00:00All right, trying to help out Mark this morning.
00:02He sounds very confident in his date with Ella.
00:04Yeah, they went down to Ybor City to that new place called Copper Shaker.
00:08Copper Shaker.
00:09So that's a nice place.
00:10You and I went there one night for a drink.
00:12You, myself, all, all there.
00:15It was a great time.
00:16And yeah, he said, I asked him if anything weird happened in the conversation or anything.
00:21He was like, no, this was a good convo.
00:23And I walked her to her car and he gave her a kiss on the cheek and told her he wanted to see her again.
00:28Right.
00:28He thought that she was totally down to hang out again.
00:32But now he has reached out, hasn't heard anything.
00:34But we have her on hold right now.
00:36I want to bring her on.
00:36She's agreed to talk to us on the air.
00:37So that's cool.
00:38Let's bring her on right now.
00:39Ella.
00:41Hi.
00:42Hey, Ella.
00:42I appreciate you agreeing to talk to us on the air.
00:44That's awesome.
00:45Thank you so much.
00:47We want to talk to you about Mark.
00:49We heard you guys met online.
00:50We heard you guys went to Copper Shaker in Ybor.
00:53The last he heard from you is when he walked you to your car, gave you a kiss on the cheek.
00:58He said, let's hang out again.
01:00He felt like you were definitely down to hang out again.
01:02But now he's reached out.
01:04Heard nothing.
01:05He's very confused.
01:06We're hoping to get some answers from you.
01:08So we just want to know what's going on.
01:11Well, okay.
01:12It's weird.
01:13I knew I threw a lot at you right there.
01:16I was just trying to recap what we know.
01:19Yeah, no, totally.
01:20Well, I mean, basically, I don't know if you mentioned it, it was really crowded there.
01:26So we had to wait a while for our table.
01:27So we went to the bar to get a drink beforehand.
01:29And I offered to buy, you know, $1.23.
01:34I'm like, oh, let me buy you a drink.
01:37He's like, oh, great.
01:38So he orders a bourbon.
01:40I order a beer.
01:42I'm like a beer girl.
01:43Like, that's all I know.
01:44I don't know bourbon.
01:45I don't know scotch, whatever.
01:47So, you know, we're drinking our drinks, whatever.
01:50Our table's ready.
01:51I close out the tab.
01:52And it was a $30 drink that he got.
01:57It was like a $30 bourbon that he got.
01:59Wow, that's expensive.
02:00Now, is that his fault?
02:02Or does the place just have it very expensive?
02:04No, they have the whole gamut.
02:06It's like you can go like super top shelf, but I had a $5 beer.
02:09You know, it's not like every drink there is $15.
02:13You know, so he obviously ordered like the top, top, top, top shelf and didn't say anything.
02:20Just ordered it, you know.
02:22I was just, it seemed so inconsiderate to me that he would just order it and not say anything and not even say, you know what.
02:29Especially when you were buying.
02:31I mean, that's kind of like.
02:32Yeah, exactly.
02:33He's buying me a drink.
02:34I'm going to go to the top shelf.
02:35Does that mean?
02:36Exactly.
02:36It's like me ordering like $100 steak on the first day.
02:39I would never do that.
02:40Did he, what else did he drink during dinner?
02:43That's all he drank.
02:45Oh, so he didn't switch.
02:47No, that's his drink, which is fine if he knows that.
02:50But then maybe you say, you know what, my drink's really expensive.
02:53I got this.
02:54Or something.
02:55Don't just order it.
02:56Now let me know.
02:57And then I literally look like, I'm just in shock at the bill and I don't want to look cheap.
03:01So, of course.
03:02But you didn't pick up the whole bill for the whole dinner though, did you?
03:04No, no, no, no, no.
03:05I just picked up the drink.
03:06But that was silly.
03:07With tip and stuff, $50 for one drink, I had a $5 beer.
03:11Yeah.
03:12That's like when your friends are like, I'll take the double tall of Tito's.
03:16It's like at the amp.
03:17You're like, huh?
03:18So it just kind of left a bad taste in my mouth.
03:21It just seemed inconsiderate.
03:22And if that is kind of his level of respect, then I'm going to have to.
