The Refreshingly Normal Podcast with Kēfla and Cree
The Refreshingly Normal Podcast
Welcome to The Refreshingly Normal Podcast, where real life meets real laughs. We are Kēfla and Lucrecia (Cree), a married couple of 22 years, long-time educators, and now stepping into the world of mental health counseling. Think of us as your favorite Unc and Auntie of the podcast world, keeping it honest, heartfelt, and hilariously human.
We’re also proud parents of twin young men who just turned 21 and are officially stepping into adulthood, which means paying their own bills (finally!). From raising kids to letting go, we’re navigating this new chapter with the same mix of love, humor, and a little side-eye.
Each week, we dive into the ups and downs of parenting, love, marriage, dating, and everything in between, served with a side of humor and practical wisdom. Whether we’re sharing lessons from the classroom, stories from our travels, or awkward moments at the gym or dinner table, one thing’s for sure, we keep it refreshingly normal.
So grab a cup of coffee (or a protein shake) and join the conversation. It’s therapy meets kitchen table talk… and you’re invited.
The Refreshingly Normal Podcast with Kēfla and Cree
Petty Irritations
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A smoke detector chirp can ruin your whole night, a loud chewer can make you see red, and one negative person can drain the air out of a room. We get into why those “small” irritations don’t come out of nowhere and what they might be telling you about stress, overload, and the limits of your patience.
We start light with weekly check-ins, sleep wins, and the tools that help us reset, including Peloton meditation and sound therapy frequencies. We talk grounding, calming the nervous system, and why getting real rest changes how you handle people and problems. Then we pivot into educator life, perfectionism, and the pressure that hits when you’re used to succeeding and suddenly you can’t control the outcome.
From there, we run through personality types that people struggle to tolerate, like gossip addicts, micromanagers, contrarians, interrupters, one-uppers, and the “I can’t admit I’m wrong” crowd. We also unpack noise sensitivity and why repetitive sounds can feel so personal when your brain is already maxed out. And yes, we share a Florida ticket story so unbelievable it sounds fake, until you hear the detail that makes it impossible to defend.
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Welcome And Weekly Check-In
SPEAKER_01The Refreshingly Normal Podcast.
SPEAKER_02All right, here we go. In three, two, captivating one. Welcome back, everyone. Thank you for tuning in to the Refreshingly Normal Podcast.
SPEAKER_05Podcast.
SPEAKER_02I am Kifla.
SPEAKER_05I am Cree.
SPEAKER_02And we are your favorite auntie, uncle, cousin, co-worker. Well, I ain't gonna say that, I guess. But we are your favorite people. Your favorite people. Uh thank you for rocking with us thus far. We are doing an amazing job. And it's only because of you guys. You know what I'm saying? We love what we do. This is therapeutic for us.
SPEAKER_03Sure is.
SPEAKER_02It gives us a chance to sit down and talk without Uno. And so uh it's amazing. It's amazing.
SPEAKER_05And without solitaire or uh go ahead.
SPEAKER_02Keep coming up with stuff that I do. Go ahead. What else?
SPEAKER_05Um digital uh casino.
SPEAKER_02When last time you heard me and saw me play that?
unknownI don't know.
SPEAKER_02When last time you saw me play any of those games at the end of the day?
SPEAKER_05Solitaire, I think, last week.
unknownOkay.
SPEAKER_05Anywho, how was your week?
SPEAKER_02It was good. It was good. I was a little tired. Um but I slept. That's crazy. I slept so good. Um what was that the the other day? Yesterday when you um you got up early and I heard music in the background, and I was, oh shoot, I left that radio on all night on the iPad.
SPEAKER_07Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_02And so I I I got up and I was like, because I was like, man, you know, I didn't know what time it was. And that's why I was trying to make sure I turned it off so that you didn't get, you know, upset. And so I got up and I looked, I said, that's not the iPad. Well, what was it? You was already up and finished. You was in the shower, you had already exercised.
SPEAKER_05Oh, okay.
SPEAKER_02And so I was like, oh. I said, shoot. And I looked at the time. I said, oh shoot. I was really sleeping good. Because I was trying to do it. My goal was to get up at 5 30.
SPEAKER_07Oh.
SPEAKER_02But I didn't have it set. Um I set it for the one time, not the repeating every day.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_02And so I was I was sleeping good.
SPEAKER_07All right.
SPEAKER_02I was sleeping good. And I I just woke up thinking, oh my God, I don't want to upset her. You know, because she loved that sleep. I deal. I know you love that sleep. I ain't mad at you. And I was like, that's her, it's the radio. It was the Ricky Smiley or whatever it was I was playing. So I slept good. And I slept good last night too. I don't know what was different. But um, I slept pretty freaking.
SPEAKER_05I felt like I slept good last night too. Yeah. Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I slept very good. I know the full moon, that might have something.
SPEAKER_05Well, I think I f I felt like I slept good all week.
SPEAKER_02You probably did.
Sleep Wins And Sound Frequencies
SPEAKER_05Yeah. Felt like I did.
SPEAKER_02You felt and you know, and I know I do know this. We both fell asleep fast.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Like extremely fast.
SPEAKER_05Well, I do feel like, and I don't know how many people believe in it or not, or have access to it, but that uh Peloton meditation, it works.
SPEAKER_02It does. It does.
SPEAKER_05It works. And it puts you into just like a good rest. Um, and as long as you don't get a dog that wakes up and barks, and then somebody has to get up to do. But if the dog is calm and you do a meditation, it is good rest.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. And and I was listening to Audible. Audible has a uh, I don't want to say, is it a meditation series, but it's it's more so just the uh the it's a sound therapy. So they just play different frequencies. So like let's say for a blissful moment, the frequency may be at, I want to say like 333. Um there's one for sexual intimacy. It's like five something.
SPEAKER_05What is that? What is that purpose?
SPEAKER_02It what what it does is uh the sound waves. Yeah, uh, you know, because our body is.
SPEAKER_05You listen to it to entice or like during sexual intercourse or so so for example or to give you the feeling of like.
SPEAKER_02What it what it does, it it it hits the right frequency of that um brain wave in your body that allows that particular sensation to regulate.
unknownOkay.
SPEAKER_02So let's see, say if if if I'm overly anxious, yeah and then I listen to the anxiety frequency, um, then it will take that anxiety level down to the normal or close to the normal level. So same thing with like in sexual intimacy is just the fact that because there's so many things going on, so it hits the frequency of the what am I trying to say? Um not the serotonin serotonin because that's the excitement feeling. It it and it registers that back to also the frequency of um like dopamine or dopamine dopamine, that's what I was looking for. For dopamine, but it it it it connects the brain to the uh memory of your intimate partner.
SPEAKER_07Okay.
SPEAKER_02So if you and I were both listening to it together, yeah, it's like a closeness. It it it it it's the um it balances our brain so that we get closer than what we are because of the surroundings. Not that we're not close, yeah, but it just takes all the extra things away. Uh-huh. Sounds it takes focus. Uh-huh. And now it's us.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_02And um and of course you were already asleep, but I just was gearing up so that, you know, I'm always just closer to you.
SPEAKER_07Love it. That's very nice. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02But it's it's real cool. It's on audible. Um, I loved it because I love those frequencies. That's like the the the flute I have, the I Am Sound flute. It is at 432. And 432 is the natural registry of um of balance.
SPEAKER_05What you balance in regards to?
SPEAKER_02Just complete balance. Yep. The mind, the body, everything.
SPEAKER_05Just a certain calm. Uh huh.
SPEAKER_02It's when a person, when a person is in not bliss, when a person is in when they say ground yourself.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_02That's what it is.
SPEAKER_07Okay.
SPEAKER_02It's the 432 Hertz. It's grounding, it's just like no worries, no stress.
SPEAKER_05Oh, that'd be nice. Like when we have our practice, like you have sessions that are just that.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, oh, I I definitely plan on getting certified in um in sound healing and stuff like that. So with the bowls and all that.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, I love that.
