Sucky Celebrity Customer

[rose_metal_nz]

When the JUNO Awards were last held in my fair city I had the dubious honour of meeting Michael Buble. He was going on about how famous he was and what a good singer he was, blah blah blah. I was part of the volunteer detail helping out at the venue in the days leading up to the awards and I was walking by during his little bit about how great he was. He pointed at me and said something along the lines of "I bet even this poor girl stuck here in <city> knows who I am!" I looked at him and said, "Yep, I do. You're a dick, and I think Matt Dusk is way better than you are." And then I turned and walked away while he was gaping at me in surprise.

woah, you are so cooool! that was so awesomely handled

[MoonCat]

I put more blame on the celeb than the server (though she is NOT blameless). After all, he showed up there, on purpose, AN HOUR after closing, not even thinking about the employees who wanted to go home after working a full day. And I daresay they work harder than he does, and for much less money. I hope he did at least leave a big tip.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I'm guessing it was Tim Duncan or Tony Parker.

I kinda like Tim Duncan in that he seems to at least be not an asshole. At least you aren't hearing about him the way you do about Metta World Peace, aka The Basketball Player Formerly Known As Ron Artest.

(BTW Metta World Peace= Most ironically-named athlete ever)

Tony Parker's a scuzzbag. You're married to Eva Longoria and you still have to be a cheat? Really?

When the JUNO Awards were last held in my fair city I had the dubious honour of meeting Michael Buble. He was going on about how famous he was and what a good singer he was, blah blah blah. I was part of the volunteer detail helping out at the venue in the days leading up to the awards and I was walking by during his little bit about how great he was. He pointed at me and said something along the lines of "I bet even this poor girl stuck here in <city> knows who I am!" I looked at him and said, "Yep, I do. You're a dick, and I think Matt Dusk is way better than you are." And then I turned and walked away while he was gaping at me in surprise.

You are my hero. I fucking hate that "I just haven't met you let" bowel-clencher of a "song" of his.

[Jester]

Regarding the basketball player, yeah, he's a douche, but I put the majority of the blame squarely at the feet of the server. It would be one thing if it was right near closing time and she didn't realize it was that late, but when you've been closed for an HOUR, the only way you work there and don't know is if you are a blithering idiot. So either she's so stupid that she doesn't notice all the closing stuff going on around her for the last hour, or she's so starstruck and self-centered that she's willing to completely fuck all her coworkers over just to meet a rich famous athlete who probably won't even remember her once he walks out the door. Or perhaps both.

As for Michael Buble, it's a good thing he didn't pull that stunt with me, since until a few weeks ago, I had never heard of him, and even now, I only know of him from some posts here and there on CS.com and facebook. I wouldn't know his music if a radio playing it fell on my head from seven stories up, and I believe the one time I bothered listening to it (to find who this dude even was), it impressed me so much that I have zero memory of it, of its genre, or anything at all, other than that he is a really stupid-sounding name to me. I definitely wouldn't know him on sight at all.

BUBLE: "I'm sure even THIS guy knows who I am!"
ME: "Not a clue. Well, other than the fact that you're so arrogant and full of yourself that you're clearly a world class prick."

I've danced with Sandra Bullock, AND told her to pipe down when she interrupted my magic routine I was doing for her and others at a bar. Michael Buble can kiss my ass if he thinks I'd be in awe of him, for any reason whatsoever.

[emax4]

I hope that server gets promoted to closing waitress and has to deal with the same scenario sometime. it would be one thing if a famous person that EVERYBODY working had admired, and the celebrity gave out autographs or greeted everyone, but what are the odds?

[Kristev]

I've have sang to him. What I'd have sang is "Ooh, do you love you" from It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman. (In that song, the villain's receptionist tells him off because she's so sick of him being so in love with himself.)

It's got silly, but pithy lyrics such as "Someone in this world thinks you're wonderful. Someone sees how marvellous you are. You don't know how much this someone worships you, and not from afar . . . Ooh, do you love you.

I've seen nothing to match such pure conceit. You're so sold on yourself, it's sort of sweet. You're what you enjoy. Boy, it's boy meets boy . . .

From the moment you saw you, how your heart began to pound.

And that day you can't forget, when you lit your cigarette, you just knew it was love . . ."

[HermitIX]

I can see how it would be hard for a celeb to go during normal hours. I mean who wants to eat with strangers taking your picture? But if it were me I would call ahead and set something up with the manager, not spring it on the staff.

[Jetfire]

When the JUNO Awards were last held in my fair city I had the dubious honour of meeting Michael Buble. He was going on about how famous he was and what a good singer he was, blah blah blah. I was part of the volunteer detail helping out at the venue in the days leading up to the awards and I was walking by during his little bit about how great he was. He pointed at me and said something along the lines of "I bet even this poor girl stuck here in <city> knows who I am!" I looked at him and said, "Yep, I do. You're a dick, and I think Matt Dusk is way better than you are." And then I turned and walked away while he was gaping at me in surprise.

Considering the fantastic talent that's exists on the Rock (and in the Maritimes too); I'd think that any Kitchen Party being held that night would've had better music than what he's done. Especially during Juno week. But then again I'm not a fan of his style of music to begin with.

[TheTigress]

I kinda like Tim Duncan in that he seems to at least be not an asshole. At least you aren't hearing about him the way you do about Metta World Peace, aka The Basketball Player Formerly Known As Ron Artest.

(BTW Metta World Peace= Most ironically-named athlete ever)

Tony Parker's a scuzzbag. You're married to Eva Longoria and you still have to be a cheat? Really?.

Agreed on both posts. I call him Metta World War, and I also think Tony Parker is a scumbag for that.

Duncan, while as far as NBA players go is very likeable and doesn't get in to trouble, has a habit of acting like he's never committed a foul in his life on the court. He gets that super wide eyed deer in the headlights look if he's called for anything. It's quite amusing.

[Jester]

I agree about Duncan and the fouls called on him, but can you think of any other negative thing to say about the guy? I can't. And I HATE the Spurs, due to their long domination of my team. By all accounts, the guy just does his job, doesn't cause trouble, and is an all-around great guy. Other than, of course, his utter belief that he never commits fouls.

[ThanosIsKing]

I've have sang to him. What I'd have sang is "Ooh, do you love you" from It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman. (In that song, the villain's receptionist tells him off because she's so sick of him being so in love with himself.)

I remember first hearing about that musical from this video. That is absolutely the perfect song to sing to a lot of these self-important douchenozzles.

As for Michel Buble, I just see him as William Hung with a longer shelf-life.