TQ16: If you and your spouse/partner had to switch jobs tomorrow morning with no training, which of you would get fired first?

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🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Every Tuesday, we grab a past question from the Facebook group, then Meredith and Scott answer it and read some of the answers given by other listeners. The question for this episode: If you and your spouse/partner had to switch jobs tomorrow morning with no training, which of you would get fired first? Links for this episode: Meredith’s episode about epistocracy: https://www.meredithforreal.com/podcast-episodes/episode/7eccdbaa/ep-235-or-epistocracy-should-we-be-protected-from-uninformed-voters Meredith’s podcast is Meredith For Real – the Curious Introvert: https://MeredithForReal.com To check out the new Tuesday Question and get in the discussion, join us at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook. Sponsor deals: To listen to THE 82% series, follow THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts! Go to cookunity.com/What or enter code What before checkout for 50% off your first week. Go to Seed.com/what and use code 25WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to storyworth.com/what to save $10 on your first purchase! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code WHATWAS at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/whatwas. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp.com/whatwas and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey this is Scott and you're listening to what was that like.
0:04.0	New episodes with guests telling their amazing stories are every other Friday,
0:08.5	but today we have the every other Tuesday, Tuesday question.
0:12.8	In the podcast Facebook group, we have a new thought-provoking question every Tuesday,
0:17.2	and it generates some really interesting and sometimes deep discussions.
0:21.3	We'd love to have you join us just go to what was that like
0:24.0	dot com slash Facebook. But if you're not in that group we bring it to you here in a short
0:29.4	episode every other Tuesday. We dig into the group archives and find one of the past
0:34.3	Tuesday questions that we've discussed. Then Meredith and I answered that question
0:38.9	and we talk about some of the answers that came in from other listeners. And in a few days, I'm talking this
0:44.4	coming Friday, a brand new what was that like episode. Let's do it.
0:50.3	This week's question, if you and your spouse slash partner had to switch jobs tomorrow morning with no training, which of you would get fired first?
1:02.0	I'd be fired before lunch. My husband works in
1:05.0	roadway design and civil engineering. He has a very technical job. I could
1:11.5	BS my way through the morning but by lunchtime they would figure out that I didn't even know how to open up
1:19.5	AutoCAD and I would be booted out of there. You know what's weird? I knew you were going to say it would be you and I don't even I didn't even know what your husband did for work.
1:30.0	Really? Yeah.
1:33.0	I do feel entertained by the concept of my husband being a podcaster, however, I feel like on some level he could do it but it would be so different than what like if he got to come on and talk about
1:50.8	F1 racing and J.D.M. automobiles, he would have a great show.
1:56.3	And I am annoyed by these facts that I couldn't switch places with him
2:00.2	successfully, but he could probably do my job.
2:03.0	Depending, but does he like interviewing people though?
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