It baffles me how rude people can be sometimes. Granted, I have my fair share of total bitch moments but some people are far too consistent with it. If you don't already know, I am a flight attendant. I see my fair share of what I like to call "colorful" people. My favorite is when I kindly say "Have a good day!" and people either roll their eyes at me or go "Mhm". Usually I'd secretly roll my eyes once I've passed them, meaning I would let their action get to me. As of lately though, I have decided to go about it in a different way. Anytime I say my typical goodbye greeting and someone responds in a way like I had mentioned before, I (semi-quietly) say "Thanks! I will too!" after I have passed them. I totally understand that we all have those days when human interaction is the last thing you want to participate in. However, if a stranger is going out of their way to check in with you, don't be a shit for seven seconds out of your day and respond accordingly.
I find that celebrities get a little more of a break when it comes to social norms. It's almost as if us "common folk" are held to a higher standard. Maybe it's because celebrities are like endangered animals; there's so few of them compared to us. We allow them to get away with a poor use of basic human functions. I've met a handful of celebrities just this year. Chris Rock was on a flight of mine and I totally secretly fan girled when I heard Donkey from Shrek taking a phone call. He is excluded from the celebrity generalization primarily because he was zonked out against the window the duration of the flight. There was another time when I had a celebrity sighting. I was in Miami visiting a friend and hanging out on his boat. Out of nowhere, one of the girls yelled, "DJ KHALED!". Lo and behold, there he was in all of his DJ glory. He drove his wave runner up to the side of the boat, Snapchatted all of us, said something along the lines of "Stay blessed" or whatever his tagline is, and then drove off into the sun. That was my ten seconds of fame purely because Snapchats only last for that short amount of time. So, I guess Mr. Khaled is also left out of the celebrity generalization. There was another semi-famous lady and she was alright too. The kicker was Kanye. Shocking, I know. That man is something else and not in the positive way I'd secretly hoped he would be. I saw him while waiting to head home from L.A. and immediately went into my "holy crap, that's a famous person" internal freak out. I completely ignored the fact that I don't even admire him. He's like the Regina George of Hollywood. To anyone who doesn't understand that reference, I feel sorry for you. Do yourself a favor and go watch Mean Girls immediately. For real though, he's just as rude as one would think. He picked up a phone call right as I was mustering up the courage to ask him if I could get a selfie with him (out of uniform, for the record). I tried to wait as long as possible before interrupting him. As I waited, I saw people taking selfies with him at a distance. Essentially these people were using Kanye West as an intentional photo bomber to their selfie. Git outta here. Meanwhile, I was standing in ear shot of him and was eavesdropping on the man's conversation. I know you would all do the same, don't even judge. As I write this story, I'm starting to realize that maybe I was the rude one but that's neither here nor there. I'm common, he's not. LET ME HAVE MY MOMENT. So, as Kanye is having his phone conversation, I hear him completely name drop a few other "friends". He mentions Rihanna (I shit you not) and Taylor, as in Taylor Swift. I don't keep up with all of the hot gossip but I do know that there is some sort of power and money fueled feud going on right now between Yeezy and T-Swift. Naturally, I texted one of my best friends who is completely infatuated with Taylor and quickly updated him on my run in. Before I knew it, it was time for me to pre-board the plane. Since I'm part of the flying family they let us board the plane prior to passengers. It was now or never. So, I walked up to Kanye and had the following conversation: Me: "Hi! Sorry to interrupt you but can I get a picture with you?" Him: *With a semi-blank stare, nods* (For a split second, I thought he would take five seconds out of his conversation and day to drop the phone for an ego boosting selfie. I was wrong.) Me: "Oh, it's okay. I'll wait 'til you're done". Him: "Take the picture". Me: "No, no, that's okay. You're busy. I understand". (Trying to kill him with kindness.) Him: "No, take the picture. I'm not gonna get off the phone but take it." Me: "Mm, nah. That's alright." I felt a smidge of regret for not snapping a selfie with him but I just could not be that pathetic. He wouldn't pause his conversation for five seconds and wasn't going to smile. What's the point of having a diamond encrusted gold grill on your entire row of bottom teeth if you're not gonna let those puppies shine? To retaliate and get proof that I saw and talked to him, I waited for the perfect moment. I mean, if you don't get a pic, did it really happen? That's where the whole "pic or it didn't happen" thing came from, right? Anyway, when the time was right I managed to take my best creeper shot of him (pictured above). His face can best be described as, "I hate that you're doing this". Well Mr. West, I done did it and you looked Kim-pletely annoyed by it. Kan Ye believe it? Because I can. You are notorious for being annoyed (or at least appearing that way) towards people that are not at your level. However, I'd rather have my tiny apartment and Aldi brand foods without a stank face like yours than be in your shoes. Actually, I'll keep all my things but take your shoes. Those things are probably worth a fortune. I'm sure I could get a couple months of rent out of selling those bad boys. Go ahead and autograph them while you're at it; I need groceries. I've said it once and I'll say it again; I would much rather be poor and happy than rich and miserable. If all that fame and money turns someone into an inconsiderate rude human, then I'd rather not have it at all. While you're out there picking our your next Cartier whatever, go ahead and purchase some humility on that shopping spree of yours. I promise you it will make your life so much more pleasant. Being rude doesn't look good even on the prettiest of people. Take a breath there, Bessy and go spread a little kindness.
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