#41: Do You Know Who I Am?
Learning something unsavory about a favorite celebrity or hero is always a bummer. Unfortunately, this guy experienced that disappointment first-hand when he met one of his sports heroes, Merlin Olsen. Our storyteller was working at the San Gabriel Country Club in California as a bartender. Merlin came in one Saturday afternoon with a group of friends and was extremely rude.

Our storyteller was going around the table, taking everyone’s order. He wasn’t writing anything down because he had the enviable and valuable talent of being able to memorize people’s orders. Merlin wasn’t impressed, however, and questioned his capabilities. Then and there, our storyteller became disillusioned with his childhood hero and refused to acknowledge that he knew who Merlin was. He didn’t want to stroke his already inflated ego.