Steak Etiquette: Dating Disasters and Social Media Drama - Ep. 9

Ever witnessed something so bizarre on a first date that you had to do a double-take? That's exactly what happened when a man took his date to a high-end steakhouse, only to watch in horror as she ate the most expensive cut on the menu... with her bare hands. 

The Puff and Drink crew dives deep into this viral dating disaster, sparking a passionate debate about modern etiquette, personal boundaries, and who bears responsibility when social norms are shattered. While some argue for patience and understanding, others stand firm that certain behaviors are simply unacceptable, especially from adults who should know better. As one host colorfully puts it, "It's not a missing link - it's a whole goddamn chain missing."

This conversation naturally flows into a broader examination of today's dating landscape, including stories about people with outrageous pre-date demands and the importance of financial independence. The hosts share personal advice they give their own children: "Always be able to afford what you order" - wisdom that transcends generations and dating apps alike.

Not all is lost in the dating wasteland, however. The episode brightens with a delightful recommendation from a recent discovery: Mi Familiar Reposado Cristiano tequila paired with a vanilla Tatiana cigar, creating a smooth, sweet combination that pairs perfectly with a well-seasoned steak or grilled chicken. It's moments like these that remind us that good taste still exists - even if it's sometimes hard to find on first dates.

Join us for laughs, libations, and unfiltered opinions. Subscribe to our channel, check out our YouTube videos, and reach out with your own dating disaster stories or pairing suggestions. Who knows? Your story might be featured in our next episode!

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Chapters

• 0:00 Meet the Puff and Drink Family
• 1:38 First Date Disaster: Steak With Hands
• 5:03 Dating Etiquette Debate
• 9:01 Dating Standards and Expectations
• 15:40 Mi Familiar Tequila and Vanilla Pairing
• 19:50 Announcements and Podcast Info

Transcript

Byron P: 0:00

Cue the music.

Rodney - Jimmie: 0:10

What's going on? Puff and Drink, family man, it's great to be back. I am Rodney Q Love and I am throwing it over to you.

Byron P: 0:19

Hey, I'm Byron P and we'll later on talk about the Pairing of the day which is Meek to me Resposado Cristiano, and P. Later on we'll talk about the pairing of the day which is Mi Familia, resposado Cristiano, and we're going to pair that with a Tatiana Vanilla.

Rodney - Jimmie: 0:35

There's a story behind that. There's a story. Once again, I'm Jimmy Jefferson and we have a special announcement at the end of the show today.

Dennis: 0:43

All right.

Rodney - Jimmie: 0:44

And I'm Dennis Cotton and I wish I knew we have a special announcement at the end of the show today.

Dennis: 0:45

All right, all right, all right, and I'm Dennis cotton and I wish I knew, uh, additional language like my man Byron over here, because what he says sounded really smooth.

Rodney - Jimmie: 0:56

I think that's Spanish. It is Spanish, it's been doing that. There we go Toasted. There it is. Once again, thank y'all for joining in Puffin Drinks.

Dennis: 1:06

Cheers.

Rodney - Jimmie: 1:12

Mighty fine selection. I appreciate you, man.

Byron P: 1:14

Are we actually drinking with a scotch today? It is a scotch. What kind of scotch is it?

Rodney - Jimmie: 1:19

You know what? I didn't even look at the bottle.

Byron P: 1:21

It was an open one.

Dennis: 1:24

It was in a bottle. It was in a bottle.

Rodney - Jimmie: 1:27

It was in a bottle. It was glass too there we go. I didn't get it out of Walmart, ain't nothing wrong with? That.

Byron P: 1:38

Man, so I was on Facebook today and ran across this situation. Here we go.

Rodney - Jimmie: 1:45

Oh, here we go. It always starts across this situation here we go, here we go.

Byron P: 1:47

It always starts out this way here's the situation Guy meets this girl and wants to take her on a first date. They're going to take her to a high-end steak place, okay, and she orders the most expensive steak on the menu. And she orders the most expensive steak on the menu, okay, yes, we heard it before, but it hasn't happened to you.

