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Restaurant Dress Code Discussion From March 26th, 2026 · The Radio From Hell Show - Best Of

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  Speaker 1: Uh, they Yeah, I do. I've got I've got a
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  Speaker 1: couple of things here. Uh So Ruth Chris Steakhouse, expensive food,
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  Speaker 1: expensive steak I've never I've never once been to a
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  Speaker 1: Ruth Chris, but I neither. Uh they're there. I know
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  Speaker 1: they're expensive, and I think they're probably pretty pretty good.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I've been a couple of times they have them,
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  Speaker 2: and I've been there in Oregon and I've been.
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  Speaker 1: It's funny, we've never been to Ruth Chris Kerry and
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  Speaker 1: I haven't. And and we're all our studios practically on
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  Speaker 1: top of Ruth Christ. I've not.
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  Speaker 3: I've not gone because Sean Hannity is our spokesperson.
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  Speaker 1: Used to be. I don't know if he does it anymore.
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  Speaker 1: But Ruth Chris policy, they have a dress code now
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  Speaker 1: apparently they didn't have much of a one, but they've
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  Speaker 1: decided to firm it up. States that guests who do
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  Speaker 1: not meet the dress code may be asked to dine
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  Speaker 1: in the bar or lounge area instead. Uh. The guidelines
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  Speaker 1: say that hats should be removed upon entering he People
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  Speaker 1: wearing ball caps will be directed to sit in the
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  Speaker 1: bar instead of the main dining room. The following attire
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  Speaker 1: is not permitted in their dining room, gym ware, pool attire,
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  Speaker 1: tank tops, clothing with offensive graphics or language, revealing clothing,
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  Speaker 1: or exposed undergarments. Ruth Chris by the Way is owned
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  Speaker 1: by Darden Restaurant Group, which operates Olive Garden, Longhorn Steakhouse,
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  Speaker 1: and The Capitol Grill. And so Ruth Chris is just
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  Speaker 1: trying to you know, they're trying to class it up,
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  Speaker 1: you know, just like the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
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  Speaker 1: U the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, they've enacted a
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  Speaker 1: dress code as well. Oh, organizers for the world's largest
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  Speaker 1: rodeo are putting their foot down, demanding guests dress appropriately
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  Speaker 1: when coming to the livestock show and rodeo. Proper attire
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  Speaker 1: must be worn at all times, including shirts and appropriate footwear.
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  Speaker 2: There are pictures that accompany this story that I don't
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  Speaker 2: think we have, but.
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  Speaker 1: The livestock people going to the livestock Oh yeah.
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  Speaker 2: The women they're mostly naked, like, oh, they're gross.
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  Speaker 1: Why would well, it's a livestock show. It's a lot
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  Speaker 1: you know, who cares who.
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  Speaker 3: So they're trying to say, please wear your shirtock please
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  Speaker 3: wear clothes.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, I you know, they're just it's the livestock Show.
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  Speaker 1: And I think I feel the same way about Ruth's Chris.
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  Speaker 1: It's just Ruth's Chris.
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  Speaker 3: My dad would wear a bolo tie to the livestock
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  Speaker 3: Show and his nice hat.
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  Speaker 1: Wear what you want at ruth Chris. Now Chili's Chili's
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  Speaker 1: is doing it too. No, they're they're they're calling out
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  Speaker 1: Ruth's Chris. Oh yeah, Chili's. Chili's just says the only
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  Speaker 1: dress code at Chili's is that you have to be dressed.
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  Speaker 1: That's our only dress code. You have to be dressed.
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  Speaker 1: Chili Chili's is.
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  Speaker 2: Sort of I think Chili's is making the point that
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  Speaker 2: I was making the other day when my husband and
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  Speaker 2: I went out to dinner and there was no code
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  Speaker 2: or anything at the restaurant we went to. I just
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  Speaker 2: had a sense that really, you have to wear a
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  Speaker 2: ball cap out to a nice dinner. Don't wear a
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  Speaker 2: ball cap out to a nice dinner.
