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Coco Off the Grid
Let's go off the grid and get silly with today's headlines, work dramas and the unexplainable actions of others.
Close your blinds, shut off your lights and put your phones on airplane mode because it's time to join me for another episode of "Coco Off the Grid."
Coco Off the Grid
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Raw, unfiltered, and delightfully chaotic—this episode takes you through the rollercoaster of workplace frustrations, celebrity scandals, and those "is this really happening?" moments that make up our daily lives.
Starting with a heated text argument about laundry settings (yes, high heat is perfectly fine for blankets), we dive into the professional nightmare of working with clients who can't communicate clearly until the eleventh hour. The workplace saga continues with a satisfying work-from-home accommodation approval and an unexpected encounter with the interviewer who once criticized my leopard print sweater—leading to a full-blown HR complaint and the sweetest awkward hug from someone who clearly doesn't remember criticizing my professional appearance.
The conversation shifts to headline-grabbing news, including Diddy's lawyer dramatically quitting his defense team with the statement "under no circumstances can I continue"—which speaks volumes about what might be happening behind the scenes. We also analyze a Reddit post about wedding drama where a bride expected her family to subsidize her future in-laws' travel expenses to Dubai, and review the surprisingly short list of people who've been permanently banned from the Academy Awards.
The episode concludes with a disturbing update on one of the Slender Man stabbers being released from a psychiatric facility despite still showing interest in "themes of sexual sadism and murder." When a judge says, "I don't see a risk to the public" about someone who stabbed their friend 19 times to appease a fictional character, you have to wonder what kind of evidence would actually change their mind.
From workplace politics to true crime updates, this episode doesn't hold back. Whether you're dealing with difficult coworkers, family members who don't understand basic physics, or just trying to make sense of the increasingly bizarre news cycle, you'll find something to relate to here.
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what's up my people? I hope everybody had a great week. I did not. I'm not going to lie to you. I did, it was okay.
Speaker 1:My problem is is that most of my shit lately has just been like nonstop work stuff, and most of the stuff I want to share with you. I would rather have positive notes on it, but I'm just going to do what I want, because at this point, why the fuck not? So, with that being said, let's dive into it, because right now I just received the most annoying fucking email. I can no, it doesn't, girl. Since when?
Speaker 1:Oh my God, my sister is so ridiculous that have not shrunk in high heat. This girl, so my sister's so stupid. Here's the thing. So my sister and I are currently arguing via text. Well, I'm not arguing with her.
Speaker 1:I'm trying to explain stuff to her because I don't know who's been washing her clothes or where she got this idea that putting your clothes on high heat will shrink your clothes. I've had clothes for decades that have never shrunk because of high heat. You cannot throw a big, fucking thick ass blanket into a dryer on medium heat and think that shit's going to come out dry the first time around. There's cotton in that bitch. If you're going to fucking dry a blanket, dry it on high heat. That's the. That's the text conversation I'm having with my sister right now. And uh enough, bruh, she's going to tell me how to wash clothes. I'm 35. My clothes are fine, and throw your clothes out if they shrink. Bitch, and don't buy clothes that shrink. What are you buying polyester shit for Polyester shit? And one other fabric shrinks real quick. Buy cotton. What's up with cotton, bro? You too good for cotton? Anyway, not the point, but I got sidetracked. So what I'm going to start off with is something that has to do with work, because I cannot understand how people in this day and age are at the place that they're in in their lives and just don't know how to act. So let's start with this. Okay, who cares? I don't care, she's fucking stupid. I'm about to tell her don't wash clothes in my apartment. Then Please bring this to mom. Please tell this to mom. I would love to hear her reaction. And these fucking neighbors across the way are setting off my camera and they're about to owe me at least 10 cents for the fucking battery. Okay, all right. So I'm going back and forth with a client right now Well, not really back and forth, because I don't really give a shit. She's out on vacation next week and she basically has been bothering me this whole week.
Speaker 1:So Monday, which was the third, they were supposed to return my template that I sent to them, completed. They didn't. I emailed, I followed up they then she then emailed me back on Wednesday. Yes, wednesday. She emailed me back saying here's the template completed, because I don't know if anything else is needed. Fine, so what did I do? Me being the super chief I am, I fucking went and I completed their entire build. No issues, no questions for them. No, nothing. I built it, it's done. She comes back with this email. Let's see. Is this the entire thread? Because I think this is going to be hilarious right now. Yep, I said good afternoon Wednesday, march 5thth. Thank you for sending the template back. I'll review the information and reach back out to five further questions. She responds back the following day at noon.
Speaker 1:Debbie had a thought in the middle of the night she's going to work on redoing part of the sheet, as the social security deduction is department specific. We'll get back to you asap, said no problem, thank you for letting me know. Then she responds back saying okay, so previously, pre Sage intact, which is like the third party integration which we have not started using we had account numbers for each position as a different budget account, as different budget, as in different budget accounts, excuse me. Well, now, with the way they're saying that we will be able to do our reporting based off department locations, with the way they're saying that we will be able to do our reporting based off department locations, department slash locations, if we're using just one GL account, will we be able to break down the totals for each department slash location? I said, hey, jenny, currently there are no employee groups specified, but if you'd prefer to see all earnings, deductions, taxes, et cetera, divided between departments, locations, department slash locations, that is something I'll be able to do, as long as this is worked out with Sage as well, because technically I'm not supposed to do anything on my end until she communicates this with Sage. That's the company, it's not a person. The person is Brandon. Once you've worked that out from the Sage side, you can provide the list of locations, slash departments and any other corrections you can think of for the general ledger.
Speaker 1:She goes. That's what has me stumped. I went through and set up each employee and named them a department through ADP, as we were not quote unquote department specific before Then that info was pushed through to Sage. So I'm not really sure what I need to get from Sage, as they receive their information from you guys. Bitch, come on. I said hey, jenny, if you'd prefer, everything is lined out per department, slash location. I just need a list of values and can review them. Once I've reviewed them, with my support, I'd be more than happy to set this up for you.