03:28You're saying?
03:29Well, listen, Ella, we actually have Mark on the phone with us.
03:32And he heard what he had to say, but he was wondering what was going on.
03:36So that probably answered his question a little bit.
03:38Mark.
03:39Hi.
03:40I mean, like, seriously?
03:41It's because I drank an expensive bourbon?
03:44That's why you don't get back to me?
03:46It's not that you drank an expensive bourbon.
03:48It's that when I offered to buy you a drink, you ordered an expensive bourbon.
03:52Didn't say anything.
03:54Just ordered it.
03:56And I just thought you were really weird and disrespectful.
03:59I'm a grown man.
04:00I have a job.
04:01If I want a $30 drink, I'm going to get a $30 drink.
04:04Yeah, but if someone's offering to buy you a drink, you don't just order the most expensive drink and not say anything.
04:10You say, hey, you know what?
04:10My drink's really expensive.
04:12You just order or suck it up and order a $5 beer for once.
04:15Oh, okay.
04:16Well, you know, I think it's pretty ridiculous that we vibed and this is what you complain about.
04:20And also, I paid $150 for dinner.
04:23So, you know, maybe one $30 drink that you paid for isn't that big a deal.
04:27Yeah, but you're the one that ordered the $100 meal.
04:31I did not.
04:32If you notice, I did not order a very expensive meal because I am respectful and I'm considerate.
04:37And when I first did, I noticed some of the show out.
04:39It was expensive because you had a bourbon.
04:42I would have been happy to buy you anything you want.
04:44I wouldn't do that, though.
04:45That's disrespectful.
04:46It's inconsiderate.
04:48No, you know, I don't know you well enough to know your financial position.
04:51It sounds like excuses, like you're just insecure because you're so cheap.
04:55Wow.
04:56Wow.
04:57That's kind of a jump.
04:57Okay.
04:58What it sounds like to me.
04:59You're obviously insecure because you're so pretentious.
05:03Oh, I'm pretentious.
05:04I took you out on a nice date and you don't get back to me because I get the drink that I like to after I bought you dinner.
05:09Okay.
05:10Classy.
05:10You're really classy.
05:11Wow.
05:12Okay.
05:12So, Mark, you don't see what Ella's saying at all, like, hey, you know, maybe, you know, instead of going top, top shelf on the first drink she's going to buy you, you know, you don't see that that might be a little bit shocking to her?
05:24It's $30.
05:26I didn't buy a $300 drink or anything crazy like that.
05:30And I bought dinner.
05:32Okay.
05:33All right.
05:33Well, just thought I'd ask.
05:35You can't even look at it and step back and be like, you know what?
05:38I can see how that, like, you're just, no, this is what I'm like, I'm like, if that's how you are in a relationship and I saw the writing on the wall at the very beginning.
05:47It just sounds like you're ungrateful.
05:48Like, you can't even buy a drink for someone who's taking you out to buy you a nice meal.
05:53Like, come on.
05:53I don't think you guys are getting along very well.
05:56We have just met in person for the first time.
06:00If we're fighting over drink prices, I think that this is not a good sign.
06:03Guys, I don't think I could go out with her again.
06:05I don't think I could do it.
06:06Good.
06:06I take it back.
06:07I think you've agreed on something.
06:09Hey!
06:09I think Ella would agree with that, right, Ella?
06:12Yep, sure do.
06:13All right, guys.
06:14Well, we're going to leave it at that.
06:17Mark, now you've got your answer.
06:18Ella, thank you for your time today, guys, and good luck to you.
06:22Whatever.
06:25Jeez, Mark.
06:27$30 for one drink?
06:29That's a lot of money.
06:30I think it's just common courtesy.
06:31I understand that he took her out, but I think it is common courtesy not to go, like, full tilt.
06:35You know, when you just meet somebody and say, hey, can I buy you a drink?
06:39And then you go, oh, yeah, let me get, like, one of the most expensive bourbons or whatever.
06:42You don't do that.
06:44But then he has a point.
06:46He says, hey, I didn't tell you what to order.
06:47You can order anything you want off the menu.
06:48So, they kind of get both sides here.
06:51All right, let's see where you guys are at right now.
