BHAVNEET: Are we live?
TARANJIT: Yes.
BHAVNEET: I almost said are we alive.
TARANJIT: Are we?
BHAVNEET: I think I said alive instead of live.
TARANJIT: I’m alive. Are you?
BHAVNEET: Well, that’s why I asked. I guess.
TARANJIT: You said we.
BHAVNEET: Oh.
TARANJIT: I know I am.
BHAVNEET: I am too I think, Okay, well, we’re alive. And this is Drive with us. Welcome back. Where have you been? That was a question.
TARANJIT: For me?
BHAVNEET: Yeah. Where have you been?
TARANJIT: Where have I been?
BHAVNEET: Yes. Where have you been?
TARANJIT: Recently?
BHAVNEET: Yep.
TARANJIT: Walmart.
BHAVNEET: So fun.
TARANJIT: Actually, I wanted to talk about a Walmart experience type situation. I don’t know what word to put with it. But so our brother had the SAT’s coming up. Well, already came up yesterday.
BHAVNEET: Had up.
TARANJIT: Well, Friday, he was studying and he of course, waited till the last minute to get everything together and figure out if he needed…if had everything. So he was practicing through the book. And then he went to get the graphing calculator. And then he was like, oh, like…
BHAVNEET: Dead. It’s not live.
TARANJIT: It was alive. It’s just I don’t know how long the batteries have been sitting in that thing. So I’m like…
BHAVNEET: Since I used it.
TARANJIT: So I was like, do you have spare batteries? And he’s like, no, we’re out of all batteries. We don’t have double A, we don’t have triple A, we don’t have anything.
BHAVNEET: We have D. C.
TARANJIT: We have those.
BHAVNEET: DC comics.
TARANJIT: We have D and C. But so I was like, Are you serious? And I’m like, why did you wait until the day before? If you like checked a week ago, we could have got it when we were at the store.
BHAVNEET: Yeah.
TARANJIT: So then I had to go out and it was raining. So I was like waiting waiting for the rain to stop because I didn’t want to go out in the rain.
BHAVNEET: At 10 o’clock at night.
TARANJIT: No, no, this was not a 10 o’clock thing yet. Not to that part yet. This is earlier in the day, because I went to get double A…triple A batteries for the calculator.
BHAVNEET: Oh, you did this earlier in the day?
TARANJIT: Yeah. So it was raining and I was waiting. It was like pouring so hard. So I’m like I don’t want to go out in the rain. But I’m like I have to because he doesn’t batteries. So then I waited until like two o’clock and then like I don’t want to wait too long because it’s gonna be traffic when we stuck in traffic.
BHAVNEET: Yeah.
TARANJIT: And I don’t have gas in my car because I was going to get it Monday. So I was like…
BHAVNEET: Were you running on E? Your car’s almost not alive.
TARANJIT: No. No. It was almost a quarter but like…
BHAVNEET: So your car still alive?
TARANJIT: Yes, it’s still alive. So I was like, well, at least it is just a short trip. Hopefully I don’t get stuck in traffic because more gas burned. So I went to the dollar store and I was…
BHAVNEET: You are saying it like the store is like 20 minutes away. It’s only five.
TARANJIT: It is so far.
BHAVNEET: It’s only five minutes away.
TARANJIT: Yeah, but if we get stuck in traffic, it takes so long.
BHAVNEET: Yeah, well, you’re saying it like I’m going to run out of gas because the store is 20…30 minutes away.
TARANJIT: If I had to sit in traffic, it would…
BHAVNEET: Not take 20 minutes.
BHAVNEET: No. It will burn gas just sitting there.
TARANJIT: Yeah, but not as much. I wasn’t implying it was that long.
BHAVNEET: You were.
TARANJIT: You took it the wrong direction.
BHAVNEET: You were implying.
TARANJIT: No.
BHAVNEET: I’m out of gas.
TARANJIT: You implied wrong sir.
BHAVNEET: I implied from your implica…
TARANJIT: My what?
BHAVNEET: You’re impliance?
TARANJIT: Sounds like compliance but not quite. Compliance.
BHAVNEET: I thought you said appliance. It sounds like an appliance. Well, you did apply it to an instance. So appliance.
TARANJIT: Oh, wow. Another word for our fake dictionary. We made a lot of words on this show so far. I mean,
BHAVNEET: I make a lot of words all the time.
TARANJIT: This is only like what the 26…20 around episode like wow. We made a lot of words. New lingo.
BHAVNEET: For your Bingo. It wasn’t that funny.
TARANJIT: That makes no sense. For your Bingo.
BHAVNEET: So instead of Bingo. It would be like Lingo!
TARANJIT: DWup LINGO.
BHAVNEET: Yeah. We like so you they’ll…instead of numbers they would have like lingo.
TARANJIT: Yeah and then if you get a bingo with quotation marks, you would say lingo.
BHAVNEET: What was not to make sense about that?
TARANJIT: It didn’t make sense in…
BHAVNEET: That sentence.
TARANJIT: Now it makes sense.
BHAVNEET: That sentence didn’t make sense. Other than that, it’s all good. Peachy corny.
TARANJIT: What?
BHAVNEET: I don’t know. There’s like something you say like, you know…
TARANJIT: It’s all peachy. And then corny? You put like…that doesn’t go together.
BHAVNEET: No. There’s another thing that people say as like two words and I can’t remember it. I knew peachy was like a thing on its own. So then I was like, oh, peachy corny. That would taste bad.
TARANJIT: Peach corn?
BHAVNEET: Yeah. Or corned peach.
TARANJIT: How would you corn a peach?
BHAVNEET: You could peach corn.
TARANJIT: You can make like peach flavored corn.
BHAVNEET: That’s what I am saying. Like peach a corn.
TARANJIT: Like popcorn, whatever. But like…
BHAVNEET: You can’t corn peach.
TARANJIT: How would you corn a peach?
BHAVNEET: Instead of the little seeds on the corn, it would be peaches. To do do. Little baby peaches. It’d be a big corn with peaches for each of the little seeds of a corn on the cob.
TARANJIT: Okay, I like to see how that would work.
BHAVNEET: Someone should make that. I mean, it’d be larger than a regular corn for like an artistic piece. Make a cob.
TARANJIT: It would be something for like Georgia’s art. Like make it out of peach but make a corn.
BHAVNEET: Again, we did not see a single speech peach in Georgia.
TARANJIT: Speech?
BHAVNEET: We also don’t see any speeches. I mean, I didn’t see any…uh what are those things called? Blimps. Blimps with the ads flying off of them.
TARANJIT: Uh-huh.
BHAVNEET: I didn’t see any speeches. But yeah, we didn’t see any peaches in Georgia. We saw them in was a South Carolina?
TARANJIT: Yep.
BHAVNEET: Who’s stealing Florida’s tree on their nat…on their state flag. I don’t know why I said flag. License plate.
TARANJIT: Yeah.
BHAVNEET: It was on their flag? Their license plate is the flag picture.
TARANJIT: Yes.
BHAVNEET: And so they’re stealing the peach from Georgia and making that their water tank. Whatever town that was. But yeah.
TARANJIT: Yeah, I don’t know what towns we drove through. I just knew Okay, we’re now in this state. We are no in this state.
BHAVNEET: South Carolina was…
TARANJIT: And then when we made it to Georgia, then I’m like okay, we’re in this area. We’re in this area.
BHAVNEET: I just know the South Carolina took way too long than it should have because their speeds were way too slow.
TARANJIT: It wasn’t that much slower, but we were going.
BHAVNEET: But we were going on like a highway that they know people will take to travel long distance through all the states. Shouldn’t the speed be faster? Because around it is 70. There it is 55. It’s like what why? Why would you do that to me? Not even like 60.
TARANJIT: They don’t like driving fast.
BHAVNEET: I know they like stopping the middle of the road. It’s a verified fact, I talked to a South Carolinian. So apparently it’s a thing. So if anyone’s from South Carolina, please tell me is like Do you agree with that? That South Carolinians lineian’s South Carolinians? Why am I saying lonians? South Carolinans drive slow and like to stop randomly in the middle of the road. If you have a commute story about that. I’d like to hear it
T; I think it would be a very interesting one.
BHAVNEET: Yeah.
TARANJIT: It would be different.
BHAVNEET: I was driving and then just I wasn’t. Cuz I hit the brakes.
TARANJIT: I just I just stopped because I felt like.
BHAVNEET: It’s like oh, that’s enough driving for me today. I’m in the highway. Who cares?
TARANJIT: This is where I’m stopping.
BHAVNEET: Yeah.
TARANJIT: Go around. If you dare.
BHAVNEET: I think I’ll take a nap now. Just stop right here.
TARANJIT: That would not fly if someone did that here.
