Dialing In with Brett

21. who is utilizing the pole at the fire station?? ft. a firefighter

• Brett Hamilton Productions • Season 1 • Episode 21

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This week on Dialing In with Brett, Brett analyzes his style choices, reflects on his former roommates, and dials in a firefighter.

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SPEAKER_04:

Hi, this is Brad. I was dialing you in because I had a question. I There's no way. Hello? What a dick. Hi. Guess who's back? For y'all, I'm it's I'm not a it's like I wasn't even gone. No, it's like I wasn't even fucking gone to y'all. Y'all will miss me when I'm gone when I quit the podcast next year. That's actually the last time I'm gonna say that joke.

SPEAKER_03:

You've said that for so long.

SPEAKER_04:

I know.

SPEAKER_03:

Like, of course, people believe you when you keep saying it.

SPEAKER_04:

I'm like, guys, I'm not actually gonna quit the podcast. Why the hell would you think that me every single episode? We have 16 views, it's not worth it anymore. Kidding.

SPEAKER_03:

But came back from New York yesterday.

SPEAKER_04:

I'm completely exhausted. Also, I have a sty. So just anyway, I woke up with a sty, and I don't know how you get sty. Someone was like, oh, did someone fart in your face? Which I'm like, I think pink eye. Yeah, that's what I think thought too. But I'm like, why is every like eye infection due to like have to do with farts?

SPEAKER_03:

I think it can also just be from like I mean, you were traveling, you probably touched something and then rubbed your eye.

SPEAKER_02:

I hate to say, baby, it's from bacteria. You have bacteria.

SPEAKER_04:

Stop.

SPEAKER_02:

You are a product of bacteria.

SPEAKER_04:

Enough, Ana. I said enough. I love that shit so much. Like, that's the stuff that I like laugh saying the word stuff instead of shit for like one more one time. I was like, whoa, okay, Christian. Secret lives of Mormon wives. Um, can they cuss? Now that I'm thinking about it.

SPEAKER_03:

Apparently, one of them is on Dancing with the Stars and cussed on live television last night, and people were like, She deserved to get kicked off. And she actually did get kicked off, but people, I it's is that Whitney?

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04:

It's also crazy not to get political. This actually isn't political, but like the comment sections are so divided now in a way. Like, no, our country is actually, but like genuinely, like they're so divided, where like we'll click on a video and be like, oh, I assume like everyone is thinking the same thing, and it'll be like the complete opposite. Where I'm like, how am I on I hate when that happens. Like, I thought y'all, I thought this was for you, Pai. Like, why do I have these like bum fucks?

SPEAKER_02:

I thought it was gonna be my echo chamber. What? I know.

SPEAKER_04:

Like, what? These people have other thoughts than me. People have other opinions than I do. Like, what the hell?

SPEAKER_03:

Makes me sick.

SPEAKER_04:

Oh, yeah. My luggage broke, um, and it was horrible. It was literally the second I was like walking out the door, which I again, I like did you guys see the video? I I like fucked around with that bag. Like, I was not, it was I've had it for so long. I also have other suitcases, but like that's my big one, you know. So I'm like, I need my big one every now and again. It broke as I was going out, and then also like handing it to the driver, and it was like just like the two spikes up, and so then I was like trying to navigate it through the airport. Obviously, I checked it because I'm like, I'm not dealing with this, and then the guy's like, Oh well, these need to go down because that's like dangerous.

SPEAKER_02:

Is what happened, like the handle like came off. Yeah, just completely, but it still had the like part of it that was sticking straight up.

SPEAKER_04:

Yes, and it was um bent in a way where like it couldn't just go back on, like it was slightly off, so I was like, okay, there's nothing I can do about that. And so then I did just have to break off the two nubs completely. And then it was like I literally had to either like carry it, which is like a heavy overweight bag, in like my hand, or like I'm also like tall, so like it was just like I it was very embarrassing, but yeah, but I checked it, so honestly it wasn't that bad. Like, truly, I will be okay, and then I but I did have to buy a new suitcase, which was annoying. Yeah, it's insane. People are like the dumbest they've ever been at airports, I can't stand it. I also think incompetency is like that is the thing. I feel like I'm a patient person unless someone's like incompetent. Where I'm like, you should know how is this? Have y'all never traveled before? Like, genuinely, like you're going through security, you do this every fucking time you set foot. Like, what did you expect? Yes, you have to take your fucking shoes off if you don't have TSA pre-check, just take them off. Yeah, there's also like a list of things that you have to do, and everyone's like, so wait, what do we and okay, but also like they do change the laptop policy like everyone? Every yeah. That's the one thing I'm like, okay, wait, like, so we can. Like, if you have more than one laptop, who has two who's traveling with two laps? I also fly with a lighter every single time.

SPEAKER_03:

You can do that, can you?

SPEAKER_04:

I feel like that's like the one thing I like a a lighter, a bic lighter in the wrong hands.

SPEAKER_02:

The Des Moines Airport. Do you know what I'm talking about?

SPEAKER_04:

Sorry, you're not talking about the Des Moines International Airport.

SPEAKER_02:

The Des Moines International Airport.

SPEAKER_04:

The Des Moines International, we're all from Des Moines, Des Moines International Airport does not fly internationally. No.

SPEAKER_02:

There are like four gates, but they have a thing outside the security that's like, here are things that we've caught. And it's like a rifle, uh like brass knuckles. Anderson Ericsson.

SPEAKER_04:

Also, like, what do you guys want? Oh, fucking, yeah, like I'm glad you stopped someone from bringing a rifle. It's like, yeah, we actually got someone. Which also I'm like, I don't want to know that people someone tried to bring a rifle into the airport, and also it's like, yeah, we stopped them.

SPEAKER_03:

Um, Mercury entered retrograde on Sunday. Are you guys feeling the effects of that?

SPEAKER_04:

Does that mean I'm should be like going insane or I feel like someone?

SPEAKER_03:

Oh, wait, no, maybe it entered. I think we're well in directrograde.

SPEAKER_04:

How is it always retrograde?

SPEAKER_03:

There's a new moon tonight.

SPEAKER_04:

Mercury's always in retrograde, and it's always national sibling day.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, National Daughters Day.

SPEAKER_04:

National Daughters Day and National Boyfriend Day.

SPEAKER_03:

Can I say something that I think is super unfunny?

SPEAKER_04:

What?

SPEAKER_03:

When people say Mercury and Gatorade or like a shark coochie board.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah, that's so yeah, it's so unfunny.

SPEAKER_03:

And also happy no-nut, no-shave November.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah, are you doing no-nut November? Because I saw a thing that's like it's a recession indicator that people aren't doing no-nut November.

