 $10 to sing?...oh how fame and fortune fade... I have a story for you. I don't know if you spell it Peter Cetera or Peter Setera, but he's the lead singer for the band Chicago. Ok...this was a couple of years ago. It was the end of the night and I had finished my shift and I sat down with a co-worker to fold napkins. On the way to the table where I was going to sit, I passed an older gentleman who was dressed as if he thought he was a rock star. I noticed a $5.00 bill wadded up on the floor, looking as if it had fallen from his jacket pocket. He was engrossed in conversation with some secretary-looking type of a woman and I said, "Excuse me, I think that money may have fallen out of your pocket." He drunkenly thanked me and returned to his conversation with the secretary. I sat down with my co-worker and said, "Look at that guy...he thinks he's a rock star." She said, "He is a rock star. Paul just waited on him and his credit card said Peter Setera (or however you spell it)." Just then Peter looked over and asked which one of us had told him about the money on the floor. I said it was me and he said I could have the $5.00 back or I could increase it to $10.00 if I could sing all of the words to the National Anthem without "f---ing up the words." Before I could open my mouth my co-worker began talking to him, telling him all about a punk band she used to be in and how she had one concert and she had stage fright and couldn't even sing and people were throwing beer cans at her and how she is friends with Courtney Love, and how she just loved his last video where he was crawling across the hood of the car, and boy did he ever look terrific, etc... Peter responded by telling her the same thing...she could make $10.00 if she could sing all the words to the national anthem without "f---ing them up". The secretary then informed us that Peter was in town to sing the national anthem (surprise, surprise) the next afternoon at the Cubs game. He was so sloshed, slurring his words, and gave us a 15 minute dissertation on how hard it is to sing the National Anthem without any mistakes. My co-worker took him up on his challenge and began singing, with Peter flailing his arms shouting, "Louder! Louder!" When she made a mistake he then turned to me and told me it was my turn. He made me stand up and sing as loudly as I could. My co-worker helped me out and between the two of us we sang the whole song. Peter and the Secretary clapped loudly and joyfully and he handed us a $10 and gave me the $5 I had told him about. My co-worker and I split the $15.00 and had a good laugh and a great story to tell...our brush with fame. By Anonymous Emailer |
