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A friend of mine used to work as a receptionist for ITV and obviously has met a lot of celebs. Most of them have been completely normal folk - a handful of them have treated her like a piece of poop, but one stood out as being lovely...
She was on a break one day and was walking down one of the many long, long corridors. There was a man behind her and every door she went through, she held it open for him. He said thank you each time and then they started giggling because it became so repetitive and awkward. As the corridor was quite long, they got chit chatting and having a laugh and a joke. Although he was very famous, he was down to earth and lovely. He asked about her job and if she liked it etc. She made a comment about being "only a receptionist" but he stopped her and told her that no job is lesser than another - if you do a job well, you will succeed and be happy in life. As they parted ways, the man said to my friend that it was a pleasure meeting her. She blushed a little bit and they said goodbye. Ever since that day (until the time she left), this guy would say hello to her by name (she was sat on reception) and at Christmas, he always included a card for her. That man? Mr Simon Cowell. |
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A friend of mine used to work as a receptionist for ITV and obviously has met a lot of celebs. Most of them have been completely normal folk - a handful of them have treated her like a piece of poop, but one stood out as being lovely...
She was on a break one day and was walking down one of the many long, long corridors. There was a man behind her and every door she went through, she held it open for him. He said thank you each time and then they started giggling because it became so repetitive and awkward. As the corridor was quite long, they got chit chatting and having a laugh and a joke. Although he was very famous, he was down to earth and lovely. He asked about her job and if she liked it etc. She made a comment about being "only a receptionist" but he stopped her and told her that no job is lesser than another - if you do a job well, you will succeed and be happy in life. As they parted ways, the man said to my friend that it was a pleasure meeting her. She blushed a little bit and they said goodbye. Ever since that day (until the time she left), this guy would say hello to her by name (she was sat on reception) and at Christmas, he always included a card for her. That man? Mr Simon Cowell. |
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I think if any celeb was rude to me they'd get a mouthful. I always remember a quote 'admire the art not the artist '
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A friend of mine used to work as a receptionist for ITV and obviously has met a lot of celebs. Most of them have been completely normal folk - a handful of them have treated her like a piece of poop, but one stood out as being lovely...
She was on a break one day and was walking down one of the many long, long corridors. There was a man behind her and every door she went through, she held it open for him. He said thank you each time and then they started giggling because it became so repetitive and awkward. As the corridor was quite long, they got chit chatting and having a laugh and a joke. Although he was very famous, he was down to earth and lovely. He asked about her job and if she liked it etc. She made a comment about being "only a receptionist" but he stopped her and told her that no job is lesser than another - if you do a job well, you will succeed and be happy in life. As they parted ways, the man said to my friend that it was a pleasure meeting her. She blushed a little bit and they said goodbye. Ever since that day (until the time she left), this guy would say hello to her by name (she was sat on reception) and at Christmas, he always included a card for her. That man? Mr Simon Cowell. Good on him. |
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I stumbled on this site/thread looking for stories about Brian Clough and thought I'd post this.
Way back in 1995, I met a girl who said she had a date with a guy, who had been a big soap star in the eighties. No real names, to protect the innocent, but he played a Jack the lad type, TV hard man on a popular evening show based in Granadaland. Said girl and I, had a fling lasting a few months which ended in a mature and amicable manner and we remained good friends. Anyway, on a rainy November evening a few weeks after we split, the phone rang. Here is how the conversation went: Me: Hello Jack the lad type: Is this Jordan? Me: Yes Jack: It's Jack Me: Who? Jack: Jack the lad Me: errr.......(trying to recall who he was) Right...OK.... Long dramatic silence. Jack: I believe we have a mutual friend. Me: That's nice mate. Is there anything else? The wannabe gangster, knit wit, then started rambling on about wishing a friend of an acquaintance a happy Christmas on his behalf. I just laughed and said that I had never met the person and had no plans to do so. Finished by saying 'This ain't normal mate!' and hanging up. That's when the calls from the taxi firms confirming my non-existent bookings started. I think he had hoped that I would go off on one, or panic about how he got my number because I wasn't in the directory and only recently had the phone installed. It was obvious that he had hooked up with my ex and lifted it from her address book. Called her months later to see how she was, he answered, shouted "it's that ****ing Jordan!" and threw the receiver across the room. Total twunt, would not even take the time to stamp his face out, if it was on fire. Anyone met Brian? |
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I stumbled on this site/thread looking for stories about Brian Clough and thought I'd post this.
