Dame Taylor Returns from London Town - ATS - 5.20.24

Oh man, we are so back. The sun is shining, the cicadas are not deafening us yet and we did a daily discussion topic about stealing, we did not miss a beat being on vacation. This, of course, was brought on by something Angi did in London but we opened by asking if the roadies had ever stolen from a hotel or restaurant. For example, a 60 year old rich woman known by Angi stole a silver butter tray once. Apparently, the rich are the most prone to stealing because they're used to taking everything from the poor as is but also because they have to have a way to find fun when they have everything. The thing is, people love junk and will fight other things like Rock 95.5 keychains and shirts because it's there for the taking. The same could be said of those big juicy pens, which is essentially how this technically started and then we had the Angi tack on. Of people polled, more than half said it is fine to take a branded pen from a hotel. It should be considered complementary marketing since it's branded and you clearly wanted it enough to steal it and show it off. Weirdly enough, on the flip side, only 8% of people think it is okay to steal a pen from a restaurant, say the one left with the bill. If you were curious for more of a breakdown, Midwestern Gen X women steal from restaurants and Gen Z men take from hotels. Tying this back around to our resident show klepto (remember when she stole money from Dairy Queen to buy wine coolers at 16?,) Angi was at breakfast in her hotel in London when something caught her eye. She saw these mini jars of British jam and marmalade and she wanted so badly to shove them in her purse. As she did unload the entire haul in there, Jay the Straight freaked out and called her a thief. Before he could jump out of his chair and ask for the cops to take her away, she was shamed into not stealing the jars. As for Marris, when he was at bad AirBNB's, Marris would take something like a pillow or the liquor that was left out. Angi was stunned on several fronts, first that Marris would "rob someone's home," then that people left liquor out for guests to drink. I'm assuming all her next trips will be AirBNB's now. Marris explained that he would pretend that they drank the liquor while there and just take it all home with them. Now it's been ages since I stayed at a hotel so I can't comment on that but I think all of us had a klepto phase when we were younger, stealing was always such a rush. Before implicating ourselves in anything further, let's just get to the Request Line roadies. Sara stole a robe and slippers from a hotel before it was customary to be charged for taking them. It was in Hawaii as well so you know it was fancy. Sam was so excited to talk about stealing pillows that she swore and had to be given the boot. Austin will bring home the bath towels from hotels. Stephanie steals sauces from Chipotle. Katie steals k cups from hotels and Angi was in 100% in assuming they just belonged to you. Leanne stole towels from The Stanley Hotel, made famous in the movie The Shining. Rad Dad takes condiments from restaurants and shampoos and lotions from hotels and gives those to the homeless. Oddly, Angi again said that those are clearly meant for the guests to take. If you are looking for more roadie thoughts or have your own, hit up our Facebook group (Angi Taylor Show) and drop us a comment.