SPEAKER_02Yep. So um, but other than that, um, you know, the gym, the basic stuff. Yeah. Um, I had a good time interviewing one of my students. Uh, because she's just a a good kid. A real good kid, man. And, you know, one of the ones you want to win.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_02You know what I'm saying? And so, you know, a little motivation when she mentioned me as one of the people that's most influential in her life. You know, because she has a dad. Yeah. Active dad.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_02And but still, you know, that that that was cool. Um other than that, man, uh, we made it through to today.
SPEAKER_05And then you had one of your previous students. Oh, yeah, my previous student in college.
SPEAKER_02At Tennessee State.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, um, come and interview you for a club or organization that she's a part of.
SPEAKER_02So from the Jenkins family. My frat brothers. Yeah, the Jenkins. Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_05Jessica.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_05So Jessica can't um asked him to be a part of a Zoom. Yeah, and that was cool too. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. I'm trying to catch up to you, you know, since you be doing them Zooms and stuff for Sharita. So that's why I said I said, well, look, you know, y'all, y'all could always call me back, you know. My wife do them. Y'all, you know, come on, help me out. Oh my gosh. Lord. All right. So, what about yourself? How was your day?
SPEAKER_05Um, so yeah, my week was the same in regards to um, I did some walks. Okay. Or wait, I just had one walk. Should it was a lot of walk? It was a walk, and I got to see one of the ad men that have retired but is helping out at a school. And so it was nice to see him because he is just the most kind person you will ever meet.
SPEAKER_06Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER_05And so, so nice. And one of the school psychologists there, which is also the just this her spirit is just amazing. I just love being in her presence, her energy and spirit.
SPEAKER_02Meet more people like that.
SPEAKER_05Oh man, I just love her so much. And so getting to catch up with her and talk to her, and somebody like when she saw me, like, she's down the hall, she's like, cray. So it's just nice to like her spirit is so genuine. Um, so being able to um get to catch up with her because I've seen her forever, and um, so it was a good week of that, and um the same with my clients, um, some of them having a bit of challenges and just trying to be there as a motivator and um encourager, um, and just reminding them that they can get through hard things.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_05Um, so that was a uh a week of that. And um, so yeah, it was just a really pretty um good week. I'm glad it to me it went quickly because I was ready to get to today so that we could get into spring break.
SPEAKER_02It did feel pretty, pretty rapid.
Perfectionism Pressure And School Stress
SPEAKER_05Yeah, it felt really fast. Yeah, um, it was a good week of um for educators, our recent educators out there doing ed TPA. Um, Kimani is uh finally submitted, but when I tell you, he has been stressed out to no end with getting his ad TPA for no reason. Yeah, Kimani is um a perfectionist.
SPEAKER_02Um he gets that from me, I will admit.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Well no, both of us.
SPEAKER_05Well, I'll tell you. But more so me. Let me tell you, yeah, more so from you because today what was funny, we had our team meeting at work, um, and we were doing um part of our thing. We were talking about it was an article about how to receive feedback um and different things about it. And so the section that I had to read and summarize for our team was about like um um you don't have to be the straight A student. And so when I talked about it, I was like, and actually, and when I was in school, straight A's and being the best at everything, it wasn't that important to me.
SPEAKER_02Um it just what about your parents? Was it important? No, see, for me, it was important for my parents, which kind of made it important for me.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, they wanted us to do well, they just wanted really want you to pass. Yeah, but it wasn't so much pressure in regards to that. And so, but then um when I got to college, then it was I think I realized, wait, girl, you're smart. Yeah, um, I think that is where it came from me from college, and so, and then moving forward from that. So then I begin to that for myself. So I think that didn't come for me until later. And I probably would say that didn't come to for me until maybe uh sophomore year, maybe, where I was like, wait, you know, I am pretty dang smart. Um, and so that so I was I've not I've not been a perfectionist that way, but the whole thing like that. So he probably does because, and I think for me, um not it is perfectionist, but it's more so I just uh I care about doing a good job.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, that's what I was about to say. It's it's not necessarily doing it perfect, but it's but it it it should be exemplary and outstanding, yeah. Because I know that we're capable of doing that.
SPEAKER_05So that is what it is for me, and I guess for when even it comes to things, I'm I'm able to put myself in someone else's, like, how would I want it to be for me? If I was sitting in this training, how would I want to be? If I was a student in this class, how would I want it to be? Like, how would I want to feel? How would I so that is how I do it? So in actuality, I'm performing to what would make me happy in that space.
SPEAKER_02Yep.
SPEAKER_05So um even as an audience member, yeah, even as an audience member. So yeah, so that's how that's how I see it. And so he is the same and he wants to do well, he wants to pass. But the thing about it is he's near he has never failed anything. Um, but he just puts that much pressure on himself and he really stresses. I don't think I I now I never stress how he stressed it.
SPEAKER_02I didn't stress bad until I became an adult. Oh, really? Until recently, like I didn't stress until maybe like really the dissertation is the first time I stressed.
SPEAKER_07Oh yeah.
SPEAKER_02Because that was the first thing I could not complete.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Everything else, I'll always see it through.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_02I was always uh it it just worked out. You know, I had that drive, and then when I got to the dissertation, and I got um rejection and after rejection, and then you know, dissertation chairs just disappearing and all that stuff. And it's like all the money, and like you can't, if you stop paying, then they're gonna drop you from the program, like I gotta start over. You know, so all that, that's when I first started getting stressed and depressed.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Never had to deal with it ever. So I didn't have the survival skills. I didn't know how to get out of it. Because I never had to. You know what I'm saying?
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_02And so, yeah, but I I mean, I understand. My a lot of my perfectionism came from the saying, which we, you know, we talk about this, we have to stop saying that is you gotta, as a black man, you gotta be ten times as smarter than the next person because you know, you're not gonna get the same opportunities.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_02And I do understand the truth in that.
SPEAKER_05That is true, because we told our boys that for sure. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02But the the extra pressure is a lot. Yeah. And I didn't realize that until I heard a few people talk about how much pressure that and it would and it was like, bro, this is what you felt.
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_02And so I was like, yo, that is, that is very true.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_02And um, and I started making sure, like telling, like say, even telling you money, like I don't like to say you never fail because I don't want his failure to be so traumatic.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, yeah, that's true.
SPEAKER_02You know, yeah. Um, I just want to say, bro, you you're good at what you do. And if you don't succeed, there's another day.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, it's another day. You learn from it, you adjust, and you do what's next. Because the I guess because he's dramatic in his failures. Yeah. Okay. So the boys, there's been other things that have happened, but one specific story is when they were trying to get their driving permit. And we kept telling them, read the book, read the book. So we go up and they're getting ready to take the test. And the lady at the well, first of all, when we sat down, there was um, well, it was a young lady. Yes. That was sitting there. He was transitioning. Yeah, he was transitioning. He uh, or they were transitioning. They were transitioning, sorry. And they were, we asked their dad how many times had they taken the test. And the dad was like, listen, this is our fifth time that they've taken the test. And we're like, oh Lord, what is going on? So then it had us kind of like a little bit kind of like, is this test that hard?
SPEAKER_02Because we're thinking about when we took it, and we're like, what and my students always take it, you know, because I had to teach the A dad. Yeah. For then the drivers uh, yeah.
SPEAKER_05So we when we got up there and the lady said, oh, they should be fine as long as they um studied the book and they did not use that app to study, because every child that comes in here, you that just used the app, 80% of them, they don't pass. So then the boys look like and we see them looking like we go, did y'all read the book?
SPEAKER_02They did not read it. Because who did it first? Was it was it money?
SPEAKER_05I think money didn't. No, no, no. No, they went in together. Kahari came out. Yeah, he no, no, no, Keemani came out first. Kimani came out first. Kimani, he does his thing where he's like, hmm.
SPEAKER_02And he waited until he came out to us. Like he walked out confidently, and then when he saw us, he just was like, oh, so distraught. Yeah.
SPEAKER_05And Kahari came out, was like, hey, ladies and we did the act. We did it. I know how to read the book. Um his expression was golden.
SPEAKER_02He was like, Wish we could have had that.
SPEAKER_05He was like, listen, hey, I gave it all I could, but I did this.
SPEAKER_00She told the truth. That's why he looked like she told the truth.
