<v Speaker 1>Jerry Katy and Josh makes one hundred.

<v Speaker 2>Let's talk about clothes.

<v Speaker 3>Gen Z now has a new word. It's a slang

<v Speaker 3>insult for anything that's low quality or inauthentic, like me.

<v Speaker 3>It's called polyester. Oh, you're being so polyester right now.

<v Speaker 1>They use it as like.

<v Speaker 2>It's like low quality.

<v Speaker 3>It's like if you're wearing like a polyester suit or something,

<v Speaker 3>you're like that is low quality and nasty. For example,

<v Speaker 3>there's a TikToker where an eighteen year old dude is

<v Speaker 3>talking about his life. He wants in his twenties, like

<v Speaker 3>the penthouse in New York and fancy drinks at a

<v Speaker 3>coffee shop. An automatic AI agent does all of his work.

<v Speaker 3>He spends his afternoons playing tentis tennis, and everyone's saying

<v Speaker 3>that he has a polyester lifestyle. It's low quality or inauthentic.

<v Speaker 2>I don't really quite get that. How is that low quality?

<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that's the example that they have here, because it's

<v Speaker 4>just unrealistic.

<v Speaker 2>That's what it is.

<v Speaker 1>Not real fabric.

<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it's fake.

<v Speaker 2>And so I know what that?

<v Speaker 4>Oh, it was such a polyester story.

<v Speaker 1>Repurposing words what.

<v Speaker 2>You're going clothes? That was a stupid segue speaking of clothes,

<v Speaker 2>just went right into it, Jarre, I'm gonna hear about

<v Speaker 2>this one.

<v Speaker 3>We are in the process of getting the kiddos ready

<v Speaker 3>for back to school, right yeah, and that means back

<v Speaker 3>to school clothes, shopping, shoes, pants, all sorts of stuff.

<v Speaker 3>We have a hard and fast rule now in the

<v Speaker 3>house when it comes to my daughter and what she's

<v Speaker 3>wearing to school, because she's starting middle school. She can

<v Speaker 3>wear no clothes that shows her tom tum, No belly

<v Speaker 3>button clothes.

<v Speaker 5>The conversation you have to have now, I mean it's

<v Speaker 5>it's everywhere, it.

<v Speaker 2>Really is, is it school?

<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely showing a lot of the

<v Speaker 3>girls are showing their tomtumbs.

<v Speaker 2>No, sixth, seventh, eighth grade. It's a thing.

<v Speaker 3>It's a look, right, and it's hard to say no

<v Speaker 3>because I mean I do it.

<v Speaker 2>Showing up and cool.

<v Speaker 3>Is definitely in my daughter's kitchen saying now you're gonna

<v Speaker 3>wear clothes.

<v Speaker 2>With full coverage. Yeah, were you like that with the naw?

<v Speaker 5>I was. It was a different time though, Like the

<v Speaker 5>schools wouldn't allow it. The school would not allow you

<v Speaker 5>to show up with those types of clothes that were

<v Speaker 5>revealing they still had the rule about, you know, your

<v Speaker 5>fingertips had to come to a certain point when it

<v Speaker 5>came to your shorts and everything.

<v Speaker 1>So the schools had rules that we had to follow up.

<v Speaker 5>Made it a little easier as the parent, because you

<v Speaker 5>don't want to shame your kid. That's the last thing

<v Speaker 5>you want to do and that's not what it's about.

<v Speaker 5>But it is hard. This is such a hard age

<v Speaker 5>to get into as the parent as the kid because

<v Speaker 5>as the kid, all you want to do is be adult.

<v Speaker 5>You just want to do everything you want to do

<v Speaker 5>all the adults. I just want to be an adult,

<v Speaker 5>and as a parent, you want to be like you

<v Speaker 5>don't really want to be an adult though, enjoy being

<v Speaker 5>a kid, like enjoy where you're at, and neither one

<v Speaker 5>of yeah, you know.

<v Speaker 1>So that's really the struggle.

<v Speaker 5>And I was so grateful again the school had the rules,

<v Speaker 5>so I didn't have to come down on the nun

<v Speaker 5>us open.

<v Speaker 3>But I don't like throwing the word shaming out there.

<v Speaker 3>That's such a buzzy phrase. It's not a shaming thing.

