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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
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The Morning Brew with Chris Bennett
Wedding Bells & Wooden Dummies
Chris Bennett hosts a special wedding week edition of the Morning Brew featuring his daughter Madison and her fiancé Beckett as they prepare for their upcoming nuptials.
• Special wedding-themed "Am I the Jerk?" court case about a brother wanting to bring his ventriloquist dummy to a wedding
• Madison and Beckett serve as guest judges, ruling the letter writer is not a jerk for wanting to exclude the wooden plus-one
• Humorous fake commercial for "Mortimer's Gently Used Formal Wear Emporium"
• "Would You Rather: Wedding Edition" game reveals the couple's preferences for wedding scenarios
• Chris expresses emotion about officiating his daughter's wedding in just two days
• Second "Am I the Jerk?" case with Jineane about leaving a negative review for a botched birthday cake
From the Horn Auto Center Studios Chris Bennett and the Morning Brew. All right, folks, it's time for a special wedding week edition of Am I the Jerk, and I've got two special guest judges my daughter Madison, the bride-to-be, and her soon-to-be husband, beckett. Get your gavels ready. You guys are going to be the judges and I'll read the story and when we come back we'll get your ruling. Do you guys have your wigs and robes on? Of course, perfect, we came prepared. Awesome. Well, good thing you registered for those, right? Uh-huh, it makes sense. I'm sure you're like, why did we register for these? And you're like, oh, this makes perfect sense. All right, here we go. Here's the deal. So I'm getting married in a few weeks and doing all the usual guest list drama. We gave everyone the standard plus one rule if you're in a relationship, great, bring your person. If not, maybe come solo and enjoy the open bar.
Speaker 1:Here's the thing. My brother is not dating anyone, but when he rsvp'd he put down himself and mortimer, his ventriloquist dummy. No joke, this is a full-size, suit-wearing wooden dummy. He takes everywhere Restaurants, game nights, even introduced it to my now-in-laws like it was a person. I called and said, hey, maybe Ordemore can sit this one out and my brother got offended, said I was judging his lifestyle and that Mortimer had already picked out a tie. Now my mom's involved. This is the first one I've had a hard time getting through. Now my mom's involved, saying I should let it go. It's his coping mechanism or creative outlet or whatever, but this is my wedding. I don't want a wooden dummy in tuxedo photos. Am I the?
Speaker 2:jerk? I think that she is not the jerk. I personally would probably give her the advice to just say the plus one is for significant others. But we'd love to have Mortimer at like some other family event to kind of try and maybe like keep the peace between her family but also not have the puppet at the wedding.
Speaker 1:But Mortimer's already picked out a tie. Madison Like, what about?
Speaker 2:He's aware of the other event that he's being invited.
Speaker 1:What about like? Can Mortimer come to the rehearsal dinner or maybe the reception?
Speaker 3:I think there's an. I think he's for sure allowed to come to the dinner. You know he doesn't need that much. All right, this is great. I think there's an angle of this that we're maybe missing. What's that?
Speaker 2:Do you think the brothers think Mortimer is his significant other?
Speaker 3:What if Mortimer is the brothers' significant other?
Speaker 1:Wow, man Dude, you're very open-minded there, Megan. Maybe that's a good point. Well, so, Madison, you rule that she's not the jerk?
Speaker 2:No, she's not.
Speaker 1:And Beckett, you say hey, hold on. You know, mortimer might be his.
Speaker 3:It's all depending on whether or not Mortimer is his significant other. Wonderful If he is, then he's not breaking any rules.
Speaker 1:Well, I tell you what I am so excited for your two's wedding Friday. But I really want to go to this wedding too. So I got to see if Mortimer shows up. All right In the case of. Am I the jerk for not letting my brother bring his ventriloquist dummy to my wedding? Madison and Beckett rule you are not the jerk. Hi, I'm Mortimer. I'm a wooden dummy and a broken man.
Speaker 4:I was supposed to attend a wedding and I picked out the perfect tie Satin blue, windsor dot, subtle polka dots. But apparently no one's plus one is allowed to be made of wood. Now that tie hangs untouched, unloved. But your tie doesn't have to suffer like mine. Welcome to Mortimer's Gently Used, formal Wear Emporium where unwanted ties and suspenders and cover buns from unwanted plus ones get a second shot at the spotlight.
Speaker 1:Each item comes with a story and a light scent of cedar wood, mortimer's Gently Used Formal Wear Emporium, where dummies are a plus one. My daughter and her fiancé, beckett, are getting married this Friday and I thought we would do a little game called Would you Rather Wedding Edition with Madison and Beckett. Are you two ready? Yeah, would you rather forget your vows or forget the rings?
Speaker 2:The vows, probably because I feel like we could just speak from the heart.
Speaker 3:Right, what about you, beckett? I feel really similarly, you know. Yeah, I feel like I could. Beckett, I feel really similarly, you know. Yeah, I feel like I could. You know, just be really honest and have something nice come out of my mouth.
Speaker 1:Oh nice, yeah, and don't leave me in charge of the rings, right? You have someone else in charge of the rings, because I lose stuff real easily.
Speaker 2:Well, we'll figure it out.
Speaker 1:All right, would you rather your DJ accidentally?
Speaker 2:play the chicken dance for your first dance, or your ex shows up and requests a song. I think I'd rather have an ex show up and request a song, because that would kind of be a funny story to tell, are you sure?
Speaker 1:Which X? Would you rather trip down the aisle or get your name mispronounced in the ceremony?
Speaker 3:Trip down the aisle. I'm going to do that anyway. Oh gosh, Dang it.
