Ever had one of those mind-bending moments where you’re just going about your business in the most ordinary of places, and then suddenly, your brain hits the brakes and goes, “Hold up, is that really them?” Yep, imagine a live-action Where’s Waldo, except instead of a striped-shirt character, it’s your favorite stars casually blending into the backdrop of our mundane lives.
From picking up groceries at the local store to waiting in line for a coffee fix, celebrities seem to have mastered the art of showing up when we least expect it.
I met Obama in an elevator at the Peninsula in Chicago when he was a Senator. It was months before he announced he was running for President but basically everyone on Earth knew he was going to. I asked what he was doing there and he told me he was buying a spa day for his wife. He definitely had a really relaxed and in-control aura to him which for some reason made me oddly nervous. As I got off the elevator I shook his hand and said “Seems like you got a lot of momentum behind you. If you become president, don’t screw it up and make Chicago look bad.” This was totally out of character for me and I still can’t believe I said it. He chuckled and I got off.
Tom Hanks at Best Buy. He was in line in front of me with a cart full, all by himself. I was only buying a bottle of water because they didn’t have what I was looking for. I just blurted out” Forest Gump is my favorite movie” like a creep, and he turned around, and said “That was my favorite movie to make! I’m glad you love it.” He then chatted with me about movies as we stood in line. When it was his turn to check out while they were ringing up his stuff he said “Oh let me get that water for you” and paid for my water. He kept talking to me and then we walked out and he said “Nice talking to you! You’re a very nice young lady and always remember… life is like a box of chocolates.. you never know what you’re gonna get” in his Forest Gump voice. IT WAS THE BEST THING EVER.
James Franco had just left the cafe I worked at right when I walked in to get my paycheck. I left my dog tied up outside on a bench by a fence and came back out to see him petting her! He was a nice guy, I was really surprised.
Went to dinner at Buca di Beppo and at the table next to us was Alice Cooper with family and friends. We made a point of not staring or interrupting, but when they left right after we did, we decided to ask for a photo in the parking lot. I said, “I hope it’s not a huge intrusion,” to which he replied, “Fans are never an intrusion. People like you have made it possible for me to live my dream, and I’m glad to give back in any way I can.” D*mn if that didn’t make a lasting impression on me!
I used to live in New York City so you see random people trying to keep a low profile on the street all the time, but my favorite story belongs to one of my friends who tends to be pretty clueless about pop culture. She went to a neighboring friend’s party and someone at the party ended up crashing on the couch, and all three of them went to brunch the next day. While they were at lunch people kept coming up to the window and taking pictures, so finally she went off on how she knows the restaurant was renovated recently but it’s not THAT nice, why do so many people want to take pictures of it? Turns out the dude who crashed on the couch was Jake Gyllenhaal.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie came through my drive-thru at Sonic about 7 years ago. Transaction was completely normal except they were REALLY smiley. I finally actually looked at them and said, “Anyone ever tells you… Wait. You ARE them aren’t you?!” They nodded, told me to have a nice day, and pulled away. I think they were relieved that it wasn’t a big scene.
I ran into Adam Sandler outside of Planet Fitness in Brooklyn in early 2016.
As I was leaving Planet Fitness, it looked like he was walking in. We made eye contact, so I stopped and held the door for him. He got to the door and stopped right before he walked through, in one of those fake poses that little kids make when you tell them to freeze. I stood there holding the door, plenty confused. For about five seconds, we just stood there- him, motionless and I, standing there holding the door. Finally, he turned his head and said in the stereotypical Adam Sandler voice, “Ahhh, who are we kidding? I’m not going in there!” Giant grin on his face. We both laughed and then he continued down the street.
Went to see a show at a smaller theater in Chicago and had David Schwimmer sitting directly behind me. Could not concentrate on the stage at all, and was completely focused on “Ross’s” laugh
I work at a tiny movie theatre in Dallas and my manager told me a story. One night, Weird Al randomly came in and went to the bar that we have. He came out of the bar and into the theatre side to use the restroom. He asked my manager where the restroom was and pointed him down the hall. Now, in that hall, you have to pass a janitor’s closet before you get to the men’s room and as Weird Al walked down the hallway, he opened the janitor’s closet door, looked inside for a second, looked back at my manager, gave an enthusiastic thumbs up and proceeded to act like he was taking a piss in the closet.
