Strangest Show Experience - Add Yours!

[Nanisu]

I had one that I posted about 4 months ago--met the woman at another party, delivered her host packet to her work where she was impeccably dressed. Got to her apartment and the house was the filthiest I had ever been in, food and dishes on the sink and table, cockroaches all over the place, including in the oven I was doing the pizza in....I asked her what she wanted to do and she took the foil that was in the oven outside, shook the roaches off and then came and put it back in the oven....There were 2 huge big screens (like 50 inchers) in the living room that was about 12 x 12 and there were 2 football games going at all times. Came time to do the show (1 hour after it started) and there was no place to put my tools there was so much crap on the dining room table, fortunately I have a cart that I work from so we just improvised. So while two football games are going and 5 men are drinking beer and yelling 6 feet from me 3 women gather around my cart. Oh did I mention that she didn't get half the ingredients for the recipe because "oh, I don't like cilantro. Oh, I don't like this...Oh I already had this, it's close enough..." , um....I gave her 4 different recipes to choose from and THAT was the one she chose...of course then she griped because the recipe tasted bad....her sister wanted to see the serrated peeler so she grabbed a mango, peeled it, used my 5" utility knife to cut off a slice of mango and then proceeded to put the knife/mango in her mouth--I was not only peeved that she ate off my knife but was scared to death she would cut her mouth... I just kind of mumbled..."hang on, let me go rinse this off"..I left there with a whopping $80 in orders. Then when I went to close her show two days later she called me and said I was the rudest PC person she had ever met, that I had a high and mighty attitude and that I was a "fat, mean old woman". Of course, this woman outweighed me by a good 30 pounds (and I am quite "fluffy") and was about 4 years older than me. She had the gaul to say "and the look on your face when you saw my oven was reprehensible". Yeah, that wouldn't have been the word I was thinking....It was all I could do to keep from laughing when she said that.

Blessed and released--OH YEAH!

 

[kcmckay]

WOW I can't believe many of these stories!!! It makes me either not want to be nervous about a show because it could be worse. Or it makes me scared to death to walk into a roach/rat/murder weapon infected house!!!!!

 

[caraighan]

These are terrible!!!

I haven't had any weird shows yet!! Thank goodness!!! I've been in less than 2 years.

I have however had an embarrassing one!!! Actually, I think it was only my second party... so it was right after I started! I cut my pinkie finger on the forged cutlery bread knife! I had 7 stitches! That's a lot of stitches for a pinkie!!!

I was so embarrassed and mad at myself!!! Luckily it was after all the guest left and I was just starting to put everything away. But I hadn't gotten much packed yet, nothing in my car yet! I couldn't let go of my pinkie because when I did the blood squirted!!! The host had to put everything in my car for me and I had to call my husband to take me to the hospital to get sewed up! The host bought one of the bread knives too!!!

PS -- this host is hosting again next month!

 

[rennea]

Your a lot nicer then me Nancy, because I would have just left without doing the show.

 

[pampered.chris]

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?

Yes I was uncomfortable. Not so much offended. But uncomfortable.
Like I had said, I am from a very discreet family and had NEVER seen anyone breast feed in public before. My mom never breastfed my siblings and I and my aunt did breastfeed but always went into another room with the door closed so I had never seen this. I didn't breast feed my daughter. All of my other cousins siblings are older than me so I wasn't around to witness anything.
She did not have a cover on to start. But then she was concerned the baby was getting cold or maybe just she was and she put one on.

And no I didn't say anything to her nor did I try to make her uncomfortable or mention to anyone how I felt about it. But I was just caught offguard by this. Sorry if you find this offensive.

 

[Crystal Patton]

Yes I was uncomfortable. Not so much offended. But uncomfortable.
Like I had said, I am from a very discreet family and had NEVER seen anyone breast feed in public before. My mom never breastfed my siblings and I and my aunt did breastfeed but always went into another room with the door closed so I had never seen this. I didn't breast feed my daughter. All of my other cousins siblings are older than me so I wasn't around to witness anything.
She did not have a cover on to start. But then she was concerned the baby was getting cold or maybe just she was and she put one on.

And no I didn't say anything to her nor did I try to make her uncomfortable or mention to anyone how I felt about it. But I was just caught offguard by this. Sorry if you find this offensive.