Speaker 1:I'm the one that's going to mispronounce your name. I hope I don't do that. What about you, Madison? I probably would trip down the aisle I'm a second I said it's probably gonna happen regardless yeah, and if I mispronounce your name I'm in big trouble. All right, and and last question, this is a tough one would you rather wear matching wedding crocs or wedding themed onesies for the reception?
Speaker 2:probably wedding crocs, because onesies for the reception Probably wedding Crocs, because I feel like the shoes won't show that much in pictures and at least we'd be able to be comfy and dance all night long. Yeah, but not as cute as matching onesies, but I want to wear my dress.
Speaker 3:Oh, okay, and not only that, we can wear those for years, that's true, our cute little matching wedding crocs.
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Speaker 4:I was so comfortable I almost fell asleep at my own wedding.
Speaker 1:Say I do to comfort, because nothing says forever like matching Crocs. Disclaimer wearing a wedding onesie may result in overheating, judgmental relatives or unexpected snuggling. Crocs may squeak at inappropriate moments. Do not wear while operating heavy equipment. Casual couture is not responsible for annulments due to over-comfort.
Speaker 5:Janine good morning Hi there. Good morning Chris. Good morning, happy hump day, yeah, yeah, and you're all in the wedding mode right here.
Speaker 1:Oh two days away, my daughter Madison is getting married to Beckett and I'm so excited I'm officiating the wedding. And, oh my gosh, janine, I just got so emotional, I got goosebumps thinking about it. I've been pretty good. I haven't been crying a lot lately, I've been practicing, you know.
Speaker 5:Toughening up.
Speaker 1:Toughening up so I'm not crying when I'm doing the wedding.
Speaker 5:So her mom's going to give her away, or who's giving her away?
Speaker 1:Yeah, so her mom's walking her down the aisle. Andrea and I'm officiating the wedding.
Speaker 5:Very cool.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's going to be a lot of fun. It's right around the corner. It just seems like I mean 25 years ago. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago. It seems like just yesterday that she was a little little itty-bitty girl just playing fun games with me and being silly, and now she's starting her own life.
Speaker 5:That's super exciting. Congratulations.
Speaker 1:Thanks so much. It is hump day and so we always do a little. Am I the Jerk Court? I was wondering if we can do a little. Am I the Jerk Court this morning?
Speaker 5:Yes, let's do it.
Speaker 1:All rise. The Honorable Janine Ford presides. All right, here we go, janine. Here's the story. For my gluten-sensitive sister's birthday, I ordered her a gorgeous custom gluten-free cake from a local baker months in advance. I spent over $100 and asked for a vintage-style pastel orange cake with edible glitter and fresh fruit compote, or whatever you say. Compote, oh compote. There you go. The night before pickup, the baker emailed saying she used the wrong color. I was disappointed, but appreciated her offer to re-ice it. The next day the cake looked nothing like what I ordered Flat dry, no glitter, and frozen berries instead of compote, compote.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Frozen berries instead of compote. I politely emailed with comparison photos but didn't ask for a refund. When she didn't respond, I left a mild review Honest, not nasty. I even wished her business well. But she clapped back, accusing me of altering the photos, saying I should have never left a bad review. I was shocked. I thought I was fair, but now I'm asking am I the jerk for posting a bad review? When we come back, we're going to find out the ruling from Janine Ford. All rise and welcome back to. Am I the Jerk Court, janine? Am I the jerk for leaving a bad review after paying $100 plus for a cake? That was nothing like what I asked for. What rule you?
Speaker 5:You know what, I kind of was in this position one time before and I kind of I didn't want to ruin the business, but I looked up other reviews and noticed that there were some of the other same complaints. Okay. So in that that way I went ahead and I was honest and I left an honest review and it was just a mediocre. I didn't leave a horrid review right, but I left it. It was a Yelp kind of a thing, but if you look and all of their reviews are five star and she's got a really great business, then this may have just been an oddity. And you have to ask yourself did I communicate properly to her?
Speaker 4:Right Did.
Speaker 5:I. You know what I mean. So maybe you just kind of lighten up and not leave, and I just don't want to ruin anybody's little business if they've had a really odd moment or something.
Speaker 1:You know what I mean yeah, so he might be a little bit jerky. If, uh, he's doing that, I don't know they. They did reach out before they left the review and the the.
Speaker 5:Uh, the business owner didn't respond back yeah until they left the bad review right, yeah, and see, see, that's another thing. So this one is like I say you have to use your best judgment and that's why. And then once I, if I'm using a business, I have left kind of a negative review, but in a funny way, and then they remedied this other problem. This was a different review and I went back and I just then made it right and just said, oh my gosh, they fixed this.
Speaker 4:I just then made it right and just said oh my gosh, they fixed this.
Speaker 5:It's wonderful, you know so you try to help them, that's great, but little businesses are tough. You don't know what they're going through. But if you're paying that much for a cake and they just botched the whole thing, I think you have to be honest. So you know, maybe not the jerk.
Speaker 1:And people seem a little bit more eager to share bad reviews. I think people need to be a little more proactive on sharing good reviews too right?
Speaker 5:Yes, like I'm one of those super Yelpers and 95% of my Yelps are all positive.
Speaker 4:Oh.
Speaker 5:Trying to help small businesses, for sure.
Speaker 1:That's great.
Speaker 5:It takes a lot for me to leave a negative review.
Speaker 1:Yep, well, in the case of, am I the Jerk for leaving a bad review for a cake that was nothing like I asked for? You rule.
Speaker 5:I think, think not the jerk.
Speaker 1:Yeah, not the jerk.
Speaker 5:You are not the jerk, he's being honest and you know. But be nice, Try to be nice everybody.
Speaker 1:Yeah, don't be jerk, that's my motto. All right, janine, we love you. Best friend, We'll talk to you tomorrow, you too.
Speaker 5:Bye-bye, Chris.
