Molly Got Scammed, Do We Laugh or Cry?

Andrea: [00:00:00] Like, "Oh, you're dumb." Like, when it's somebody who I'm like- Yeah ... very obviously lacks intellect and also- Okay, hold on. Time out ... hasn't- 

Molly: I struggle to talk about this because we're saying people struggle to have intellect right after we just talked about how I got scammed out of a lot of money. Sorry. I, I...

This is, like, a tough series of events because, like, I couldn't be more of a hypocrite right now.

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Gerry: I'm like a little, I'm like a little Chia Pet 

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Molly: looks really good.

Andrea: Yeah. 

Gerry: Almost- I almost shaved it yesterday 'cause I was having a Britney Spears moment, but think 

Molly: I'm gonna keep it I'm so glad that you held off, 'cause when you got on, I literally was like, "Gerry's beard is like, it's looking thick." 

Andrea: I'm cooking. Yeah. It looks so good. Are you gonna keep it at that length or are you gonna like do 

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Andrea: SpongeBob 

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Andrea: Oh, my gosh. Guys, friends, friends of the podcast, we just, we need to start off by discussing something that has recently happened to our, our good friend Molly.

This is my first time hearing it, because if you've been, if you guys are a follower of Molly, which I hope you are, then perhaps you know about what has occurred to her this week. I have intentionally stopped myself from looking at it or understanding exactly what happened because I wanted to live react on here.

Um, but I do know that Molly got scammed. And I have- It's, like we're laughing, but 

Molly: it's- Bro, it's never not funny ... 

Andrea: it's, but it's also so not funny because I have also [00:03:00] like experienced lots of attempts from people to scam me. I have had like, my Facebook has been hacked before. Like, it is so incredibly debilitating and horrible, but I feel like maybe you sharing your experience will maybe help other people who do not want to have the same experience.

So Molly, what happened? 

Molly: Bro I cannot explain the psychosis that I went into- ... for five hours straight yesterday after school. 

Andrea: Five hours? 

Molly: Can I paint y'all a picture? 

Andrea: Please. 

Molly: Can I paint... Okay. 

Andrea: Set the 

Molly: scene. Listen, without, without any real tragedies happening in my life, right? So take this with a grain of salt.

Yesterday was the worst day of my life. 

Andrea: Okay. I'm not gonna laugh because I haven't heard- 

Molly: No, you 

Andrea: can ... about what that, what that means. Okay. Gerry's immediately laughing. 

Gerry: So I- I watched it and I know what happened. 

Andrea: Okay. [00:04:00] I'm trying not to be a bad person, 'cause I'm like, "What happened?" I don't wanna judge too soon.

You guys should 

Molly: laugh. Okay. Listen, my sisters, so I, like, immediately sent them a voice memo. My sisters were, like, deeply unwell, but then, like, I'd start crying and they're like... And then I'd start laughing. They're like, "Okay, we can laugh again." Okay, so this was, this was nuts. Okay, let me paint y'all a little picture.

First of all, I'd had a very stressful day. My morning started out stressful for reasons I cannot disclose because it, like, has to do with my family. Started out stressful, ended up being fine. Life is good. So then I get off school and I'm like, "Okay, here we go. Like, we're just doing it. We're doing it." Now mind you, I was, like, unwell because I'm a StuCo sponsor and our first assembly is on Friday.

And so I was like, I was cooking, I was getting stuff done. Um, and so I'm pulling out of school, ready to go, and I'm in the school parking lot and I see that I have a missed call. And there's a voicemail, and the voicemail says, "This is the sheriff's department for the county" that I used to live in. I moved state lines.[00:05:00] 

So it'll be for that county, and they're like, "We need you to call us back for an urgent matter." Okay. Uh, did someone die? Like of- 

Gerry: Right ... 

Molly: course I'm gonna call them back. 

Gerry: Right. 

Molly: So I call back just like, "Hi, yeah, this is, this is her, this is Molly Dugan," just pulling out. And I can't, like, do the voice. Guys, someone cast them in an MF movie.

Like, they were such good actors. He was like, "Ma'am, this is sh- this is Officer blah, blah, blah. I, I want you to know that there's actually... My captain is on the line to make sure that I read you your rights correctly and make sure I'm doing my job well." And I was like, "Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, sure." And he's like, "Are you aware of, like, these rights, these rights, these rights?"

I'm like, "I guess, 'cause you're telling me. Like, yeah." And then he's like, "Uh, were you aware that you were called to jury duty?" And I was like, "I was not." And he said, "Uh, did you... Is this your address?" I was like, "That's my old address. I haven't lived there for almost a year." And he said, "Oh. Well, that's fine, except we did receive a response about jury [00:06:00] duty with your name signed, and you did not sign that."

And I... So mind you guys, I've never been called to jury duty. Uh-huh. So it's like I don't know what I don't know. Right. 

Andrea: Right? 

Molly: So I'm like, "Oh, well, I didn't sign that." And they're like, "Okay, but since it is your signature, we can figure out later whether or not someone else signed for you. Since it is your signature, right now there's a warrant out for your arrest."

And I was like, "Uh, okay." D- driving, driving home from school. And I'm like, "Oh my, oh my God." And they start talking fast. So- Of course ... they, of course, they're trying to, like, hook you from the start, right? 

Andrea: Right. Is there one person- And they hook me ... one person on the phone- Yes ... or two? 

Molly: It's this guy, and he's on the phone, and he's talking so fast, and he's saying all these things.

He's like, "Before I continue, I need to make sure that you understand this." He's naming off some, like- I don't know if it's like an oath or a law, but he starts naming off these things, using like fake legal jargon. Okay? But of course, I don't know real from not real. Right. And he's saying, "While [00:07:00] this warrant is out, you are

I, I ... You understand that you cannot talk to anyone about this situation until the warrant is closed, or else you and that person would have a felon- it can be- become a felony charge." And I'm like... I was like, "Molly." So mind you, 

Gerry: my da- 

Molly: my dad's a lawyer, so I was like- 

Gerry: Molly. Girl. 

Molly: Okay, you wanna talk about the worst I'm not mad, I'm disappointed conversation?

Damn. Try calling your dad after being scammed, saying what happened. The disappointment- ... was palpable. Palpable. So, so I digress. I'm like, "Well, I don't want a felony, and I don't wanna- Damn ... get arrested." Right. Because they kept saying, they kept saying, "You can choose to go the civil route or the criminal route with this.

If you go the criminal route, you don't have to pay the fees today, but we do have to dispatch a car to come get you." And I was like, "Okay, well, not that." So I'm like, "I'll go the civil route." So they're saying, "Okay, then we- Because 

Andrea: that's [00:08:00] how law works. They just let you- It- ... choose your own adventure, Molly.

