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The Clopen Effect

©The Clopen Effect

Welcome to The Clopen Effect, a Funny Retail Podcast! Join us every week as we share our lives working in retail. Our lineup features fantastic guests, including local business owners, seasoned retail professionals, and the occasional surprise musician and artist. We"re Basically Famous®! “By far the most relatable, humbling, and funniest podcast I’ve ever listened to! It keeps me busy at work, laughing, shaking my head in agreement, and remembering my own wild work stories. And it’s not always

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All Episodes

43:36

Name Droppin' Nick, Flawless Diamonds Co Part 1

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2023/04/28

Nick, owner of Flawless Diamonds Co is here! We worked together years ago so it was great to catch up! Nick talks about going to nursing school, working at the nursing home, working for himself, ADT sales, AT&T, and Flathau Enterprises. Nick explains diamonds and creating pieces. Names mentioned on this episode: NLE Choppa, King Louie, Lil Reece, Jayson Tatum, Tank Davis, Lil Durk, Drake, Lizzo, Dwight Howard, Flavor Flav, Khloe Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Scott Disick, Kylie Jenner and

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41:23

Kendra's Salon Does Hand Checks

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2023/04/21

Kendra is here! We finally deflated our 100th episode balloons, Kendra had to comb through a baseball size knot, she hasn't encountered lice (thank goodness!), the knot was moldy and stinky, Meredith can't say neurology, cover up those dreadlocks, something is dripping on Cass' shirt, Kendra had a very embarrassing poop experience and Chakra spray didn't help, don't be that dude, hand check, kids scream a lot, Kendra walked out, hair modeling, Sheer Genius, Kendraza Salon, Amika Products, the perm

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44:08

Lucky Rabbit's Foot with Lauren

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2023/04/14

Lauren is back! Meredith's house had a carbon monoxide leak, shout out to Jett's Heating and Air for the quick response to our furnace and for the install, you can find their information here: https://www.jettsheatingandair.com/, buy carbon monoxide detectors, Meredith's stove flames were orange, Lauren had to replace a well, Lauren has 3 bunnies and a dog, her first bunny was a secret, bunnies like buddies, facts about the lotteryAll the links: https://linktr.ee/theclopeneffectSupport us here to

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56:24

Sandie Dogs and Jim

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2023/04/07

Meredith realizes where she met Sandie before, Jim didn't want to wear the weekend shirt, 'bigger is better', the special recipe, Sandie has her hands full, shout out to Catherine Brant for their logo creation, Jim went to an Air Supply concert and bought the t-shirt, no poppy seed buns, 12 year olds and younger can have ketchup on their hotdogs, Sandie has fresh steamed buns, the McHenry County food critic John Mueller, visited their trailer and gave them a great review, shout out to Sticker Dudes

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46:28

It's Noote, Not Nude!

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2023/03/31

Cass has a hangover, Award Winner Barb Noote from Noote Partners @ Compass Real Estate is here, learn all about what's happening in the real estate world, how do people stay married when building a house?, most of Barb's business is referral based, renter's market is just as busy as the buyer market, the uncomfortable conversations, look at the bones of the house not the avocado fridge, the importance of showings and open houses, trust your realtor, the red flags, the snakeVisit Barb and the team at

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33:10

Crowd Pleasers and Body Squeezers

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2023/03/24

How do you walk through a crowd? Do you try to avoid touching people or do you make yourself known by touching and squeezing arms? We had a super fun weekend at Shamrocks the Fox for St. Patrick's Day, feeling accomplished for the day, Meredith fell on her run, people watching, Cass touches everyone, we lost Cass for 25 minutes, bartenders are awesome, don't leave your credit card at the bar, the guy with the microphone, people watching and when it's too much, people talk to themselves all the time,

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38:22

Corn, Beef and Cabbage

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2023/03/17

The quick recipe episode and Bestie is here! We borrowed some 3-ingredient recipe ideas from our listeners and https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/, Instant Pot meals, quick to-go snacks and meals, Bestie loves tacos, Cass loves pizza rolls, don't clean your Ninja Foodie with soap and water, spaghetti hotdogs, and 3-ingredient cocktails. Visit Lake City Social in Lake Geneva for the best Old Fashioned. Also, Meredith has a fun travel story.

