Re: What happened.......

No kidding...geez, they don't need to be so rude, some can be rude, some can
be nice. Go figure
Hug
Kyla
"Granby"
Any time I worked in a business office, I was told never to mention one
clients name to another. In this day and age people are so uptight about
their space or something.
"hopitus" <
On Apr 4, 7:16 pm, outsider


Mischief >> > > 3. I spoke inappropriately with a client who happened
to be a
celebrity.

A brand new client came in with a German Shepherd and I put him in a
room. In the course of getting background, the client asked about
boarding.

"I'm in a famous band and we're going on tour for a month and I want
to board him."

I said, "Oh really, that's exciting, may I ask what band?"

Turns out he was Mix Master Mike of the rap group The Beastie Boys.

I said, "Nice! You know we also have a client who is a rapper too."
Then I changed the subject and moved onto talking to the dog.

Apparently that little conversation was deemed as inappropriate and
was the straw the broke the back.

Which part was inappropriate? None of what you said sounds even
slightly
inappropriate, so I don't know which thing annoyed them. Do you?
Bizarre.

I am sorry to disagree but it _was_ inappropriate. I owned and ran a
small contracting business for 20 years. Some of my clients were quite
wealthy and some were quite known. I was left alone to work in their
homes for hours a day and days to weeks. If I wanted to make them feel
uncomfortable all I had to do was focus attention on their wealth or
fame. That is all those people needed was more people around them to
worry about. There may come a time after you know each other better when
one might ask questions but in this event the only answer should have
been a description of boarding services. I am not famous or rich but I
am paranoid as hell about where I leave my pets and that reaction could
have put _me_ off.

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Anyone who frequents this ng knows how important your cats are to you,
as well
as their care and wellbeing. You were in a different line of work than
was, and I
realize the difference your being in their homes meant. Bigtime
difference. I had
no access to their assets in an ER. Respecting your post, I differ but
not disagree
with your experience with the rich and famous in that they can and do
act completely
different in other surroundings....such as my workplace(s). ODB now
RB, came through
our ER in an entourage from 45 miles south - his venue in Miami - to
not be in media
there for an ER visit...he spent the night at our intensive care
unit....while there, he had
his posse bring in 50 pizzas to ER staff as well as all nursing
personnel on ICU floor
upstairs. Liza M. rolled through our ER w/o stopping and *commanded*
the EMTs
pulling her gurney - needless to say, those dudes were NOT her
personal employees,
LOL - to stop in their tracks so she could distribute a group of
signed pics she had
prepared ahead of time! When she rolled out of the hospital a few
days later - again
through our ER on my shift....she smiled, waved, and squealed her way
out, again on
a gurney, all the way out the ambulance entrance/exit....Cheap Trick
gave us all their
'graphs in the CA ER I worked in there, also Steve Perry. I think
celebrities would
be completely different folks in their own homes, as you say, as well
as it appears
some revel in their fame more than others, at least from my personal
experience related
here. Just like us, some are friendlier than others. I was not
especially friendly at work,
which could work in one's favor....or not.










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