I breastfed my two youngest boys and I loved it. I understand if you were uncomfortable, there are 'milk momma's' out there who let it all hang out. It is because of them that the rest of us get so defensive when someone has a ... not negative response, just not a positive response. We just get upset that our society is so focused on the breast as ONLY a sexual object and our inner momma bear surfaces. I was always very discreet and 90% of the time noone could tell I was breastfeeding my child.
I guess I just want you to know not all of us do it that way and to thank you for not making a big issue out of it for this ... open (that's a nice word) lady, even though it was uncomfortable for you.

 

[cookin to the top]

I wasn't trying to be a breastfeeding nazi....I just think it's sad that people are so squeemish about women and what's natural and best for their babies. Sorry for being defensive, but it's the truth. (In my opinion, of course, which I've got lots of) LOl

 

[ChefJWarren]

My weird show isn't half as bad as most of yours!!

I showed up to the apartment of the host. I rang and rang the doorbell - nothing. I tried calling the host - nothing. About 10 minutes later (yes I was hanging around-we had talked about 15 min before, so I KNEW the party was going on), she showed up with a truck full of her furniture! SHE WAS AT THAT MOMENT MOVING IN!!! She never told me anything before. I went into the kitchen and she proceeded to finish moving in while I setup. Miraculously, she had everything setup ready for guests when they arrived.

 

[pjpamchef]

My funniest story.
I had a host call up and moved her show date up, so I needed to get her packet to her right away. I took it to her house, no one was home so I left it between the storm door and main door. A few days later she called in a panic, nervous about the invites, we decided to just have her call everyone and forgo the postcards. The night of the show, I go to her door, I have my laptop case in one hand and my TTA tote in the other. This man comes to the door, in his boxers (I have to add he had long stringy hair and was missing his two front teeth), not the man I had imagined married to this host. He has my host packet in his hand and says to me "I looked this over and I really don't think I can do this tonight". It takes me a second or two to absorb that statement. I then ask him if my host lives here, and he says no, she lives 2 doors down!!!!!!!
OMG !!! I had left it at the wrong house, we laughed about it all night! Like what if he had invited all his buddies, I guess he thinks I randomly pick houses and leave host packets and expect them to do shows for me!

 

[candiejayne]

LOL! I would be so embarassed if I ran into that guy and it being the wrong house! I'm glad that you all could laugh about it that night though! No wonder the poor woman was freaking about her invites though! hehe!

 

[Nanisu]

what color boxers,LOL?

 

[peichef]

My funniest story.
I had a host call up and moved her show date up, so I needed to get her packet to her right away. I took it to her house, no one was home so I left it between the storm door and main door. A few days later she called in a panic, nervous about the invites, we decided to just have her call everyone and forgo the postcards. The night of the show, I go to her door, I have my laptop case in one hand and my TTA tote in the other. This man comes to the door, in his boxers (I have to add he had long stringy hair and was missing his two front teeth), not the man I had imagined married to this host. He has my host packet in his hand and says to me "I looked this over and I really don't think I can do this tonight". It takes me a second or two to absorb that statement. I then ask him if my host lives here, and he says no, she lives 2 doors down!!!!!!!
OMG !!! I had left it at the wrong house, we laughed about it all night! Like what if he had invited all his buddies, I guess he thinks I randomly pick houses and leave host packets and expect them to do shows for me!

LOL - with milk coming out of my nose!! Thank goodness we finally got a story that didn't make me go "EWWWWWW"!! That's a great story

As for the breastfeeding thing, I guess I'm a bit defensive about it, too. I always found the cover more conspicuous than nursing w/o one. I guess b/c my "girls" are small, but I could nurse w/o a cover & no one would ever have a clue - lol. In a situation like that, I would have used a cover, but in a room full of women, she probably felt pretty comfortable.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

I think the whole breastfeeding thing has to do with how you were raised, and what the culture is around you.

I was a breastfeeding mom too....but I still am uncomfortable when someone just whips it out and plops a baby on. If I was in a group of women, I would nurse sometimes, but always covered....if there were men in group, I would excuse myself to another room.
Yes, it's natural, and best for the baby - I totally believe that and made sure it happened with my son, but there are lots of experiences that are natural that are best done privately or discreetly.

Look at it this way - it won't offend anyone or make anyone uncomfortable if you are covered, or excuse yourself...but it could make some uncomfortable if you don't. I'd rather not make people uncomfortable if I can prevent it.