Speaker 1:Then she goes, which I knew was going to be the problem. I think I found a little problem we have with our Sage conversion, which is why I'm having some difficulty. I'm going to get with Brandon at Sage and get back with you tomorrow, okay. So I said okay, thank you for letting me know, looking forward to hearing from you. She goes. This was today at 2 33. Uh, I love Megan. Um, she goes. Okay, I've spoken with Brandon. The document I sent you is correct and good to go, no changes to be made. I said okay, perfect. So just to confirm, everything is set with the GL as of this time until your go live, which is in April, correct? That's when we'll be able to run a test and see if there are any errors. She responds back. I wish I had the information I got today.
Speaker 1:Months ago when we started the transition, apparently, sage Intac thought that we would be putting everyone under D21600, payroll department and everything done at a summary level. I was not aware of that, went through and spent countless hours assigning each person's department. If we do proceed, with each employee in their prospective department with Sage, everything has to have account, campus fund and ministry ID. The quote-unquote fund has not been assigned to any of the employees, as that was an option. Now I'm thinking maybe that is what we could have used for cost center. Maybe this is what we would find when the test files ran. I'm not sure it's been very difficult to translate everything to Sage and tax being that we are not using it yet. I wish there had been better communication slash assistance between Sage and ADP. I will be on vacation next week.
Speaker 1:When I return, I would like to schedule a meeting for everyone from for everyone, brandon, from Sage and you guys to ensure that this is not all a mess, bruh, when I tell you how pissed off I got at reading the end of that fucking email. Bruh, I had a meeting with them in January, which was my first general ledger call with them to answer any of their questions, ask them questions, you know, introduce them to my role and everything. They said that this man, brandon, was too busy to sit down and have a call with me. I asked for a call in January. We're in March and this is your suggestion, bitch. So I reached out to Megan and I was like, uh, I said did you see her most recent email?
Speaker 1:A meeting with Brandon is one of the first things I asked for after our first meeting in January. She goes yes, I'll mention this, I'll respond. Respond to her, don't worry, I got your back. Sorry, um, I'm just giggling over here. I'm like, bitch, I've been asking for this from you and all of a sudden, now it's important Like now it's important to you that we talk. Y'all wouldn't even let me get on a call with him. Oh, he's too busy. He's too busy, but y'all keep scheduling calls, overlapping the ADP calls. I'm like I'm not even mad, I just think y'all are stupid. You've had my template since January. You just gave it back to me two days ago. I finished the shit in a day.
Speaker 1:Now we're questioning the setup. I'm like, oh my God, bruh, because anytime I want to talk to you guys about general ledger, you guys are so busy talking about payroll shit that I don't even get to say anything. So, honestly, at this point I feel like saying I'm too fucking busy. I'm too busy now. People are actually giving me their GLs and I actually have work to do now, so I'm too busy Anyway. Anyway, let's see. Ooh, she did schedule it on her own because she's smart. Let's see about this. Let's see what my Monday, tuesday, tuesday the 11th, monday the 10th, 11. Cool, perfect. Let's see what this other bitch said.
Speaker 1:I've attached a time card file from Heavy Job that gets uploaded to ADP. Does this give you what you need? So if they don't use time card information, I don't understand how that's going to work. I don't know how that's going to work. Let's see. Oh my God, I can't wait to see this fucking email. Can you resend me an email? You've sent an email you sent to Brandon to try and to engage. Yep, I can. All right, I have to send her a thread in a second. She goes. Megan responds back. She's a peach now. Hi, jenny, good afternoon.
Speaker 1:Thank you for bringing this concern to our attention At the start of our journey. Our general ledger, ic, has made several attempts to collaborate with Brandon to ensure alignment. There has been pushback on the SAGE side to coordinate and partner with ADP for the job costing configuration alignment. I will be sending a follow-up email to Brandon on behalf of the ADP team to stress the importance of collaboration and partnership throughout this process with Sage For awareness. I will also provide this feedback to our relationship manager to assist in redirecting the expectation on Sage and tax end. We appreciate your valued partnership and will continue to rectify any challenges we face to gain mutual understanding across all parties. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me directly. I'm happy to touch base with both Robert and yourself upon your return.
Speaker 1:Fucking crazy dude. It's just crazy. It's just crazy. Let me see, I know I have emails from him. Hold up. Okay, that's not it. This is it. Um, let me see. Yeah, this was the last thing I got.
Speaker 1:I think. Holy fuck, let me see. I think this is the only. I don't think I'm needed here, but if I can help, jesus, fuck, hold on. This was I did. Forward this, I think. Let me see, hang on. I'm sorry, I'm trying to navigate this and to let y'all know, cause I have so many things saying that, um, let me see. Let me forward this Forward to Megan, please see. Oops, tab bitch, please see below, smiley face. And then this one here, please see below, smiley face, please see below.
Speaker 1:So I face there was no follow up email from Brandon detailing what they had discussed in their call. Okay, so I sent both. I have from Brandon. Sorry, work stuff's getting in the way, but it's okay, cause, um, if I'm trying to get someone in trouble, I'm trying to get someone in trouble all the way, but in any case, so that's annoying to me. Now I have this other client of mine driving me crazy, so I have to get involved in this chat some more. Let's see. There's a new error report. This one scheduled an appointment, so that's good. I love how everyone's doing shit. By the way, I an appointment, so that's good. I love how everyone's doing shit.
Speaker 1:By the way, I have like an hour and 15 minutes left in my workday. Do you really think that this is going to be a today thing? I'm going to look back on this on Monday. Anyway, my work from home accommodation got approved, so smooth jazz will be playing in the background while I do this. Actually, I'm really thinking of getting like one of those big rolly desks, because right now I'm working off of two like lunch tray tables and they ain't working. It is, but not for the posture. I am in my comfy desk chair. Good, awesome, anyway.
Speaker 1:So I don't know if I've talked about this before, but I've eaten. I'm a person with bad habits. One of my bad habits is when I have a stomach ache, I eat worse food on top of it to like make it go, like make the whole bowel just eject everything, anyway. So that's not even like. That's not even what I want to talk about. Let me just see something I want to make. I want to make sure. Okay, let's see. All right, yeah, so we're up to date.
