Coffee shop encounters
Working in a coffee shop in Glasgows busiest shopping street, I've served a few well known faces. Two of the nicest guys were Paul Riley and Mark Cox, who play Winston and Tam in Still Game. I remembered Paul's drink, having served him before in another store, and he looked suitably impressed with my psychic barista skills. Going from this, I asked them for an autograph - not for myself, but for a Canadian girl working in our store who had only recently discovered the joys of Still Game. They were more and happy to oblige, cracked a few jokes and left to sit down. I seen several people going up to them while they were sitting with their coffee, and they were more than happy to sign autographs or take a wee photo, two truly nice men.

Billy Boyd has been in a few times. He's quiet but polite, butevery time I see him I tend to turn to mush and can only squeek out: 'here's your latte'. I've never had the balls to ask him for an autograph sadly.

Gethin Jones and Camilla whatserface were in during Strictly Come Dancing last year - people actually followed them into the store and stood and gawped, then followed them again as they left...a bit weird.

The rudest celeb, well... I have a few pet peeves, but one of them has to be people who talk on their mobiles while I'm serving them at the till. One shift, a guy comes up talking on his phone, and mumbles something like 'black coffee' then continues his conversation. I need a few more specifics than this - for here or to take away, what size etc. So I look at him, and ask him these questions in my loudest you're-acting-like-a-twat voice, interrupting his conversation. When he gives me the cash, still on the phone, I roll my eyes and give him his change. It's only when he walked away that it twigged who it was... Robert Carlyle.
(Twinx, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 19:34, Reply)