Strangest Show Experience - Add Yours!

[koima]

I had a show last night that was a total bust. 4 guests, 2 orders, didn't qualify, but it was odd in another way. One of the guests had recently had a breast augmentation and took off her shirt to show off her new boobs, inviting the other guests (her friends) to come feel them. How can I hold attention over that? She said I could feel them but I politely declined. So. Wierd.

 

[ChefLoriG]

you live in an appropriate city to have that happen......

 

[koima]

Haha! I didn't think of that.

 

[pamperedlinda]

did you tip her?

 

[chefsteph07]

It was a total bust...was that an intended pun? LOL

That is too much...

Can't say I've had anything like that happen...although I had a show in Nov for a host I had never met before (she was an outside order booking) and her friend came over early to help w/ the party while I was setting up, this friend of hers must have dropped the F bomb about 20 times while I was there..in front of the hosts 2 young kids no less, and I was really uncomfortable w/ it...I mean, to say it at a show...come on, over and over, truck driver mouth...and she didn't even order anything...

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

Nobody will ever top the potty party.

 

[DebbieJ]

Nobody will ever top the potty party.

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

Although, MistyM got mooned at one of her shows.

 

[AnnieBee]

Oh. My. Goodness.

I can't believe that, or that "Moon" show... (Thanks KG!)

I hope I NEVER have a show that bad...

However, I will admit to LOLing out loud, and reading the stories to my DH

Thanks for the laughs

 

[wadesgirl]

I have nothing compared to any of the above mentioned story!

 

[Crystal Patton]

At my show tonight one of the ladies told us all a story of how her husband stumbled into a cult ritual killing (a cow) while hunting.

I had nothing to say. I mean do I go into the spiel about our knifes?

Honestly, I think she was making it up. She seemed to be one of those people who loves the 'one upmanship' thing. But I got her good on checkout. She launched into this story about getting our grilling kit at a yard sale for $3. I said I was so sorry to hear that, I could have got it for her for free.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU to whomever posted that response on here. She was speechless for the first time all night. :thumbup:

 

[chef131doreen]

I hope you told them that our silicone scrapers are just as good

 

[ChefLoriG]

I hope you told them that our silicone scrapers are just as good

And her new boobs aren't heat safe up to 650 degrees...

 

[chefann]

Nobody will ever top the potty party.

I was thinking the same thing.

For those who are looking for the potty story, you can find some of it here, and some of it here. The second link has follow-up about the bookings from the potty party.

I've also had a show where there was mold growing on the inside of the host's refrigerator. :yuck: She was a coworker of mine at the time, and had invited a bunch of people from work (she was on a different team on the same project). She wanted to make some punch that she had gotten from someplace and asked me to bring the family size pitcher. The show was going to be outside in the yard/garage, but it got really cold so we ended up having it in the house. Big mistake. It stunk like cats (she had 5), there was cat hair all over everything, and a friend was still cleaning house for her. I made the punch and opened the fridge to chill it before the guests arrived and saw the mold. It wasn't nice, little mold, either. It was thick and looked like something from a horror movie. Only a couple of guests showed up and there was leftover punch, which the host wanted to keep in the pitcher. I didn't want my tools in her house any longer than necessary, so I told her I needed it the next day for something and poured the punch into a 2 liter pop bottle.

Everyone's had horror stories from shows. My former upline had an idea to put them in a book and title it "Tales from the Crate."

 

[PCJenni]

I had a woman who wanted to do a show in February around a camp fire at her community lake. Now, we are in CA but February at 7 pm would be COLD!!! The show ended up cancelling about I explained what Pampered Chef was about. I think she thought I was going to cater a party for her for free.

 

[pampered.chris]

For those who are looking for the potty story, you can find some of it here, and some of it here. The second link has follow-up about the bookings from the potty party.