They're like, "Do you wanna do crime?" 

Molly: Listen- "

Andrea: Or do you want us to sue you?" 

Molly: Guys, guys, your girl has a clean record, and I have a clean record for a reason. I don't know how the law works- ... because I've never had to face it, 'cause I follow the laws. 

Andrea: Right. Correct. 

Molly: Right. Okay, so fast-forward, these mofos are like, "All right, ma'am, so you're on the phone with us.

You cannot, you cannot end this call. What's gonna happen is we need you to pay the fees to get the warrant waived. Once it's waived, then you can talk to people, and we can get to the bottom of like why this fraudulent signature happened. And if it does come out to be fraudulent, you'll get all, all that money for these fees back.

But following protocol, we need to get this warrant waived to be able to move forward. But right now, we can't let you talk to anyone till this is done." And, and this guy sounds ... I mean, he ... The way he's talking, like, there's cop noises in the back There's the [00:09:00] line. It's like, 

Andrea: pew, pew. Oh, oh, 

Molly: oh. You're 

Andrea: like, oh, there's

You're hearing, like, jangling of keys, people being locked up. 

Molly: It's 

Andrea: like- All of that. 

Molly: Can you imagine? No. What it sounds like is, like, other dispatching stuff going on. Like- 

Andrea: Right, other scams happening at the same time. Correct. Exactly. Yeah. I'm 

Molly: hearing, 

Andrea: um- Okay, wait, is there an accent? 

Molly: No. No. Oh- Okay ... um, kind of like a Kansas type accent.

Like- Fascinating. Okay ... it, it sounded like someone, like, like a dad that could be a cop in Kansas City. 

Andrea: Who is also disappointed in you. 

Molly: Who is also disappointed in me. 

Andrea: Okay, got it. 

Molly: Oh, and mind you, as we're going ... So I'm crying and I'm like, "Sir, I've never been in this situation. I don't know what to do." So of course these scammers are like, "Oh, we got her.

Oh, we got her." So I'm bawling. I'm like, I don't know up from down. I'm in fight or flight. And they're like- 

Andrea: Right ... 

Molly: okay, guys, I don't wanna tell you the rest 'cause 

Andrea: it gets so much more embarrassing. Which, okay, hold on. No. Objectively, I wanna say, when you are in fight or flight, the f- the prefrontal cortex, which is [00:10:00] the thinking part, does shut down.

So we're gonna give you a free pass for whatever- It wasn't 

Molly: even shut down. It was disintegrating. 

Gerry: I'm not. I'd have told them, "Come pick me up." 

Andrea: Oh. I 

Molly: should've. 

Andrea: Should've. 

Gerry: My 

Molly: goodness. 'Cause I'd have been like, I'd have been like, "Here my a- 

Gerry: here's where I'll meet y'all." I'll be there Oh my gosh I'll be wearing a Spider-Man shirt.

Molly: That's like one of my biggest fears, though, is like getting arrested. Right. So, and I don't know how warrants work. Again, I've never had one. Right. Okay? So what really trapped me was the fear that they instilled in me to not talk to anyone else until this is resolved, and that's where they got me. I- 

Andrea: Yeah.

Molly: Okay, so then they, they tell me to go to my nearest Walgreens 'cause it's an FDIC approved blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, "Okay, sounds legit." 

Gerry: Does it? Molly, does 

Andrea: it? 

Gerry: They, they, they were like- Go to Walgreens? "... look, we need you to turn yourself in, but first- Not- "... pick up a prescription." 

Andrea: Not the local-

police [00:11:00] department. Not City Hall. Get yourself over to CVS. 

Molly: Well, no, they actually gave me a choice. They said Walgreens or CVS. 

Andrea: Great. 

Molly: And I 

Andrea: chose Walgreens. Because they're flexible. They're flexible with- 

Molly: Okay ... the warrant Listen, though. When I got there- ... they literally, as I'm getting out, they, they were saying, he kept saying things to me like, um, I don't even, I c- I can't even explain to you the way he was saying things, but I was like in the back of my head, "Okay, is this a scam?"

Andrea: Okay, so at this point you were starting to get the feeling of 

Molly: like- No, from the start ... could- Actually, the minute that they called me, I actually went back and looked at my search history. This is where I'm like, "Okay, Molly, you're not all that dumb." Okay? Yeah. When they called me, and he's on the phone, I went back and looked at my search history and, um, I had started googling the sheriff's name- Mm-hmm

but got distracted when they scared the crap out of me, and I started pooping my pants. 

Andrea: Fricking ADHD, man. 

Molly: Yeah. So I, I was like on edge, but I remember thinking [00:12:00] to myself, "Okay, just, just do this quick and then we'll get to the bottom of it." Like I, I, I don't, I don't know. I just, it was- Okay, as I was going like this, "Is this real?

Is this not?" Too many things were happening where I was like- ... maybe it's real. 

Andrea: They're like- 

Molly: So then I 

Andrea: get to- ... gonna keep talking to keep you panicked. 

Molly: Yes. 

Andrea: Okay. 

Molly: Yes. So then I get to Walgreens, and I, I sh- I, I'm trying not to cuss on here. I kid you not, in the back in the cop noises, I hear someone say the, the, the- intersection that the Walgreens was at, and then white pants.

I was wearing white jeans. So I was like, "Oh, they have eyes on me. They're ready to arrest me if I don't pay this fee." 

Andrea: The flock cameras are, are tracking this person who didn't show up for jury duty, along with the 4,000 other people that didn't show up for jury duty that week. 

Molly: I don't 

Gerry: know what your jury duty is- You know it would've been hilarious.

You hear, you hear in the background, you hear, "Oh, wait, you actually got one?"

Molly: [00:13:00] Okay, so let me just, like, fast-forward from here. Um, from that moment, I made no less than 12 different deposits. I went back and forth from Walgreens, CVS, Walmart, Zoller General, Family Dollar. Uh, I went back and forth no less than 12 to 15 times. For four and a half hours finally I said, "I'm crying," and he's saying, "Ma'am, I really applaud you for taking the civil route.

I know this is difficult. I had someone get scammed the other day, and we got it taken care of, and she got a full refund. You just have to go through the steps. Like, we're gonna get through this together." He heard me hyperventilating on the phone, and then doubled down and was like, every time I'd pay the fee, there was...

The, the judge added a fee when I didn't show up to court. Uh, this, this, and I was like, he was giving me civil violation numbers to write down. He's like, "Is your Notes app open? Write down this number so you can go back and validate it later." And I [00:14:00] was like, "Okay." He's like, "Take a picture of the receipt so you have proof of this."

