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The Shallow End

208: Arguing With A Vending Machine

The Shallow End

John Elliott and Lindsay Schnebly

Society & Culture, Comedy, History

4.9612 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On this classic episode of The Shallow End, we dive headfirst into one of the most absurd workplace disaster stories imaginable: the tale of a janitor inside a world-class research facility whose unbelievably bad decisions spiraled into total chaos. It’s a hilarious real-life reminder that sometimes the biggest threat to science isn’t a supervillain… It’s a guy with a mop and absolutely no common sense. Join us for bizarre true stories, catastrophic mistakes, workplace fails, and the kind of unbelievable human behavior that makes you question how civilization functions at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'll now hand you over to my best man, Eddie.

0:04.0

Wow, wow, wow, second time's a charm, eh, Billy Boy!

0:09.0

Oh God!

0:10.0

Substitution, courtesy of Paddy Power embarrassing Eddie makes way for Sensible Samuel.

0:15.0

Cool, that was close.

0:16.0

You might not always pick the right starter, but your sub can still deliver,

0:19.0

because with Paddy's super sub, your bet rolls over to the player coming on. Panny power. Valid on selected leagues and markets only. Pre-match and in-play bets on qualifying player outcome selections only. T's and Clusions apply. 18 plus scummelware.org. On day three of Leftovers for lunch, have a day off. Switch it up with a double cheeseburger for 249 on the McDonald's saver menu.

0:39.3

Leftovers left the chat.

0:41.3

Talk about saver satisfaction.

0:43.3

Served from 11 AM, price and participation may vary.

0:47.3

Fees apply to delivery orders, subject to availability.

0:50.3

Have you ever worked an overnight shift?

0:52.3

Oh, God, yes.

0:55.3

Tell me about that.

1:00.0

It was my first job in radio, so I really couldn't complain.

1:06.6

And I was actually excited at first, but it was a Friday midnight to Saturday 6 a.m. And then Saturday midnight to Sunday, 6 a.m.

1:16.3

At a radio station in Tucson, the 500-watt blow torch of Southern Arizona. Yeah. So it was really not even worth going in for.

1:24.1

Not really. Probably could have just turned off the transmitter and no one would have known the

1:28.2

difference I I've also done the overnight shift too and it really messes with your head

1:34.7

you know yeah it really does especially when you know you it's like four or five o'clock in the

1:42.2

afternoon and you've got to stay up because there's no point

1:46.1

in trying to get a nap when you got to go to work at midnight.

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