I've also had a show where there was mold growing on the inside of the host's refrigerator. :yuck: She was a coworker of mine at the time, and had invited a bunch of people from work (she was on a different team on the same project). She wanted to make some punch that she had gotten from someplace and asked me to bring the family size pitcher. The show was going to be outside in the yard/garage, but it got really cold so we ended up having it in the house. Big mistake. It stunk like cats (she had 5), there was cat hair all over everything, and a friend was still cleaning house for her. I made the punch and opened the fridge to chill it before the guests arrived and saw the mold. It wasn't nice, little mold, either. It was thick and looked like something from a horror movie. Only a couple of guests showed up and there was leftover punch, which the host wanted to keep in the pitcher. I didn't want my tools in her house any longer than necessary, so I told her I needed it the next day for something and poured the punch into a 2 liter pop bottle.

Everyone's had horror stories from shows. My former upline had an idea to put them in a book and title it "Tales from the Crate."

Wow..Wow wow. I can't believe that you get this luck. It is amazing of you to still be doing this!! I would so have quit by now.

 

[pampered.chris]

My weirdest show...actually a combination of weird ones.

One of my Best Friends booked a show from me and we had a great show. One of her friends booked from her and when her party came, well...oh my. I show up at the house and there were like 4 guys standing out back, at first I thought they were smoking a cigarette, until they started passing it. They saw me and walked away really quick. I thought, well maybe they don't belong here.

So I go into the house and OH MY WORD. There is an overflowing garbage can that reeks right inside the house and as I walk into the kitchen I swear the floor ripped of the bottom of my socks, the dishes were piled as high as they could and on every surface in the kitchen. I thought, this has to get better. I walk into the dining room and there are two birds flying around the room...um...okay (I know you have birds Ann and this is nothing against birds, but would you let them fly around when company is walking in and out?). There are 3 small dogs and about 4 cats, some hamsters, fish and they ask me to set up in front of a tank. There was no light on so I figured it was empty...not so much...there was a snake in the tank..Okay..breathing. This has to get better right?

So I begin the show. The guests are the mom, sister, and 5 friends...all from high school. Those guys that I saw out back...they walk in and start talking. Everyone is smoking cigarettes and the house is disgusting. Two babies are walking around and one is eating crumbs or something off the floor. I made this the quickest show I have ever done. When I got home I literally stripped naked before I went inside. Thankfully I had an enclosed outdoor room where no one could see me. I took all of my stuff to my parents the next day and ran it through the dishwasher at high heat. (this was back when I was renting).

The other worst show....it wasn't a "worst" really. Just kind of a shocker. My family is very discreet in anything. I can actually say that in my 28 years of life I have NEVER heard my mother fart. K..so imagine my surprise when a guest whips out her boob and starts breastfeeding her child. I was very shocked and some people noticed. I tried not to look at her but she sat in the middle of everyone. I would look to just the left of her and then look down then look to the right of her and over and back then down then left and over and back then down. I was so uncomfortable. Now when I see her years later and she has another child...I am used to it. But at the time I had never seen someone so open about breast feeding and I was shocked by it.

There so my stories aren't anything like the potty or mooning or breast implants. But these are my weird ones!!

 

[pamperedlinda]

Chris - that first one is down right nasty! I would have been tempted to call DFCS!

 

[crissy11]

I have always told my director I was the queen of weird shows.
I have gone to the trashiest places you can imagine,
have had them passed the joint around and when I done introductions I lied and said my husband was the chief of police ( I couldn't help it and boy did they leave the room with the joint)
I have had a show where the men where right outside the window in a hot tub naked... I can still remember the one where the sink was full of phlegm and ants running everywhere and then the husband sat at the end of the table closest to me and killed flies with a fly swat and then chewed on the end of it.... UGH!!!!! I finally told him I was going to throw up on him if he done it again.. He laughed... I have done a show where the husband came home and told everyone to leave that he was tired and wanted peace and quiet... That was uncomfortable!!! Especially when I laughed because I thought he was trying to be funny and he asked me what my problem was and why was I still there....
I had one scheduled but thought the address was in a bad neighborhood and called the police to ask them about it and they said not to go and they don't go alone.. I said it was during the day was that ok?? they said no time of the day is good in that area. so I cancelled the show.
I have soo many bad, weird shows that I am just thrilled beyond belief when I have a normal person for a hostess.
I had one with a hostess.. when I got there I noticed that there were huge knives and swords hanging on the walls. I asked were they into collecting knives and she said her husband and sons were. They came in later with black stockings over their heads and gang emblems on their shirts... of course she had to tell him that I asked about the knives... he just looked at me and I was soo ready to get out of there. Really freaked me out!!! I felt like I was a witness to murder weapons....
I went to another house and carried my crate up to the door and the lady came and let me in and I went to the dining room and put my crate down and asked her where she wanted me to set up.. She asked who I was??? I told her and she said her name and I realized I was at the wrong house... I can't believe she let me in.... I can't talk about my shows to my team because it would scare them off.

