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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be working for rich or famous people? Well, yes, there are plenty of stories of personal assistants, fans or people who work in customer service sharing which celebrities are nice and who are rude. However, the best way for some gossip or crazy stories are from people who have worked at rich people’s private events.
Speaking of which, there are a few online threads in which people who have been caterers for rich and famous people’s events share the most insane stories. Well, some of these in general are crazy stories, but yes, enjoy these 24 of the best ones!
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#1
Not a caterer but my aunt was
I will not go into details but the customer didn't want to pay because they are influencers and are advertising the food after agreeing to a contract.
Ended up with a lawsuit and my aunt got the payment plus the settlement.
Riche White 2 years ago
I like that some businesses have signs up banning influencers. I've been in business over 21 years, I don't think I need your help, thanks
tabithapaquette98 2 years ago
Stupid influencers! Who cares what you post to your "followers"?
Far Cough Khan 2 years ago
just say "i will refund you in full plus 25% commision WHEN all your followers used my service."
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#2
I met Mark Cuban catering an event at the Indianapolis Public Library. It was so weird seeing how he treated EVERYONE with the same amount of respect. He's one of those guys who enjoys being around people. After the event he stayed for sooo long so that anyone who wanted a picture with him could get one. Catering staff included. Met Andre Agassi a week later. Huge a*****e.
Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
Oh, Mark Cuban has his down side, too.
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Angie Falzarano 1 year ago
While working for tsa mark Cuban chartered a plane to fly vets, recovering from injuries at ft hood, to Dallas for Dallas maverick game. My checkpoint was asked to stay to get the vets back on the plane after the game. Mark Cuban earned my respect that night. Wish I could say that all vets were nice but some were not because some had to be patted down or handwanded do to not being able to go thru the metal detectors. Mark Cuban is an angel.
Angie Falzarano 2 years ago
Mark Cuban one year while I was working for tsa chartered a plan for injured vets to come see a mavericks game. Man has a true heart.
Sheila Carty 2 years ago
how is this an "unhinged story"? Was the title of the article originally different?
#3
My time to shine! I worked food and beverage in a really famous country club for a while. The weirdest was just the shear amount of older people behind on the times. I would be serving people while they literally spoke about how stupid my generation was and how we dont deserve "handouts" for education. I would literally be a foot or 2 away and they would loudly proclaim how stupid people in their 20's were. Because serving tables clearly should be enough income to pay for a 4 year college education. Also the rampant homophobia and racism was shocking to see as well.
ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
I'm always shocked when I hear an older racist. I just assume that with age comes wisdom .... so why would be that dumb if you are in your 80's.
BW Gibson 2 years ago
I'm the opposite - I expect ppl my age and older (60+) to be racist, homophobic, and generally intolerant. I'm more shocked when I see 20-somethings like that
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Upstaged75 2 years ago
I was telling my mom about a friend who recently had their child transition to transgender. She had some trouble understanding "how it works" but when I said my friend was doing whatever they could to support the child, my mom said "well what else would you do?!". I told her that some parents will disown them or kick them out, to which she replied "shameful!". Right on mom! She might be a boomer but she's willing to learn and she doesn't judge how other people choose to live their lives. And she's always loved us unconditionally - as all parents should!
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago (edited)
Why is this guy downvoted? He specified a specific subset of older folks... the "fùckin bigotted (sic) asshòles"... while this isn't the most empathetic approach, I refuse to believe that this doesn't cross the minds of many. Ngl, sadly I think of this more often than I'd like, and I have MANY generous, caring, empathetic, diverse and colorful friends pushing 80 that I wish would live forever. And some of them feel this way also. Just like our friend Sayla Vee here, who responded 3 hours before me. Please get real folks. Gender binary concepts did not exist among most indigenous folks. It was spread by holier-than-thou colonizers. Do your homework. Here's one example here: https://nhm.org/stories/beyond-gender-indigenous-perspectives-faafafine-and-faafatama
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Karen Cassidy 2 years ago
Unfortunately, I had many relatives like that. And they all considered themselves good “Christians
Szzone 2 years ago (edited)
I think they purposefully say those things for OP to overhear them because they have the power, OP is staff and is serving them, and they can. Because they're old dickheads and should be sent to live in a trailer park because the resources they use is a waste for society. Those people would deserve to make do with basic microwave food, tap water and the air they suck in, that's what they're worth. And their luxorious places in wealth should go to actually important people, like nurses, teachers, single parents, etc.
