The Clopen Effect

Meredith loves the check lane candy and Cass loves a sale on clothes. We both love great deals, Meredith has weird dreams, and Cass never wears her funeral shoes. Also, 15ish most common impulse buys from mageworx.com

Meredith's birthday celebration, the escape room, the fart, Drew is here and he brought treats!, Halloween in Mexico, England and Ireland, Drew's new amazing job, the original Karen?, Drew has some bad jokes for us, the human brain remembers everything, Meredith still doesn't know movies, the process of feeding the world, food waste, our favorite Halloween traditions

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So much candy! We share the most popular Halloween candy in every state, 31 of the best Halloween candy for 2022, customers that want a 40 pound bag of candy for the price of a 5 pound bag and the customer service return bin during Halloween

Information borrowed from thrilllist.com and thekrazycouponlady.com

First, sending our love to all those impacted by the Florida hurricane.

Second, It's spooky season - Abandon places and fast food restaurant murders! The Titanic has to be the most talked about abandoned ship, The Chicken Church, Pripyat was the city most affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, The Dome Homes, City Methodist Church, Ponyhenge, Łapalice Castle, Beelitz-Heilstätten Hospital, Canfranc International Railway Station, Kennecott, Power Plant IM - Charleroi, Brown's Chicken murders, Burger Chef murders, Domino's pizza delivery driver Nathan Leon, Denny's owner Cyrus Salehi, Pizza Hut delivery driver Hasan Rahman, the killing spree of dishwasher Paul Dennis Reid Jr., Domino's pizza driver Sherry Eyerly, Five Wendy's employees died after being shot execution-style during a robbery in Queens, Brown's Chicken

Borrowed info from cntraveler.com and businessinsider.com

Celebrating over 10,000 listeners this week! Also, a very small percent of people are successful in MLM businesses but that small percent seem to love it! Meredith loves to buy from her friends, she tried selling perfume once, and Cass is not really a fan of MLMs.

Information borrowed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multi-level_marketing_companies and all business.com

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Katie, owner of Kit and Caboodle Market is here! We talk about her past life as a probation officer and a counselor, her current life working at MBI HR and her successful gifting business! She hosts the Crafts and Cocktails Maker's Market show and really appreciates good organic wine. Please visit her website here: https://kitandcaboodlemarket.com

Phone Interview!

We talked with Dana Goldstein on her third memoir 'Spent - My Accidental Career in Retail'. Dana is an amazing storyteller and understands the retail world. Please click the link to buy her book or listen on audible!

Dana's website: http://danagoldstein.ca/books/

Happy 80th episode to us!

We were so fortunate to sit down and talk with Matt Nelson from Left at the Light Podcast! We talk all about Matt, the podcast, McHenry County Living, Truck Off Festival, rate all those creative business names out there, Meredith can't say Oregon and Cass has a great Johnny story.

Left at the Light: https://anchor.fm/leftatthelightpod

Truck Off Festival: https://www.truckoff.net

22 Creative restaurant names: https://upserve.com/restaurant-insider/creative-restaurant-names/

25 Most ridiculous business names: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-25-most-ridiculous-business-names-ever_b_5924663ae4b0b28a33f62fd9

15 Genius hacks for creative business names: https://designbro.com/blog/inspiration/business-names/

We talk through all the sayings we use while driving to the city and we discuss the ~100 best jobs in the US borrowed from: https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/rankings/the-100-best-jobs - Degrees needed, salary, and how many jobs are available for each specific role

We discuss the worst jobs in the world! Maybe you'll feel better about your career or maybe not.

Information borrowed from: https://allthatsinteresting.com/worlds-worst-jobs/3 & https://www.careeraddict.com/worst-jobs