SPEAKER_04:

I think I've already nutted in November. I was like, genuinely, this is gonna be so hard for me to do for no reason. I was thinking about this the other day. If I go to a restaurant, you guys literally can't look at me.

SPEAKER_02:

I'm not gonna Brett's being shy because he already said this to us and he's like, I'm gonna repeat it exactly the same way.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah, obviously, I made this a video form and sent it to them. I was like, is this funny? And they're like, Yeah. And I was like, okay, I'm gonna actually repeat the same joke with the same exact delivery on the podcast tomorrow.

SPEAKER_02:

We're ready. I'll look away.

SPEAKER_04:

But like I genuinely am like, I can't, like, it feels so embarrassing. And this is why I like don't want to do stand-up because uh what do you mean I'm telling the same joke with the same delivery three times a week to the to a different audience?

SPEAKER_02:

Anyway, be brave.

SPEAKER_04:

I can do hard things. Um I was thinking about this last night where like this is like obviously so shallow, but if I go to a restaurant and not even one of the waiters is like remotely hot, I'm like, okay, what's the point? Like genuinely, why are we here? Like, I just like now what am I like supposed to do? Have a conversation with my friends. Like, no. I'm like obviously gonna be weird and I'm gonna be weird and moody all night. Like my friends trying to talk to me. I'm like, what? What? No, I don't know. I don't know. I'm fine. But genuinely, it's like I now I have nothing to do. I have nothing to look forward to. And they don't again, like, don't it doesn't even need to be like a 10. I just like genuinely need to like have my eyes on something. I need to be busy all night, you know, have a little project that I am hyper focused on. And if no one's remotely hot, then it's like again. Alright. Um, how was how's your sister doing? It's good, cool.

SPEAKER_02:

Have you ever left your number for a waiter? Fuck no.

SPEAKER_04:

A waiter's hot, I'm not even talking to them. Um, I do want to talk about this comment. I kind of clapped back. Yesterday I clapped back, and if you're watching this and you're the girl who I clapped back at, I don't care at all. By the way, you're safe. I'm not blocking you. I know you specifically ask you not to. I don't, I'm not gonna block you. And she's also a listener, so like truly can't block you because I can't lose that that view. I'm kidding, I don't give a fuck. But some people will just like respond to my story, just like I hate this outfit. Like, ew, why are you wearing those shoes? But there are people who like actually fuck with me because I'm like, if you hate me, like, yeah, like whatever, get my ass. This girl said um, about the sunglasses, which I I should have pulled for shape. I'm like, now look, five people asked where I got the sunglasses from, which I honestly was on the fence about the sunglasses. It kind of you look like like a little kid. They look like little kid sunglasses that you get from like sunglass hut at the mall for six dollars. So, like, yeah, fair, like honestly. Um God, I'm just like talking so much. It's my own podcast. I'm like, I feel like I'm just talking. Sorry, you guys go. Um, this girl responded and she said, I know not a soul asked for those sunglasses, b baby. And her bio is DTX with the sparkle emoji. And I said, I know not a soul asked for fashion advice from a DTX sparkle girly. Did I clap back?

SPEAKER_03:

If like I had sent something and the person who I like they replied that, I'd be like, Oh, well that's I got gone.

SPEAKER_04:

That's what I think, that's why I like to do it occasionally, where I'm like, again, if someone's just like shitting on me non-stop, it's like, okay, you just like don't fuck with me, that's fine. But it's the people who I can tell do, and then like say, like, are just like make a random shady comment. I'm like, baby, I see this, and then the response was like, Oh my god, no, I love you. Like, sorry, I just love love trash talking, ha ha ha. Which I literally don't care when people respond things, I don't take anything to heart. But it's crazy when these people like, oh, I'm kidding, ha, like in on the joke, but I'm like, but like you are just like responding mean things to everything I post, which is like crazy. And she said, You weren't supposed to see this me talking to myself, but I'm like, you're calm, like responding to my things.

SPEAKER_02:

Maybe people think that that's like kind of your love language. But I guess in it is hard to tell over like DM because it's just like, oh my god, I fucking hate you. Like, wait, why did you get that I hate you from?

SPEAKER_04:

But I'm like, you guys like me, and I think like uh oh, we're joking as friends, but I'm like, if one of my friends was like, I hate those sunglasses, I would be like, Okay, like what? Well, people will also be like, I love babe, I love you, but this outfit is horrible. And I'm like, okay, if you love me, don't tell me the outfit's horrible. I don't need to know. Like, I'm never looking for feedback unless it's positive. Like, don't tell me you hate something if you like me. Like, I don't need to know. Like, keep it to yourself. Like, if you love this sunglasses, definitely tell me in a very positive, aggressive way. But like, if you don't, I actually don't even think I need to know. Well, I also think the parasocial relationship element of it where it's like, oh, like we're just like fucking with each other, but I'm like, no, but I don't know you when you're just saying something mean. Like, and I know it's like trying to be like, oh, hey, like, we're kiki, and but I'm like, again, like it's no context, you just like being like, I hate your outfit. The style thing. I'm like, I know I have good style, like you can't come at that. Like, and it's also I think people were like, oh, that outfit's crazy. I'm like, yeah, but like I live in LA and I'm going to like an event. I'm not gonna wear this in like fucking Waco, Texas, like walking around. Like, I'd probably one get shot, like two, like no one. Like, I obviously the way I dress is based off of like the city that I live in and the style here. Like, obviously, style is different everywhere. Like, I'm sure you don't like my outfit. Again, you don't have to tell me, I'm actually completely fine. You don't need to knock me down a peg. I'm good, baby. I am good. I'm set. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03:

Um, how would you describe your style in three words?

SPEAKER_04:

I actually like have no idea, and I think about this a lot because I'm like, what will I say when someone asks how I'll describe my style and now like elevated street wear? Or I feel like I like to like find a mix between uh like streetwear, but then also like preppy. Yeah. I got like a little collar, but then I also like it to be kind of casual.

SPEAKER_03:

I think that's a good description. Holly, what would your three words be?

SPEAKER_02:

Bid, thoughtless, uh ill fitting. And you?

SPEAKER_03:

90s, grandpa, jock. Nice. But not all of those put together. This is nuts. I was it was no shave November and I hadn't shaved my legs. I was in P.E. My PE teacher, I was probably in eighth grade. My PE teacher is like, I see you're doing no shave November. I'm like, Mr. Booth, you can't say that to me. What? I'm 13.

SPEAKER_04:

I think older older men think they can just say like genuinely anything to anyone of any age.

SPEAKER_03:

If I were you, I'd like to do it.

SPEAKER_04:

You're not. I'll stop you there. Yeah. If I look like you, I would be, yeah, I'd be wearing mini skirts every day too. Like, what are you fucking saying ever?