SPEAKER_05She told the truth. We need to read that book. So then we went on a Friday. It was actually their birthday. So it was so, it just kind of put a whole little cloud over their birthday because they thought they were gonna walk out with their uh driver permit and be ready to go. So they couldn't take the test again until Tuesday.
SPEAKER_02Because it had to be two business days in between.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, and they were it was summer, so we were like, okay, so we got the book. They took all the time between then and Tuesday to read through the book. So they went on Tuesday and they passed once they read the book. And we're like, y'all should have just read the book from we got them books, so they had the book.
SPEAKER_02And they don't even do the books no more. No, they what's the only it's the PDF now? Yeah. Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_05So um, yeah, so they finally, so they had to learn, I guess you say the hard way, but they we took we had told them read the book.
SPEAKER_02Read the book.
SPEAKER_05So, anyways, once they got home and they read that book frontwards, backwards, sideways on Tuesday, they did pass tests, but he is, he was, he always does the same with his eyes.
SPEAKER_07Yep.
SPEAKER_05He pulls them like that. He does that thing. So, anywho, he um got it turned in and he just felt like um a whole little weight was lifted off of him.
SPEAKER_02And so I mean now all he got to do is finish his hours, right?
SPEAKER_05Finish his hours and then do the two-minute presentation.
SPEAKER_02Okay, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_05Two minutes of what he learned from his uh so that is it, and now he's applied, he's been applied for jobs, and we're hoping that he gets hired in our district because it's one of the more higher paid. Yeah. Um, and so we're trying to argue.
SPEAKER_02And good relationships. You have you have definitely built relationships over the past few years with all the admin and people. So if he's in a building that you frequent, they know he's uh coming from a good place.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, you know. So we hope then he gets some good interviews and gets into where he's supposed to be.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_05Um, because we believe in that too, that you're you'll land where you're supposed to be. So um, yeah. So he's um hopefully we'll have some interviews in the next cup coming weeks um for some positions um wherever that may be, where he's supposed to be. So um, yep. So we're excited for him. Excited that he got the final thing done. Graduation is May 8th. Um, so we're excited to do all those things. That's right. Um, yeah. That's right. Yep. All right. Good catching up. Yeah.
Personalities People Struggle To Tolerate
SPEAKER_02All right. So let's get into. I want you to uh start off with there was a story on yahoo.com that talked about uh personality types that people can't stand. All right. It's the last story, I think.
SPEAKER_05Oh, I was like, wait, that ain't believers.
SPEAKER_02Oh now scroll it all the way down. Okay, you see it? Oh, yeah. And then you should have them listed.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02So, you know, we always say, oh, I can't stand a this, I can't stand a that. You know, and some of us maybe a this or maybe a that.
SPEAKER_05Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_02And sometimes you gotta understand the very thing that you don't like in someone else, there may be something that they don't like in you.
SPEAKER_05Oh you know? Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Just like being a a perfectionist. Oh, I hate a person that's trying to be a perfectionist.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, they think they know everything. They try to do everything right.
SPEAKER_02So, all right, rock rock it out.
SPEAKER_05Okay, well, this is the first one, and I have something. To this share after I say this.
SPEAKER_07Go ahead.
SPEAKER_05All right. So, number one, gossip addicts who always have drama to share makes you wonder what they say about you when you're not around.
SPEAKER_02Now, I do like gossip without judgment.
SPEAKER_05Okay.
SPEAKER_02You know what I mean?
SPEAKER_05Just give me the tea.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. Gossip without judgment is great.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Because the situation, yes, the situations are funny. But gossip and judgment say, oh, did you hear what I don't like that?
SPEAKER_05Well, we like to give tea, and because always say it's just jokes, because we like to laugh. But sometimes people gonna tell our thing that's tea that we just joking because we just think it's a funny situation. And sometimes people think we like gossiping in a negative way. And it's not negative. We just like to laugh. It's funny.
SPEAKER_02Ours is like situational sharing.
SPEAKER_05It's funny. We ain't we're, I mean, like, it's just really hysterical.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_05And but I understand our maybe our humor and laugh we find it, maybe it ain't funny to everybody.
SPEAKER_02No, it definitely, because we laugh at stuff that even happens to us. Yeah. And we will share that with people. Yeah. With everybody else. Well, not everybody else, but we know a lot of people. Well, I ain't gonna say we know a lot of people, but we know people that will lie about stuff they don't have to lie about. You know, instead of just saying, This is what happened. And we're struggling, but we're gonna be all right, because cha try to do X, Y, Z, you know. But hey.
SPEAKER_05Yeah. So, I mean, we find humor in the good, bad, ugly.
SPEAKER_02We are.
SPEAKER_05That's just what we do.
SPEAKER_02We should not, and we have to because we're a married couple. Yes. But we should never sit next to each other in a serious situation, which is like church, funerals, um, anywhere. Because I'm telling you, it's it's I'm definitely gonna find the humor.
SPEAKER_05And maybe people think we're judging because we laughing. But we not, we just laughing.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_05Because everybody has times where they are down. And everybody has time when you're in a situation where it's like, what? How do you get yourself in that? Everybody in their life can say that they've had that.
SPEAKER_02My mom will get upset, but then when she realized, because we'll make her laugh about it later too. She'll be like, keep that's not funny. That's not and you'll be like, Granna, but why did such this? And I'll be like, Mama, you know, good way. Then she'd be like, but you I would then next thing no, she'll laugh about it.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Because she realized, oh, you know what? It is.
SPEAKER_05Yeah. So yeah, don't take it personal. We it really is just jokes. We really are just, it's funny. It is. It's just funny. Yeah. All right. This, oh, you talked about this this week with somebody. Okay, we're people who can never admit they're wrong ever.
SPEAKER_00Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_05Yeah. I mean, like, listen, you're gonna be wrong sometimes.
SPEAKER_02Sometimes, yeah.
SPEAKER_05And so I can't deal with that. People that uh can't say when they're wrong.
SPEAKER_02Never wrong, and especially when it's just like flat out, like, and okay, let's just say, for example. Let's say I'm writing something on the board.
SPEAKER_07Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER_02I misspell it. Instead of me saying, oh shoot, I misspell it, I'd say, well, I was looking at the wall and saw that there was something there with that in it, and I just wrote that word. And I I gotta fix that on the wall.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_02As opposed to saying, oh, my bad.
SPEAKER_05My bad. Oh Lord, yeah. Why y'all didn't tell? I'll just say, why you didn't tell me I spelled that word wrong? Lord have mercy. And then I'll do that.
SPEAKER_02Educators are big, some of them, on not being able to accept their wrong.
SPEAKER_05Yeah. And then if it's a word that I'm like thinking, Lord, you know, sometimes you just have a brain fart, or you're like, you kind of try to figure out the word, I'll say, listen, tell me how to spell it somebody, please. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Look it up. Tell me, get your phone out.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, yeah, yeah. But people have such a hard time with that. I'm like, I'm okay with saying I messed up and it was wrong.
SPEAKER_02But you know, that's what my little uh student who told me the other day that I interviewed. Yeah. She was like, Because when we make mistakes, you don't judge us for it. You just show us where we should, you know, you give us an opportunity to do it right, make it better, and say, you know, let's let's grow learn and grow from it.
SPEAKER_05And then you did, and then you don't have to sit up and doing all this lying. Yeah. Because that's what I can't take. Come on now.
SPEAKER_02Somebody who will be the a liar. Yeah.
SPEAKER_05All right. The contrarian. They know what they're saying is wrong or controversial, but maintain their point of view just seem like they have one over the rest of us.
SPEAKER_02Know a few people like that? Know somebody like that.
SPEAKER_05You do.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. Oh. I know somebody like that. What y'all getting into?
SPEAKER_05Yeah. What y'all about to get into?
SPEAKER_02Come on now. Come on now.
SPEAKER_05All right. Micromanagers who know how they are and don't dial it back. I can't stand working for a micromanager. Me neither. That is like that. I I know I can't stay in that that place long. But luckily for me, I have not had that experience often. Um, I probably have only had it one time.
SPEAKER_02You had one, but she didn't even know she didn't know the jars. Yes.
SPEAKER_05Yes.
SPEAKER_02And she didn't even know what she was micromanaging.
SPEAKER_05How you gonna micromanage? But then you you don't even know what you're doing.
