Just curious

[HotelMinion]

I was just wondering if you all have ever had a celebrity come in your work and if you met him/her.
By celeb I mean very well known internationally.
I haven't. my work has had some bands stay like 3 doors down and the star from Harold and Kumar movie but I never met either.
My cousin works in Manhattan and she's only seen the wife of the star of mission impossible movies. Well his ex wife now :P
Just curious....

[LoTech]

I got to shake Red Green's hand, but it was at the Duct Tape Forever movie premiere, not at work.

[bainsidhe]

When I worked at a hotel, staff weren't allowed to approach their guests for autographs or to gush, unless we wanted to be terminated. I never met any celebs face-to-face, except for the keyboardist for Lonestar.

Maya Angelou ate in our restaurant and I saw her in passing.

The WWE wrestlers were super polite and a fave of the staff. Also very kind to their, erm, passionate fans (security kept sweeping hallways to escort wayward fans off the guest floors. )

The BeachBoys were also faves of the restaurant staff, and very friendly.

Although his visit was before my time, I heard from multiple people what a pleasure Woody Harrelson was. He apparently set up a chair in the lobby and welcomed fans and staff alike to meet him and get an autograph. Many celebs stay up in their room (which I can completely understand).

Our hotel hosted many well-known groups and people, it was just part of doing business. The ones you remember well, are because of how they treated others.

Oh, and I touched Warren Buffet's muffins. Hey, get your mind out of the gutter! I helped assemble a to-go breakfast for a morning flight he was taking.

[KuariKaydrith]

A few years ago I helped with the JUNO awards when they were in my city...got to meet more than a few celebs as a result. The rudest one was Justin Bieber who threw a temper tantrum when the limo that picked him up from the airport didn't have tinted windows, and treated everybody like shit. I already didn't like his music but it was really nice to be able to call him an asshole to his face.

During the events leading up to the awards show I did a few different things, such playing security guard at one of the events and being stationed in a hotel room to keep several musicians' instruments safe, and preparing the swag bags for all the talent that performed or presented during the show.

I think the most memorable experience I'd had when when I was working in a convenience store and was listening to Our Lady Peace CDs in preparation for their concert a few years back. A customer came into the store and commented on the music I was listening to, made some small talk as he bought about $100 worth of stuff and paid for it with a credit card. Because I'm horrible for faces I didn't realize who I was actually talking to until I read the name on his credit card receipt...Raine Maida. I know I gaped at him for several moments before I remembered how to speak. He chuckled at me and said something along the lines of how it's nice to meets fans who obviously enjoy his music for the music and not for the guy behind the mic, and to enjoy the show.

[EricKei]

Back when I worked at BoutiqueGrocery and, later, PizzaJoint, John Goodman lived down the road and was a quasi-regular. He was really cool as long as people treated him lik ea regular guy and didn't ask for autographs or anything.

Also, some of the veteran local newscasters lived nearby as well (most had been doing it for 30+ years) -- same thing, and, if anything, they were more popular than Hollywood celebes

[Librarybabe]

Barack Obama paid a visit to the University where I work in Sept. 2013. The date corresponded with the beginning of "University Weekend" which includes carnival rides and concession stands. Between the crowd fences and the Tilt-a-Whirl on the quad, the campus looked and felt like a circus. I stayed in my office most of the day. I didn't want to be anywhere NEAR the POTUS.

[Ghel]

The most famous person who I've ever met at work was a US Senator, who was campaigning for re-election at the time.

[BearLeeBadenaugh]

I've met a decent number of celebrities, partly through a previous job. When I was working as an EMT almost 2 decades ago, I'd pick up extra hours by being the on call at a concert venue. No real notable conversations, most of my interactions with the stars were things like "hey mate, you got some aspirin/tylenol/antacid/etc?" "Hey dude, got anything goooooood in that orange bag?" or "owww, what'd I do, how'd this happen?"


My best meet a celeb story doesn't come from work, though it does come from another concert. Early/mid 2000's, can't remember the band, but I do remember Lacuna Coil opened for them. I'd been dragged to the concert by my wife and two of her girlfriends. I hadn't wanted to go in the first place, so one of my conditions was that I was not the driver that evening.

At least it was a venue that served actual alcohol and not just $6 beers. After a few scotches, I was voluntold that I needed to escort the girls to the railing so they could take some pictures. After the slog through the crowd, we made it to the railing and the girls got their pictures. They couldn't handle the mosh long, but I was actually having fun at that point, so they left me at the rail and said we'd meet back up by the bar.

Sometime after that I'm getting kicked in the head by some skinny emogoth crowd surfing badly. I grabbed him by the pants and the back of his neck and threw him onstage. Almost knocked over the mic stand and the lead singer.

FFW to the end of the night. I was back at the bar getting one last scotch, waiting, while one of the girls was trying to get some autographs. One of the bouncers walks up to me, "could you come with me please?" I was a little confused(and more than a little drunk), thought they were trying to kick me out, said as much, bouncer gets a grin, "nothing like that, I'm just supposed to bring you over to the autograph line". Got over there and the lead singer shakes my hand and said "dude, that was awesome. I've never had to dodge a flying goth before"

[dalesys]

... "dude, that was awesome. I've never had to dodge a flying goth before"

That record-breaking achievement gets an Asterix by it.

[Jay 2K Winger]

I've met--

Mick Foley (former WWE wrestler/author)
Terry Pratchett (wordsmith extraordinaire)
Neil Gaiman (also wordsmith extraordinaire)
Regis Philbin (this was when he was host of "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?")
Various independent wrestlers

[muppet101]

When I was working at London Zoo, I got to serve two BBC presenters their lunch because they were doing some filming. One of them (Josie Darby) was so far up her own backside that she would have seen daylight coming through her substantial gob. The other (Chris Jarvis) didn't have two brain cells to rub together.

The most famous person I have ever met though was Kate Bush. In fact, I was introduced to her at a party because the hostess of said party was my then boyfriend's mum and he asked her to introduce us to her. There are not many times in my life when I've been utterly stuck for something to say but this was one of the,m. I was also struck dumb by how incredibly beautiful she was.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Did not get to meet him personally, but former Green Bay Packers linebacker Tim Harris visited the swamp once. He was in town for a charity event in which he did a stint in the dunk tank, and purchased a water gun to shoot at the people trying to dunk him.

He signed an autograph for the store manager; I myself would've asked him to do his sack dance.

While out shopping out of town, I once was in the presence of former NFL linebacker Kevin Greene.

Now ask a co-worker (actually probably former co-worker now) of mine this question and he'll name people like Aaron Rodgers, Bill Murray, various other famous athletes and celebrities, and prominent national politicians. His summer job is caddying at a world-famous, PGA tour-hosting golf course about a half hour from here.

[Lovecats]

When they filmed the first Hunger Games movie in NC Donald Sutherland was in the Target I worked at 2 weekends in a row. The second weekend he got carded by one of the younger cashiers who had no idea who he was.

[EricKei]

That record-breaking achievement gets an Asterix by it.

Wow. That one's pretty obscure even for this board It took some Gaul to post that

[Aragarthiel]

I got to meet one of the Apollo astronauts, if that counts. One of my friends from high school was an extra in Catching Fire, and got to meet Jennifer Lawrence, and my grandfather knows Jimmy Carter and Jason Aldean. I've had numerous friends and acquaintances that were extras on The Walking Dead, too, though I don't think any of them were lucky enough to actually interact with the stars.