PODCAST · comedy
Need Not Apply
by Gina and Gary Cavallo
Need Not Apply is a podcast where we read your real life work stories and react with levity and advice from our personal experience in the work world. Submit your stories to [email protected]
Episodes
-
Episode 89 - Trash Pandas, Trash Customers
Gina and Gary are back with a shortened episode of Need Not Apply as they continue navigating the final stretch of their move. Between packing up nine years of life, sorting makeup and Pokémon cards, bruising toes, battling apartment chaos, and trying to stay sane, they still make time for one...
-
Episode 88 - My Mom Wants to Speak to My Manager
Gina and Gary are back with episode 88 of Need Not Apply... sort of. After a full day of packing, moving, and attempting to survive the chaos of their temporary recording setup, Riverside decides to throw its own little tantrum and wipes out part of the episode. What remains is a shorter…
more -
Episode 87 - Best Dressed, Least Impressed
Gina and Gary are back with episode 87 of Need Not Apply, and this week they’re talking coworkers: the ones who take everything personally, the ones who think they’ve outsmarted management, and the ones who somehow turn a handmade gown and a harmless fashion walk into an HR situation. It’s...
-
Episode 86 - Access Denied, Dignity Restored
Gina and Gary are back with episode 86 of Need Not Apply, where they take a detour through the wild world of Ask Reddit. This week’s stories include a catastrophic pharmaceutical database mistake that somehow becomes a career win, a manager so cruel she makes everyone’s blood boil, and the kind…
more -
Episode 85 -The Devil’s Pastry Meets the Devil’s Lettuce
Gina and Gary are back with episode 85 of Need Not Apply — after some technical difficulties, a delayed upload, and a lot of editing frustration. This week, they return to one of their favorite Reddit categories: TIFU, featuring a library program that nearly causes a fire-department response, a...
-
Episode 84 - Revenge Is Best Served in Switzerland
Gina and Gary are back with episode 84 of Need Not Apply, where workplace drama escalates into full-on revenge plots. This week, they dive into two Pro Revenge stories featuring a bakery manager who gets caught in a web of her own lies and a former employee who pulls off an international long con...
-
Episode 83 - The One Where a Listener Writes In
Hold onto your coffee, folks. In this episode, we're diving into the craziest childcare stories that prove sometimes the biggest problem isn’t the toddlers — it’s the adults running the show. Spoiler alert: one coworker thought it was OK to put diaper cream on a child's vulva without gloves, and...
-
Episode 82 - Held Hostage by Retail
Gina and Gary are back with another chaotic episode of Need Not Apply, and this one has everything: a convenience store manager panic spiral, a pregnant customer on a mission, a bleak AI scare, and a heartfelt reminder that retail workers are sometimes the only people holding the world together....
-
Episode 81 - Check-In, Checkmate
Gina and Gary are back with episode 81, and this one is a full-on grab bag of workplace nonsense, hotel drama, nostalgic tangents, and animal chaos. This week’s episode opens with a parasite outbreak update, a Taylor Farms lettuce correction, a leather jacket auction, a detour into early-2000s...
-
Episode 80 - Labor Day of the Worst Kind
Gina and Gary are back with episode 80 of Need Not Apply, and this one is packed with workplace absurdity, bad judgment, and a few surprisingly intense news stories. The episode kicks off with a nationwide parasite outbreak including Taco Bell ingredient drama, a terrifying plane window incident,...
-
Episode 79 - A$$ First, Questions Later
Gina and Gary are back with another episode of Need Not Apply, the podcast about workplace chaos, awkward overshares, and weird news that somehow gets weirder by the minute. This week’s episode includes a very unfortunate phone gallery mishap at work, a CEO who definitely saw more than he…
more -
Episode 78 - Server’s Gotta Eat
Gina and Gary are back with another episode of Need Not Apply, the podcast about Reddit workplace stories, customer service chaos, and weird news that somehow keeps getting weirder. This week’s episode features a server getting judged for sitting down to eat during an 11-hour double, a bartender...
-
Episode 77 - Spider Balls and Rickrolls
Gina and Gary are back with another episode of Need Not Apply, the podcast about Reddit workplace stories, customer service chaos, and weird news that somehow keeps getting weirder. This week’s episode features an Australian workday from hell involving a huntsman spider, a citywide promotional...