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48:19

Big Rats, Small Cities

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2023/03/10

We are back from a quick break! We talk about spell check and how it's ruining us, 'price' check, reply all, do not put emotion to text or emails, 4DX movies, The 10 most lucrative tourist attractions in the world from smallcurrencyexchange.com, Top Tourist Attractions in the US from touropia.com, we are planning a trip to Dubai, the large rat on the road, Cass teaches us about Skinwalkers, we do not like caverns, Meredith talks Prison Break & actor William Fichtner, using stage hands

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35:04

Come Get Your Lemonade

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2023/02/24

The history of lemonade stands from ehow.com, cash business, 'stand' means ready-to-act, blocked out childhood, selling candy and Girl Scouts Cookies, how to run a lemonade stand from wikihow.com, mentalfloss.com shares a dark story of a lemonade stand in Western Springs, IL, the history of food trucks and the most popular food to find at food trucks

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38:22

Blue Moods and Odd Foods

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2023/02/17

We recorded this in January when we didn't have sun for weeks. It made us cranky. Also, kid-free Tok, Cass is good with kids, the grandparent clause, don't use your children as excuses, parenting 101 from a retail podcast, Judge Judys, unique foods to try, ethnic aisles are expanding, overnight chia pudding, our favorite jelly for P&Js, he licked the ketchup cap, the most unique food in history from history.com, the black chicken, red honey. We are on IMDB. You may not want to eat during this

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38:20

Our 100th Episode

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2023/02/10

Happy 100th episode to us! What an amazing adventure so far! We talk about current news, birthdays, Save and Redeem coupons, wooden and copper coins, boxtops for America's schools, 100th day of school, spirit week at school, history of loyalty programs, Camel Bucks, Marlboro and Newport swag, reasons why we need these loyalty programs, Subway's punch cards, free pizzas, stamp books, the Monopoly game at Jewel, Betty Crocker coupon catalog, airline miles, Spangler candy, Tootsie Roll Pops, DumDum

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01:04:26

Can't You Just Slap a Label On It?

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2023/02/03

The lovely Lauren is here from pharmacy! What a fun interview! She has worked in pharmacy for 8 years, is super insightful and shares what goes on behind the pharmacy counter. We talk about the pharmacy tech tests, pain pills, sleeping customers, those that write their own scripts, processes on how to handle fake scripts, theft, keeping most of the cold medications behind the counter, when pills change, looking for the yellow ones, central fill center, giving vaccines

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40:28

Won't You Be My Realtor? Part 2

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2023/01/27

Jen's stories show how much she loves her job! So excited to share part 2 with you. Keeping the furniture with the house, animals buried in the backyard, realtor.com and quizony.com tell us if Cass would make a great realtor, strange requests from buyers, south facing front doors, real estate agent safety, avoiding murder, and modern farm house

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43:21

Won't You Be My Realtor? Part 1

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2023/01/20

Realtor Jen Long is here and we talk about why she decided to join the real estate world, if the state and national tests are tough, how she loves victorian homes, and how she hit the ground running! We also borrow information from quizony.com and realtor.com, what can happen right before a closing, what not to do during the process of home buying, Jen uses her hands to talk, the heartaches of trying to buy a house, Jen shares what you need to do to buy a home, squatters, and what she found in a

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40:06

Bri's Getting Married!

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2023/01/13

Bri unwraps her bridal survival kit and we talk about what NOT to do at a wedding from bestlifeonline.comSupport us here to keep us recording: https://the-clopen-effect.captivate.fm/supportBuy Merch here because it's cool: https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_clopen_effect

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30:40

Live from the Clopen Studio! It's 2023!

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2023/01/06

Our first live recording on Instagram! And we were on mute for the first 9 minutes! LOLNew year's superstitions from addapinch.com, Congrats to Brianna and Rob, Cass titles all of our episodes, cheers in our Christmas cups, stores we would want inside the grocery stores, why do we lose our thoughts!?, Poppy Cakes cookies are the best and Meredith does not share, we love all types of cake, restaurants we would love to see in the grocery stores, who uses checks anymore?, no one knows how to process

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48:25

Stop Blaming Your Farts on the Dog - Funny New Year's...

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2022/12/30

Cass found herself in a tough neighborhood this week, letting people go, it's never Bob, we will be super successful in 2 years, New Year's resolutions, examples of funny resolutions from countryliving.com, we share our New Year's resolutions (hint: we don't have them), we love pastaGoogle tells us that: Though medieval Christians attempted to replace January 1 with more religiously significant dates, Pope Gregory XIII created a revised calendar that officially established January 1 as New Year's

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52:44

Just the Tip

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2022/12/23

We’re talking about cash and digital tipping, tipping etiquette, who to tip, how much to tip, and those that fight over it. Also, what to do when you can't accept tips, cashiers without a filter and paying it forward at Olive Garden.

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52:35

Back to our Retail Roots

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2022/12/16

The customer is always right unless they are wrong, stories of bakery, grocery, and baking aisles, Cass and the Yes manager, Meredith has an itch, customers don't listen, Cass listens to a customer complain about her on the phone, how we handle customer complaints and customers that insult us. Some info borrowed from cheezburger.com and deputy.com. Cass talks about their new puppy, Nicky!

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54:04

Carrot Cake to Keto to CrossFit

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2022/12/02

We know nothing about diets but we're going to talk about them anyway! The most popular food fad the year you were born from mashed.com and the most popular diets from the past years from businessinsider.com.

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