so much longer sometimes. That's the scam. The communist scale has not happened. They know this. They know this. And for for once, a government agency is doing it better than a private company. Not to get political. Okay? But, you know, for once. Okay. You do the you do the next scam because this is your this is your swan song. Scam? Airport lounges? You literally wrote this one. You literally wrote this. Well, read what you there's too many of y'all in the line for the for the lounge. We need to change. We need to raise the bomb. We need to raise the barrier to entry because there's too many of you guys, and you're taking up space even in the beautiful, large LaGuardia Lounge. You you yourself have been turned away from a lounge. No? Well, excuse me? No. I have not been turned away from a lounge. I'm sure that you guys were turned away. Okay, Wren. That's not true. Wren, that's not true. The line was long, and I was like, f**king, I don't even wanna do this. Some of the time. We're in Atlanta. She said, get out. Wait. No. No. No. That that was you that was you getting turned around. Wow. There was a there was such a kerfuffle. The way Red Bull could flake a story is iconic, but it was okay. It was the Atlanta Lounge. And then what was it? Because you weren't in the same class as I was. You have the status. I don't. And you try to check both of us in and she kicked us out. Well, she kicked you out. She kicked you out. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. No. She was being a little she was being a little much. I think I ended up just paying for you to come into the lounge, which is, you know, $50. No. We left and got barbecue. We left and okay. We left. She said we will take our business elsewhere. Bell. Because she was being very sassy. Yeah. She was being very rude. Okay. And let you know, I do get bougie at the airport. So it's like, ma'am, I've spent a lot of money with this company, like like work with me and you were just being nasty. And here's the thing, to my credit, when people get nasty to run, I do go into mom mode. It's cute. And so, like, I I did let her have it. I don't I do not like when, when you're greeted at the lounge and they have, like, a chip on their shoulder. Yeah. Because to me, I think think of the lounge as a safe haven from the rest of the airport. Yes. Free WiFi. It's my place to sit, go to use a clean bathroom, and not have people buzzing by me constantly. Yeah. I wanna go and sit in my little place. I can put my bag down. I don't have to worry about someone taking it. Like, I get my wine. I get my little thing. I sit, and I listen to the little music. Mhmm. Love it. But I don't appreciate because this has happened to me when I'm traveling with Joe where, like, I can get in and he can't. Mhmm. And they act like I don't like, I'm trying to scam them. That's what I That I know that the person I'm traveling with doesn't have status, baby. Like yeah. I have a certificate. We'll be using that. Everyone calm down. You don't need to get so rude. Yeah. Or I'll put my credit card down. Like, damn. And that's exactly what happened. It's $50. I'm you're not asking me for my 401 k information. Thank you. Please. Ugh. But also, now the Delta lounges are really great, but there are some lounges that are a scam just based on the quality of service and food that are served. There are some lounges that the food is actually not that not that great. Also a scam that isn't on this list Mhmm. Is that we have been scammed into believing that American Airlines, not the company, American, you know, routed airlines You're very passionate about this. Are premier. They are not. Okay? But when you compare it to Emirates, no, which I've never been on. But even like an Air France, a KLM is just a nicer quality product. Well, yeah, listen. 1st class KLM versus first class in American Airline is there's nothing different worlds. No. I mean, we're talking like they have a tray with silver, like, that they bring down the aisle. Thinking about KLM. So if you don't know this, I have I think I have, like, 4 of them. So if you fly 1st class I love these things. If you fly 1st class, they give you this little gin bottle that's made of a ceramic house, like a Dutch house. And There's 100. There's 100 of them, and, like, the and you can collect them. The part of me that's a little bit on the spectrum, I want all of them. Well and then if you have one if they give you one that you already have, you can go to the lounge and exchange it for a different one. Our friend David was flying back from somewhere on KLM, and I said, babe, are you flying 1st class? He says, yes. I said, can you can you ask for one of the houses, and can I have it? And he was like, yeah. And I was looking I was so excited, and then he ended up, like, canceling the trip or, like, not. I was like, oh, I was gonna say, yeah, I thought that he kept it. