Mel Robbins Calls Out Bert’s People-Pleasing

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

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Bert Kreischer (0:07)

100%.

There's only one reason I flew to Austin to do my podcast and it is not with my co-host Tom Segura. He is off making his Bad Ideas show. It is Mel Robbins. Mel Robbins, Tom told me you were coming. He's busy in the writers room and I hopped on a plane and did not drink today, so I could have a lucid conversation. I love drinking on planes.

Mel Robbins (0:36)

Why do you like drinking on planes?

Bert Kreischer (0:37)

I like drinking. I knew you kind of used to like drinking.

Mel Robbins (0:39)

No, I like to drink.

Bert Kreischer (0:40)

Oh, really?

Mel Robbins (0:41)

Yes, absolutely.

Bert Kreischer (0:42)

What's your drink?

Mel Robbins (0:42)

It depends on the day. It depends on the time of day. It depends on whether or not I got an empty stomach. Like, so for example. I love this conversation. Well, I grew up working in restaurants and I did everything. I did the front of the house, the back of the house, the fryer, the bussing, the bar back, the bartender. I loved being a bartender. There's so much power in being a bartender, right? Have you ever been a bartender?

Bert Kreischer (1:08)

Tom and I take over bars. We have a vodka and so we'll take over bars and I can make one drink and that's a vodka soda.

Mel Robbins (1:14)

Oh, being a bartender is one of the greatest jobs in the entire world.

Bert Kreischer (1:19)

Really?

Mel Robbins (1:20)

Well, of course, well, because think about it, like you are holding court. Everybody like needs you and needs your attention. It's very creative. You're on your feet. You get to talk to people. You make a lot of money. Like it's, it's fantastic job.

Bert Kreischer (1:36)

I would argue comic is just the same, but without making the drink and better money.

Mel Robbins (1:41)

Yeah, there you go. Well, so, so no, I, so it depends. So I think I'm kind of like picky about it because I-

Bert Kreischer (1:48)

I like that you have a diverse group of drinks. So I'll give you the time of day.

Mel Robbins (1:51)

Okay.

Bert Kreischer (1:52)

You tell me the drink.

Mel Robbins (1:52)

Oh, I love this game.

Bert Kreischer (1:53)

Okay.

Mel Robbins (1:54)

Oh, we should do a card game out of this. Okay, go ahead. I also love cards.

Bert Kreischer (1:58)

You and my wife. Okay. All right. We just got to Hawaii. Our room isn't ready and we're down by the pool and we have to wait for our room to be ready and the lady comes by and goes, can I get you guys a couple of drinks?

Mel Robbins (2:12)

Okay.

Bert Kreischer (2:13)

It's our first day of five in Hawaii.

Mel Robbins (2:15)

If it's hot as hell, I'm going to order a, I'm probably going to order a frozen pina colada with a dark rum float, but not from the Slurpee machine. I want it in a blender. I want like the premium cocktail because we're ripping the band-aid off.

Bert Kreischer (2:32)

Floaters so important.

Mel Robbins (2:33)

Right? We're ripping the band-aid off on this vacation. So no junky ass shit coming out of the Slurpee machine.

Bert Kreischer (2:38)

This drink represents more than just having a drink. This represents the beginning of a journey, a five-day journey in a beautiful place like Hawaii.

Mel Robbins (2:46)

Correct. However, if it's like one of those days in Hawaii that I've seen on TV where it's like super windy and blowing, so we're not sitting quite by the pool yet, I think I would want more like a painkiller type vibe.

Bert Kreischer (3:01)

Okay.

Mel Robbins (3:01)

You know, painkiller, the drink of the Bahamas and the fresh nutmeg on top. That feels a little bit more like a proper cocktail that wouldn't give me like that headache freeze thing that happens when you drink something that's frozen.

Bert Kreischer (3:15)

Okay. Your best friend from college calls you.

Mel Robbins (3:17)

Yes.

Bert Kreischer (3:17)

Her dad just died. I need you to come over and sit with me. She get into the house and she says, would you make us two drinks?

Mel Robbins (3:24)

Yes.

Bert Kreischer (3:24)

What drinks do you make?

Mel Robbins (3:26)

Well, if she's my best friend, I know her father's favorite drink. And so I would make her father's favorite drink and then I would raise a toast and then I would ask her to tell me her, I would tell her my favorite memory of her dad.