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  Speaker 1: You want there to be a dress code.
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  Speaker 2: I think there are most places you go out to
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  Speaker 2: eat you can wear a ball cap. You can dress
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  Speaker 2: however you like, But there's nothing wrong with there being
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  Speaker 2: a few places where you wanted to be a nice
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  Speaker 2: experience and not wear.
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  Speaker 3: A ball Well, you mentioned Capital Girl is part of
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  Speaker 3: this group, and I went to Capitol Girl over here
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  Speaker 3: a couple of months ago, and I was told that
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  Speaker 3: there was a dress code. It doesn't affect me because
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  Speaker 3: I always go clothed exactly. But there was some meathead
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  Speaker 3: in there who you know, had his guns out.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's wearing a tank.
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  Speaker 3: Top show he had the gun obviously a guy who
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  Speaker 3: spends his day in the gym, you know, and he
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  Speaker 3: had the gun show going. And I'm like, I thought
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  Speaker 3: there was a dress code, don't I don't think they
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  Speaker 3: mean well let him Well, if you've got the money.
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  Speaker 2: Now. Now, the last time we talked about this, I
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  Speaker 2: had a lot of people saying, you know, men wear
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  Speaker 2: ball caps because they're balding and they're embarrassed. First of all,
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  Speaker 2: don't be embarrassed. Nobody cares. It's easy for you to
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  Speaker 2: say you got hair, Oh, if you got x nic
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  Speaker 2: dot com slash live. I sent them over the picture.
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  Speaker 1: That's the that's the rodeo. To me, that's perfectly fine
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  Speaker 1: rodeo attire.
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  Speaker 2: Yes it is, butts hanging out.
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  Speaker 3: You're gonna be sitting on them wooden bleachers.
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  Speaker 1: Not her whole butt a good it's her haunches that
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  Speaker 1: are showing at least a quarter of her. But anyway,
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  Speaker 1: it's the live stock show. Who cares. Now, I'm a hattist,
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  Speaker 1: I'll admit it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but you have nice hats. Those are different.
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  Speaker 3: But I've got a prejudice against basses ball caps.
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  Speaker 1: I know you used to wear one all the time.
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  Speaker 3: I used to wear one, yeah, but then I started
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  Speaker 3: investing in good hats, not this one. The one I'm
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  Speaker 3: wearing today is actually my cheapest one. But there are
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  Speaker 3: a lot of My hats are very nice, and I've
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  Speaker 3: never had any problem.
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  Speaker 1: At a restaurant.
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  Speaker 2: We well, you wear fashion hats, I think are different
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  Speaker 2: than a gentleman.
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  Speaker 1: A gentleman carry removes his hat when he enters. That
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  Speaker 1: is true a restaurant or even a building.
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  Speaker 2: That is true.
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  Speaker 1: Well, if you're waiting the waiting room at the doctor's office,
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  Speaker 1: you remove your hat, is true. I have no gentleman.
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  Speaker 1: You're supposed you're only support. I mean, isn't that the rule?
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  Speaker 1: You're only support to wear your hat. That's what I
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  Speaker 1: was told outdoors.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, let's see here's my wife on my way to Phoenix.
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  Speaker 3: The girl next to me was wearing just a sports
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  Speaker 3: bra and leggings sandals. She took off her shoes during
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  Speaker 3: the flight, and the bottoms of her shoes were black.
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  Speaker 3: She tucked her feet, Yeah, she tucked her feet up
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  Speaker 3: under her thigh.
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  Speaker 1: It was almost touching me. Gross. Yeah, that's not good out.
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  Speaker 1: She's not going to be able to go to Ruth
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  Speaker 1: Chris or the livestock show. That's so Ruth Chris and
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  Speaker 1: the Livestock Show. They well, you go to the livestock
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  Speaker 1: show first to see where your dinner's coming from.