I met Simon Pegg when I was working at Borders. I honestly did not even think it was him at first because it was like a Tuesday afternoon and he was just buying some stationery. We really didn’t say anything throughout the transaction, but at the end, I asked him, “Has anyone ever told you that you look like the guy from Shaun of the Dead?” And he replied in a voice I easily recognized, “I am the guy from Shaun of the Dead.”
Circa 1969: I was a long-haired hippie eating at a little hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant in Baltimore when Bob Dylan walked in. He went right up to the counter to either pick up or order some takeout. Then he turned around to scan the place and made eye contact with me smiling at him. After that, he just left.
I was in a sh*tty convenience store in a student-infested neighbourhood next to my university buying mix for a party I was heading to, and I recognized the guy in front of me in line buying milk.
It was Chris Hadfield, the astronaut.
I didn’t say anything at first and ran out after making my purchase to tell my boyfriend, and as I was Cmdr. Hadfield started walking down the street towards us. My boyfriend asked him for a photo and he was so nice and took one with both of us. I’ve actually read his book, so I was really pumped!
Drew Barrymore and Justin Long Lit Up The Bar Scene
My favorite local bar. Lived in Austin for several years, so you see celebs periodically but mostly during festivals and sh*t.
But one night my friends and I were just out for a Wednesday night drink and ran into Drew Barrymore and Justin Long at our bar, in the area doing research for Whip It.
Drew wasn’t really interested in talking to anyone, but Justin Long was apparently a pretty friendly dude.
My friend’s grandparents are from the same town in Ohio where Dave Chappelle’s mom lives. My friend was visiting them over a college break and had a huge fight with her boyfriend over the phone and was sitting on the curb outside sobbing because they had just broken up. A car pulls up and rolls the window down, and it’s Dave Chappelle, asking my friend if she’s okay or if she needs help. She said something like, “No, my boyfriend and I just broke up. I’ll be okay.” And he said, “Okay girl you take care!” And drove off. Nice guy.
Met Keanu Reeves at a bodega in the West Village (this was around that sad Keanu/meme of him eating a sandwich on that bench time). He was tossing the Gatorade he was going to buy and dropped it and picked it up. Didn’t pay much attention until then which is when he got in line behind us (me and the people I was with at the time). I turned to my friend and said “f*ck, this guy looks just like Keanu Reeves” and he was like “Yea, cuz that’s Keanu Reeves”. Keanu says “Hey, how’s it going”.
Fun times. Also did not know Keanu was that tall until then.
This past weekend I was in a movie theatre in Nashville and walked past Emma Roberts and Evan Peters from American horror story as my movie got out. She used the bathroom with me and I had to awkwardly hold the door for her and then proceeded to have a panic attack in the stall next to her. I’m a fan haha
25 years ago I drove a cab while in college. Picked up Paul McCartney. He got in the cab and asked to be taken to the stadium. (he was doing a show there that night) I’m looking at him going I know this guy (I was 23 at the time, never expected a celeb in my cab in Cincinnati). When I realized who he was, I asked to be sure, and he laughed. I mentioned my mom was a huge fan and asked him if he would do it. He asked which birthday song I wanted him to sing one or the other. I chose the other one.
I had a Bag phone in the car, I think it might have cost me a small fortune for that call but totally worth it. If only I had had a modern phone for the camera.
I ran into Jamie Foxx at a Walmart in Green Valley, Arizona on Thanksgiving Day, 2010. I asked as discretely as possible if I could shake his hand, and he was cool. He got swarmed shortly thereafter and left. The funny part- I was a Mormon Missionary at the time. White shirt, tie, name tag and everything haha. My companion at that time happened to be black, and when Jamie saw him, he said, “Oh sh*t, they got a brother.” Pretty hilarious for us haha
Ran into Jason Bateman in a Starbucks in NYC. He had a hood on and was waiting for his coffee off to the side, but I recognized him from his voice. I had to eventually wait next to him for my coffee ( I think I was 16 then) and just said “Hey Jason” casually. 16-year-old me wanted to “play it cool” whatever that means. He smiled and said “hello” and asked if I wanted to take a photo, probably because I looked young. I don’t remember where this came from, but I feel like I quoted a movie or something cause I said something like “I like to live in the moment but thanks for offering to take one.” He smiled at me and said, “I like that, thanks.” His coffee came out and he nodded at me before he left. He’s a really nice guy. Took me a minute to realize why he said thanks, but he’s probably tired of people asking for photos all the time, maybe it was a nice break to just talk to someone, instead of just taking a picture.
