Episode 355 Livestream Recap
How Do We Stop the 25?
We Spoke to the Owner of the Norton…
Stream Timestamp [00:27:02]
Lara Redfield vs David Carter (ID 850036) & Steve Waters (Steven Walter) & Chris & Peter, the owner -Norton
Refund amount $358.99
“Accidental” refund amount $35,899
Overpayment $35,540.01
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Lara: “There isn’t even a 25% popup.”
David said there was something wrong with the server, which delayed the refund. Lara needed the money refunded before the ice cream truck came by because she is planning to buy out the whole truckfull of ice cream.
Lara: “Don’t smack yourself into a door. OK, David?”
Rinoa: “Holy cow! It’s 25%! Oh, how we have missed you! You beautiful, beautiful number, you! The pinnacle of numbers is right here before us. The golden goose, the golden god of numbers right here, 25, BOOOM!! Beautiful! Love to see it. Holy cow! Golden nugget right there! That’s the holy grail of numbers. Let me just tell ya! Oh, man! It will never update past 25 because there’s no reason to go beyond 25. It doesn’t start at 1. It doesn’t start at 2. No, we start right at 25 and that’s where we leave it. We don’t need anything else. We just need a quarter of the percentage. That’s all we need to know. We need to know something is being worked on but we need to know it never gets finished. It’s a beautiful number. It’s a beautiful number.”
We were transferred back to Steve, banking manager.
F7 strikes again!
Lara: “Could you be a little more polite when you speak to me? Just a little bit? I don’t like where your attitude is. Just keep this professional, shall we?”
Lara: “Get off your ass and go cancel it. What are you talking about?”
Steve: “I am only one person who is surviving in my family, ma’am.”
We agreed to go to the bank and send the money to him.
Rinoa reported the US bank account information he sent her.
We booped while we went to the bank. Steve called back.
Lara: “Is there a fire in your pants or something?”
Steve: “Yes, I am hold on my horse.”
Lara told Steve to go get some water and calm down.
Lara: “If everybody’s talking, then nobody is listening. That’s just the way this goes.”
Lara: “Steve, I’m going to hang up on you if you interrupt me again.”
He interrupted. We booped. Steve called back.
Lara: “Hey, drillbit! I wasn’t finished talking. I sat here listening to you just gargle nonsense out of your throat. OK? Don’t sit here and interrupt me.”
Steve: “Please, ma’am. Don’t be complicated.” And then Steve started to cry.
We booped to go into the bank. We called Steve back. We had some problems in the bank. The teller said that the money either already moved or it was never there. The money wasn’t in the account.
Lara: “Are you still there? Butt nugget?”
He booped. Steve called back.
Rinoa: “Beautiful 25! Mm, gives me the passion to keep on goin’ on. Love is right around the corner. There it is! The 25%!”
Rinoa: “There’s three 25s! Shut down the stream! Too many 25s on the screen right there. It’s too many. It’s too many.”
Lara: “Steve, Steve, I have a question for you. How many 25s on screen can you have on one computer screen? How many 25s can you have showing before the computer blows up? Too much power, right? Because I’m connected to the live banking server, it means that 25 has even more power to grow and spread like wildfire. It could be catastrophic for the human race entirely.”
Steve: “Correct.”
Lara: “Correct.”
Rinoa: “How do we stop it? How do we stop it?”
Lara: “Steve, how do we stop the 25? We can’t hold on. We have a doomsday clock and it’s ticking. How do we stop it? It has become self-aware.”
Lara: “We have 1.21 gigawatts of power handed to us right now. It’s in the mainframe.”
Steve: “Why? You like me or you love me?”
Lara: “Are those my only two options? Really?”
Lara: “Hey, nimroy!”
Lara: “So, what you are telling me is the account was playing peekaboo and I caught it at the wrong time? It was in peek mode and it wasn’t in boo mode. Is this what you’re saying?”