BHAVNEET: Fly? No. they are not flying. They’re crawling.
TARANJIT: Sorry North Carolina is flying.
BHAVNEET: Yes. Georgia to an extent.
TARANJIT: It would not want work here if the South Carolina driver did those methods…
BHAVNEET: No.
TARANJIT: Here in Maryland.
BHAVNEET: No, I think people have like such a big like not like what the equivalent of a culture shock would be to the road so they have a road shock driving shock when they come to Maryland from any other state because they truly experienced the crazy because you’re like I’ve heard that it’s like more crazy but What is this nonsense? Welcome to Maryland.
TARANJIT: The way you said it.
BHAVNEET: Welcome. You’ll see more. Just wait.
TARANJIT: Just wait. If you think you saw it all, just wait.
BHAVNEET: No, we stop. We crause traffic jams.
TARANJIT: Crause?
BHAVNEET: Yeah, we crauce troffic jams. I said multiple words that were not right. Crause and troffic.
TARANJIT: You crause troffic.
BHAVNEET: I tried to give myself an accent apparently. We crause troffic jams because they’re sofas on the side of the road.
TARANJIT: I thought you just said so fizzle.
BHAVNEET: Who’s so fizzle? Cuz fizzle’s on the side road? You know there’s this very famous person So Fizzle and he was just on the side of the highway and everyone was just like, oh my god. So Fizzle.
TARANJIT: So it crauses…crauses troffic jams?
BHAVNEET: It crauses troffic.
TARANJIT: Yes.
BHAVNEET: Because it’s all So Fizzle.
TARANJIT: Yes.
BHAVNEET: Not sofas, but that too. But that’s So Fizzle. Weird name. Sounds like someone from the 90s. Like that’s So Fizzle. Is that like something Snoop Dogg says?
TARANJIT: I don’t know. I don’t know rap stuff.
BHAVNEET: I don’t either. But I feel like someone has said that. And that’s the only name I can think of.
TARANJIT: There are so many rappers now. Like I don’t like a Snickers bar wrapper and…
BHAVNEET: What? Where did you get that from? Oh, she’s gone. She’s frozen in a laugh. Like she’s not even moving. Or vocally laughing. She’s just like hand on forehead frozen and laugh face. Like if you just pause the TV while someone was laughing and she was like…not that you can see that. But you can imagine it and now that you resumed the TV, all the tears come out because she’s like I held that for too long. Gosh.
TARANJIT: You know how last time your eyes had water coming out of it?
BHAVNEET: Yeah.
TARANJIT: Now it’s my turn.
BHAVNEET: Where did you think of that? That was really funny. But you know you said that very seriously. Like you know. I thought you were about to start listing some people, but you were like sneakers wrappers. Reese’s wrappers.
TARANJIT: I lost…I just couldn’t think of any more candy.
BHAVNEET: So you were just like…Snickers. That’s it you know. That’s it. But that was a good one. No, but where do you think of, oh yeah. I’m gonna say candy wrappers.
TARANJIT: Cuz then I said rapper then I’m like oh wrappers not like the people but like the wrappers you put on stuff. So then I started…that’s where my mind went.
BHAVNEET: Yeah, okay. Oh, man. Are you done crying?
TARANJIT: No.
BHAVNEET: Okay we are going to have to take a break. Someone was having an emotional laugh attack.
TARANJIT: You gotta carry on the show without me.
BHAVNEET: I got this. Today on the one person show. The show you…
TARANJIT: You can’t do it. You don’t know what to talk about.
BHAVNEET: I was about to do the breaking news thing. But you interrupted.
TARANJIT: Cuz I’m good now.
BHAVNEET: There used to be two people on this show. But apparently not anymore because one person had an emotional laughing attack and her face got frozen in the laugh face with her hands stuck on her forehead. And then when she unfroze all the tears came out because she was holding that position for way too long. Like longer than she thought she possibly could. But she did it anyways and no voice came out. But then she started crying. And then when all the tears came out. She started laughing again and went back into frozen laugh face. So alas we used to have two co stars co stars…we used to have two co-hosts.
TARANJIT: I thought you were about to say coasters. Two coasters.
BHAVNEET: Two to-coasters. Two to-coasters. But not anymore. That is…a to-coaster is a coaster that’s shaped like a piece of toast and you can’t just say toaster because that’s a thing. So to-coaster. We have to-coasters in our house. Little toast shaped coasters.
TARANJIT: I think they get it.
BHAVNEET: That are sitting on a rocking chair.
TARANJIT: I think they get it.
BHAVNEET: To- coasters.
TARANJIT: Now you gotta post a picture because you got to put a visual.
BHAVNEET: I think you can imagine that. To-coasters.
TARANJIT: Just take a picture of the rocking chair to-coasters and then put to-coaster.
BHAVNEET: To-coaster. For when you’re hungry and don’t want your teeth anymore. Because that’s not very good thing to eat.
TARANJIT: Okay.
BHAVNEET: For for when you like to put your cups on food but don’t want to make a mess. To-coaster.
TARANJIT: Are you advertising? Are you trying to like do a sales pitch?
BHAVNEET: Yeah, apparently. Well, if you want one, you got to travel to India. And I don’t remember where exactly we got it from. In the mountains.
TARANJIT: Yeah, I don’t know where…in the mountains?
BHAVNEET: Yeah, we got it from there.
TARANJIT: Yes?
BHAVNEET: Yeah. Didn’t we go to Mani karan and then we got there?
TARANJIT: I don’t remember.
BHAVNEET: Somewhere. Yeah, I think it was in the mountains. So yeah, you’re gonna have to travel on some crazy, mountain side roads that look like you’re gonna fall off because they don’t have guardrails, and it’s a single lane road. But then cars come at you like so fast.
TARANJIT: Oh. It’s not even a road. It’s like chunks of road.
BHAVNEET: Yeah, half the road is missing. So that’s even better. And then you look over because this is near the like, you know, Himalayas. Those mountains. That mountain range. Yeah, the tallest one. Yeah. And then you look down and you’re like, I don’t see anything. Yeah, that’s because you can’t see the bottom. It’s so far down. Good luck. And then cars come so fast around the edge, and you’re just like, the car feels like it’s gonna just fly right off because I’m driving on the outside edge. Oh, my God.
TARANJIT: Yeah. And then oncoming traffic doesn’t want they want to go first. So they’re like forcing you like to stop and then just like, ahhh.
BHAVNEET: And the buses are like, Who cares? I got this. Yeah. Or like, I’m in a baby car and you’re in a bus and you do that? Yeah, but to-coasters. Very cool.
TARANJIT: I don’t even remember where I was.
BHAVNEET: I don’t know. But our co-host is back. She’s done. Laughing. Emotionally laugh face frozen.
TARANJIT: I am alive now.
BHAVNEET: Because at that moment, you were frozen. I don’t think you were.
TARANJIT: So you did know something was gonna happen. That’s why you asked, are you alive at the beginning of the episode. You just sensed it.
BHAVNEET: See. I just knew it.
TARANJIT: I’m alive.
BHAVNEET: Okay, good.
TARANJIT: I’m back. It think.
BHAVNEET: Okay. Walmart.
TARANJIT: Actually. I wasn’t even at Walmart yet. This is the dollar store.
BHAVNEET: Oh, yeah. Dollar Store.
TARANJIT: So I got him batteries. I think that’s where I ended. Before we went on a…
BHAVNEET: Yes. Batteries.
TARANJIT: First I went in there and I went to go look for batteries. And usually there’s this whole shelf of batteries.
BHAVNEET: Yeah. Right in the front.
TARANJIT: And they have big packs usually for a dollar. All the triple A’s were gone.
BHAVNEET: I guess everyone realized that they needed a graphing calculator.
TARANJIT: I went down to like the second from the bottom shelf and looked down and in and there’s one pack in the very back.
BHAVNEET: So you were going to have to go to Walmart and get expensive ones if they didn’t have it.
TARANJIT: Yeah, and then I also just picked a double A because I’m like I’m not making another trip count here. I’m here. Two dollars. Like that’s not much. And then I went back and I gave it to him. And then at like 10 o’clock at night, he decided to print his ticket for his SAT test. And then he was like, uh…there’s no black ink.
BHAVNEET: Which he had already printed it out. I don’t know what he did with it. But
TARANJIT: He was saying our dad threw it away. But who know, he probably lost it. But then at 10 o’clock, he realized that there’s no ink so he can’t get his thing printed. And he keeps trying it like over and over again and it’s just printing like…
BHAVNEET: And wasting all the other ink that we do have left?
TARANJIT: Yeah.
BHAVNEET: Oh. Thanks.
TARANJIT: So I’m like why did you not do this earlier? Like…
BHAVNEET: You could of just made one trip.
