Crazy semi-famous celeb customer!

[Kara]

He made Glenn Danzig show proof that he had the right to make copies of some Danzig images.

So, he became your ex when Danzig stabbed him through the face with a dagger made from the bones of children and emptied his blood into a golden chalice, right?

Actually, I've heard he's like the nicest guy in the world in real-life.

[Auto]

My mother and aunt sell beadwork and leatherwork crafts at fairs, faires, and powwows and at one Christmas powwow they sold a glass with beadwork christmas ornament to Patsy Cline. I was there, but wasn't at the booth when she came by.

You know, don't you, that Patsy Cline died in the early 1960s?

[Andara Bledin]

While I was still working the ticketing booth at Medieval Times, we had a manager warn us that Steven Spielberg was going to be coming through. I didn't actually sell him his tickets, the other girl in the booth did. He was wearing a pastel pink baseball cap.

My mother and aunt sell beadwork and leatherwork crafts at fairs, faires, and powwows and at one Christmas powwow they sold a glass with beadwork christmas ornament to Patsy Cline. I was there, but wasn't at the booth when she came by.

And, back in '94, I attended a gaming convention in San Jose. I didn't have to pay for my badge because I was one of the volunteer workers for the computer gaming room, which was run by the same person who ran the computer room for the local, thrice-yearly gaming conventions, for which I am also a regular computer room staffer.

Anyway, one of the events at the convention was for a new role-playing game that was high on the intrigue. The event itself was a fancy ball and the setting was Victorian era western Europe. We had to attend an hour-long waltzing workshop to attend the event. I got into the event as a standby because the event was being run by the same person running the computer room. She happened to also work for a major game-industry company at the time.

I waltzed with precisely two people that night, and had them both sign my dance card. The first one was an unknown fellow gamer. The second, however, happened to be Larry Niven. Not too many people can brag that they waltzed with Niven.

My ex ran into two different celebrities at Kinko's while we were still together. He made Glenn Danzig show proof that he had the right to make copies of some Danzig images. The other was the magician Brian Gillis. We went to dinner at The Magic Castle as his guests twice. It's a very interesting place.

^-.-^

[trunks2k]

The closest thing to a celebrity I ever met was the keyboard player for the Scissor Sisters (he also apparently plays keyboard for a few other famous bands). My sister is friends with him and when I was visiting her, he came over to watch England play in one of the World Cup matches.

But I have never listened to the Scissor Sisters and had never even heard of them until my sister mentioned them, so I really didn't care. Although I caught a minute or two of a Scissor Sisters performance on TV a few months later, and the guy was playing keyboard so I could say "Hey, I watched soccer with that guy"

[ReverendBSB]

I used to work at a restaurant called Robertos in Sunshine, LA. When the Dukes of Hazzard movie was being filmed nearby we had the Broken Lizard guys come in a few times to eat. They always came in late, right at closing time, and stayed for a long time. When the owner once said something about this to them they said "Well you know, we're from California."

[Kara]

When I was at Kroger (this goes back to like 8 years ago), I came in one day to find that I had just missed Christopher Walken. If anyone is familiar with the Sarah, Plain and Tall series of movies, they shoot them near Council Grove, Kansas, which is a tiny town not far from where I lived and worked at the time. This was during the shoot of Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End Anyway, the celebs that were in our neck of the woods would come to our city from time to time, because it was the closest place with anything to do. It made me mad, too, because the cashier who checked him out (a friend of mine, don't get me wrong I love her), didn't even know who he was!

It went like this:

"J" = my friend who checked him out
"S" = my other friend who was there

S: Oh my god! Did you get his autograph?
J: Who? That guy who bought a salad?
S: THAT GUY? THAT GUY WAS CHRISTOPHER WALKEN!
J: *blink* Who's Christopher Walken?
S:

Another girl I worked with checked out Jack Palance (who also bought a salad), and did get his autograph.

Another time this guy came through my line who looked so much like Stephen King I really wanted to ask him, but I was afraid if it was him he'd yell at me for not recognizing him. He paid with cash, so I didn't find out. BUT, his next book that came out after that (Dreamcatcher) mentioned the little greasespot on the road I called home at the time, so it probably was him and I'll never be that close to my favorite author in the history of the universe again

[draggar]

I had Kevin Smith come into my store once. He needed a cable for his laptop and I sold it to him. Nice chap.

He used to go to the store I worked in while I lived in NJ (odd that I always missed him ) But I also frequented his store in Red Bank.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

I had Kevin Smith come into my store once. He needed a cable for his laptop and I sold it to him. Nice chap.

[Alfie]

So the most famous person I have served is a local shire's ex-mayor. He happens to be my boyfriend's uncle too. Yup, not too exciting.

I would have loved to meet The Rock though, oh and Stone Cold Steve Austin Oh and who is that guy who wore half a mask? Was he called Mankind?

I'll calm down now, sorry

[jnd4rusty]

I really haven't had any celebs at my place..we have one of the guys that is on the city council that comes in about three times a week. He is very nice and told me he was running for mayor, so of course I will vote for him. We did have John Thune (United States senator from South Dakota) come in one night. It was pretty cool to see him up close and in person (even though I didn't vote for him) he was the typical overly friendly political type. What was funny about it was the fact that my co-workers told me later that they thought it was Tom Daschle at first. (for those who don't keep up with the political bull crap, John Thune beat out Tom Daschle for senate) I was glad they no one said "hi Tom", that would have been embarrassing.

[Jester]

One guy (first name "D" --yes, he legally changed his first name to "D"... he played a character in Rent) was stubborn, and a little rude when I didn't believe his first name was only a letter long. (Who can blame me? )

I actually went to grade school with a kid whose legal first name, as given to him by his parents, was "Z". (For those non-Americans, it was not pronounced "Zed" but "Zee".) And that was what everyone called him, it being his name and all.

As for celebrities? Well, for various reasons I have met probably more than my share, and done everything from just saying hi to actually dancing with/drinking with/doing magic for various ones.

When I was sitting at my friend's house today talking about an upcoming major gala celebration we were going to have, we were discussing some invitees, mostly people friendly with him, and his roommate was having a little bit of trouble believing some of the names we were quite matter-of-factly bandying about. It was quite funny.

[Demolition Man]

Sadly I've yet to run into any celebs at my work. The only celeb I've heard that came into my store was Sean Waltman.

The closest celeb I've met personally is this man...



AJ Styles. Very nice to talk to.

[Pezzle]

One of the computers George Jones uses on the road is a Toshiba Qosmio.

A Toshiba Qosmio I set up for Nancy Jones on his behalf.

He was playing at the Sovereign Bank Arena.

The fact that I had to reinstall a piece of security software... well let's just say that damn technician little old me was the reason why his show was late

[Will-Mun]

when the wwe is in town i see them all time time as they stay at the hotel attched to my casino. in 2002 i was in the staff gym and in walks HHH and the Rock to do there daily workout. it was a bit disconcerting working out next to those guys (i'm 90 ponds soaking wet) but they were cool when i asked for autographs.

And then STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN comes in and gets HHH and the Rock into a DOUBLE STUNNER!


OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD THE HUMANITY!

Sorry... I'll be good now.

[Casino Jockey]

when the wwe is in town i see them all time time as they stay at the hotel attched to my casino. in 2002 i was in the staff gym and in walks HHH and the Rock to do there daily workout. it was a bit disconcerting working out next to those guys (i'm 90 ponds soaking wet) but they were cool when i asked for autographs.