-
Episode 76 - Snitch Perfect
Gina and Gary are back with another episode of Need Not Apply, the podcast about Reddit workplace stories, customer service chaos, and weird news that somehow keeps getting weirder. This week’s episode features a bear causing havoc in Japan, a sneaky office coworker who thinks everyone else’s…
more -
Episode 75 - The VIP Ticket to Nowhere
Gina and Gary are back with another episode of Need Not Apply, the podcast about Reddit workplace stories, customer service chaos, and weird news that somehow keeps getting weirder. This week’s episode features a Disney cast member dealing with an entitled mom who thinks the rules do not apply to...
-
Episode 74 - HR vs. $exy Potatoes
Gina and Gary are back with a shorter-than-usual episode of Need Not Apply — our first accidental minisode, because apparently even the podcast needed a lighter workload this week. This episode features a coworker who turns potato-eating into a hostile work environment, an AI that apparently...
-
Episode 73 - The Pontiac GooLe Incident
Gina and Gary are back with another episode of Need Not Apply, the podcast about Reddit workplace stories, customer service chaos, and weird news that somehow keeps getting weirder. This week’s episode features a coupon scammer who refuses to take no for an answer, an AI encyclopedia made…
more -
Episode 72 - Tales from the Siren
Gina and Gary are back with another episode of Need Not Apply, the podcast about Reddit workplace stories, customer service chaos, and weird news that keeps you guessing. This week’s episode features a barista fired over a very creative coffee cup message, a mysterious blended drink order that...
-
Episode 71 - The Ride Was Canceled, the Drama Wasn’t
Gina and Gary are back with another episode of Need Not Apply, the podcast about Reddit workplace stories, gig work chaos, customer service nightmares, and weird news with a side of unhinged commentary. This week’s episode features a DoorDash delivery gone wildly off the rails, a parking lot...
-
Episode 70 - Touch Grass and Grab Your Own Cart
Gina and Gary are back with another episode of Need Not Apply, the podcast about Reddit workplace stories, customer service chaos, HR drama, and weird work news. This week’s episode features a Karen-level warehouse store meltdown over a shopping cart, an AI study that says ChatGPT can get…
more -
Episode 69 - Caught in 4k
Gina and Gary are back with another episode of Need Not Apply, blending Reddit work stories, workplace awkwardness, and weird news with their usual humor and commentary. This week’s episode features a disastrous photo edit that turns into HR chaos, a story about intelligent people supposedly…
more -
Episode 68 - Hit Replay on the Chaos
Gina and Gary are back, and this week they’re pulling some of their favorite Need Not Apply stories out of the vault for a flash from the past episode full of workplace chaos, bad timing, and absolutely unforgettable Reddit reads. If you’re new here, this is a great place to catch some of the...
-
Episode 67 - No Offense, Honey, But I’m Allergic
Gina and Gary are back with another episode of Need Not Apply, the podcast that reads and reacts to Reddit workplace stories, customer service chaos, and weird news stories from the workday grind. This week’s episode features a sexist customer service meltdown, a Home Depot allergy disaster, AI...
-
Episode 66 - Phobia in the Office, Panic in the Cubicle
Gina and Gary are back with another "abridged" episode of workplace weirdness, internet drama, and off-the-rails news stories. This week’s Need Not Apply dives into a tense Reddit work story about blood sugar checks and a coworker with a severe blood and needle phobia, plus news about AI chatbots...
-
Episode 65 - Workin’ 9 to Why?
Gina and Gary are back with a bite-sized episode of workplace horror stories, heartwarming front desk moments, and real-life job anxiety as AI, TSA chaos, and terrible customers collide. This week’s Need Not Apply episode dives into Reddit work stories, wild parenting fails on the job, and how…
more -
Episode 64 - Hot Hell Front Desk
🎙️ Need Not Apply Podcast | Reddit Stories, Front Desk Horror Stories, and Hotel Guest Chaos This week Gina and Gary head back to one of their favorite theme: Tales from the Front Desk. If you’ve ever worked in hospitality, customer service, or any job where the public somehow gets even worse...