TARANJIT: No not just that. Like if you did a week in advance we could have done it last weekend. Two, if you did it earlier in the day, I could have went from the dollar store to Walmart instead of going to the dollar store, coming home, and then back to Walmart at 10 o’clock at night. And then it would have saved me from making that left turn where you can’t make left turns anymore.
BHAVNEET: Are you admitting that you made a left turn.
TARANJIT: Okay everyone does it
BHAVNEET: I don’t.
TARANJIT: Because you’re like too…rule follower and don’t break anything.
BHAVNEET: I’m goody two shoes because apparently everyone else’s just wears one shoe. I’m a normal person and wear two shoes.
TARANJIT: No. You wear two good shoes.
BHAVNEET: So everyone else wears bad shoes?
TARANJIT: One good one and one bad one.
BHAVNEET: Well I’m sorry I like to have good shoes. Isn’t that a good thing? So that means you’re working…you’re walking around with like one broken shoe or two broken shoes or no shoes?
TARANJIT: Define what a good shoe is?
BHAVNEET: Comfortable.
TARANJIT: That’s what a good shoe is? Just comfortable?
BHAVNEET: And…
TARANJIT: It doesn’t mean that someone who doesn’t have two goody two shoes…
BHAVNEET: Two goody two shoes? I only have one goody two shoes.
TARANJIT: Two shoes.
BHAVNEET: Two shoes.
TARANJIT: Bbecause this area…so they made a median where they turned it into where you used to be able to go left and right out of the shopping plaza where the dollar store is to where you can only make a right turn now.
BHAVNEET: I think it’s…I think it’s Walmart scheme to get more people to come there.
TARANJIT: I think it was. But then…
BHAVNEET: Well everyone goes there.
TARANJIT: But then when I was leaving the dollar store, I’m like let me make sure there’s no police officer sitting around because sometimes they sit there to catch people making that turn.
BHAVNEET: Because you’re not supposed to.
TARANJIT: But like it’s stupid because you have to go around the long way just to go right to the light right there. Which you used to be able to do. So I looked and I’m like there’s no one here. But it was raining so like I was like look you know had to pay extra attention because of the rain and stuff. And then as I’m making this turn one Sheriff drives by. And then another sheriff drives by. And then someone from behind me also made the turn and then I’m just like…
BHAVNEET: Well they were probably ready to go home or something and they weren’t looking…
TARANJIT: It was two o’clock in the evening. I mean…
BHAVNEET: Two o’clock?
TARANJIT: …in the afternoon.
BHAVNEET: I thought you said you did this at 10 o’clock at night.
TARANJIT: No this is the dollar store.
BHAVNEET: Oh.
TARANJIT: I’m leaving the dollar store to come back for my first trip…
BHAVNEET: Okay.
TARANJIT: …down there and yeah. So they didn’t see me. I made it home
BHAVNEET: Yes you did.
TARANJIT: But then at 10 o’clock, we have to go back. This time to Walmart and for…well I just had finished exercising and I was in my like in my…
BHAVNEET: Sweaty.
TARANJIT: Clothes. And…
BHAVNEET: There I inserted it for you. You’re like sweaty clothes.
TARANJIT: And I didn’t feel like changing from my like comfortable home clothes.
BHAVNEET: Well i mean…is that my ringtone?
TARANJIT: Where was I before your phone call came that…what was I saying? Oh I didn’t feel like changing from my insert word you said.
BHAVNEET: Sweaty.
TARANJIT: Clothes. And so I was like well it’s just Walmart people go in there sweats all the time.
BHAVNEET: Yeah. Exactly. This is Walmart. Have any of you never seen…
TARANJIT: But like the Walmart…I should have known that our Walmart is different from typical Walmarts in the first place. I should of…
BHAVNEET: At 10 o’clock at night?
TARANJIT: No but I’m just saying I should have known like the typical things you think of at Walmart or see at Walmart don’t really happen at this one.
BHAVNEET: Yeah. Our Walmart is pretty nice.
TARANJIT: So…
BHAVNEET: Like…
TARANJIT: I’m like it’s Walmart. People go in their sweats.
BHAVNEET: All you think you know about Walmart is not…
TARANJIT: We walked in and there’s a lot of parents with their kids there.
BHAVNEET: At 10 o’clock?
TARANJIT: School shopping.
BHAVNEET: Oh my god. People like why are you doing this at 10 o’clock at night?
TARANJIT: But and then everyone was dressed in like the nicest like going out close and I’m like I feel like I stick out because everyone’s dressed so nice and I’m in these…
BHAVNEET: Like where do they go…
TARANJIT: Exercise clothes.
BHAVNEET: This late at night to go school shopping. From where?
TARANJIT: Yeah, but we want to go get the ink and we went there and we couldn’t find the number. And we’re like…
BHAVNEET: Then what? Where else are you gonna go? Now you had to complain if you had to drive how many miles to Westminster.
TARANJIT: But I think everything would be closed by then. The only thing that was open that late…cuz Walmart is 24/7.
BHAVNEET: Westminster. You could go to theirs, but there’s isn’t 24/7.
TARANJIT: No. So then I was like well if it’s not here, you’re out of luck. Like there’s nothing we can do. But then we found one.
BHAVNEET: One of everything. One battery. Not one battery. One pack of batteries.
TARANJIT: He is so lucky.
BHAVNEET: That there was one. Yeah. That would of uh yeah.
TARANJIT: Yeah. And then we got in we came home and then the one in our printers like the big bulky one and this one was the skinny one and the space in the printer is a big bulky space so we were like is this small gonna….small gonna. Small one gonna fit?
BHAVNEET: It should though.
TARANJIT: But everything went smoothly from there. But yeah, that was my Friday.
BHAVNEET: Evening.
TARANJIT: Day and evening. Made multiple trips. Luckily it wasn’t raining later on in the night but it got really cold.
BHAVNEET: Yeah it’s pretty chilly.
TARANJIT: I feel really weird going dressed like that because…
BHAVNEET: I never go dressed like that. It is really weird and then one time we do you just feel super super super self- conscious.
TARANJIT: But like all the other times we go like we are dressed nice. But like everyone is just in their casual clothes. And like…
BHAVNEET: So I guess everyone dresses nice at night?
TARANJIT: That’s what I’m saying. It was Saturday night. So maybe they’re going out.
BHAVNEET: You mean Friday night?
TARANJIT: Friday night. Whatever.
BHAVNEET: You mean came back from going out? Who’s going out at 11 o’clock at night after they go school shopping?
TARANJIT: Yeah that would…I don’t know.
BHAVNEET: That makes no sense. But okay.
TARANJIT: Yeah. And then the next day when we went to Walmart we experience something really funny Do you remember? She doesn’t remember.
BHAVNEET: We experienced something really funny?
TARANJIT: We were getting strawberries and we had the cart on the side.
BHAVNEET: Oh my God. I don’t even…we stood there in the middle of the produce section laughing for like a good two minutes.
TARANJIT: This guy.
BHAVNEET: What do you think happened?
TARANJIT: This guy had his sunglasses on still and he like walked into Walmart and he had a cart and he ran straight into our cart like full on like…
BHAVNEET: Collision.
TARANJIT: Bumper to bumper.
BHAVNEET: Like, sir I need your insurance information. I think we’re gonna have to call the cops on this one.
TARANJIT: He ran into it so hard. Like I…
BHAVNEET: It wasn’t even like a clip like you know sometimes you’re trying to go around you accidently.
TARANJIT: Full on. Like full front bumper to full front bumper.
BHAVNEET: He’s just like…oop. Sorry. Like, uh.
TARANJIT: Like, how did you not see?
BHAVNEET: I Okay, first of all, why you still wearing sunglasses? This is what happens when you still wear your sunglasses inside the store. And how did you not notice? Like our cart it was like over flooded with stuff that were brightly colored so how did you not notice that there was a full on cart in front of you? Like the cart itself may blended in because it’s gray. But how do you not see this big pile of…
TARANJIT: All I heard it was…
BHAVNEET: Oop. Sorry.
TARANJIT: That was so funny.
BHAVNEET: That I don’t even…I can’t even like comprehend how that happened. Like how?
TARANJIT: He didn’t even say anything. I think he felt really embarrassed and he was just like uh. Go.
BHAVNEET: He did say something. He mumbled it.
TARANJIT: Yeah, that was hilarious.
BHAVNEET: Yeah. That was a very interesting. Like I I still don’t understand how that happened. But yeah.
TARANJIT: Yeah.
BHAVNEET: That happened. So many people go to Walmart and see all these crazy people. We go to Walmart and just see weird things like that. People running into other people’s carts. That’s the extent of our weirdness.