And I was like, "Okay." And he was like, "I know that this is really difficult." He's like, he's like, "There are s- " He was saying to me, "There are scammers out there." And I was like, "Oh, my God." Finally, it's nearing 8:00 PM, and he's sending me back to Walmart. And at this point I said, "Sir, I haven't peed in four and a half hours.

Can I at least go pee?" And he was like, "We can make that happen. Just get to the next, get back to Walmart so we can make this last whatever." And on the way there, something in me was so desperate. Guys, I, he heard me on the phone literally praying the rosary. This is how, like- Oh, 

Andrea: my 

Molly: God. Sorry, I'm, I like my- 

Andrea: This person is 

Molly: actually- I'm gonna 

Andrea: cry

a psychopath. Like- 

Molly: Okay, like, I'm gonna cry, but we can still laugh. Um- I was literally praying the rosary, and I was like, I need to risk it for the biscuit, and I Googled paying warrants over the phone, and it immediately said scam And I just started hyperventilating. [00:15:00] I, like, pulled into a parking lot, and I just started hyperventilating.

And I called my dad, and he was like, "Oh, honey." So 

Andrea: wait, what, was the guy still on the phone? Like, how did you end the phone call? 

Molly: Uh, as soon as it said common scam, I hung up and I called my dad, and I was like, "Dad, I messed up. I really messed up." And he was like, "Okay." So then after that, though, I was pissed.

Andrea: Yeah. I was 

Molly: like, so then I called them back. 

Andrea: Of course you did. I would too. 

Molly: I called them and I said, um, I, it, it was something like this. Well, he goes, "Ma'am, did you just connect our phone call?" And I said, "Yeah, actually, I did because this is a scam. I know it's a scam, and I actually called my dad, who's a lawyer.

Uh, I hope that you enjoy my money because this was absolutely diabolical." And he goes, "Ma'am, I can assure you that this is not a scam, and it sounds like you wanna take the criminal route, so I can go ahead and dispatch a car." I said, "No, you can actually talk to my dad." And he said, verbatim, "All right. Give me your daddy's [00:16:00] number."

And I said, "Okay," and I gave it to him. And I hung up, and I called my dad back, and he goes, "Oh, I hope he calls me." 

Gerry: I was like, "Yeah, Dad. 

Molly: Yeah." So then I'm pissed. 

Andrea: Correct. 

Molly: I call them again. I'm like, "You know what? Oh, now you can't get rid of me." And I leave a voicemail, and I'm going off. I'm unleashing my rage.

Gerry: Yeah. 

Molly: So that's when I get this text from them. After I leave my voicemail, I get a text from them. They said, "F you," but the actual word, and then they said another one that said, "Love you too, gorgeous," heart eye emoji. 

Gerry: What? 

Molly: Yeah. 

Gerry: Oh. 

Molly: Suffice to say, I came home and I sat on my couch in silence and thought to myself, "What happened today?"

Was that real life? How did I get here? How much money am I down right now? 'Cause I don't, I, 'cause I don't [00:17:00] remember. It's like psychosis that I went into. Oh. Like my whole- My gosh ... fight or flight totally, or my, my, what did you say? Prefrontal cortex? 

Andrea: Yeah. Yeah, your prefrontal cortex, gone. 

Molly: Not even there. The fear was so deep, and he made me feel like he was on my team so hard-

that I was like... So then today I p- filed a police report, and the, the poor policeman, the actual sheriff called me and I started immediately crying. And I said, "How do I know that, that you're real and that- Yeah ... you're not a scammer?" And he was like, "I know," but he didn't ask me for any money, so I was like, "Okay, you're real police."

Andrea: He's like, "It's gonna be $75." 

Molly: Yeah. Come to 

Andrea: find out they said- You're gonna have to go over to Walmart and- 

Molly: And pull money from the 

Andrea: ATM. H- I, I have a question. Okay, so every time they had you give money, how did they transfer the money to themselves? I feel like this is important, because I want this to be a red flag for our listeners- Yeah

if something like this were to happen. 

Gerry: [00:18:00] Molly's like, "Well, it's the weirdest thing, because they made me pay him the money in Bitcoin." Yeah. 

Molly: Okay. Today the cop literally said, "Was Bitcoin involved?" Aw. It wasn't. But it was like, like, okay, so I did not know that Chime is a thing. You guys know what Chime is?

What is that? 

Andrea: No. 

Molly: I don't, I don't know. You can, like, have money accounts with it. I don't really- Yeah, I have Chime Okay, so I don't, I didn't know that it was a thing It 

Andrea: was Gerry. Gerry scammed you. 

Gerry: It was 

Molly: Gerry. 

Andrea: Gerry- 

Molly: All right, next round's on Gerry, because- Right ... actually, on me. Um- The next, a lot of rounds would be with how much I gave them.

Um, so Chime is, like, a thing. So here's what, here's what the cop said. He said, "Ma'am, I need you to follow my instructions." And this is when they had me scared of, like, "Follow my instructions, and every- all this will go away. Like, you'll be fine." And I was like, "Yes, sir." Like, "Okay." 

Andrea: Right. 

Molly: And so he was like, he's like, "Here's what's gonna happen.

I need you to go in. I need you to get this money out. Then I'm gonna send you a barcode. When you go up to the cash register, [00:19:00] you show, they scan the barcode and your ID, and they add that money to this account, and it, it pays off that fee." So I didn't know Chime was a thing, and the barcode didn't say Chime.

So I'm thinking it's something with the, the county, right? It's a way- Yeah ... to pay fees to the county. And when he said FDIC approved, I was like, "Maybe this is, like, how they do it for, for non-emergency things like jury duty," 

Andrea: okay? Okay. 

Molly: So in my head, I'm like, I don't know. This kind of seems weird, but, like, you can get a passport photo at Walgreens.

Like, I don't know. Yeah. So I'm just, like, going with it. So what would happen is I'd get cash out. They s- the cashiers would scan ... I said, "I w- I wanna add money to this account." They would scan the barcode, scan my ID. I'd hand them the cash, and the cash got added to that account. So then I paid the first one, and they said, "Okay, your fee's wiped.

But there's a second fee for the jury duty." And I said, "Okay." So then I did that, and then they're like, "Great. Unfortunately, the judge, when you didn't show up to your judge case, also has a fee for not showing up." And I was like, "Okay." So I paid that, and then he said, "There's also one more from the judge." So I paid that, and [00:20:00] then they said, "Ma'am, our call got disconnected, and I told you you cannot disconnect the call, so there's another fee for that."

And I was like, so come to find out, this mofo was ending the calls, but making it seem like I was ending it, and then making me pay more. 

Andrea: And why, what was their reasoning that they gave you for why you had to go to a different location? 'Cause you weren't doing this all in one spot. You said you went to, like, five different locations.

