Speaker 1: Good morning, Kentucky, and it is Kentucky and is Morning
Speaker 1: News with Coffee and Company here on News Radio eight
Speaker 1: forty whas So, what we have learned from the big
Speaker 1: stories yesterday, we now know that the situation to the
Speaker 1: Fairgrounds on Sunday was really nothing. And I do think
Speaker 1: the explanation makes it make sense as to how you
Speaker 1: could have everything involved from the visual that we've now
Speaker 1: seen from many social media clips of those that were
Speaker 1: attending the basketball tournament panicked running trying to find probably
Speaker 1: their kids or whoever they were there with, just in
Speaker 1: fear because they assumed that there was an active aggressor
Speaker 1: showing up. And we just can't be surprised when those
Speaker 1: kind of things happen anymore. Unfortunately, so to know that
Speaker 1: that took place, there was also and I still don't
Speaker 1: know for sure the specifics of the Kentucky Kingdom incident,
Speaker 1: but nonetheless it became a big issue.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 1: You had law enforcement show up and respond, because that's
Speaker 1: what they're always going to do when there's a report
Speaker 1: of an active aggressor or an active shooter in a
Speaker 1: situation like that. So for it to end up playing
Speaker 1: out to where it was nothing, I think the explanation
Speaker 1: makes it make sense. I certainly wouldn't have guessed it.
Speaker 1: But it turns out there was a ceiling tile that
Speaker 1: fell and struck a metal chair around the same time
Speaker 1: a woman experienced a medical emergency nearby. So the combined
Speaker 1: sounds and commotion created I guess confusion and fear that
Speaker 1: quickly escalated and spread. And that's that's not really surprising,
Speaker 1: and it's it's unfortunate to know that that really this
Speaker 1: was this was just just a random situation with just
Speaker 1: bad timing for things to happen. And if you want
Speaker 1: to blame anybody, I'm not really sure who you would blame, right,
Speaker 1: this is just something that I mean, I guess maybe
Speaker 1: the ceiling tile falling, maybe that's but I mean, those
Speaker 1: things happened, and you wouldn't typically think that it would
Speaker 1: lead to what an ended up playing out on Sunday.
Speaker 1: But the good news is that nobody ended up being hurt.
Speaker 1: But I was just fearful that this was going to
Speaker 1: be another thing for people to point at about our
Speaker 1: city and say, well, man, this place needs to get
Speaker 1: their stuff in order, because my goodness, and look, we
Speaker 1: do need to get our stuff in order. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's not that's not something I'm trying to deflect. But
Speaker 1: this was just a bad timing, bad luck. Can we
Speaker 1: catch a break? That's kind of what I'm thinking here. Also,
Speaker 1: we're continuing to learn a little more about the gunman
Speaker 1: on Sunday in Lexington that opened fire on a trooper
Speaker 1: after being pulled over near the Bluegrass Airport, only to
Speaker 1: then carjack someone and make his way to a church,
Speaker 1: killing two people wounding two others. So guy House, we
Speaker 1: now know that he has a background of being a criminal,
Speaker 1: also drug use and mental health issues. That is what
Speaker 1: those who know him and some of his family, including
Speaker 1: the mother of his children, has come out and said.
Speaker 1: But also another detail here as far as just maybe
Speaker 1: some timing that led to this, he had a hearing
Speaker 1: on Monday for domestic violence. So the day before he
Speaker 1: did this, he was set to go to court for
Speaker 1: a hearing when it comes to domestic violence, but it
Speaker 1: did not involve the women he was reportedly seeking at
Speaker 1: the church. The woman, I should say, and that's the
Speaker 1: mother of his child, who has since done at least
Speaker 1: a couple of interviews that I've seen, and clearly this
Speaker 1: was a troubled individual. And I don't know if you're
Speaker 1: out here looking at people and trying to evaluate who
Speaker 1: the next potential person to do something like this is,
Speaker 1: because that would be no way to live. And I
Speaker 1: think it'd be tough to know. But drug problems, criminal history,
Speaker 1: mental health issues. Maybe the mental health issues have come
Speaker 1: from the life that this person has experienced, but just
Speaker 1: a tragic situation all the way around. When you combine
Speaker 1: the components of this situation top to bottom, it's not
Speaker 1: a shocker that this became, of course, a national story.
