Pandemic Pool Party

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A neighbor asks to use another neighbor's pool for his son's birthday party during the pandemic, leading to a fight about safety and race.

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Speaker 1

Hey dark.

Speaker 1

How you doing?

Speaker 1

This is Kendrick.

Speaker 1

I live in the neighborhood.

Speaker 1

I got your number for one of the neighbors.

What?

Speaker 2

Which neighbor?

Speaker 1

Do you know Louise that lives, I guess, a couple doors down from you?

Speaker 2

I know Louise.

Speaker 2

Louisy.

Speaker 2

Yep, I know Easy.

Okay.

Speaker 1

Listen, I got a bit of an issue here.

Speaker 1

I'm I'm not actually on your street.

Speaker 1

I'm a I'm a the next street over.

Speaker 1

But uh Louise told me that you might be willing to help me out due to the whole uh you know Okay.

Speaker 2

Yeah, due to the whole pick.

Speaker 1

All right, due to the pandemic situation, the clubhouse is actually closed.

Speaker 2

It is.

Speaker 1

And you know, nobody's able to use the gym, nobody's able to use the pool or anything like that until all of this kind of kind of passes over.

Speaker 1

But my son's birthday was actually his birthday party is scheduled for this coming weekend.

Speaker 1

And we now don't have a pool to use.

Speaker 1

And we wanted to see if you didn't mind letting us borrow your pool on Saturday and uh and have my son's birthday party.

Speaker 2

Only a couple of hours.

Speaker 2

You know, they for like 15, 20 kids.

Speaker 2

Yeah, 15 or 20 kids?

Speaker 2

Are you in the United States?

Speaker 2

Do you understand what's going on?

Speaker 2

I don't know why Louise told you that.

Speaker 2

I'm so hard.

Speaker 2

I'm just gonna apologize for her.

Speaker 2

I don't know why she told you anything like that, but I'm not lending out my pool to no 15 and 20 kids.

Speaker 2

Now we had a small gathering the other week, but it was only three people, and I guess she saw that, and I told her that, you know, it was a birthday party, but I don't mean I'm lending out my pool to people.

Speaker 2

That's not what it being.

Speaker 2

That was a family member, and I don't even know you.

Speaker 2

So for her to even give you my number was kind of goofy.

Speaker 2

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker 2

So I'm gonna go.

Speaker 1

Okay, okay, so so wait, wait, wait a minute, wait a minute.

Speaker 1

We already know it's that we're in a pandemic.

Speaker 1

I got that.

Speaker 2

Yeah.

Speaker 1

But I mean, you know, my son finna turn 10.

Speaker 1

You know what I mean?

Speaker 1

So, I mean, I don't want to tell my son that we're not gonna have his pool party.

Speaker 1

I mean, I'm just asking you for a couple hours, and it ain't between kids.

Speaker 1

Yeah, but I know what I mean.

Speaker 2

Son baby, I'm sorry.

Speaker 2

Like you're gonna have to find why don't you go to a hotel or something like that?

Speaker 2

And maybe you can like rent out their pool or something, but I'm not lending my pool to anybody.

Speaker 2

And right now, things aren't cleared up.

Speaker 2

I don't even know if I'm allowed to.

Speaker 2

And you talk about 15 to 20 people in my house, and I don't even know.

Speaker 1

I'm talking about I'm talking about 15 to 20, and then she told me you would be, you know, you would be straight with me using the using your barbecue grill or whatever, so I could do some hot dogs for the kids.

Speaker 2

Okay, well, I okay, well, sir, I'm sorry.

Speaker 2

I think Louise got the wrong idea.

Speaker 2

You know what?

Speaker 1

This this is what this is what's wrong with black people right here.

Speaker 2

This right here, this is what's wrong with black people.

Speaker 2

Who know that this virus is out here killing people, killing kids, and going ramble on everybody.

Speaker 2

No, no, because my thing is you're not gonna put my family at risk for your little son.

Speaker 2

Now, you can go ahead, like I said, and maybe call one of these hotels or motels and see if they can let you use their pool.

Speaker 2

You're not using my pool, sir.

Speaker 2

And like I said, I don't know why Louise gave you my number, but I'm sorry that you haven't called it.

Speaker 1

I don't know why Louise gave me your number either.

Speaker 1

If you're gonna sit here and act an ass somebody.

Speaker 2

Excuse me, sir.

Speaker 2

Okay, I on this note, I'm just gonna end this call because you take it too far, okay?

Speaker 2

You have to you know what?

Speaker 1

You know what?

Speaker 1

I'm gonna do what I'm not finna do is deny my son.

Speaker 2

I'm just gonna come over there.

Speaker 2

I don't have nothing to do with me.

Speaker 2

I don't understand.

Speaker 1

I'm just gonna

Speaker 1

I'm coming over there throwing my pool party for my son anyway.

Speaker 1

I'm not finna not.

Speaker 1

Well, Louise already told me you was cool and now you're gonna act like you're not cool.

Speaker 2

Louise said I'm cool because I am cool, boo-boo, but I'm not cool with you.

Speaker 2

I don't fing know you.

Speaker 2

Okay?

Speaker 1

So if you I told you I'm Kendrick from one street over.

Speaker 1

I told you I was

Speaker 2

I don't give a flying f who you are.

Speaker 2

It doesn't matter.

Speaker 2

I don't know you well enough to let you use my pool.

Speaker 2

You're not using my pool, and that's the bottom line.

Speaker 1

So you're not gonna be able to do it.

Speaker 1

My son, my son.

Speaker 1

Justin don't turn T in but one damn time.

Speaker 2

We all just turned 10 one time.

Speaker 2

What are you talking about?

Speaker 2

I'm not gonna not finna not have no pool party for my car so bad.

Speaker 2

So how about you try them white people and see if they let you use their pool?

Speaker 2

There's other people around here.

Speaker 2

You got John across the street from me.

Speaker 2

Ask him to see if that white can let you use this pool.

Speaker 2

You coming to me talking about this white black people can't do and all this kind of stuff.

Speaker 2

Ain't about being black.

Speaker 2

It's about being safe.

Speaker 2

You're not coming in here.

Speaker 2

I don't know what kind of antibodies you got.

Speaker 2

I don't know if you had COVID.

Speaker 2

You ain't even saying no sh like that.

Speaker 2

You ain't even tell me whether all y'all been tested, all the kids have been tested.

Speaker 2

Can you tell me?

Speaker 1

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, look, listen, listen.

Speaker 2

This is what I'm gonna tell you.

Speaker 1

I'm there Saturday at noon, waiting on the 20 kids to come.

Speaker 2

It's gonna be but two hours over there.

Speaker 2

Good luck.

Speaker 2

And yeah, guess what?

Speaker 2

I'ma crack clack, reach you back.

Speaker 2

You come to my house pulling up with some kids, you're gonna catch a bad one.

Speaker 2

And I will have the police get away.

Speaker 2

What time is the party, baby?

Speaker 2

Because I will have police here.

Speaker 2

Wait.

Speaker 2

You're not coming in my yard.

Speaker 2

You got people out here getting killed for dumb sh.