Speaker 1:Last week, I know I gave you guys like a little bit of a replay, but I think it was well-deserved, because I'm still trying to get him on the show, but he's hard to pin down. He's got too much of a life now. Back when we did that episode, like five years ago, we were both stuck inside and we had nothing to do. Well, we just couldn't do anything. I still lived in New York at the time, I believe, and he actually was down here. So now he's in North Carolina, south Carolina, I don't remember. All right, it's in my phone too. It's in my phone too and I'm just like what the fuck? So let's see. Uh, oh gosh, let's see. So y'all remember this conversation about this interviewer who commented on my sweater? If not, I'm gonna break it down for you real quick.
Speaker 1:So, a couple of years ago, when I first became an associate in Upmarket, I'm no longer in Upmarket, I'm an implementation. Now it's quieter, cooler, the stress level isn't as high. I will 100% say that Now I get to like not be on calls all day. I get to technically support people. I get to use more of my technical skills with data entry, and that's more what I'm inclined to do. Customer service has always been like a second nature to me, but it's not what I want to do. Uh, I don't phone calls one after the other. I would go back to core just for that, just to get my day over with. If I'm being honest with you, um, this implementation is great. It's great, but it's a different change of pace.
Speaker 1:Like I'm still in shock. Like it's like a culture shock from one thing to the next, because people actually have time to talk to each other. Like we actually like, quote unquote, hang out in the office Like we're not, like, oh shit, sorry, a call came through. I can't talk all day long. It's just, it's nice, it's free, flowing, it's I don't know. Anyway, it's, it's a different playing field.
Speaker 1:Okay, and I've been trying to get into this field. I tried two years ago and, um, it wasn't. I didn't get it and mostly because I was ill prepared. I could say that because I didn't know everything I needed to do to prepare for the interview, which is like, okay, uh, you have to do this, make sure you shadow, make sure you get as much information about the world as possible, make sure you have enough like office situations that you can use for comparison when they ask you those situational questions. And I'm like like I literally I still watch my old team chat because I like to, I like to still be engaged, but in a smaller capacity, like I like to hang out and watch my people and, you know, help where I can.
Speaker 1:Cause, let's just be honest with you, my ability to stay awake is less and less these days because of how quiet it is, and it's not, the job's not boring, it's just a lot more calm. It's like you know, I've been running a merit like a sprint. I've been running out of sprints since I started with this company and now I can finally relax and I don't know how to do that. I don't know how to do that. I'm one of those people who I need to get stuff done immediately and that's why people are either impressed with my work or there's always something that comes back and it's just like like even the project manager. I told her look, I finished the build, I finished the GL for these people. And she's like oh my God, you turned that around so quickly. I was like, yeah, you know, I literally want to be like yeah, I have nothing going on, but I can't say that that's insulting. So, uh, that's it.
Speaker 1:Um, robot boy had his meeting today. He led the meeting today and I legitimately fell asleep and I felt so much worse. After taking a 15 minute nap I watched a sick day came in the next day to a same day interview request, like a to put on my calendar. So I didn't have much time to prepare. We did actually prepare for the possibility of be interviewing for it, so my manager ran me through some questions and whatnot and he was like you're going to be fine, I go into the interview. My hair is up and away from my face, like I'm I'm wearing a sweater. Um, I was wearing my leopard print sweater my mom got me for Christmas. It was thick, it was comfy, it was it's cold in that office, so so, and the the interview was on webcam, so it's not like I was actually in front of people, I was pseudo in front of people, so I was, uh, you know behaving dude just answering their questions.
Speaker 1:Um, I guess you know one of the worst things you could do is just sell yourself short on things like over communicate in in a situation like that where you're interviewing and, uh, you think you don't have enough information, fill it with something. Don't let there be dead air. Um, because I realized that that was one of the things that I potentially did wrong. Because you know you go on feedback interviews afterwards and they appreciate that, because you're basically asking, hey, what did I do incorrectly on this interview so that when I interview next time I get it or I get closer to it, because there's no guarantees. It's a lot of. I'm not an ass kisser, I'm not, and that's kind of what they want. They want you to kiss their ass, they want you to be like oh my God.
Speaker 1:Let me tell you, when I did this second round interview, I was so tired. The second time around I did this interview it wasn't the second round, okay. The second round was with the, the, the manager, the director. She's awesome, she's very casual and we didn't even talk like we were being, like I was being interviewed. So I'm gonna explain this to you. First interview two years ago.
Speaker 1:I went through both rounds and I didn't leave a good impression. I just started out in upmarket and I hated it and it's just felt like it was. It was not the right position for me, so I needed to find something else, because they weren't going to put me back in core, it's like okay. So when I interviewed, I was dressed with a big puffy sweater on, but it was. It was leopard print, cheetah print, whatever, and uh, I went in there, thought I did really good. I got it to the second round and I spoke with Gabby again, because she's the director and that's who the second round is with, and it still didn't go well. I didn't get it. So my feedback interview with one of them. I'm going to dox her because I don't give a fuck Amanda Craig. I'll never forget that name.
Speaker 1:She made a comment about my clothing that I wore during the interview and the comment was that, because my feedback interview, I was working from home. And she said that, oh, I see you're wearing that sweater. And I was like, yeah, I am. And she's like, oh, that was the sweater you were wearing in the interview, right? And I was like, yeah, I believe so. And she was like, well, that would be one of my concerns is that the way you were dressed made it seem like you didn't take the interview process or yourself serious enough for this role, and I just want you to know that. You know you're kind of presenting yourself like present. When you interview for something like this, you want to present yourself in a way that's a little more professional, and I wanted and I was like I wrote it down and I was like, well, thank you, that's very honest feedback, but that like something like that to keep you from getting a role.
Speaker 1:Meanwhile, there's people that were in office wearing like fuzzy slippers, like they just rolled out of bed and came into the office, and it was just really insulting to me that I actually filed a complaint with HR against her and it wasn't immediate. I sat on it for a little while. It was like the following February. So like I had interviewed for the position in August of 23, 2023. And I waited until last February of 2024 to say something. And, um, I had a whole conversation with the HR person and uh, she was like we just want to make sure we get all the details and uh, how you felt about what happened and what was said. And, you know, did you want to take, if you were, if we were to redo this, did you, were you expecting to take the role from someone who already had it? And I'm like no, no, no, it's not. It's not that serious. I just do not like the way that I was, you know, spoken to about my, my clothing. I was very uncomfortable.
