00:00All right, what do you want first, good news or bad news?
00:0399.5 QIK, it's Mark and Melanie, Tampa Bay's morning crew.
00:07This is an official scientific survey that was put out.
00:10They ask men and women, you know, people say, well, what do you want first, the good news
00:14or the bad news?
00:15I always get nervous when somebody calls me and they're like, all right, good news or
00:19bad news?
00:20And I'm like, oh, oh.
00:23Brian does this to me all the time.
00:25Oh, you know what?
00:26My wife does it to me all the time.
00:28I already know.
00:29If they say that, it's not good and bad.
00:31It's bad, bad.
00:33One is just less bad.
00:34I usually agree.
00:35Yeah.
00:36Now, you know what?
00:36That's funny.
00:37I usually agree that the good is not as good as the bad's bad.
00:41You know what I'm saying?
00:42The bad's always, it stings a little more than the good raises you up.
00:45That's hype.
00:46It's always a good sign, though, when the bad isn't that bad.
00:49And you're just like, oh, well, I can't wait to hear the good.
00:51If that was bad news.
00:52So what do you pick?
00:53I always go with the bad news first.
00:56I want to get it out of the way, and then I want to end on a high note.
00:59Okay, Kevin, what do you do?
01:01I'll take the bad news.
01:02I think I change it up sometimes.
01:04It depends on the situation.
01:05If you change it up, you just...
01:07I'll go good news this time.
01:08All right.
01:09What about you?
01:09Buck, what do you think?
01:10Well, I'll tell you my thing.
01:12All right, you go last.
01:13I don't play their game.
01:14I say, dude, just tell me.
01:16Just tell me what's going on.
01:17You make them pick?
01:18Yeah.
01:18Oh, that's good.
01:19Give me all the info.
01:20So when this happened the other day, someone walked into the office, they're like, all
01:23right, good news or bad news?
01:25And I was like, I was like, don't give me the good news.
01:28They gave me the good news, and I walked out of the room afterwards.
01:31That's how you do it.
01:32That's how you do it.
01:33And it was all good news.
01:34I got the last laugh.
01:35There was no bad news.
01:36I like that style.
01:37I mean, there was, but I just walked out.
01:38I'm going to try that.
01:39Give it a roll.
01:41All right, so here's how it breaks down.
01:4257% of people say they want to hear bad news first, then good news.
01:47Only 29% would ever want to hear the good news and bad news.
01:51But listen to this.
01:52Women are more likely than men to want to hear bad news first.
01:56Oh, well, I fit into the study.
01:58I feel like women are a lot better at dealing with bad news.
02:01They can make a better plan to adjust.
02:04But guys, we get all hung up on bad news, and we're like, forget it.
02:08It's over.
02:09It's done.
02:09Forget it.
02:10You know what I mean?
02:10But women are like, all right, we can handle this.
02:13We can deal with it.
02:14It's fine.
02:15Yeah, and then we focus on the good news.
02:17Right.
02:17I don't think guys are good at that.
02:19Not us.
02:19Nope.
02:20We hear something bad, and we're like, it's over.
02:24Yeah, it's over.
02:25End of the world.
02:25Pack it up.
02:26Let's get out.
02:27Forget it.
02:28It's done.
02:29It's over.
02:30I think it happens when you have kids, too.
02:32And it's like, all right, we got some bad news.
02:34What's the bad news?
02:35We're out of diapers.
02:36All right, my day's done.
02:37I got to go to the store and get that.
02:39And that's it.
02:39That's all I'm going to do today.
02:40That's the day.
02:41All right, good news or bad news first.
02:42Text us, or you can call us.
02:44What's your strategy?
02:45800-992-1099.
02:48Listen, if you've never tried to get the good news and then run, it's a good strategy.
02:53You also get in shape that way, too.
02:55You get good news, and then you just start running as fast as you can from the way to
02:58the people.
02:58Mark looks so good.
02:59What's he been doing lately?
03:00Well, he's been running away from bad news.
03:01We've just been getting good news.
03:03We've just been getting good news.
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