<v Speaker 3>It's teaching your children that there are locations where you

<v Speaker 3>need to look somewhat professional. That's why also why we

<v Speaker 3>don't have we have the rule in our house you're

<v Speaker 3>not participating in pajama day because you look sloppy. You

<v Speaker 3>don't go out into the real world and run around

<v Speaker 3>the office in your pajamas.

<v Speaker 2>Think better of yourself. You're at a.

<v Speaker 3>Location where you're supposed to be learning dress nice. You're

<v Speaker 3>not wearing your pajamas. No, we're not doing that.

<v Speaker 1>But that's a rule you have, steadfast.

<v Speaker 2>So that's good.

<v Speaker 3>You're not participating in pajama day you have. You're encouraging

<v Speaker 3>dressing like a slob, and I'm not into that, and.

<v Speaker 1>That's why I got into radio. But you're right, yeah,

<v Speaker 1>but we still look nicer.

<v Speaker 3>We still again, people have that stigma too that we

<v Speaker 3>come here looking like sloppy.

<v Speaker 2>You know what.

<v Speaker 3>We are still in a place of business, and that's

<v Speaker 3>an office. Clients come and go. You know, you try

<v Speaker 3>to nice.

<v Speaker 5>Yeah, no, you really do. I mean that's changed a

<v Speaker 5>lot too. When I started in radio, I mean I

<v Speaker 5>was doing overnight, so I literally would come in my

<v Speaker 5>pajamas exactly. So. But it really is just such a

<v Speaker 5>hard conversation to have with a middle schooler because then

<v Speaker 5>it's gonna go into high school and then you know

<v Speaker 5>they're gonna rebel against their parents. So it's just like,

<v Speaker 5>how are they gonna do that? Like, it's just there's

<v Speaker 5>so many.

<v Speaker 2>Things that smoke and cigarettes, and.

<v Speaker 4>It's just remember Katie, my older sister, We went to

<v Speaker 4>high school at the same time, and she would do

<v Speaker 4>the thing where she wanted to rebel so badly. She

<v Speaker 4>would wear a different outfit out the door. Oh yeah,

<v Speaker 4>we get to school and then do the changing thing

<v Speaker 4>like that's how bad it goes all.

<v Speaker 2>The house and put their makeup on totally.

<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and you were going off about some stuff you

<v Speaker 3>were seeing on your screen over there this morning.

<v Speaker 2>What were you looking at?

<v Speaker 5>Well, again, I just the outfits that people are letting

<v Speaker 5>their kids go to school, and like, well, the sorts, right,

<v Speaker 5>the shorts that show all of the back.

<v Speaker 2>No coverage, there's no cover. He got booty shorts in school.

<v Speaker 5>And again this it's so hard to be able to

<v Speaker 5>be like, hey, when you go to school, it's you know,

<v Speaker 5>you don't want to be like it's about learning and that's.

<v Speaker 1>What you're there for.

<v Speaker 5>But this is a conversation you have to have with

<v Speaker 5>your kids. It will I just my mom wouldn't let

<v Speaker 5>me wear them.

<v Speaker 1>We were not allowed to wear those at all.

<v Speaker 5>And I remember when I was eighteen, one of the

<v Speaker 5>first things I did was run out and buy a

<v Speaker 5>pair of booty shorts. You do it because my mom

<v Speaker 5>would not let me. She would not let me have them,

<v Speaker 5>and so it's one of the first things I did.

<v Speaker 5>And so like, that's where my concern comes from, is like,

<v Speaker 5>what is your kid gonna do to rebel because they're

<v Speaker 5>gonna They're gonna I need to get pregnant.

<v Speaker 2>No, I'll.

<v Speaker 1>I'm just saying, just saying.

<v Speaker 2>Kid, he was rocking the booty shirts. And then yeah,

<v Speaker 2>that's how we got.

<v Speaker 3>Well, we were talking about the kids rocking the booty

<v Speaker 3>shorts to school and showing off their tummy. Tom Tum's

<v Speaker 3>uh Wade wrote in and said, uh are you kidding me?

<v Speaker 3>You guys the schools nowadays don't care about dress code.

<v Speaker 3>For some reason, he feels bad about his fifteen year

<v Speaker 3>old son.

<v Speaker 2>Was his son? What's his son wearing? Yeah?

<v Speaker 3>I want to know the tube top or something. Wait,

<v Speaker 3>I need more information. Why is your fifteen year old

<v Speaker 3>son upset? I don't know if I would go that far.

<v Speaker 3>I think the schools do.

<v Speaker 2>Try to crack down on some You know.

