Lori
Appearances
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
That is Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. So I'm a proud graduate of OU. Currently, I'm living outside of Cincinnati.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
I actually do live in Northern Kentucky, but I work in Cincinnati, right across the river. So I have a very nice view of the Cincinnati skyline.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
I do have a crazy holiday story. This happened in Cincinnati as well in 2008, 2009. Some history on me. I had lost my mom about two years prior to that. very young. She was 52. And I was going through a lot grieving, probably self medicating with food and alcohol, just let myself go a little bit. So I decided to join a gym. And just kind of entertainment dated me a little bit.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
So I chose a place I won't name any names, but it's known primarily for focusing on being for women only. They were primarily targeted to older crowd. I mean, I'm 30 at this point. Most of the women who were going to this gym were 20 to 30 years older than me. It was a good start for me to get back into working out.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
I also got to talk to people who were my mom's age, have some maternal healing there, and actually just talk to other women who had lost their mother. I was the only one at that time in my friend group because I was so young and she was so young. They really didn't have anyone to talk.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
relate to, you know, mess with different ladies and we start hanging out outside the gym, having dinner, going for a drink, going art fairs, craft fairs.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
Yes, it was very good. It was what I needed at that point. And realizing that everybody is going through different things and grief doesn't have a timeline. Right. One of the ladies was having a Christmas party. We were doing a white elephant gift exchange. They specifically said, bring something that's already in your house. So that you're not spending any money on anything.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
So a bunch of us go to the party and we start this gift exchange. With this particular format, you didn't open the gift until everybody had picked and all the gifts were stolen. So really, people were doing it based on the shape and the size of the bag or the packaging.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
Yeah. If it was heavy, if you could shake it and make noise. So there was probably 20 of us or so. We get through. Everybody gets their final gifts. And then we're going around the room. opening the gifts. They're getting Christmas decorations. They're getting ornaments. They're getting wreaths. They're getting candy. They're getting, you know, just all kinds of different items.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
Yeah, or things that people have re-gifted. They may have gotten it for Christmas last year. Sure, sure. Then I pull out this item that looks and feels like it's a vase.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
It's got a cover on the top with a cover, almost like a paper that's been taped on the top of it.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
I pull it out. I'm looking at it. I'm trying to figure out what it is. And I hear a voice coming from the back. One of the older ladies said, well, I was told to bring something that I already had. And this is my husband. Well, it's my husband's ashes. And he wanted me to spread them in a local park. And I just can't bear to do it alone. I couldn't bear to do it at all.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
So I thought that if I came here.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
You know, I thought that if I gave it to someone that they could help me or they could then take the ashes and dispose of them the way that she wanted them to. And I mean, she was very emotional saying this. And I was still sort of in a grief state.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
Yeah. The whole room was quiet. Like nobody was saying anything at this point. you know, I was like, okay, Ruby, I'll help you with this. So then kind of just sat there and I wasn't the last one to open. So there was still some other gifts that people needed to open and everyone's done opening the gifts and we're mingling around again. I was 30.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
So everyone at that point felt so much older than me. Yeah.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
I feel like she was at least in her seventies. I go over, I give her a big hug and I said, Ruby, I'm going to help you with this. We're going to do this. She may have at some point told me what her late husband's name was. I don't remember that. But she's like, we'll do this for him. And we'll make sure his wishes are all met.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
We're not facing each other. We're hugging. So she's on my shoulder. And I hear her. And I think that she's crying. And she's actually laughing. Uh-oh.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
He says, oh, honey, that's not my husband. What? Those ashes are from my outdoor fire pit. And I just thought that this would just make such a funny gift exchange and a fun story to tell.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
a holiday prank oh wow about their dead husband but that's like really sick she should write for a really dark comedy sketch yeah that's next level crazy it was not what i expected at all you don't expect to get a base of someone's ashes and then come to find out that it's not a face yeah this is a real roller coaster for you
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
Yes. There was a lot of relief. Grief is hard. So I was just trying to let people deal with things the way they could. Yeah. But it was just a very odd situation. And she did end up giving me a candle that she had bought.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
And I think she was known to be a prankster. I just didn't know her that well at this point, but probably about Ten years after that, she herself did pass and a few of us from that gym did go to the funeral. And we heard a lot of other stories of the different pranks and just funny things that She just tried to do to live life and make people laugh and smile, even if it was the dark humor. Wow.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
I'm not a super confrontational person, so I was probably just letting it right out. Yeah. Wow.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
But it was something I'll never forget. And I have just a silly story from it.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
Yeah. Now that I've told it to the masses, not something I could do in the future. Just try to pull a prank on someone else.