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Okay. The next scam. Check-in for hotels is 4 PM. Check out is before noon. I paid for this room for 24 hours. Yeah. You're encroaching on the time I pay for. Actually taking they're taking away they're taking away 4 total out 8 total hours from the the first night Yeah. Last night. And the and listen, I'm on vacation. I need those hours. Now if I typically try to book my hotels through, like, my credit card company. And that's different. Those typically try to give you a perk of, like, maybe you'll get late checkout. Sometimes you will, sometimes you don't. On my last trip, I did get it and it was it was great. I checked out at 4. It's a game changer when you came out at 4. Because you have the whole day at your destination, and then you can fly. Right. Other spectrum of that, I'm like also, when I arrive, I'm like, can one of these hosts get out early? Let's go because I wanna check into my room. Well, yeah, but I don't care about how they do it. I just want them to figure it out. It just has to be good for me. Yeah. I'm not a hotelier. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like, I like, figure out what I is a big scam. That's a scam. That's a big scam. There's a scam. And there I think there should be some type of a a a what if you say it, like, a fail safe for that for that thing. If someone shows up early and their room isn't available, maybe there's another thing that they can do for us. You can sleep on. Yeah. Something. Well, that's you know, we that's why we love the standard because you can go to the pool, the standard in Miami. Oh, we do love the standard. You can go use the property while you're waiting on your on your room, and it's a beautiful smell. It's beauty. There's lots of greenery. You've got the pool, you know, and something that I love on a trip. Oh my god. I love paying an exorbitant amount of money to just eat next to a body of water. Oh, I absolutely could be the worst hamburger, but just the fact that I'm next to a pool It it makes you feel even more rich. Incredible. I've also heard of Grinder in Hotels. Can I say, I love a welcome drink as well? It's fine. I don't need it. To me to me It usually isn't great. Okay. But to me, it is more the effort. It's more the Oh, it's lovely. It's the gesture of, like, welcome to the property, welcome to your vacation. Mhmm. Here's the little something. The room isn't ready yet, but here's It's a beautiful beverage. Have a tea, and here's a beverage to enjoy. That's great. That's wonderful. Because, you know, usually, if you've been traveling let's say you traveled for 6 to 10 hours to get to your destination. You're thirsty, probably. You wanna sit down. And if your room is not because I stay hydrated on my flights. Okay? Yes. I'm I'm bringing my own bottle of water. I'm drink you got it. Y'all, you have to drink a s**t ton of water when you get on these planes. Okay? The planes dehydrate you. They dehydrate. You need to drink your water. I was pleased. Flying back from Honduras, I had water in my ear from diving, and the plane was so dry. It the it went out. Oh, wow. Like, my ear was bothering me at the beginning of the flight, and it was done. Okay. The next scam, Spirit Airlines. Shut it down. It's enough. I don't wanna hear about no more happenstances with Spirit Airlines. Racc**ns falling out of this out of the terminal? But that's not Spirit that's not Spirit's fault. That's LaGuardia's fault. Not too much on my girl. Was it LaGuardia or JFK? Like, that sounds like JFK activity. That does sound like JFK activity. Old LaGuardia activity. It just happened that the racc**n fell out. LaGuardia. LaGuardia. Oh, wow. LaGuardia let us down. The racc**n happened to fall out of the ceiling in front of a Spirit Airlines branded sign. But wait, actually, Spirit Airlines is a whole other part of LaGuardia. They're not in the main they're not in the main building of LaGuardia. I don't know. They have their own section. That's an old building. Spirit Airlines since, I went to Las Vegas in, like, 2,000 and Late. Very late. 12, 11, 13, where, on my way home, a cologne bottle fell out