Do You Like It Or Not: November 10, 2026

18% of you like it, 82% of you don't. Stick around for Do You Like It or Not with producer Chris and Tony P, where you're going to be talking about some of those stories and some other things. And we want you to join us in that live Zoom room. So, Tony, somewhere to go? Did you have something? I was going to say, we didn't talk about how much we love bingo. That was on the list. Bingo, yeah. Oh, bingo, like the bingo with the ball? Yes. Yes, yes. I think you live in Florida. I would like that. The national pastime. The school start time debate, if it's okay to give or get a secondhand gift, and we're not talking about a re-gifted gift, we're talking about one that you went out and bought at a secondhand store, and then later the backlash over a to-go box fee. There's more than meets the eye with this story, we'll break it all down, but those are just some of the stories that we're going to talk about. over the next 30 minutes and we want you to join the conversation. 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We'll check those in just a little bit. Or you can head over to our Fox 5 DC TikTok page. We have a live stream going there and the comments section is open as well. So we will check in with all of our friends in the Zoom room coming up here in just a little bit. First though, it's Tuesday. So we have to say hello to my in-studio guest host, live Zion Prime Time co-host, the one and only. Tony P., who is micing up here in the process. He'll get all of that here on while I'm reading this next story. But, Tony P., how's your Tuesday going so far, my friend? Great 7 o'clock. That was a lot of fun. Good day today. I've been traveling back and forth. I had some meetings and stuff I had to get to. Yeah, he's a busy man. He's a busy man. This is only part of his gig. As you all know out there. Someday, someday I want to broadcast you to do it all. We'll see you at some point. That's right. But I do love this stuff. This is the best part of my gig. The best part of your day. Being with you, the deals are incredible. This show is so much like match games. You bring Charles, Nilsson, Riley, you bring everybody back. It's great. I love this show so much. Jim beat me to it. A little one of these with the glasses. The Charles, Nilsson, Riley. What was the lady's name? What was the old lady's name? I'm sure someone in the Zoom will remember and fill us in. You'll come to me. In the meantime, you ready to dive right in? All right, let's do it. Tony P, you know Tony P. If you follow Tony P, if you have seen him here on the show before, you know he's an old soul. He craves going back in time. And that's what we are starting off with tonight. The idea of errands. Real life errands, though. They can be, listen, errands can be a pain. But back in the day when we had to do them in real life, they also forced us to leave the house, to go outside, and to interact with the real world. They forced us to interact with other human beings, but now almost everything from banking to grocery shopping, it can be done with our phones. And one writer with Time Magazine argues that that is making us more isolated and it is making us more lonely because it is easier and easier to ignore the outside world and real people and only interact with bots. So, Tony P., the idea of having to bring back the occasional in-real-life errand, leave the house, maybe get in the car, maybe drive somewhere, find parking, go in, interact with another human being, whether you like it or not. Yes, yes, and yes. And I'll go further. You should bring back those senior citizen wagons that go up like this with the four wheels, and you kind of do this, like, you take them out of the truck. My grandmother used to do that all the time. We'd go to Walmart together. She'd have her wagon ready to go. Always like that. I think. The issue is the price. People can't afford anything anymore. It's cheaper to go to Walmart and get the shirt yourself versus having to go to DoorDash or Instacart. Now they're combining, so the price is going to go up again. I mean, this is just, unless they figure out a way to drop the prices, I think this is going to happen naturally. Here's my issue. One of the slides there, and I know it was a little tough to read, but if you look at one of the slides in this Time Magazine Instagram post, the writer talked about how when they were a kid, and this is a situation, this is an experience that I can very much relate to, of like tagging along with your parents when they would go to the bank and you would get like a lollipop from that. And even though it was a mundane chore, it was a memory. It was an It's an experience. It's something I remember doing to this day. However, if you have tried to go to a bank at any point in the last couple of years, you know, it can be one of the most frustrating