Dennis: 2:14

This is a good story, don't get me wrong.

Rodney - Jimmie: 2:17

He's ready for the punchline.

Dennis: 2:19

I can hear the story over and over. Okay.

Byron P: 2:22

So she orders this steak and everything, and everything comes out. They're having a good old time with drinks and over. So she orders this steak and everything comes out. They're having a good, fucking good old time with drinks and everything.

Rodney - Jimmie: 2:29

Happy fat nasty.

Byron P: 2:31

Steak comes out, the girl grabs the steak with her hand and just starts eating the steak with her hand.

Rodney - Jimmie: 2:42

What's a steak tender? I don't know. Did she have to use a spoon to cut it, man?

Byron P: 2:51

So here it is. Okay. Now this guy he's just dumbfounded by how she's eating this steak. I will be too. So he's like you know what? This is the first date. This is going to be the last date. So you know, let me step off to the bathroom, I'll be right back. So he goes to the bathroom, he pays for his half Of the meal. He pays for his half of the meal, okay, all right. And he jets Right, wow.

Byron P: 3:20

So here it is. Now she's sitting there eating a steak by herself with her hands I'm sure everyone's looking at her, because it's a high end restaurant and she goes to text him like hey, are you OK? You've been in the bathroom for 10 minutes, go figure, go figure. And he texts her back hey, I'm gone, I could not take that, you know. And he's like I pay for'm gone. I could not take that. He's like I paid for my half and the rest is yours. She said wait a minute. Wait a minute. I can't afford this. You can't afford a steak that you ordered. You wanted me to pay for it, okay, I don't know how she got out the situation.

Rodney - Jimmie: 4:04

Well, dishes have to be washed.

Byron P: 4:08

So she puts him on social media, puts him on blast.

Rodney - Jimmie: 4:12

Of course she does.

Byron P: 4:14

And she says that he should have taught her how to eat the steak. Should have taught her. Yeah, she, he should have taught her how to eat the steak, instead of leaving.

Rodney - Jimmie: 4:27

Okay, Well, of course, of course I have questions and cussing, so I mean, I don't know which one's coming first, but you can damn sure bet something's coming.

Byron P: 4:36

So in this situation, if you were in that situation, what are some of the pros and cons of what he did? Was she at least 18? We're going to say it Okay, judging by the video. Well, the picture she was probably about mid-30s, okay, and didn't know how to eat.

Rodney - Jimmie: 4:59

You know what I'm saying.

Byron P: 5:01

And this is the first date and everything, and he sees this and the first date and everything, and he sees this and the outcome was just. I mean, I'm not Look, I probably would do the same thing, but it's just, it's unfortunate.

Dennis: 5:17

It's unfortunate.

Byron P: 5:19

With this day and age. Okay, you can Google, you can go to YouTube and find anything on how to do anything anywhere.

Rodney - Jimmie: 5:32

I do have problems with this. I have a lot of problems with it because when they brought the steak to her, I'm assuming that they brought a steak knife and then on top of that there had to be utensils already on that. I'm sorry for those who don't know what utensils are A fork and a spoon.

Byron P: 5:48

Fork and spoon yes, okay.

Dennis: 5:50

You know okay.

Rodney - Jimmie: 5:51

It's to the left, it can.

Dennis: 5:53

It can be you know the most.

Rodney - Jimmie: 5:54

You know, depending on how ignorant your ass is, it could be on the right, it don't matter. So she saw these tools and she decided that it was appropriate, in this high-end restaurant, to grab the steak with her paws, yes and eat it barbarian style wait, she got her nails done also, so well looking nice.

Rodney - Jimmie: 6:20

She got a strengthened yeah yeah, wow so wow wow, you know the custom I have with this is some bullshit on this altogether. You do understand that, but that I do, don't. I don't understand why this young lady you know will say mid 30s.

Byron P: 6:36

OK, you know, she looked about mid 30s.

Rodney - Jimmie: 6:38

I don't think it was his responsibility to teach her how to eat a steak properly, you know, or to to eat food properly. Right, right you you know you're looking at as I said it right you're looking at as you know, you, you, you, you've been taught to. You know being, even if it's just a low-end restaurant. I mean, you know something you know like applebee's or some shit like that.

