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Minor celebs wife being rude in pub

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cattreatsanddragrace · 04/09/2023 09:28

Went to a country pub yesterday with my partner. Nice little place in the Surrey countryside, part of a chain, not fine dining. Very busy as the weather was really good, some stressed looking teenage girls trying to serve everyone. Kids play area in the garden and a bar in the garden area for drinks. We were sat on the patio attached to the restaurant.

A minor TV celeb, his wife, and another couple were sat across from us. The wife of the minor celeb complained a few times (that I heard).

First time: That one of the starters came out fractionally behind one of the others. (It was busy, there were four of them, the waitress can only carry two plates?!)

Second time: that the prawns in their prawn cocktail were inedible. (To be fair, I'd let this complaint slide as I didn't eat the prawn cocktail. It could have been bad). The waitress apologised and had a new dish made for them.

Third time: and this is the one that got me. The mains came, and the waitress went to put the plates down. The wife of the celeb laughed and stopped the waitress, and told her that "you don't serve plates from that side" aka the waitress was stood on the wrong side of her putting her plate down. She made the waitress go round the other side and put her plate down. This wasn't a silver service Michelin starred restaurant where you might expect such things. Just a standard pub.

So my (lighthearted) AIBU - do I sell this story to the Daily Mail and name and shame?

OP posts:
HufflyShuffly · 04/09/2023 12:07

Hayley0203 · 04/09/2023 11:55

Of course it could be false. I never said it was true. I said, if you want to avoid being exposed for being rude to people, don't be rude to people.

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Your point makes no sense.

"If you want to avoid being exposed for being rude to people, don't be rude to people".

But also...you say of course I don't know that it's true. So in what way is someone supposed to avoid being exposed for being rude to people by not being rude to people; when if you don't know that it's true, the scenario is they weren't rude to anyone at all?

FullFatPhil · 04/09/2023 12:09

"Well no, not when that entails trying to deliberately humiliate someone in front of a pub restaurant full of people for a bit of superiority and validation."

Well that's a fucking leap and apparently they were in a busy beer garden, not a quiet dining room.

As for the starter, who knows 🤷🏽‍♀️ define fractionally behind. If you think they've missed part of your order then the normal thing to do is ask them. What's so rude about that?!

Ýsette · 04/09/2023 12:10

cattreatsanddragrace · 04/09/2023 10:53

Hahahaha posted this then disappeared to do a bit of work, didn't think I'd get any body interested!
You're all right, probably not worth a fiver.

It was Bradley Walsh and his wife, who I'm led to believe is called Donna Derby.

And yes I referred to her as his wife, because I didn't have a clue who she was and didn't think anyone else would. He is the more famous so that is how it goes, I'm not being sexist.

And to those of you who said I'm boring or gossipy for noting these obvious interactions at a table directly in front of me...yep, I'm a gossip. Live freely in the knowledge that you're a better and more holier person than I :)

She is one of the nicest people I've met in the celeb world, so I don't believe you I'm afraid

IheartNiles · 04/09/2023 12:10

I’m not defending his wife ( who I've never met) but Bradley Walsh frequents a cafe near me and always seems a quiet and unassuming guy. His on screen self is much louder.

billy1966 · 04/09/2023 12:11

Had to google who they were.

It takes a particular type to be rude to teenage waiting staff.

Real low class type.

Mumof4plusbonus · 04/09/2023 12:12

imagiantwitch · 04/09/2023 11:24

This doesn’t surprise me, as Bradley Walsh is actually a bit of an arse in real life too!

Nooo, say it’s not so. I was disappointed enough it was his wife and he didn’t intervene. I love him, or at least his tv persona. He seems so real too. Just shows we only see what they want us to.

Winky1973 · 04/09/2023 12:15

Yes! Name and shame 😊

Chippy4me · 04/09/2023 12:16

😂😂😂

Willmafrockfit · 04/09/2023 12:17

what a oik she sounds op!