TARANJIT: Well I’ve noticed that a super Walmart tend to be the like less what you typically think of a Walmart as opposed to…
BHAVNEET: Because of super Walmart tend to be out like not the ones that are in like the cities or in the more populated area so it’s like they have more space and more open and nice and…
TARANJIT: But yeah.
BHAVNEET: So Walmart is not as bad as everyone thinks. Just certain ones.
TARANJIT: Depends where you go
BHAVNEET: Yes. Speaking of. We have one near us that is very sketchy. And then we have one that is really nice. So yeah.
TARANJIT: Again super Walmart versus non.
BHAVNEET: Maybe it’s because that one has a McDonald’s. No, just kidding. I don’t know what.
TARANJIT: This one used to have a McDonald’s before.
BHAVNEET: Did it though?
TARANJIT: Before they reconfigure the layout and then they…
BHAVNEET: Made it a super Walmart?
TARANJIT: No first they reconfigured the layout and then they made it a super Walmart. After that. Later. It used to be right when…
BHAVNEET: I think this one was always a super warmer when it was built.
TARANJIT: No. No.
BHAVNEET: We ever went to it when it wasn’t really. We just went to the super Walmart.
TARANJIT: Yes we did.
BHAVNEET: Walmart.
TARANJIT: No. We’ve…we went there. You just don’t remember.
BHAVNEET: No. I don’t.
TARANJIT: But, yeah.
BHAVNEET: Wow. We are old. Well, that was a long time ago. You know, you’re old when you can remember a time before a road was there. Like the bypass we have near us. I remember when it wasn’t there. Like, wow we are so old. Cuz that was built so long ago. It’s been yours.
TARANJIT: Was it when we were in middle school that it was being built? Yeah, because I was getting ready to go to high school.
BHAVNEET: When we were in high school, it was battle of the bypass. So that was there.
TARANJIT: Oh, yeah. That’s a long time.
BHAVNEET: Yeah, we’re old. I remember when that was not there.
TARANJIT: Wow.
BHAVNEET: Yeah.
TARANJIT: I don’t…
BHAVNEET: You know you are old when you can remember a time before a certain road was built.
TARANJIT: What if a certain road was just built?
BHAVNEET: You’re still older. By the amount of time it took to build that road. Roads aren’t built…
TARANJIT: Oh, I remember last year when this road wasn’t here. I’m so old.
BHAVNEET: I remember yesterday when this road wasn’t here. I remember this morning when this road wasn’t in here. I remember two minutes ago when this road wasn’t here and they just opened it. Oh. I remember five minutes from now when this road wasn’t here.
TARANJIT: Oh my gosh. Okay, you can stop now. You you’ve killed it.
BHAVNEET: So it’s not alive.
TARANJIT: Yeah. It’s not alive. But speaking of I guess, roads, commuting, driving…back to that topic. Bring it that way, turn that way.
BHAVNEET: But it’s not here yet. The road is not built yet.
TARANJIT: Well take it anyways.
BHAVNEET: Take it? Give me that road.
TARANJIT: So I was I came across this article, how it was talking about how there’s so many people who hate their commute. And here’s like, because as miserable and it’s so long, and all that stuff, how to cope with the commute you hate.
BHAVNEET: Now do you hate it because of the length or the drivers around you that make it miserable? I think there’s a difference. Because the people around you can make it really, really miserable. But if it’s just long. It’s just like, Okay, I’m just tired.
TARANJIT: Yeah, so this article, I found on USA today and it was like it started off saying how like very feeple…
BHAVNEET: Very feeple. You’re very feeble.
TARANJIT: Very few people.
BHAVNEET: She’s trying to become like youngsters today and just cut all the words and smush them together.
TARANJIT: Yeah, I don’t want to say two words. Why not just say one word that means two?
BHAVNEET: Yeah. Just figure out what I’m saying.
TARANJIT: Very feeple. Very few people enjoy commuting. And then they said it’s because you know like in terms of like time spent in the car, maybe traffic, all that time that they’re doing accomplishing nothing and just driving. Like they’re not getting they could use that time to do other things if they didn’t have to sit there and drive for that long. So how many hours do you think is the average commuter waste each year in in traffic?
BHAVNEET: Year?
TARANJIT: In traffic?
BHAVNEET: That is too much time for me to calculate that. Well, okay, let’s say…
TARANJIT: Per day each year, like how many hours?
BHAVNEET: Per day?
TARANJIT: No, it’s average sorry, it says average a year.
BHAVNEET: How am I supposed to calculate that? Well people spend like an hour one way.
TARANJIT: Sitting in traffic. Sitting in traffic. Not just driving overall. How many hours per year do people spend?
BHAVNEET: Well, let’s just say like an average people can sit in traffic for like an hour and a half. One way. So like three hours.
TARANJIT: You sit in traffic for three hours?
BHAVNEET: Like a total commute time.
TARANJIT: Sit in traffic. Not moving. Just sit in traffic.
BHAVNEET: Well, how am I supposed to know how long I sit in traffic?
TARANJIT: When you drive, are their periods of time where you just like come to like stop?
BHAVNEET: Not anymore.
TARANJIT: Well think guess a number on average per year.
BHAVNEET: For a year? How am I supposed to guess a number? That is too much.
TARANJIT: Guess a number.
BHAVNEET: I can’t. That’s too much.
TARANJIT: Yes you can. You can do.
BHAVNEET: You guess the number.
TARANJIT: I already know the number.
BHAVNEET: So the question is the average…what’s the exact words?
TARANJIT: How many hours does the average commuter waste each year sitting in traffic?
BHAVNEET: So it’s not commute time? That doesn’t even make any sense? Why would you do that? I don’t know.
TARANJIT: Pick a number any number. Any number.
BHAVNEET: Five.
TARANJIT: Only five hours a year?
BHAVNEET: Yeah. Cuz I don’t understand why they’re… if its stuck in traffic. They mean the overall commute time?
TARANJIT: No.
BHAVNEET: Why not? I don’t know. Five. Tell me the answer.
TARANJIT: Just five hours. 42.
BHAVNEET: That’s it? A year.
TARANJIT: You’re saying five.
BHAVNEET: A year?
TARANJIT: Yeah. Average commuter spends 42 hours a year sitting in traffic.
BHAVNEET: That’s only like one work week.
TARANJIT: Yeah. But if you’re sitting in traffic, just sitting there not moving.
BHAVNEET: Yeah.
TARANJIT: Don’t you get frustrated?
BHAVNEET: Yes.
TARANJIT: Exactly. So they were just calculating how long people just sit there not actually getting anywhere. They’re just like stuck.
BHAVNEET: Uh-huh.
TARANJIT: 42 hours a year. Average commuter.
BHAVNEET: So you just lost a work week?
TARANJIT: Yeah. Which you could be doing something else.
BHAVNEET: Well, so what if you just commute really far?
TARANJIT: That’s why I was like how many hours I was thinking about, like my commute to work and how many hours I spent on the road a year like…
BHAVNEET: Yeah. How much do I spend?
TARANJIT: I came to the number 364 hours a year I spend…
BHAVNEET: Almost a da…like a full. Like, you know, 364
TARANJIT: Hours.
BHAVNEET: Yeah.
TARANJIT: I spend.
BHAVNEET: How many days is that?
TARANJIT: I don’t know. Do the math.
BHAVNEET: Well, 364 you said? Well, there’s 24 hours in a day. So that’s one.
TARANJIT: You can do it. You can do it.
BHAVNEET: Stop it. Around like 19.
TARANJIT: 15
BHAVNEET: What?
TARANJIT: Yeah, so I spent 15 days a year driving.
BHAVNEET: Wait, you drive less than me though?
TARANJIT: Yeah. So yours is more.
BHAVNEET: So I probably drive like waste like 16?
TARANJIT: Yours is probably closer to 20. I feel like.
BHAVNEET: What? Well, I drive like practically three hours a day.
TARANJIT: I used roughly an estimate of three just to uh…
BHAVNEET: Well, that is that’s actually more accurate for me.
TARANJIT: Yeah. So in terms…they were saying how it’s 42 hours.
BHAVNEET: That’s a vacation. Like two weeks of vacation.
TARANJIT: Yeah, exactly. And I was thinking about and I’m like, that’s a lot. Like I could get so much done in 364 hours.
BHAVNEET: Yeah. Wait, so…
TARANJIT: Instead of driving.
BHAVNEET: Other people are stuck in traffic for 42 hours a year, which is only like less than two days. Yeah. And we’re wasting 15 days.
TARANJIT: Commuting.
BHAVNEET: Yeah.
TARANJIT: And…
BHAVNEET: What are you complaining about? You could easily Okay, so would you rather be stuck in nonmoving traffic, or take a detour that’s like 5-10 minutes longer and drive around it and go home? Like you know, cuz there’s always like a slightly longer way to get home. So if it was like not five more like 10-15 minutes longer commute. Would you take rather take that way and be moving but longer distance, like time or sit in the traffic and not move?