#4
Full band set up. Crew arrives 5 hours early. 10 minutes to show time, a woman with a clipboard shows up and says " Oh the stage can't go there. The balloons go there. " Laughed in her face.
Valerie G. 2 years ago
Ma'am, just because you have a clipboard doesn't mean you have any authority.
#5
They said "The wife and I managed to keep our spending down to £2million this year, it's been difficult but we're quite proud of ourselves."
Marcos Valencia 2 years ago
We too! My wife and I spent less than two millions this fiscal year! Whoohoo!
#6
I helped cater a wedding once and was slicing up the cake the bride and groom just cut for serving. The groom asked me if he could lick the icing off my fingers, with his new bride standing right beside him. I picked my jaw up off the floor and hid in the kitchen for the rest of the wedding.
Far Cough Khan 2 years ago
use your middle one, lick it first yourself then say "here you go."
#7
Was at one at the waterfront and was especially windy. Started with no one standing up when the bride walked down the aisle and I left when the photo rounds were happening and the mother of the bride kept yelling for people to hold her dress down because she wasn't wearing underwear and the wind kept lifting her dress up.
Valerie G. 2 years ago (edited)
and THIS ladies and gentlemen is why the Queen had weights sewed into the hem of her skirts.
Cyndielouwhoo 2 years ago
So the queen could go commando if she felt like it?
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#8
I worked at a restaurant/partylocation in the past and during a marriage party we once found the newlywed groom [making love] with the sister of his bride on the toilet.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Ironically, the toilet was the inevitable and imminent destination of this marriage.
JessieJ&LilyLovebug 2 years ago (edited)
Take a pic, then show the bride...the horrible, and right, thing to do.
#9
Ex banquet server. Brides moh sister gave a speech about tampons and pads, neither the bride or groom smiled all night, dj didn't have the first dance song, and the mothers of both sides had a screaming match at the end of the night about flowers. The tension was palpable all night.
Valerie G. 2 years ago
My younger sister was five months pregnant, while she and I were in the restroom, drunk MIL hit her in the stomach. Oh, and bride and groom were both underage, so it was a dry wedding. MIL had to stop somewhere along the way to have a few drinks because of it.
Random (they/he) 2 years ago
Don't mean to pry but damn, underage wedding? Who the hell gets married at THAT young??
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#10
Oh easy. We had an event for a politician who was up for re-election. Big, high-profile party. Someone died of a heart attack in the toilet and I found him. Had to diplomatically usher all the guests into the other room without making a scene. It was really tactfully done, actually.
Other things that come to mind from that period are having a beer stein thrown at my head, and being (credibly) threatened with being stabbed by a guy who waited outside for me. Also, a bouncer 'friend' offered to have someone [ended] on my behalf.
Giant alien spider 2 years ago (edited)
[bad word] censoring done like that is from sites that have content "borrowed" by BP. Censorship here is d**e l**e t**s.
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You know those black binder clips that hold large-ish stacks of paper together, with the silver pinchers that fold down? I worked for a man who wanted the clips to be POLISHED when presentations were set up in his conference room. And rulers had to be used to perfectly align each attendee’s station- place setting, collateral material, pen, etc.
ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
if you are that particular about things ... life must drive you crazy.
Spittnimage 2 years ago
I believe footpersons used rulers to set Queen Elizabeth II's table for a banquet. They also measured how far the chairs were from the table so they'd be equal.
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Perhaps the p.c. term is "rectally retentive"
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#12
I’m a concierge, and one of the guests I was working with insisted on paying $2000 to get a private car to dinner instead of using the free Uber system in town. The restaurant was a 5 minute drive from where he was staying.
#13
I was asked to make a cake that looks like Nakatomi Plaza from Die Hard. the bride and groom are cops in Brooklyn and he is a huge fan.
Cyndielouwhoo 2 years ago
Why is the photo a rainbow cake? What does that have to do with Die Hard?
Szzone 2 years ago
Probably because the person putting together the article didn'f find any suitable stock photo for "Nakatomi Plaza cake" so just picked a generic cake picture
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Princess Mar-li Cathryn 2 years ago
My cousin's wedding cake is going to be a specific scene from Star wars
#14
Used to work a high end catering hall in high school. The biggest thing I took away from serving some of the more well off parties was how rude otherwise seemingly pleasant people can be when surrounded by other people of their socioeconomic background. People tend to only be snobby when trying to impress other snobs around them. I guess the psychology behind it is to create a line between the "haves" (them) and the "have-nots" (workers/staff) which somehow brings them closer together.