SPEAKER_03:

What are you on about? Yeah. Is stop, drop, and roll really relevant?

SPEAKER_04:

I don't know, but why did we also have did you guys do we just practice it? We practice like that was genuinely we did that like five times a year, like fire or like bus. Did you guys do bus evacuation drills? Oh my god. I'm also like, I don't even take the bus like it for like the occasional trip to the local garden. I have to like learn like how to evacuate. And again, it's like it hasn't changed every any year. It's like I just sit and scoo. I'm like, I think I can remember that. Why are we doing running this back every other month?

SPEAKER_03:

We actually did have a bus catch on fire at our school.

SPEAKER_04:

What?

SPEAKER_03:

And then these iconic twins showed up at school the next day. Oh, didn't they have t-shirts printed with the butt burning bus that said I survived bus 219, I think.

SPEAKER_04:

People want to be victims so bad. It's crazy that it's like we really pushed like stop, drop, and roll. It's like, yeah, like if I was on fire, I assume I'd kind of like do just that. Yeah, I what else would I do? What other op just like w sand and burn to death? Like, yeah, obviously I'm gonna fucking throw my body on the ground and like roll around.

SPEAKER_03:

But if you think about it, we went through so much fire safety like workshops, if you will, as children and all through college, and then you grow up and become an adult and you just move into your apartment or home, and that just is like out the door.

SPEAKER_04:

Like, I don't know what to not that I don't know what to do if there's a fire, but like I only know what to do if there's a fire if it's on a bus. Like I don't know like what what if it's in an apartment complex.

SPEAKER_02:

Do you have a fire extinguisher? And would you know how to use it? I feel like I would have to read the instructions for like 15 minutes.

SPEAKER_04:

There would be like a fire in my house. I'd be like FaceTiming y'all. Hey, do you guys know if you have a fire extinguisher?

SPEAKER_02:

Because some of them, like, if you put water on, like, you will explode. Others, you have to you have to put water. If you put water on a grease fire, but what if you don't know if you're not gonna be able to do it?

SPEAKER_04:

Why were we like stop, drop, and roll on repeat? It's like, what do we do if there's a grease fire? They're like, we're not gonna just roll on, just remember that, and you have to sit and scoot if you're on a bus and it's on fire.

SPEAKER_02:

Did you ever play Sims? Yeah, you know how they would be like cooking and their pan would catch on fire and burn the house.

SPEAKER_04:

They would like truly I shit would burn all the time there. I'm like, how are you like I can't do anything?

SPEAKER_02:

Grim Reaper would come through the front door.

SPEAKER_04:

Oh my god. No, I don't think any of my smoke detectors in my house work or I think I've ripped all them off the wall. So that's the thing. Like, if my house catches on fire, like it's gone, because I will have no way of knowing unless I'm like right in front of it. Yeah. And then again, I won't know what to do. I'll just I know stop, drop, and roll, and that's it.

SPEAKER_03:

I think that firefighters are so hot, and I don't know if it's because they're actually hot or if it's because seeing them like come down the street quickly in their truck facing backwards, like, and I barely see them through the window, that's hot.

SPEAKER_04:

I think firefighters, like what other career is like hot for a man to do? Like, I don't like oh you work in an office. But I think just like with firefighters, it's like regardless of your general appearance, it's like you already are hot. Yeah. I guess doctors, sure. It's like, oh yeah, you are smart. Yeah, I would probably have sex with you. Sure, I'll do it.

SPEAKER_03:

There's also something about them. I feel like in shows they always give firefighters the hottest off-duty outfits. Like the way that their crew necks and cuffed sweatpants fit just looks so much better than anybody else.

SPEAKER_04:

I'm not watching Chicago Fire, Station 19. Those like shows I think are so like not good. What I want to watch the episode where there's a tsunami that hits Santa Monica Pure though. And my random roommate who also did background acting at the time has like a featured cameo where she's like, She actually hated. I had this random roommate who I think she like has me blocked, which is also crazy. I had this random roommate and she got a dog while I was living there, and it was after two of my friends had moved in, and so it was us three, and this random roommate, and she got like this big ass dog that she like didn't take care of at all, which is actually sad. And we were trying to prove a point because we're like, why did you get this dog you don't take care of it? So we like weren't really offering to help, and so when she was gone, she had our upstairs neighbor come down and let out the dog to like take him on a walk. And it was me, my two roommates, and my brother were sitting on the couch, and this guy from upstairs like came down to like take this dog out. Like, it's like, why can't the six people in this room do it?

SPEAKER_02:

How many roommates have you had?

SPEAKER_04:

Like, so many.

SPEAKER_02:

You're always dropping new roommate lore.

SPEAKER_03:

I know. I feel like you need to map out a tree of like all the roommates.

SPEAKER_04:

A roommate tree. When I moved into my second place in LA after the first horrible one-month situation, um, it was with three random girls from Facebook.

SPEAKER_02:

What was it like living with three girls?

SPEAKER_04:

Honestly, they were way dirtier than me. I also I found out like this is I like have a sister, so I know like some girl things, but I came home one time and there was like a my pot, obviously, um, sitting on top of the stove with panties in it.

SPEAKER_03:

Ew. I hate that word.

SPEAKER_04:

What do you want me to say? Undergarments? Underwear?

SPEAKER_02:

Um for what reason?

SPEAKER_04:

I think someone had fled through their um under.

SPEAKER_02:

They put their bloody underwear in a in your pot.

SPEAKER_03:

But did you have a washer?

SPEAKER_04:

Like a dishwasher?

SPEAKER_03:

No, like a washing machine. No.

SPEAKER_04:

But we also had like a laundry mat that was like a block away.

SPEAKER_03:

Why wouldn't they just put them in the sink and hand wash them?

SPEAKER_04:

I don't know. They also had their own sink too, so it's just easier to use my pot and boil them. Is that like a thing?

SPEAKER_02:

I I don't think so, but I'm always surprised. Like, I feel like being a girl, like you learn a new thing every week that it's like, oh, we do that. Yeah, we boil our underwear.

SPEAKER_03:

I think you should just hand wash them.

SPEAKER_04:

I really felt like in that moment, like the least supportive straight boyfriend when like a girl like slightly like bled through her pants, or I was like, Yuck, yuck.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh, girl, what the hell? What the fuck? This is probably on um Tumblr. Straight guy chiming in on girls with her period. And he's like, if I saw my girlfriend had her period in the middle of the night, I would run off. I remember. Grab a pair of my sweatpants, wake her up gently.

SPEAKER_04:

Tell her I'm not mad at all.

