The Clopen Effect

Jess and the review episode are here! Here are the businesses mentioned in this week's episode:

• KT's Cheesecakes DBA: https://m.facebook.com/KTsCheeseCakes/
• (mentioned) The Sugar Circle in Woodstock, IL, Cullom Knoll in Ringwood, IL, After the Fox in McHenry, IL
• Skidbarks Dog Toys: https://www.facebook.com/skidbarks
• Growing Vibes: https://growing-vibes.myshopify.com
• Clayamore Jewelry: https://clayamorejewelry.com/shop
• Shannon Abbey Art: shannonabbey.com
• Belinda McB: NestEggFarm.Shop
• Hickory Hill Foods, LLC: https://hickoryhillfoods.com/shop
• @ThePenisShop on Etsy
• PrincessKittyCrafts: @keyblademasterkitty on Etsy
• Our guest: @queenpeeve

We are not affiliated with these businesses and hold no responsibility for any transactions.

Episode Highlights:

• Why we could never work in insurance: too much empathy!
• The hilarious reality of the junk aisle, junk drawers, and quirky collectors.
• Haircuts, tipping etiquette, and the chaos of cutting your own bangs.
• Masks make a comeback in stores—what’s the vibe now?
• Meredith’s epic work trip… that never happened!
• The unforgettable “bag story” and juicy gossip from the airport.
• Navigating a half lockdown and dealing with so many aggressive people.
• The 9 most asked retail questions—and how we hilariously answer them all wrong.

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Don’t miss this jam-packed episode filled with humor, relatable chaos, and all the stories you can’t stop talking about!

The Clopen Effect takes on Indy! We talk about our visit to St. Elmo's Steakhouse, drinks at Kilroy's, and the street rapper we met. We also talk about Mrs. A aka 'the worst customer ever', the blind shopper, and Meredith surprises Cassandra with a Golden Girl's quiz! RIP Betty White 12/31/21

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Reckless drivers, traveling again, truck driving and put it in park, hitting the cart corral, Escapades, Cass teaches us how to buy a vehicle, service writers, the windshield story, the lady beeping in the parking lot, water parks are scary, ya'll are broke, the general labor strike, interview prepping and practice questions, tell the person next to you that they are beautiful

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Show notes: Washing the walls, gross hair in shower drains, Cass' driving story and the things she sees, bathrooms, wood working with smoker's furniture, the baby spider nest, palmetto bugs are flying cockroaches, moldy lunchmeat pushers, just getting product in during 2020, you can't wear brown shoes with a black shirt, Healthy Headlines food safety quiz, cleaning your kitchen before cooking, Cass' house flies and the neighborhood flies

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It's sibling Friday! Drew and Mandy are here!

Show notes: all of Mandy's jobs, business closings, ordering product from different counties, working concerts, Greek night and broken plates, those that wear hair extensions, restaurants we are boycotting, the Italian visitor, store walks, deli stories, the sibling quiz, sleeping on the job

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Johnny 'planned' dinner, first day at the office, corporate visits, shiny focaccia, cupcakes in the wrong packaging, store walks, emails, being organized, being questioned on everything, knowing your numbers, that mute button, having to look up words, word of the day calendar, the slip and slide, the full sheet cake story

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Karma, meatloaf recipe?, talking about salaries, levels of experience and schooling, restaurants paying their staff, the numbers guy, tipping in other countries, the woman ordering a pizza, pager pranks, Cass doesn't wear glasses, Do you work here?, move it along when at the lane, if you hold on to something long enough, gay friends, COOGI sweaters, Anthony Bourdain, The BratHaus

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Kalla is here! Show notes: pronouncing names correctly, service dogs, animals are so smart, do non-service animals belong in a grocery store?, the photo op in the pillow aisle, RIP Kalla's hairless rat, video rental and tanning salon, only tan once a day, Who rents porn anymore?, the twins, adult entertainment talk, the This or That game

Show notes: stressing over nothing, positive affirmations, corporate walks, sanitized pies, glitter soap, being a legit business, banks own us, the super creepy whisperer guy, the homeless woman, giving to the homeless, https://linktr.ee/theclopeneffect