Speaker 1:I think I still have the HR letter on my computer. Let me see. Let me see if I have that. If I do, it's going to be an interesting read. Hr letter HR letter. Is it here, bitch? Yeah, it is. Ha ha. 2-15, bruh 2 Two, 15, february 15th of last year, let's see. So, to whom it may concern, I'm gonna read this shit Cause it's going to be good. I had applied for the implementation consultants. Oh, whoops. Oh, she wrote that email. I can't wait.
Speaker 1:I had applied for the implementation consultant one position and was given an interview dated August 8th 2023. I went through both rounds of interviews, the first of which was with I'm not going to say that, I'm going to say the bad one's name, not the good one's name Amanda Craig and blah blah, the second round of the interviewing process. I met with the director. Both rounds, I thought, went well. For context, I was out the day before my interview, on August 7th, having found out that my father was diagnosed with leukemia. When I returned to the office August 8th, I noticed an ADP interview email request for the same day interview time. I thought it in bad taste to reschedule a same day interview, so I chose a time for that day. As previously stated, I felt both rounds went well and, knowing that the interview process can be stressful possibly let my anxiety nerves show more than my personality After receiving the news that I did not get the position, I scheduled my feedback interviews with all three interviewers.
Speaker 1:I have all the dates and everything. That's so crazy how organized I am. On September 8th, I met with the good one at 3 pm Eastern Standard Time and Amanda Craig at 4 pm Eastern Standard Time. The feedback I received was helpful, except for one piece that has stuck with me, since Miss Craig had made a comment during the feedback interview about the sweater I was wearing via WebEx. It is a cheetah print sweater that I have worn around the Maitland office plenty of times without comment. What she had mentioned was that having worn that sweater during the interview process made it seem as though I didn't take myself or the interview process seriously. Furthermore, she stated that I should dress more professionally for interviews. Yep, I do not feel that this is a professional judgment, but more of a personal call as a decision not to hire me for the position. The clothing I was wearing during my interview was in no way unkempt or a representation of my work performance. All other feedback given was positive, that I was likable and both interviewers were impressed with my experience and workforce.
Speaker 1:Now, knowledge, which is a program we use the interview process, has made it difficult for me to express desire and moving up within the company. As I know, I can prove my worth if, given the chance, any mention of my next move in the company has put negative thoughts in my head and lessened my confidence to grow at ADP. I would like to be reconsidered for the position, given another chance to interview, as I don't believe I was. It was a fair interview process. Thank you for your time.
Speaker 1:So I didn't actually go for another interview until last year, so I literally waited like a year. I literally waited a year to interview for this position again. It was like a year to the day. I interviewed in August of last year again, after my boss at the time tried to gatekeep and keep me from moving up. That was funny, though. All those, all the chicks that I mentioned Liz, candace and Tara were like if he tries to get in your way again, we're going to say something because there's no reason. There's no reason why you shouldn't move up, cause they all knew that I was like over that position in Upmarket, I'd done everything I could do. There's no other way I could have excelled in that role, but anyway, I really did so.
Speaker 1:After that interview, I really did up my performance with Upmarket because I was like well, if I'm stuck in this position, I'm going to have to make the most of it, right? So I did what anyone else would do head down, did my work. Um, whenever I was told I have opportunities to work on, I did that. Uh, I took the feedback from the interview, I got seriously. So I changed that approach as well and uh, this time around, obviously I got it. And uh, they told me, like Labor Day weekend well, before Labor Day weekend, that interview process was way more pleasant. I actually interviewed with the good one and someone else because I was like I can't wait to see if they put me with this bitch again. They didn't, but, funny enough, this is why this story is being brought up.
Speaker 1:So they had some people from senior leadership no, from senior leadership, is it? I don't know? Anyway, she's a manager of. I think I didn't even know she was a manager in this area, or maybe she traveled, who the fuck knows? So she was in the building. Bruh, she was in the building. I don't remember if it was last week or this week. No, it was last week, because I saw my mom last week and I told her in person uh, she was in the building, the bad one, and I was like holy fuck. I was like, oh, no, like I saw her and I was like I know exactly who the fuck this is and I don't know if they told her that I had reported her or whatever. But apparently HR got back to me and told me that you know, they kind of like told her she had opportunities to improve, blah, blah, blah. And uh, I um, what the fuck man? Okay, so basically what they do is when they have out of town managers in the area, they like to come around and, you know, introduce themselves to people or just come around and say hi or whatever. So I'm like all right, cool, hopefully they skip me or hopefully she don't look twice at me.
Speaker 1:This bitch came over to me and was talking to me about my mouse and headset, like we're fucking friends, like she goes oh, my God, your mouse is so cute and it matches your headset. That's so cool. She's like hi, corinne, how are you like? First of all, the director, who knows who I am, didn't even bring up my name to her because apparently, who knows, maybe subconsciously I'm not there. Value wise to be mentioned, name wise with these other assholes who I sit near. So I kind of like, keep to myself, I say hello when I need to, like the directors, come around and I go hi, good morning. But I keep to myself for the day because I'm tired of making friends at work or I'm tired of trying to be nice to people at work because they'll find a way to stab me in the back. Not that the people I was with for the past two years were anything like that, I'm just saying it's new people who knows.
Speaker 1:So I get my work done and I'm a really good employee. And my manager said it the other day she's like I never have to worry about you. She's like I don't ever have to babysit you. You get everything done that I've asked you to do. So I know I don't have to worry. Because she knew that work from home accommodation was coming up and she was like I never need to worry about you because you take such good notes that I could just read the notes. I good notes that I could just read the notes. I know exactly what you did. So I'm like perfect, cool, fantastic. But we were. We didn't know how long that work from home shit was going to take to process. So she was like just try and be here as much as you can until that goes into effect.
Speaker 1:I was like cool and I came into work on the 6th, which was yesterday, and it said the accommodation was approved, so I will not be in office for a while. I'm tired of people coughing on me and shit. So but yeah, that bitch came up to me. She was saying hi, corinne, all in my face and oh my God, your headset and your mouse match. And oh, that's so funny. And she hugged me. The bitch touched me and I like immediately texted my mom like no, this crazy bitch in parentheses who commented on my sweater end parentheses hug me, literally hug me. I feel like writing HR again saying I was sexually harassed. Why are you so close to me? Like I'm never going to be your friend, I'm never going to like you. I'm always going to remember who you are. That's so crazy. That's so crazy. That's so crazy. Anyway, I just couldn't believe it that that was my date.
