Jon Kasiya | Amun (mysteryofset) wrote in thedisplaced, @ 2017-08-21 13:21:00 |
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Entry tags: | anya corazon / spider-girl (616), jon kasiya / amun (616) |
Who: Jon Kasiya + Listeners like you
When: Monday 21 August 2017
Where: Airwaves
What: Jon covers for Trish Talk while Trish is tiny.
Status / Rating: OPEN / low.
JK: Hello listeners.This is Trish Talk brought to you on this day by our sponsors at Doose's Market--Doose's, more selection and fresh produce, for youses--and by a grant from the Center for Public Broadcasting. My name is Jon Kasiy--My name is Jonathan Casey and I'm filling in for Trish Walker who is home with the flu. Feel better Trish. Our first segment today is an interview with Dr. Adrian Bechtel, a docent at the Tumbleweed Museum and adjunct professor at Tumbleweed U here to talk about the history of the Sweetums corporation in Tumbleweed as we approach the 85th anniversary of the plant in town. Good afternoon Dr. Bechtel AB: I'm glad to be here. JK: Dr. Bechtel--can I call you Adrian? AB: I would prefer you didn't. Eleven and a half minutes later, after what sounds like the start of a college lecture more than an interview, Jon is finally able to get enough control of the conversation to cut to commercial. After commercials] JK: Unfortunately, Dr. Bechtel had to step away. Hopefully she can finish the fascinating story in two weeks when we do our local spotlight--celebrating Sweetums. In the interim, that means we have more time to... take some calls. Are you there callers, I'm listening. As always the number is [number]. Caller 1, Bull Wrangler, you're on the air. BW: Hi Jonathan. So I've been single for a while now, and I feel like I'm putting myself out there, in bars or on dating apps, and i'm just not getting any bites. You're a guy--what can I do to land someone? JK: Merely going to bars or being on tinder is not enough. Could it be you only think you are putting yourself out there? BW: well sure. I mean I reply to messages promptly. JK: But are you messaging. Are you buying drinks? This is the 21st century in America. Men respond well to directness. If you go up and tell a man he is coming home with you, he almost certainly will. BW: That seems so aggressive. Isn't there a way to exude confidence and be more approachable. JK: You could perhaps crop your face out of your tinder profile photos. BW: What does your tinder profile look like? JK: Yes direct like that. But I did say almost certainly. I do not use tinder. JK: Let us take another. Caller 2, Cup Runneth Over. You're on the air. What can I help you with? CRO: Hi Trish. I love your show! I almost never call and have never gotten through before! I wanted to see if you had any advice for a roommate who doesn't pull their weight. They probably haven't done dishes in a month and leave their sh--stuff everywhere in the apartment. What can I do? JK: I am almost certain that Trish would say talk to them. But I also think that does not work. Talking, passive aggressive little notes, all of these things may seem simplest but will be like water off the back of a filthy duck or possibly make them intentionally not clean out of some self-righteous spite. So while you should mention that they need to clean their dishes, you should also consider taking escalation into your own hands with full-on psychological warfare. CRO: Don't you think that is a bit extreme? JK: People only change their ways in response to extreme. CRO: [nervous laughter] So like what are you saying I should do. JK: I think a lot of it depends on the context. If your home is an arsenal, cleaning or maintaining weaponry at the kitchen table, while simple, will do very little. And by the same coin, if you do not normally use them, it will not be believable. But there is much you can do with strategically placed orders off amazon or similar websites. Live arachnids or scorpions, for instance. Or many people are rightfully scared of snakes. CRO: Um.. JK: It works. CRO: … JK: … Or you could use paper plates until they get the hint. CRO: I'll try that. JK: Good luck. … Let's take another call. "Friend-boned" You're on the air. FB: Yeah, so I met this girl at a party but she had a boyfriend, but she was really hot so I followed her on her socials and we've hung out a few times. So she's finally broken up with that guy, and I tried to slip it in her DMs, but no go, man. How do I break out of the friendzone? JK: The friend zone isn't real, she just does not like you. You sound terrible. Next. JK: "Spider-Man" you're on the line. SM: Can you go back to the scorpion thing? How's that work? JK: you can order them from many small pet stores and either see if they will alter their invoices or remove one yourself. Sending five scorpions, and the invoice reads six. SM: What do you do with the sixth scorpion? JK: Keep it as a pet? SM: Boy, you ain't right. [Chuckle] Got any more ideas? JK: For vengeance? Yes---though I am being told we have to go to commercial. We can talk off air. [Ads for several local businesses run--including an add for A-1 pest control] JK: And we're back, let's take some more calls. Again the number is [Number]. |