A few friends of mine doubted the story because I didn’t take a picture, and this only gives me more reason not to take one. Don’t need to prove this to anyone, just had a nice random encounter with him in a Starbucks, and was good enough for me.
I work at a bookstore and Mick Foley was doing an author signing that our subpar events manager neglected to advertise. I was just sitting in the back eating lunch when he walked in. I didn’t watch wrestling but even I knew who he was
He asked for gum, I had none. I said that my (then) boyfriend loved watching his matches back in the day. He responded “I guess he liked watching me lose then” in a joking way. We made small talk before he went to sign.
Seriously the nicest author I have ever dealt with. So many have inflated egos but this big burly former wrestler was the literal nicest and most normal of all. That encounter was one of the reasons I’m so into wrestling today.
I met George R. R. Martin at the Blaze Pizza in Evanston a couple of months back when he was in town to accept an award from Northwestern University. At the time, I was listening to the audiobook of A Clash of Kings, and he very excitedly told me, “You’ve got a ways to go to catch up!” When I told him that I’ve already read what he’s published three times, and am listening to the audiobook as a new way to experience the story, he just kind of … deflated. He let out a big sigh, and just said, “Yeah, I need to finish the next book. People won’t stop bothering me about it.”
Met Vince Vaughn in a bar in Hollywood. He was with his entourage or whatever and had quite a few drinks. He hit on a (girl) friend of mine, and I was amazed to see her totally blow him off. Not that she should have gone for it, but it was pretty incredible to see a multi-millionaire movie star get rejected by an accountant.
Legit walking from my car to work when I lived in LA I have to park in a parking center and then along some sidewalk for about 100 yards.
There were people walking just like every day I come to work and then this man walks past me in a suit which made me do my first of many double (triple, quadruple?) takes as it was a semi-hot day to be wearing a suit but its LA so I didn’t think too much of it. I noticed he had a familiar gait and VERY familiar hair.
I stopped on the sidewalk and watched as he pushed the button to cross the street trying to confirm my suspicions that my brain was telling me “It’s not anyone famous now hurry the heck up before you have to explain you were late staring at a man in the street”. He looks around, shakes his blazer, and interlaced his fingers in front of him and bounced on his heels. Something I’ve definitely seen before.
At this point, I was blatantly staring, stopped dead in the middle of the sidewalk and Jack Nicholson looks over at me wearing some Orange a** sunglasses if I’ve ever seen them, doesn’t seem spooked I staring at all, and gives me his signature smirk and salutes me with two fingers and proceeds to cross the street.
As a kid, I saw Michael Jordan on a golf range in Hawaii. My Uncle and I were hitting in the space right next to him so he was literally 5 feet away. I was going to say something but all these other people started walking up to him and he just put his hand up as if to say “not now”. So I never bothered him.
We did see Charles Barkley later and he had a whole crowd of people around him and he said “Michael’s pissed today because I kicked his a** on the golf course.” At least that’s what he said
Kobe Bryant outside a pizza place when I was 8. Looking back I asked for an autograph probably at the worst possible time. He was walking into a Mexican-style restaurant that neighbored the pizza restaurant. He stood there holding the door open for his wife who was carrying their young child at the time. He looked at me staring in disbelief and just started laughing shut the door and just asked if I had a pen. Even with the terrible timing on my part, he was the most genuine celebrity I’ve ever met and made my night very memorable.
After we just moved to CA, my brother and I saw David Hasselhoff at the Grove (outside a shopping mall in LA) with what looked like his wife. My brother said under his breath as we walked by “Is that the Hoff?”. Then David perked up and started looking around crazily. His wife asked him what was wrong. He said, “I hear my fans calling!”. She said, “Please stop”.
We kept walking. Somehow it seemed like it was the best thing to do.
