acting out of character - classic or dud!

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staff christmas party in a local hotel (i work in a newsagents). covers band onstage, with annoying lead singer. he looks a bit like that mike's flowers pops guy - blonde wig and all. kilian - for no good reason - takes an instant dislike.

"I'd like to push that guy mid-song!" he rashly says. that throwaway remark becomes a promise to do so (because of my drunken state!) "I will do it 4 songs from now!" say I. greeted with massive encouragement from my (stupid, annoying [most of them, anyway] co-workers). it's a good excuse to leave this party, anyways!

4 songs later, people are loooking at kilian and whispering amongst themselves "there's no way he'll do it." the fact that my rash promise is not taken seriously hardens my resolve! kilian cackles aloud, and takes baby steps across the dancefloor. (unfortunately, the singer is no longer centre stage, he is playing keyboards and doing backing vocals. a scantily clad woman is singing now). who cares? i'll push him anyway. i steps up onstage, and PUSH! unfortunately he doesn't fall on his ass, but he stumbles away from the keyboards, and the song falters. other band members realise what is going on, and stop the song altogether. they call for the security on their microphones: "the show isn't continuing til this idiot is taken out of the building". whatever! kilian grabs his coat, and marches towards the exit. alas, he has to negotiate a corridor before he is out of the building, and is stopped by security. shit! even WORSE - various managers from the shop are chasing behind him.

kilian says to security "uh sorry, it was a dare!"

security: "who dared you?"

kilian "no-one. it was my fault."

(antoinette = my shop's owner, hard-nose unpleasant woman who i have always disliked. mary = middle-management, i like her, but have a cold relationship with, i guess. bob = middle management, very nice guy, antoinette's brother, thoroughly laid-back, but completely freaked by what he has just seen)

security, + antoinette, bob and mary: "sit down and take it easy."
kilian: "can i go home? i'm fine, i'm not causing any more trouble, and i live just up the road. can i walk?"
*try to leave, but my path is physically blocked*
*antoinette and mary dash to another area of the building, and kilian (being a paranoid sort of chap) thinks he hears the word "police".

bob: "What's the deal kilian? you kind of acted the bollocks there mate.

kilian :"can i go home? i'm fine!"

bob: "antoinette invited you here, she wants to give you a lift home."

kilian: "she wants to call the fucking police!"

bob : (looks puzzled) she wants to give you a lift home, mate!

*nearby manager signals that kilian can exit the building if he wishes*

mary returns, tries to block kilian as he walks to the exit.

Mary: "just sit down, ok?"

bob: "just let him go if he wants" (exchange continues on similar lines. kilian slips to the door, and exits the building!)

various phone calls from people who i barely know have ensued. not sure if i'll keep my job. great fun, but am starting to regret it. will 100% regret it in the morning. at the mo, acting out of character = classic, but my mind will almost definitely change in the morning. will keep you posted!)

weasel diesel (K1l14n), Sunday, 7 December 2003 00:54 (twenty-two years ago)

No such thing as 'character', ergo you cannot act 'out of' it. Which means it's classic, in other words. Other than that, well done buddy! I for one am impressed.

Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Sunday, 7 December 2003 01:18 (twenty-two years ago)

can you remember what songs they were playing? esp. when the pushing occurred? that will heavily influence my c/d decision.

Dean Gulberry (deangulberry), Sunday, 7 December 2003 02:01 (twenty-two years ago)

various songs throughout the set:

baby can i hold you tonite - tracy chapman
that 5000 miles song by the proclaimers (that was the song before the one where the pushing occurred)

i can't remember what they were playing when the stage invasion happened. or any of the other songs. i txtd my girlfriend to tell her about it and she seems pissed off. she thinks i've gone a bit mad.

weasel diesel (K1l14n), Sunday, 7 December 2003 02:47 (twenty-two years ago)

few things can be more annoying to a 'performer' than having some drunken wally lurch onstage etc.
however, i dont blame you for pushing after that bluddy 5000 miles song! I would possibly have done the same thing, given the right amount of 'primer'.

donna (donna), Sunday, 7 December 2003 05:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Any singer who dares to perform a cover of the 5000 miles song deserves worse than being pushed. You should get an award.

webcrack (music=crack), Sunday, 7 December 2003 07:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Especially since it's only 500 miles.

But really, Kilian, you dick! You deserve to get fired. I'd have threatened you with assault too if I'd been your bosses.

Markelby (Mark C), Sunday, 7 December 2003 10:21 (twenty-two years ago)

theres a lesson here kilian. never go on works dos

charltonlido (gareth), Sunday, 7 December 2003 10:22 (twenty-two years ago)

esp. is mark c is your bosses.

RJG (RJG), Sunday, 7 December 2003 13:31 (twenty-two years ago)

looks like i still have the job! most people thought it was reasonably funny. my girlfriend emptied a pint on someone last night (at a different venue) so no moral high ground for her.

weasel diesel (K1l14n), Sunday, 7 December 2003 20:09 (twenty-two years ago)

If you find yourself acting more and more out of character, maybe you should just change your character. ;-)

THAT Kate (kate), Monday, 8 December 2003 09:41 (twenty-two years ago)


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