Valerie G. 2 years ago (edited)
This is the biggest red flag a person can listen to. If your date is rude to wait staff, run, don't walk to the nearest exit.
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Yes. ALWAYS observe folks when they think no one is looking, when they inconvenience others, and/or to see if they offer to be accountable for any messes they make. This stuff, for example, tells the REAL stories.
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Paul C. 2 years ago
This is so true. I used to play a reasonable standard of football and often we would stop after night games at an Indian or Chinese restaurant. We had the owner of an Estate agency and a Solicitor, who would suddenly turn from two of the nicest blokes you could wish to meet to two of the biggest A Holes in the world. They would shout things like Oy! Imran, over here, or make loud "jokes" about the Chinese waiter giving people the "side eye". Couple of us had a number of fallings out with them but they never changed.
JessieJ&LilyLovebug 2 years ago
This is a sign they are Nouveau Riche, not Old Money, as the Old Money don't need to show off, and have manners drilled into them from birth. NR's feel like they have something to prove.
#15
I briefly worked with one of the top Saudi Arabian crown princes in the 80’s. He would buy out the top three floors of the best hotels (Four Seasons etc); two floors were for maids/help/security, top floor was for the Royal family… once it was only the prince and his three wives. Crazy s**t.
Mary Kelly 2 years ago
saudi royals did the same in the hotel my mom worked in...had fresh fruit flown in daily and their own cook...
#16
I worked as a caterer at a private boarding school. Bringing the staff their coffees during a finance meeting, I heard:
"So, we've got $2million spare in (x account). What do we want to do with that?"
A raise for me should have been a high priority imo...
MushroomHead22 2 years ago
its for budget. if they don't spend to it, they won't get as much next year.
Bruce Horton 2 years ago
I'm sure the caterer was financially sophisticated and fully understood the schools financing, educational and capital requirements as well school pay policies and comparable salaries for food services employees.
#17
The one time I helped cater an event, we set out the dishes before the flower company came with their boxes of flower chains that were for the table. Had to move the dishes to accommodate their flowers down the center of the table. Five minutes later the table and dishes were covered in ants. They didn't do anything about it. Ants found the ground and left. We didn't do anything about it. Didn't have time or the ability to wash every plate before guests arrived.
Spannermonkey 2 years ago
"Ants found the ground and left." Perfect! If someone had tried to *do something" about the ants, it would probably have resulted in dozens of plates covered in fly spray. I'll take the ants.
Andie 2 years ago
At my sister's wedding when I was a bridesmaid, there were little insects in my bouquet. Kept trying not to get distracted by them, but hard to pay attention when you don't want little bugs crawling on you. And they were from a florist, special ordered, not a DIY. Never told her, but still found it odd.
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David Martin 2 years ago
I would've had to insist on the plates being rewarded if I were the catering company; I can fully appreciate time constraints, but when the options are delayed clean dishes, versus on time dishes that have had ants crawling over them, I'm going to choose to give my paying customers the clean dishes, accept the fallout from the delay, and explain the situation as needed
YetAnotherSarah 2 years ago
Eh. Honestly, whatever. I'd do it and be fine with it having been done.
#18
Hubs worked with a president for a few years. When it would snow they would put tarps down and then pull them up so their dogs would have clean grass to use. They’d also have to drive around and scoop white fresh snow over the dirty, black snow on the sides of the road. Not sure if this was the presidents request or just higher ups making stupid work for their image.
BW Gibson 2 years ago (edited)
Yeah, and the tarp story is true, too. I live in DC area, so it was well known here. The dirty snow thing - diff pres, and I think only for photo ops
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David H 2 years ago
which president of which country? If it is the USA, the only one in the past 30 years without a dog is Trump, so it couldnt be him.
Susan Bosse 2 years ago
I can't imagine this being the US. We'd have heard about it through TMZ by now. Lmao
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#19
this was only a few days ago. they used a small portion of the venue for their wedding, so the normal restraunt area was right next to it, and still had its normal reservations and walk ins. And there multiple people having like Christmas/ birthday lunches so kids were there crying, and there were dozens of people just kind of watching a wedding they werent invited to. And the musician singing guy was singing break up songs...
Leoninus Fate 2 years ago
its a wedding arch in a wedding picture, for wedding story, and thus is relevant to the story, you are just super picky
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I catered a wedding where the bride to be got too drunk to get married, but they did it anyways. Had one where a random Hail storm destroyed 3 porsches and my bosses suv.
Valerie G. 2 years ago
Technically an officiant is not permitted to go ahead with such a ceremony. Both participants must be of sound mind to enter into this contract.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
That "sound mind" requirement would invalidate 60% of the weddings I've attended.