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Armchair Anonymous: Holiday Nightmare II
She was very spunky. It was great.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Yeah, she really wants a job, so she's trying.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Hi, thank you. Are you feeling bad? Yeah. I mean, my friend put me in a really awkward position.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
My friend lied in this situation.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
So she put me down as a reference on her job resume without telling me.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
No. So I didn't really know anything about it. But I did get a random voicemail yesterday.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Yeah, but it was, like, some guy at a company. He goes, he wants to talk to me about my friend. He wants to ask me a few questions. So, like, again, like, I didn't know about this. So I reached out to my friend, and I'm like, what the heck? Like, what did you do? And she was really sorry. She didn't realize they would actually call the references, I guess, or she would have told me.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Well, I don't know. Like I called my friend, she's kind of begging me to call this boss person back and just like answer the questions and say nice things about her. But like, I'm over here, like, are you crazy? Cause okay. Here's the worst part in the reference. It says that I'm a fluent French speaker. Why would it say that? Because it's like an international brand manager job.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
So I don't speak friends. I don't want to speak it. I mean, I don't really know what I'm supposed to say. Like, do I just call this boss person and do it? Like, I need help.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
I know you play the awkward sound effect, so I think I'll just hang up and then you guys just hit it.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I think I need help.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
That's true. That's a good point. Yeah, I really want to help my friend. I want this to work out. Okay. I just want to get in and get out without crying or blowing. Oh, no, don't cry.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
And my friend is so sweet. I'm really nervous. I think we should just, like, hurry and just do this.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Hi, my name is Lori. I'm a reference for Jamie. You called me yesterday and left a message.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Yeah, of course. I mean, I'm happy to try and help if I can. I just, I don't have a lot of time. I'm a very busy, busy person with a lot of responsibilities.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Great. Um, so, um, what can I say? Uh, Jamie is a fantastic person and a good worker and I'd hire her.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Oh, that's no, I just wanted to let you know, if you have specific questions you can ask me, but that's, you know, she's a great hire.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Um, okay, sure. I do have a meeting that's coming up soon, so just let me know if I have to jump.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Yeah. Well, in my experience, I had her doing sales internationally because she was just so good at them domestically, and I was like, you know, let's supersize it and take it overseas. So she did it, and it was great. Okay.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Yeah, I mean, I know that she is an expert fluent in French, but I do believe she said that she's giving it up for Lent. So she's probably not going to be able to speak it to you for at least 90 days.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Yeah, I don't want to push her. I don't want to, you know, I know it's a personal religious choice.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Oh, and did you know that she was the one in charge of selling McDonald's fries over in France?
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Yeah, but she came up with the whole advertisement saying, like, they look like mini baguettes.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Oh, you've never heard of them? That's crazy. I actually... Well, I call her Le Tre Intelligente.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Exactly, yeah. Because she is as smart as three people. But, you know, put into one body. Really inspiring.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
I think, honestly, you really should just hire her. You won't be sorry. She's got real main croissant energy. Big, big croissant energy. Yeah.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
I didn't even see the time. I got to run. Okay.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Yeah, hopefully that was helpful. It was great talking to you.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
I did not know how that just went.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
I really didn't know what I was saying. I panicked and I like, I mean, I knew some friends, so I just threw in what I knew. I don't know.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Hopefully I don't go to third because that's the dog.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Yeah, I mean, I guess I can say that I followed through. You did. You did that.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
She knows. Yeah, I mean, I'm definitely going to tell her, but it does kind of look like it, right? Actually, yeah.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: Bonjour Betrayal
Oh, yes, we need to know. Yeah, I definitely will. I tried reaching her earlier, but she's, like, working on some kind of, like, Rosetta Stone course.