SPEAKER_03:

Tell her I throw the sheets in the washer because I'm a man. Kiss her on the forehead, put her in the bath, and deal with it like a man.

SPEAKER_04:

I also think it's funny when guys are like, oh gross, like when a woman like bled through, but then it's like they have cum stains on their shorts, and it's like, okay, well, she couldn't. It wasn't her choice to bleed through hers, but like you actually have cum shots on your and one basketball shorts. But then a girl like can't control a bleed a little. It's like, oh fucking sh dude, ew. Oh, that's um those are my eleven dollar sheets. Those are my jersey from Target. Fuck, I just got those jersey sheets like six years ago. Like, fuck.

SPEAKER_03:

They probably don't even have sheets. That's probably why it's a big deal because it's on the mattress.

SPEAKER_04:

Oh, you blood straight through the mattress. Yeah, because you have no sheets. Holly was like, oh Brett, it's so like nice having you back here. Or what was the way you phrased it?

SPEAKER_02:

So Bailey and I have been staying at Brett's for it was like five, it felt like years. It was like four or five days, and we were dog sitting. This morning, Brett was just talking, and I was like, it's so like good to have you here. Like you just bring an energy. He was like, Oh, I'm glad it's good that I'm in my own house.

SPEAKER_04:

So it's so nice to like have you back here with us, like in my house.

SPEAKER_02:

I feel like I've randomly spent a lot of time here recently without you here. It's just like a weird energy.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah, that's fair.

SPEAKER_02:

Wait, next week is gonna be the Thanksgiving episode.

SPEAKER_00:

Oh shit.

SPEAKER_04:

Were we gonna do it? Is that the genuine episode?

SPEAKER_03:

With Becca. We gotta call her out.

SPEAKER_04:

Genuine with Becca Moore.

SPEAKER_03:

Heart to heart with Becca Moore. I've always wanted to do that thing that firefighters do where they sit in their recliner and eat a bowl of chili resting on their stomach. And they're in like the best Heather Gray's stuff of Chicago Fire. No, I've never seen Chicago Fire, but I do feel like I've seen so much fire.

SPEAKER_04:

Where? Where have you seen this like footage? What media?

SPEAKER_03:

It's like ingrained in me. I don't know.

SPEAKER_04:

Hold on to your panties. Don't throw your panties in the boiling water using my keep your panties out of your pot for this next one because the the quality is ass. Um no, but the video quality obviously um is bad because it was recorded in slow motion. How the fuck are we supposed to know?

SPEAKER_03:

We never claim to be good at this.

SPEAKER_04:

We never claim to know how to run a podcast. Um, so yeah, the quality is probably pretty bad. The lighting I heard is off. Um, but the call was great, and it's not about the quality, it never fucking has. It never fucking will be. It's not that's not important to us.

SPEAKER_02:

That's not what any of you care about. If you're still here, you're not someone that values quality.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah. So which if you're still here, genuinely thank you. My god. If you have watched all 20. This is our 21st episode. One episode. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_00:

Legally allowed to drink.

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Yeah.

SPEAKER_04:

Um, comment 21 for, you know what, actually, a chance to be in a giveaway. All Venmo someone.

SPEAKER_02:

And he like looks at us. He's like, we can do this, right?

SPEAKER_03:

Like, pose 21 by Gracie Abrams to your story if you stand with dialing in.

SPEAKER_04:

Everyone, if you listen to all 21 episodes, comment 21 to be in a random giveaway to receive a$21 Venmo from me.

SPEAKER_03:

So wait, can I can I enter?

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah, if you listen to all 21. And you can't lie, guys. Don't lie. Please. Um, so yeah, the quality of this video is ass coming up here shortly, but just let go and let God and enjoy the call. Um, next we will be dialing in a firefighter. I just I need to I need to know a few things. One thing in particular is Holly said that they literally like when people, Holly and Lena, we got Lena on set A. Holly and Lena both said that the firefighters like genuinely like it when people come and slide down their pole. There's no way. There's genuinely no like way that like they are like, fuck yeah. I love it when strangers come into the building, waste our time, and slide down our pole. Like that shit, like, if I was a firefighter, that would be my least favorite part. Also, like, what do they do in between fires? Also, how many fires you got per week? It's so funny because this was an ex of someone who responded to our story and was like, my ex-boyfriend is a firefighter. I love it when y'all pull that shit. I love it. And then we had to like message her back and forth until anyway. We got him. We fucking got him. Hunter. Hunter?

SPEAKER_00:

This is him?

SPEAKER_04:

Go for Hunter. How are you? He's here, he's here, he's here, he's here, and he's a firefighter.

SPEAKER_05:

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_04:

He's a fucking firefighter. How long have you been fire firefighting? So uh three three years. It's been three years now. Holy shit. Time flies, right?

SPEAKER_05:

I'm a baby. Time fucking flies.

SPEAKER_04:

How do you even become a firefighter? Like, is there like a lot of training? Do you have to get like an insane shape?

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, so it's like nine months of school. You do where I'm live at least, you do three months of EMS or EMT school, and then you do six months of fire school.

SPEAKER_04:

What's fire school?

SPEAKER_05:

So fire school is basically like what you EMT schools where you learn how to do all the EMT stuff, like uh uh I don't know, like bandages, CPR, all that stuff. And then fires where you like learn how to like control everything that you do, like the hose, the water, all the stupid shit that like we don't actually do because we normally run like lip assist.

SPEAKER_04:

So it's lip assist.

SPEAKER_05:

Basically, you know, when grandma gets stuck between a toilet and a in a toilet in the bathtub, we just gotta go pick her up.

SPEAKER_04:

When you said lip assist, I d immediately just assumed like an 80-year-old woman would be involved. That's that is that is it. So that's like the fire the fire training part is just like lifting old women out of I mean we do do a lot of dummy drags, but dummy you just are throwing these slang terms out there like we know it. Dummy drags. What the hell?

SPEAKER_05:

So a dummy's like a 160-pound movable mannequin.

SPEAKER_04:

Okay, it would kill for that body, but keep going.

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, me as well. Um, but basically, like we'll put it into we'll go. It's I don't know, fire training is weird because you do all this extra stuff. Like you'll get into your fire gear and you'll get off the truck, and they're like, Oh, grandma's hanging off the third floor. And you're like, Okay, so then you gotta get all this hose off the back of the truck, bring on your tools.

SPEAKER_04:

How is she hanging off the third floor? Like she's well, the house is on fire, and that's her only thing. Okay, okay, okay. I didn't realize the house is on fire. I thought this was like separate. She just was hanging off the third floor. I'm like, Jesus, like we need to get a floor.

SPEAKER_05:

We got to do snow and you gotta like put out fake fire and go bring grandma down the stairs.