TARANJIT: So it all depends on how long that traffic is gonna sit there. Because I like…
BHAVNEET: No. Like just in general. Not like you’re already stuck in it. Okay. I’m gonna take a detour. Like would you from the beginning of your destination rather pick a route that is 10-15 minutes longer.
TARANJIT: Yeah, for sure.
BHAVNEET: Or go through the direct way that’s shorter. But you sit in more traffic.
TARANJIT: Well, technically, if you like go to look at it on Google Maps, it will tell you even if it was the hypothetical shorter route, that would be faster, but there’s traffic on the route. So the time is obviously going to be longer. I rather take the other route that…
BHAVNEET: So you rather drive more?
TARANJIT: …that is still moving. Because I feel like if I’m moving, I’m less likely to be like, as opposed to just saying that I’m like, I’m literally going nowhere.
BHAVNEET: Yeah. That’s what I’ve seen a lot of people recommend, it’s like, just take that longer, slightly longer route, but then you’re driving. So it’s like reduce the stress of your commute by taking that quieter road where you’re continuously moving versus just going the shortest direct route and just sitting in traffic.
TARANJIT: Yeah, so so far, I guess since I got this new car, like I’m practically zero miles.
BHAVNEET: New car. It’s been a couple of years.
TARANJIT: It’s been 2.5 ish years.
BHAVNEET: Yeah. Not that new.
TARANJIT: So if I guess in that span, I spent 37 ish days’ worth of commuting. Put 65 plus thousand miles on this car already. So I’m just like, I feel like I’ve put more in a short period of time then the average person would on a car.
BHAVNEET: Well. Yeah. We drive way further than the average person. So yeah.
TARANJIT: Which is…
BHAVNEET: Yeah. Racking up those miles.
TARANJIT: Which it’s like I’m getting so close to the hundred.
BHAVNEET: Our cars are aging real fast.
TARANJIT: Yeah. I’m getting so close to the hundred thousand mark, but I just barely finished paying off his car. And I am not ready to invest in another one yet.
BHAVNEET: Yeah, exactly.
TARANJIT: Like I just…
BHAVNEET: Well, good thing is that you have a Toyota so it’ll last a while.
TARANJIT: Yes.
BHAVNEET: Pushing 300.
TARANJIT: I don’t think I’ll push it to 300. I feel like I’ll try to get a newer one before it hits the 200. Like…
BHAVNEET: 150.
TARANJIT: Like, I will go probably go past 100,000. But I don’t think I’ll push it to two.
BHAVNEET: Yeah, I don’t think so.either.
TARANJIT: I think I’ll try to sell it before that so I can get some money.
BHAVNEET: I would want to get a decent like…
TARANJIT: Sell back? Buy back?
BHAVNEET: Exchange value. Yeah.
TARANJIT: What’s the word?
BHAVNEET: Resale value.
TARANJIT: Resale. Yes.
BHAVNEET: Yeah.
TARANJIT: So this article was talking about this average hours stuck by the average commuter for each year in traffic. And they’re also like, it’s not just money that you’re, you know, losing, or it’s not just costing you in terms of money. It’s also costing you in terms of physical and mental health reasons. Because like one you’re sitting for so long, so you’re increasing your risk for obesity.
BHAVNEET: Oh. Thanks.
TARANJIT: And then two. A lot of people…
BHAVNEET: You are stuck in traffic. You’re gonna be fat.
TARANJIT: And a lot of people are becoming more depressed with longer commute.
BHAVNEET: Because you’re by yourself and lonely?
TARANJIT: Yeah. And basically, you don’t get to have a social life, you don’t get to go out and do things you enjoy. Because basically…
BHAVNEET: Are you trying to say that I am gonna be depreesed? I don’t think I’m depressed while driving.
TARANJIT: No, it’s just that you’re missing out on things that you could be doing in that amount of time.
BHAVNEET: That’s true.
TARANJIT: Than just driving and accomplishing basically nothing except getting to and from a place.
BHAVNEET: That’s a good accomplishment. You lied.
TARANJIT: Every day that you could, like, people who have shorter commutes from work, they can go home and they have time to relax, they can actually do get you know, make dinner.
BHAVNEET: They don’t have to…
TARANJIT: They have time to go out that same night and do something.
BHAVNEET: They don’t have to eat dinner at work before they leave at five.
TARANJIT: Or on the road as you’re coming home.
BHAVNEET: No, I eat it while…right before I leave, at like 4:50. And I’m like, om. Nom. Nom. Okay, gotta go home now.
TARANJIT: One and a half hour later.
BHAVNEET: Yeah. Cuz then I get home at like 6:30. Then it’s like, I need to be somewhat healthy and exercise.
TARANJIT: So you don’t increase that risk of obesity.
BHAVNEET: Yeah, so I had to eat at work before I leave.
TARANJIT: You know like people are not people like you know how they say like, I guess people say this. But you know, when you’re going on airplanes, they’re like, don’t just sit there the entire flight, get up and move around. But like when you’re driving, how are you supposed to do anything to prevent this?
BHAVNEET: This is why people have convertibles. They are just like, I’m up. Okay, stretch, stretch.
TARANJIT: While you’re driving?
BHAVNEET: Yep. Apparently.
TARANJIT: This is why people put their cars in park. They take that break so they don’t have to sit their foot on the gas.
BHAVNEET: Put their foot on the grass
TARANJIT: On the brakes. So they like put it in park. They are like the red light takes X amount of time. I have this much time to like stretch my legs.
BHAVNEET: There’s so many things wrong with that sentence. Sit your foot on the grass in your car.
TARANJIT: Yes. Obviously this commute misery or…
BHAVNEET: Misery. Oh my God.
TARANJIT: More people hate there commute in the city in terms of…
BHAVNEET: I mean, yeah. Well, that’s why a lot more people take like just public transportation.
TARANJIT: So my question to you is where do you fall on this spectrum of one being hate your commute to 10 being love your commute?
BHAVNEET: Well I don’t love it.
TARANJIT: What is your relationship with your… on a scale of 1 to 10.
BHAVNEET: What is my what?
TARANJIT: Relationship.
BHAVNEET: Okay, I’m like what’s your with your…
TARANJIT: Yes. What is your relationship with your commute?
BHAVNEET: It’s personal. Did you see? I whispered it is…
TARANJIT: On a spectrum of a scale of 1 to 10.
BHAVNEET: Well, I don’t love it just for the fact that it’s long and the road I have to take sucks. But I don’t absolutely hate it. Because I like where I’m going. So I don’t hate it. And it’s not as much traffic as I used to, like be stuck in so I don’t hate that.
TARANJIT: Yeah, so I found…
BHAVNEET: And also, like, it’s a little bit time to myself, like, you know. Alone with my thoughts, which is not always a good thing. No. I’m just kidding.
TARANJIT: So what’s your number on that scale?
BHAVNEET: Um. Well, okay, so I really would like it to be a little bit shorter, like under an hour. Thanks. With traffic under an hour. I’m probably gonna somewhere in the middle. Because right now, I’m still like, I like where I’m going. So I just started this long commute. So I’m not like absolutely hating it at the moment. Maybe. I don’t know if like, the road that I drive on will make me push it to like a four. But yeah, around there. What about you?
TARANJIT: For my old job? It was definitely like three or four.
BHAVNEET: Because you hated where you’re going.
TARANJIT: Exactly. So I like at my new job, I like enjoy my work. So it’s not as miserable like I was because of where I was going. I was like, I’ll feel like going there. So it made the commute even longer.
BHAVNEET: See, I think it is more like…
TARANJIT: So I like…
BHAVNEET: …the destination.
TARANJIT: Yeah, the destination does play a role. But right now I feel like six or seven because at times it feels really long. But then…
BHAVNEET: Just think it’s not as long as mine.
TARANJIT: Yes, that too. And also, but like I’m not hating where I’m going.
BHAVNEET: See that’s the thing. Like I think that makes you like kind of overlook the fact that you’re driving for so long. Because you’re like, I like where I’m going to and I will drive this far to go here because I want to be here.
TARANJIT: But I also like like you mentioned the having that little bit of peace.
BHAVNEET: An hour and a half on the way home is a little much.
TARANJIT: It’s much but like I like having that. If it was a shorter drive, obviously. But like I like having that little bit of chunk of time to just be alone.
BHAVNEET: So what would be your ideal commute time?
TARANJIT: No more than half an hour.
BHAVNEET: Yeah. I feel like with traffic, I’m okay with it being like 40.
TARANJIT: Yeah, pushing it to 40. But…
BHAVNEET: Because like…
TARANJIT: I don’t want to push it close to an hour.