Speaker 1: Law enforcement getting fired upon just when holding someone over carjacking,
Speaker 1: and then a mass shooting at a church. So unfortunate
Speaker 1: all the way around. And it is nice though to
Speaker 1: see there were folks near the airport when the officer
Speaker 1: was shot that took action, called nine one one and
Speaker 1: tried to help. And those are things that you would
Speaker 1: just assume and hope that everyone does, because I mean,
Speaker 1: that's what you should do. But I think two sides
Speaker 1: of this one. I don't think anybody really knows what
Speaker 1: they would do in that situation. I mean, if you didn't,
Speaker 1: you didn't clearly see that the person who shot the
Speaker 1: officer was gone and made his way to, I guess,
Speaker 1: find somebody and steal their car. I mean, I don't
Speaker 1: know if people would have taken as quick of action.
Speaker 1: I mean, you just don't. I don't think anybody knows
Speaker 1: what they'll do in a lot of situations until they
Speaker 1: in fact are in said situations, and that's one of them.
Speaker 1: But also, if you are the officer, I mean, I'm
Speaker 1: sure you will forever feel grateful for someone who probably
Speaker 1: doesn't know you. And clearly, law enforcement there's not enough
Speaker 1: said about the good things they do and what they
Speaker 1: sign up for and what they experience in that line
Speaker 1: of work all because they want to. And yeah, there's
Speaker 1: plenty of examples of individuals taking advantage of things that
Speaker 1: come with being in law enforcement, but that's I mean,
Speaker 1: that's a minor thing compared to the vast majority who
Speaker 1: probably go about their day assuming that people don't appreciate them.
Speaker 1: And look, they clearly don't get into it to be appreciated,
Speaker 1: or they wouldn't do it. So I know there was
Speaker 1: at least one of the one of the individuals that
Speaker 1: was nearby when that happened that took action and helped
Speaker 1: the trooper called nine one one and always nice to
Speaker 1: remind people that those individuals still exist in society. All right,
Speaker 1: let's get an update on traffic and weather. I want
Speaker 1: to revisit the tipping conversation from earlier. You got to
Speaker 1: be mindful when you get that receipt from a restaurant.
Speaker 1: You might want to double check their math. They may
Speaker 1: be just putting a number down that tells you that's
Speaker 1: twenty percent of of what your bill is and just
Speaker 1: assuming you're gonna believe it, which hand up. I've probably
Speaker 1: done that before. But there's also some other things I
Speaker 1: want to discuss when it comes to tipping, because that's
Speaker 1: something everybody has a strong opinion on. All right, first,
Speaker 1: let's get an update on traffic and weather. Right here,
Speaker 1: it's Kentucky and his Morning News with Coffee and Company
Speaker 1: on News Radio eight forty. Whas if we were going
Speaker 1: to put together a list of things that most have
Speaker 1: not just an opinion, but maybe a strong opinion on,
Speaker 1: I feel like gratuity tipping is one of those. And
Speaker 1: this is something we talked about earlier. If you weren't
Speaker 1: with us in the seven o'clock hour, but a customer
Speaker 1: at Chili's is accusing them of not math in the
Speaker 1: right way, and he claims that Chili's is deceptive because
Speaker 1: the percentage that was shown on his receipt, which I'm
Speaker 1: sure that's common at a lot of restaurants. Not everyone
Speaker 1: has it, but a lot of times if you give
Speaker 1: him the receipt to check out at a restaurant, the
Speaker 1: receipt that you signed will have options fer gratuity that
Speaker 1: just say, you know, here's what it would be if
Speaker 1: you tip eighteen percent, here's what it would be if
Speaker 1: you tip twenty fifteen, whatever it may be. And he
Speaker 1: did show that the receipt didn't add up as far
Speaker 1: as what they claimed the certain so his dinner was
Speaker 1: twenty seven dollars and seven cents. The receipt claimed that
Speaker 1: eighteen percent of that equals six twenty eight and twenty
Speaker 1: five percent of that equals eight to seventy three, when
Speaker 1: the correct calculations were lower than that. And he went
Speaker 1: on to say that it's illegal. And this became a
Speaker 1: big story because others have chimed in to say that
Speaker 1: they've experienced the same thing at Chili's, and then there's
Speaker 1: others that have said it's happened at other restaurants before.