SPEAKER_04:

Have you ever gotten burned before?

SPEAKER_05:

I have gotten close to getting burned. Uh, a couple months ago we had a fire and it was like so hot. I was on my like crawling on my stomach, and like my ears were burning and my fingertips were burning, but I never actually got burned. Do you have but I was like at the point where I'm like looking fire right in the face and I'm like, if I go any further, I'm gonna catch on fire, so I gotta back up.

SPEAKER_04:

Do you not have something protecting your ears? You need to like little.

SPEAKER_05:

I mean, I do. We have we have this is called a nomad because it's it's a mask that basically covers your all the way down to your neck and it just leaves an input out for your face or your mask and go over that, but it's still it's not it's a fire, I think it's called I think it's a fire resistant, but it's not fireproof. You know what I mean?

SPEAKER_04:

So we need to get you guys some fireproof suits.

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, we need to get us some just fireproof suits we can just go and do anything. I mean, I think that then then they would have. Have less firefighters because anyone could buy one then.

SPEAKER_04:

Damn.

SPEAKER_05:

It's all a scheme.

SPEAKER_04:

Would you want to stay if they made budget cuts and they're like, all right, half of y'all have to leave. The other half, we got you guys like really cool fire suits. Would you want to stay or would you want to leave?

SPEAKER_05:

I honestly I'd probably leave.

SPEAKER_04:

Whoa. What would you do?

SPEAKER_05:

I don't know. I used to be a teacher. I might go back to that.

SPEAKER_04:

Really?

SPEAKER_05:

There's no money in that though.

SPEAKER_04:

Damn. But I mean, there's no fire in that though, so that's kind of nice.

SPEAKER_05:

That is true. There is no fire.

SPEAKER_04:

No fire, but no money.

SPEAKER_05:

No fire, no money.

SPEAKER_04:

I mean, we'll see. The main question, the main reason I'm calling you is because one of my friends, two of my friends, doubled down that you guys enjoy having people come into strangers come into your house station and um slide down your pole. Is that true? You guys enjoy that like thoroughly?

SPEAKER_05:

I so I do not enjoy that because I gotta give you the tours.

SPEAKER_04:

Oh and they put the new guy on that?

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, they put the new guy on that. And I'm giving tours like we had a couple girls, women, what do you want to say? They're women, they're older, come in after a night of drinking. After a night of drinking. It was like five o'clock, and we're like, Oh, what the hell? They're like, no, five p.m. I mean, hey, I'm not one to judge.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05:

But they came and they're like, we want to done. I'm like, oh my god. And like one lady ate shit on our fire pole, and she like because it comes from the second floor, but not every station has a fire pole.

SPEAKER_04:

Can you not turn them away? I would just be like, no, sorry, we're not doing we're not doing slides today.

SPEAKER_05:

We we normally do, but they came in right when we close our like visiting hours. We have visiting hours. You can anyone can come in, anyone in the public that are.

SPEAKER_04:

I would hate that shit. Uh this is not like an open door policy.

SPEAKER_05:

Museum. It's a museum.

SPEAKER_04:

Wait, so what do you what's the tour you give them?

SPEAKER_05:

They'll yeah, literally, I'm like, they'll they're like, oh, we want to see the fire trucks, we want to see this. I'm like, well, okay, here's the fire truck, here's this. They're like, oh, we want to see where you guys eat dinner. And I'm like, all right, here's our kitchen, here's all of our living room, here's our workout room, here's the bedrooms. Okay, I'm mentioning. Yeah, we have yeah, we literally have to, we have it's our in our in our contract to work out. We have to work out every day, every shift.

SPEAKER_04:

Damn. Do they like give you like specific workouts, or they're just like you just have to fucking with your body?

SPEAKER_05:

No, they're like, here's your two-hour time slot, you all need to work out. And so we'll either do like your workouts or we'll do we aren't we're on a cycle. Like the guys I work with, they're all pretty, pretty toned and ripped, and I'm just sitting here scrawny like a string beans, so I'm like, oh.

SPEAKER_04:

That's not true. That's not true. You're the strongest guy in your heart.

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, strong, strongest guy in my heart for sure.

SPEAKER_04:

Um, do you have a mustache?

SPEAKER_05:

I actually do.

SPEAKER_04:

I fucking knew it.

SPEAKER_05:

I'm I'm I'm growing my handlebars out right now, but what is that?

unknown:

So it's the mustache that goes all the way down to like your chin?

SPEAKER_04:

Don't do that. Kidding. Why? Kidding. Okay, I'm just like, oh, testing it now. No, might as well. Um I almost said lifeguards. What do you do? Firefighters, do they that too? Do they have mustaches or no?

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, most of them do, but a lot of the older ones, their wives don't like it, so they make them shave.

SPEAKER_04:

Oh, damn. That's crazy. But um, do you like most of your coworkers?

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, I like all I like most of my co-workers. I like almost all my coworkers.

SPEAKER_04:

Do you call them co-workers? I don't know why that word describes.

SPEAKER_05:

So it's kind of stupid. We're brothers. We're brothers. Your brothers.

SPEAKER_04:

It's a frat.

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah. It's a frat house. It is a frat house and for sure.

SPEAKER_04:

What is what do you guys do in between fires? Like, are you I am assume video games, horseplay?

SPEAKER_05:

No, yeah, horseplay. No, so we have a whole like our where I work now, we have a whole time slotted calendar for the day. So you get there at seven in the morning, you chuck your you check your trucks off till nine, then you have training from nine to eleven, then you have lunch from eleven to two, then you have workout from two to four, then you have dinner from five to whatever, and then you have a three-hour lunch? No, two hours.

SPEAKER_04:

Oh. Still, Jesus.

SPEAKER_05:

That's when everyone goes and takes their nap, too. Everyone normally.

SPEAKER_04:

Oh, okay. I didn't know it was nap slash lunchtime. Okay, that makes more sense.

SPEAKER_05:

It's your personal time in the between the days. So you'll get it. No, we got our own individualized rooms.

SPEAKER_04:

What?

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, I walk into my room and I have a I have a a twins twin-sized bed, I have a desk, I have a cabinet, I got a dresser, I got a TV.

SPEAKER_04:

Jesus. Have you made it your own? Have you put up like a college poster or like Yeah, put up I put up uh firefighters are for the boys.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, we share rooms.

SPEAKER_04:

So is that a thing? Is that actually a thing? Firefighters are for the boys. I don't know.

unknown:

I would assume so.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah, probably. I'm sure in Florida y'all got that shit. Oh, yeah, down sticks. Um, girls, women um uh who work as firefighters or no?