BHAVNEET: Yeah. Because like where for school like it used to be like 40 minutes and it’s like, I don’t hate it. That’s enough time to be like you have some time to yourself. And it’s like okay, that’s cool. And you can still live out not in the city and still go work where you need to, you know, you’re out of all the craziness, you can live far enough out but still be close.
TARANJIT: So here’s a question for you. Would you hate or love your commute even more if you lived in the city?
BHAVNEET: I probably hate it. Depends where I live.
TARANJIT: If you lived it in the city, would you take your own car? Or would you take public transportation?
BHAVNEET: No. I because we grew up in a town without public transportation I am so like, I need my own vehicle. I need to go by myself where I need to go.
TARANJIT: Yeah. So even if it meant that your commute was going to be way longer if you drove?
BHAVNEET: Yeah, I’m just like, all the things I’ve heard about public transportation. I don’t know if I want to get on public transportation. All things have happened. Like obviously not everywhere is like that. But those are the things you hear about. You don’t hear about like, Oh, this was the best commute ever. You never hear that. So what about you? Would you take public transportation by yourself?
TARANJIT: Would you take it by yourself?
BHAVNEET: Well, yes. If you are going to work. You’re gonna be all by yourself.
TARANJIT: Well, you’re not gonna be alone. There’s gonna be other people.
BHAVNEET: Yeah, but do you know these people? Do you trust these people? Hey, strangers.
TARANJIT: Do you know the people that are driving around? Did you trust those people?
BHAVNEET: They are not in the vehicle with me?
TARANJIT: Yeah, but they could cause damage to the vehicle you’re in.
BHAVNEET: Yeah, but I feel like I feel more safer by myself in my car versus in a like subway station or something.
TARANJIT: Yeah, agreed.
BHAVNEET: So would you take your car or take a public transportation like a bus?
TARANJIT: I would probably if I was like, from here and move to a city probably take my car because I’m just…
BHAVNEET: But you are from here.
TARANJIT: But if I originally like grew up in a city…
BHAVNEET: Well then obviously you’re used to it. Yeah, but you’re not so you’re from here.
TARANJIT: Yes.
BHAVNEET: Yeah. So would you even if it means your commute is longer?
TARANJIT: I would switch it to where I just bike or something and like I would avoid cars.
BHAVNEET: What if it’s raining or snowing? Then what?
TARANJIT: Take my car.
BHAVNEET: Even if it means your commute is longer?
TARANJIT: Yes.
BHAVNEET: Okay. Yeah, cuz it really is city like wouldn’t you just walk or like but like, you know, wouldn’t you not drive?
TARANJIT: Yeah.
BHAVNEET: But why would I live in the city in the first place? I would have to be…
TARANJIT: Opportunity?
BHAVNEET: I would have to be convinced that living in the city is better because there’s too many people too much commotion, too much pollution. Like why would I do that?
TARANJIT: You got a really good job opportunity.
BHAVNEET: I can still drive there from outside the city. So that is not a very convincing argument.
TARANJIT: So speaking of cities, guess which area city has the most miserable commute in the US?
BHAVNEET: L.A.? New York?
TARANJIT: No.
BHAVNEET: Baltimore?
TARANJIT: No.
BHAVNEET: Is it a big city?
TARANJIT: Yes.
BHAVNEET: Is in Texas?
TARANJIT: No. So it’s 56% of the commuters hate their commute in this city.
BHAVNEET: So it’s not in California?
TARANJIT: No.
BHAVNEET: Florida?
TARANJIT: No.
BHAVNEET: Is it a big state?
TARANJIT: Yes. Go up north.
BHAVNEET: On the east coast?
TARANJIT: Yes.
BHAVNEET: Virginia.
TARANJIT: That’s north? I said go up north.
BHAVNEET: That is north.
TARANJIT: From us.
BHAVNEET: From Florida.
TARANJIT: From us.
BHAVNEET: I said Florida and you said go up north.
TARANJIT: I wasn’t thinking about that. I was just thinking about like, from here.
BHAVNEET: I said NewYork.
TARANJIT: No.
BHAVNEET: Pennsylvania?
TARANJIT: Keep going.
BHAVNEET: Maine.
TARANJIT: Pennsylvania’s above New York?
BHAVNEET: No, you said that as I was saying it. Because their roads suck.
TARANJIT: Keep going.
BHAVNEET: There’s no other big states above New York.
TARANJIT: Up the coast.
BHAVNEET: Maine?
TARANJIT: Massachusetts.
BHAVNEET: That’s not a big state. It’s a very tiny state.
TARANJIT: Well, it’s big in terms of how many people…
BHAVNEET: You just said big that’s why I was like…if you just said any state on the East Coast, I would have been like Boston.
TARANJIT: Yes. Boston.
BHAVNEET: Because Boston. Apparently there’s all I also have proof someone who came from Boston.
TARANJIT: You have proof?
BHAVNEET: Yes. Proof is heard that lived there or drove through it. Apparently you had to meet a quota of honking your horn a certain number of times a day because that’s how many times people honk their horns.
TARANJIT: Yeah, so it was Boston 56% people. Then it was San Francisco with 55.4.
BHAVNEET: I can see the San Francisco.
TARANJIT: Then it was Chicago and then Houston then New York City.
BHAVNEET: Wow. Well I guess most people don’t drive in New York they walk or like you know taxi or like bus subway, whatever. Nobody not like if you live there. I don’t think many people actually drive unless they are going out like somewhere out of the city.
TARANJIT: Yeah. So as I was like, reading on more about this article…
BHAVNEET: So people don’t hate Baltimore commute? Obviously not as bad.
TARANJIT: Well, I mean, like it’s probably up there, but I don’t I only looked at the top couple so.
BHAVNEET: I can see Boston being miserable.
TARANJIT: But I feel like Maryland Baltimore Washington area is probably up there.
BHAVNEET: So is that why people are always like Boston is like known for being like angry drivers because everyone hates their commute. So they’re all they’re all saying greedy and grumpy. And that’s why they keep laying it on the horn like eee. Eee. Ee. Because they hate their commute. It’s like a cycle. Well, that sucks.
TARANJIT: Yeah, so most people don’t actually hate the physical driving aspect they hate the amount of time that spent that they could be doing something else.
BHAVNEET: Exactly. I like driving.
TARANJIT: So like I know for us that like how do I say this?
BHAVNEET: With your mouth.
BHAVNEET: Yes, and your words.
TARANJIT: Thank you.
BHAVNEET: And your voice.
TARANJIT: Well the words aren’t forming in a…
BHAVNEET: Coherent sentence.
TARANJIT: …sentence.
BHAVNEET: Yeah. You…they’re not forming enough for you to even to say that they’re not forming.
TARANJIT: To make sense. I rather be able to run my errands during the weekday that way I would have weekends free to do fun other stuff but right now weekend are spent running errands because I don’t have time during the week day to do that.
BHAVNEET: Exactly. So this is kind of random but you said running your errands. So who came up with that? Like you know you walk your dog who runs their errands?
TARANJIT: Because you want to get him done. So you are like run run run.
BHAVNEET: So you’re behind your errand like run errands run. Run errands. I’m totally Amelia Badeliaig here.
TARANJIT: What I was thinking about talking about this whole like how run our errands on the weekends. I thought of another hashtag went to you’re probably like, yeah, add to the list.
BHAVNEET: Yeah, so we’re gonna get this genius world record. Oh, if you don’t know what we’re talking about, listen to the past couple episodes.
TARANJIT: But I feel like this one is not going to be a one post one. I feel like this one people will use.
BHAVNEET: I will change it up to make it.
TARANJIT: Or maybe it’s already used. Probably already used.
BHAVNEET: Uh. What.
TARANJIT: Hashtag small town life or small town problems.
BHAVNEET: Okay, those are totally, no, we’re going to change it up like hashtag. This is what happens when you live in a small town problem.
TARANJIT: That’s so long.
BHAVNEET: That’s why nobody would use it. We gotta win this genius world record and you got to make crazy obscure hashtags in order to win it.
TARANJIT: So I lost my question.
BHAVNEET: Or hashtag I Amelia Badeliaed it. Run your errands.
TARANJIT: Oh, she would literally make her errands run.
BHAVNEET: Yeah. So that’s apparently what people do. Who seriously came up with that?
TARANJIT: Like, I how people came up with all the other things? I don’t know.
BHAVNEET: Yeah. Run your errands.
TARANJIT: Someone that is another post. Another one.
BHAVNEET: Like me just just came out there like, Oh, that makes sense. Okay.
TARANJIT: And another person’s like, Oh, that sounds really good. And they pass it on and they pass it on. Then it just became a thing.
BHAVNEET: Pass it on.
TARANJIT: Yes. Pass it on.
BHAVNEET: Sounded like someone just removed the manhole cover of the manhole that’s in our road.
