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Need Not Apply is a podcast where we read your real life work stories and react with levity and advice from our personal experience in the work world. Submit your stories to Neednotapplypod@gmail.com
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Episode 89 - Trash Pandas, Trash Customers (opens the original)
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Gina and Gary are back with a shortened episode of Need Not Apply as they continue navigating the final stretch of their move. Between packing up nine years of life, sorting makeup and Pokémon cards, bruising toes, battling apartment chaos, and trying to stay sane, they still make time for one truly entitled customer story, a workplace hero moment, and a few interesting bits of news. 📚 Stories in This Episode Gina shares a real-life retail nightmare involving a high-status customer who attempts
Episode 88 - My Mom Wants to Speak to My Manager (opens the original)
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Gina and Gary are back with episode 88 of Need Not Apply ... sort of. After a full day of packing, moving, and attempting to survive the chaos of their temporary recording setup, Riverside decides to throw its own little tantrum and wipes out part of the episode. What remains is a shorter, slightly cursed installment featuring entitled behavior, animal facts, AI anxiety, sea creatures with possible anti-aging secrets, and Gary talking to himself for a few minutes. 📚 Stories in This Episode A gro
Episode 87 - Best Dressed, Least Impressed (opens the original)
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Gina and Gary are back with episode 87 of Need Not Apply , and this week they’re talking coworkers: the ones who take everything personally, the ones who think they’ve outsmarted management, and the ones who somehow turn a handmade gown and a harmless fashion walk into an HR situation. It’s workplace drama, petty behavior, awkward company parties, and a reminder that there is always one person determined to ruin a good time. 📚 Stories in This Episode The Manchild Co-Worker A longtime employee sp
Episode 86 - Access Denied, Dignity Restored (opens the original)
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Gina and Gary are back with episode 86 of Need Not Apply , where they take a detour through the wild world of Ask Reddit. This week’s stories include a catastrophic pharmaceutical database mistake that somehow becomes a career win, a manager so cruel she makes everyone’s blood boil, and the kind of workplace chaos that proves a bad day can turn around when the right person steps in. 📚 Stories in This Episode A 21-year-old employee accidentally locks a massive pharmaceutical company out of its dr
Episode 85 -The Devil’s Pastry Meets the Devil’s Lettuce (opens the original)
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Gina and Gary are back with episode 85 of Need Not Apply — after some technical difficulties, a delayed upload, and a lot of editing frustration. This week, they return to one of their favorite Reddit categories: TIFU , featuring a library program that nearly causes a fire-department response, a military burn pit that gets half a base unexpectedly high, and of course...the NEWS BREEAAK! 📚 Stories in This Episode The library Durian fruit incident... They hotboxed a military base. [BONUS STORY] A
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