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-1930 data that feels like it walked straight out of a time machine.

📚 Stories in This Episode

• A gig worker gets penalized for refusing a delivery to a nudist customer.

• An Uber passenger cancels his own ride, then throws a full parking lot meltdown when the driver ends the trip

📰 News Stories Discussed

• Gen Z is fueling a birdwatching boom, turning an old hobby into a major trend.

• A new study says left-handed people are not actually more creative than right-handed people.

• A vintage AI model trained on pre-1930 data aims to simulate “time travel” through language and history.

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