I used to work in a 7-11. One day in walked bearded man of snooker, John Virgo. He seemed quite amiable and bought 20 Benson & Hedges and a big, chocolate football.


Served any celebrities? Were they charming?



You?

You know that Prince used to come in the movie theatre I managed.

I used to work in a video store in Greenwich Village, where I waited on some famous people. My favorite was Eric Stoltz - he was very nice. He came in with Bridget Fonda (she was looking for Tex Avery videos) and he asked me if we had any good videos about serial killers, and we ended up having quite a long conversation about serial killer documentaries and bio pics, and which ones were crap and which ones were decent.

I also waited on Dmitri from Deee-Lite once, and I waited on Brad Pitt's assistant while Brad skulked in the corner by the door trying not to be noticed.

I served Tony Hadley a beer once when I worked in the Old King Lud on ludgate hill.


He was wearing a kilt for a wedding at St Pauls Cathedral

once a month to pick up his scripts

strange odd fellow ... seemed indifferent to the world around him



maybe it was the drugs

Mach said:

I thought the shark was fake, although I can't imagine his scripts were that complex. "Rawrrrrr chomp chop, *enter sea left and swimm off*"

Selma Hyak(sp) came into the store I was working at. And this was in a very SMALL town, but she was here for a ramtha meeting lol. Also Linda Evens would come in alot. Came to find out she lives in the small town and supports ramtha and Jay Z Knight.

Anxiety said:

I looooove Eric Stoltz! how cool!

I used to be a receptionist for a large Publishing House in Sydney and Michael Palin came in a few times while on a promotional tour I thought that was very cool! and I've talked on the phone with a couple of famous Aussie chefs (Geoff Janz and Gabrielle Gateau for those who know of them)

Natisse said:

Born to be a chef

PREDOMINANT said:

true... he's a good one too

Natisse said:[quote]

Anxiety said:

That name must be made up surely?

Me and my hubby used to go drinking quite a lot with this guy from Pink Floyd:

oh my GOD, i forgot one of my greatest brushes with customer service greatness: when i worked in an art supply store in NYC, i waited on david bowie's art assistant! i helped this cute little guy with a shaved head figure out what kinds of painting mediums to purchase, and when i put together his stuff he said "we have a business account here, this is for david bowie".

on the outside i tried to be , but on the inside i was all

Reincarnate said:

nope not as far as I know, anyway... and HOW COOL!!

I work at 4 a teleconferencing service, and as an operator, I've called a few celebrities over the years and patched them into their conference calls, including...

Maya Angelou
Keifer Sutherland
Cyndi Lauper

I used to work in a grocery store up north, where the 49ers used to practice.

I served



Yup, Jerry Rice, and he was an arrogant prick.


Also... different grocery store here in the Bay...



Mia Hamm....she was really cool, I talked to her about soccer for a few minutes.(I played for eight years).

Reincarnate said:[quote]

Natisse said:

Are you fucking serious!!!! That is SO cool.

My ex-boss is best friends with ROB SCHNEIDER. I talked to him on the phone once. What I thought was funny was that he asked to talk to my boss by saying his full name. I'm still waiting for my ex-boss to take me to one of his premiers.


M

I have only met some sports celebrities in my law firm, they were clients of the firm.

Robyn Robinson of local news fame once stopped in at the flower shop I used to work at. I asked her out and she pepper sprayed me.

Although to be fair, I asked her out by inquiring if she'd like to join Tony M. and I for an erotic back flip competition.

HobbesLeCute said:

My resume:

Alexander's Groceries, Malibu

Eddie Van Halen
David Letterman
Johnny Carson
Sammy Hagar
Rhea Pearlman
Alex Karros
saw Miles Davis once

Euphoria Records, Malibu:

Bill Murray
Pierce Brosnan
Ozzy
Cher
Victoria Principal

Crown Books, Santa Monica

Linda Hamilton
Michael Crichton
Jackson Browne
Alec Baldwin
Don Adams

AVCO Theatres, Westwood

Tom & Nicole
Melanie & Don
Brian Wilson
Jimmy Conners
Shaun Cassidy
Montell Williams
Doogie Howzer's friend & TV girlfriend--that was a thrill and a half!
I saw:
Prince
George Michael
Dustin Hoffman
Madonna
some guy in a sheiks costume I thought was Michael Jackson

I'm sure I'me forgetting some.
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I used to work in a hotel. Billy F. Gibbons of ZZ Top was staying there, and he took me and the other front desk girl out for drinks. We ended up staying downtown for hours. He called Wendy Melvoin for me and I gave her a message to give to Prince.

thescandalouslife said:

Ace said:

HobbesLeCute said:

damn, and i thought robyne would be a nice woman...sounds like something c.j. would do.

My younger brother had Robyne as a customer at a store up in Minneapolis, and he thought she was a bitch. At the same job, he also had Morris Day as a customer, and Morris would specifically ask for my brother when he needed customer assistance.

All I can come up with is that I waited on Bobcat Goldthwait as he came through drive-thru at the McDonald's I worked at in college.

PREDOMINANT said:

My understanding is, after the success he had in Jaws, he found himself type-cast, only ever offered similar roles to the one he found fame in. After being rejected in his bid to win the lead role in Raging Bull, depression sunk in and he stopped acting altogether. However, as you know, sharks can't stop, they have to keep going, so he died.

Such a sad story!

Susan Sarandon (nicest woman in the world)
Elizabeth Rohm of 'law and order'
Mary Kate Olsen (looks like a very old and creepy woman)
Jia Rodriguez from Queer Eye
Thom from Queer Eye (complained about his bill)

I think that's about it. I have to say that you really like and admire famous people until you have to serve them. Susan Sarandon was wonderful to serve and Elizabeth Rohm was okay as well. I definitely liked the rest of these celebrities more before they walked through the door of my former workplace.

Howard Hewitt (stayed at the hotel I worked out) - shy and nice
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (same) - he played on Welcome Back Kotter - an asshole!
Bebe Neuwirth (same) - Lillith on Cheers (sweet and nice)
Tracy Lords (same) - gave her a bottle of wine and some potato chips.
Thea Vidale (same) - needed some help cooking. (funny woman)



At SamGoody:

The Kentucky Headhunters - blues band (talked to the lead guitarist about Hendrix for about an hour and a half...he missed rehearsal)
Tom Arnold - sold him the Terminator box set (creepy guy)
R. Kelley and Aaliyah - both came in and looked at some movies (didn't buy anything)