Joe nearly got stranded at the Atlanta airport after forgetting his driver’s license while trying to rent a Jeep truck… and somehow it turned into a surprisingly wholesome customer service story.

Meanwhile, Billy explores audiobook narration, Facebook Marketplace flipping, and bizarre side hustle ideas while the guys spiral into mall nostalgia, cruise ship jobs, terrible office email culture, and a brand-new segment: “Would You Survive?”

Could YOU survive:

• dial-up internet?
• working retail during Christmas?
• being a wedding DJ?
• understaffed Starbucks shifts?
• Internet Explorer in 2004?

Probably not.

Ctrl + Alt + Discuss.

🎧 The Open Tabs Podcast
Two friends. Zero prep. Infinite tabs open.

00:00 Intro
00:40 Joe forgets his ID renting a car at the Atlanta airport
03:27 The Jeep Gladiator dream almost dies
05:15 Real customer service still exists?
08:44 Modern customer service vs human empathy
13:24 Billy talks Uber, Waymo, and side hustles
14:28 Audiobook narration and voice acting auditions
17:24 Billy voices his company phone tree
18:10 Joe’s disastrous audiobook experience
19:19 Facebook Marketplace and storage-unit business ideas
21:37 Hidden treasure at Goodwill
24:30 Side hustle brainstorming
25:25 Sponsor: Reply All™
27:58 New segment — “Would You Survive?”
28:27 Could you survive Internet Explorer in 2004?
30:34 Life without copy & paste
33:06 Apple vs Windows chaos
34:26 Living with 2% battery
35:29 Surviving dial-up internet
36:35 Could you survive without browser tabs?
37:52 Working mall retail during Christmas
41:35 Attending a wedding where you know nobody
43:59 Understaffed Starbucks shifts
45:16 Could you survive as a wedding DJ?
47:57 Cruise ship jobs and cruise director stories
55:09 Burning out from always being “on”
58:04 Outro