SPEAKER_02That's like a blind person giving you directions.
SPEAKER_05Ciao. I listen, that was a challenge. Yeah. But I will say it grew me as a professional because I had to remember that thing you sent. I think you sent it in an email. Like how to or you talked about it, how to professionally say specific things. I'm telling you, I had to really do all the professional type of conversations with a micromanager who don't know what in the hell they are talking about and child. Listen. I was like, what in the world? What you do you even know?
SPEAKER_02Yeah, and she didn't.
SPEAKER_05Boo-boo. I used to say, Oh, poor little tink tink.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_05That's what I would have to say to kind of make me simmer down. It's just to say, poor little tink tink.
SPEAKER_02Well, what black people tink tinker when when something's wrong with somebody and they can't say no? Bless her heart. Bless her heart.
SPEAKER_05Bless her heart.
SPEAKER_02Bless her heart. Bless her heart, little tinker. That's all you can say. Bless her heart.
SPEAKER_05Bless her heart, little tink tink. She don't know no better. She don't know any better. All right, this is another one. Oh. All right. Wire hangers. No.
SPEAKER_07No more wire hangers.
SPEAKER_05The one upper type. Someone who always has the one upper type before you tell.
SPEAKER_02Oh, I know. I know. Well, we could even, you know what? What we could say names because they don't even be listening.
SPEAKER_04I ain't gonna say no names. I ain't saying no names. I ain't saying no names.
SPEAKER_00I ain't saying no names. Where you was, who you were, what you did. Don't say. I ain't saying no day. I ain't saying no days.
SPEAKER_05I said no days. All right, number six. The anti-intellectual, people who refuse to learn and grow. I don't really deal with that many people because I you I don't, they're not gonna be in my circle.
SPEAKER_02That's correct. That's correct. So I can't even say all the personality types people don't like. So if you know somebody who's an anti-intellectual, they're not in my circle.
SPEAKER_05So I uh I don't have to even deal with that.
SPEAKER_02I can't stand those in the class, in the classroom. Ooh, this really does drive me crazy. Burns your hide.
SPEAKER_05Ties my hide.
SPEAKER_02Ties your hide.
SPEAKER_05Making anything your whole personality is a red flag. So you just one dimension.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_05Just a one-dimensional person.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_05That your life is either the gym or your life is just your kids.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_05Like, we're who that's all you are?
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_05Like, you gotta be more than your life is just a you're just a teacher.
SPEAKER_02There are people in in um Oh, I I had a conversation this week, one of my students. Um, when you strip the things that you do away, who are you? And that's a great question to always ask people because we do get caught up in that. Because if somebody said, and I heard this on on a podcast too, they said, if somebody said, Who is Lakretia?
SPEAKER_04Yes.
SPEAKER_02And if you tie it to she's a mother, she's a worker, you that's not. You know what I mean? And even though you may be many things, but learn how to not even use that. That you know what I mean?
SPEAKER_05It's like who you are as a human.
SPEAKER_02Right. Um I'm a compassionate being.
SPEAKER_05What describes you?
SPEAKER_02That is who you are.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Nothing that has a title because it's saying, so once that title is stripped away.
SPEAKER_07Who are you?
SPEAKER_02Right. What are you left with? Do you you don't exist anymore? Yeah. If that's who you are, you don't exist anymore. Once you change your career, so you die when you retire because you said you were a teacher.
SPEAKER_05Well, once you retire, you just make so much sense because there's so many people that retire and then they're like, after two months, they're like, I don't know what to do with myself. What do I do? Because that was all that they're doing.
SPEAKER_07They don't know who they are. Yeah.
SPEAKER_05Let me tell you something. When this sister retire, yeah, I got plenty.
SPEAKER_02Right.
SPEAKER_05Plenty that I'll be fine with. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02That people I like with dealing with uh coaching, you know, a lot of coaches, that's it. They every every chance they get, they're talking about sports. Sports, sports. So I would bring up, hey, y'all seen this show? Oh no, I ain't watching it.
SPEAKER_05Y'all seen.
SPEAKER_02We don't do that. It's a lot of things. Nope. Nope. But all the games and all that, they they know that. So I stopped really, you know, going into those spaces. Yeah. And just hung out in my classroom or hung out other places, you know, because as, you know, yeah, I like coaching, yeah, but it's not me. Right. It's not just me. So yeah.
SPEAKER_05Yeah. Um, this one is kind of interesting. I was trying to think of, do I know anybody like this? But someone says, one of my siblings gets really caught up. I know what it made me think of. I'll say it after. One of my siblings gets really caught up on technicalities. You say, oh, the sky is blue, and they say, actually, it's Surline. Or talking about the price of something. Oh, it wasn't too much, around$20 to$25. And their response is actually it was$22.83. Random stuff that isn't important to anyone but them. I'm like, is your sibling autistic? Because they re will correct you.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, and they focus on minute details that have not been stated.
SPEAKER_05Uh-huh. Yeah. So I wonder that could be. Is that it? Because they often it will, you know, correct you in that way. Yeah. I think about. Also, there is a new love on the spectrum, new season out. I'm excited to watch it over break.
SPEAKER_00Oh my goodness.
SPEAKER_05I love love on the spectrum. If you have not watched that, go back to season one. You're gonna fall in love. They are just amazing. They're just amazing. They are to the point, gonna state the facts. They will. You don't like unicorns. I like unicorns. This ain't gonna work. That's important to me.
SPEAKER_02This ain't gonna work, but there ain't no figuring it out.
SPEAKER_05Move along.
SPEAKER_02If you're not on their list, move along. And I'm talking about they would disassociate themselves with you so fast.
SPEAKER_05So fast, son. They're not playing games. I love it. Um oh now, I this is something I personally do have to work on. If it's something that's exciting, and I really want to talk about it. People who interrupt nonstop, like let me finish a sentence. I on purpose have to sometimes, it depends on like what the conversation is, and if I'm excited about sharing something, but I do have to say, hold on, wait a minute, little creature hair. Um but there are people who don't do that, and that is the um is it frustrating? What word would you use to describe it?
SPEAKER_02Um Yeah, you can say, I mean, you can say it frustrates me.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, it does. Because at some point I just say forget it. I hate and I just and guess what? Everything you're saying, I stopped listening.
SPEAKER_02I hate when the interruption comes with no substance to what I'm saying.
SPEAKER_05Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER_02Like if you interrupt and it adds, and now we now back, back, back like that, yeah, that's cool.
SPEAKER_05Okay.
SPEAKER_02But when they interrupt, and then now it's like it becomes about them, yeah. And only their experience, it's like, okay, let me get back to my topic.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_02But interruption and then you say, oh, but member, remember, member, such and such, such as that. Like, oh, you're right. If it adds to our discussion.
SPEAKER_05Well, the only thing about the interruption that messes me up, if I'm telling it, then it met I'm like, well, what I for I forgot. It makes me forget what I was talking about.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, yeah. Yeah. That's what that's what I'm saying.
SPEAKER_05So you don't value what I'm saying.
SPEAKER_02If you're telling me a story.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_02And I interrupt you saying something like, but but what was it? What did she have on? As opposed to just letting you flow. Uh-huh. You see what I'm saying? So now I'm still you're still building into the story.
SPEAKER_05That happens with the one-upper, too. The one-upper. That's what I'm saying.
SPEAKER_02They change it. Yeah, they change it because they'll they'll they'll sit around and they'll be like, ooh, she's getting attention. You know, you know, all of these personalities, people we've seen on the challenge that I've experienced. Don't even tons of one-uppers.
SPEAKER_03Don't even get me started.
SPEAKER_02Tons of one-uppers because they're trying to get that TV time.
SPEAKER_05Goodness gracious. And then, well, I guess in those, in those situations, it is TV time because it's the live podcast and all of that.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. Because that's their that's their money.
SPEAKER_05Who child? I'll be in the audience. Like frustrating.
SPEAKER_02I'll be in the audience. It's not frustrating. It's uh, what's the word? Like, it's taxing. Because you get you get like, oh, okay, it's draining me. Because I just let them talk.
SPEAKER_05Listen, I'm not even up there.
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_05And I'd be like, God damn.