-
Episode 63 - The Good, The Bad and the Entitled
This week Gina and Gary are back with another round of service industry horror stories, and these ones drift straight into choosy beggar territory. If you’ve ever worked with clients, customers, or the general public, you already know the type: the people who somehow believe professional services...
-
Episode 62 - It Costs This Much ’Cause It Takes Me F*ing Hours
This week Gina and Gary are back with another round of unbelievable service industry chaos, questionable customer logic, and the kind of entitlement that makes professionals everywhere want to flip a table. From beauty services to tattoo shops, we dive into stories where people seriously...
-
Episode 61 - Conditions Have Deteriorated
This week on Need Not Apply, a massive New Jersey blizzard tries to ruin everyone’s plans, Gary throws out his back shoveling snow, and somehow we end up discussing Pentagon pizza tracking before diving into some absolutely legendary workplace revenge stories. Because sometimes karma doesn’t…
more -
Episode 60 - No Scrubs, Just Managers
This week on Need Not Apply, Gina and Gary peel back the curtain on terrible supervisors, ridiculous rules, and workplace egos that make everyone want to quit. From absurd late policy ultimatums to caffeine junkies running wild, we are diving into four cringe worthy boss moments that will make…
more -
Episode 59 - Ego Is Expensive
It’s Super Bowl Sunday… and you’d never know it in this house. 😅 This week, Gina and Gary are back with a juicy Malicious Compliance episode full of ego trips, workplace power plays, and the kind of consequences that hit like a perfectly timed mic drop. Plus, we take a quick detour into the…
more -
Episode 58 - The Other Side of the Register
This week on Need Not Apply, we flip the script. We’re usually telling these stories from behind the counter... but this time, we’re stepping into our other role: the customers. Same chaos, same entitlement… just viewed from the opposite side of the register. We kick things off with Groundhog Day...
-
Episode 57 - That's Not My Name
Clock in, grab your badge, and prepare to quietly judge strangers on the internet — because this week, we’re knee-deep in Am I the A$$hole workplace chaos. From petty boundary-setting that somehow turns into a full-blown reputation shift, to coworkers who simply refuse to learn someone’s name, to...
-
Episode 56 - 1 Year and No Accrued PTO
Ring-a-ding-a-ding — it’s our pod-iversary. One full year of Need Not Apply, and we’re celebrating the only way we know how: absolute workplace chaos, a little “why are you like this?” retail reality, and a news segment that somehow turns into buttons vs. touchscreens and please don’t frack my...
-
Episode 55 - NOW That's What I Call Reddit
Some weeks call for a theme. Others call for survival. This week is both. Gina’s dealing with a brutal lower-back/nerve flare-up (so if you hear the pain-politeness fighting for dominance… that’s why), Gary’s running on late-Sunday-night fumes, and Juniper is living her best life in the…
more -
Episode 54 - Upon Further Review
New year, new you… and unfortunately, new coworkers too. 🫠 Gina & Gary kick off 2026 with a slightly upgraded setup, suspiciously high optimism, and the familiar false hope that this year will be different... at least professionally. With resolution season in full swing, they ask the only…
more -
Episode 53 - Self-Improvement Has Side Effects
New year, new you… and somehow everyone else’s worst behavior too. 💪😵💫 As resolution season kicks off, Gina & Gary wade into the chaos of gym culture at its absolute peak; from power-tripping regulars and impossible-to-cancel memberships to a man who refuses to stop loudly moaning his way...
-
Episode 52 - Naughty List Energy
🎧 New episode delivers:✅ holiday workplace nonsense✅ boundaries vs guilt✅ cursed animal facts✅ and chaotic banter that probably should’ve been two episodes Live from New Jersey on a Saturday night, Gina & Gary are officially deep in the holiday trenches — running on retail exhaustion…
more -
Episode 51 - Ho Ho No
Welcome back to Need Not Apply! This week’s episode is brought to you by snowstorms, broken internet, audio-only chaos, and a single stink bug named Charlie who simply refuses to die. We kick things off with holiday burnout in full swing: shoveling six inches of snow, ISP conspiracy theories,...