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  Speaker 3: So here's a theory about the dress code thing. Okay,
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  Speaker 3: did COVID change everything?
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  Speaker 1: Because no, Before I think this was not an issue.
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  Speaker 3: After since we were staying at home and comfortable and
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  Speaker 3: comfortable all the time.
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  Speaker 1: I think it might have accentuated it.
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  Speaker 3: Now, you know, everyone wants to wear pajamas to the.
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  Speaker 1: Airport, you know, I think it might have amplified it.
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  Speaker 1: But I mean, girls have been going to the seven
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  Speaker 1: to eleven and their pajamas and their slippers for forever.
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  Speaker 2: You know, as comfortable as pajamas are, don't you feel
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  Speaker 2: better about yourself? When you take a minute and care
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  Speaker 2: about you're dressed.
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  Speaker 1: I used to not, but now I do.
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  Speaker 2: You feel a little better about it.
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  Speaker 1: I know that doesn't work for me, because no matter
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  Speaker 1: what I do, this is what it is.
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  Speaker 2: No matter what I do, they're not possible to know
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  Speaker 2: better about yourself.
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  Speaker 1: I've been wearing a little bit nicer shirts lately, a
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  Speaker 1: long sleeve.
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  Speaker 2: Shirts, and that doesn't feel a little bit better.
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  Speaker 1: I just do it to I just wear the long
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  Speaker 1: sleeve shirts to hide the bruises. That's all.
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  Speaker 2: Plus, it's nice to have a different mindset. When you're home,
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  Speaker 2: you put your comfort clothes on, you curl up on
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  Speaker 2: the couch with the dog and watch the show. If
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  Speaker 2: you take that out into the exactly, it's not as
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  Speaker 2: special that when you go home. The world is not
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  Speaker 2: your private space, you know.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I defy you to name a restaurant that'll
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  Speaker 1: let you curl up on the couch with a dog
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  Speaker 1: at a restaurant, they won't let you. Can't do it.
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  Speaker 2: But you're dressed like that's what you're doing.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I don't.
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  Speaker 2: That's that's home home attire.
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  Speaker 1: I just don't. I have no problem. I you know,
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  Speaker 1: if I'm at a if I'm met a nice restaurant,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not. I don't really dress way up, but I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, sure what I have is clean and presentable.
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  Speaker 1: And but if somebody is wearing, you know, a tank
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  Speaker 1: top and a ball cap, and I mean, it's it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't just it doesn't detract from my experience, I don't
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  Speaker 1: I don't care. I just don't care. Now, what I
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  Speaker 1: don't like is if they're being if they're acting like
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  Speaker 1: people who wear a ball cap.
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  Speaker 3: And.
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  Speaker 1: That that's my problem.
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  Speaker 2: Your clothes help help define your behavior.
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  Speaker 1: Well, not all people who wear ball caps and tank
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  Speaker 1: tops are brutes either. Man of the people Bill, all right, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: pretty much. I mean, yeah, I'm.
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  Speaker 2: Saying there's a time and a place for things. That's
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  Speaker 2: what I'm I'm not anti ball cap. I'm anti ball
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  Speaker 2: cap and tank top in certain places.
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  Speaker 3: Well, get your own restaurant, okay, I mean at my house,
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  Speaker 3: we have a no outside clothes on the bed.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, for sure.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you get in your you know, your world
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  Speaker 2: is a gross place.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I'd like to have is a is
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  Speaker 1: a no burrito in the ice machine rule. You're not
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  Speaker 1: being very man of the people because you know, I
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  Speaker 1: needed someplace to put the burrito. It's cold. If it
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  Speaker 1: didn't look so much like a turd, I wouldn't. It's
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  Speaker 1: wrapped up, it's not hurting anything. It looks like a
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  Speaker 1: wrap tur It doesn't affect the behavior of the ice