 

[pampered1224]

OK. Well, I posted this one along time ago.
Something told me this was gonna be a weird day. It started out bad as I got totally lost on the way to the middle of nowhere. When I called to find out where they were, my host was definately sloshed. Her boy friend got on the phone. I spent about 1/2 hour on the phone with my hosts boy friend as he talked me through getting there. Now, picture this: October 13th, 2002. It is a sunny afternoon, fairly warm. I pull up onto the final road and go about 2 miles into the middle of farm fields. I get to the driveway and turn in. It too is quite long and windy. As I pull up to the house I notice the neat Halloween decorations. A Scarecrow, several huge pumpkins and bales of hay. I noted too that the house had been sprayed with fake blood. Kinda neat. Well, as I am getting out of the car, Mary's boyfriend comes out and helps me with my stuff. As I am about to take the last of the stuff in the house, Mary comes out. She has definetely been drinking. I ask her how she is doing and I mention the cute kittens running all over the place. I also noted the rather large, old German Shepard. She says it belongs to a friend. That's when I noted the Halloween decorations. I said the blood splatter is really neat and asked how they did that. She said her best friend from California had come for a visit. He blew his brains out the night before in the front yard! OMG! I am like totally stunned! It was about 1 p.m. The police had left about 6 or 7 a.m. and she had simply been drinking since! I asked her if she really wanted to still do this and she said yes. It will help having her friends around and hoped I would not leave as well. Everyone showed up, got drunk with Mary, her boyfriend had disappeared, and we made our dishes and I left about 5 hours later. Now, here is the part that really freaked me out. His name was John, he was about my age and he too was gay. When Mary's mom arrived, she looked at me really funny and introduced herself. Mary's sister did the same thing. I could not figure this out. Well we spent most of the time consoling Mary and it helped. Now, after we were done cooking Mary's mom pulled me a side and she asked me a few questions. 1) How old was I. 2) She asked if I was gay. I told her. She then asked if I had a strong heart. I said as far as I knew I did. She then told me I looked so much like John that she was caught off guard when she came in. I was blown away. She wanted to show me but could not find his picture. No wonder Mary didn't want me to leave right away. Well to make the day even more interesting. By the time I was ready to leave Mary was out like a light. Everyone was gone and the only around was Mary, passed out upstairs as she had gone up before everyone had left. I was packing up my stuff and I was lone down stairs for about 20 minutes before Mary's boyfriend showed up to help. I don;t know if she sent him down or if he heard me as I had been making some noise. It was weird enough being there after all that had happened but weirder being left alone! Anyway he got down stairs and I nearly lost it. Keith, you would definetly have appreciate this guy coming on to you! He was well, barely clad! I mean literally! No shame what so ever. He started grabbing my PC stuff and off he went to my car! Again, I was totally dumb founded. That topped the whole day! I have to admit, I got part way home and had to stop off at a gas station. I was still in shock and called DebPC right away and told her what had happened. (I didn't mention the boyfriend!) By the time I got home, I was shaking and a wreck! When I went back there about a month later to pick up the orders I needed to get, Mary showed me John's picture. I almost fell over. We really were very alike. He even had mousy brown hair, hazel eyes and weighed about the same as I did. Well, to this day I have not seen them. I don;t even know if they live there anymore as I knew she wanted to move. Can't say I could blame her.

 

[candiejayne]

OMG I read that like it was a really good plot, but for it to be real... WOW! I don't know if I could have stayed like you did, you have my utmost respect!

 

[pampered1224]

Andrea,
You know, it was rather funny. I guess I felt like I needed to go through with it. To simply help her in anyway I could. I didn't really think about it until I got going home. Hench the pull over at the gas station. I think I sat there about about 45 minutes before I could get going again. It is still really weird. I did have a glass of wine before we got started but that was it. The part I think I would have a hard time believing if I had been told this would have nothing to do with John but rather Mary's boyfriend! And this is the first time I told that part. I told my other half that night and he just laughed! He knew I was telling the truth about the rest of it because he thinks I apparently missed a very blunt pickup!

 

[candiejayne]

I dunno... the first half would have done me in... not sure how I would have reacted to the guy though!

 

[pampered1224]

I had to add this Andrea because Pat asked me that too after he read the post. To be totally honest, it never phased me! It just never registered as being weird. So...