SPEAKER_05:

So uh last my last department I worked at, I was uh worked with a female and she was she was jam-up, she was badass. But this department I work for now, they had one, and she had a they had one, it's just so funny.

SPEAKER_04:

It's a woman. Uh my last place had one. They what?

SPEAKER_05:

Literally, she tested the limits, so she got fired. Um she used to be a porn star before she became a firefighter.

SPEAKER_04:

Sex worker, please.

SPEAKER_05:

Yes, and then she tried sleeping with everybody.

SPEAKER_04:

So what? Yeah, honestly, that's funny. Kidding. Um I mean, I was like, all right, girl, go off, I guess, but then that that that'd not go well for her. So yeah, damn. Well, like I admire the like career change that's so you're gonna be a teacher. Porn star to lifeguard, life. Jesus Christ. I'm porn starts.

SPEAKER_05:

I guess I'm just a lifeguard, buddy.

SPEAKER_04:

Um, porn star to firefighter. Um, how many fires do you think you have like a week?

SPEAKER_05:

Um, so like act you talking about like really like involved fires, or you're talking about it.

SPEAKER_04:

We'll probably get like some fires. I don't give a shit about it.

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, yeah. We probably get like one involved fire every two weeks.

SPEAKER_04:

Is that actually what they're called? Involved fire.

SPEAKER_05:

It'll be like the full time.

SPEAKER_04:

Oh shit, we gotta actually do something on this one. Alright, everyone get out the fucking way. All right.

SPEAKER_05:

Everyone get out the fucking way. Yeah, they're like it'll we're gonna call for a structure fire. And nine times out of ten in our district, when we could pull out of the the engine bay, you can see the smoke in the sky. So we're like, alright, we're working.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah. How how big of a problem is like arson?

SPEAKER_05:

Um, we used actually when I got hired, we had a we had an arsonist, but we caught him.

SPEAKER_04:

So it's now but he was a name like arsonist, like that feels like too cool of a name to give someone who just light shit on fire.

SPEAKER_05:

He literally was lighting like dumpsters on fire, trees on fire. He would go to like an abandoned warehouse and start a fire inside the warehouse like every other shift. Uh the cop finally caught his ass.

SPEAKER_04:

Nice. So what do you mean that's like your your gig is just lighting shit like dumpsters on fire? Yeah, yeah. And you get a cool fucking name for doing it arsenis? Like Jesus Christ. Well, it's like well, you can people are addicted to a lot of things, I guess.

SPEAKER_05:

I mean, starting a fire would probably be like one of the good addictions if you look at it. Yeah. In a positive mindset, he's not doing anything to him, just everyone else.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah, that's cool, I guess. You're right. Wait, yeah, that's actually sick. I like that. Um, what would you say like the most common issue you get calls about is?

SPEAKER_05:

Um I would have to say definitely like just we get a lot of stroke calls.

SPEAKER_04:

Um obviously you don't know what a stroke call is.

SPEAKER_00:

Oh stroke.

SPEAKER_04:

Obviously, I know what a fucking stroke call is. Jesus. Yeah, so either stroke or why is that y'all's responsibility? It's like, are you on fire though?

SPEAKER_05:

Like we run EMS calls too.

SPEAKER_04:

I know. Wait, like why? Is that normal or do are y'all just most fire departments do both?

SPEAKER_05:

You can't just be a firefighter anymore. You have to be an EMT paramedic and or a firefighter. So you're like, you're either an EMT and a firefighter or a paramedic firefighter.

SPEAKER_04:

Men can't just be one thing anymore. We have to be all of them.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_04:

Um theoretically, if I was unsure if my carbon monoxide um detector was working, and so I had to call y'all in, and about maybe like six of six gentlemen came in and and it it wasn't an issue at all, how pissed would you be?

SPEAKER_05:

Uh what time is it?

SPEAKER_04:

Two o'clock on a Wednesday.

SPEAKER_05:

PM?

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05:

No, we wouldn't care. I'd rather you like we don't care. We I so I'm so new, or maybe I just how I am as a person. I don't get upset about calls, whether it's like 6 a.m. or whatever, but some people really do get upset. And I just don't understand, but it's like you you signed up for this. So stop being a shit bag to this person. They need us, and that's what we're here for. They pay money for us to come here.

SPEAKER_04:

So do we pay money for you to oh I guess taxes. Taxes. Yeah, you're welcome, baby. You're welcome. Yeah, come over, come on over. I'm not sure if my carbon monoxide detector, yeah. Uh what if it was three in the morning? Would you be more pissed?

SPEAKER_05:

I'd be a little more upset, but it's also like you wouldn't. I mean, if you're stressing about sleeping and carbon carbon monoxide, yeah, I would rather go and know for sure because you wouldn't wake up.

SPEAKER_04:

So you're one of the good ones.

SPEAKER_05:

I'm I'm like one of the good ones. There's a few of them. There's still a few of us out there, I promise.

SPEAKER_04:

Okay. What is the scariest fire you've ever seen?

SPEAKER_05:

Um ever seen.

SPEAKER_04:

So I'm talking involved fire too. I'm not talking about fucking grandma hanging out from the third ledge.

SPEAKER_05:

So it was like a it was a house with a detached garage. Um, but they were turning the detached garage into another house.

SPEAKER_00:

Wow.

SPEAKER_05:

And so they had a like their electricity running from the main house to the detached house, and both houses were on fire. And the spark wire or the electricity wire was like catching off and sparking on shit. So like we were getting like kind of zapped as we were fighting this fire because the whole building was a live electrical panel at that point and we couldn't find the turn off thing. So you had like two houses that are like fully involved, fully involved, or getting like electrocuted a little bit, but like you can feel it in your boots as you're walking. Um but in your boots. You have like kids and people screaming, so Jesus. It's pretty intense. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04:

I guess when you go, you approach an involved fire, what is like the first thing you do before like is it just like is it check the electrical box, make sure the electricity's off?

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, so we on my truck we have four men engines, four man engines. So I'm sitting backwards, so I drive backwards the whole time, and I'm I'm the do boy basically. So I get off the truck, I get the do boy. I basically like I I have to like force the door, pull the hose. I'm doing all the bitch work before my captain comes around to go into the fire. So I will grab I'll grab hose and I'll grab my tools and I'll go to the front door, and I'll if I have to open it, I'll open it, and I'll charge the line, and I sit there and I kind of just spray what I need to spray, and then if we need to go interior, uh I'll wait for my cap to come around. Because they do like a 360 and they turn off the electric, the water, the power, and then we go to work.

SPEAKER_04:

Damn. What is the most like physically laborist part of your job? Like, is the hose part really hard? Like, I is that light?

SPEAKER_05:

So is that uh no, it's not like because like hose uh water weighs like what eight pounds or something like that?