SPEAKER_02I know my light is shining no matter what.
SPEAKER_05Ciao.
SPEAKER_02I ain't competing.
SPEAKER_05I'll just be willing to go up there and be like, Where's the talking?
SPEAKER_02Get the talking stick.
SPEAKER_05Yeah. Okay, here's one. I'm not gonna go through all of them. I think I'll do a couple more.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, do about uh let's do three more.
SPEAKER_05All right, negative attitudes, not depressed, that's different.
SPEAKER_02I can't stand a person with that.
SPEAKER_05That's something going through something. But people who are just negative no matter what are really hard to be around.
SPEAKER_02I can, and you know me, because I'm always trying to say something. Yeah. And then the first thing somebody says is like, it's not. I'm I'm gonna I'm gonna stop sharing. And I don't want to stop sharing because obviously if I share it to you, that means I I hold some kind of it don't even write. I mean, I'm gonna do what I want to do anyway, but not value in in what you tell me to do, but just you're in a circle. You're in my circle.
SPEAKER_05I'm trying to get it on. Oh, sorry, keep going.
SPEAKER_02All right, so um, but I you know me. I cannot I'll I'll really shut up. I'll shut up, period. If you're just a negative person, I'm done.
SPEAKER_05Well, I have gotten to maybe I need to stop because it might be hurting negative people's feelings. But I'll be like trying to make them think of how negative they sound, right? And I'm like the brighter side, the brighter side. That does frustrate them. The brighter side. And then guess what they do? They shut up, they don't talk to you no more. So that's what I do.
SPEAKER_02Or they'll get out the phone.
SPEAKER_05Uh-huh. So that's what I do. Because I just don't, I mean, I don't have time for it. Um they'll get out the phone. Yeah, they'll be like I'll talk to you later. All right, I'll talk to you today. All right, all right, I got to go. I'll also yeah, that's fine. Because I just can't do it with you, honey. I just can't do it with you. Yeah. Um let's see.
SPEAKER_02I mean, that's good. You can stop there if you want to.
SPEAKER_05Well, I'll do the last one, even though we don't do this because it's kind of like something that we just wouldn't put up with. Something about us, this is about in the world. But we're talking about it. The you won't believe how drunk I was this weekend, people. Getting drunk and making an idiot out of yourself isn't an accomplishment worth bragging about.
SPEAKER_02But we knew people like that. Yeah, especially in college.
SPEAKER_05I used to.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, that's what I'm saying. You used to work with somebody like that. I worked with a few people like that. Um and then in college, you know, I didn't, you know, I didn't drink. You didn't drink in college at all. But I was around a lot of people like that, and that wasn't my thing. No.
SPEAKER_05And some people like I've like in college, remember, like, we drink to throw up. Why? Yeah. Like, I just don't understand. I don't remember nothing.
SPEAKER_02I want to remember everything. Because if if my name flashed across the news, I want to know what I did. So I can call Top Doll Law. Who else out there I can call?
SPEAKER_05Yeah. This is my last thing.
SPEAKER_02Okay.
SPEAKER_05Um, people who blame their rudeness, obnoxiousness, or personality on their culture or family background. Sorry, I'm Italian. That's just how I am. No, you were born in New Jersey, you're just annoying. No, just not even that. Just the people saying, Um, that's just how I am. Or, or then after some time, other people saying, Well, you that you're not going to be able to do that. You know, you're not going to be able to do that's and you give them a pass. And you give them a pass. If I went and did the same behavior as such and such, y'all would have a problem with it. And so if you're gonna have a problem with it from me, then it's a problem from them.
SPEAKER_02The action is a problem regardless.
SPEAKER_05And we, it's not, that's just how I am. I that drives me crazy. No, then you need to fix yourself, need to change because it is impacting people in a negative way. If you haven't noticed, it is ruining relationships with you and other people.
SPEAKER_07That's right.
SPEAKER_05Um, so it's impacting your life in some way. We all have room for growth, none of us are perfect. I believe, you know, I honestly believe in being reflective and trying to adjust yourself to be the best person that you could be. And we, if you use that phrase, that's just how I am, baby. You need to work on yourself. Yep. If you say that phrase, that's just how I am. You need to work on yourself because that is a problem.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, especially, like I say, especially when it is, and you know how we always say what's common, what's normal, but we do know um right from wrong, move from kind.
SPEAKER_07Yes.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, we do know that. And you know that that person is like that. You know, you gotta stop giving them passes because they're only doing it because you are giving them a pass.
SPEAKER_05And you want to say it's your culture or your family background? First of all, everybody from that culture does not behave that way. Correct. And everybody in your family does not behave that way. And if they do, be the change.
SPEAKER_02Right. It's still not appropriate.
SPEAKER_05It's not appropriate, it's not okay, it's not working for you.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_05If you have to say that's just how I am, it's not working.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_05Just know that.
Why Small Noises Hit So Hard
SPEAKER_02Yep. All right. Pass it over. I'll pass it over to see that. All right, ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to read something that is near and dear to my heart.
SPEAKER_03Oh, it is in his spirit, baby.
SPEAKER_02My spirit.
SPEAKER_03In his spirit.
SPEAKER_02The title of this is Why Some People Feel Irritated by Small Noises, like someone chewing, often comes down to the come down to these 12 sensitivity traits. Psychology has studied for years. Now I probably won't read the 12 sensitivity traits, but I am definitely the kind of person that cannot stand small noises. I'm not necessarily saying small noises, but repetitive noises, they irk me to the T. Like that one time we went, uh surprised, I surprised you to the mountains. Yeah. We stayed in the cabin. Oh, yeah. And that smoke detector, the battery was there. And that's that's like before even before COVID, because now everybody told, oh, that's smoke detector.
SPEAKER_05If somebody on TikTok got a chirp, he'd like, go to another video.
SPEAKER_02Who watched this, watch this. As soon as it's up, it could be funny. As soon as I hear that, beep, I said, oh, I'm done.
SPEAKER_04I'm done.
SPEAKER_02I cannot, I don't care what happened. I'm finished. Like I don't. I don't care if it's like, oh, these are the winning numbers to the lotto.
SPEAKER_04Oh, child, you a fool. I'm watching it. You a fool, I'll watch it.
SPEAKER_05Child, give me those.
SPEAKER_02My body won't let me.
SPEAKER_05Give me those winning numbers.
SPEAKER_02My body won't let me.
SPEAKER_05One of my little things, and he says it to me sometimes. Sometimes when I chew gum, when I first start chewing it, it chew I do choose Allie. And the only reason I made me really recognize is I think because he just is irritated. By small noises. One time, um, when I was training, because when I'm talking and training people, I just I don't like to do a mint because you kind of like, you know what I mean? Like, I don't know. I will I'll have gum in my mouth. And so one of the girls sitting next to me, she said, Craig, that gum must be real good. I said, You can hear me? She said, Yeah. I said, Oh Lord, no. Um, and then today, uh, with my I have a client today, and um, I was we were doing grounding before we got started. So it's like five things that you see, four things you can feel, three things you can hear, two things that you can um um smell, and one thing you can taste. So when we got to the three things that she could hear, she named like the white noise, people talking, and she says, and you chewing your gum. I said, oh I said, oh, maybe I do. Maybe I do chew just a little bit. So I'll be mindful of that.
SPEAKER_02So here it is. So have you ever noticed how the smallest things can irritate you more than they probably should? According to this article, those reactions aren't as random as they seem. Experts say that when we feel unusually irritated by small things, like someone chewing loudly, interrupting, or even constant background noises, it's often less about the situation itself and more about what's going on internally. Psychologists, yeah. But there's also a condition for that, too.
SPEAKER_05Oh, so you got a condition.
SPEAKER_02Yes, I looked that up a long time ago.
SPEAKER_05You need a peel.
SPEAKER_02I need something. Yeah, a quiet peel.
SPEAKER_05Okay.
SPEAKER_02Psychologists explain that these reactions can be connected to stress, emotional fatigue, feeling overwhelmed, or even unresolved personal triggers. When we're already stressed thin, our tolerance drops and everyday annoyances start to feel much bigger than they actually are. But I can tell you, I was not a fan of smacking all my life.