Speaker 1: I'm only bringing it up, because I will admit I've
Speaker 1: never even looked at that. I've just assumed, well, surely
Speaker 1: that's right. And to be fair, those that said that
Speaker 1: there was probably an explanation for it, and there may
Speaker 1: be an explanation for it, or this guy could be lying.
Speaker 1: Who knows, but if you have a q pon or
Speaker 1: a rewards program at that restaurant, then maybe that you know,
Speaker 1: maybe the tip was already there, but then your price
Speaker 1: was lower because they saw that you had like a
Speaker 1: twenty percent off or whatever it may be. However, this
Speaker 1: guy did claim that that was not the case. He
Speaker 1: didn't have any kind of discount, and he just said
Speaker 1: that they that it was just wrong and it could
Speaker 1: be I mean, it could clearly be just an error,
Speaker 1: or it could be just a way to see if
Speaker 1: people are actually paying attention and maybe you can end
Speaker 1: up getting more of a tip. So I hadn't thought
Speaker 1: about this, but we had somebody reach out to me
Speaker 1: on Twitter that was listening and said that they would
Speaker 1: love to know if restaurants require their servers to inform
Speaker 1: a big party that gratuity has already been added. And
Speaker 1: that's a great question. I can tell you I've seen
Speaker 1: it both ways. I've had a server tell a big
Speaker 1: party that I was with hey, just so you know,
Speaker 1: gratuity's already added. And sometimes it's a given, but sometimes
Speaker 1: it's not. Sometimes if there's a big party and you've
Speaker 1: got multiple different checks, right, maybe it's a big dinner
Speaker 1: and there's six to seven different checks. Don't really know
Speaker 1: how it would work out as far as just the
Speaker 1: total number, but it wouldn't shock me if maybe at
Speaker 1: that point, depending upon the restaurant, they might prefer that
Speaker 1: it wasn't included and you just get your tips from
Speaker 1: each each individual check that's there. I guess it depends
Speaker 1: upon the situation. But I've also I give an example
Speaker 1: I had. I was out celebrating a birthday last summer
Speaker 1: and there were a lot of us there, and my
Speaker 1: buddy's dad was celebrating with us, and he went and
Speaker 1: bought a bunch of drinks for everybody buying around, right,
Speaker 1: And he ended up bringing back like eight nine drinks,
Speaker 1: and the bill was really expensive. And after a while
Speaker 1: he started to think, like, yeah, I know, buying booze
Speaker 1: is expensive, but man, some didn't add up, And sure
Speaker 1: enough he checked the receipt and they had already included gratuity,
Speaker 1: which I guess because of how many drinks he bought,
Speaker 1: they were able to do that, but they didn't tell him,
Speaker 1: so he also tipped on top of that. And I
Speaker 1: feel like it's a little deceptive if you don't inform
Speaker 1: somebody whenever the tip is already included whenever they probably
Speaker 1: aren't expecting it. But I also am not surprised that
Speaker 1: they'll see if you'll tip them extra. I would have
Speaker 1: a hard time. What I would fear is the you
Speaker 1: aren't gonna tell me, because then I would be like, oh,
Speaker 1: I forgot you know, I don't know. I wouldn't I
Speaker 1: would not would well leave.
Speaker 3: Them though I wouldn't believe them if they said they
Speaker 3: forgot oho either.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And look, I am not somebody that would do
Speaker 1: well at being a server, and they're clearly very important
Speaker 1: and uh appreciated when you go out to dinner. So
Speaker 1: but I just you know, you've got to deal with
Speaker 1: a lot of people and a lot of interaction, and yeah,
Speaker 1: I would hate to get caught being being deceptive like that,
Speaker 1: which will keep me from doing it. But hey, maybe
Speaker 1: they're just trying to make a living. But I believe
Speaker 1: you should always be transparent. If the tip's already been
Speaker 1: taken out, let them know. And even if it's on
Speaker 1: the receipt, I think you should also still let them know.