-
Episode 50 - Nothing Gold Can Stay
Welcome back to Need Not Apply and HAPPY 50th to us! 🎉 🎂 The traditional 50-year gift is gold, which feels appropriate because this episode has all the shine of a milestone… and all the chaos of two people who absolutely did not plan ahead. We hit the big 5-0 and you didn’t even get us a card…
more -
Episode 49: Bar Tales & Server Fails
🎙️ We’re back for another week of workplace chaos, post-holiday exhaustion, and the kind of unhinged tangents only we could deliver. It’s Monday night, Gary’s eyes are burning from a full-blown, traffic-fueled meltdown, we may need a medic, Gina barely survived Black Friday retail warfare, and...
-
Episode 48 - Warranty & Other Works of Fiction
Gina’s sick, Gary’s exhausted, and Samson the Cat has officially stepped into his role as Head Nurse and is supervising, sunbathing, and offering moral support on his own terms. Between sinus tea, cozy chaos, and even a scam call during recording, we still manage to kick things off with…
more -
Episode 47 - As the Workplace Burns
This week’s episode has Sunday scaries, random ‘80s TV references, Twitch chaos, and Juniper making her grand entrance by stomping across a Fallout energy drink box mid-recording. Gina navigates Twitch raids and Discord gremlin energy, Gary wonders when we officially became “old people TV” age...
-
Episode 46 - Not My Circus
Corporate chaos is in full bloom this week as Gina & Gary return to the office trenches for stories of micromanagers, mystery plants, and moral decay. 🪴 From cubicle décor violations to “creative” bosses who make HR look like a myth, it’s proof that some workplaces are less team-building and…
more -
Episode 45 - Till Work Do Us Part
This week on Need Not Apply, we’re saying “I do”… to workplace drama. 💍 When does a “work spouse” cross the line from friendly coworker to full-blown homewrecker? Gina and Gary dive into a three-part Reddit saga featuring a mug in the trash, a promotion sabotaged, and a birthday cake that...
-
Episode 44 - The Devil Wears Business Casual
Happy Halloween from Need Not Apply` the only workplace podcast where HR would definitely call an exorcist. This week, Gina shows up as your favorite corporate trope the Energy Vampire and Gary clocks in as your Boss from Hell. Together, we’re serving chaotic Halloween energy, questionable fangs,...
-
Episode 43 - Shear Madness
Grab your coffee and put on your cape—this week we’re clocking in behind the salon chair for a little shear madness. Gina & Gary dive into the wild world of hairstylists, client chaos, and salon horror stories that prove customer service can be its own form of endurance training. Between blow-dry...
-
Episode 42 - We Regret to Inform You (It's an HR Episode)
Six followers and a dream 😂 This week we dive head-first into the corporate funhouse: performance reviews that make no sense, HR math that… isn’t math, and a two-parter rebellion that turns wage-secrecy on its head. Grab your coffee and your PTO. HR Lied, Twice: Market-rate “adjustments,” 33% ≠...
-
Episode 41 - A Series of Unfortunate Customers
🛍️ Step right up to the checkout counter for another round of workplace comedy and retail realness! In this episode of Need Not Apply, Gina and Gary unpack the wild world of customer service — from Karen-adjacent meltdowns to the random acts of kindness that remind you humanity’s not a total…
more -
Episode 40 - Let Me Speak to Your Manager NOW!!!
What do limp-mode cars, candy lawsuits, and rage-squirrels have in common? Nothing at all , except they all landed in this week’s chaos-packed episode. We kick things off with an unhinged cowboy saloon intro before Gina’s car decides to crawl through the Parkway in “limp mode.” From there it’s...
We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.
No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.
No topics indexed yet for this podcast.
Loading reviews...
ABOUT THIS SHOW
Need Not Apply is a podcast where we read your real life work stories and react with levity and advice from our personal experience in the work world. Submit your stories to [email protected]
HOSTED BY
Gina and Gary Cavallo
CATEGORIES
Loading similar podcasts...
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Need Not Apply have?
Need Not Apply currently has 91 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Need Not Apply about?
Need Not Apply is a podcast where we read your real life work stories and react with levity and advice from our personal experience in the work world. Submit your stories to [email protected]
How often does Need Not Apply release new episodes?
Need Not Apply has 91 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
Where can I listen to Need Not Apply?
You can listen to Need Not Apply on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.
Who hosts Need Not Apply?
Need Not Apply is created and hosted by Gina and Gary Cavallo.
URL copied to clipboard!