Are You Rude? If So, Ricki Lake Wants You!
I'm posting this for a Ricki Lake producer:
RICKI LAKE is on the hunt for the rudest people in America.Is your husband rude? Do you know someone with gross table manners? Does your sister or best friend constantly interrupt you during conversation? Maybe you have a friend or relative who is addicted to their cell phone, speaking loudly or texting at restaurants, oblivious to others?
If you know someone rude who can use a lesson in manners, please tell us your story.
Guests will receive expert advice from some of today's preeminent etiquette experts.
Contact: DELETED, NO LONGER PERTINENT.
Am I the only one who finds this distasteful? You could not pay me enough to make me to watch this.
MarkD at December 11, 2012 5:09 AM
NO, you are not the only one. I can proudly say that I have never watched that show and have no intention of ever doing so.
Bar Sinister at December 11, 2012 6:16 AM
Hmmmmph. I've been called rude for calling people out on their rudeness!
Flynne at December 11, 2012 7:31 AM
I don't suppose we can anonymously submit someone. I'd love for an etiquette expert to correct a colleague who feels the need to comment on anything someone else is eating or drinking.
"What are you having?"
"Coffee."
"Bleeeaaaccchhhh!" (Always with an accompanying choking or finger in throat motion.)
Boldly Beth at December 11, 2012 7:52 AM
Wait, Ricki Lake is still on the air?
lujlp at December 11, 2012 8:24 AM
Heh... So, Ricki Lake is an etiquette maven now?
When I lived in NY, she regularly came into the flaship store I worked. This was long after her first talk show had been cancelled. She had basically faded away by then.
Now, I should point out that we had celebrities shop with us all the time. Mostly, they were very pleasant. (Honestly, Ricki Lake hardly registered as a celebrity but I digress.)Regardless of status, we made every effort to treat EVERYONE with respect and discretion.
I was once ringing out Meryl Streep and her daughter at the register and there was a problem with the transaction; she was as patient and kind about it as you can imagine. She even shared friendly banter with me while we were waiting for my manager to address the problem and thanked us all with a huge smile when she left. I couldn't have asked for a more gracious customer. I tell you this story so that you can understand the level of customer we were serving and the difference in behaviour. It was the so called "D-listers" that acted like self-important asses.
Lake was in the top 5 of the most entitled, demanding, rudest, self-absorbed use-to-be-famous people I'd ever had the dis-pleasure of serving. (Rosie Perez is at the top of the list, fyi...) The words "please" and "thank you" did not exist in her vernacular. She actually pulled the "Do you know who I am?" card when we didn't have a size shirt she wanted, after three hours of already putting us through pure hell and STILL not buying anything. My (admitedly, less than tactful) response to that was, "Yes. I do. But I still can't demand the shirt magically appear, just like you couldn't demand your way to higher ratings. Will that be all?"
I am still shocked I wasn't fired for that.
Sabrina at December 11, 2012 1:00 PM
What, ANOTHER show about lawyers?!
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at December 12, 2012 2:14 PM
I hope nobody turns me in for this or for What Not To Wear.
nonegiven at December 13, 2012 10:48 AM
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