Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What is the family drama surrounding Thanksgiving dinner?
Oh, God. Yeah.
Yikes, Patrick. Okay. Hey, we can do this. We're going to save Thanksgiving. And there's nothing more that Alexis likes than asking people for money. Yeah, maybe just have the $100 ready in case. Yeah, but we need to try to think of some advice to give to Patrick before he calls his sister and asks her to see reason before Thanksgiving here. Yeah, drop the charges, sis.
Patrick, are you cool with cursing? Because that may affect Brooke's advice. If she has the ears, I got the tongue. I've never heard that saying before.
I don't know.
I'm surprised Brooke's never heard that before. I'm not even sure what it means. I'm kind of into it, but we'll come back with your advice to let you make your awkward Thursday phone call Thanksgiving edition coming up right after this. Get the dump button ready, Jeff. It's awkward. It's Thursday. It's awkward. Thursday. Phone call.
Nothing says Thanksgiving like charging your family money to be in your presence. That's right. Pay up, people. Bro, when you say it like that, it's not good. It's sweet. It's not totally unheard of because it is a pretty expensive meal. But our listener Patrick is in a unique situation where his sister is charging $100 per family. Woo!
Even though Patrick's wife has already backed out of the event in frustration, his sister's still hitting him with the full $100 fee for him and his two children to attend. And mind you how she sent the news. Via an e-byte. It wasn't a conversation. It wasn't like a text thread even. I'm impressed by it too. Don't get me wrong. The passive aggressive.
Yes, but clearly it is disturbing the entire family vibe. So Patrick is desperate for some advice on how to get his sister to see reason. Maybe lower the fees. Just do something to get this holiday back on track so it's more about giving again. So Brooke, what's your advice for Patrick? I mean, honestly, Patrick, she's your sister. You need to explain to her this is dividing the family.
Is that what she really wants? Make her see that. And listen, if that doesn't work, if she doesn't give in to reason, you just let her know that you may or may not be sharing a very embarrassing story from childhood at the Thanksgiving table. Uh-oh. That's only if she doesn't listen to reason, okay?
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Chapter 3: How is the listener's sister handling Thanksgiving hosting?
You get a bigger slice with more whipped cream for $7. Whoa!
What?
What are you going to do next? Pay to use the restroom? Look, don't be ridiculous. I mean, I'm being practical. The whole reason that I'm doing this in the first place is to help pay for a new garage door, okay? Wait, what? A new garage door? Angie, listen to yourself. I accidentally hit it last week when I was watching a TikTok while I was driving. Oh, God. No way this is why.
She wrecked her own garage door. Patrick, who are all those people? Hey, you were my family.
Yeah.
I can't afford to be in this family. We're a family radio show, Angela. We're a morning show called Brooke and Jeffrey.
Oh, my gosh, Angela. Patrick, what is this?
You're on a radio show. I wanted to get the whole premise of why you think this is a good idea. Yeah. He needed a little help, obviously. So, Angela, this is called an awkward Thursday phone call. An extremely popular segment nationwide. You should listen. But basically, your brother is a little bit frustrated with how this whole Thanksgiving fee is going over. Okay. And he's not the only one.
Like, you're dividing the family. His wife is refusing to come. You got in a fight with her. Other family members are upset. No one else has talked to me about this. It seems like it's just his wife. Oh. You don't think that your family is talking behind your back right now? Angie. Grandma and grandpa for sure. Charging the grandma. There's definitely a thread that you're not on.
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Chapter 4: What unusual fee is the sister charging for Thanksgiving?
All right. Angie, I'll slip you the $100. Just don't tell Amanda, okay? Oh, your wife. Your wife. I'll just tell her it's free. Mm-hmm. You know what? If you make it $150, I have a deal. Oh. $150? Wait, is there a $50 line surcharge? Is that what you're doing? There is a $50 put me on the radio surcharge. Now, Angie, that's just exploitation. It was exploitation to put her on the radio, Patrick.
It's big of you to admit that. Do we get any of the radio fees? I don't think we do. No, but I think Angie's really the boss in this situation. I think you should take the deal before it goes up to $200. And get your wife the pie upgrade. You've got to add $7. I mean, come on. Being a good husband there. All right, all right. I'll pay the $150 and throw in the pie upgrade for my wife. Wow.
Chapter 5: How does the listener's wife react to the Thanksgiving fee?
Good doing business with you, brother. It's a happy Thanksgiving after all. We failed him so hard. I regret calling in. Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. So what did we learn from all that? Other than don't call us with your family problems because we'll probably make them worse. We learned that the older sister in that family has like quite the business line.
She's got her stuff together.
She's a boss. We definitely learned people who are greedy, trying to profit off of family during the holidays. Those people seem to come out on top. Probably worth trying it. You know, I will say, though, even if she profits a little, if she's hosted all of this and done all the food for the last five years, I mean, she's still kind of losing money.
Yeah, okay.
That's why you always get a different family member to host. Like, duh. You got to switch it up. Something tells me the drama hasn't quite ended for Angela and her family.
No.
She's going to have a Venmo QR code up in the middle of the dinner table to upcharge Gam Gam for her second serving of green beans. Totally, yeah. Pass the potatoes, scan the QR code first. Yep. Best of luck to Angela and Patrick and their entire family this Thanksgiving. But if you ever need some help in your personal life, you can always email the show.
We can do an awkward Thursday phone call, awkward Tuesday, awkward Wednesday.
I want Sunday. I want Sunday.
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