SPEAKER_07Okay.
SPEAKER_02And like just the ticks all my life.
SPEAKER_07Okay.
SPEAKER_02Um, this article also highlights that sometimes the traits we find most irritating and others can reflect something within ourselves. Oh, I just read that, right?
SPEAKER_05So maybe you needed a pill your whole life.
SPEAKER_02No, okay, well, yeah, yeah, probably so.
SPEAKER_05Oh, okay.
SPEAKER_02Within ourselves. Whether it's a behavior we struggle with, something we're trying to control, or even something we've been criticized for in the past. I know mama used to say, Y'all better close your mouth when you chewing. You know, we had to do that. But we had a lot of people that in our mama saying again. Y'all better close your mouth when you chewing. And then, but it was a lot of kids, they like full food.
SPEAKER_05Who did who does that?
SPEAKER_02You ain't never seen kids do that. It's just like I can't like, and this might offend somebody, but I can't stand when people do this.
unknownOh.
SPEAKER_02I don't know what I'm saying. I can't stand when people drink their water like that. Oh, that bothers me. I be want to just smash the whole water bottle in their throat. Oh, you should. I sure should. That hurts my soul.
SPEAKER_05Oh my gosh.
SPEAKER_02But anyhow, so instead of being pretty petty instead of just being petty annoyances, these moments can actually serve as signals, pointing to areas where we may need rest, awareness, or an emotional check-in. And when we really think about it, it makes sense. Things like loud chewing, a smoke detector chirping in the background, or a constantly running toilet aren't just annoying. They interrupt our sense of peace. That's what it is. Oh, disrupting your peace. My peace. You know, I'm all about the job.
SPEAKER_04I feel like I'm in a jungle.
SPEAKER_02You are in a jungle. Because it's right there. Push it over some.
SPEAKER_04Okay. Go ahead.
SPEAKER_02Um, they pull at your attention when your mind may already be overloaded. And you know, I got undetected AH AHD, ADHD. So A R P. I'm trying to, hey, elemental P when I'm trying to focus and that little one thing takes me off.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_02I'm now gonna start all over. Got started all over. So sometimes it's not just about fixing the noise, it's about checking in with yourself. So you out there in podcast land. What's a small thing that irritates you quickly? And have you ever stopped to think about what might really be behind that reaction? And when it happens, do you try to fix the situation first or do you check in with yourself first? So all I want to know is people out there, what is that one thing? Or do you are you easily irritated? And if you are easily irritated, what is the one thing that irritates you to no return? Like now, you know, with T. Everybody's saying, oh, look at all those smoke detectors chirping. And you know, like that one thing that that white guy said, uh uh say you're a black person without saying you're a black person. And then you heard the thing that said, beep in the background of smoke detector. I was like, oh, that was funny. Yeah. Very funny. Because it's always being out, well, I don't know. I guess my little TikToks are. I will tell you something.
SPEAKER_05Yeah. Um, I don't know if that ever bothered me, but I I never, we never had that happen in our house. Like we never had that.
SPEAKER_02With a smoke detector? Yeah. No, because as soon as I hear it, I'm I mean, even as a child. I mean, oh, as a child, oh, we didn't have smoke detectors growing up. I mean, you had to Y'all didn't have nothing either, child. The way you be talking about, y'all ain't had no floors or nothing. Oh, so I know good.
SPEAKER_04I know.
SPEAKER_02Hey, here they smoke detail like this.
SPEAKER_00Who's smoking in there?
SPEAKER_04That is not the truth.
SPEAKER_02Somebody smoking in there. Who burning something? Elma. Open that damn door. Open a window.
SPEAKER_05No.
SPEAKER_02That was y'all smoke detail. No. That's exactly what it is.
SPEAKER_05But yeah, I haven't had that. I for me, not many noises irritate me unless I'm trying to go to sleep or I'm trying to do some, like, I'm trying to focus on like schoolwork. Um, those are the only things that bother me when it interrupts mostly sleep. So, like, um, yeah. So I remember like when you would get up and work out early um and flipping the light.
SPEAKER_02Wow, how the times have changed.
SPEAKER_05I try. So I am very mindful of it.
SPEAKER_02But I don't worry about it because I know that's what you gotta do. I know it, but yeah.
SPEAKER_05So there you I could. I'll try to be very quiet.
SPEAKER_02It don't matter. I know you're not trying to do it on purpose. You're doing what you gotta do to work out, but I'm just letting you know.
unknownOh my God.
SPEAKER_02I hey, go ahead, keep going. I'm sorry I interrupted you, what you said you didn't like, but I had to say that I'll wait no, thank you, Jesus. Oh my goodness.
SPEAKER_05So there aren't many noises that do um that bother me.
SPEAKER_02What about as a teacher when kids would tap on desk?
SPEAKER_05Did that and I think that's where I have the hardest time, is because I have such um patience and tolerance for kids.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_05Um, and so it's like, what can I do to help support them with it? What can we do that's different? So my student, like I remember when I was at Oliver, EW Oliver, and so you come in my room, and this was before people said um alternative seating. You know, alternative seating is a thing now. I've always had alternative seating. So where kids can work on the floor if they need to, stand up, sit in one of the wiggly seats. I always have I've done that, and I remember my principal there saying they didn't think learning was happening in my classroom because you call my classroom, it's you can't organized chaos.
SPEAKER_02That's what I call it.
SPEAKER_05That's what I have. I have organized chaos, we're learning. But I'm but my baby that can't sit still, you can work standing up. And then if you need to go move and work on the carpet, I don't care what you're doing, yeah, as long as you're working. And so he was like, and I remember him saying in the staff meeting, I went to Mrs. Harris class and I was like, what's going on in here? But when I went in there, all the working was happening, and it is happening. Um, so it's not much that would bother me in that if it has to be quiet for testing, then I'm like, you know, sweet pea, I need, you know, and because we've already built this relationship and they understand the thing, it just wasn't really an issue. That stuff doesn't bother me.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_05Um, because a lot of it they can't, they can't help. And so I try to find something else they can do that maybe if it's distracting people that that does less noise, something else that helped them to get that tapping or whatever movement that they need, that they can do it another way that's quieter. But yeah, that that doesn't bother me, but it does bother teachers. I don't like it when they pull in.
SPEAKER_02Did they doing the beats with the pencils and stuff?
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_02All that stuff. I'm like, hey, uh, chill, chill, chill, chill. Yeah. And then he keeps doing it, keep doing it. So I'll be like, give me no pencil, because obviously you ain't doing no work with them.
SPEAKER_05Yeah. Now, if you're not doing no work, then I got to take that like that's uh, I'm not gonna just let you sit up and do the things.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, that was it. So most noise is not created when you're doing work like that. You know, it may be like, and I tell my kids they can chew gun, but they can't pop it.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_02They can't smack it. Yeah. You know, and I'm like kind of teaching them how to do these things. Yeah, you know, but other than that, those I don't have a lot of noisy problems, like minute, like I don't I don't like that when they gotta keep clicking the pen.
SPEAKER_04Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Like that.
SPEAKER_04Oh, that that's also that wouldn't bother me.
SPEAKER_02Because I look, I pay attention to the other kids, it's annoying them too. Yeah. So it's not necessarily just me. Yeah. Because if it if I know that, you know, whatever his name is has a condition, I understand that. But the other kids are not as patient with them because they may have a condition stronger than mine where they can't do any work because of that clicking, clicking, clicking, clicking.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_02You know, so yeah, but those sounds like it's in the middle of the night. If if the toilet gets stuck, like that bothers me. I have to get up. When somebody leaves the fan on in the bathroom, bothers me. I have to go downstairs or whatever bothers me.
SPEAKER_05Um fan to me sounds like white noise.
SPEAKER_02That ain't no white noise.
SPEAKER_05Sounds like it to me.
SPEAKER_02No, that's not a that's different. That's y'all should cut it off. The toilet, I mean the doo-doo smell is gone. Turn it off.
SPEAKER_05That's for you.
SPEAKER_02No, cut it off.
SPEAKER_05Okay.
SPEAKER_02Well, you are, you know what? You grew up around noise. Because y'all always have the TV like on. Like, not just on.
