Episode 55 - Bad Ideas Happened Here

Some weeks call for a theme. Others call for survival. This week is both.
Gina’s dealing with a brutal lower-back/nerve flare-up (so if you hear the pain-politeness fighting for dominance… that’s why), Gary’s running on late-Sunday-night fumes, and Juniper is living her best life in the background like nothing is wrong.

So instead of forcing one neat topic, we went full “Reddit’s Greatest Hits”: a little workplace chaos, a little office entitlement, a little hospitality horror, and one job interview moment so aggressively unhinged it feels like a deleted scene from a comedy movie. Basically: the perfect episode to keep you company while you’re doom-scrolling, meal-prepping, or trying not to spiral over the week ahead.

🧠 This Week’s Stories (Reddit’s Greatest Hits)

• A coworker who can’t stop commenting on someone’s outfits — so OP starts replying to every “compliment” with a sad, traumatic story until the comments mysteriously stop 👗😬

• A post-holiday lunch where OP forgets a dentist appointment… and a coworker decides that taking an Uber by choice means OP should reimburse him (and then starts a petty campaign at work) 🚗💸

• A hotel guest who insists he has a “right to be naked,” stalks housekeeping in the hallway, threatens staff, and somehow turns a routine shift into a full-on “call the cops” saga 🏨🚨

• A job candidate who tries to stand out in an interview by chugging an entire bottle of hot sauce… and promptly discovers that “handling the heat” is not a marketable skill 🌶️🤢

📰 News & Pop Culture Break

Why people blink less when they’re actually listening 👀
Do redheads feel pain differently? (Science says: maybe, kind of, it’s complicated) 🧬
England moves to ban boiling lobsters alive 🦞
A potential nasal-drop treatment for aggressive brain cancer 🧠
Pistachio’s quiet takeover of desserts, coffee, and culture (Big Pistachio strikes again) 🌰
Google’s Gemini AI enters the shopping chat — and why that makes us uneasy 🤖🛒

If you like your workplace stories messy, your management decisions questionable, and your interviews unforgettable for all the wrong reasons — this episode is for you.

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