<v Speaker 3>I think they questionable attire, but sometimes I think it's like,

<v Speaker 3>choose your battles.

<v Speaker 1>Too, and let's be honest.

<v Speaker 5>Like kids, especially in that teenage air era, they just

<v Speaker 5>want to push the limits.

<v Speaker 1>I know I did.

<v Speaker 5>I know.

<v Speaker 1>I wanted to break all the rules as much as

<v Speaker 1>I could because it's fun.

<v Speaker 3>I was always wearing my knee high boots exactly leather shorts, right,

<v Speaker 3>I was into it. This came in from Kenny Hi

<v Speaker 3>Kenny Ken Kenny says, Guys, I quit drinking alcohol about

<v Speaker 3>six months ago. I didn't have a problem or anything.

<v Speaker 3>I just wanted to cut it out. Honestly, I feel

<v Speaker 3>better without it. But I still like the taste of beer,

<v Speaker 3>so I've gotten into non alcoholic beer. A couple weeks ago.

<v Speaker 3>I started bringing one with me and my lunch to work.

<v Speaker 3>I sit in the breakroom, eat my sandwich, crack open

<v Speaker 3>and na beer and get back to work.

<v Speaker 2>I never thought twice about it. I know, real men

<v Speaker 2>of genius.

<v Speaker 3>He said to me, it's basically the same thing as

<v Speaker 3>having a coke. Well, one of my coworkers saw me

<v Speaker 3>drinking and said, quote, are you seriously drinking up? Beer

<v Speaker 3>at work, and then in parentheses he wrote, Karen's am

<v Speaker 3>I right.

<v Speaker 2>I showed it to her.

<v Speaker 3>I was like, this is non alcoholic, and she still

<v Speaker 3>thought it was completely inappropriate. Her argument says, it looks

<v Speaker 3>like I'm drinking beer at work. If a client or

<v Speaker 3>someone from upper management walk by, they're not gonna know

<v Speaker 3>the difference. Now, somehow this has become a whole office debate.

<v Speaker 3>Half my coworkers think it's pretty damn funny. Nobody cares,

<v Speaker 3>They say, if there's no alcohol in it, there's no

<v Speaker 3>difference between having that or sparkling water or an energy drink.

<v Speaker 3>The other half thinks, even if I'm technically not doing

<v Speaker 3>anything wrong, there's just something unprofessional about sitting in the

<v Speaker 3>company breakroom at noon drinking something out of a can

<v Speaker 3>of beer.

<v Speaker 2>Nice legend, genius.

<v Speaker 3>He says, it's actually been brought up to my manager,

<v Speaker 3>and now HR is, Oh, now I feel like being

<v Speaker 3>pressured to stop doing something that isn't actually against any

<v Speaker 3>rule that he wrote. I think I'm digging my heels

<v Speaker 3>in a little bit. Uh see, a lot more, a

<v Speaker 3>lot more, a lot more.

<v Speaker 2>Okay, what do you.

<v Speaker 3>Guys think is drinking a non alcoholic beer at work

<v Speaker 3>perfectly acceptable because there's no alcohol in it, or does

<v Speaker 3>the fact that it looks and it feels like you're

<v Speaker 3>drinking a beer at work make it inappropriate even if

<v Speaker 3>you're technically sober.

<v Speaker 2>A f love the show.

<v Speaker 3>I hope this makes it on the air, And that's

<v Speaker 3>from Kenny. Well, Kenny, it did make it on the air.

<v Speaker 1>I sure did. You should get a job in our

<v Speaker 1>sales department.

<v Speaker 2>I think, Kenny a good time.

<v Speaker 3>This is wild to me when I read it, because

<v Speaker 3>I never thought about this. I never once thought I'm

<v Speaker 3>gonna pack my lunch, go to work, toss in a

<v Speaker 3>Mickey Ultra zero that has no alcohol in it, and

<v Speaker 3>crack and open at work.

<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

<v Speaker 1>Well, just to be fair, there's a small bit of aout.

<v Speaker 2>I mean there is like a point. It's us a listerine.

<v Speaker 5>Well, no, it's like drinking kambucha, because you drink cambucha

<v Speaker 5>at work.

<v Speaker 2>A lot of people do that.

<v Speaker 1>There's a small slight.

<v Speaker 3>So maybe if he drank like forty of these during

<v Speaker 3>his break.

<v Speaker 2>He might have a buzz.

<v Speaker 1>Exactly.