Speaker 1:And then another thing is is stop with the mandatory in-office days. We all complied and did that yesterday and senior leadership, which is the real higher-ups. The reason why is because they were coming and senior leadership, which is the real higher ups, were some. The reason why is because they were coming and senior leadership doesn't live in this area, most of them. So when they come in it's a big deal and they want to make sure everybody's in office, to see it Like everybody's in office, so it looks like, you know, hey, everybody's always here, which was not the case, because everybody gets sick because we're in close quarters.
Speaker 1:So I worked from home Monday, which is always nice, but it's like, oh, now I have to fucking drive Tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and it's just like I feel like everybody in Florida at this point is a remote worker or they have hybrid workers that live in my area, because Monday the traffic is wonderful, because that's usually when I go in. Tuesday gets stupid, wednesday gets even worse stupid, and then Thursday is the fucking worst, because Tuesday, Wednesday, thursday I couldn't get home to save my life, or get to the office to save my life. I've never seen so much traffic in the morning. In any case, I won't have to do that anymore. But that shit, that traffic was so fucking dumb. Sorry if you heard any noise from my mic. Stand my arm, my mic arm, whatever. So she fucking hugged me Anyway.
Speaker 1:So let's get into some other shit. Anyone else work out after eating too much food and almost shit their pants, or is it just me? It might just be me, because I'm gonna tell you something. I worked out I ate an excessive amount of food one day last week and worked out afterwards. And, dude, when I tell you that I was like ready to pop like a fucking nasty pinata all over the place, and then, of course, here comes Julio trying to talk my ear off in discord and I'm like, bro, I really need to like potty and go shower. He's like, oh, oh, wait, wait, wait, no, don't wait me, dude, I have to go like, can't, like I can't even tell you that I don't trust farts if I'm that full. But in any case, I think this is crazy. I got a piece of funny email last week. You know, I always got to read these stories about celebrities and other shit. So apparently Diddy's lawyer quit his defense team and it says under no circumstances can I continue. I think this is hilarious.
Speaker 1:Anthony Rico submitted a motion seeking to withdraw from the case. This was on February 21st, so this is old and I wanted to talk about it last week but I wasn't feeling good, excuse me. One of Sean Diddy Combs's lawyers filed a motion to withdraw from the moguls defense team. Anthony Rico did not provide a reason for his request, in which he wrote under no circumstances Can I continue to effectively serve as counsel for Sean Combs. I bet you, his wife said you better get off that case if you want this puss ever again.
Speaker 1:A judge will need to grant Rico's motion before he's officially removed. Combs would still have five other attorneys defending him in his federal sex trafficking case, including lead counsel, lead counsel. Wow, mark Agnifilo. Lead counsel. Wow, mark Agnifilo Lead counsel is hilarious. In the affidavit, rico says he did not want to divulge information protected by attorney-client privilege. When explaining why the request was so brief, he did note that he came to his decision after speaking to Agnifilo. Is he going to drop too, because that'd be hilarious. This motion for withdrawal of counsel, if granted, will not result in a delay of the present schedule for the commencement of jury selection and trial of the or the present schedules for briefing of pretrial legal issues. As a result, there will be no lapse in representation, as Sean Combs will continue to be represented by five other attorneys of record. Rico could not immediately be reached for comment.
Speaker 1:Combs is currently behind bars as he awaits his trial on federal charges. In September, the Bad Boy Records founder was indicted on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution in the Southern District of New York. He has pleaded not guilty. Three different federal judges have denied Combs bail, citing concerns about potential witness tampering. Combs is currently behind bars at the Metro Detention Center in Brooklyn. His trial is scheduled for May 5th.
Speaker 1:Hey, bruh, you are the damn devil and they're probably playing with your booty hole in jail. Who's doing Ring Around the Rosie with Diddy's Asshole? It has to be so many people right now like kissing him. Like what's up? Bad boy for life. You about to be someone's bad bitch for life. That attorney asking to be removed speaks volumes. Rico said all money is not good money. If you think about it for a second, just imagine what type of funds he was making representing Diddy. Can't wait to hear why he walked away. Please, bro, we need that tape. We need that tape. Why are people arguing in the comments? Shit is so crazy.
Speaker 1:A lot of words not right, typing too fast. Yeah, that's pretty obvious. Look up the meanings of T-O-O, the correct usage of periods, the spelling of grammar. If you're going to write for public consumption, and especially if you're going to go after people's writing, it's always good to be correct. Shut the fuck up. We're talking about Diddy. No-transcript. Someone threatened a girlfriend to come forward. Ellen DeGeneres left the country.
Speaker 1:Let me say this there was Gacy and Dahmer that was drug-free, got pleasure. One molesting kids and buying them, the other eating them, acted alone. They acted alone. Did he had others doing the same thing, but no one mentions that. There's a few cases that came up. I do not believe they see a chance for people. Money chance for money. People waiting 20, 30 years.
Speaker 1:Trump was at his party. Saw a photo a long time ago. Trump was on stage saying he liked Diddy either criminal mind to criminal mind or hopes. Did he keeps his name out of this Speaking of Trump 34 felonies and becomes president? Then they, then all those that have felonies. She have it removed. He pardons criminals with the capital. My brain hurts. My brain hurts, sir. There's no periods. I'm losing breath trying to read all this. What's in the fuck?
Speaker 1:Someone commented key reasons for a lawyer withdrawal client misconduct. Client refusing to be truthful. Client not following lawyer's advice. Client engaging in illegal activities. Client providing false information. Fee issues. Client failing to pay agreed upon fees. Ethical concerns client demanding unethical actions.
Speaker 1:Lawyer believing the case is frivolous or without merit. Conflicts of interest, representing another client with conflicting interests. Breakdown in communication. Irreconcilable differences with the client. Client not cooperating with the lawyer. Practical reasons case falling outside the lawyer's area of expertise. Unreasonable demands from the client. Undue burden on the lawyer.