SPEAKER_05They have it all loud.
SPEAKER_02Very loud.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Because I remember I used when we first started, I would go click everybody's TV off. Next thing you know, that's your TV on. Ain't nobody was downstairs.
SPEAKER_04The TV be on. They do all night. The kitchen, the downstairs. I'd be like, wait a minute.
SPEAKER_02Nobody's here.
SPEAKER_04Why is the TV on?
SPEAKER_02All night. But it'd be on.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_05I always or the music.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. Now see the music, but I would have it at a thing. But now, like, you don't like music on all night.
SPEAKER_05No, I don't. I like, I mean, I think when I thought about like certain things I've adjusted, I think it's flip-flopping. Flip-flopping, because you know, who you're around is what you become accustomed to. And so you like, like, I never was a person who slept all the way in the dark. I kept some kind of light on. That's right. And so now it's like, but if you're not here, I don't sleep with the I think I have a light on.
SPEAKER_02You have, and you don't have the pillows.
SPEAKER_05Nope. How you sleep with that?
SPEAKER_02The pillow, but right, you just your little space right now.
SPEAKER_05You're like, and I'm fine.
SPEAKER_02I'm gonna be a little cocoon.
SPEAKER_05Yes.
SPEAKER_02Yes. But so yeah.
SPEAKER_05So in regards to noises, like, yeah, no, that doesn't, that doesn't bother me, but it does indeed.
SPEAKER_02Gotta have that. I gotta have it. Yeah. Black. Also black because if the boogeyman do come on, and he just takes him. I don't want to see him.
SPEAKER_05Oh my goodness.
SPEAKER_02Just take me. Alright, so let's uh let's go to your other job.
A Ticket Story That Makes No Sense
unknownOkay.
SPEAKER_02Your new job you got.
unknownOkay.
SPEAKER_02Alright, we're gonna talk about that for a second, and let me make sure I get to the right story. So, y'all do know that Krisha is a woman of many talents. She does a lot of things in the world.
SPEAKER_04I do.
SPEAKER_02And uh catch them up most recently. What was the one thing that you did? You was uh you became the new uh Matlock or Judge Maybelline. Remember Judge Mabel? What's her name? The black lady used to be.
SPEAKER_07Listen.
SPEAKER_02Was it Mabel Brown? What was her name? Maybelline.
SPEAKER_05Maybelline, what was it? Maybelline.
SPEAKER_02Is that what she said? I forgot her last name. Yeah.
unknownOkay.
SPEAKER_02What's her name?
SPEAKER_05So uh was it Judge Maybelline?
SPEAKER_02It probably was Judge Maybelline. I ain't it.
SPEAKER_05Anywho, um, let me tell you something. Y'all remember I told you last week that I beat the case. Um, I had a ticket. They tried to say that I ran a red light, which wasn't soaked wasn't red. Was it red? Um, and the one reason why I did go and fight it was because my colleague on my team, her son is a police officer. And then she was like, oh yeah, lots of people go in because they're sometimes they are often wrong. And I was like, oh, okay, so that was made me feel like, okay, go. That made me feel like, yeah, okay, let's go do it. Listen, we Florida, what does Charlamagne say about Florida?
SPEAKER_02The world's craziest and stupidest people come from all of Florida and Brooklyn.
SPEAKER_05And it and Harlem, one that's somewhere in New York. That includes in Wichita. And Foley. And that includes all occupations and specifically police officers.
SPEAKER_02So you have just taken on a new client, is that right?
SPEAKER_05Yeah. So this new client that I have from Florida who was like, I heard Cree uh went to court and won her case on her ticket of somebody saying she did something she didn't do. So, you know what? Let me call it. Let me call top down Cree.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, top down Cree. Switch Jane do for me.
SPEAKER_05Right. So this lady in Florida um received a ticket from it was actually Lake Worth Beach. Come on now. She was pulled over and given a$116 ticket for distracted driving under Florida's, what is it? The Florida law.
SPEAKER_02Florida law. Because they say she was doing what?
SPEAKER_05She was, uh had her phone in her hand.
SPEAKER_02Say that part again.
SPEAKER_05She had a phone in her hand.
SPEAKER_02Okay.
SPEAKER_05Specifically her right hand. Okay, y'all. Right hand. They said she had a phone. And at first they may like, in order to receive the ticket, you gotta be looking like you're looking at something, texting. That's what the law says.
SPEAKER_02You gotta actually be texting or typing. They have to see you.
SPEAKER_05And they have to see you doing this with your hand.
SPEAKER_02Yes.
SPEAKER_05She get pulled over. The police officer said, You were distracted. I saw you on your phone. It was in your right hand. You were on your phone typing something. So she said, Okay, say that again. He said, You were uh with your right hand. She pulled her little nub up. She ain't even got no hand. No hand. She got a nub.
SPEAKER_02Clapping with no hand.
SPEAKER_05Yes. She don't even have a hand. She don't even have a right hand. And so because like going back to the first story of people who can't say when they wrong, he refused to say he was wrong.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. And gave her right in his face.
SPEAKER_05Yeah. He sees a nub. She like, where you see a hand? How did I how what was I holding? How was I holding? And he um gave her a ticket anyway.
SPEAKER_02Yep.
SPEAKER_05And so um hoping he asked her to sign it.
SPEAKER_02She could her left hand, but yeah, with her left hand.
SPEAKER_05And so she's Well, well, she's gonna go to court. What?
SPEAKER_02And they say raise her right hand.
SPEAKER_05She's gonna have to go like this.
SPEAKER_02She can't even be sworn in.
SPEAKER_05She's gonna be sworn in with a nub.
SPEAKER_02He ain't even handle the ticket.
SPEAKER_05She's gonna be sworn in with the nub.
SPEAKER_02Mm-mm. She's fighting that ticket.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, that's why she called me.
SPEAKER_02That's right.
SPEAKER_05Because she was like, listen, top dog Cree. I heard you.
SPEAKER_02She said, I need you to handle something for me.
SPEAKER_05I got you.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_05I got you, girl.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_05And so anyway.
SPEAKER_02And she didn't do this because this story is a believe it, sister. She said, believe it, sister. That's how she did that one.
SPEAKER_05Uh-oh, Lord, Lord. So, anywho, this kind of was both stories intertwined because I know that police officer felt like an idiot, but instead of being able to say, Oh ma'am, I'm so sorry. Oh, ma'am, I'm so sorry. Yeah. I must have missed what I saw.
SPEAKER_04So did.
SPEAKER_05But he gave her the ticket anyway. So now she's got to waste time going to court to fight something that's not wasn't even a thing. Yep. Shame on you.
SPEAKER_02Very shame.
SPEAKER_05Shame on you.
SPEAKER_02When they could have handled the business right there.
SPEAKER_05With understanding that there was no right hand to handle. Shame on them. And so.
SPEAKER_02And what do they call them? The strong arm of the law.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Please. I think not. So leave it, sister. Oh my bad. Believe it, sister.
SPEAKER_05You got this girl, and I got you.
Side Eyes On Gas And Cheap Buys
SPEAKER_02That's a shame. A shame. All right. All right. So we're going to get out of here with our side eyes. What's your side eye? Did you figure out that?
SPEAKER_05Well, you go with yours and then make it.
SPEAKER_02My side eye is$62 a week. Whatever the last two weeks. It's probably going to be$92 next week for gas in the Jeep. Because y'all know I got uh I was leasing a Tesla. My lease was up and they called out 50, 1100 times. Will you uh renew the lease? Nope. Because at the time I got the lease, uh old Buddy wasn't uh for old buddy. And so I was like, oh okay, cool. Then as soon as I got it, about three months later, old buddy was with old buddy, and I was like, ugh. So I let it go because uh the spirits wouldn't let me keep it. You know what I'm saying? The spirits of my ancestors wouldn't let me keep it. And so I was like, yeah, I don't want to keep it. So I got rid of it because I still had my Jeep. And Lord have mercy, I'm feeling it. My little debit card being swiped. I might as well just leave my debit card up there at the at the Kroger to keep the tab open. Because them gas prices, oh, MG.
SPEAKER_06Yes.
SPEAKER_02And plus my little my little Jeep is, you know, she old in age.