Dennis: 7:01

It don't matter mcdonald's exactly.

Rodney - Jimmie: 7:03

You're still going to eat with some form of etiquette, you know and I know that. You know the schools don't teach that and you know you probably didn't learn that while you was, you know, scruffing and roughing up and down the street, but at the same time yo ignorant ass should have known I said it right and y'all can reach out to me. Puffin Drinks.

Dennis: 7:22

Jimmy.

Rodney - Jimmie: 7:22

Jefferson, so help me understand this. Y'all got comments on this. Please, y'all feel free. We want y'all to comment on this because our comment line is open and y'all can take and throw comments and we will respond, I promise you we will. Absolutely. Now I will throw one caveat in. When she mentioned you should teach me. Now I'm just going to give you a quick story. We've all been to a Brazilian steakhouse, correct?

Dennis: 7:49

Yeah, Red, green, red green.

Rodney - Jimmie: 7:52

Now part of the size they bring you. You know they bring out, you know, some mashed potatoes, things like that.

Byron P: 7:58

Yeah, family style.

Rodney - Jimmie: 8:01

I went on a date. Old girl thought the mashed potatoes was all hers. She grabbed the whole bowl and I had to say honey, honey, honey, honey, no, no, no. And I mean she was like yo, you about to get down with this.

Rodney - Jimmie: 8:17

As soon as your ass gets down, lick it a spoon another spoon please so you know I did have to, you know, talk her down like no, no, honey, we don't know, you have to do this. And as she looked at me with her trinket spit running down her face, I eventually got through to her is this a real story? You mean real story you know I don't understand this. I think we're at this point right now, especially within our culture I can't speak for anybody else, but within our culture that there's something amiss.

Rodney - Jimmie: 8:58

We talk about the missing link. It's a whole goddamn chain missing it's a whole chain missing.

Dennis: 9:07

It's a whole other thing. All right, look as the edumacator. Unless there's a backstory, unless you share with my man that look, I'm special ed. I just got out the joint. I need some guidance.

Rodney - Jimmie: 9:25

It could have been.

Dennis: 9:26

Even though it's just a joint, I've been to college.

Byron P: 9:30

They learn.

Dennis: 9:32

I'm trying to help out.

Byron P: 9:33

This is a sinking ship.

Dennis: 9:35

This is a sinking ship, but damn With our hands. With our hands. There's no excuse, my man. He did what he had to do to survive To survive.

Byron P: 9:50

I have all respect for her. Let me tell you this, so I've told my daughters okay, same here. Go on, when you go out to eat with someone, always be able to afford what you order.

Rodney - Jimmie: 10:04

There you go what you order If somebody decides to clown that day, you don't give, you go what you order. If somebody decides to clown that day, you don't give a damn, let them roll, it don't matter, if they want to clown that day roll.

Byron P: 10:13

Let them roll, you got yours.

Rodney - Jimmie: 10:16

If that don't work and you have daughters, just like I do and everything else, I don't hold it up and tell them if you have a situation like that, you don't have it. Call it costs money you that you don't have it call it costs money. You're not going to be in a situation like that. Something happens. Shit happens, it is what it is, or just give her a credit card, just put it on that. Just be done with it, call it a day, all this other yin and yang.

Dennis: 10:37

Come on man.

Rodney - Jimmie: 10:42

I guess the general consensus is who would have ditched, who would have left, who would have nurtured and tried to teach?

Byron P: 10:50

Oh you're asking us.

Rodney - Jimmie: 10:53

Okay, okay, okay, all right, all right. Start with your ass, Opposed to ditching and running. I might have tried to consult, oh.

Byron P: 11:02

What would you say? Put that shit down, embarrassing me.

Rodney - Jimmie: 11:10

Take your clown ass and put that shit down.

Dennis: 11:13

We need a goddamn waffle house.

Rodney - Jimmie: 11:18

You had to fight for your meal but you get scattered, smothered and covered Was she eating it like that, covering it up.