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#21
"Why is rat/rodent poop solid and same size and human poop have different shapes or are sometimes liquid?" While I was clearing their table.
juice 2 years ago
yeah. and i would assume it's because of what they eat? rodents have a pretty limited diet while humans will eat a wide variety of things, many of which are made with ingredients we didn't necessarily evolve to be able to eat
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Răzvan Brateş 2 years ago
They were setting them up for a punchline: "See, you don't know sh!t."
ownedbyrats 2 years ago
Ok, picture is a hamster, but leaving that aside, rat poop can be liquid. They can get the runs just like we can.
#22
My friend was asked to make a redneck charcuterie board.
Riche White 2 years ago
I went to a redneck wedding years ago in Louisiana. They served cheez wiz on ritz crackers at the reception
#23
Alot of them turned their houses into smarthomes by carving an ipad sized hole in each room and putting an ipad in there.
I've seen a secret panel room, behind it was a full-on home cinema complete with server/projector room (with bathroom with shower for the guy in there running the show). Big screen, real comfy seats, the whole deal!
One of my favourites is the £18,000 fridge. It's hooked into the plumbing so it can make it's own ice and refill the water reservoir by itself. The fridge is segmented and each segment can have it's own temperature. It was a really nice fridge.
Hey! 2 years ago
I have a fridge that does all that but I didn't pay more than $2K CAD for sure.
BW Gibson 2 years ago (edited)
Yup. My $700 USD frig has line going to water intake, to make its own ice etc.
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Kelly Scott 2 years ago
My $100 fridge makes ice. I just have to remember to not put the milk all the way into the back unless I want it frozen. Same with the watermelon, the soda, the butter, the cheese...
MushroomHead22 2 years ago
lol what? any fridge that has ice/water reservoirs can replenish, like even in the 70s
#24
I am a caterer for the wealthy and famous. We recently catered a $2,500 a table fundraising ball featuring The Band Perry with the lead singer of Journey in the audience. AMA.
For the last six months, I've worked as a part time caterer for one of the biggest and most prestigious catering companies in my state. If you've ever had a question about what it's like to wear a tuxedo and carry a tray around for millionaires and billionaires, l can answer it.
Some highlights:
The anti-abortion banquet
The fundraiser with every member of the San Antonio Spurs
A taxidermied lion, a house full of ivory, and why I couldn't eat meat for a month
How caterers are more like longshoremen than waiters
The rich guy who told me I was wasting my potential
And what the wealthiest people in the country are like when they're drunk.
I'm sure you could figure out which company I wish for, but please don't. I don't want to cause trouble for them. I like my job.
Illustrious G 2 years ago
Are there well-known catering companies? I don’t understand the worry about figuring out where this person works?
BW Gibson 2 years ago (edited)
This. I'm totally agree . 2,500/table isn't That high end
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Nah, nobody is marking test papers here surely?
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EmBree 2 years ago
We catered for a high-end garden wedding. The weather is notoriously unreliable that time if year and we asked them if they had a backup plan, tents, or something like that. Nope. We tried to change their minds but they wouldn't listen. They wanted a romantic garden wedding with nothing to disturb the view. They got halfway through the wedding before the first rainshower, the fancy guests ran for shelter while the couple and priest got soaking wet. The dinner was interrupted several times by more rain showers that sent the guests running. As they got more and more drunk they got slower at running and by the dessert they all looked like soaked cats. That's when lightning struck, a tree 300 meters away. People screamed and cars were called for. The wet guests went home, and the bride cried and locked herself in a bedroom. The father of the bride came into the kitchen and insisted on drinking the remaining wine while telling us that he still had two unmarried daughters.
EmBree 2 years ago
We catered for a high-end garden wedding. The weather is notoriously unreliable that time if year and we asked them if they had a backup plan, tents, or something like that. Nope. We tried to change their minds but they wouldn't listen. They wanted a romantic garden wedding with nothing to disturb the view. They got halfway through the wedding before the first rainshower, the fancy guests ran for shelter while the couple and priest got soaking wet. The dinner was interrupted several times by more rain showers that sent the guests running. As they got more and more drunk they got slower at running and by the dessert they all looked like soaked cats. That's when lightning struck, a tree 300 meters away. People screamed and cars were called for. The wet guests went home, and the bride cried and locked herself in a bedroom. The father of the bride came into the kitchen and insisted on drinking the remaining wine while telling us that he still had two unmarried daughters.
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