2nd Date Update PODCAST: Einstein Is Gone

would like. And I don't even really know if Melanie liked it, but we'll find out what it is in just a second. What's up, Melanie, How are you hey? I'm good? How are you pretty good? So, first, tell us about the guy that you went out with. What's his name? His name is Anthony, and man, he's a really really sweet guy. We met on a dating app and we had chatted for a bit ahead of time, and this is the first time we were going out. What were you feeling leading up to your first in

person date with him? I was feeling really good. I was feeling optimistic. He's scared. Well. I think that many people who have dated has felt that too. Yeah, I didn't have any of that usual like trepidation. I don't know. He just seemed really kind, all right. And how did the date go? Well, I would say it didn't go great, but really it was kind of a disaster. It wasn't his fault, it wasn't my fault. It was just kind

of what happened. What happened? Now, I'm so curious. Well, we went to this like one of those Japanese hibachi restaurants, you know, like where they like cook in front of you. Yeah. So we met at the restaurant and he's like, let's just like step outside for a second. And I was like, oh, okay, and he said he had this surprise for me, and I was like, oh boy, maybe I was wrong about

this not being weird. But we went outside and he opens his jacket and on the inside of his jacket, like sticking out of one of the inside pockets, there's a hamster. What Yeah, wait, he brought a hamster to a habachi restaurant. I know it sounds maybe like odd, but it was actually really cute. So the hamster's name is Einstein, and so I guess Einstein wasn't feeling well earlier that day. So he was like, I didn't want to cancel, but I felt bad leaving Einstein at home.

And it was just it was I don't even know. If a hamster sick, you get little hamster pute. I don't know. He wasn't running in his little wheel like he always does. That's what Anthony told me. And he's like, he just looked so sad. And I was like, oh, that's so sweet that you, like, were so in tune with your your little buddy. Okay, so sick hamster. Awesome points for him, apparently, Yeah, he was just being thoughtful. So also get a table at the restaurant. We maybe

kept him in the jacket. Yeah, rodents in restaurants usually not a good mix. I don't know. So what happened, Like you said, something terrible happened. Well, yeah, so we're sitting down, we're eating dinner, we're just having a really great time, really good conversation, great connection, and at one point I just looked over and Anthony just looked really weird.

He looked like something was wrong. I didn't really know what was happening, and he just leaned in and he whispers in my ear that Einstein is gone, like he died. He wasn't in his pocket anymore. Oh, I thought like he knew that the hampster passed on in his jacket. Yeah, so it broke my heart because like I obviously knew how much Einstein met to Anthony. So he's terrified and he's like freaking out, but liked to still be like cool and just you know, oh my god, what did

you do? You tell the waiter? I'm sorry our pet hamster got loose in here. We didn't tell anybody at first, because like we figured maybe we could just find him on our own, and like, yeah, you don't want to tell everybody that there's a rodent running around in there and having free Yeah, so we didn't want to like let anybody know. So we kind of like started taking turns, like kind of you know, casually peeking under chairs and

like wondering throughout the restaurant. Like we ordered to extra desserts just to stay a little bit longer so we could keep looking. Did you ever find Einstein? No, you never found him. We never found him. I mean we probably looked for over an hour, hour and a like we were looking for a long time. What did he do. I mean, for a dude that would like his hampster so much he'd take it into a restaurant if it had the sniffles. I'm sure he was beside himself that

he couldn't find him. He looked so defeated, like it was like the saddest thing I've ever heard. Yeah, he lost his little buddy. Yeah, so how'd you guys end everything? Then? I didn't really know what else to do for him, so he just wanted to go home. So he left and I left, and I just wow, Yeah, that was

just a little over a week ago now. And have you gotten any update from him if he did in fact called the restaurant or fine Einstein or I've been trying to contact him and I texted him and he just wrote back, no, just one word, no nothing, did you respond to anything else? Or that's all you've heard from was just the no. That's all that I've heard

from him. And I've tried to contact him again, Like I just I want to be there for him because, like I mean, even though I don't know him very well, like we had such a great time leading up to that point, and I mean it was I had never experienced anything like that before. I mean, as cute as it was, it was obviously different. I had never had someone pull a hamster out of their pocket before. All right, well, well we'll play a song and then come back and call him and see if we get update on the