Byron P: 11:30

So, yeah, I was talking to my brother at the house and everything, and I told him about this topic and everything. He said you know, he was oh, baby, oh, let me get them to cut that up for you see, I said, and then she picked up the pieces with her hands oh my god, and see, I don't know if there was a win-win on that one.

Rodney - Jimmie: 11:49

You could have jazzed it up and said hey, baby, if you really want to be fancy use that little fork and hold your finger out. I know that's right. He had to laugh at that shit himself. I'm not teaching shit.

Dennis: 12:08

I'm sorry man, my highly cultured friend over there.

Rodney - Jimmie: 12:11

No, I'm just not teaching a damn thing on that one man, that one right there. I don't think old boy should have left, but there should have been a conversation afterwards and everything else and explain how it went left, you know, or videoed how it went wrong. I don't think leaving would have been a good thing to do either, but I just think that you, you could have actually taken the time and you know okay, let's eat, I'm gonna let her ignorant ass eat, you know. You know it's clear, you gotta let a little.

Byron P: 12:39

Let her ignorant ass eat, you know but at that point you let her eat. Now you have to pay for it well, yes, yes and no.

Rodney - Jimmie: 12:47

But at the same time, you know, I wouldn't have done that. I'm not about to pay for ignorance. Well, true that, true that. But here's the thing and I'm curious to know you know, and this is, we don't know the backstory, just like Dennis said we don't. Did he know she was ignorant beforehand?

Dennis: 13:05

or oh. Did he know she was ignorant beforehand, or was he just looking at her boobs?

Rodney - Jimmie: 13:08

there we go there you go she got a great rack. There you go. That's what I'm wondering. He got caught up with the window dressing, yeah, and he found out when they pulled that mannequin out of that goddamn window. Everything was messed up. Oh, you know, I ain't trying to be a you know hard ass about this, but I'm just saying you know.

Byron P: 13:43

And then on his side. Maybe this is like his 10th date within the last six months. I could see that and he's just not settling.

Rodney - Jimmie: 13:52

But see, you know, we're not in a dating game, he seems to swipe, exactly, but the shit that I keep seeing on all these different social channels and everything else is disturbing as hell.

Byron P: 14:02

It is you know and it makes you grateful for what you have.

Rodney - Jimmie: 14:06

Oh my God, oh hell, because you know, and it makes you grateful. Oh my god, oh, I think I went in the game because in the game, man, that you know. I guess it's changed so dramatically now that you got to have. I saw the that you. You mentioned this one young lady, but did you see the other one young lady, who, who, who, gave a laundry list of what must be done in order for her to go out with her?

Rodney - Jimmie: 14:27

oh yeah, I mean, and she said that you know you're going to take care. You know by that, you know by, you know take out for her kids you're going to take and make sure you pay the babysitter. You're going to take and pay for her hair and nails. You're going to buy her a whole outfit. You're going to have to make sure that you, if you don't pick her up, that you send a car for her you gotta give me a better job.

Dennis: 14:49

Yeah, put my mother up, she's, she's on she's on.

Rodney - Jimmie: 14:52

I, I saw her on. It was on facebook or instagram, one of the two of that shit, it's all the same. But yeah, she had a laundry list. But you know you can respect that because she told you up front. She told you up front. You know what to expect. That's why friday night for her is a lonely MF.

Dennis: 15:08

That's right.

Rodney - Jimmie: 15:10

Last time I heard she was over at Starbucks scrapping for the pumpkin latte. That's all she was scrapping for it. She was doing arm wrestling for the pumpkin latte. It's $8,. God damn it. Come on, she's got to get that corner right out the bottom of the glass Somebody going to buy me a pumpkin latte.

Byron P: 15:32

That is crazy. That is crazy, man. What's the pairing? All right, so the wife and I went to.

Rodney - Jimmie: 15:41

Milwaukee Okay.

Byron P: 15:42

And went to this Total Wines. There and this is a little tidbit for everyone to know you go into Total Wine and things that are on the barrels in the aisles you can taste, test those Did not know that.