Way back in 1995, I met a girl who said she had a date with a guy, who had been a big soap star in the eighties. No real names, to protect the innocent, but he played a Jack the lad type, TV hard man on a popular evening show based in Granadaland. Said girl and I, had a fling lasting a few months which ended in a mature and amicable manner and we remained good friends. Anyway, on a rainy November evening a few weeks after we split, the phone rang. Here is how the conversation went: Me: Hello Jack the lad type: Is this Jordan? Me: Yes Jack: It's Jack Me: Who? Jack: Jack the lad Me: errr.......(trying to recall who he was) Right...OK.... Long dramatic silence. Jack: I believe we have a mutual friend. Me: That's nice mate. Is there anything else? The wannabe gangster, knit wit, then started rambling on about wishing a friend of an acquaintance a happy Christmas on his behalf. I just laughed and said that I had never met the person and had no plans to do so. Finished by saying 'This ain't normal mate!' and hanging up. That's when the calls from the taxi firms confirming my non-existent bookings started. I think he had hoped that I would go off on one, or panic about how he got my number because I wasn't in the directory and only recently had the phone installed. It was obvious that he had hooked up with my ex and lifted it from her address book. Called her months later to see how she was, he answered, shouted "it's that ****ing Jordan!" and threw the receiver across the room. Total twunt, would not even take the time to stamp his face out, if it was on fire. Anyone met Brian? |
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Son of 'Poison Ivy'? No. He sounds a right plonker.
![]() EDIT - just had an idea - was this idiot an 'art' at being a 'wolf' in sheep's clothing?
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You wouldn't think it would you from him. That's class
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Son of 'Poison Ivy'? No. He sounds a right plonker.
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Hmm, his wasn't really a hard man character. Am thinking maybe son of Swamp Duck.
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Possible I suppose, but didn't they make appearances well into the 1990s?
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A friend of mine used to work as a receptionist for ITV and obviously has met a lot of celebs. Most of them have been completely normal folk - a handful of them have treated her like a piece of poop, but one stood out as being lovely...
She was on a break one day and was walking down one of the many long, long corridors. There was a man behind her and every door she went through, she held it open for him. He said thank you each time and then they started giggling because it became so repetitive and awkward. As the corridor was quite long, they got chit chatting and having a laugh and a joke. Although he was very famous, he was down to earth and lovely. He asked about her job and if she liked it etc. She made a comment about being "only a receptionist" but he stopped her and told her that no job is lesser than another - if you do a job well, you will succeed and be happy in life. As they parted ways, the man said to my friend that it was a pleasure meeting her. She blushed a little bit and they said goodbye. Ever since that day (until the time she left), this guy would say hello to her by name (she was sat on reception) and at Christmas, he always included a card for her. That man? Mr Simon Cowell. The same family friend worked on something with Warwick Davis in and said he is a very attention seeking man full of his own self importance who is very short tempered. |
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Originally Posted by dekaf Son of 'Poison Ivy'? No. He sounds a right plonker. That's instantly who I thought of! EDIT - just had an idea - was this idiot an 'art' at being a 'wolf' in sheep's clothing? I've never been a regular viewer, it took me two Google searches to find out who Poison Ivy was Dekaf? It's not him though, sorry. |
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True. I just don't remember his character being a hard man type but son of Swamp Duck was. However I would believe it of Poison Ivy's son.
I think I might have to find a list of 1980s Corrie characters tomorrow!
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Originally Posted by dekaf Son of 'Poison Ivy'? No. He sounds a right plonker. That's instantly who I thought of! EDIT - just had an idea - was this idiot an 'art' at being a 'wolf' in sheep's clothing? I've never been a regular viewer, it took me two Google searches to find out who Poison Ivy was Dekaf? It's not him though, sorry. Blast! The only other one I can think of is who Ella Nut suggested. He certainly played the 'hard man'.
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A friend of mine used to work as a receptionist for ITV and obviously has met a lot of celebs. Most of them have been completely normal folk - a handful of them have treated her like a piece of poop, but one stood out as being lovely...
She was on a break one day and was walking down one of the many long, long corridors. There was a man behind her and every door she went through, she held it open for him. He said thank you each time and then they started giggling because it became so repetitive and awkward. As the corridor was quite long, they got chit chatting and having a laugh and a joke. Although he was very famous, he was down to earth and lovely. He asked about her job and if she liked it etc. She made a comment about being "only a receptionist" but he stopped her and told her that no job is lesser than another - if you do a job well, you will succeed and be happy in life. As they parted ways, the man said to my friend that it was a pleasure meeting her. She blushed a little bit and they said goodbye. Ever since that day (until the time she left), this guy would say hello to her by name (she was sat on reception) and at Christmas, he always included a card for her. That man? Mr Simon Cowell.
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That's sweet but he still helped to destroy music.
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Possible I suppose, but didn't they make appearances well into the 1990s?
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I would. There have been quite a few posts here about nice he is but I think I know why you would find it surprising.
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I've never heard anything bad about him from fans tbh. He comes across as quite nasty and rude on TV, but he seems a lot nicer off camera.
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Dated in 95, he wasn't in it at the time.
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Isn't that just his TV persona though?
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Even if it is, that won't help the people he insults. I watched some old auditions on Youtube the other day and he called one of the contestants fat for no reason at all. It's a good job he doesn't act like that all the time.
Not that that excuses rude comments though |
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The same family friend worked on something with Warwick Davis in and said he is a very attention seeking man full of his own self importance who is very short tempered.
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