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radaronline.com — Waiter Peter Turner said he got the ax after he told Kevin Spacey he wasn't allowed to smoke in a restaurant.

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  • Awwzm, on 11/02/2009, -2/+188How is Paula Abdul involved in all of this?
  • nonomad, on 11/02/2009, -12/+132You know what would help the Film production industry recover from all the revenue they are supposedly losing from illegal downloading? Cut all these big name celebrities pay rate in half. Oh sure, SAG will have a fit, but it's not like the world is lacking in people willing to act. Not all celebrities are pricks, but a good majority take egotism to another level, and sometimes people need a reality check to wrangle them back in. Apparently, Kevin Spacey thinks he's above the law? Who else have we heard about that did that: Shia Lebouf, Brittany Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Mel Gibson.... The list goes on for quite a while. If anyone else had been breaking the law in that establishment, the manager would have called the cops. Instead, he fired the guy who was doing his job. This ***** is getting out of hand.
  • hyped, on 11/02/2009, -1/+103that's actually just kevin spacey from a weird angle
  • inactive, on 11/02/2009, -1/+90I agree 100 percent. Did *anyone* miss the lack of big names in District 9?
  • njunderground, on 11/02/2009, -2/+80This guy resembles a flamboyant John Malkovich
  • sbcea, on 11/02/2009, -11/+85Seems to me like the maitre d' got him fired. Not Kevin Spacey.
  • sooner82, on 11/02/2009, -2/+58I believe in God and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Soze
  • giveer, on 11/02/2009, -1/+47Here in Ontario, if someone is 'caught' smoking in a restaurant by an official, the WAITER, gets fined as an individual along with the establishment, if it happened here, you'd NEED to keep asking for your own sake as well. As an actor and former waiter, I'll back up the waiter every time - the waiter was just doing his job. Actors who forget they used to be broke, down and out once upon a time as well, piss me off something righteous.
  • JediPilot, on 11/02/2009, -1/+40Hell no. In fact, it made it feel fresh.
  • skipvt, on 11/02/2009, -4/+41Who's the aggressive prick now Mr. Spacey? The balls in your court now sir.
  • merdiesel, on 11/02/2009, -6/+38Suck his dick a little more why don't you.
  • jdames1980, on 11/02/2009, -1/+28Since when is John Malkovich NOT flamboyant?
  • eShinn, on 11/02/2009, -9/+33And your comment was valuable because?...oh right it wasn't.
  • bombula, on 11/02/2009, -1/+24The problem is that in the US the laws DO give the rich special privileges. What's the fine for smoking in a restaurant? $250? What's that to a multi-millionaire?

    What we need are proportional fines like in Finnland: speeding ticket = 0.5% of your annual income, or something like that. If you're a millionaire, that's tens of thousands of dollars. Let's see Spacey light up then.

    THEN the system would be fair. Until then, the game is ***** rigged for the rich. All the Horatio Alger crap about freedom and equality and opportunity is ***** ***** without a level playing field.


    Kevin Spacey sucked as Lex Luthor too.
  • IHaveIssues, on 11/02/2009, -1/+22FOOKIN.....ah screw it...
  • AgmLauncher, on 11/02/2009, -1/+22"When Spacey's dinner companions lit up their cigarettes Turner was instructed by his boss to tell the group to stop smoking"

    So the waiter got fired for doing what he was told?

    Sounds fair to me....
  • dawgma, on 11/02/2009, -4/+24Yes. The fact that he joked about beating out Kevin Spacey for an acting roll, getting paid more for it and ultimately winning an oscar makes him a total nutter.

    That wasn't said jokingly at all.. no, not at all. RIGHT.

    And maybe you're a sociopath who can't read other people's emotions properly?
  • giveer, on 11/02/2009, -2/+22That's why the title of the article isn't: "Kevin Spacey fired me."
  • iamghost, on 11/02/2009, -3/+21I heard he asked Spacey, "What's in the box?"
  • heyjohnsullivan, on 11/02/2009, -1/+16I thought John Malkovich resembled a flamboyant John Malkovich.
  • Akraz, on 11/02/2009, -1/+15You should copy and paste this reply to all the dumb ***** who commented on this article that disagreed with the waiter.
  • jordantneff, on 11/02/2009, -5/+19To the commenters who said the restaurant/maitre d' fired him, while this may be true I'm not sure what your point is. The title of the article says "Kevin Spacey Got Me Fired", as in Kevin Spacey was the cause for him being fired. It doesn't say "Kevin Spacey Fire Me!"