hamster and maybe get you a second date. Okay, okay, thank you. Yeah, hang on frooking jubil in the morning, I'm calling today's second date update. It's a curious case of the missing Hamster. If you missed the first part. Melanie is on the phone and she wants to call a dude named Anthony. They went out to a restaurant to eat, and he brought along his pet hamster. Yeah you heard me right. Sounds weird, but she actually liked it. But during dinner, the hamster escaped from his jacket and

they could not find him in the restaurant. So there's a hamster name Einstein wandering around some Habachi restaurants somewhere, probably eating great, way better than he was before. Yeah, I can more exciting you guys. And she hasn't really heard from Anthony since that date, other than when she texted him to ask if he found Einstein, and he just responded no, and that's all she's heard from him. So we're about to get him on the phone and

find out if she can get another date. But more importantly, no disrespect to you, but I just want to see if Einstein has been found. If not, then I'm going to start writing a new Netflix documentary. I hope that he gets found as well. I hope that there's going to be great news from Anthony. Well, don't you think. I mean, it's been a week. I understand that this guy's upset, but I also feel like he should thank you for all the time and effort you also put

into looking for this hamster. I'm just trying to think about if it was me and you're grieving, you're upset, So I'm just trying to like let him have his space that he needs. But I just do want him to know that I'm here to support him. Okay, all right, here we go. Well I'm gonna die this one of her right now. Okay, okay, maybe the hamster answers the phone. All right, here we go. Hello, Hi, can I speak

to Anthony please speaking? Is this the Anthony that went to Halbachi restaurant a little while ago, And who's hamster got loose? A who is this first? I don't know if this is the right Anthony. Well, can you tell me who's calling? Please? Sure? This is Jewil from Brook and Jewil in the Morning. It's a radio show. Okay, Hi, Hi, how are you? I'm fine? Why are you calling about my hamster? Do you know where he is? No? I don't.

I would love to find out, though. I'm actually calling because we do a segment on a show called The Second Date Update, and Melanie emailed us. She told us about your date with your hamster Einstein, and said that she's tried to start talking to you again, but you haven't really been responding to anything. Yeah, yeah, I know, Melanie. Wow, that sounds like you don't like Melanie. Well, she's the reason why my hamster got loose in the first place,

So why is the reason? Because she said you took the hamster in your coat pocket to a restaurant, it sounds like maybe that decision is the reason. That is not the reason. I have taken him plenty of places before that, and he's always been fine. I was having dinner with Melanie and she is actually a pretty floppy eater, and food was like falling down in her lap. There were crumbs and pieces of rice like falling onto the floor. And Einstein, which is my hamster's name, Einstein loves that stuff.

I even said to her, I said, hey, be careful, you know you're doing a lot. You're getting food all over the place. He's like, oh, it's fine, don't worry about it. Whatever. And suddenly I looked down and now Einstein's gone, whoa. Okay again, if your hamster can't control himself in a restaurant, then you probably shouldn't have brought him in a restaurant. I don't think that that's her fault. Still, So you blame her for your hamster being lost? Yeah, well,

she never took responsibility for it. She helped me look for him, which was nice, but it was her fault the whole time. He's never once said, oh, hey, i'm you know, I'm sorry that I didn't I'm sorry that I let your hamster get loose. But okay, wait, hold on, if that's your theory. If that's your theory, the reason why your hamster got loses because he saw Melanie spilled food everywhere, Why wouldn't you be able to look down

and see the hamster then eating Melanie's food. I just know that that's something that he likes, and you know he'll go for that. But obviously he didn't because he wasn't there, Like he was gone. He didn't go for that. He ran away. Excuse me, who are you? Okay? I just lost my hamster. You're putting me on glass right now. I have to have that hamster for almost five years. They say hamster's only lives to three and a half and he's almost five. Wow, he's an old guy. I

know you're hurt. I just don't think that it's her fault. That's all in. There's her fault, all right, and she owes me. I've been through so many hard times that Einstein has always been there for me. He's as an elderly hamster, and I didn't want to take my eyes off him. He was a little sick that night, so I wanted to bring him in. Whatever. It's just it's not fair. Not fair. Well, I'm sorry, it's not. Now

you're telling me it's my fault. Okay, I'm a bad parent because I was the one who brought my hands for someplace that I shouldn't have. It's definitely yeah, absolutely, unless Melanie grabbed your hamster and like rolled it across the floor. I don't see how it's really her fault. Obviously she didn't purposefully do it, but it is her fault, and I just wanted her to take responsibility for it and say something. Oh, come on, why didn't you tell