Molly: Because those locations have max amounts that you can upload there to protect against things like this.

Jerry's face 

Gerry: You know what we should do? 

Andrea: Post publicly that guy's phone number? 

Gerry: Let 

Andrea: me- No ... call 

Gerry: it right now 

Andrea: I mean, I'm not against it I'll 

Gerry: say I'm Molly Dugan's dad. 

Andrea: Oh my gosh. 

Molly: The lawyer. So I told the police today, I said, "It's an, it's a local area code." Yeah. "Can't you guys, like, track it?" And they're, he was like, "No, that's part of the scam is they're really good and they can spoof local area codes to make it seem like it's, like, [00:21:00] legitimately the local sheriff's office."

And I mean, I'm telling you guys, i- i- they... Now looking back I'm like, yeah, no duh. No duh. Yeah. I'm getting physical cash out and handing it over. Molly what? But in the moment, in the moment, I don't know how to explain to you the way that, like, my whole brain shut down and I was like- 

Andrea: Yeah ... 

Molly: I don't wanna get arrested and I can't ask my dad if this is valid, like, because then he'll get in trouble it sounds like.

Because they just said it'll be a felony. It'll be a felony. And I'm not risking that. I'm a teacher. Oh, this guy on the phone also said, he's like, "I actually just looked up your record," and he's like, "I know that this is really difficult," 'cause I'm crying. He's like, "Ma'am, I know this is difficult. I've looked up your record.

It's completely clean. You don't even have a traffic violation. We just gotta get through this and then we'll get it o- you can get to the bottom of it." And I'm like, he's on my team. Like, he knows that I'm not a bad person. 

Andrea: As much as, like, 'cause obviously in retrospect it's so obvious, but if, if someone were to be convincing enough, I'm sure they [00:22:00] could have gotten me too.

Molly: I'm su- I don't- And it wasn't, it, like, it was, it was, it was every part of it was well done. I mean, every part of it. Besides the obviously logistics of taking money- Right ... and doing that and being asked to pay a warrant over the phone. But again, I'm like- 

Andrea: I don't know ... 

Molly: well, it's just jury duty. It's just fees that I owe them because it's, you know, the United States, you always owe fees, so maybe this is just how you pay off your fees so that way they don't, maybe this is an option that they have so you don't have to go into court and do the things and- 

Andrea: Yeah

Molly: so I was like- 

Andrea: And collections a, a, collection agencies do collect money over the phone is 

Molly: the 

Andrea: thing. 

Molly: Wait, and I just don't, I've never had a warrant out for my arrest, so how would I know how that goes? 

Gerry: They not picking you up for a misdemeanor. I don't think. 

Andrea: Well, 

Gerry: now she's yapped 

Andrea: to everybody- That's, 

Gerry: that's what's crazy is they were like-

so it's a felony ... yeah, that's what's crazy is they were like, "Yeah, uh, like, we, we could just come pick you up," and, uh, yeah, it's a misdemeanor. All right, come get me. 

Molly: At one point on the phone he kept being like, [00:23:00] he's like, "I have, ma'am if, if you, if, like, if you don't wanna pay this fee that's fine, but I will have to dispatch a car.

I have a car that's .8 miles away." And I'm like, okay, fine. Like, let me go back to Walmart and get another X amount of money out. I'm not saying on this podcast how much I gave them. I will text you guys it. 

Andrea: Did, did you, please text us and tell us. I think you 

Gerry: put it on Instagram. 

Andrea: I did s- I think you did put it on- 

Molly: The 

Andrea: amount?

Instagram, on the stories. I have a number and we can bleep it- 

Gerry: I have a number 

Molly: too ... 

Gerry: in, 

Andrea: in my head because I think you started it by saying- 

Molly: Guys, everyone text, everyone text it in the group chat 

Andrea: Okay, hold on. Guys, this is very important What, what number, 

Molly: what 

Andrea: number do you think it is? I mean, we can always bleep it too, but, um- 

Molly: No, I wanna see your guys' live reaction when I text it to you.

Okay. 

Andrea: Okay. It's gonna make me really sad. Are you texting it, or am I texting the amount? 

Molly: Gerry, Gerry just sent it, sent his guess. 

Andrea: That's, that's the same guess I had. Is that correct? 

Gerry: Eh, close enough. 

Molly: Cash. 

Andrea: First of all, good for you for having that much- 

Molly: Oh ... 

Andrea: readily available cash. 

Molly: No, no, that would be called [00:24:00] Molly's emergency savings/grad school money.

Andrea: It was. 

Molly: That would, that would be called Molly's money- ... she saved to pay for grad school. 

Andrea: What's gonna happen? So okay, we gotta, we gotta wrap this up to go to break soon, but I gotta know, like are you gonna be able to get that money back? 

Molly: No, 'cause it was cash. 

Gerry: You 

Molly: know what, guys? I think that whatever, whatever I did to deserve that, surely I've wiped my slate clean, right?

Andrea: Okay. You did nothing to deserve it. But I will say you probably did a very real good by sharing it on here so that somebody else who gets a phone call and they say, "You need to pay this over the phone," and they then promptly send them to a Walgreens, that will be the first thing, and they'll just hang up.

I avoid problems like this by never answering any phone call ever. 

Molly: You wanna know the embarrassing part? I am, like, [00:25:00] scam resistant, okay? I feel like I try to stay up on these things. It was seeing sheriff's department in my county, and then the f- them... What it was is they didn't start out with the money.

They started out with, "Did you know you have a warrant out for your arrest?" 

Gerry: Uh, no. 

Molly: And that's where they hook you, and they start- ... spewing legal jargon. 

Gerry: You, 

Molly: you can't say- And later was the money. 

Gerry: You can't say you're scam resistant when you- ... got tagged with one of the top three ones. Okay. The only other ones are, are this package couldn't be delivered and you need to pay such and such, or, um, the car extended warranty.

Yeah. Look, 

Molly: Tori, I have never heard of this one. I've heard of the bank. I've never heard of 

Andrea: it either. 

Molly: I've heard of phishing. I have never heard of the sheriff's office. No. So this is my warning to everyone, the sheriff's office one is not real. Yeah. They ca- they are not just gonna come and arrest you, and if they say they are, risk it for the biscuit and hang up-

'cause I did it. Risk, risk the, the, the trip to jail. 

Andrea: I [00:26:00] cannot believe the craziness. 

Molly: Four, fi- four and a half hours- 

Andrea: Oh 

Molly: my gosh ... after school. From school until... It was dark out by the time- That's a- ... I was done with it. 

Andrea: Not, not only was it a lot of money, but it also was just such a long period of time that you went through that trauma.