<v Speaker 2>It's non alcoholic.

<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you again, you probably do have more alcohol on

<v Speaker 3>your list dream maybe Anyway, the dilemma is here.

<v Speaker 1>You don't swallow the story for yourself.

<v Speaker 2>It was gonna keep saying that cabin.

<v Speaker 3>It absorbs into your gums and your tongue. You can

<v Speaker 3>get some alcohol in your blood stream. Come on, guys,

<v Speaker 3>science and really, you don't swallow your this dream. You

<v Speaker 3>should see how it makes your piecemell.

<v Speaker 2>Your phone lines are already bring in if you want

<v Speaker 2>to sound off about this.

<v Speaker 3>Is it okay to have a non alcoholic beer at work?

<v Speaker 3>Can you crack one open during your break it's non alcoholic?

<v Speaker 6>Yeah?

<v Speaker 2>I guess. Well I've got some thoughts on this. Avery

<v Speaker 2>made it through. Hi Avery? Hello, Hello, Well top of

<v Speaker 2>the morning to you.

<v Speaker 3>What do you think about Kinney's dilemma with his non

<v Speaker 3>alcoholic beer.

<v Speaker 7>I think it's fine. I can see the confusion with like,

<v Speaker 7>I mean, it still has the beer's logo. So I

<v Speaker 7>think he needs like a really funny cooozy to go

<v Speaker 7>along with it.

<v Speaker 3>Yeah, perfect, you get a custom made coozie that says

<v Speaker 3>HR sucks on it.

<v Speaker 7>Yeah, or like safety training in progress, Oh, there you go, or.

<v Speaker 2>Just one that says I'm not drunk.

<v Speaker 3>Yeah, exactly, Okay, So Kouzi aside, do you think it's

<v Speaker 3>appropriate or inappropriate to.

<v Speaker 2>Have non alcoholic beer at work.

<v Speaker 7>I think it depends on the workplace, honestly. I mean,

<v Speaker 7>I'm gonna go if it's not inappropriate.

<v Speaker 2>That it's not inappropriate. So you're okay with it?

<v Speaker 7>I would be. Yeah, it's the same thing as kombucha.

<v Speaker 3>Like Katie said, Yeah, what's the one business you feel

<v Speaker 3>like you shouldn't be cracking open a non alcoholic beer.

<v Speaker 7>I feel like, if you're in like a big corporate

<v Speaker 7>meeting with all these clients, you probably shouldn't. But if

<v Speaker 7>you're sitting at sitting at a table having your lunch,

<v Speaker 7>you're alone, I think it's totally fine.

<v Speaker 3>You know when I thought it would be funny, is

<v Speaker 3>like right before you head into surgery.

<v Speaker 7>No, yeah, that would be hilarious.

<v Speaker 5>No, I was thinking like a police officer than you.

<v Speaker 5>Probably even if it is, yeah, alcoholic.

<v Speaker 7>I think that would be funnier alcoholic beer in your hand.

<v Speaker 3>Oh, Avery, you're making us laugh. I got a bunch

<v Speaker 3>of other calls to get to. I'm putting in you

<v Speaker 3>in camp. Yeah, it's fine, don't worry about it, Kenny,

<v Speaker 3>So thank you Avery for calling in.

<v Speaker 2>Here is Marky Mark? Hi Mark Hey, how you doing well?

<v Speaker 2>We're super dupes, buddy.

<v Speaker 3>Do you think it's okay for Kenny to have a

<v Speaker 3>non alcoholic beer during lunch at work?

<v Speaker 8>Personally, I wouldn't care. But the issue here is more

<v Speaker 8>important is that he's causing stripes in the workplace, and

<v Speaker 8>that he's causing an issue with management and other people,

<v Speaker 8>and he's taking a stand. It's just going to hurt himself.

<v Speaker 8>You know, he's gonna want raises, he's gonna went promotions.

<v Speaker 8>And I think that when you get kind of a

<v Speaker 8>moniker of being a trouble maker, whether you're right or

<v Speaker 8>wrong doesn't really matter. This is such a trivial issue.

<v Speaker 8>I would have just said, hey, I'm really sorry. I

<v Speaker 8>just never bring another beer, and if he doesn't like it,

<v Speaker 8>then go somewhere else and work for himself. But I

<v Speaker 8>just don't think he should cause I think he's done

<v Speaker 8>to be causing trouble at work and to take a

<v Speaker 8>stand on something that I see is trivial.