SPEAKER_04:

Um I don't know. I think it's like eight, I don't know, I'm not a math teacher. Just like water in general. Are you sure it's not just like eight pounds of water weighs eight pounds of water?

unknown:

No, it's like I think.

SPEAKER_04:

What if you put ten pounds of water worth of then it weighs, I think, eighty pounds?

SPEAKER_05:

Because of like how when it's pressurized.

SPEAKER_04:

Alright, whatever, man. I don't know, I don't trust that professional.

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, yeah. But like we have a big called five inch hose, and that supplies to the hydrant to our truck, and that shit when it's like fully loaded of water is probably about like like that can kill you.

SPEAKER_04:

Um does your station have like a repu reputation um like oh station eight the bad boys.

SPEAKER_05:

So um station three is we have them all. We have four stations. Station four is by an airport and they don't do nothing.

SPEAKER_04:

Okay.

SPEAKER_05:

Um station three is called the vacation station because you will won't want to call for like a week. You won't want to call Station two for like a whole week. You can be there for four days and you won't want to call.

SPEAKER_04:

Oh wow, that's awesome.

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, station two is zombie land because that's when all uh that's when everyone wakes up at um 10 p.m. So you're running like a shit ton of calls there, and then station one, you're just admin's bitch.

SPEAKER_04:

So and you're are you station one?

SPEAKER_05:

I'm station one right now.

SPEAKER_04:

Admin's bitch.

SPEAKER_05:

I got it on the back of my helmet, ready to go.

SPEAKER_04:

Um what are you what are y'all's like relationship with Dalmatians? Like, has that ever like come up?

SPEAKER_05:

So that's not a we actually did just get a service dog for the station, but he's a black lab. Um uh but Dalmatians, they yeah, we don't I I don't know where that came from. It's a history thing. Um, but we like them, but they're just yeah, they're alright.

SPEAKER_04:

Um before we let you go, is there anything you would like to let um the 15 viewers who watch this podcast know? Don't do that to yourself. Sorry, 300 viewers. Um there we go. Who listened to this podcast? Hey, maybe this episode will blow up because you're on it. Tell all your firefighter friends.

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, yeah, okay, yeah. Why are you talking shit?

SPEAKER_04:

Wait, you're a doe boy, right?

SPEAKER_05:

Do boy, not the doe boy.

SPEAKER_04:

Fuck, I feel horrible.

SPEAKER_05:

I cook too. I do cook.

SPEAKER_04:

Wow, what do you cook, do boy?

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, a lot of chili.

SPEAKER_04:

Oh, really?

SPEAKER_05:

Firefighters fucking love chili.

SPEAKER_04:

Do you ever cook for your your brothers?

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, for my for my brethren.

SPEAKER_04:

Brotherin.

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04:

Um, so what are you gonna what are you gonna tell the five million people listening to this podcast?

SPEAKER_05:

There we go. That's what I like to hear. Just honestly, like, if you need us, just call us. A lot of people, that's the thing is they won't call us because they don't want to bother us. But if you think it's an emergency, then just that's what we're here for. I wish more people would just it's not you're not wasting my time. Just hey, I don't feel well. Okay, let's go. But for the people that like have been sick for nine months, you can stay sick a little longer because it's not that big of a deal.

SPEAKER_04:

If it's nine months, stay sick. Yeah, stay sick out there.

SPEAKER_05:

People need to people need to use their resources more, isn't what I would say.

SPEAKER_04:

Well, that's like a really like noble answer. Because if I was a firefighter, I'd be like, please don't call, don't text, give us our fucking space. You're not writing the poll. I don't care. This isn't a playhouse. I have a five-hour lunch that I need to focus on too shortly.

SPEAKER_05:

I need to I need to cook my steak, I need to get my nap in, I need to kick it.

SPEAKER_04:

I'm cooking chili for the brothers. Like, holy fuck, I'm the doughboy here. Like, someone's gotta do it. Administration's up my fucking ass. Like, and now I have to become an EMT. Great. Oh my god, Joy Boy. Well, like, thank you so much for taking this call. I really appreciate it. And I since you said it's an open line of communication, I'll just be calling this direct number up pretty much if I have any emergency. But if I'm sick, I'll see you. Take me a bit to get there. So yeah. All right, well, thank you so much. Um, stay safe out there. Enjoy your six-hour lunch here shortly. And we'll do.

SPEAKER_05:

We'll do.

SPEAKER_04:

Take care. God bless.

SPEAKER_05:

Of course, you as well. Bye-bye.

SPEAKER_04:

Thank you. I like like him. Holy shit, I like him. I'm literally gonna probably call him a lot. I'm gonna take advantage of having his number. No, no boy. Okay, shut up. I'm glad that he's like, no, I fucking hate when people slide down the pole. First of all, like, what do you mean you're showing up to the fire station drunk to slide down the pole? It is crazy. Like, the three-hour lunch is nuts. Also, 11 to 2, baby, that is three hours. We did the math.

SPEAKER_03:

The chili cook-off of it all is like sending me. Like, wait, you guys actually eat chili?

unknown:

That's kind of sick.

SPEAKER_04:

And they actually have mustaches.

SPEAKER_02:

I really think I want to join.

SPEAKER_04:

You would be so good at it. Oh my god, Holly, you'd be such a good firefighter. You can be the porn star firefighter.

SPEAKER_03:

Actually, have you guys seen that trend on TikTok where it's like, I need attention. I already have my master's degree, random marathon, yada yada yada. Next, join a station.

SPEAKER_04:

MT. I'm gonna be the administration bitch. I don't care. I'll do it. I'll fucking do it.

SPEAKER_02:

I'm going to connect the hose to the fire hydrant. Like, I'll probably skip all of that and just become captain.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah. I'm actually, I don't want to do all this.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, I'm so captained.

SPEAKER_04:

I don't want to get like lost in the details and everything. I'm just, I want to be captain. I just like, let's skip the bullshit. I want to be captain. What do I gotta do?

SPEAKER_03:

I'm actually doing colonel at vacation station.

SPEAKER_04:

Head colonel, lieutenant at vacation station. Haven't gotten a call in six years. It's just like such a cute setup.

SPEAKER_02:

The phone has like cobwebs on it.

SPEAKER_04:

They've like fully decorated the house.

SPEAKER_03:

Like it's painted, chandeliers.

SPEAKER_04:

Century modern. There's a credenza when you walk in. It's cute in here. We've had extra time to make it home. They get a call. They're like sorry, we're remodeling. I'll station one if you need it. Yeah, no, we're not. I should have asked him. Well, he doesn't drive. Who drives the cap who does drive? I actually feel like I would be good at driving.