TARANJIT: In our road?
BHAVNEET: Yeah, it’s ours because we lived here a whole life. It’s ours.
TARANJIT: I mean, I wouldn’t I wouldn’t put it was how you say I wouldn’t put it…
BHAVNEET: Past.
TARANJIT: Past the town to say that it’s your responsibility.
BHAVNEET: You’re responsible for this section of the road. As you are the sidewalk.
TARANJIT: Yes.
BHAVNEET: Which is why our sidewalks sucks.
TARANJIT: So people were saying how they would sacrifice certain things in order to have a shorter commute. Like some people 21.6% people said they rather be single for a year then have their commute they have right now.
BHAVNEET: Well, dang.
TARANJIT: 35% said they will give up social media for a year.
BHAVNEET: Okay. Now that’s serious.
TARANJIT: And then…
BHAVNEET: Are you from Boston?
TARANJIT: And then 18.4% said they won’t give up at all streaming services, TV, all that for a year to have a shorter commute. So what would you sacrifice?
BHAVNEET: Wow. Those are those last two are actually really serious in like today’s day and age.
TARANJIT: Yeah.
BHAVNEET: Are you guys from Boston? So like?
TARANJIT: So what’s one thing you would sacrifice?
BHAVNEET: But do you think that’s because they have a really long commute, or they’re stuck in traffic, that they’re like, I’m ready to give up social media?
TARANJIT: If you’re stuck in traffic your time keeps building up, so you might equate to having a long commute?
BHAVNEET: Yeah, true.
TARANJIT: So what would you give up?
BHAVNEET: To have a short commute? I don’t hate my commute. It’s like…
TARANJIT: If you had to like if you were like, Oh, I would get a shorter commute if I gave this up, then Okay, I’ll do it.
BHAVNEET: Goody two shoes.
TARANJIT: That’s not…
BHAVNEET: What would you give up? Nothing. See, she won’t give up anything.
TARANJIT: Yeah, I don’t know what I wouldn’t give up.
BHAVNEET: You ask all these questions, but have no answers.
TARANJIT: Yes. I don’t know what I would give up.
BHAVNEET: Actually, I don’t know what I’ll give up because I’ve so many questions but no answers.
TARANJIT: Okay.
BHAVNEET: Cuz, I thought questions, but no answers would already be one.
TARANJIT: Well, what do our listeners think? What? How would you rate your commute on a scale of one hating it to 10 loving it?
BHAVNEET: And why? Give us a commuter story.
TARANJIT: And if you would rather like what would you rather sacrifice to have a shorter commute if you have a long commute?
BHAVNEET: Do you live in one of these places that apparently most people are miserable with their commutes? Like I need to have some insight as to what it’s like driving there.
TARANJIT: Are we not be the only ones?
BHAVNEET: Let us know. Share your computer stories.
TARANJIT: Speaking of commute stories. We have one.
BHAVNEET: We do. Let’s give you an example.
TARANJIT: Except this one wasn’t about miserable commute per se.
BHAVNEET: It’s still a commute.
TARANJIT: But this is from…
BHAVNEET: With people spending 42 plus hours in traffic every day, you have to come across some crazy commute incident or like us driving almost two weeks of your year, you know?
TARANJIT: Yes. So we have a story from Torry at Ready to be Petty podcast.
TORRY: Hey, Drive with us listeners. I am Torry, the host of the podcast Ready to be Petty. And I’m so excited to share my computer update with you all. Definitely new to commuting as I’ve just moved, and I used to walk to work. So I’ve been commuting for about two months now. And it hasn’t been actually that bad because I get to listen to podcasts. And I usually see something really funny or crazy or something downright frustrating on the road. But it’s excellent podcast content, which is a phrase that I say way too often nowadays, because I’m a petty B. Anyways, I am not the best driver and I’m bad at parking. So I’m probably often the subject of Drive with us stories. Driving each day to work has really been helping. As I’m new to commuting, I thought I’d share a story about a time my boyfriend and I were driving in Dublin, which was actually just this past June. And it’s really hard not to talk about this story without a ton of swear words because it was brutal. Trust me. The first version of this story had a lot more expletives written into it. Anyways, we were in Dublin on a Europe trip this summer. And it was the first time we had really gotten a rental car because we’re both 26 and you have to be 25 to rent a car. And when we got to the rental place, we didn’t have any of the right paperwork, which was our bad, to be honest. And we were heading out on a tour and trying to get to the car and drive into the countryside. And we had to be on time and everything like that it was taken about an hour to get the paperwork and we didn’t want to be late. So once we got the keys to the car, we like jet it like we needed to motor and we live in Canada and we’re used to driving on the right side of the road. Now when I say right, I mean terms of direction, but also the synonym for the word correct. Just kidding. All roads are good roads. Anyways, my boyfriend Liam pulled out of the dealership, and we made our first turn. And we are feeling good. We made it we were safe. Life was good until over 30 seconds later when I could tell we were way too close to the edge of the road. And there was a huge garbage truck ahead. And I was screaming at Liam Liam Liam Oh my God. And he didn’t know what I was referring to. And it was way too late. And we hit the track, just the mirror. And the mirror popped right off. And we immediately pulled over on the next street. And thank God, it was just the mirror that had popped in and we could pop it right back in. But for the rest of the drive, we’re both so nervous and on edge. And trust me my boyfriend is so calm under pressure. And I’ve never seen him like this. He was like shaking. And I was like the entire time just looking out to one side of the road to see how our margins were doing. It was so stressful. Anyways, our beautiful drive into the countryside of Ireland was nothing short of stressful. If you want to hear more stories like this one, you can check out my podcast Ready to be Petty on all podcast platforms.
TARANJIT: Wow, I don’t think I would ever drive in another country that…
BHAVNEET: Knowing that.
TARANJIT: Not just that, but I feel like if the country drove on the same side, I would more…
BHAVNEET: Like Canada.
TARANJIT: I would be like okay, I would be more okay to drive. But I feel like if it was a like across, not in this contient…
BHAVNEET: All the rules change.
TARANJIT: And then they have different laws and they’re on the different on different side of driving. I don’t think I would feel comfortable to drive but kudos to them for doing it because…
BHAVNEET: I seriously thought when she got to that one point where like I pulled onto the road. I thought she was gonna say I pulled onto the road. And then we saw cars coming towards us. I thought we pulled on it.
TARANJIT: I thought the way she was saying it they ended up driving on the wrong side of the road.
BHAVNEET: Yeah, like you had me there. I seriously thought like, Oh my god, they pulled on to the wrong side of the road, I would have to constantly be like as a drive and be like, I need to be on the left. I need to be on the left. I need to be on the left.
TARANJIT: Well when we from Australia back. I’m like in my mind like I have to remember to drive on the correct side because we were like…
BHAVNEET: Not like you actually drove.
TARANJIT: Yeah, I just in my mind. I had this moment of confusion for a second.
BHAVNEET: Why? You didn’t even drive?
TARANJIT: Cuz we were just on the opposite side for a while. And then I came back and I’m like me, make sure to go on the right side, make sure to go on the right side.
BHAVNEET: I actually didn’t have that. Because I didn’t physically drive. So I didn’t have to think about being on the left or the right.
TARANJIT: Yeah. But luckily, it was just a mirror.
BHAVNEET: And luckily, most countries drive on the right hand side. So we’re good. Not that I would really be driving in other countries anyway. So other than maybe Canada that might work.
TARANJIT: Yeah.
BHAVNEET: But yeah, that was a very interesting, very realistic thing that can happen to anyone who decides to drive in a country…
TARANJIT: She did a really good job of telling it to wear I thought something really serious happened and then she was like, Oh, it was just this.
BHAVNEET: Yeah, we’re gonna build the suspense. You had me there.
TARANJIT: Yeah.
BHAVNEET: And this has been a Ready to be Petty podcast production.
TARANJIT: If you are wondering who Torry is and what her podcast is about. We have the answer, actually. Well, she’s going to answer it for you.
BHAVNEET: She has the answer.
TARANJIT: Here’s a quick promo.
TORRY: Hey, are you ready to be petty? I’m Torry, the host of the podcast Ready to be Petty. This podcast discusses well, all things petty. Each week I dive into celeb gossip, the ins and outs of pop culture stories and funny things that are going on in my life. Which seems to be a lot nowadays. I also bring in guests so we can talk about some fun stuff. If you’re into celebrity conspiracy theories have opinions about the stars of reality TV, trash talking bachelor nation, and sending out weekly cries for help to the Fab Five of Queer Eye. This podcast is for you. You can listen each week on your favorite podcast platform and find us on social media at RTBP podcast. I hope you like it because I’ve literally done hours of tech stuff, you guys seriously. I feel like I’ve earned a computer science degree since starting this podcast, which I know sounds ungrateful and petty. That’s showbiz baby. And if you don’t like it, I will happily discuss your gracious feedback in my next content strategy meeting, which is just me and my boyfriend sitting in our living room. Anyway, I’m looking forward to hearing what makes you petty. See you soon.