Met Dave Grohl at a hotel bar after he’d played a show I went to. He waves me over because he saw my Foo Fighters tattoo. Offered to buy him a drink, and he said sure. Then I asked if he wanted to play a drinking game called Landmines. Half an hour later we had a table full of beer cans. I was hammered, I’d assume he was feeling pretty good too. After about 40 minutes he said, “Well I’m gonna crash-I’ve got moving day tomorrow”. Got a picture with him, had a real solid bro hug, and he was off. Here’s the best part.
I had my bar tab open a solid hour before he showed up-and the bar was expensive, to begin with. I probably bought close to 25 craft beers just in the 40 minutes we hung out. I went to close out my tab scared of the total. The bartender smiled and told me “Your new friend took care of it”.
I was in Manhattan with my mom on vacation when I was a teenager and we thought we recognised the person ahead of us in line for a shtty street hotdog. We were intentionally doing cheesy tourist sh*t that day to get ironic pictures. I said to my mom, “I think the guy in front of us is Jeff Goldblum…”
I think he heard me, too because he got real still. Then my mom said, “No way, he’d never eat one of these things.” And I responded, “Mom I just watched the fly last night, don’t try to step to me about the ‘Blum right now.” And he started laughing and turned around and did that shushing face where he held his finger up to his lips like in that meme. He shook our hands and then went on his merry way.
To this day I wish I had watched a better Goldblum movie the night before.
Firstly let me say I NEVER get star struck ever, I’ve met most of the world’s top music divas through work and it’s no big deal… but that said I did get a bit like ‘oooh’ when I met Prince Harry.
I saw him just casually sitting backstage at a gig on his own so I went up and chatted to him, it went something like this:
Me “Hey, have you slipped your minders or are they on the roof with sniper guns?”
Harry “haha, that’s good. No, I’m just here on my own”
Me (noticing he has a guitar) “You planning on singing a few songs to the crowd?”
Harry “Yeah I’ve got a couple of new ones I want to try out before I go back out on tour” (I’m assuming he means on a military tour in Iraq)
Me “Sweet, I didn’t know you played the guitar, we’ll have a good one, I’m off to catering, See ya”
Harry just sits there looking puzzled but says goodbye.
I get to catering and I’m sat eating a nice jam sponge and custard pudding next to Lady Gaga telling everyone I just met Prince Harry and he’s planning on doing a couple of songs.
Everyone could tell I was pretty excited by this unusual encounter.
Imagine how surprised I was to later find out that it was actually NOT Prince Harry but Ed Sheeran
I was walking through Hollywood on my way to work early one morning. I stopped at a crosswalk in front of a Trader Joe’s to wait for a signal to change. The only person standing with me was this guy to my right. I thought he looked familiar and when he was finished talking on his cell phone I realized he looked a lot like David Blaine. Politely I said, “Are you..uh David Blaine” and he looked at me, smiled and said “Yeah.” and I replied “DUDE THAT’S F*CKING WEIRD.” and he started laughing, we shook hands and told each other to have a good day. Then – I got to work and ran to the bathroom to find an ace of clubs in my a**.
Jimmy Fallon typically visits Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire (I believe he has a summer home there, and his wife Nancy Juvonen’s family home is there). He particularly likes a famous clam shack in the area and frequents the restaurant when he comes to vacation. My friend had just gotten a job there about a week prior to meeting him, and everyone failed to tell him that Jimmy Fallon wasn’t exactly a rare sighting there. You can imagine the look on my buddy’s face when he turns the corner and finds Fallon as his newest customer. He starts off the experience strong, with no stumbling over words, is very calm, and eventually ends the night by tripping and spilling Jimmy Fallon’s order of clams all over him, the table, and the floor. Jimmy was incredibly nice about the situation, asked my friend if he was okay, and still left a nice tip. He’s a good dude
We were celebrating my friend’s Birthday at El Taco in Atlanta a few years back and our reservation got bumped. We were a little pissed, but our hostess told us she’d make it right. We ended up sitting at the table next to Jennifer Anniston and Paul Rudd (they apparently stole our reservation). This was like a year or two after I Love You Man came out, so we thought it would be hilarious to send Paul some fish tacos. He ended up turning around and coming over to talk to us for a few minutes. He even did ‘slapping da bass’ for us! He was pretty cool. Jennifer kinda made eye contact once, but otherwise was a little over-meeting fan, I gathered.
