Ask Rhonda - Celeberities
Dear Rhonda, I recently took a job as a Personal Assistant for a high profile celebrity and am baffled by her lifestyle. For all the fabulous restaurants and shops I follow her around to she never once pulled out her platinum card -ever!
Apparently, the shop owners all feel obliged to comp her so as to ensure she will keep coming back. Well, she invariably gets liquored up to the point of no return, which puts her hours and yes, sometimes days late for her obligations to her business associates. Can you please shed some light for us mortals as to what is proper etiquette for those starlets like yourself who seem to play the game by a different set of rules?
Jealous P.A.
Dear Jealous,
The word that you seem to glaringly misunderstand from your own question is the word game. That is exactly what life is my dear. Your boss clearly understands this and knows exactly how to play it and you seem to be distressed (or shall I say bitter) by the fact that you don’t.
Now I am not condoning being drunk and rude, although they can work very well independently or in conjunction with other bad behaviors. What I am saying is that everything is relative. Now, I don’t know exactly who your boss is, but she obviously makes a lot of money for a lot of people. And I would imagine that a large part has to do with her persona. Whilst her behavior may seem unacceptable to you in the context of your world, she obviously delivers for the retailers, restaurateurs and business associates in hers.
Some people win at the game Monopoly after four or five or six long and boring hours of strategic and careful rule playing and others win in less than two by stacking FREE PARKING with tons of cash. Is either one less of a winner? I guess it depends on which rules you are playing by!
Regards,
Rhonda
Sandra Turner — July 8, 2009 @ 12:06 pm
WHOA THERE!!!! I couldn’t disagree more. Bad Manners are just that….bad manners.There is NO excuse for them. I would urge the writer to respect themselves and their values enough to let the celebrity types who subscribe to that sort of rude, self indulgent, self centered behavior to themselves.Celebrity does not have to be not synonomous with rude by the way. I mean is that the sort of day to day world the writer wants to be a part of? What a waste to try to understand such a thing! Rather lead by example, work for someone respectable who respects others. Surround yourself with worthwhile people doing worthwhile things. I would ask the writer to better examine his/her feelings. Is he/she really jealous or merely appalled. Why work for someone appalling?