Speaker 1:Listen that guy fucking sacked up and his wife probably told him enough with this bullshit. Stop associating with this bullshit. Your name is going to be tied to it forever, just like fucking all those lawyers with OJ Simpson who I can't remember right now. The fuck was the name. Oh, fucking the Kardashian dude, he died. There was such a curse around OJ Simpson's fucking shit here his case that everybody is now dead. Pretty much I don't even remember if anyone is still alive from that. I don't really care. I like this one, though. This was my favorite article here. People Magazine comes out with some good stuff. That Diddy shit. We all could have expected people dropping out left, right and center in case he decided to be a stupid dickhead and withhold information and anything like that. His booty hole is getting all played with. Anyway.
Speaker 1:Woman refuses to attend sister's destination wedding after finding out her family has to pay to attend, but not the grooms. That's crazy. The headline itself caught me. It says the whole thing just feels icky to me. The woman wrote on reddit. It says a woman has backed out of her sister's destination wedding after discovering that only the bride's family members have to pay their own travel expenses. That's insane. Everybody should be paying for their own shit. In a lengthy post on reddit's am the Asshole forum. The woman detailed the dilemma, beginning by explaining that her younger sister, katie 28, is set to marry her fiancé, chris 29, in an extravagant four-day wedding in Dubai in April. There are 70 guests in total attending and the bride has requested that her sister and parents stay in the same luxe hotel as the couple in their wedding party. The groom and his family also will be staying there. Additionally, she noted that flights will cost nearly four grand. Holy fuck, four grand.
Speaker 1:While the OP original poster described Katie and Chris as being well off, the bride-to-be recently asked her family to loan the couple 17 grand, claiming the wedding venue had increased its rate. She stressed it would be a loan paid over time. She wrote I offered to loan $7,000 and my parents the other $10,000. However, the original poster later discovered that the $17,000 was not actually for the venue but instead to cover the groom's family's travel expenses. They saw how much it was going to be, didn't want to pay and refused to go otherwise, when the OP asked her sister why the couple was paying for Chris's family's costs but not her own family, she replied because they can afford it. She got very defensive and said this was the fairest way she could think of doing it. It's hard enough planning a wedding etc. But when I asked if you genuinely thought this was the fairest way to do it, why'd you lie about what the 17K was for and say it was a venue issue? She couldn't answer. While the OP said her parents were disappointed that their daughter lied about the money, they still planned to attend the wedding, but I've backed out. She wrote. Katie and Chris keep calling and asking me to attend, saying I'm making them feel bad and ruining their day, but the whole thing just feels icky to me. She concluded her post by asking fellow Redditors am I being an asshole here? Should I just suck it up and go?
Speaker 1:In the comments, many people shared the opinion that the bride and groom have made some questionable decisions when it comes to the situation. Wait a second. Not only are they not paying for your parents, they're having your parents pay for his. That's like a double whammy. One user wrote they lied. They basically got you and your parents to subsidize her future in-laws trip. Another commenter said I would not go. But that's me. There's nothing fair about paying for her in-laws but not her own family. Yet another person chimed in. They lied about why they needed the money and now they're basically saying our family is more important than yours. It's incredibly disrespectful to you and your parents. If they can afford to fly his whole family out, they can afford to pay for yours too.
Speaker 1:Seriously though, in an update on her post, the OP later shared one possible theory she has for why her sister and fiance are paying for his family's travel and not the bride's. I'm obviously not privy to their financial situation, but based on the limited amount, I do know from what Katie has said. Chris and his family grew up very poor, she wrote. My guess is, when his family said they couldn't go, he panicked and worried. People would ask why they weren't there, and he would either have to say they couldn't afford it or he couldn't afford to pay for them. Either have to say they couldn't afford it or he couldn't afford to pay for them. She added but if that were the case, just makes me more mad that they didn't both plan ahead and talk to friends, family about what they could afford before booking Dubai.
Speaker 1:Whatever the reason, the OP said she's having a tough time getting past her sister's lie. Honestly, if she'd have come to us and said this is the situation why we need 17 K, I'd have been pissed and wouldn't have loaned it. But we weren't the only option in terms of the money. They could have taken a loan. She wrote in the comments of the post After that it still would have been unfair, but it would have been their money and I would have still gone to the wedding. I mean, that's crazy. Let's see. Also Dubai, though. There's like plenty of places you can get married. That would still be elegant. I love this. Good luck getting the money back that you did loan to them. If they don't repay, give them a 1099 so they'll have to pay taxes on it. That is, of course, if you were smart enough to get it in writing.
Speaker 1:She goes hello. Why are they having an expensive destination wedding in the first damn place? Good grief. Wake up Bottom line, don't lie. Wedding in the first damn place? Good grief, wake up Bottom line don't lie. If you're caught in a lie, you're no longer trustworthy. Period, there's no going back. If you decide on a destination wedding, realize that some people won't come because of finances. Yeah, I'm not going to a wedding in Dubai. I'm sorry. You cannot have me.
Speaker 1:If the groom's family grew up poor and kind of still are, why in the world was Dubai even up for consideration? Unless the bride and groom could foot the bill for them 100%, it's certainly not incumbent upon their in-laws to pay their way, regardless of how well off they are. Sounds like the bride and groom need to grow up. Sounds like just cancel the wedding and do it somewhere close. That's what it sounds like.
Speaker 1:Also, how much money did you put into this wedding, like the bride and the groom? How much money did you put into this wedding? Like the bride and the groom? How much money did they put into it? Because you're doing that. That's why you can't afford to pay for them to go Like what is the plan that you just thought? That everybody was just going to show up? Everybody pays.
Speaker 1:So here's the thing If I'm planning a destination wedding, I may cover my parents and that's it. Like the parents might be covered and that's it, but that's for different reasons. But I'm also not going to go out of my way to cover the groom's family. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, babe, I love you, but no, um, if we're paying for our own wedding because he's 40, I'm 35, we're all leveling up this year and it's just, it's not feasible. It's not feasible. Okay, I want to.
Speaker 1:If I do have a nice wedding, it's going to be small and I'm sorry for those who were offended. But people know who. People know who they are that are getting involved, invited. Dan, you're getting an invite. Shut the fuck up. People know who are getting invited. People know who are getting like, invited to all the special occasions and shit. It might be a medium sized wedding I'm sorry, I'm thinking of numbers right now and it just seems like medium.