Steve: “Yes.”
Steve locked Lara’s computer because she couldn’t figure out why the transaction keeps showing up and hiding again.
Lara: “I don’t like this blackmail thing. I don’t believe you.”
Lara: “You showed your true colors.”
Steve: “You also have a two colors. You also have a two face.”
We were transferred to Steve’s boss, Chris.
Lara snitched on Steve and told his boss everything that’s happened today.
We were transferred back to Steve but we didn’t want to talk to him. Lara said he should be fired.
Lara: “You sound like a criminal. I don’t want to talk to you. You belong behind the bars. I need to speak to someone who isn’t a criminal there.”
We were transferred back to David.
Lara: “Do you want to get the janitor on the phone, too?”
Lara: “Just zip your mouth and hand the phone to Steve.”
Lara: “Hopefully, he’s just drooling in a corner or something, gnawing on a bush.”
Lara: “You have a face only a mother could love.”
Steve: “Yes, I love you a lot.”
Apple123909 was the password he used to lock her computer.
Lara: “I’m just standing in the hole that you dug.”
Steve: “I think you don’t have a heart inside your body.”
Steve threatened to come to Lara’s house tomorrow.
Lara: “So, even your real mother gave up on you, huh?”
Steve: “Yes.”
Steve unlocked Lara’s computer. She logged into her bank and he put up the updating screen immediately. This made Lara think that Steve was a scammer. She asked him why he does this.
Lara: “Steve, why are you acting like a stupid?”
Steve: “You are not a good person. You are liar.” But then he wouldn’t tell Lara what makes her a liar.
Steve attempted a Zelle transfer.
Lara: “You’re a criminal. I’m a teenage dirtbag.”
Steve: “David is love you, ma’am.”
Lara: “I don’t care. Tell David to throw it in the dustbin.”
Steve changed the password on her computer again.
Lara: “I’ll throw the computer in the trash and buy a new one with your money.”
We were transferred to Peter, the owner of the company.
Lara gave him extensive feedback on her experiences today.
Peter said he would fire Steve, then he said that he would kill Steve.
Steve: “Why should I joking you? You are my wife. Why should I joking you?”
Lara: “This is a prank, right?”
Lara: “You guys are a bunch of buffoons.”
Steve told Lara to save his number and call whenever she is bored.
Lara: “You’re not my son. I disown you. I’m disappointed in you. You never call. You never write. You only call when you need something.”
We booped. He called back multiple times. We eventually answered.
We learned that Steve lives alone. He asked to be adopted, but she doesn’t have any rats in her family tree.
Lara: “I’m gonna go. I’m gonna hang up the phone right now. Stop calling me.”
Steve started saying inappropriate things again. We booped.
Total Time Wasted: 3hr 04min 17sec
No, Really… It’s a Bad Code!
Stream Timestamp [01:58:12]
Lara Redfield vs Dennis Wilson -GeekSquad
Refund amount $399.99
He gave us an invalid code and got mad that we were messing with him, even though it was a legit issue. He booped.
Total Time Wasted: 7min 11sec
Are You OK?
Stream Timestamp [02:41:11]
Lara Redfield vs Unidentified (possibly drunk) Scammer -GeekSquad
Lara: “Do you have a sock in your mouth or something? Could you call me back on a better line?”
Lara: “Sir, are you ok? You are talking a bunch of gibberish and nothing makes sense. I’m confused.”
Lara [overtalking]: “Are you OK? Is there anybody else with you there, sir? Is anybody else there? Are you alone today, sir?”
He got offended and booped.
Total Time Wasted: 4min 56sec
Sorry, Gotta Go… Steve’s Calling Again!
Stream Timestamp [03:31:40]
Lara Redfield vs Alex Parker -Norton
Invoice #PA652493256547
Refund amount $299.99
We booped to answer Steve’s incoming call.
Total Time Wasted: 6min 51sec
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