of my bag and just burst on the on the side. And for the first time in the in the hiss oh, it it was outside. It was outside. Oh, I was gonna say for the first time, the Spirit Airlines smelled good. Oh, well, I flew Spirit around the same time because we were both on the struggle bus around that that era. And I was doing a show in Vegas, and I had to fly to New York because I booked a part of film. And I booked a Spirit Airlines flight. We stopped in Detroit, and lo and behold, that plane never left Detroit. And I had to drive from Detroit to to New York because all of the all the other flights were booked. Blah blah blah. Anyhow, Spirit Airlines, to me, is a big scam. And, also, there was a there was a flight that got shot at. Yeah. Bullets. Bullets were flown at the Spirit Airlines flight. Through security. No. No. No. She shot at the plane. Where was it? God. No. That's a good question. Where what? Yeah. Oh, no. This is recent. Oh my god. Well and I'll do this at the end. But, one more scam. You see where you see where the flight was, Renee? I'm checking. It's okay. The bullets. I do have a quick scam. Oh. People who, when the plane lands, immediately stand up. Oh. Oh. That's that's less of a scam and more just an annoyance. You you okay. No clapping. Haiti. No clapping. Oh, in Haiti? Oh, that makes sense. I mean It's not that it was flying from Florida. A lot of turmoil right now. It was flying from Florida to Haiti, and they were shooting at it. There's a lot of, political unrest in Haiti right now. So I think that does make sense. I think that that was that was more aggression towards Spirit Airlines. Yeah. You think so? I don't know. I'm just choosing to believe that. The last scam is if you are trying to take an Uber at JFK or LAX, they are going to make you take a horrible, horrible, horrible shuttle to an off-site location where you will then have to wait for your Uber even longer. That is definitely a scam. But here's the thing. I've had to take I've had to do both of these. The JFK one recently wasn't too bad. It wasn't too bad. It was efficient. You got on. It got me to the spot, and there was an Uber waiting for me there. The one in LAX, the lax it it's a whole another 30 to 40 minutes on your trip just to get to the Uber. And it is so it's not convenient. And they said, oh, well, this is good. Because it's gonna take you away from traffic, Baby, this is LA. There's traffic at all times. The one JFK the one JFK was a little efficient, but, you know, what's so funny is because, like, a week ago, I got on a flight. They made me take the shuttle. When I arrived this morning at 5:5 AM, you could do it curbside. So it's so I guess it's a time thing. Okay. So now quick shout out to airports that we've enjoyed. Mhmm. Denver Airport, which I enjoy it, but the reason I put it on the list is because it has all the conspiracy theories about it. Oh, such as? Such as there's secret tunnels underneath where the Illuminati meets. Oh. That it's a bunker for end of days scenarios. Oh. That they're they're also have a time capsule at this airport. Woah. It went 1,000,000,000 of dollars over budget, allegedly, for the bunker. There's this, like, there's this end of days bunker that's there supposedly. And like I said, if it's end of days, I don't wanna be in the bunker, guys. Just let me go. I'm gonna be like on that beach in Deep Impact. Like, let it hit me. Another airport that we love is Salt Lake City, Utah. Gorgeous airport. Beautiful. As much as I hate to admit it, I just think Utah is gorgeous. Utah is gorgeous. It is so clean and pristine. You shouldn't hate to admit that. It's a beautiful part of our country. It's a beautiful part of our country. In terms of topography. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Do I feel always safe there? Not necessarily. Well, if you don't feel safe, how do you think I feel? Okay. Fair. Chicago, the famous, airport that is featured in Home Alone 2, lost in New York. That's you're that you're shouting out that airport? This is one that you added. Well, here's the thing. It I've had no pro growing up, I always feel like O'Hare had this rapid. It was the worst airport, and it was so hard. We've Ren and I have been to Chicago many times on a work trip, and we've had a flawless transportation. Only thing was, like, the taxi line took a little bit long. That was the only thing. Now an airport that we're not living because of the of the gambling and the cigarette smoke. The minute you get off a flight to Vegas, the