Molly: It was like... It... I mean, I felt like so... I was, like, crying for five hours straight. Ugh. Yeah. I'm 

Andrea: so sorry. I- 

Molly: So anyway, y'all can make fun of me, and I hope that everyone on here feels better about themselves. Did you tell your 

Gerry: students about this today? 

Molly: No. 

Andrea: I will also say, here's the thing. I was watching a documentary recently about this o- like, this very common scam that they found out about, and it was actually also a police officer type scam where a cop called a McDonald's and then, I swear to God, this is, i- it's, I can't remember the name of the documentary, but the cop would call the McDonald's, and at the McDonald's they would bring in a young woman And then they would slowly have whoever was on the phone with, like, the random teenage worker there, they [00:27:00] would have the teenage worker, like, strip down and do various acts.

It, I swear to... This is real, and it's the most ins- it sound- like, guys, look it up. It's, like, McDonald's phone scammer, and this, they eventually, like, figured out who it was. Um, but basically this person living in Florida was, like, calling all of these random McDonald's, and the stories are insane. Like, there's, like, 16-year-old girls who got SA'd by, like, a random manager because the cop on the phone said, "Hey, we have a warrant for this person.

We know that they stole stuff. You need to search them or they're gonna have to come downtown and get searched." And so this person needs to take off all their clothes. Okay, now they need to do jumping jacks. Okay, now you need to physically touch them and inspect their body. Like, stuff s- stuff like that, and to me, that was, like, one of those where I was like, how do people, like, just believe it?

So I guess- Yeah, it's pretty crazy ... to make you feel slightly better, like, it, [00:28:00] it is, like, this weird phenomenon that when someone speaks with enough confidence and authority, we just believe it. It gets you. Like, because we're optimistic people, and we're, like, trusting. And here's the thing is, like, they probably call 100 people a day, and all they need is one person who immediately is like, "I don't...

Like, I'm a teacher. I can't get arrested." 

Molly: Well, and I was so stressed from my day already that, like- 

Andrea: Yeah ... 

Molly: I don't think it was, like, in me to have that, like- Yeah ... foresight. And I've, I've, like, caught scams before. Yeah. So I think that's part of it, too, is I feel so, number one, I feel so violated. 

Andrea: Yeah. 

Molly: I feel so, like, emotionally violated, obviously financially violated.

Yeah. But also, I'm the dumbest girl in school. Like, you just feel so embarrassed and dumb. Yeah. You're like, I consider myself to be an intelligent person. How did this happen? 

Andrea: Yeah. How 

Molly: did this happen? 

Gerry: I've caught scams before. Huh, why did I just get a DM from Miss Dugan? I'm Miss[00:29:00] 

Dugan. 

Andrea: Oh, my gosh. All right. We have lots more to talk about today, guys, because we posted a video about, um, men coming on to teachers, men and women coming on to teachers by saying, "I wish I was your student," and the comments went crazy. So we are gonna talk about that right after this quick break.

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All right. Welcome back, teacher besties. Um, okay. I just feel like, Molly, I'm so sorry, you're, like, in the hot seat so much today, uh, because we had a question of, like, how we handle the comments- [00:31:00] 

Gerry: Mm-hmm ... 

Andrea: um, on social media. But particularly, we had a video that got almost 300,000 views so far just on Instagram.

Heyo. I know. So great. Good for us. Um, unfortunately, the incels in the comments are present. Um, so the, the- As always ... all, all the video said was, "Hey, we don't like it as educators when people try to hit on us by saying, 'If I was your student,' or, 'I wish you were my teacher,' because it gives us the ick. It's so weird and gross.

And the comments are actually insane. And I will say, Molly and I both, because we've both been on social media for long enough, I would, I wouldn't say we're fully unfazed, but it takes a lot for us to, like, get truly bothered by comments. At least, like, when I see people commenting insane things, I'm like, "All right.

Well, it's, you know, just another [00:32:00] day- Also- ... and it's fine." 

Molly: It's, you don't really get phased by unintelligent comments, where you're like- 

Andrea: Correct ... 

Molly: you clearly just don't have logical skills. 

Andrea: Yeah. Like, oh, you're dumb. Like, when it's somebody who I'm like- Yeah ... very obviously lacks intellect and also- 

Molly: Guys, hold on.

Time out ... 

Andrea: hasn't- 

Molly: I struggle to talk about this because we're saying people struggle to have intellect right after we just talked about how I got scammed online

by Sorry. I, I... This is, like, a tough series of events because, like, I couldn't be more of a hypocrite right now. 

Andrea: I hope you know I do not wanna cut that you said that because I think it's so funny. 

Molly: I didn't mean to. I was like- Do not cut ... wait, actually guys, can I even say- You can call them unintelligent but I think I gotta, I gotta take a beat this time.

Andrea: Here's the thing. If there's like, there, there is just this, this kind of element of like when you get comments like that it feels like someone, [00:33:00] it, it's like a bot, right? It almost, it's so obnoxious and dense that it feels like a bot is commenting. Yes. And we get comments like this a lot. Um, and our, like, the, it's got over 300 comments right now.

Gerry was m- far more upset than either Molly or I because- 

Gerry: I don't see, I don't... All the comments that I ever see directed towards me are just like fat-shaming me but I don't get 'em on the scale that y'all do because I don't ha- like I don't get much, a whole ton of interaction and I'm like seeing this, I'm like is this not like, is this not bothering y'all?

Like, no I'm fine. No. I'm like I'm not ready to throw hands with every single one of these people. I did finally respond to one. 

Yeah. 

Molly: It's fun to respond sometimes but like you have to respond knowing that you're not gonna get through to them. Right. It's just for like a little catharsis for you. 

Gerry: I did get through to one recently on a different video.

It was kinda funny. 

Molly: Mm-hmm. 

Gerry: He, he- What, what was that one? ... accused me of stealing my cookout joke that he's claimed- I told it after, [00:34:00] I posted it again from a different set after I'd lost 50 pounds, and he said, "My bad, man, just a lot of reposts." I was like, "Yeah, big dog, 'cause I weighed 50 pounds more and I didn't have facial hair."

He accused me of just stealing my own joke from myself because I was fatter the first time I told it. 

Andrea: I love it. Yeah, I, I- It was the first time I posted ... very rarely when it's, like, a factually based thing, we'll have people that'll be like, "Oh, okay, yeah, that's, that's my bad." But especially with stuff like this, I was unsurprised by the comments.

Weirdly, and this is so funny because I, I feel like there's also this element of guys that comment to agree with us, but in a way that feels almost grosser than disagreeing. Yes. Do you know what I'm saying? 

Molly: And you're like, "Ah, so close but so far." 