Byron P: 15:57

Just get an associate to come and say I want to taste test this. So I pulled this lady aside and she's like well, what do you want to taste test? I'm like, oh well, we start here. And she's like well, what do you want to taste test? I'm like, oh well, we start here. And she's like oh yeah, I want you to start here. And then she took us to almost every barrel in total wines.

Dennis: 16:14

This is in Michigan, right. No you said Milwaukee, we went to Wisconsin.

Rodney - Jimmie: 16:18

Did she ask you afterwards? And everything else. Would you like to buy anything? No, baby, I'm full. No, no baby I'm full?

Byron P: 16:24

no, because after the second spot we started putting bottles in the cart. So she's like uh, okay, I want you to taste something else and everything. So we got to this one spot where it's tequila. It's me familiar now. I'm familiar with me, familiar because we drink the extra nejo, okay, she said this is a good one, this is a Resposado Cristiano. That's the mannish. Again, there we go.

Byron P: 16:51

So, this is in between a regular Resposado and an anejo. Okay, and I kind of mentioned it, we do the podcast about the puff and drinks and the cigars pairing and she's like you know, I smoke cigars and everything she said. A good pairing with this me familiar risposado, cristiano, is a vanilla Tatiana.

Rodney - Jimmie: 17:20

Infused, yeah, Vanilla Tatiana.

Byron P: 17:25

So of course we stopped infused yeah, a vanilla Tatiano a vanilla Tatiano so of course we stopped you had to go get you had to go find it stopped because you know Total Wines has a humidor. Yep, sure do. We stopped in there and got us a vanilla Tatiano, and I must say was it awesome yes, it is. Ooh, yes, it is that. Yes, it is. That's the kind of shit I'm talking about.

Rodney - Jimmie: 17:48

What would you pair to eat with that?

Byron P: 17:51

A dessert. It could be a medium rare steak. Medium rare steak or a good seasoned chicken off the grill. Okay, what about some wild game?

Rodney - Jimmie: 18:04

Wild game, a good seasoned chicken off the grill. Okay, okay, all right, yeah, yeah, what about some wild game?

Byron P: 18:10

Wild game is always good. Wild game is always good. But see, so this is more on your sweet side, okay.

Rodney - Jimmie: 18:17

I can see that Okay.

Byron P: 18:18

So you need to counterbalance with something.

Rodney - Jimmie: 18:21

A little salty, yeah, okay, okay, a little barbecue-ish, okay, a little barbecue-ish, okay Not too much barbecue-ish, but just like a good seasoned steak.

Byron P: 18:31

Okay, you know, with the saltiness to it and everything, or that chicken breast that you have good seasoning on, would you recommend a? Sauce with it no sauce, no sauce, no sauce.

Rodney - Jimmie: 18:46

I was about to say like a nice little zip sauce or some kind of no sauce, no sauce. I was about to say like a nice little zip sauce or some kind of sauce.

Byron P: 18:51

It may probably have, as far as vegetables, a good Brussels sprout, yeah.

Rodney - Jimmie: 18:59

That'll be good.

Byron P: 19:01

We didn't eat anything with it, but we did drink and smoke. That's all that matters. That's all that matters.

Rodney - Jimmie: 19:06

That's all that matters. That's all that matters. You know, well, gentlemen, I don't know what our time looks like, but almost approaching time, okay, well, gentlemen, I don't know if everybody knows or anything like that, but we have to take it and let everybody know, and this is the big announcement for the night and everything else is that on September the 8th, one of the members of puff and drinks will be turning 60. Yes, there it is, and we want to take and let everybody know. Please wish Rodney love, on September the 8th, a happy birthday. He will be turning the big six, so a gigantic meal milestone. I was about to say millstone, god damn.

Dennis: 19:45

I'm talking about that girl. So a gigantic milestone. I was about to say millstone, god damn that millstone.

Rodney - Jimmie: 19:48

I'm talking about that girl and her ignorant ass and my ignorant ass. Well, thank you, joe, cheers my brother, cheers my brother Well my cup is empty, but hey cheers brother.