SPEAKER_01:

Like someone sitting forward and driving the front half of the truck, and the guy who's sitting backwards is controlled, it's like an accordion.

SPEAKER_04:

What do you mean there's why didn't he Doughboy say shit about this? There's two parts. The other day I was walking into a coffee shop with Kat. And Kat had already like kind of entered, and this girl was like, Oh my god, I love your videos. And I like didn't I was like, Oh wait, me or her. There's no I like genuinely said me or her and it was her. It was fucking her. And then she's like, no, but I love, I've seen your videos too, and I love them. I'm like, no, no, no, it's not about, it's not about, and then Kat came out. I was like, oh my god, I'm sorry, I didn't even realize you were. But like me saying me or her when someone said, Do you like or I like your videos is fucking crazy. And then it's even worse because it was her. It was her. Um, so I just had to get that off my chest. If you were that woman, I felt like a fucking douche. Me or her. Me or her. Who's the videos? Who's the nose? You like hers? You gotta speak up. Can really go either way. I can't hear you. You gotta pick up your tongue. You're slurring your words. Um, so yeah. Me or her. Anyway. You guys know it. I ran out of different ways to say you know it, you love it. So I just like it. Alright, let me try to think of that. Uh uh, what else we got? Um, let's see. I'm not, hey, I'm not looking at my phone.

SPEAKER_03:

I just uh you're cognizant, you adore it.

SPEAKER_02:

You're ever-present.

SPEAKER_04:

You anyway, you love it, you know it as well. And I am the wrong. I, 29M, am a firefighter, and my wife, 28F, was due to give birth, and I was at the hospital with her. Suddenly I got a call from the fire station asking me to come since there was a fire and they needed as many firemen as possible. I told my wife I was leaving for an emergency and immediately went to the fire station. After we dealt with the fire, I went back to the hospital and my wife went into labor. I rushed into the labor room, but I wasn't allowed, and her mother was there to help and comfort her while she gave birth. After she gave birth, she was mad at me for leaving her by telling her instead of asking her, Am I in the wrong?

SPEAKER_02:

I love when you get in on marital issues. I know.

SPEAKER_04:

You know what? I'll speak on it. Um, I mean, like, obviously, I'd be so fucking pissed if I was like in labor and my husband had to like jet out. Yeah, I'm that sucks. But also it's like, I feel like this is one time where you can be like, hey, are you sure like y'all know if you like really, really need me, I can make I can swing it. But like also my wife is like genuinely like going to give birth. It's also like now you're just not there for your child's birth. But then also I'm like, I'm sure the husband felt horrible, but maybe he didn't. So I can't assume that. Um, I mean, like again, if I was the wife, I'd be pissed too. I'm like, first, I'm squeezing out our child. My you know what is the size of a beach?

SPEAKER_03:

Squeezing out? I've never heard that. I've never heard it like that, but I But yeah.

SPEAKER_04:

I like it's but where's the fucking lie? You really have to fight a fire right now, baby. But then also, yeah, he got but also he does. Um, but I also think he could have gotten out of it. Where again, where it's like, what is this one man, what's one man gonna do? I also think like if he didn't push back, like if I was in the situation, I would have wanted him to be like tripling down where it's like, let me know if you actually really, really, really need me there. Because if not, my wife is truly giving birth.

SPEAKER_02:

Like, if he was just like, Alright, gotta go, then I'd be like, okay, well, I'm about to I wonder if it's the type of thing where they can get a call and be like, okay, um can you ask around and then just let me know in like 15 if you like if the fire's still going?

SPEAKER_04:

I'm gonna post on the I'm gonna release my shift on the app and see if anyone picks it up. Um, but do you mind did Kyle work last night? Do you know if he had anything? Is he working today? He's not.

SPEAKER_03:

I might text him then and then you do the whole like I'll give you 20 extra dollars if you pick up my shit.

SPEAKER_04:

No, I genuinely will give you$25 and I'll take it one of your shifts next week.

SPEAKER_02:

Please go take care of this fire.

SPEAKER_04:

Please, like I just I'll get the next fire. I deadass will. I always get you back. If I was the husband, I would feel horrible if I wasn't there for my kid's birth, and then you just will never be there for your kid's birth. I think you should have pushed back harder. They would have been fine without him. Again, what's one man gonna fucking do?

SPEAKER_02:

Not easy.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah, this is not gonna be an easy call. Hey, go for breath. Hi, you're the 29 29M. Hey. Um So I heard you miss your child's birth. That's kind of a big one. Um, did you tell them that your wife was in labor? You did. Did you tell them like she was like actually like in labor and you were gonna miss the birth of your You didn't. Oh, you could have brought that up because this is kind of a big deal and now your wife's a little bit of best side, you can you miss the birth of your son. So yeah, I think I think you might be in but also work is hard. But also, like, I get it. Like, oh, I get it. Like it's tough. Um, no, if you feel bad about it, like honestly, then you're fine. And if you try to push back in like a pretty serious way, whatever, you're not half half a bad guy. But if you didn't really make it known that your wife was like truly like about to the thing was about to pop, then like yeah, like you're kinda you kinda suck for that. Also, your wife is like truly like giving birth right now, so it's like she can get pissed at anything. I'm sure again, like I'm sure anything would piss me off. Got pissed off for a lot less. So, yeah. Alright, well, enjoy your day and the baby. Congrats. I know you didn't care enough to be there, but yeah, enjoy. All right, love you.

SPEAKER_03:

Podcasting and firefighting are kind of one and the same.

SPEAKER_04:

They're both really hard.

SPEAKER_03:

They both require sacrifices.

SPEAKER_04:

Yeah. Mm-hmm. So, um, y'all, I think that's an episode. I think that's the episode. I think that's episode 21 of dialing with Brett. I had a great time. I'm happy to be home and to be with y'all and to be in this godforsaken garage with these two girls who drive me fucking crazy. But I keep them around regardless. Um, because I need someone to edit this. Um, but anyway, I love you guys so much. Remember, 21 for$21. Random giveaway. Anyway, bye y'all. Anyways, see ya. Um, love you guys. Blow my shit up, please. I have an ask for a second. I have a usually I we used to ask every single episode, I have an ask in like five, so please just blow shit up.

SPEAKER_03:

DM the guy something sweet.

SPEAKER_04:

DM me something sweet.

SPEAKER_03:

Hey, fill out the Google form. We need some more jobs.

SPEAKER_04:

If you guys are a caricature artist, just if y'all are employed, hit the line. No, truly, if you have a job, that's enough reason to fill out the Google form. I don't know why we have to keep begging you. Oh, it's a fucking privilege. Kidding. All right, love you guys. Uh uh.