E268: Beavers, Bureaucracy, and the Cost of Being Polite
Episode 26817th December 2025 • Small Town Scuttlebutt • Rick Fink & Liz Daly
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We kick things off with Liz doing her absolute best to maintain composure while telling a story about beavers—yes, the animal—and failing spectacularly. Immaturity levels are high early.

Then Rick and Evan break down (and role-play) a very real email exchange between Rick and the corporate real estate company he leases office space from. There’s a late fee, a request for accountability, and a firm refusal to budge. Is Rick right to push back, or is this just the cost of dealing with “the system”? You decide.

In the second half, Liz brings an AITA submission from a dad who’s not thrilled with his wife’s insistence that their daughter’s boyfriend pay for everything. Chivalry, expectations, and what we’re actually teaching kids—all up for debate.

Small problems. Big reactions. And at least one conversation that probably didn’t need to happen… but did anyway.

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