Terrible experience meeting Drew

JimmyB1775 · 05-20-2012, 10:39 AM

I've never cared much for meeting celebrities. I always say there are only four people in the world I'd be excited to see in person and two are Saints. *
I went to the Drew Brees Charity Classic Golf Tournament in San Diego on Friday to get a pic and an autograph. It wasn't packed at all. Just enough people were there I make it difficult and aggravate the VIP's.*
So my first experience was meeting Darren Sproles. I'm 6'3". It was interesting. The thing that really bothered me about it was the way in which everyone was so pushy and rude to him. One man (and normally I'd refer to a man as a gentleman) showed up in his dirty pony tail and dirty beard with a binder of crap. Keep in mind, I tried to bring in my Who Dat Scotty Cameron putter for a signature from Drew and was told to put it in my car by the older lady working the front table. "no memorabilia" she said. *Old ladies are my bread and butter. I can get anything I want flirting with the elders and she was strict and harsh. I digress. Pony tail man had some 11 x 14 photos of Darren and asked him to write 328 yds 2 TDs on it an sign. I was appalled. Here I am feeling obnoxious because my buddy wants a picture and this creeper wants multiple pictures signed so he can sell them on eBay.*
Next was Drew. He comes up to the first tee and my buddy (crazy saints fan and dressed like one) yells at him. He says he's got to get a picture with his Free Sean shirt and my buddy pulls me in the pic and tells him I'm a Marine skipping work to get a picture. *Drew starts to smile and says "Wait, I need a picture with the Free Sean shirts" of which there were like 5 in the crowd. He literally kicked me out of my own picture with my own camera. I was devastated. *Seriously. I was blown away. So he takes the picture and I say "Drew, how bout our picture" and he said "Sorry man". Devastated. I realize he's got people all over him all the time. I get that. I just couldn't believe that actually happened.*
I managed to get a picture with him at the second hole but it's so blurry it literally looks like I took a picture with a stand up cutout.*
I'll never want to meet a celebrity again unless it's in the grocery, nobody else sees him and they don't have any family with them. Awful experience.*
I don't blame Drew for how he handled it. He's gotta get that 1,000 times a day in PR events like that and 98% come from creepers with soon-to-be eBay goods. Almost makes me glad I'm in the tax bracket I'm in. Almost.

Danno · 05-20-2012, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by JimmyB1775

I've never cared much for meeting celebrities. I always say there are only four people in the world I'd be excited to see in person and two are Saints. *
I went to the Drew Brees Charity Classic Golf Tournament in San Diego on Friday to get a pic and an autograph. It wasn't packed at all. Just enough people were there I make it difficult and aggravate the VIP's.*
So my first experience was meeting Darren Sproles. I'm 6'3". It was interesting. The thing that really bothered me about it was the way in which everyone was so pushy and rude to him. One man (and normally I'd refer to a man as a gentleman) showed up in his dirty pony tail and dirty beard with a binder of crap. Keep in mind, I tried to bring in my Who Dat Scotty Cameron putter for a signature from Drew and was told to put it in my car by the older lady working the front table. "no memorabilia" she said. *Old ladies are my bread and butter. I can get anything I want flirting with the elders and she was strict and harsh. I digress. Pony tail man had some 11 x 14 photos of Darren and asked him to write 328 yds 2 TDs on it an sign. I was appalled. Here I am feeling obnoxious because my buddy wants a picture and this creeper wants multiple pictures signed so he can sell them on eBay.*
Next was Drew. He comes up to the first tee and my buddy (crazy saints fan and dressed like one) yells at him. He says he's got to get a picture with his Free Sean shirt and my buddy pulls me in the pic and tells him I'm a Marine skipping work to get a picture. *Drew starts to smile and says "Wait, I need a picture with the Free Sean shirts" of which there were like 5 in the crowd. He literally kicked me out of my own picture with my own camera. I was devastated. *Seriously. I was blown away. So he takes the picture and I say "Drew, how bout our picture" and he said "Sorry man". Devastated. I realize he's got people all over him all the time. I get that. I just couldn't believe that actually happened.*
I managed to get a picture with him at the second hole but it's so blurry it literally looks like I took a picture with a stand up cutout.*
I'll never want to meet a celebrity again unless it's in the grocery, nobody else sees him and they don't have any family with them. Awful experience.*
I don't blame Drew for how he handled it. He's gotta get that 1,000 times a day in PR events like that and 98% come from creepers with soon-to-be eBay goods. Almost makes me glad I'm in the tax bracket I'm in. Almost.