experiences in the world because they are hardly ever open. There is hardly ever because nobody goes working in there. And they actually encourage you to do it all online in and of itself. Like this will, I love the idea of it, but it's going to take an Like shift in the way that we operate and I don't know whether that is ever going to happen. Chad and Laura are in the Zoom room on this Tuesday night. Thank you so much for joining us as always. The idea of having to get out of the house and run an occasional in real life errand. Do you like it or not? I hate it. I would pay any amount not to have to make small talk with a cashier. And about the lollipop at the bank, I used to be so scared and anxious of having to interact with someone that I would hide and I would not get the lollipop. Yeah, I was just, your guys are picking my brain. I was talking with my class the other day about, How I don't have any errands. What's the difference between an errand and a chore? I think chores at home. That's a great question and distinction. Yeah, I feel like it's a distinction without a difference because I feel like a chore is, you know, you can make anything, you can say it's a chore if it's something that you feel kind of labored or burdened by having to do. That's how I feel about it, yeah. I have always considered errands things I had to leave the house to do. Right. Chores were things that I had to do around the house. Correct. That was the general consensus, to chore something around the house. And now my errands are going to Whole Foods to get a coffee and sitting out front. That's like, you make different errands, you make different things for you instead of doing... I'd rather do that than sit in line in the bank. Shout out to my client, Gail. But that also feels like something that you're doing for yourself instead of something that you have to do. Right. But, Chad, also... Shout out to your recent list of icebreakers. They were great. Oh, thank you. Very nice. Check them out. Check them out. Pop Quiz, Hot Shot, and Chad. Jumpin' Jack. Jumpin' Jack Chad on Instagram. That is the, by the way, that is the greatest Instagram label besides my own. Okay, Jumpin' Jack Chad. That's a good one. You gotta, you gotta figure out how to put that on a shirt. Wesley. Wesley's in the Zoom room on this Tuesday night. Wesley, the occasional in-real-life errand, do you like it or not? Love it. I hate interacting with people, so I make myself do it. And I like to drag my kids around with me so they can see how to interact with actual people. I think that's probably one of the problems with why people act the way they do. It's because they don't interact with people. So they think that they can just talk to people however they want to through a screen. And then when they get in front of people, all of a sudden, you got nothing to say. Yeah. Run errands. Go and see people. Make yourself uncomfortable. Embrace the suck. All those things. I like it. Embrace the suck. I like that. I love that. Yes, indeed. I love it. I agree. Allison. Oh, no. Billy's in the Zoom room. Billy, do you like to run the occasional in real life errand or do you prefer to just order everything like Laura? Tony P. Tuesday, you know, I agree with you, Tony. Billy, baby. You know, it's the first year. I love you, my friend. I love you. Interact with people. Show the love to people. Try on the clothes at the place. Don't order online because you might get the wrong size. You get it and it's too small. But when you go out and you interact with the person, you get customer service. You know what I'm saying? And all of that stuff counts. So, Tony P., you know how we are. We right there. We are on the same wavelength. And I'll say this, Billy, to kind of like go on top of this a little. You get to also brighten someone else's day. You might be nice to the clerk. You might be, hey, someone falls, you help them pick up. Whatever it is, right? You get to actually maybe show what I call the Holy Spirit to people. Maybe. Or it could be the worst part of your day when you run into somebody who is just in a bad mood. And they make your day worse. You can brighten it, though. You don't have to let it impact you. In the Zoom room, Allison, the occasional in real life errand, do you like it or not? Okay, Chris, I agree with you and with Tony P, because definitely I am a day brightener. People tell me that all the time. You never know who might need a compliment or who just needs to see some positivity, because maybe at home things are dark and negative, or maybe it's that way at work. You know, sometimes you need positivity where you don't always get it. And yes, Chris, there are people out there that are rude and nasty. There's kids that haven't been trained properly. But you know, there's just a small part of your life that you'll see for a couple seconds and you