Need Not Apply

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...

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 possibl...

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 det...

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...

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...

Gina and Gary are back with episode 84 of Need Not Apply , where workplace drama escalates into full-on revenge plots. This week, they dive into two Pro Revenge stories featuring a bakery manager who gets caught in a web of her own lies and a former employee who pulls off an international long con involving golf, Rolexes, and one very expensive fake job offer. So, buckle up and grab your coffee be...

Hold onto your coffee, folks. In this episode, we're diving into the craziest childcare stories that prove sometimes the biggest problem isn’t the toddlers — it’s the adults running the show. Spoiler alert: one coworker thought it was OK to put diaper cream on a child's vulva without gloves, and another left a classroom door wide open during a fire drill. Buckle up for a wild ride of incompetence,...

Gina and Gary are back with another chaotic episode of Need Not Apply, and this one has everything: a convenience store manager panic spiral, a pregnant customer on a mission, a bleak AI scare, and a heartfelt reminder that retail workers are sometimes the only people holding the world together. They celebrate Punch’s first birthday, and somehow end up talking about ghost fonts, spiders, and wheth...

Gina and Gary are back with episode 81, and this one is a full-on grab bag of workplace nonsense, hotel drama, nostalgic tangents, and animal chaos. This week’s episode opens with a parasite outbreak update, a Taylor Farms lettuce correction, a leather jacket auction, a detour into early-2000s nostalgia, and a few very strong opinions about AI, data centers, and digital media. The front desk calle...

Gina and Gary are back with episode 80 of Need Not Apply, and this one is packed with workplace absurdity, bad judgment, and a few surprisingly intense news stories. The episode kicks off with a nationwide parasite outbreak including Taco Bell ingredient drama, a terrifying plane window incident, and a bizarre AI job apocalypse tangent before rolling into two workplace stories that are both equal...

Gina and Gary are back with another episode of Need Not Apply, the podcast about workplace chaos, awkward overshares, and weird news that somehow gets weirder by the minute. This week’s episode includes a very unfortunate phone gallery mishap at work, a CEO who definitely saw more than he bargained for, a flying steak and a round of news stories that go from giant fungal networks to dolphins with...

Gina and Gary are back with another episode of Need Not Apply , the podcast about Reddit workplace stories, customer service chaos, and weird news that somehow keeps getting weirder. This week’s episode features a server getting judged for sitting down to eat during an 11-hour double, a bartender story with one of the best crowd-assisted kickouts ever, and a news segment that digs into AI distrust...

Gina and Gary are back with another episode of  Need Not Apply , the podcast about Reddit workplace stories, customer service chaos, and weird news that somehow keeps getting weirder. This week’s episode features an Australian workday from hell involving a huntsman spider, a citywide promotional flyer campaign that accidentally Rickrolled the public, and a deep dive into the growing backlash again...

Gina and Gary are back with another episode of  Need Not Apply , the podcast about Reddit workplace stories, customer service chaos, and weird news that somehow keeps getting weirder. This week’s episode features a bear causing havoc in Japan, a sneaky office coworker who thinks everyone else’s desk is her personal investigation zone, and a horrifying look at how AI data centers are guzzling water...

Gina and Gary are back with another episode of  Need Not Apply , the podcast about Reddit workplace stories, customer service chaos, and weird news that somehow keeps getting weirder. This week’s episode features a Disney cast member dealing with an entitled mom who thinks the rules do not apply to her, a company that accidentally racks up a massive AI bill, and a robot startup that turns Airbnb r...

Gina and Gary are back with a shorter-than-usual episode of  Need Not Apply  — our first accidental minisode, because apparently even the podcast needed a lighter workload this week. This episode features a coworker who turns potato-eating into a hostile work environment, an AI that apparently started calling everyone goblins, and a new hire who clearly has way too much time to worry about other p...

Gina and Gary are back with another episode of  Need Not Apply , the podcast about Reddit workplace stories, customer service chaos, and weird news that somehow keeps getting weirder. This week’s episode features a coupon scammer who refuses to take no for an answer, an AI encyclopedia made entirely of hallucinations, and a grandmother who walks into a car audio store demanding help with her myste...

Gina and Gary are back with another episode of  Need Not Apply , the podcast about Reddit workplace stories, customer service chaos, and weird news that keeps you guessing. This week’s episode features a barista fired over a very creative coffee cup message, a mysterious blended drink order that drives everyone insane, and a DoorDash driver meltdown that ends with yelling and zero chill. 📚 Storie...

Gina and Gary are back with another episode of  Need Not Apply , the podcast about Reddit workplace stories, gig work chaos, customer service nightmares, and weird news with a side of unhinged commentary. This week’s episode features a DoorDash delivery gone wildly off the rails, a parking lot meltdown from a canceled Uber passenger, a birdwatching boom among Gen Z, and an AI model trained on pre-...

Gina and Gary are back with another episode of  Need Not Apply , the podcast about Reddit workplace stories, customer service chaos, HR drama, and weird work news. This week’s episode features a Karen-level warehouse store meltdown over a shopping cart, an AI study that says ChatGPT can get downright hostile when pushed, a troubling air traffic control system update, and a hotel guest who acts lik...

Gina and Gary are back with another episode of  Need Not Apply , blending Reddit work stories, workplace awkwardness, and weird news with their usual humor and commentary. This week’s episode features a disastrous photo edit that turns into HR chaos, a story about intelligent people supposedly having fewer friends, a rare spirit bear deep in the Canadian rainforest, and an unforgettable Zoom meeti...

Gina and Gary are back, and this week they’re pulling some of their favorite  Need Not Apply  stories out of the vault for a flash from the past episode full of workplace chaos, bad timing, and absolutely unforgettable Reddit reads. If you’re new here, this is a great place to catch some of the stories that stuck with them the most...and if you’ve been listening from the start, consider this a gre...

Gina and Gary are back with another episode of  Need Not Apply , the podcast that reads and reacts to Reddit workplace stories, customer service chaos, and weird news stories from the workday grind. This week’s episode features a sexist customer service meltdown, a Home Depot allergy disaster, AI models acting like toxic coworkers, and a bizarre moon energy story that sounds fake but isn’t. 📚 Sto...

Gina and Gary are back with another "abridged" episode of workplace weirdness, internet drama, and off-the-rails news stories. This week’s Need Not Apply dives into a tense Reddit work story about blood sugar checks and a coworker with a severe blood and needle phobia, plus news about AI chatbots going rogue, workplace romance, politics at work, coffee’s effect on stress, and a truly chaotic dog-a...

Gina and Gary are back with a bite-sized episode of workplace horror stories, heartwarming front desk moments, and real-life job anxiety as AI, TSA chaos, and terrible customers collide. This week’s Need Not Apply episode dives into Reddit work stories, wild parenting fails on the job, and how the future of work is getting weirder by the day. 🎢 Episode Summary Monday burnout, retail customer chao...