 

[rennea]

I went to another house and carried my crate up to the door and the lady came and let me in and I went to the dining room and put my crate down and asked her where she wanted me to set up.. She asked who I was??? I told her and she said her name and I realized I was at the wrong house... I can't believe she let me in.....

OMG!!! That is to funny

 

[rennea]

I really feel like I have missed out. I will always LOVE Anne's potty show, that is the best so far. But I have to say the "boobies" come close.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

I really feel like I have missed out. I will always LOVE Anne's potty show, that is the best so far. But I have to say the "boobies" come close.

I agree!


My strangest show was the one where the host pulled out her 2 pet rats, and let them run around on the table where I was doing the demo. The strangest part about it was that I was the only one there who seemed to be bothered by it. :yuck:

Couldn't wait to get out of that house!

 

[rennea]

I agree!


My strangest show was the one where the host pulled out her 2 pet rats, and let them run around on the table where I was doing the demo. The strangest part about it was that I was the only one there who seemed to be bothered by it. :yuck:

Couldn't wait to get out of that house!

Food safety comes to mind on that one. Yuck!!

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Food safety comes to mind on that one. Yuck!!

EXACTLY my point! Can you imagine a rat crawling around and in the food you are preparing? (shudder!) But the host was offended by that suggestion....

 

[missyciccolella]

This was not my show, but a sister consultant did a show a nudist colony in AZ...thank goodness it was in the winter so only few of the men were naked, and all the women were clothed. The men did wear ball caps though...they needed somewhere to clip their cell phones. She said the group wanted her to come back in the summer, but left that booking in their court...she said they didn't call back. The funniest part is this consultant reserved and a little on the quiet side. I would have loved to have seen her face when she pulled up and was great by naked men willing to help her bring her supplies in!

 

[cookin to the top]

Were you really offended by the breastfeeding? I am a nursing mom, have nursed around people I don't know well, have always asked before feeding, and have NEVER gotten a negative response. Did she use a cover?

 

[chefann]

Were you really offended by the breastfeeding? I am a nursing mom, have nursed around people I don't know well, have always asked before feeding, and have NEVER gotten a negative response. Did she use a cover?

I would have been offended, but I probably wouldn't have said anything for fear of offending any potential hosts or recruits. I didn't say anything at the Potty party, but I was in shock. It's not a situation for which one is usually prepared.

 

[pamperedlinda]

This was not my show, but a sister consultant did a show a nudist colony in AZ...thank goodness it was in the winter so only few of the men were naked, and all the women were clothed. The men did wear ball caps though...they needed somewhere to clip their cell phones. She said the group wanted her to come back in the summer, but left that booking in their court...she said they didn't call back. The funniest part is this consultant reserved and a little on the quiet side. I would have loved to have seen her face when she pulled up and was great by naked men willing to help her bring her supplies in!

this struck me as funny.....

 

[candiejayne]

OY! and I'm worried about one of my shows coming up where I think the couple are swingers since they only agreed to have the show if my BF came too. I can't believe some of these stories! I would die if any of them happened to me!

 

[cewcooks]

My weirdest or uncomfotable show is nothing compared to what you all have had to endure, I felt so uncomfortable about this ladies catalog that I just had to say that "I would feel uncomfortable about asking my friends to have a "slumber party" The lady was nice and had a little girl and she paraded around in daisy dukes, she is a "slumber party consultant" I know that's nothing compared to the booby thing, but I was disapointed when another guest wanted to have a "sex" party and not a pc party! Go figure...