In 2006 I worked in a surf shop in Waikiki. On this particular day, I was working with two teen girls who suddenly vanished on me right as a young black woman and two male friends came into the store. I didn’t know where the heck my coworkers went but I helped the woman for a few minutes (she tried on a couple of dresses but didn’t want them) and one of the guys she was with bought a pair of sandals. It was a very bland transaction, one I would not have remembered at all except for what happened next.
After they left my two coworkers came back in and one of them said, “Did you get her autograph?”
“What? Whose?” I said.
They both looked like I had just thrown sh*t in their face.
“OH MY GAWD THAT WAS RAVEN SYMONE HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW THAT? WAAAAAAAHHHHH!!” (I may be paraphrasing here)
It turns out the reason they left is because they were freaking out so badly about Raven Symone coming into the store that they couldn’t even handle being in there and had to run out. As for me, even after finding out who she was I couldn’t have cared less, and the two of them were pissed at me for weeks over my obliviousness and indifference.
My dad once met Julianne Moore in an elevator at a hotel where they were filming a movie. He didn’t recognize her and he was just making small talk with her while waiting to get off their floors
“Know what’s going on with the hotel?”
“Oh yeah, we’re shooting a movie?”
“Oh, do you know anyone famous in the movie??”
“Uh yeah”
The next day he was sitting at a restaurant and she walked by the window and made eye contact, kind of gave him a little wave, and the guy beside my dad said “That’s Juliane Moore!”
I met Vin Diesel at a truck stop diner when I was a kid.
It was like 4 in the morning and me, my grandpa and vin and his friend were the only ones in the diner, and we ended up getting sitting at the table next to them.
Vin and a friend were getting ready to go on a fishing trip which was made obvious by the clothes they were wearing. My grandpa struck up a conversation about fishing with him, completely oblivious to who he was. He was a really nice guy and apparently knew a great deal about fishing techniques.
I was a bit geeked out and didn’t say much or contribute to the conversation but I spent the next hour of our road trip explaining to my grandpa who vin diesel was and why it was a huge deal we just met him.
When I was a teenager, I met Neil Armstrong at a retirement ceremony that my dad brought me to. It was at a museum and it was a private event. There was time for everyone to wander the museum, and my dad saw Mr Armstrong looking at one of the planes that my dad helped design. Nobody else was around. They struck up a conversation and Neil asked me questions about what I was studying and how I felt about the work my dad did (my dad worked on classified planes when I was much younger). He seemed like such a gentle guy to me. A bunch of other men suddenly joined as and started asking him for autographs, which he declined. It seemed to snap him out of his happy mood, and he kind of shut down and walked away. At that time I thought he was a bit of a jerk for not saying goodbye or anything, but I recently read about the hard time he had with fame, and I guess it makes sense.
I live in Upstate New York and when I was a little kid (around age 9 or so), I played baseball. One day, I was watching the games being played on the other fields because my game just ended. On the small, cold, metal stands, I saw an old man sitting alone watching a game. I loved talking to adults, especially when I was younger, so I sat next to him and started talking to him. “Do you know someone on the team?” He chuckled and said “Yes. My grandson.” I smiled at him and watched the game with him. A few minutes later, a small, skinny boy walks up to bat. He smiled, clapped, poked me in the side with his elbow and said “That’s him!” I recognized him, but never really learned his name. He struck out, and the old man seemed pretty disappointed, but all in all, he was just happy to be there. After the game, I smiled at the old man, walked away, and never thought anything of it. That night during dinner, I told my mom of the nice, old man I met that day. My mom looked at me, her jaw practically on the floor. “Do you know who that is?” My mom asked, almost excited, I replied “No”. Turns out it was Lou Gramm, the lead singer of Foreigner. That was about 8 years ago or so, and I still laugh about it. It was a cold autumn evening, so if I knew it was him, I would have told him the weather was cold as ice outside.
I met Arnold Schwarzenegger before he was Governor riding on the beach in Santa Monica. He was riding a bike with a sectional on the back where his two boys were sitting. I wasn’t sure it was him until I saw his kids jumping up and down and rode up to him to tell him that they were misbehaving. He turned to them and in his best Arnold accent told them to “sit down”.
Kiefer Sutherland. It was an amazing coincidence running into him as we had plans to go see him at his concert the coming Saturday night. (Tickets were free, but you had to stand in line to get ’em.)