Speaker 1: Maybe you're not required to, but anyhow. Or let's get
Speaker 1: an update on Travick and weather. We'll see what the
Speaker 1: eroads are looking like out here at Kentuckyana, and also
Speaker 1: we'll get an update on the forecast and another sport.
Speaker 1: It's update coming your way as well. Right here our
Speaker 1: news radio eight forty whas. It's eight forty six here
Speaker 1: at Kentucky, and it's morning news on news Radio eight
Speaker 1: forty whas Coffee and Company. And I've got some company
Speaker 1: right here, as the one and only Tony Venetti has
Speaker 1: joined me and.
Speaker 3: A bigger stars on the phone. George Timmering from Burno's
Speaker 3: it's a big day to day, George, Good morning, George.
Speaker 2: Good morning guys. Look I remember Nick Coffee doing the
Speaker 2: after game late night show Barenos Downtown fifteen years ago
Speaker 2: with his brother, and now he is the morning guy.
Speaker 2: I'm the big Stick eighty four whas.
Speaker 1: And one of those shows. Thank you, George, I'm glad
Speaker 1: you remember that one of those shows. Took place during
Speaker 1: a season when Louisville won a national championship, So it
Speaker 1: was it was dude, I'm not taking credit for the championship.
Speaker 2: Yes, I do.
Speaker 1: You remember those those good times. A lot of players
Speaker 1: would come over afterwards.
Speaker 2: Your brother was better than you. I don't know how
Speaker 2: you ended up.
Speaker 1: This is my cousin, not my brother. A lot of
Speaker 1: people assume he's Yes, he's the he's the talent of
Speaker 1: the family. He just chose to go and he chose
Speaker 1: to to work in a career where he can make
Speaker 1: a lot more money than I made.
Speaker 2: Look, we all well, congratulations and it's great to have
Speaker 2: you on and.
Speaker 1: Thank you appreciate that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you both had similar conversations with your parents. Of course,
Speaker 3: George went to he's got a law degree from Bandy Son.
Speaker 3: What are you gonna do? I'm gonna make Pizza's dad,
Speaker 3: And that's what he did, very very well in your Dwight's.
Speaker 2: People, my friends from school think I made it made
Speaker 2: sense because they knew how much treat that in college.
Speaker 1: Everybody loves pizza man. Who's happy?
Speaker 3: Are some of your lawyer buddies or you the career
Speaker 3: path that you have chosen. I would say, you.
Speaker 2: All well appreciate that, but well, we're excited today. It's
Speaker 2: a huge day. We're we are doing a benefit in
Speaker 2: memory of Michelle Rush, who is a Crimed against Children
Speaker 2: detective for the Louisville Metro Police Department. And she was
Speaker 2: really well liked in and very passionate about our job,
Speaker 2: and even when she was going through some tough times
Speaker 2: with chemo and whatnot, kept on fighting for the kids
Speaker 2: of Louisville and just just hear wonderful things. And she
Speaker 2: left behind a husband who also is on the police force,
Speaker 2: and three kids. And we were approached about doing a
Speaker 2: benefit today and everybody jumped on board, all thirteen area
Speaker 2: Barons location. So we're excited today. We're going to be
Speaker 2: doing twenty percent towards through the Rush family, through the
Speaker 2: Louisville Metro Police Foundation, all day, lunch, dinner. As I
Speaker 2: always tell people, when you know election time, vote early,
Speaker 2: and often today I'm saying, order food early and often
Speaker 2: want to We want people to We want to be
Speaker 2: packed at Baronos today so that we can give a
Speaker 2: big check. And then also, you know, today's more than
Speaker 2: just selling a lot of pizzas, so we can give
Speaker 2: a good check for the family. It's also about the camaraderie.
Speaker 2: You know, a lot of the biggest people that always
Speaker 2: support these benefits for us are always fellow first responders,
Speaker 2: and first responders really come together when they lose one
Speaker 2: of their own. It's a special bond. And so there'll
Speaker 2: be a lot of groups together, please fire ms, all
Speaker 2: of them meeting together. So it's always it's always. Uh,
Speaker 2: it's a day that you don't want to have because
Speaker 2: you know someone has passed. But then on the other hand,
Speaker 2: you're glad to have the opportunity to at least kind
Speaker 2: of show some people's support in their time.