Andrea: Yeah. Like, 'cause guys will comment sometimes, like, I, I, like I'll get...

I got this huge message that I sent you guys, um, in our group [00:35:00] chat that was like this guy really going into the philosophy of why it is or is not offensive when a man says that, and how really we're just, you know, being man-haters. And to be clear, I am very happily married to a very masculine man. Like, he, he was a firefighter, he was a Marine.

Like, he works in cardiothoracic surgery. Like, he, he's a, he's a man, all right? 

Molly: Yes, Steven. He is. 

Andrea: I do not hate men. I love men, and I love masculine men. Like, I've never been attracted to, like, the, I feel like more recently, like what's that, um- 

Molly: Metro ... 

Andrea: he, he looks like a Victorian child to me, um, 

Gerry: show. Am I?

Andrea: Yeah. 

Molly: That's who I 

Andrea: was thinking. 

Molly: How did we both get- 

Andrea: Not interested ... we've had this conversation before. Yes, because Gerry and I have talked about how I'm like, "He looks like an ailing Victorian child." Yeah. I want a man that looks like he's high in protein, you know what I'm saying? Like, I don't, I don't wanna wonder if like a strong gust of wind [00:36:00] is gonna, like, like flutter him away.

I don't want it, all right? 

Molly: So like, you're not like a, you're not anti-masculinity- I- ... anti-men. 

Andrea: No. And I'm not anti even, like, men shooting their shot because when- 

Molly: No, of course ... 

Andrea: uh, 100%. I think the problem lies when men are trying to, like, almost be like not direct en- enough. Like, there's this balance, right?

Where men will be like direct and rude, and there's a way to be direct without being rude. Like when Steven and I first started dating, I was like, "I don't know. I don't really want to like a boyfriend right now. Like, what do you want?" And he said, "I wanna be your boyfriend, and I wanna date with you, and I want us to be exclusive."

And I was like, "Oh." 

Molly: Oh, I like that. 

Andrea: I actually, yeah, now me too. Because, like, he was direct. He didn't, like, skirt around it. He wasn't being weird or creepy. He was just like, "Okay, that's what you want. Here's what I want." And I'm like [00:37:00] Actually, a man who directly says, like, "I want to date you and be exclu-" Like, okay, great.

Yeah, let's do that, you know? And then these comments, the- 

Molly: Well, here- Like I think that with this, I think that I find a man, I think it's the most masculine thing to be pro-women. Yes. And I think men think that they are pro-women when they're, like, they think that they're being pro-women when they're actually not, or they're being backhanded.

So with what, the point that I was... And so, like, for summer school for boys, that's my way of being like, "I see what you're trying to do, but let me just give you a little tip because it's not landing with women the way you think." And that's not me saying you're, you're, you're, you're bad or you have negative intent.

I'm saying let's shift it. And so when I said on that clip, "Hey, it actually comes off," and I, like, we both agreed as, like, kind of predatory to say that because you're- Yeah ... sexualizing a career that works with children That's not me saying that I think you're a [00:38:00] predator. It's saying, I don't know if... We were saying, "I don't know if you guys realize it, but this is how it feels to us, so you should just avoid it."

And these comments were going crazy with, "Sure it might be creepy, but predatory is a stretch." It's like, just why are we getting into semantics? Right. Just take it for what it is and realize, just don't say those things. 

Andrea: Yeah. Period. Yeah. Like, this, like, one of the comments that really annoyed me was, "Perhaps stop interacting with low vibe dudes and this wouldn't happen."

Molly: Yeah, because women- Says a low vibe 

Gerry: dude ... 

Molly: and because I intentionally seek them out. Yeah. Yeah, they don't just come to me and say things unprompted to me. Yep. 

Andrea: Yeah. Your hashtags are like #teachersexstuff.

Gerry: Like... I hated that. I 

Andrea: feel like- I hated that ... but here's the thing. You know that guy has searched that hashtag, I fear. 

Molly: Yeah. 

Andrea: You know? Yeah. Like, I just loathe this kind of stuff. Like, [00:39:00] it, ugh. And then, like, some people just fully like, were like, "Hot for teacher," winky face. And I'm like, "Okay, so we just missed it entirely."

And I almost prefer that to the people who are trying to argue and say like, um, why? Like, wh- like, what are you... Like, so you can't take a compliment? So I just shouldn't flirt with teachers then? 

Gerry: You know one that was, that was kind of funny? I'm gonna 

Molly: say so. What? 

Gerry: It is a big deal when you're homeschooled.

Molly: Great. 

Andrea: Gotta bring Phil back on here actually, now that I'm thinking about it. Mr. Philip Lindsay, who was homeschooled- 

Gerry: That one was funny ... 

Andrea: for quite a while. 

Molly: Gerry, what were the ones making you wanna throw hands? 

Gerry: The one I responded to was... Let me pull it up. 

Molly: I responded to one of them, but I can't remember what it said.

I 

Gerry: saw that, and it was- 

Andrea: I saw both of them ... it was like you had one 'Cause you guys... I don't even think I respond. Okay. Um, somebody commented, "I'm trying to figure out why you even brought this [00:40:00] up And that was the one you responded to, Duke. And you said, "Because it makes me feel uncomfortable when these comments are made.

My female friends and colleagues discuss how uncomfortable comments like this make them too. So I talked about it so men know it comes off as creepy and don't make those comments as adults." That was yours. Uh, Gerry, I'm trying to find yours. 

Gerry: The one that I responded to was a guy who followed me and one minute later commented, "No wonder you don't have a man."

And I said, "Don't follow me and then diss my friends." 

Yeah. 

Your bio, I'll, I'll read his bio. It says, "Seaho-," some sports crap, and then says, um, "Faith Project; Faith first, be kind. You never know what someone is going through." And I said, "Your bi- bio literally says be kind and you're talking reckless." I'm like, dude, you're, you're dumb.

You're an idiot. Like 

Molly: See, Gerry- I hate it. I hate it ... it is so masculine to be pro-women, and you're proving that. 

Andrea: Uh, like I'm going through right now and looking at these, [00:41:00] these comments 

Gerry: It was crazy. I think 

Molly: that to 

Gerry: me it boils down- I got my nose pierced and Andrea made fun of me. Just saying. Very in touch- I-

with my feminine side here ... 

Andrea: I stand by it, just so we're all clear. I don't, I don't regret making fun of you for that. I stand by it, and I would again. So I hope it gets infected and you have to take it out. Some people said, "What is a good line to impress a teacher?" Ooh. So maybe we can, we can share some- I got paid 

Gerry: today.

Andrea: I got a 401. I got a 401. I got good health insurance. 

Molly: I think a good line to impress a teacher is just make them feel really, like, that you really admire what they do. 