My son was bartending — I came in to see my son — and he said, “Hey Dad, I got someone I want you to meet…”
So when I met him, the first thing out of my mouth was “Oh my goodness, we loved you in Lost Boys, in 24, in so much — and believe it or not my wife and I are coming to see your band on Saturday!”
He LOST IT!!! He was like, “Most people don’t have a clue about my music… I can’t believe you guys are coming! That’s so awesome…”
Yeah, he was thrilled…
So I called my wife? Then she swung by the bar too to meet Kiefer.
Long story short, he left really great seats for us at the will call. Then during the concert, he called out for my wife and me to stand up…then he dedicated a love song to us.
I interrupted a Daniel Radcliffe photo shoot at the Chelsea Piers a few years back.
I was in a hurry and had to get the truck I was driving out of a loading dock and to my next stop. I ran out and opened up the gates when someone tried to stop me. They decided that the loading dock was the perfect spot to take pictures of him.
I’m a big Harry Potter fan, and I spun around and he looked me dead in the eye like “What the f*ck?” and I swear, he has the bluest eyes I’ve ever seen and they stared right into my soul.
I was all sweaty and dishevelled. I’m also not your typical truck driver. I’m 5’4″ on a good day, and I’m fairly girly as far as tomboys go. I probably had a big bow in my hair. I think I just yelled “I’ve got to go, f8ck this!” and ignored all of them. Jumped in the truck and drove off.
Sorry Harry Potter, but some of us have real jobs to do!
Jennifer Lawrence. I was in LA on a business trip standing outside of a café. I saw her and was like “Um… are…” and she chuckled. She responded “…yes… I are…” and gave me a hug. She was extremely kind.
I used to go to a small gym. The owners were laid back and had their cats roam around all the time. It was never an issue and people who went regularly would pet them in between sets. My husband and I go to the gym one day. We’re the only ones there aside from a trainer in the corner with someone. My husband (a very observant man) tells me to go do some kettlebell swings. I thought it was weird but headed over to the kettlebell section. There is the trainer with Ben Affleck (training for Batman). I didn’t want to disturb him, so I completely ignored him. Except it’s a small gym. So I’m working out on the bench next to nice guy Ben, and I can feel him trying to acknowledge me. Suddenly I notice one of the cats starts to pee in the corner next to Ben. I shout “NO!” to stop the cat and scoop him up. Ben turns to me and says “Hey, is that your cat?” Clearly trying to start a conversation. I look at him and awkwardly say “It’s not my cat” and walk away. I had an opportunity to talk to Batman and instead became the crazy cat lady. My husband was watching from afar, dying laughing. Now whenever I do something awkward my husband will scream “It’s not my cat!!”
I saw Pippa Middleton, whose sister married Prince William and is the Duchess of Cambridge, at a Mcdonald’s in the middle of nowhere central Missouri. She was in line with her brother. They were part of a cycling event where teams biked across the country and they had stopped in to fuel up for the day. My wife had told me that there was a chance I might see them since the race passed through this little one-horse town I was in for work so I was looking for them but didn’t really expect to see them until they got in line behind me at breakfast.
Nobody in the restaurant other than me had any idea who they were. I chatted with them (mostly her brother) for a minute or two, explained how my wife was a huge cyclist fan and was following their team on Twitter, and told them good luck and ride hard. They proceeded to order and eat what was probably 5,000 calories worth of oatmeal, hashbrowns and egg Mcmuffins and chowed down on it.
I snapped a stalkerish pic from my table a few feet away just to send to my wife so she would believe me. She put it on Twitter and tagged her cycling friends who retweeted it, and then it went semi-viral, and I felt bad for violating their privacy. They were very nice people.
I saw Ryan Gosling at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “Huh? Huh? Huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first, he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical interference,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
Met Shaquille O’Neal and his wife a few years ago at an arcade of all places. I was standing in line to get tickets for go karts. I kept thinking, who the heck is this tall a** dude? He turned around for a second and I saw his face. I made an “O” facial expression and he noticed. He said “Yup, it’s me” then laughed. Shook his giant hand, and said hello to his wife. Really humble guy. Was funny seeing him get into a go-kart though. His knees stuck out and he looked very uncomfortable.