cigarette smoke, the the the machines, There's something there's just something about gambling that feels so dirty to me, and it just feels like it like, do what you want, babe. Do what you want. You know? I took Ren to go play blackjack in Atlantic City. She lost everything. I told her to get out early. She got greedy. Now she has ties to the mob. She now just ties to the mob. She's yeah. Like, it didn't go well for her. I told her to get out, didn't get out. But, yeah, there's something about that gambling energy. This is it feels like it's very spooky. It's very it's very spooky. Here's here's my wish for the airport in Las Vegas. I think that the airport in Las Vegas is going more the golden nugget route, like, downtown Vegas. Elagio? I want, yeah, I want them to go more of the Wynn Hotel route That's fair. With their airport. I just I okay. To Vegas' credit though, the baggage claim is very I don't know. There's something about those all the shows being, promoted. It's exciting. It feels exciting. I'd say give them that credit. Vegas is an exciting city. There's a lot going on. It's not my favorite city. I'm gonna be honest. No. No. It's No. It is it is not a gay man's town unless you're you're gonna go see Adele or Lady Gaga or Celine Dion, and you're gonna be there for 484. Yeah. But the rest of it is not. They're charging men to get in these clubs that I don't even wanna be in. I know. And you have to wear a lot of collared shirts. Oh my god. Enough. And then you get into the to the club, and nobody has collared shirts on. And I said, well, I thought we had the collared shirts on here. I'm gonna move on to our next airport. And as I wear this Mickey Mouse Disney, Lululemon collaboration shirt Okay. I am gonna talk about Oh. An airport, a city that I love to visit, but an airport that is the one of the worst to me. It's Orlando. It's bad, bad. It's so bad. I think it's like it it's something about I think it's all the kids. There's something about it that smells like a soiled diaper. Oh, the train to get to the different Oh, the tram is horrible. And, like, once you're in your gate area, you, like, can't go to another gate area without using the tram. And Oh. And Delta, one of the worst lounges that you that you own. Oh. And Yeah. It is so bad. It it smells like mildew in there. I don't know what pipe burst, and y'all didn't clean up the walls and the carpet, but it smells so bad in there, guys. Let me tell you something. One time when I was flying, because I used to go to Orlando a lot because I would teach classes. Mhmm. And I went to go to that lounge, and I said, I'm gonna just go to the restaurant outside. I don't wanna be there. And the restaurant wasn't much better. Also, also, the security line atrocious. Of course. Because everybody has the bags and the kids and the Dude, if you're going to leave Orlando and fly anywhere else, please get there early. There's going to be a line. I don't care if you have clear amount. I don't care if you have TSA pre check. I don't care all I don't care if you have Delta 1. The first class, you are gonna be waiting in a line. And I have I have panicked in that line because I was gonna miss a flight. There's also a lot of weather out of Orlando. I've had multiple flights, like, delayed or canceled. And my last Orlando trip coming back from Disney, I got stuck and didn't know if I was gonna get out. This happened, and we were hungover from, drinking at Disney World in Epcot because we left midday. So we went to the park in the in the middle in the morning, then we left midday. So I was hungover. I was tired. I was around enough kids. It was just a lot. It was a lot. And we were stuck there because the flight was delayed because of some sort of weather. Okay. So we will end this episode with a special award. We are awarding the tactful pettiness best airport award to Well, I've already given it out to LaGuardia. LaGuardia. We love you, LaGuardia. We love you, LaGuardia. We're so proud of your growth, your development, who you've become. We doubted you at times, but you've you've really shown up and shown out. It's a comeback story, and we love a comeback story. We do. So we wanna thank you, our listeners, once again for tuning in for another thrilling week of tactful pettiness. We will be back next week with even more gags and more laughs and more sex dating relationship advice for you. Follow us on Instagram at tactfulpettiness. Follow me at h app hawk. Follow Cody at Cody reads me. And we will see you next week. Bye, boo.