Andrea: Yeah. 

Molly: A teacher's gonna eat that up. 

Andrea: Mm-hmm. 

Molly: You- 

Andrea: I think it shouldn't be focused on teaching even. Like, if someone says like, "Oh, I'm a teacher That's so cool.

What do you like about it? Like- Yes ... just a genuine, be a, be a person. Like- Be 

Molly: curious ... 

Andrea: be curious. Be like, "What do [00:42:00] you like about it? Oh, that's so cool. Did your students say anything funny? Did anything crazy happen?" Like, take a genuine interest. Don't fetishize the job and make it all about sex. And like- 

Molly: Yeah.

I- "Oh, oh, you're, you're the, you, you, you're the young teacher that..." Well, no, don't make it weird. You literally could just get to know what I choose to do for a profession, and then if you wanna compliment me physically, separate that from being a teacher, 'cause that's a career that works with children.

Correct. Therefore, a weird connection to make. 

Andrea: I was gonna say, I think that's the thing, right, is like it's not that it is offensive to s- tell someone they are beautiful. Like, I don't think- Right ... that's offensive at all. I think that the offense comes when it's, like, associated in a sexual way with your profession.

Yes. And then it demeans the profession a little bit and makes it feel like there's something kind of weird going on there, um, especially because there are really horrifying situations where there are female teachers that are [00:43:00] predators, and as teachers that are not predators, we find that horrifying. So when- Yes

a- and I think this is something that people don't get. Like you said, like, there are people who are Like trying to just flirt, and they don't realize that when they say stuff like that, you are associating me with people who are pedophiles. 

Molly: Haley Beck. 

Andrea: Yes. I- 

Molly: Do not, like, don't put me in that, even in a joking w- no.

Andrea: No. 

Molly: Like, it's, it's offen- it's genuinely offensive. 

Andrea: Right. Right. 

Molly: And therefore, therefore it's not that we can't take a compliment, it's that your compliment isn't landing as a compliment. Correct. So therefore, why wouldn't you just switch the compliment to make it a compliment? Yes. That's what I'm saying.

Andrea: Yeah. Agreed. Agreed. And it just shouldn't be couched in like a, "You're hot and I wish you were my teacher," because it just, it does the Haley Beck effect. Yes. And we don't love that. 

Molly: I saw a lot of comments that also said, um, "Well, it's normal. Uh, you know, when I was young there was a teacher I had a crush on.

It's normal for young kids." But you're- But you're not a child anymore. You are [00:44:00] not that child. And so it, that's irrelevant to the point that we're trying to make. 

Andrea: Yeah. 

Molly: To me, at least. 

Andrea: And I was actually recently watching, um, Schitt's Creek, which, have you guys seen Schitt's Creek? 

Molly: I love that show. 

Andrea: It's...

Okay, Gerry, it's so good. It's so funny. But there is this character, and she's a high school teacher. I think she's a drama teacher maybe. And there's a bunch of moments in there where she makes comments about how all the boys in class have crushes on her. One got up and had an erection, and she was like, "Oh, you know, it's just boys," but she's bringing it up all the time.

And it's, like, I think that translated for people in a way that they're like, "That's gross and weird. Why is she talking about that?" But then when men hit on female teachers in that way, everyone's like, "No, that's super great, because it's in my search history." It's just 

Molly: a, it's just a compliment. 

Andrea: Yeah. Like- 

Molly: It's 

Andrea: actually the same 

Molly: thing

Andrea: yeah, like, it's actually the same [00:45:00] thing, and it's gross, and we're not into it, so maybe don't. Like- 

Molly: Yeah ... 

Andrea: and if they are into it,

Gerry: ugh, that is probably also on a list. This one dude said, said, "Damn, note to self, never tell a teacher she's attractive." Yeah. But he looks like- I saw that one ... the CEO of Rubik's Cube. 

Molly: Wait, 

Andrea: not the CEO. That was for the comment? It was- 

Gerry: No, that's what I'm saying he looked like. 

Molly: Oh, I thought he added that on. I 

Andrea: was like, what?

He's like, as the CEO of Rubik's Cube. The CEO of Rubik's Cube right now is listening to this, and they're like, "Wow, you know what? I don't know why you came at me. I'm just out here." He's like- Keep 

Molly: me out of it ... he's like, "Hold up." I also think a lot of this has to do, and again, I know it sounds like I'm really dogging on men right here, but it's because my original comment was made towards men, obviously, so I'm just going with that.

A lot of the guys that make comments back to, like, what we said and get really defensive, for example, "Looks like I just won't compliment teachers ever again." 

Andrea: Yeah. 

Molly: That's actually your fragile ego [00:46:00] talking. Yeah. If you're getting defensive rather than like, "Oh, let me think about what they're saying, and like, consider it," yeah, you got an ego, man.

And I, I don't freak with that either, so. 

Andrea: Yeah. Like, maybe just take what was said and be like, "Wow." Reflect. "You know what? Molly..." Yeah, and here's the thing, is like, Molly is a, a single woman currently in the dating field giving feedback to you in a way that, by the way, wasn't actually about you unless you made it about you.

Molly: Dang. That's so true. 

Andrea: So, like, if you took- Wow ... personal offense to that, that also is pretty revealing, and you need to take a beat. You know? 

Molly: So true. 

Andrea: Because there, it, it didn't have to be about you. It could've been about, like, that other creepy guy, and then you were just like, "Uh-oh, my comments." And, uh, d- I mean, to be fair, Molly's comments are crazy sometimes.

Gerry: Who was the guy comment on this said, he was posting your comments like he wanted to wash your hair or something? 

Andrea: There's, yeah, there is a guy who said, he like, "I don't [00:47:00] say that. I do say I wanna wash your hair." 

Gerry: I'ma find it. 

Andrea: You didn't see that one? 

Molly: I did- Guys, I really, I pretty much tune out comments for the most part.

I learned that pretty quick. 

Andrea: That's pretty smart. Um, 

Gerry: oh- He commented, like, a lot in a row too ... 

Molly: that maybe he was my scammer. Thank God I didn't give him my address. 

Andrea: Oh my gosh. 

Gerry: At least your hair would've been clean. 

Molly: Actually, so true. I do need a hair wash today. She's gonna 

Andrea: get 

Molly: the 

Andrea: nicest, um- She's gonna bring the nicest shampoo since you bought it.

Molly: Um, when it comes to... Actually, I'm glad that you brought up Schitt's Creek. Maybe this is my hill to die on, but I'm saying it anyway right now. 

Andrea: Okay. Perfect. 

Molly: You know, I'm gonna make a big connection here, everybody. Uh, Schitt's Creek back to me getting scammed. If you wanna know the cheat sheet for how to never be embarrassed, okay?