Hate that for you. Thats gotta sting. It just goes to show that these guys are no more than ordinary folks like me and you but with a certain God given athletic gift. My 12 year old nephew had a similar experience with Emmitt Smith on a plane.

Oh, and tax bracket really has nothing to do with anything at all. I know filthy rich people that would give you the shirt off their back if you needed it, and I know snobby self-absorbed poor folks who wouldn't give you the time of day, and vice versa. People are just people, wealth has very little to do with their behavior towards others.

JimmyB1775 · 05-20-2012, 12:27 PM

I wasn't implying that he or anyone else is a jerk because of money. I was more saying I wouldn't want to be swarmed by greedy people and forced to ignore the majority of them regardless if I was a decent person. Drew is one of the top 5 most likely NFL players to help an old lady across the street and dudes in pony tails have over the years, made him HAVE to act like that to fans. I just meant that's a side of being famous I don't want.

burningmetal · 05-21-2012, 06:34 AM

Originally Posted by JimmyB1775

I wasn't implying that he or anyone else is a jerk because of money. I was more saying I wouldn't want to be swarmed by greedy people and forced to ignore the majority of them regardless if I was a decent person. Drew is one of the top 5 most likely NFL players to help an old lady across the street and dudes in pony tails have over the years, made him HAVE to act like that to fans. I just meant that's a side of being famous I don't want.

I myself am a man with long hair. Which means I wear it in a pony tail at times. I have never met any of my favorite athletes, but I did meet the singer of one of my favorite bands, nonpoint, and I specifically told him " I don't have anything for you to sign. Just wanted to shake your hand. Great show". He and the entire band were cool as hell to all of us there. I've never been one to go gaga over someone's celebrity status. They're still people.

My point in this, is that just because someone has a pony tail or a beard doesn't mean they are automatically a douchebag. If someone acts like an idiot or a jerk, than that's what they are. It has nothing to do with hair. I've never done anything but treat people around me with respect, as long as respect was due them. But through the course of my life I've had plenty of people treat me like garbage, and most of them were short haired. I never assumed their hair length had anything to do with their piss poor attitude.

Speedy Ron · 05-20-2012, 12:38 PM

if it makes you feel any better...i know a guy who idolized Will Clark. He went to Jesuit cause of Will ( i by the way hate jesuit). His dad bought him tickets right behind the home team dugout in San Fran for his bday. they flew all the way there and got to each game extra early to try to get an autograph. on the last day he finally got Wills attenttion. He tells Will he goes to JEsuit and he is his idol, told him he always wonders if he is sitting in Wills old desk, etc.. To which Will replied "kiss my @$$, i dont have time for autographs". hes a typical jesuit pr!ck

Ashley · 05-20-2012, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Speedy Ron

if it makes you feel any better...i know a guy who idolized Will Clark. He went to Jesuit cause of Will ( i by the way hate jesuit). His dad bought him tickets right behind the home team dugout in San Fran for his bday. they flew all the way there and got to each game extra early to try to get an autograph. on the last day he finally got Wills attenttion. He tells Will he goes to JEsuit and he is his idol, told him he always wonders if he is sitting in Wills old desk, etc.. To which Will replied "kiss my @$$, i dont have time for autographs". hes a typical jesuit pr!ck

Ha that is fun as hell!! But it is sad to hear that, what an ass hat. But that story did make me laugh. M

73Saint · 05-20-2012, 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by Speedy Ron

if it makes you feel any better...i know a guy who idolized Will Clark. He went to Jesuit cause of Will ( i by the way hate jesuit). His dad bought him tickets right behind the home team dugout in San Fran for his bday. they flew all the way there and got to each game extra early to try to get an autograph. on the last day he finally got Wills attenttion. He tells Will he goes to JEsuit and he is his idol, told him he always wonders if he is sitting in Wills old desk, etc.. To which Will replied "kiss my @$$, i dont have time for autographs". hes a typical jesuit pr!ck

He was a ***** before he went to Jesuit. It wasn't Jesuit that made him a *****. Matter of fact you kind of sound like a ***** making a statement like that about Jesuit, and the good people who proudly attended Jesuit.