move on. But the attempt to bond with somebody is great. I agree. Listen, even though I, you know, I just need to present all sides here on do you like it or not. But I am being fair. I am. And my wife can attest to this. I am extremely keen in real life errands. And unfortunately, like there are not enough hours in the day and not enough days in the week to be able to do them all. And as a result, sometimes it can seem like I'm putting things off. But I'm not. I just like to do it in person. We should have stopped at the drive-thru of Human Progress. The drive-thru was the peak. I don't love the drive-thru, honestly. Yeah, I like parking and getting, going into the restaurant. But mixing it up a little, right? I can still eat in the car. Speaking of living on our phones, your phone habits may be causing more pain, and we're not talking about a pain in the ass. I mean the neck. We're talking about literal pain. According to doctors, smartphone tendonitis or texting thumb is an inflammation of the tendon caused by repetitive strain. One study shows 77% of college students report pain in one or both hands, while another study found 56% of surveyed adults experience hand or wrist pain linked to phone usage. Experts warn that our daily screen time is becoming a massive contributor to this rising problem. We've talked about tech neck pain. Before in the past, which is basically you're like this all day. You're hunched over. It ain't great. That sounds like a product. Tony P, you spend a fair amount of time on your phone. I think it's safe to say. Have you ever experienced any sort of pain? I have. As a result? Yeah, a little bit. So, I mean, I'll say it happens usually in this right thumb here. And then it goes like kind of like the new version of carpal tunnel a little bit from the typing years ago. Now it's this. So I have a whole new strategy. I alternate hands. I alternate hands. I go, you know, right thumb, left thumb. I do the pinky, do the fingers. You do it all. You mix it up a little, okay? And you spread the pain out a little bit, okay? I've done my pinky sometimes getting out of the shower going like. Have you ever seen people, okay, that's just, have you ever seen, there are people who have a dent in their finger from holding, do you mind if I hold up your phone? Yes, you can, yes. So you know how you hold it like this? Yes. People end up with a dent in their finger. Or pushing it this way, but again, you mix, okay. My biggest problem is laying in bed on my phone and my hands fall asleep. Yes. Wesley's in the Zoom room. Wesley, the idea of a pain associated with holding your phone, have you experienced this? I have. I've actually had my fingers lock up from holding it and falling asleep and it let it bang me in the face or fall on killer. Um, it's, it's. I'm holding my phone right now trying to figure it out. But yeah, I mean, I'm like Tony P. I'll probably switch up from just holding it with one hand and the other hand and then I'll kind of poke at it like an old person, hold it with one hand and poke with the other finger. You got to kind of switch it up. Why is he laughing at us? Why is he laughing at us? It's such a visual. And everyone out there, I'd say this with love of like the older person who is on their phone. But you know what? It can save your, it can save your thumb. Okay. I also have this handy thing that I can just attach my phone to if it needs it. Save the thumb. Freddie, Freddie in the Zoom room. Freddie's a young man still. He's already doing it. Exactly, Tony. But they say college It's already impacting. Actually, no, well, actually, I still am a college student, but just so you know, I still like to keep typing no matter even if I get older. But, like, when it comes to new phones, it might be hard to understand the new concept of phones like that. Do you get what I mean, Tony P? Yeah, well, also, I'd say, Freddie, with the spreading out phone, the one from Apple, it's going to be like the flip phone they're going to have. It's going to make it even harder now. You might have to actually, like, do your thumbs like this. And there have been some complaints that that new iPhone Duo isn't compatible with, like, lefties. No, no. So, like, you need, you know, for lefties who need the, you know. Right. Anyway, this is the BlackBerry, Chad is our resident physical fitness. I have to imagine you deal with people who are coming in, experiencing ongoing issues from sitting and using their phones too much on a regular basis. Well, Laura's love language is memes. So she's constantly sending memes. And so I got so many that I got this duoprins contraption. I can't open my hand. Both hands. Both hands. I can't open my hands. Look at this. Can you see that? But I got this. Oh, I see you like a little use exercise your hands and stuff like that. Yeah, we're on phones way too much. And I see