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Celebrities at Wimbledon
BenCotto
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I don’t follow the tennis closely, but I have seen close up pictures of David Suchet, Stephen Fry, Mary Berry and Brian Cox in the posh seats, probably the Royal Box. No doubt there are more luvvies-a-plenty but I don’t know who they are.
How does it work? Does the celebrity’s PA phone Wimbledon and say they never got round to applying in the ballot and are far too posh to stand in a queue so will you send over a couple of tickets for the well padded seats?
Of course, Madam. We’ll send the boy round now. No charge.
If that’s how it is, it just seems wrong. These folk are plenty rich enough to buy released debenture tickets and I do not think the authorities should pander to them.
Apropos this, I had a friend who worked in the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. They actually had queue spotters so celebrities could be whisked to the front and in a side entrance. Any respect I might have had for Derek Jacobi, Sandra Bullock or Nigel Hawthorne collapsed when I learned of the tantrums they displayed at having to mix with Joe Public. By contrast my esteem for Tom Conti went significantly higher when he refused to be fast tracked, replying that though he had a modicum of fame it gave him no right to go ahead of those in the queue before him.
How does it work? Does the celebrity’s PA phone Wimbledon and say they never got round to applying in the ballot and are far too posh to stand in a queue so will you send over a couple of tickets for the well padded seats?
Of course, Madam. We’ll send the boy round now. No charge.
If that’s how it is, it just seems wrong. These folk are plenty rich enough to buy released debenture tickets and I do not think the authorities should pander to them.
Apropos this, I had a friend who worked in the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. They actually had queue spotters so celebrities could be whisked to the front and in a side entrance. Any respect I might have had for Derek Jacobi, Sandra Bullock or Nigel Hawthorne collapsed when I learned of the tantrums they displayed at having to mix with Joe Public. By contrast my esteem for Tom Conti went significantly higher when he refused to be fast tracked, replying that though he had a modicum of fame it gave him no right to go ahead of those in the queue before him.
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They do a job to earn a living
Why aren't nurses, firefighters and other brave people accorded such seats?
I have no truck with people who think they're better than others because they're "celebrities" however major or minor.
They're non U
You might as sit on a flyover above the M25 and watch cars going round in circles.
The only way I'd watch it is if the track was a figure of 8.
Golf is worse. Man whacks a ball with a stick. Then you see a moving picture of sky. Then you see a ball land in a bit of grass. Then somebody picks up a flag on a stick. Then the bloke nudges it into a hole with a different stick. Then everybody claps and walks away. Yawn.
Then there's snooker. Man pokes a load of balls with a long stick. Some go into holes at the side of the table . Some don't. This is important. Yawn.
OH knows better than to ask me to attend such functions here.
No @BenCotto I don't understand how it works. It's not as tho these events are short of real fans wanting to attend. I don't think a famous actor or even a chef or gardener is "entitled" to any more consideration than people who work hard in less glamorous jobs.