Speedy Ron · 05-21-2012, 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by 73Saint

He was a ***** before he went to Jesuit. It wasn't Jesuit that made him a *****. Matter of fact you kind of sound like a ***** making a statement like that about Jesuit, and the good people who proudly attended Jesuit.

im sure he was. i know...the stereotype is just a coincidence. little sensitive about jesuit i see

73Saint · 05-21-2012, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by Speedy Ron

im sure he was. i know...the stereotype is just a coincidence. little sensitive about jesuit i see

lol. Not sensitive at all. Go back and read what you wrote. I hated Holy Cross when I went to Jesuit. But I graduated a long time ago, and I have a lot of friends who went to HC. So I don't run around slamming the school or its people. Ironically enough, I went to HC for two years before being promoted to Jesuit.

Speedy Ron · 05-21-2012, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by 73Saint

before being promoted to Jesuit.

this made me throw up in my mouth. and yea...i did hear some blue jay tears when i sensed sensitivity. FYI....i married into a jesuit family. im like a spy on the inside seeing what goes on back stage. that was my last jesuit attack...

05-20-2012, 10:39 AM	#1
JimmyB1775 100th Post Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 216 Blog Entries: 1	Terrible experience meeting Drew I've never cared much for meeting celebrities. I always say there are only four people in the world I'd be excited to see in person and two are Saints. * I went to the Drew Brees Charity Classic Golf Tournament in San Diego on Friday to get a pic and an autograph. It wasn't packed at all. Just enough people were there I make it difficult and aggravate the VIP's.* So my first experience was meeting Darren Sproles. I'm 6'3". It was interesting. The thing that really bothered me about it was the way in which everyone was so pushy and rude to him. One man (and normally I'd refer to a man as a gentleman) showed up in his dirty pony tail and dirty beard with a binder of crap. Keep in mind, I tried to bring in my Who Dat Scotty Cameron putter for a signature from Drew and was told to put it in my car by the older lady working the front table. "no memorabilia" she said. Old ladies are my bread and butter. I can get anything I want flirting with the elders and she was strict and harsh. I digress. Pony tail man had some 11 x 14 photos of Darren and asked him to write 328 yds 2 TDs on it an sign. I was appalled. Here I am feeling obnoxious because my buddy wants a picture and this creeper wants multiple pictures signed so he can sell them on eBay. Next was Drew. He comes up to the first tee and my buddy (crazy saints fan and dressed like one) yells at him. He says he's got to get a picture with his Free Sean shirt and my buddy pulls me in the pic and tells him I'm a Marine skipping work to get a picture. Drew starts to smile and says "Wait, I need a picture with the Free Sean shirts" of which there were like 5 in the crowd. He literally kicked me out of my own picture with my own camera. I was devastated. Seriously. I was blown away. So he takes the picture and I say "Drew, how bout our picture" and he said "Sorry man". Devastated. I realize he's got people all over him all the time. I get that. I just couldn't believe that actually happened.* I managed to get a picture with him at the second hole but it's so blurry it literally looks like I took a picture with a stand up cutout.* I'll never want to meet a celebrity again unless it's in the grocery, nobody else sees him and they don't have any family with them. Awful experience.* I don't blame Drew for how he handled it. He's gotta get that 1,000 times a day in PR events like that and 98% come from creepers with soon-to-be eBay goods. Almost makes me glad I'm in the tax bracket I'm in. Almost.

