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D) only if you dont want to help me find out who did Jackie O's laundry on the day in question. She would have been, as Vincent Vega said in Pulp Fiction, ''on brain duty''

The real Jackie O. was a customer / client of mine when I worked at Abercrombie & Fitch in 1975 and 1976. She was extremely nice to this young man and she'd even call and ask if I was available to help her when she came in. Met John Jr. who was I'm guessing about 15 at the time...a gawky looking kid. Who knew he'd become a heartthrob in later years?

Have a funny story about her that shows she had a sense of humor and wasn't full of herself. But I won't waste anyone's time if nobody's interested in such ancient history.
 
The real Jackie O. was a customer / client of mine when I worked at Abercrombie & Fitch in 1975 and 1976. She was extremely nice to this young man and she'd even call and ask if I was available to help her when she came in. Met John Jr. who was I'm guessing about 15 at the time...a gawky looking kid. Who knew he'd become a heartthrob in later years?

Have a funny story about her that shows she had a sense of humor and wasn't full of herself. But I won't waste anyone's time if nobody's interested in such ancient history.
Please do share, I enjoy reading your stories
 
Please do share, I enjoy reading your stories
So, you're the one...thanks.

Okay, so I'd met Jackie O. a few times and I'm like 22-23 years old at the time. (I left the job a few months before turning 24.)
She and I kind of hit it off, and I was always very respectful even though I was every bit the wiseass back then that I am now, (only I had more hair and was better looking then). LOL.

Anyway, on this one occasion I had learned from reports in the news that she was taking a job with Conde' Nast publishing.

So as we're chatting I casually mention to her that I had heard that she was taking this job and she tells me that it's true and that she's excited about it.

I tell her in words to this effect:

"I know you've been out of the job market for some time now, what with being First Lady and having been Mrs. Onassis. So if you find yourself a bit nervous and wondering how to handle things, just give me a call and we'll meet for lunch and I can give you some pointers."

Well she just cracked up and it was simply heartwarming to see that side of this woman who had been through so much in those years...and I swear to God I was beaming. No one could ever say a bad word about her in my presence after that.

I met several big name celebrities at that job, and some were nice and some weren't, but I was always very proud of the fact that when she came to the store she'd call first and see if I was available.

(Now Katharine Hepburn was the polar opposite.)
 
Katharine Hepburn

Another day on the 8th Floor "Backpacking & Mountaineering" Dept. at Abercrombie & Fitch.

Helping a customer with some gear when this lady comes walking over, interrupts and starts asking some questions. I tell her I'm with a customer, and if no other sales associate is available, I'll be with her shortly. She walks off.

A minute or two later she comes back and interrupts again and is agitated that I'm not helping her. I tell her, "ma'am, you're just going to have to wait your turn".

She looks at me and says "I'm Katharine Hepburn!". (It had been a minute since I'd seen "The African Queen" but I realize, shit, I think she is.)

Well, in for a penny, in for a pound. I say "Ma'am, it doesn't matter if you're the queen of England, you'll have to wait your turn."

The guy I'm helping is nervous now and tells me to go ahead and help her, he'll wait. So, I do.

When I get the stuff she wants I ask her if it's going to be cash or charge. She tells me charge and I ask for her "plate" which is how they referred to the cards back then for some reason.

She tells me she doesn't have it with her. So, now I'm thinking, WTF am I supposed to do, just give it to her...and I'm pissed.

I call down to the credit office downstairs and so everyone can hear I say "There's this lady here who says she's Katharine Hepburn but she doesn't have any money or I.D., or her "plate" to cover the charge for the items she wants." They tell me, "Just give her whatever she wants and let her go."

So, I do and she walked off in a huff.

I go back to the guy I was helping and say "Nice lady".


(As I said, I met some really nice celebs there, some knuckleheads, and a few rude ones. I guess like pretty much everyone else.)
 
^ that's a chimp! Maybe MJ's Bubbles?

That chimp went on to have a successful career at NASA.

Ham_the_chimpNASA-X3.jpg
 
How many roads must a dude walk down
Before they call him a dude?
it depends how long the ring finger is and the height above the hips narrowest point the belly button is.

so I gues 2.
Just be careful that when you get to the edge, you don't fall off the earth.
I dont know if there is an edge or what it would look like.

If it weren't insanely prohibitive to go to antarctica and explore maybe someone would have already.

I really dont know. itd be awesome to find out.

BTW they're getting that little guy ready for a carbonite freezing process that's just as real and not fake as space actually is.
 
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