Byron P: 20:00

Oh, wait a minute, I got a little left 60 years old man Yep.

Rodney - Jimmie: 20:05

As long as I still got lead in my pencil, that's all that matters. That's the TMI. Nobody gives a goddamn.

Dennis: 20:10

I know he cares, do y'all know what he meant by that?

Rodney - Jimmie: 20:14

If not, they'll figure it out and then keep in mind and everything else, folks too, that if you have any comments or anything like that because we definitely want to actually get your feedback on YouTube, Our channel is on YouTube, you can look us up. Puffin Drinks All of our podcasts, gentlemen, are now being published on YouTube as well, so all of them and keep in mind too.

Rodney - Jimmie: 20:39

we will be giving you guys merch, coming out with something new pretty much every other month, and we'll also have one additional incentive where, if we say we're going to be at a particular place, whoever comes out first might get a piece of merch and can sit with us and possibly be on the show with us.

Byron P: 20:58

Yes, okay, yes, absolutely.

Rodney - Jimmie: 21:01

And don't forget, let everybody know too. If you're interested in advertising with us, feel free to reach out to us on Puff and Drinks at gmailcom. It's just one word Puff and Drinks at gmailcom. And then let us know that you're interested in and we can put you on the spot. We can actually, you know, do the whole thing, or you can do, you know, a couple of shows.

Byron P: 21:20

However you want to do it, we can actually work with you, so it's not a problem, and if you have any ideas that you or conversation or topics you want us to tackle. We'll talk shit about it, we will jump in there and we'll bring it up and everything. We'll research it and we'll do our thing.

Dennis: 21:36

Yep, did you say research? Well, Like actually looking at information.

Rodney - Jimmie: 21:43

Yeah, we'll. You know, do a Google search or some shit.

Dennis: 21:46

Chat GPT.

Rodney - Jimmie: 21:48

Chat GPT. Somebody give me some information.

Byron P: 21:53

I mean, it's not everything. We know everything. Now, God, can you have?

Rodney - Jimmie: 21:56

some recommendations for something that you'd like us to try.

Dennis: 21:59

Yeah.

Rodney - Jimmie: 22:02

Expound upon. Hey, most definitely. And if you definitely want us to come and actually do an opening of your, definitely. And if you definitely want us to come and actually do an opening of your spot, or if you want us to come and be guests at your spot, let us know.

Dennis: 22:11

We're more than happy to do so. If you like us, let us know. If you hate us, okay, let us know.

Rodney - Jimmie: 22:16

No, they can keep that shit to themselves. Okay, I agree. Well, you don't get any merch.

Dennis: 22:23

No no.

Rodney - Jimmie: 22:24

No, no Christmas gifts, no Christmas gifts for them.

Dennis: 22:28

No, okay. So if you like us, and if you really like us, let us know.

Rodney - Jimmie: 22:31

There you go, there you go. That's what we'd like.

Byron P: 22:34

Because we like you.

Rodney - Jimmie: 22:35

We might.

Byron P: 22:36

Yeah. We like all our listeners, we love all our subscribers and everything else.

Rodney - Jimmie: 22:43

Our show is picking up a lot of viewers and we definitely want everyone to join and pick up and become, you know, active with us and we'll, we'll travel with you and you travel with us. Yeah, absolutely, there we go.

Dennis: 22:54

Yep.

Rodney - Jimmie: 22:54

Yep, yep, yep, yep. Well, gang, we want to thank you guys for hanging out with us for another segment of puff and drinks. Drinks. I am Rodney Q Love and I am Byron B. I'm Jimmy Jefferson.

Dennis: 23:07

Dennis L Cotter.

Rodney - Jimmie: 23:09

Gang toast it out Empty cup, but don't matter.

Dennis: 23:14

And my cup is still empty.

Rodney - Jimmie: 23:15

You got an air cup, man, Ah crap.

Byron P: 23:20

Till next time y'all.

Rodney - Jimmie: 23:22

Yeah, we'll fill up, don't worry about it.

Dennis: 23:24

All right.