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What is the classiest way to respond when meeting a celebrity?
My mother was in Los Angeles one day, and happened to see John Wayne on the street. Mom walked up to him and expressed her enjoyment of his work, and respectfully asked for an autograph.
Wayne smiled at her, but said, “Wellllll, little lady. I'd love to accommodate you, but I'm working right now.” Unknowingly, mother had walked onto a working movie set.
Completely embarrassed, she backed away, profusely apologizing all the way.
Wayne called after her. “Little lady? Oh, ma'am? Wait a minute.” With that, he reached into a pocket, pulled out his personal business card, signed the back, and handed mom his card. “Thank you, dear. I always have time for a fan!”
Classy gesture from a classy guy!
In 1915, Effie Hotchkiss bought a new Harley-Davidson and attached a sidecar to carry her mother, Avis, as a passenger. The pair then set out from Brooklyn to see the Panama Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco. Avis had instilled confidence in her daughter, and when asked if she had fears about the arduous cross-country journey, Avis replied, “I do not fear breakdowns, for Effie, being a most careful driver, is a good mechanic and does her own repairing with her own tools.” The pair were the first women to cross America by motorbike, at a time when the roads, where they existed, were simply horrendous. After visiting the Pacific Coast, the pair rode back to Brooklyn, for an epic 9,000-mile journey.
The pair took two months to reach San Francisco, attracting attention on the way. They stayed in rented rooms, travelling light with some clothes, tools and a gun. When they reached their final destination, they were photographed pouring out a jar of Atlantic sea water they had carried from New York, into the Pacific Ocean at Ocean Beach, in San Francisco.
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