SPEAKER_06Yeah.
SPEAKER_02You know, 2015. Um, and she got oh no, 20, 2009. I'm sorry, 2009. She's an old lady. And she got uh, you know, 150,000 miles off.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, she's an old lady.
SPEAKER_02You know, so she drinking.
SPEAKER_05She drinking.
SPEAKER_02She's drinking, she's drinking that gas like crazy. And$62 a week. Like I said, told Cree, I said, that's a cheap car note for a used car. Very used. Yeah, but it's hey, you get a Lexus. That's what the boys got.
SPEAKER_03Very used.
SPEAKER_02And they good cars.
SPEAKER_03Yeah.
SPEAKER_02You know what I'm saying? So that's my side of these gas prices, man.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_02The gas is high.
SPEAKER_05It is high.
SPEAKER_02High. So high.
SPEAKER_05Certainly.
SPEAKER_02Too high. High than somebody in my family was a long time ago when my mama took the picture. Oh!
SPEAKER_05My dad's we moving on. Because somebody ain't gonna want that story to be shared. Let me tell y'all about my side eye because he's gonna be the dog. Uh-uh. We ain't even sharing that little story.
SPEAKER_02One day we are. One day we are. Oh my gosh.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, let it let them be here. So that way they won't be in their face.
SPEAKER_02All right, what's your side eye?
SPEAKER_05My side is well, okay. I'm this is I don't really have side eye, so I remember.
SPEAKER_02Okay, we'll talk about what's what is well.
SPEAKER_05I went to Hobby Lobby um because I was actually trying to figure out what can because you know we want to revamp and update our background and everything. So I was like, well, let me go to Hobby Lobby and see what we can get. But um I didn't really see much of Hobby Lobby because Hobby Lobby, I love the Lord, but everything in Hobby Lobby is Jesus and um in country.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_05Yeah. But anywho, on my way through looking, I want there's a certain kind of necklace I want. I think I'm just gonna have to end up paying the money ordering it. But I saw a version of that in Hobby Lobby. I should have known better, it was like five, six dollars. I tried to put my little necklace on yesterday. Thing broke, I ain't even got to wear it.
SPEAKER_02Get what you pay for.
SPEAKER_05So I'm side on, yeah, you get what you pay for. So I'm gonna go ahead and and then pay the money though for the one that I really want. Um, because there's this like little layering of necklaces that I want to do that I think is gonna be extra cute. No, I'm gonna do that. So I'm side on the cheap necklace, the cheap necklace, which I should have known, but it's like buying it's like when the boys used to buy toys from uh Dollar Tree. They'd be like, you know, I already brought. Yeah, like child, we got it from Dollar Tree. You'll be fine. You'll be fine.
SPEAKER_02All right. What are we looking great? What are we grateful for, first of all?
SPEAKER_05Um, I'm grateful for my mama who lets me use her um. We use Kroger, but she Dylan's and Kroger are under the same umbrella. And um she lets she leaves her points from Dylan's for me for gas. And uh yes or the day before yesterday, I got to get 80 cents or yesterday. I got 80 cents off of my gas. And so that was really nice. So I'm grateful for my mama who shares her Dylan's gas points with me.
SPEAKER_02FYI out there, there was a story of this guy who uh, well, this girl, she said Oh, I thought it was the guy that said he would get people's phone numbers because they gas that. But the girl, like, she shared her number because the guy was like, hey, you know, what's your number? And she gave the guy her number. Uh-huh. And then later on, she found out this joker done used all her fuel points. So, ladies out there, don't give them the number that's linked to your fuel points.
SPEAKER_05Get a Google voice number.
SPEAKER_02Get a Google voice number. That way he can still call you. But if this Joker leaves you or whatever, you still got that same phone. He's gonna be getting all your little KOB points. All your little You're like, dang, my gas, so how you know?
SPEAKER_05I think people are doing that now with the price of gas. They probably going through their little contact list. Yes, getting the discount property. Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, they're getting all them little coupon deals.
SPEAKER_05Well, the coupon deals you can put in your own phone number, but I'm saying when you No, it's the same points. No, no, no. You don't get nothing when you buy stuff.
SPEAKER_02When when you do the digital coupon at Kroger, if you don't put your number in, you won't, it won't scan and give you the. I see what you're saying. Is that not right?
SPEAKER_05That is correct. But what I'm saying is um that you can use your own phone number. I wouldn't use somebody else's phone number for that. I'll use my own phone.
SPEAKER_02But I'm saying if they don't have it, though.
SPEAKER_05Oh, yeah. That's what I'm saying. They may not get it. You might as well sign up for yourself.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, you might as well. But they use they'd be like, shoot, I'm gonna your girl and I'm still getting a discount.
SPEAKER_05You could, so if you don't feel like signing up.
SPEAKER_02Only rock with Kroger like that.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, maybe.
SPEAKER_02But I know they got a two for day.
SPEAKER_05That's true.
SPEAKER_02They gotta buy one, get one.
SPEAKER_05That's true.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. So I'm grateful that spring break is coming. That well, it's here. It's here. Yeah.
SPEAKER_05It's here.
SPEAKER_02So uh, and it's so crazy because everybody all the admin, not admin teachers, I would say, hey, what are you guys doing? Everybody said, nothing. And they say, well, hair, what are you doing? I said, nothing. Which is gonna be cool. But I'm gonna find something to do. Yeah. Like I definitely like seeing. We should do the Korean spa. I want to do it, but you don't want to do it.
SPEAKER_04I'm gonna get naked. I'm gonna get naked.
SPEAKER_02We'll see. We'll like like uh Shamar said, we'll see.
SPEAKER_04We'll see.
SPEAKER_02We'll see. So um I definitely gotta paint. I gotta paint this wall, gotta paint this wall, gotta get me a lawnmower so I can get ready to cut my grass. I know I've been saying that for several weeks. I gotta do it.
SPEAKER_05Okay.
SPEAKER_02Um, and that's the only thing. But I'm grateful for spring break. Uh I really need it. And it's just it's just gonna be a good time just to relax and and chill. Um, try to work on some things I want to work on, adjust some, I want to try to do some different content, some kind of way practice. I um added an addition to my content um creating tools. So I want to try some things. Um now what are we looking forward to?
SPEAKER_05I'm looking forward to just um I'm off. I'm off Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Okay. I had two clients canceled on Tuesday, so then I shifted my one to a different day so that I could have those three days of nobody's work. That's good stuff. So I'm looking forward to Monday, Tuesday Sunday, Monday, Tuesday of no work.
SPEAKER_02Okay. I'm looking forward to I'm going to one of my younger cousins' gender reveal um tomorrow or Saturday. Um, never been to a gender reveal.
SPEAKER_05Oh, yeah, we haven't. Yeah, never been to a gender reveal, yeah.
SPEAKER_02Have we? I've never been.
SPEAKER_07Okay. I feel like I have.
SPEAKER_02I've never been to a gender reveal. Um that's gonna be uh fun because her mother is my sister, Miki. It's supposed to come. So it's kind of like I want to get excited, but I don't want to get excited for case I don't see it.
SPEAKER_04Oh, okay.
SPEAKER_02So I'm I'm excited to see her if she is there. Um, because that's my other laugh a lot, buddy, my partner in crying. So other than that, that's what I'm looking forward to. Okay. All right. All right, that's it. All right, because we have Granny Pan is over here about to piss on herself. Yes, I gotta use a mask. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for rocking with us like you do every week.
SPEAKER_05Thank you.
SPEAKER_02Even if it's just watching the shorts.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, we appreciate it.
SPEAKER_02Um, but this is the Refreshingly Normal podcast. I am Kefla.
SPEAKER_05I am Cree.
SPEAKER_02Known as Bata Pee.
SPEAKER_05Yes.
SPEAKER_02And uh Bata Pee Cree. We appreciate it. Oh, this is Easter weekend.
SPEAKER_05Yep, child. Why does he keep on talking?
SPEAKER_02Easter speaks ready.
SPEAKER_05Bye.
SPEAKER_02And uh we'll see you when we see you.
SPEAKER_05All right, thank you. Bye.
SPEAKER_01The Refreshingly Normal Podcast.
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