BHAVNEET: Be sure to check out her podcast Ready to be Petty. Because sounds pretty cool. And I’m ready to be petty.
TARANJIT: Are you?
BHAVNEET: mHmm.
TARANJIT: We will see. Back to our topic we’re talking about before. I like went down like a rabbit hole per say, while I was looking up…
BHAVNEET: How did you fit? That’s a big rabbit hole.
TARANJIT: Yes, well, the internet’s rabbit hole. I went into it. And I just like started looking at more stories in terms of like about commute times and miserable, like what’s more miserable, who’s more miserable and I want to see where Maryland’s done in terms of this because I want to be able to relate to it you know?
BHAVNEET: Yeah.
TARANJIT: In comparison to the rest of the country and I came across this article is from 2011 but it’s not that old. It was talking about…let me see what it’s called first before I say what it’s talking about. It was called…
BHAVNEET: That’s like reading the blurb of a book before you read the title. Like I’m just gonna read this big chunk like section and then I’m gonna read…
TARANJIT: This big check.
BHAVNEET: Chunk and then before I figure out what in the world is like title is.
TARANJIT: So it’s called if you’re curious or you want to read more about it. It’s called Census: More Maryland and Virginia driver’s commute to another county than other people in the entire country
BHAVNEET: Wait. That didn’t even make any sense. Census for…
TARANJIT: It said census. So like I guess they used the census to figure this out.
BHAVNEET: Okay. Colon.
TARANJIT: Colon. More Maryland and Virginia drivers….that’s not right. More Maryland and Virginia drive commute drivers…I think it was R. I forgot the R.
BHAVNEET: I was gonna be like you typed it afterwards.
TARANJIT: More Maryland and Virginia drivers commute to another county than other people in the US. So like we’re more likely to live in one county commute to another county.
BHAVNEET: Very true. Very very true. More people also cross the lines like border state lines like a lot of PA drivers come into Maryland. A lot of Virginia drivers coming to Maryland. A lot of Maryland drivers like…
TARANJIT: All of Maryland drivers come into Maryland.
BHAVNEET: No. I was gonna say Virginia. They do also come into Maryland. Well sometimes you could go to DC and come back up if you’re trying to go the other side of Maryland So people do do that.
TARANJIT: You just don’t make enough money to live in the state you work the state the county you work and you have to like live in a different county in but work in a different one in order to…
BHAVNEET: Yeah cuz all the jobs are like all the good jobs are in the rich places. And you can’t afford that. So you know.
TARANJIT: So people are lucky if in other states they’re able to work in the same county they live in.
BHAVNEET: Yes. Because…
TARANJIT: And you have a shorter commute. You’re less miserable. And…
BHAVNEET: Unless if you live in like a big state like may…like California or Texas where the county’s probably humongous. And then you’re probably the same as us driving to a different state, or county.
TARANJIT: So then I kept searching because you know.
BHAVNEET: Once you’re in the rabbit hole, you can’t find…
TARANJIT: It’s hard to get back out. Yes, I was trying to get out.
BHAVNEET: There’s so much dirt.
TARANJIT: But I turned the right made the wrong turn into the.
BHAVNEET: There is so much dirt and it just like everywhere and you can’t get yourself back out.
TARANJIT: Yeah, so I made the wrong turn. And I went even deeper as opposed to trying to get close to the exit.
BHAVNEET: Or you kept falling down.
TARANJIT: Or I kept falling. So I came across another article, which was from 2010. But then I also looked at 2019 statistics and the exact same
So…
BHAVNEET: Did they just copy and paste?
TARANJIT: So it was called…
BHAVNEET: Did someone not do their job properly.
TARANJIT: Well, at least the top three were the same. I didn’t like compare the whole list. That would take forever. But I just wanted to see the top three were still the top three. It was called top 10 cities with the worst commute. What do you think the top three are?
BHAVNEET: Boston? Because everyone’s miserable. No confirmation.
TARANJIT: No. That’s wrong. Sorry. I thought you were gonna say your top three.
BHAVNEET: No, I wanted…okay. So is it a big city though?
TARANJIT: Yes. These are all big cities.
BHAVNEET: Oh, is it L. A.?
TARANJIT: No.
BHAVNEET: New York?
TARANJIT: Yes.
BHAVNEET: Wait. So people are miserable. But they don’t have the worst commute?
TARANJIT: People can be miserable. But then the others are worse.
BHAVNEET: This is the worse?
TARANJIT: Yes. This is the worst commute list.
BHAVNEET: Worst commute but people aren’t miserable because they had the worst commute. That makes no sense. Wouldn’t they’d be like kind of hand in hand,
TARANJIT: I guess. I don’t know.
BHAVNEET: Okay. Well, I mean, I guess they were kind of up there in worst commute. So…
TARANJIT: New York.
BHAVNEET: New York. Are…they’re all big cities?
TARANJIT: Yes.
BHAVNEET: Is one in Texas?
TARANJIT: No.
BHAVNEET: Is it in California?
TARANJIT: One is in California.
BHAVNEET: San Fran?
TARANJIT: Yes. That’s number three. So New York’s number one.
BHAVNEET: So they are also miserable?
TARANJIT: And San Francisco is number three.
BHAVNEET: Was Detroit. Chicago?
TARANJIT: What’s number two?
BHAVNEET: Chicago?
TARANJIT: No.
BHAVNEET: Baltimore?
TARANJIT: Near us.
BHAVNEET: Baltimore.
TARANJIT: No.
BHAVNEET: You said near us. DC?
TARANJIT: Yes. New York, DC, San Francisco. Top three.
BHAVNEET: Well, I mean, that’s the capital. What do you expect? I feel like that would be any country’s capital.
TARANJIT: I was looking at this list. And you know how when we went to Georgia, and we’re like, oh, wow.
BHAVNEET: Totally incorrect.
TARANJIT: Georgia was number six on this list.
BHAVNEET: So there’s a reason they have like eight lanes on their highway on one side. It’s not what we thought. So don’t listen to anything. We said. We just happened to go when nobody else wanted to be there because we were not smart. And they were smart and live and went somewhere where it was cooler. And we went where was hot.
TARANJIT: I guess it was technically smart in terms of we went at a time nobody else would go. So we didn’t hit traffic.
BHAVNEET: Yes. But it was so hot. But it was so hot that we froze.
TARANJIT: If you don’t know what you’re talking about, we’re talking about you got to go back and listen.
BHAVNEET: Yes.
TARANJIT: To understand.
BHAVNEET: Listen to our Georgia trip episode.
TARANJIT: Which was episode I don’t remember.
BHAVNEET: Our Georgia trip episode to understand why it was so hot that we froze. Interesting times. But yeah, okay. So apparently they’re really bad, too. So I heard that from someone who went down there a lot of times and was like, Oh, yeah, isn’t. So I’m like, yeah, we went down there. Like, yeah, it’s in the traffic so bad. I was about to say it was great. And they’re like, What are you talking about? And they are likewhat are you talking about? Like, I go down there all the time. There’s a reason they have like six lanes on one side or seven lanes. So it’s like I thought it was because there’s nobody there.
TARANJIT: So that means when you want to go somewhere, you have to go at the time, no one else is going to go and you won’t be miserable. And you’re think Oh, it’s so great, but you won’t know the true reality.
BHAVNEET: Exactly. Living in your own.
TARANJIT: But if you’re thinking about moving somewhere, you should go during the times of the busiest and then be like…
BHAVNEET: Determine like, how bad their traffic?
TARANJIT: Yes.
BHAVNEET: So do you live in one of these crazy cities that are states that have miserable or worse commutes? Because apparently they’re not the same thing?
TARANJIT: Or do you have a miserable or worse commute of your own?
BHAVNEET: Or do you just have an amazing commute that you think is the best commute in the world?
TARANJIT: Yeah. Like working from home so you don’t have to go anywhere.
BHAVNEET: And this is not restricted to the U.S. Like if you live outside the U.S. Like how is your commute in comparison? Do you have a terrible commute? Or do you have an amazing commute. Let us know. Share it with us. We want to know.
TARANJIT: I don’t know if they can hear that.
BHAVNEET: I don’t know either.
TARANJIT: But fix it in editing. Amplify it so loud.
BHAVNEET: Then we would sound like. Let us know!
TARANJIT: Yeah. But it would be a loud whisper. So it would be like…
BHAVNEET: It would be like let us know. And while you are letting us know. Check us out on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest at Drive with us podcast. See you next time.
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