Because I know how to not be embarrassed and, and overcome that. Pretend like you're in a sitcom, because if Nick on New Girl got scammed, gold content for an [00:48:00] episode on New Girl. 

Andrea: 100%, 

Molly: yeah. And so I really don't feel that bad about it. I'm like, "I would've been everyone's favorite character." 

Andrea: I agree. Yeah. I agree.

And I do feel like that is one of the benefits of being, like, a comedian, a content creator, is, like, your tragedy translates beautifully into content and a public service, because now no one who listened to this is gonna get scammed in the same way. Um, I will also say on that same thread, and I guess this will be my, my hill that I die on, is that, um, embarrassment is the cost of s- like, success Like, I, I just watched the Martin Short documentary.

I don't know if you guys have seen that yet. Mm-mm. It's absolutely phenomenal. But he talked about the fact that he's like, "Listen, 80% of everything I do was a complete and utter failure, but the 20% that did okay was enough to sustain me." And he's like, "I was never bothered by when stuff didn't go well," because that's this business.

Like, most of it doesn't go well. And I think that we as [00:49:00] consumers of, like, films and TV, we assume that everything that someone who's really successful does is incredible, but if you look at their IMDb, not the case ever. Um, I just saw that, um, I think it's called Not Fit for Work. Is that what it was called?

It's the new Mindy Kaling show that just came out- Okay ... this last year. I haven't gotten to watch it yet, and it was just canceled after one season. And Mindy Kaling to me is such an inspiration. She's just incredible, and no one would ever look at her and be like, "You're not a success." But she just had a show that she really believed in get canceled after one season.

And so I think that, like, that's the other piece is that, like, we're... And, and, and same thing with teaching, like, we assume that the students are gonna remember the 80% of what we do, but sometimes really it's the 20% that actually really worked and connected with them, and that's just what it's about, right?

Like, is that we're out there living life, and we're doing our best, and we want [00:50:00] it to be the 80% that always just crushes, but sometimes it's the 20%, and that's okay, and that's normal. And some of the people we love the most, it was the 20% that kept them going and that we know them for, you know? Um, Gerry, did you find it?

I'll give you one last chance before we have to get out of here. 

Gerry: No, now I'm into the 

Andrea: ones that got hidden. Maybe he did delete it. Maybe he was like... You're right. It's not too late to delete this. But 

Gerry: then he, like, stood on it. 

Andrea: Of course he did. Of course he did. Maybe his family came across the video and were like, "Nah."

Gerry: His grandkids found it. 

Andrea: Yeah, exactly. 

Molly: Shock. Oh, 

Andrea: God. Grandkids. 

Molly: No. That, that kind of cut deep. That hit, that... 

Andrea: Oh, my gosh. 

Gerry: I- It has, like... It had replies, though, so it can't... It, at some point- Hm ... it stopped showing the ones that... I think he took it down. Oh, my 

Andrea: gosh. I think also today we need to say, um, that this episode is dedicated to the late, great Dolly Parton.

Indeed. It wasn't particularly related to her, but, um, Dolly Parton, um, as we [00:51:00] record this, it's the day after she passed. Um, or day... Did she pass on the 25th or the 26th? I can't, I can't remember. Mm. Um, but I found out yesterday Um, and was incredibly upset because she was just such an incredible person. Um, she is the one woman who my husband had a hall pass for, so my marriage is slightly safer today.

Um, and I wanna be very- Who's yours? I don't have one. Like- 

Molly: None. 

Gerry: Timothée Chalamet. Ugh. 

Andrea: No. No, thank you. None for me. 

Molly: We can start brainstorming one for you. 

Andrea: Okay, great. Thank you. Yeah, none for me, thanks. Um, but that was my husband's hall pass, so my marriage is slightly safer today, but the world has lost an absolute icon and an angel.

And, um, so... And I do think that, uh, Dolly would be down for our conversation about the comments that we received and, uh, would agree with us on many things today. So, um, but if you guys have comments about what we talked about today, I do hope you message us or comment on the [00:52:00] clips that are out there on social media.

Um, you can contact us on our various platforms. So you can contact me, @educatorandrea on Instagram and TikTok. Um, and you can contact Gerry. @

Gerry: comedybygp on Instagram and TikTok. 

Andrea: And Molly. @

Molly: miss.dugan1. 

Andrea: Or just call her phone number and ask for money. 

Molly: Please don't call me. But- Uh, please a- actually cut me some slack.

I really need a break. My brain needs a break, guys. 

Andrea: Just send her a Venmo request. She'll probably honor it. It's fine. Actually, maybe Venmo her some money, guys. Maybe that's what we can do for now. No, literally, I was like, "Should I put my- Go Fund Me" ... 

Molly: should I put my Venmo on my story? I might. 

Andrea: You should have because when my car got broken into a few years ago, I put my Venmo on there and I got, um, $2,800 Venmo'd to me.

I kid you not. Because I was very upset my car got broken into and it was the down payment on my new car because my car ended up getting totaled 'cause it was a very old paid off car. So, um- Okay, 

Molly: so like should I put my Venmo 

Andrea: on there? What is your Venmo? Let's just share it right now for our [00:53:00] listeners.

Dude, 

Molly: I'm literally gonna do this. 

Andrea: Do it. 

Molly: Guys, I lost that much money. 

Andrea: Um- We should clip this part in particular. Maybe, like splice it with w- the story. 

Molly: No, literally. Okay, Miss Dugan's Venmo is @mollydugan07. 

Andrea: And I want you guys to know whatever number you are thinking she lost, it's more than that. So help a girl out And help her pay for grad school.

It's, uh, 

Molly: she's try- she's trying to get through school. 

Andrea: She's trying to get through school, so- I'm just working my 

Molly: nine to five- 

Andrea: Oh my God ... at Dolly. We love it. We love the callback. Oh my gosh. Um, and if you want to email us questions, you can email us andrea@human-content.com. Um, or you can contact the whole Human Content Podcast family at humancontentpods.

You can catch the full video episodes, they are up every week, @EducatorAndrea. Thank you so much for listening. I'm your host, Andrea Forkham. 

Gerry: I'm Gerry Patoka. 

Molly: And I'm Molly Dungan. 

Andrea: Our executive producers are Andrea Forkham, Aron Korney, [00:54:00] Rob Goldman, and Shahnti Brooke. Our editor is Andrew Sims. Our engineer is Jason Portizo.

Our music is by Omer Ben-Zvi. To learn more about How to Survive the Classroom's program disclaimer and ethics policy, and submission verification and licensing terms, you can go to podcasterandrea.com. How to Survive the Classroom is Human Content Production. 

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