people like not even hand stuff. They're walking into walls. But yeah, it's like the hand thing is definitely going to be an issue. But that's going to be an issue. All right. Like my balls, Tony. They're very, very symmetrical, my friend. School start times are always a hot topic, and they could be changing in Fairfax County. The school district held a work session today. Take a closer look at the issue, and it's kicking, and excuse me, it's one they have been kicking around for a while. Back in 2023, the district hired a third-party company to deliver some possible options. As part of that plan, elementary school could start as early as 7.30 a.m. Middle school. could start as late as 9 20 and that's part of an effort for kids to get more sleep because right now they say the current start time is not in line with health recommendations when it comes to the amount of sleep that middle schoolers should get an alternative plan could shift all school start times to 30 minutes later any change could have major implications for parents a final vote is scheduled for next month with changes taking effect in the 2027. 2028 school year, there will be public comments on this plan. Tony P, changing school start times, do you like this or not? 7.30 for grade school kids, this is obscene. Okay, that option cannot be put on the table. The 30-minute extra option, I love that because the studies have shown it. Okay, kids do better when they have a little bit of extra time to sleep. This is for the younger kids, okay? We don't need to have school at 7 a.m. in the morning. It's bad for parents as well who have to get to work, things like that. What you have to do, though, if you change these times and make them a little bit longer, you've got to put some breakfast resources in there for the kids so they can get there a little earlier if mom and dad have to go drop the kids off. We talked yesterday, Allison, remember, about this school in New York that was offering 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. hours so that it made it easier on working parents. So the idea of changing these school start times, do you like this or not? I don't like it, Chris. It's the change part because people's work schedules are set. Everyone doesn't have the flexibility to be able to, you know, leave a few minutes earlier, go in a little bit later. Like, just leave it just so if it's not bothering anybody, what is the point of even looking to change it? Leave it alone. Okay, that's one take. Wesley in the Zoom room. Wesley, the idea of changing these school start times. I know you used to work in schools. Do you like this or not? Um, I do not like it. I think for the most part, I'm looking at this group besides Freddie, we all got up and went to school and we turned out just fine. And I think the real problem is, is the interaction on the phones. I'm not going to put it completely on phones, but if your brain is constantly engaged in something that's making you think about stuff you don't need to think about, like almost like when you're driving, it's going to make you more tired. In addition to the fact that they've got extracurriculars with like, you know, sports and whatnot, no, like cut back on the crap. Stop engaging your brain so much in stuff you don't need to do and go to bed. I think that pushing the start time back doesn't make any sense. And I also agree with Allison. Not everybody can start whenever they want to. I got to be to work at what time I got to be there. And just because my kid can't sleep because he's been up all night playing Fortnite doesn't mean that I need to adjust the freaking start time. Get your kids in line, like, honestly. Stop being their friends. Be their parents. Put them to sleep. This is an interesting take on things, too, because I do wonder whether, like, kids have bedtime still. When I was a kid growing up, there was a strict time. Yeah, no TV, nothing. The night was over, you were in bed. If you didn't fall asleep right away, that was on you. But there was no phone to play with. There was no nothing. It was time for bed. Speaking of school, some parents taking things a little too far when it comes to their kids. Oh, yeah. A growing number of parents are challenging teachers over grades and even taking school districts to court. One survey found four in ten teachers have faced pressure from parents to change a student's grade. In one California case, a mom sued her school district after a teacher said her third grade son needed to improve how he cooperates with others. Educators say the pressure is growing as parents worry more about grades, academic performance, and getting their kids into top colleges. But teachers say constantly fighting to change the results could send kids the wrong message about accountability. Tony P, I have to think you agree with the teachers on this one. Of course