her that? Then? If you're that passionate about her taking the blame for this, why didn't you talk to her about it? I was in grief. What am I supposed to do? How to shouting at her at that time make her not look for it? Yeah? Okay, So I guess you've moved on. You're in a different stage of grief now, and I guess you can shout at her because she's actually on the other line listening and wants to talk to you. Yep, Melanie, you still there? Are

you scared? Now? I'm here? Okay, I'm here. Wait, hold on, you've been listening this whole time. Yeah? I heard you say everything, And what do you have to say for your else? I don't really understand why you think it's appropriate for you to turn your anger to me. I know that you're upset and you're hurting about losing Einstein. I saw it that night. I stayed with you for over an hour looking for him. Not because it was

my fault. I literally can't believe you would say such a thing that you think because it was your fault. I can't believe you're still saying it's not your fault. All you had to do would say I'm sorry and man up and say you know it's my fault. You shouldn't have done these things. I'm sorry I did those things. But Anthony, take a deep breath, because you're being you sound crazy. So let's start there. This is not a loss of family member. So what am I supposed to do? Yes,

you did. You're supposed to be angry that you lost your family member, and you're not supposed to be blaming me for something I didn't do. I thank you for helping me find him, but you were just fixing a situation that you caught and then you didn't even letter and say I'm so sorry he's gone. You just said, oh, did they find him yet? Yeah? And that was my tone. Thank you for putting my tone onto what I said, because truly I wasn't tell surely I was texting you

with an attitude that's why I texted you. Oh my god, if your friend's grandma dies, you just hext them and say, hey, you find you called him and consoled him. Anthony, you are not compared a missing hamster to a dead grandma. It's not the same. I had hamsters, they both died. You get over it. I mean, I don't mean to be idea. Yes, boy, you have to be like life. It has an end for everyone. And your hamster live long well pastor we don't even know that I sign

is dead. You just got loosen the best life ever. What have you done to actually find him? Did you go back to the restaurant? Have you talked to the stat I'm going to that restaurant editor day for lunch, and I've called them and tried to explain it anonymously. There's a bit of a language barrier, but every time they tell them they think I let Luther Rath in there, and I keep trying to tell them The'm like, no, it's a pet mine. Like now you just round like racist,

so like, that's all my ram. We're working at the front of the restaurant, spoke perfect English. You're just trying to put the blame on everyone. Else, they don't understand you. I'm making a mess. You made just this many crumbs we were eating at a table together, Melanie. You know what, I hear you saying a lot of stuff right now, But the one thing I don't hear you saying is

I'm sorry. It's my fault. Oh my god, Wow, Anthony, I feel like you're really missing out on a girl who has been understanding, who's been compassionate, who didn't think you were a total freak for bringing the hamster in the first place on a first date. Why would I be a freak for bringing a sick family member? Dude, you brought a sick rodent in your pocket on a date. That's weird. Dan, So what people bring dogs places all the time? How is that any different? Answers are way

cleaner than dog. I don't know if that's true. I will argue with you on that one, but I'm with you on the dog thing. I guess that's your pat and you want to take it out. But still, I think you shouldn't blame Melanie for the entire thing. Oh really, Okay, so you're on her side too, that's fine, that's fine. I guess everybody's against you, Anthony. Yeah, everybody's against me. You and my therapist should team up and say I'm wrong all the time. You're in therapy too. Huh, learned

a lesson? Maybe you learned a lesson that you shouldn't be bringing a hamster into a restaurant. Maybe next time I'll just be with a clean eater and we'll be fine. Nor Anthony, well you'll be eating alone a lot. Wait wait, wait, wait, we got to get an official answer, Anthony, would you like to go out with Melanie again on a second date? We will pay for it hard path. I don't have any more hamsers I can afford to loose, Melanie. I'm guessing you're not heartbroken about that now, Oh, no, where

I'm good. I'm glad we cleared this up because wow, all right, you'll never forget this though, momy no, not for a very long time. Well, thank you both for your time, And if anybody knows the hamster's whereabouts, please send him away, please, I'm serious. If you see Einstein, he's mostly white, a little bit of brown, auburn's hats towards his head, and he's very sassy. Sassy little hamster run around town. Make sure you snatch him up and

send him to the radio stations. Broken Jupil in the morning,