interactions with strangers on elevators can be awkward but it doesn’t have to be that way let’s talk about that good mythical morning we asked you mythical beasts to ask us questions and then we think of advice and then you apply it to your life and everything is better that’s how this works right scree solving the problems of the world one answer at a time okay sorry I’m so ever go to Mum well Dylan Urlacher asks what is the best way to relieve the tension of getting on an elevator with someone already in it okay at first I thought this is going to be a question about just you know claustrophobia our elevator phobia people don’t like to be in confined spaces but this is a situation where there’s one person on the elevator you’re by yourself and now there’s two strangers on an elevator can be an awkward situation for people I can relate yes it can okay alright first let me start off by saying that the typical response I think is wrong what what do you do typically yes you get in and you you push the button or us first and push a button and you turn around and you just face and you stare at the numbers and you just wait to get off awkwardly but the thing that most people do is that they have this moment of acknowledgement okay hey how you doing or like I’m not or something like that then you go into your own world and then it’s the awkward thing of that person’s there what are they thinking what are they what are they doing there’s a tension that builds every floor you go up or down until one of you gets off the problem is that you’re not making a clear choice here you either you shouldn’t just do the acknowledgement and then go into your own world you they have to be in your own world the whole time this is the stance I’m taking or totally ignoring yeah complete ignore or complete engage that is the stance because if you start if you start like even the beginnings of an acknowledgment it’s almost like the beginnings of a conversation like hey how you doing good how are you eight it’s a rejection I think that makes it a lot more opposite than the other person’s thinking wow he sparked a conversation but then I was inadequate so now I’m I’ve been rejected okay by a total stranger I agree with the philosophy of choosing a path but I think the path should always be engagement I think you should have a yuusha and you should know that you’re going to do this right when you get on the elevator because this could be your soul mate I mean this could be your next best friend and to miss an opportunity to engage and you know or maybe you’re going to a job interview and this is the person that’s going to be interviewing you you get on get off of the same floor and then you’re going to be sitting next to them if you’re what if it’s a person going into the same audition that you’re going into and you’re gonna be sitting next to them in the waiting room I don’t do auditions but some people do that’s your competition you don’t want to be their friend no you want to intimidate them what I’m saying is that you’re saying you want to go to someone said hi are you my soul mate no no you just start a conversation but be ready with follow-up questions you got to engage because you never know what the conversation is going to go and you you got to make it work for yourself you might need to manipulate them you might need to intimidate with them intimidate them you might need to be their best friend hey we might need to marry them one day would you be my soul mate and intimidate with me there is absolutely nothing that can go wrong if you engage but you have to make the decision to do it now if you’re not I do agree that you need to you need to make a decision to stick with it awkwardness is almost a state of mind I don’t even care if you decide to get into a elevator and then take a knee every single time oh good for eight please are you my soul mate yes right you are you Tebowing or something that’s kind of play just taking a knee though I mean that’s yeah but Qaeda but you also take but if you did then you’re never closing in a foe you could own you don’t have to pray you could own that and that’s what we’re both saying yeah you have to own it awkwardness is a state of mind decide what you’re gonna do and do it don’t waffle around okay Taylor Gill asked how do you pick between two of your favorite items on a menu when it’s the lunch out rush I don’t know what that is I think I think he’s Canadian and you’re at the front of the line so in other words there’s a lot of people in line and you’ve got to make a quick decision between two menu items well this is this is clear you just you asked for the recommendation what would you recommend now this works at fine restaurants but I assume that you’re in the lunch out rush so you’re probably at a fast-food restaurant and let me tell you because link did this one time asking someone at McDonald’s what they recommend really throws them off blows their mind so I did that just to be funny but then I realized why it actually was funny I did something I thought would be funny and it was but you followed it up with because I’ve never eaten here before right that’s specifically you’re like uh what do you recommend and she was like oh and and you were like because I’m this is my first time in a McDonald’s and then she like starts looking around like this guy’s is his first time ever McDonald’s and she was like what the cheeseburgers are good like do that has some fun go to my yeah Thomas your first time what are the reckon I highly recommend that you shhh Micah Klem asks what do you do when you realize you’ve been drinking from the cup of the person next to you on accident and they’re about to figure it out this happens to me on a regular basis I don’t know why maybe I because my arms are long I end up setting my drinks down in other people’s areas I don’t know but it seems that or I go for other people’s drinks now I think you’ve got a choice here two again you’ve got to make a choice and own it the first thing you could do is you can just when you realize that they’re about to realize that you’re their drink you’re drinking out of their cup you just make eye contact with lies so yeah so you have my cup this was your cup do you want to intimidate with me is that what you’re doing so I’m intimidating with them at this point no the other thing you can do is the old switcheroo if you don’t if this is not a situation that you want to intimidate you got to cause the distraction but during the distraction which has to distract every person at the table you’ve got to get the levels back right you’re drinking my cup even though your cups here and right so your cup should be here and then my cup sugar is look up it’s not rocket science right knocking it I’m talking about the level of the water mic not seizing my cup is about right here right here your cup is here your your cup is down here so out to be like oh look at that look at that kid he’s uh he’s choking on giraffe meat awesome I love to watch that I don’t see him well it’s good really no one’s choking hmm so quickly I did that now the funny thing is that’s my cup oh I think that you switched man your timid ating with me again is it gonna be a dribble all right stop stop it just grab the guitar which one’s mine no it smell Baldr time you know what Nate is what day it is it’s Thursday Thursday then Thursday means mail I I’m gonna we’re gonna have to launder these dear rhett and Link so in this box includes many things including a fanny pack nothing the steering wheel cover that I thought was underwear I’m at classes were stolen from when I saw four and the tiny Santa I put in my pocket at Walmart forgot it was there and walked out love all the mythical beasts at more high school and more specifically Josh Lee NOLA Webster Natalya Sutter and Brice moody we go to more high school and we love the shoplift at Walmart we do not condone this hot Santa or these Thor guys I just put them in my pocket and before I realized it I’d walked out I really did think these were like on the road but instead of going back inside and returning my hot item I sent it to some internet comedians so they could talk about it in front of the world our names are Josh Lee NOLA western attire Sutter and Bryce movie I’m gonna be calling the Walmart authorities within the next 15 minutes right after I get off of this this song on Josh Lee and Noah Webster Natalya Sutter and Bryce moody four more high school and more Oklahoma thank you liking and commenting on this episode it makes a difference you know what time it is hi I’m Roy and I’m Kenneth we’re from Gainesville Florida and it’s time to spin the wheel of mythicality you can complete the good mythical morning trifecta look at this you’re gonna have a mug a shirt and a poster all good mythical morning themes go to Rhett link calm slash store make all your dreams come true mmm flick them on good mythical more amazing fanfiction about a rhett dream I’m gonna read that read dream rhett and Link drink a magic potion hey man look mix it up for you and get it to be magic if I get the levels right it becomes magic I did it well it’s not doing it today this is weird yesterday it turned purple oh why don’t you just drink it you can have all of it oh man you just broke something this guy was a rich purple hue that ocean was apparently solid the air had a peculiar smell it smelled a lot like