H.I. #86: Banana Republic

Brady and Grey discuss: co-first-personing, invincible and disappointing phones, self-checkout and payments revisited, a bench of moral quandaries, a bit of buzz, and, of course, the aftermath of the Radio Times election.

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[josuelservin]

We need Audrey to be the official unit of measure of HI

[deathwach]

this radio times story might be my favorite part of any podcast

[__nog]

i feel like grey still hasn't seen the word ocker spelled out, and he thinks it's actually ocka because of brady's accent.

[DaKnightsofawesome]

"I'm not gonna sit hear on a podcast and badmouth a dead penguin."

[firnen_]

Did you know Germany's Civil Code has 5 whole paragraphs just dedicated to what happens when a swarm of bees flies away, what you have to do to stay owner of that swarm, etc?

[gressorialNanites]

So... I guess I'm late to say this, but I work in a bank in the EU and what should happen with the found credit/debit card is that you should call (or visit) the bank. They will ask for the card number, and possibly a few details around when/how you found it, then they will disable the card. If it is a customer-centric bank, they will then call the cardholder to inform them and arrange for a replacement. What they won't do is get you to send them the card to possibly return it to the cardholder - if the card was in the possession of any third parties, the data on it is as good as stolen, as far as the bank is concerned.

Just my two pence on the matter.

EDIT after having listened further: Cutting it in half is okay, the cardholder doesn't get informed of it ASAP - but it's their damn fault, isn't it? :D Anyway, I'm real proud of Brady for not just shouting "Did anyone drop a card?" in a restaurant. That's what years of Grey-exposure does to a person I guess. :D

[verward]

"yeah, you need the Rosseta stone to read those yellow papers, because they're so hard to decipher."

Brady is so adorkable that he makes that joke and then immediately explains it.

[NoriMori]

(spoilers)



Okay but that's seriously so sweet that Grey and his wife together went out to find Brady an appropriate trophy, and even got it engraved.

[jonahhopkin]

"Surprise! It's a box of live bees!"

[nab-rkob]

That sound that confirms payment scares me. It always makes me think that the payment didn't go through.

[mmmsatisfaction]

Uncle Grey called us a community! I'm touched

[Saturn-uzjc]

I bet Myke is gonna hate that Brady just revealed HI's download numbers.

[nano]

the first episode I hear as it comes out, I just binge watched all the other ones in the last few weeks.

[adisop]

In restaurants, we call that mechanical credit card device a knuckle buster - only use it when our computers go down. Its a huge pain in the butt. Its now used to keep a record that the card was actually with the customer and the transaction was signed for. I hate using them..

[TheZerovirus]

The amount of effort that goes into this videos in relation with the number of views is awesome
I almost feel bad for listening at the episodes in audio only

[Jedonai]

I live in Texas. Our HEBs have check outs and dedicated baggers. The quality of service is so much higher than the finicky self checkout.

[thevorace]

Oh my god that elaborate sting one was too good! XD

[teddyboragina]

I actually found a credit card once. Outside a Burger King. In Charlottetown of PEI. On the card it said "SATURN OF CHARLOTTETOWN". (saturn cards) so I just walked to the dealership and gave it to em

[firefox]

20:22 " two ordinary guy's" who bought a German I'm not sure if we have the same definition of ordinary here mate :P

[motazart]

DUBNER: If you had a time machine, when would you travel to, why and what would you want to do there?
ME: I would travel back to the first time I listened to a Hello Internet Podcast and spend all my savings on a solo transatlantic cruise and a decent pair of headphones. Don't ask me why.