05-20-2012, 12:16 PM	#2
Danno Truth Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Spanish Fort, AL (via NO and B/R) Posts: 24,747	Originally Posted by JimmyB1775 I've never cared much for meeting celebrities. I always say there are only four people in the world I'd be excited to see in person and two are Saints. * I went to the Drew Brees Charity Classic Golf Tournament in San Diego on Friday to get a pic and an autograph. It wasn't packed at all. Just enough people were there I make it difficult and aggravate the VIP's.* So my first experience was meeting Darren Sproles. I'm 6'3". It was interesting. The thing that really bothered me about it was the way in which everyone was so pushy and rude to him. One man (and normally I'd refer to a man as a gentleman) showed up in his dirty pony tail and dirty beard with a binder of crap. Keep in mind, I tried to bring in my Who Dat Scotty Cameron putter for a signature from Drew and was told to put it in my car by the older lady working the front table. "no memorabilia" she said. Old ladies are my bread and butter. I can get anything I want flirting with the elders and she was strict and harsh. I digress. Pony tail man had some 11 x 14 photos of Darren and asked him to write 328 yds 2 TDs on it an sign. I was appalled. Here I am feeling obnoxious because my buddy wants a picture and this creeper wants multiple pictures signed so he can sell them on eBay. Next was Drew. He comes up to the first tee and my buddy (crazy saints fan and dressed like one) yells at him. He says he's got to get a picture with his Free Sean shirt and my buddy pulls me in the pic and tells him I'm a Marine skipping work to get a picture. Drew starts to smile and says "Wait, I need a picture with the Free Sean shirts" of which there were like 5 in the crowd. He literally kicked me out of my own picture with my own camera. I was devastated. Seriously. I was blown away. So he takes the picture and I say "Drew, how bout our picture" and he said "Sorry man". Devastated. I realize he's got people all over him all the time. I get that. I just couldn't believe that actually happened.* I managed to get a picture with him at the second hole but it's so blurry it literally looks like I took a picture with a stand up cutout.* I'll never want to meet a celebrity again unless it's in the grocery, nobody else sees him and they don't have any family with them. Awful experience.* I don't blame Drew for how he handled it. He's gotta get that 1,000 times a day in PR events like that and 98% come from creepers with soon-to-be eBay goods. Almost makes me glad I'm in the tax bracket I'm in. Almost. Hate that for you. Thats gotta sting. It just goes to show that these guys are no more than ordinary folks like me and you but with a certain God given athletic gift. My 12 year old nephew had a similar experience with Emmitt Smith on a plane. Oh, and tax bracket really has nothing to do with anything at all. I know filthy rich people that would give you the shirt off their back if you needed it, and I know snobby self-absorbed poor folks who wouldn't give you the time of day, and vice versa. People are just people, wealth has very little to do with their behavior towards others. SapperSaint, JoanieNTX and Beastmode like this.

05-21-2012, 06:34 AM	#4
burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	Originally Posted by JimmyB1775 I wasn't implying that he or anyone else is a jerk because of money. I was more saying I wouldn't want to be swarmed by greedy people and forced to ignore the majority of them regardless if I was a decent person. Drew is one of the top 5 most likely NFL players to help an old lady across the street and dudes in pony tails have over the years, made him HAVE to act like that to fans. I just meant that's a side of being famous I don't want. I myself am a man with long hair. Which means I wear it in a pony tail at times. I have never met any of my favorite athletes, but I did meet the singer of one of my favorite bands, nonpoint, and I specifically told him " I don't have anything for you to sign. Just wanted to shake your hand. Great show". He and the entire band were cool as hell to all of us there. I've never been one to go gaga over someone's celebrity status. They're still people. My point in this, is that just because someone has a pony tail or a beard doesn't mean they are automatically a douchebag. If someone acts like an idiot or a jerk, than that's what they are. It has nothing to do with hair. I've never done anything but treat people around me with respect, as long as respect was due them. But through the course of my life I've had plenty of people treat me like garbage, and most of them were short haired. I never assumed their hair length had anything to do with their piss poor attitude. SaintsRule11 likes this.
	If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.