Speaker 3: And ee, yeah, we sometimes dismiss the impact of one
Speaker 3: individual and her impact as a mother, as a wife,
Speaker 3: as a protector of children. For the city of Louisville.
Speaker 3: Think about just taking one person out and that void
Speaker 3: that has to be filled. And the husband now is
Speaker 3: his needs our help today? I mean he's got a
Speaker 3: mortgage now that he can't swing unless he gets help.
Speaker 3: And now he's mom and dad and he needs our
Speaker 3: help today. And let's just George won't say it, but
Speaker 3: twenty percent is basically what they make for a day.
Speaker 3: So give think about your business in thirteen stores and
Speaker 3: saying we're not going to make money on this day. Look,
Speaker 3: numbers in restaurants are a small of a margin anyway,
Speaker 3: So think about doing that in your month and then
Speaker 3: add it up in the month. But they do it
Speaker 3: without thinking, and it's good on you, George, and bear knows,
Speaker 3: So any bear knows today, please please try to stop
Speaker 3: buy and grab something to eat. And it goes to
Speaker 3: a great cause.
Speaker 2: And includes southern Indiana and Shepherdsville and then obviously all
Speaker 2: the Louisville Metro locations and most stores will be cranking
Speaker 2: up at eleven o'clock this morning, or you can probably
Speaker 2: even call sooner and get your order in and then
Speaker 2: be open at least till nine or ten o'clock tonight.
Speaker 2: You know, all day, all day long.
Speaker 3: The safest place in Louisville today will be any barons.
Speaker 3: They're going to be police, and every baron knows will
Speaker 3: be packed with cops. Save his place to have luxur
Speaker 3: dinner today will be a baros anywhere in town, George,
Speaker 3: which one will you be working at?
Speaker 2: I will be uh downtown at lunch today. I heard
Speaker 2: the chief might chief the police might stop by, so uh,
Speaker 2: you know, we hope we have a big, big crowd
Speaker 2: for that and and uh you know, like I said,
Speaker 2: do some good and then as Dwight likes to say,
Speaker 2: do some good in the neighborhood and uh, you know,
Speaker 2: let's pack out baronos today and really help this help
Speaker 2: this family and help uh you know, our first responders.
Speaker 2: I know Nick was talking earlier about you know, the
Speaker 2: events of the weekend and how you know these people
Speaker 2: go in, go in right when other people are running,
Speaker 2: they're going into trouble, and uh, you know that's that
Speaker 2: kind of hit home today, you know, important support and
Speaker 2: everybody today there's no better way to show appreciation to them,
Speaker 2: to make a big statement today for the Rush family
Speaker 2: and the Louisville Metro Police Foundation. So appreciate you all
Speaker 2: letting me on to tell about it, and we'll let's
Speaker 2: have a big day and thank you guys, and again
Speaker 2: congratulations Nick on the Morning Show.
Speaker 1: Thank you, George. Appreciate it. I'm sure, buddy, I'm sure
Speaker 1: there'll be big crowds at the various locations here in
Speaker 1: Kentucky and Ina, and certainly for a great cause. Just
Speaker 1: a tragic situation all the way around, and to your point, Tony,
Speaker 1: when it comes next to George, so it comes to
Speaker 1: those when it comes to just the outpouring of I mean,
Speaker 1: you really can sense somebody's impact when something like this,
Speaker 1: unfortunately happens. And the fraternity that is, those that work
Speaker 1: in law enforcement, first responders. You're right, every bear knows
Speaker 1: is going to be packed with transponders, good stuff.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so if you have a warned against you, I
Speaker 3: wouldn't go. But other than that, have fun.
Speaker 1: Good stuff. Thanks, Thanks, Tony. We'll be well, actually I'll
Speaker 1: be back in what eighteen hours something like that.
Speaker 3: We'll see here.
Speaker 1: Take care, Tony and Dwier coming up next right here
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