Fired for messing with a rock legend!
In 94 I was a xxxxxx club host. Stools were reserved for VIPs & my job was to fight seat thieves. Yep, I was "celebrity stool guard."
One night a man in a weird red fringe jacket walked up. "Lemme sit here" he demanded. I explained I couldn't. He repeated, "Let me IN. I'm JOHN FOGERTY! I've PLAYED here. (I'm a legend! Blah blah!)" He didn't let up. Alas, I decided to be nice. "Tell you what, I'll let you sit here until people show. But you'll have to leave when they do." He nodded & pushed past.
Unfortunately, within minutes things changed.
"I'm sorry -- I just got a call that people are coming down. I wish I could've let you stay longer but there's nothing I can do."
He turned his back to me. "I'm not moving."
I reminded him of his promise.
"No."
I then said the meanest thing I could think of.
"Mr. Henley, I'm sorry but you cannot sit here."
He jumped up. "I AM NOT DON HENLEY!" he cried. He fumed away in a red-fringed flurry; I seated people.
Within a week I was fired.
"You really pissed someone off!" I was told.
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