Speaker 1:My close family down here is getting involved. Okay, involved. What's wrong with me? The word is invited. Okay, brain, just put it together Party invites, not party involves. That makes no sense. Let me just make sure I don't have another message I need to read. Okay, stop with the ADP notifications, the fuck up.
Speaker 1:Anyway, let's see if both sides aren't well off. Dubai should not have been, have not been considered. If I was the poor parent, I would have felt uncomfortable with someone else paying my way better to have made it comfortable for everyone. Loans. It's not even up for discussion. You're doing the right thing. That girl is doing the right thing. Don't fucking go to that wedding. That's like a lot of feelings hurt. It's way too much. It's way too much hurt being put around. She has every right to be pissed off and every right to not go. And now I'm going to end this with everyone who's been banned from the Oscars by the Academy, and why. Because this was another interesting one to me and I know this is a lot of news, but this was a good one. Harvey Weinstein, will Smith and more have landed on the Academy's no-entry list for Oscar ceremonies.
Speaker 1:However you may feel about the pageantry, the categories of the voting system, the Academy of Motion Pictures, arts and Sciences always stands firm on business regarding those violating their code of conduct. Jesus Christ. While revoking an Oscar is practically unheard of, the only instance dates back to 1969, when Young Americans briefly held the Best Documentary Feature title before it was disqualified over an eligibility technicality, the Academy has found other ways to reprimand Tinseltown's wrongdoers. In the past two decades, suspensions of bands and bands have increasingly become the go-to penalty, with Will Smith serving as the latest example, earning a 10-year exile for his notorious onstage slap at the 94th Academy Awards. But Smith is hardly the first to face repercussions from the Academy. Here's everyone who's been shown the door. Let's go.
Speaker 1:I don't know who this is Carmine Caridi. He looks like fucking, weird as shit. Let's see. Carmine Caridi, 1974's the Godfather Part II and NYPD Blue, has the ignominious distinction of being the first ever member of the Academy to be expelled. He was booted in 2004 for pirating screeners intended only for members to view and use for awards voting purposes. After allowing the screeners to be leaked to the internet, caridi was banned from the organization. What the fuck is wrong with people, these fucking celebrities man.
Speaker 1:Harvey Weinstein, the producer whom many credit with permanently transforming the Oscar race with his mercenary campaigning, was expelled in 2017, shortly after a litany of sexual assault allegations against him came to light. The Academy condemned Harvey Weinstein, calling his actions repugnant, abhorrent and antithetical to the high standards of the Academy and the creative community he represents. Every time I read a word like that, I have to pause because I'm like is that right? Did I say that right? Oh the fuck. He still has his Oscar, which he received for producing Best Picture winner Shakespeare in Love, but it was Weinstein's heinous actions that prompted the Academy to create a new code of conduct, which states that the Academy does not tolerate people who abuse their status, power or influence in a manner that violates standards of decency. Ah boy, bill Cosby. When Bill Cosby was convicted in 2018 of drugging and sexually assaulting basketball player Andrea Constand, the Academy expelled him from their ranks. Only a month later, roman Polanski. Here we go.
Speaker 1:Roman Polanski was expelled from the Academy at the same time as Cosby under the new code of conduct, but many considered this a hollow gesture, considering his membership had continued for years, despite the allegations of sexual assault against him. Holy fuck. In 1977, polanski fled to France after pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a minor. Despite that, he's still been nominated for Oscars multiple times, though the Academy membership does not impact awards eligibility, even winning Best Director for Pianist the pianist, not penis the pianist, in 2003. In 2003, polanski has not been stripped of his award, despite the fact that he was unable to attend some ceremonies when he was nominated due to being wanted by US authorities and thereby being unable to enter the country without facing legal action. Adam Kimmel, cinematographer. Adam Kimmel, lars in the Real Girl and Capote was expelled from the Academy in 2021 for his history as a sex offender. What's going on? When it emerged that Kimmel had been arrested twice for statutory assaults on minors, he was removed from the Academy membership for violating their code of conduct.
Speaker 1:Will Smith In 2022, the Academy barred the year's best actor winner, will Smith, from attending its events or programs for a decade after he slapped Chris Rock on stage over an unscripted joke about his wife's shaved head. She has alopecia. The 94th Oscars were meant to be a celebration of the many individuals in our community who did incredible work this past year. However, those moments were overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behavior we saw Mr Smith exhibit on stage. The Academy stated in its announcement of the ban this was an opportunity for us to set an example for our guests, viewers and our Academy family around the world, and we fell short, unprepared for the unprecedented. In response, smith issued a brief statement. I accept and respect the Academy's decision. Days before the ban, smith, who also shouted expletives at the comedian, resigned from the Academy, forfeiting his ability to vote on nominees and winners in his acting branch. However, he remains eligible to be nominated and win Oscars in the future.
Speaker 1:All those on Jeffrey Epstein's Black Book should be arrested first, then banned. No innocence there, except those exploited and trafficked. Shut the fuck up. This chick's name is Kelly. I know he's not banned from the Academy, but did they ever lift the ban on Dan Aykroyd being part of the Oscars themselves? Iirc, he was banned after referencing John Belushi, albeit not by name, who had just died, even though he was told not to.
Speaker 1:It's crazy. Who's 47? I don't care. I can understand expelling Mr Caridi and the sex offenders, but I don't think Will Smith should be with this group. Oh, kathy, so we should just be letting people slap people. Yeah, also, it was a joke.
Speaker 1:Anyway, like it's just just just the stupidest job. Like, oh my God bro, just the stupidest stuff. It's just the stupidest stuff. Like, oh my God bro, just the stupidest stuff. Anyway, just crazy things happening. Like these celebrities are trash. This is why there was a question in my Discord the other day that basically was like would you like to speak? Would you like to learn to speak every language, or would you prefer to speak to animals? And I'm like animals because humans are trash and this is why oh shit, one more, one more Because I just got this.