05-20-2012, 12:38 PM	#5
Speedy Ron I'm an A hole Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Metry Posts: 1,173	if it makes you feel any better...i know a guy who idolized Will Clark. He went to Jesuit cause of Will ( i by the way hate jesuit). His dad bought him tickets right behind the home team dugout in San Fran for his bday. they flew all the way there and got to each game extra early to try to get an autograph. on the last day he finally got Wills attenttion. He tells Will he goes to JEsuit and he is his idol, told him he always wonders if he is sitting in Wills old desk, etc.. To which Will replied "kiss my @$$, i dont have time for autographs". hes a typical jesuit pr!ck AlaskaSaints likes this.

05-20-2012, 12:58 PM	#6
Ashley Site Donor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Colorado Springs Co Posts: 2,760	Originally Posted by Speedy Ron if it makes you feel any better...i know a guy who idolized Will Clark. He went to Jesuit cause of Will ( i by the way hate jesuit). His dad bought him tickets right behind the home team dugout in San Fran for his bday. they flew all the way there and got to each game extra early to try to get an autograph. on the last day he finally got Wills attenttion. He tells Will he goes to JEsuit and he is his idol, told him he always wonders if he is sitting in Wills old desk, etc.. To which Will replied "kiss my @$$, i dont have time for autographs". hes a typical jesuit pr!ck Ha that is fun as hell!! But it is sad to hear that, what an ass hat. But that story did make me laugh. M

05-20-2012, 12:27 PM	#3
JimmyB1775 100th Post Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 216 Blog Entries: 1	I wasn't implying that he or anyone else is a jerk because of money. I was more saying I wouldn't want to be swarmed by greedy people and forced to ignore the majority of them regardless if I was a decent person. Drew is one of the top 5 most likely NFL players to help an old lady across the street and dudes in pony tails have over the years, made him HAVE to act like that to fans. I just meant that's a side of being famous I don't want.

05-20-2012, 02:41 PM	#7
73Saint 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NOLA Posts: 2,336	Originally Posted by Speedy Ron if it makes you feel any better...i know a guy who idolized Will Clark. He went to Jesuit cause of Will ( i by the way hate jesuit). His dad bought him tickets right behind the home team dugout in San Fran for his bday. they flew all the way there and got to each game extra early to try to get an autograph. on the last day he finally got Wills attenttion. He tells Will he goes to JEsuit and he is his idol, told him he always wonders if he is sitting in Wills old desk, etc.. To which Will replied "kiss my @$$, i dont have time for autographs". hes a typical jesuit pr!ck He was a *** before he went to Jesuit. It wasn't Jesuit that made him a *. Matter of fact you kind of sound like a *** making a statement like that about Jesuit, and the good people who proudly attended Jesuit.

05-21-2012, 08:33 AM	#8
Speedy Ron I'm an A hole Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Metry Posts: 1,173	Originally Posted by 73Saint He was a *** before he went to Jesuit. It wasn't Jesuit that made him a *. Matter of fact you kind of sound like a *** making a statement like that about Jesuit, and the good people who proudly attended Jesuit. im sure he was. i know...the stereotype is just a coincidence. little sensitive about jesuit i see

05-21-2012, 09:40 AM	#9
73Saint 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NOLA Posts: 2,336	Originally Posted by Speedy Ron im sure he was. i know...the stereotype is just a coincidence. little sensitive about jesuit i see lol. Not sensitive at all. Go back and read what you wrote. I hated Holy Cross when I went to Jesuit. But I graduated a long time ago, and I have a lot of friends who went to HC. So I don't run around slamming the school or its people. Ironically enough, I went to HC for two years before being promoted to Jesuit.

05-21-2012, 10:59 AM	#10
Speedy Ron I'm an A hole Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Metry Posts: 1,173	Originally Posted by 73Saint before being promoted to Jesuit. this made me throw up in my mouth. and yea...i did hear some blue jay tears when i sensed sensitivity. FYI....i married into a jesuit family. im like a spy on the inside seeing what goes on back stage. that was my last jesuit attack...

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