Scott performed a very long-distance search for his own phone
Scott began the week with what he considered some impressive detective work after leaving his phone in a cab.
He realised it was missing after getting home, pulled apart the house looking for it, then waited until the next morning before using the phone-tracking service. The handset was still ringing, suggesting it had not simply been stolen and switched off.
Repeated calls to the cab driver went unanswered, so Scott and his flatmate Gary got into the car and followed the dot on the map. It led them roughly two miles away to a block of flats.
That was where the investigation collapsed. They could establish that the phone was somewhere inside the building but had no idea which flat to approach, so after sitting outside they eventually went home.
Later the driver finally answered and returned the phone. Scott’s great detective operation had therefore consisted of successfully locating a large residential building and then giving up until the person with the phone called back.
Innocent apps were becoming unofficial dating services
Scott and Chris became increasingly irritated by people using apps designed for completely different purposes as dating platforms.
One listener described “Words With Friends”, essentially an online Scrabble game, where playing the word “jugs” for 32 points prompted her opponent to send a private message saying he would like to see hers. Her aunt had received similarly inappropriate comments despite using a profile picture with her husband.
Listeners also reported flirting on quiz apps, Facebook Marketplace and other services where the original purpose had nothing to do with romance.
Scott’s position was that there were already enough actual dating apps available. Anybody who wanted to flirt could use those and leave people attempting to play word games, buy furniture or answer quizzes in peace.
Ghostbusters produced the biggest twist yet
Listener Kim had met Trevor when he worked in a coffee shop near her workplace. They added each other across several social-media platforms, chatted for around two months and repeatedly discussed meeting up.
Eventually they agreed on a Monday. Kim messaged on the day asking where she should go after work. Trevor saw the message and then blocked her, not just on Facebook but on Snapchat and Instagram too.
With no explanation, the obvious assumption was that Trevor had behaved badly. Ghostbusters called him expecting to ask why he had disappeared rather than simply cancelling the date.
Trevor remembered Kim immediately, but his explanation changed the whole story. He had been talking about the planned date with one of his friends when he discovered that Kim and the friend had already got together on a night out.
Kim was brought back onto the call. She said she had not known the two men were friends at the time, and had not realised Trevor knew about it. She still thought he could have told her why he was no longer interested instead of blocking her everywhere.
Trevor held no particular grudge by the time of the call, but the mystery was solved. For once, the person labelled the ghost had an extremely specific reason for disappearing.
Scott and Chris admitted they had entered the call ready to confront Trevor and ended up with the exact opposite of the story they expected.
Bangers began another week of Scott versus Chris
Bangers returned with listener Alex, who was preparing for a four-week trip to Australia after several months of trying to improve his fitness.
Chris chose The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Snow (Hey Oh)”, while Scott’s side of the competition continued the recurring attempt to find a forgotten record that would win the listener over.
The feature again became as much about Scott and Chris criticising one another’s taste as it was about the actual listener request.
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