they do. The teachers go through so much already. They're underpaid. They're understaffed. They don't have the materials that they need. They've got to go out of pocket to make the classroom somewhat learnable. And they're having to deal with parents. I get parental involvement, and I appreciate that. I think it's important to get involved with the kids' education. But this is a step way too far. We're raising a generation of narcissists, and this is coming from a kid who records himself for a living every day. Okay, so if I'm saying it, it's the canary in the coal mine. These kids, when they go to work, what's going to happen? Mom and dad are going to sue the company because they got fired or because you didn't get a good job review. We didn't get the job. So this is just, I guess, the next natural evolution of that. Billy, the idea of parents suing a school over grades, do you like this or not? I don't like it at all. You know, take accountability for your child. And is these same parents at the PTA meetings? Are they interacting with the teachers? Are they checking up on their child's test scores and grades and stuff like that? Or are they just waiting for the report card to come out to complain? There you go. That is a great distinction because a lot of them just want to just show up when it's convenient. And what are they doing before the test to make sure that the child is prepared for it as opposed to after the grade comes back, complaining about the score that they received? Is the kid advocating for themselves? Probably not. Allison, the idea of getting the law involved when it comes to a kid's grades, do you like this or not? That's excessive. I definitely don't like that, Chris, because it seems like whatever was going wrong could have been worked out with the parent-teacher conference or seeing the guidance counselor or the principal. There's a chain of command in the law. Unless someone was physically hurt, there's no need to go through the law because of the child's grades. Who the hell would ever want to become a teacher in this day and age when you have parents who want to sue you over their child's cooperation? We're going to take a quick break. When we come back, we're going to talk about thrifting secondhand gifts and the restaurant at the center of social media fury over a fee for a to-go box. Welcome back to Do You Like It or Not on this Tony P. Shout out to West Virginia Ben in our TikTok chat. He has migrated over from YouTube. We got a lot of views tonight on TikTok. People expanding, trying out new technology. And listen, he says parents who think they're qualified to be teachers is how we end up with the situation that we were just talking about. All right, thrifting and secondhand shopping are thriving. Attitudes surrounding it have changed dramatically in recent years. This doesn't just mean more crowded thrift stores. It also means the next gift you get this holiday season could be free love. Thrift shopping has become a popular way to save money around the holidays. A survey by ThredUp found 62% of Americans plan to buy at least one secondhand item this holiday season. More than 70% are open to giving or receiving a gift. pre-owned gift. So, Tony P, we're not talking about re-gifting here. We're talking about going to a thrift store, buying something that is used, and giving it as a gift. Do you like that idea or not? And would you be okay if someone got you a pre-loved gift? Absolutely, because the thoughts behind it, that's the thing about gifts, that you took the time to actually understand what the person wants. You have to know them well enough to get them a good gift. I think, listen, with the recycling crisis that we're having, the Issues with money and affordability, I think every gift should be secondhand, okay? I think most gifts should be secondhand. All right, so if you're on Tony P's shopping list, keep that in mind. Is value still there, probably? It's very possible. I get a gift that appreciates. Larry, if Chad gets you a pre-loved gift, are you cool with it or not? Yeah, I like it. Most of my clothes these days I get on, like, Vinted or Depop. Like, this came from one of those, my sweater. Most, yeah, like, so I have no problem with it, especially if it's something that I've been wanting for a while or I put on, like, my wish list or something. Yeah, I'm not against the idea, but I just, I have everything I need. I don't need any more crap. So, Tony P., if you got me a Christmas present, I appreciate the thought, but I really don't need any more crap. But here's the thing, though. At least you wouldn't be adding To the carbon footprint. Yeah. That's true. To the crap in our permit. We're not creating a new thing here. And I think especially when it comes to like the fast fashion and the quick turnover, these are sort of things that, you know, at least it's