Willmafrockfit · 04/09/2023 12:18

i agree

It takes a particular type to be rude to teenage waiting staff.

Real low class type.

gogomoto · 04/09/2023 12:19

Obviously I wasn't there but I can conclusively say that people can be pretty rude in restaurants whether celebrities or not. The first 2 complaints I would say could be fair the side you serve from is just ridiculous, unless it's silver service it doesn't matter, and I'm guessing this wasn't that expensive either! I can totally believe it but I do think naming and shaming is rude

Willmafrockfit · 04/09/2023 12:19

Ýsette · 04/09/2023 12:10

She is one of the nicest people I've met in the celeb world, so I don't believe you I'm afraid

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how do you know @Ýsette

Sensoria · 04/09/2023 12:20

New money through and through. Thinks having some money means you can treat waiting staff like shit.

Waiting staff deal with so much nonsense but complaining about not being served properly is absolutely bonkers and clear signs of a wannabe.

chocolatemademefat · 04/09/2023 12:21

YABVVU not to name and shame on here!

LighthouseTheme · 04/09/2023 12:25

Without reading the whole thread - just first and last pages, I had considered who it might be, and I was correct!

I have to ask though, aren't all "celebs" from the television world Minor by default?

I watch the older episodes of the show on Challenge, and do like him as a presenter. Very sad that this happened, and was noticed and brought to here.
But I think the whole of the TV world is minor; who would be a major star then...?

Answering my own question. I can only really think of David Attenborough - and TV is, for him, the medium of communicating a message, I would say.

HufflyShuffly · 04/09/2023 12:25

chocolatemademefat · 04/09/2023 12:21

YABVVU not to name and shame on here!

Read the thread.

Superfood · 04/09/2023 12:25

chocolatemademefat · 04/09/2023 12:21

YABVVU not to name and shame on here!

She has done.

Ages ago.

The person has been subsequently discussed at great length and named in multiple posts since she said who it was.

Did you not even think about reading the op's posts?

HufflyShuffly · 04/09/2023 12:26

Willmafrockfit · 04/09/2023 12:19

how do you know @Ýsette

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The same way the OP knows. They said it anonymously on the Internet.

HRTadvicepls · 04/09/2023 12:28

LunaNorth · 04/09/2023 11:30

I guessed straight away who it would be.

Omg, @LunaNorth is Bradley Walsh!

TheEyesOfLucyJordon · 04/09/2023 12:30

You know what? I hear precious little said against BW or his family in the media. For that reason, I'm going to take all this with a decent pinch of salt.

Willmafrockfit · 04/09/2023 12:31

not really much gossip - hasbeen is mean and rude

CassiniG · 04/09/2023 12:33

For posts like this when a person in the public eye is named, Mumsnet should contact their representative so arhat the person mentioned can decide whether this is libel or a true account and have the opportunity to reply.

EachandEveryone · 04/09/2023 12:34

I dont beleive it at all. Funny that at the beginning someone one said it had to be an actor from Corrie. They werent wrong😃

Pushmepullu · 04/09/2023 12:34

We were in a Thai restaurant once when a celebrity and his partner were being served. They asked for chopsticks. Waitress explained they use a fork and spoon in Thailand. Wife kept on saying “we’ve been to Thailand and they use them there, you’re lying”, very patient waitress, “you were in a Chinese restaurant not a Thai restaurant“ . We couldn’t stop laughing.

Dramatico · 04/09/2023 12:35

There are some posters who don't seem to think the woman did anything wrong.

The issue is not complaining about the food. If the food id bad or not as advertised then of course you have the right to complain although I would do it discreetly to the manager and not to the waitress, who didn't prepare it).

The issue is telling the waitress which 'side' the food should be served on.

serving from a specific side isn't something any pub would do. It's for fine dining. The ustomer didn't really care that her food was served from the 'wrong side'. She was lording it over the waitress, implying that she normally eats in much higher class establishments that the waitress could never hope to be in.

That's wy it's foul. And pathetic. And deserves to be exposed.