Speaker 1:One more, one more Slender man stabber, morgan Geyser, 22, to walk free after judge approves her release from psychiatric facility. Hold zip, we just let bitches go for stabbing people. What judge is that? Morgan Geyser, committed to a Wisconsin psychiatric facility for brutally stabbing her best friend to impress a mythical online creature at the age of 12, is set to be released. Geyser, now 22, admitted in 2017 to stabbing Peyton Lautner after luring her into the woods during a sleepover in 2014 in order to appease the mythical internet figure Slenderman Bitches, come on. Geyser's co-defendant, anissa Weir, who was also convicted in the crime, was released from the same facility in 2021. Kill her too, bruh. Kill them both.
Speaker 1:In January, a Wisconsin judge ordered Geyser's release after experts testified that she'd made progress during her time at the Oshkosh Wisconsin facility. The Associated Press reported at the time by the way, oshkosh bagosh is all I think of when I see that word, and it's spelled that way too. Oshkosh. She's done what she's supposed to do, while Keisha County Circuit Judge Michael Boren said stop with these fucked up names. Stop with these fucked up names. Stop with these fucked up names. Despite the judge's confidence in her release.
Speaker 1:Geiser briefly faced a halt on the decision after the facility hosting her discovered her jailhouse readings and communications with a man outside the institution. The reading material that she's so focused on has themes of sexual sadism and murder and the sale of human organs on the black market. Deputy District Attorney Abby Nicolay argued per WISN all of these things that the treatment team at Winnebago had no idea that she was interested in. Her lawyer, tony Cotton, said in response that Geiser herself declined to have contact with the man in question and that she was not reading anything that hadn't been vetted by authorities already. The Waukesha Freeman reported Guessing. That's a newspaper. Dr Kenneth Robbins, who previously testified on Geyser's behalf, dismissed concerns about her release after the revocation petition against her release was filed last week. Boren on Thursday sided with the testimonies in Geyser's favor, noting in his latest ruling that new information did not change his mind.
Speaker 1:I'm sorry, sexual sadism and selling human organs doesn't change your mind. I don't see a risk to the public. I don't see a risk to her. I'm satisfied the state has not met its burden. So the first comment's amazing. We'll see. Dot, dot, dot dot. This is a big mistake. Playing fire, letting her out. What will the judge say when she does it again or worse?
Speaker 1:Oops, I remember when this happened and being especially disturbed by the depths of this girl's apparent mental illness and level of culpability. There's just something about her that gives me a bad vibe, even after nearly a decade of psychiatric treatment. While I hope and pray nothing ever comes of it, my fear is she will reoffend and the next person won't be as lucky. She's going to sell some organs. Maybe, fucking you know, someone monitor the dark web, for fuck's sake. Psychiatrists feel she's no longer a threat to herself or society. She's still fascinated by murder, deviant sexual interests and other interests that could possibly lead to criminal behavior. Maybe she'll go fuck a hypodermic needle and we'll just be all good. I've ran the trails near that area. I do not live there, but I do live in Wisconsin. I don't agree with this, not even a bit. Oh boy, I guess we go stabby, stabby.
Speaker 1:The question is now is the matter of how soon we talk about repeat illegals, which I agree with. This is, I'm afraid, will be a repeat what. I don't know what that fucking means, but that's the same. And uh, they should not release her. That's's all I'm going to say that's just crazy, by the way, to just finally discover something. Why aren't we searching her fucking room more often? Why are we just finding all of this propaganda, whatever bullshit, in her cell room, whatever it is, who the fuck knows what it's called anyway in a psychiatric hold? But like, come on, bruh, you don't think she's? Oh, my god, I can't even the words won't even come out. You don't think she's gonna hurt somebody after you just read something that said that, oh, I'm interested in selling some organs on the black market.
Speaker 1:Isn't that an episode of something I watched? The fuck was it? I watched some show and this girl Fuck, I don't remember what it was called, but this chick went on a date with someone and she like, cut out, cut something, pulled something out, put a fake organ in, and I was like, oh, we're just testing this on people, but like he was gaslit the whole time, fuck, what was it called? Was it American Horror Stories? I don't know. Anyway, my mind's failing me, but I actually I don't think that chick should be let go.
Speaker 1:That chick was stabbed how many times? Let me see the Slender man Killings. We're gonna look this up real quick and then I'm out. Slender man Killings. This up real quick, and then I'm out Slender man killings, slender man killing. Here it is. Thank you, google, let's see this shit. Where's the article bruh? Where's the article bruh? It's Wikipedia. Holy fuck. This is on May 31st 2014 in Waukesha, wisconsin, united States.
Speaker 1:Two 12 year old girls, anissa Weir and Morgan Geyser, lured their friend Peyton Lutner Lautner I don't know into a wooded area of a local park and stabbed her 19 times to appease the fictional supernatural character Slenderman and prove that he was real. Hey, so after you did that, did he come out and hang out Like, hey, hey, guys, thanks so much for killing her 19 times. 19 times what? 19 stab wounds to the artery of the heart, diaphragm, liver and stomach. What, what? Not guilty by reason of insanity is all so crazy. During their interrogations, geiser was described as displaying no empathy and Weir was described as displaying guilt for stabbing Lautner. Although both stated that the attack was necessary in 2017, they were both found not guilty by mental disease or defect and committed to mental health institutions. Weir received a sentence of 25 years to life and Geyser was sentenced to 40 years to life. Weir was released in 2021 to live with her father. Geyser's due to be released in 2025 to live in a group home and will be under supervision until 2058. Oh fuck, that's far.
Speaker 1:The stabbing generated extensive public debate about the role of the internet in society and its effect on children, and a moral panic occurred over the slender man, which irreversibly altered the slender man legend and the online community surrounding it. The stabbing inspired the documentary Beware the Slender man, the movie Mercy Black. I think I watched that in several books Anyway. So that's what happened. She stabbed her homegirl 19 times to be like, oh, he's not real Shit.
Speaker 1:But anyway, guys, thank you so much for listening to the ramblings. Sorry for so many pauses and shit, but sometimes work gets in the way and you're just going to have to live life with me, I think. I think that's what's going to happen. We're just going to live life together. Thank you so much again. Love you, guys. I'm going to keep trying to put out new content. If you don't get a new episode from me, you will get a replay of an old episode from a different show I had at one point. The sound quality is not going to be as good, but, as you can tell, you know, when you upgrade in life, things change. So I love you guys. Thank you so much. Have a great rest of your day and enjoy your upcoming weekend. Babies, bye, thank you, bye.