not ending up in a landfill. We buy new cars that are pre-owned. Allison. That's very true. And we spend a lot on them. Allison, the idea of a secondhand gift, giving or receiving. Are you cool with it? Um, no, I'm not. But if it was something specific, like if someone was looking for an item, like, oh, I wish I had this Michael Jackson shirt from the 90s and somebody finds it, but I want it to smell like Downy and Snuggle when I get it. It would have to be something like that, but not let me go Christmas shopping at the thrift store. No, thank you. Okay. Wesley, how about you? The idea of giving or receiving a secondhand gift, do you like it or not? Get that mic, baby. Get that mic. Here you go. Boom. Yeah, if the person's cool with secondhand gifts, I'm all about it. Like, if that's their style, like I was looking for something my son gave me that you probably couldn't find anywhere. It's a Dixie Chicks jersey. I've never seen it before, but he got it at a thrift store, and he knows I love the Chicks, so he got it for me for Christmas last year, and I freaking love it. So if the person is receptive to secondhand gifts, go ahead and give it. But don't just do it because... Just don't do it if you don't think they're going to appreciate it. Tony P., I would appreciate a secondhand gift, though. A good rule of thumb, I think, for everybody's going to get it. You get a secondhand gift, and you get a secondhand gift. Everybody is getting them. Sometimes when we dine out, our eyes are bigger than our stomach, and that can mean a to-go box, but apparently that will cost you extra at one Charlotte sports bar. But there is more to this story than meets the eye. A Threads user posted a picture of her receipt recently showing a $6 fee for a to-go box. The outraged customer included in the caption, I'm calling the police. This should be a crime. The comment section had her back. One person wanted to know if the to-go box was glass Tupperware. Another said instead of paying to take home the food they were already paid for, they would just carry it home themselves. The restaurant eventually posted a message to the community saying that the pasta the woman ordered was a dine-in special. So if customers order the dine-in special for carryout, the cost is adjusted to the regular price. They insist the $6 to-go fee was not for the box, but the computer adjustment to the regular price. But that explanation still didn't fly with some people who say she was a dine-in customer, she just didn't finish her full plate. So Tony P., charging a carry-out price for a dine-in customer who didn't finish their full meal, do you like this or not? This gives like the 50s and 60s where you eat everything on your plate, or tomorrow... I'm going to make you eat that the next day. It's like, this is ridiculous, okay? You sat in there, you got the deal. Okay, what's wrong with getting a little morsel to take home with you? I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I feel like this rule clearly had to be established because somebody gamed the system. Somebody learned that if they went in and they ordered the dine-in special and just took a bite and just got it to go, they could get it for half price. And not actually so patronized the restaurant in the same way. Okay, so sit for at least to get the meal. Right, exactly. And I do think that is the right call here. Yeah, don't add it on to somebody who's already sitting. But I do feel bad for the restaurant because I feel like they must have gotten scrummed. You know, they got scammed at some point. And they were like, all right, we got to put some measures in place to make sure this doesn't happen again. Do they have a special then? The idea of, the way this all went down, do you like it or not? I don't like it because like charging $6 because I had a friend that spent $40 for all you can eat buffet and she wanted to make a plate for me and they charged her $10 for to-go plates and I haven't been back to that place again. So you got to be careful when your business is like that because when some people get highly offended and they won't come back and patronize your restaurant ever again. Yeah, well, they clearly, I mean, the backlash was swift to the point that they had to address it on social media. Chad and Laura, the way this all played out, the adding the fee, the make-up for the fact that it was a dine-in special, and now it's a character, do you like it or not? Put it down for we don't like it, but this would never happen on a dinner with us two, because we eat so much. We went to an all-you-can-eat nice dinner at that one place, what was it called? Nina May. Nina May and Shaw. It was kind of like an all-you-can-eat chef's platter. We're like, you want another plate? We're like, yes. Yeah, so keep that in mind if you ever invite them over, all right? Thank you to everyone.