<v Speaker 2>Listen to Mark the voice of reading.

<v Speaker 5>You are so smart because you're right, though you could

<v Speaker 5>do a million things right, and the one wrong thing

<v Speaker 5>to do that is what they remember.

<v Speaker 2>Don't I know? It such a good point, don't I

<v Speaker 2>know it?

<v Speaker 3>Mark?

<v Speaker 6>Real?

<v Speaker 2>But again, Mark, it's only one Karen who's all of

<v Speaker 2>a sudden caused.

<v Speaker 8>H H. So this has become an issue. He should

<v Speaker 8>have backed down immediately and just like, hey, I didn't

<v Speaker 8>realize it was a problem. I'm sorry, it's not alcoholic. Hey,

<v Speaker 8>I won't do it again, guys, And then he would

<v Speaker 8>have been a hero for them.

<v Speaker 3>Really, that's what his cousy can say. I'm a here, Mark,

<v Speaker 3>thank you for your very logical response. So I'm going

<v Speaker 3>to say I'm gonna put camp in him, and camp

<v Speaker 3>know not appropriate. What I would do is I'd find

<v Speaker 3>some stuff that that Karen is doing and start complaining

<v Speaker 3>about that.

<v Speaker 2>Dude, what's up Monica.

<v Speaker 9>I also agree with Mark, I'm a no, it's not okay.

<v Speaker 9>I used to work in HR, and we have like

<v Speaker 9>a golden rule that it's really not what your intention

<v Speaker 9>is is how it's received. I think HR can really

<v Speaker 9>kind of come back at him and find, you know

<v Speaker 9>that one day he's late or something because he's you know,

<v Speaker 9>stare in the pot. If he's not planning to be

<v Speaker 9>there for a long time, then I'd be like, you

<v Speaker 9>know what, forget it.

<v Speaker 2>Bottom up.

<v Speaker 9>It's something, you know, whatever, I'm going to drink what

<v Speaker 9>I want to drink. It's non alcoholic. But if he

<v Speaker 9>wants to stick around, I think you just kind of

<v Speaker 9>have to play their game and be like fine.

<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it does really put a bulls eye on you,

<v Speaker 3>I think for anything in the future.

<v Speaker 5>Because again, once you bring it to HR, then they

<v Speaker 5>have to create the paper tray and all of a

<v Speaker 5>sudden it's documented. And yeah, you make a really good

<v Speaker 5>point too, Monica.

<v Speaker 2>You're I'm putting you in camp. No, don't do it anymore.

<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Monica. I'm gonna go ahead and do one

<v Speaker 2>more call. Kelly's been holding forever. Hi, Kelly, Oh no,

<v Speaker 2>it's this Kelly.

<v Speaker 1>Perfect way to end. I want to know what you

<v Speaker 1>think about this, Kelly.

<v Speaker 2>Why do I feel like you do crack open cold

<v Speaker 2>ones at work?

<v Speaker 6>I have cold beer, Sammy Adams Port Rocker all day.

<v Speaker 2>Boy, well done?

<v Speaker 4>All right?

<v Speaker 2>What are your thoughts on this guy? Is this a

<v Speaker 2>yay or nay? You can drink non alcoholic.

<v Speaker 6>At work, Well, if it's within the company guidelines, you

<v Speaker 6>can do whatever you want, but you got to play smarter,

<v Speaker 6>not harder. They I had a beer than cozy it up,

<v Speaker 6>like Avery said, put a cozy on it. What are

<v Speaker 6>you drinking a phantom?

<v Speaker 2>Mind your own business, Mind your business, Mind your business.

<v Speaker 2>Get out of my face.

<v Speaker 5>Or put it in a cup that you can't distinguish it, right, like,

<v Speaker 5>be smarter about it.

<v Speaker 2>That's so smart.

<v Speaker 3>My only thing, Kelly, is even if you disguise it

<v Speaker 3>and all that, the bad thing is is it's gonna

<v Speaker 3>still smell like beer on your breath and everything. And

<v Speaker 3>if you do go into a meeting, nobody's gonna know

<v Speaker 3>if you had a non alcoholic beer or not.

<v Speaker 2>They just smell beer on you.

<v Speaker 6>Why you play smarter? You have some trident gum.

<v Speaker 2>Look at this guy, he's got it all working.

<v Speaker 1>That's when you swallow your.

<v Speaker 3>Mouthwash, you swallow your listerine all day long.

<v Speaker 2>Yep