    Just thought you should know. That is all.
  • gl77, on 11/02/2009, -2/+15***** *****, the waiter was right, no smoking means no smoking, it doesnt matter who the ***** you are. that's the reason why these celebrities think they can get away with everything.....because rules and laws don't apply to them, and this is what happens when someone decides to stand up and enforce the rules regardless of social status. all of you people who are defending Spacey on this one have no right to complain about OJ getting away with murder or any other celebrity that gets little to no sentencing for something that would land a normal person some serious jail time, because it all starts with things like this, bending rules to allow Spacey to smoke in a restaurant when you know damn well if you or me were to walk in, sit down and light up, we would promptly be told to either put it out or leave the first time, the second time they had to tell us, we would be out in the street. we need to start holding celebrities accountable for breaking laws and rules just as we would do for a normal person. I applaud this waiter for standing up and trying to enforce the rules regardless of celebrity status and if I were in a position where I could hire this man for my business, you bet your ass i would.
  • RealmDown, on 11/02/2009, -1/+14Wait! You know, I don't recall ever seeing the two of them together. Could it be ..... Hmmm.....

  • bjs3171, on 11/02/2009, -0/+13the submitter got confused, due to the braincells lost from reading this article.
  • eShinn, on 11/02/2009, -8/+21Delusions of grandeur? "Can I get you something else? Some water perhaps?" .. that doesn't sound like delusions of grandeur. Delusions of grandeur is the bag-boy at the grocery store playing traffic cop in the parking lot.
  • TriplePlay2425, on 11/02/2009, -2/+15What about the balls in his court?
  • mandarin, on 11/02/2009, -2/+14He probably got paid $100 just for the story. Waiter jobs are a dime a dozen.
  • gumballer, on 11/02/2009, -1/+11Keyser Söze!
  • noupsell, on 11/02/2009, -22/+32That guy does seem like an aggressive prick that's also suffering from delusions of grandeur.
  • andyp7, on 11/02/2009, -7/+16My sympathy for the guy who got fired diminished somewhat when he started bitching about Spacey not wanting to be in someones photos, and then the whole rant at the end about him wanting to be paid more than Spacey if he was cast in the same film.

    I'd like to hear the other side of the story. I am willing to bet that Spacey probably did act like a bit of a *****, but it wasn't him who got the guy fired according to the story,
  • kingman26, on 11/02/2009, -2/+11So, this guy is a movie star. I have enjoyed some of his movies. That doesn't entitle him to anything. I have enjoyed good books, good food, and good music. It doesn't mean that I want to fawn over those who made made them.

    Bottom line is this. If this fella broke the law by smoking in a restaurant, he is in the wrong. If the owner kowtows to this celebrity and the rest of his party it means that the owner doesn't care about the law or his employees' health or his other guests' health.

    So, the owner should be fined as well as sued by this overly self important waiter for wrongful termination. Furthermore, the actor shouldn't be allowed in that restaurant again.
  • evil-doer, on 11/02/2009, -2/+11it would be both. if spacey had not been an above the law prick and stopped smoking when he was asked the first time he wouldnt have had to ask him multiple times.
  • yocouchdigga, on 11/02/2009, -0/+9Hand me the keys, you *****' *****.
  • dannysun, on 11/02/2009, -2/+10She was the waiter
  • GoodbyeHorses87, on 11/02/2009, -0/+8***** off. being rich and/or famous does not give you a mandate to be an ass.
  • borez, on 11/02/2009, -8/+16What an aggressive prick.
  • geodebug, on 11/02/2009, -0/+8That was a long and impassioned post in response to a fluff piece.
  • LloydBentsen, on 11/02/2009, -7/+15If I'm the waiter, I let the owner/manager/etc take care of a situation like that with a VIP. The owner probably wouldn't make them stop smoking because he is a good businessperson. The fine multiplied by the risk of getting caught and having the no-smoking law enforced is surely less than the amount Spacey and company regularly spend on a tab. Hell, the waiter should have thought of the type of tip he would likely receive from waiting that table without saying a word about the smoking. The state would surely fine the restaurant or even Spacey, not the waiter. But do I think Spacey is a prick? Sure.
  • LemurDaddy, on 11/02/2009, -5/+13Raise your hand if you're surprised that Kevin Spacey is a dick. I mean, come on, the dude is still closeted. I'm given to understand that ***** with your head pretty effectively.
  • Fighty, on 11/02/2009, -0/+8Agreed.
  • eShinn, on 11/02/2009, -0/+7How true. Boycott in the making ;.)
  • zephc, on 11/02/2009, -10/+17Spacey sucks. Being able to memorize 2 minutes of dialog at a time doesn't give you the excuse to be a giant douche.
  • lolerskate, on 11/02/2009, -28/+34and i should care because?...oh right i dont.
  • darzeecompany, on 11/02/2009, -4/+10You're stupid.
  • Akraz, on 11/02/2009, -3/+9You cared enough to reply. Idiot.

    The highest form of not caring is not saying anything at all.
  • Narcism, on 11/02/2009, -2/+8Because being stripped of your liquor license (or whatever other fines, penalties) is good for business.
  • SpruceCaboose, on 11/02/2009, -0/+5Yeah. Seems to me the maitre d' made the request, the waiter did it, the star got mad, and the maitre d' tossed the waiter under the bus to save face with the owner/manager/whomever it was that was higher up. At least that is how it sounded to me.
  • jordanlgta, on 11/02/2009, -1/+6(The menu at a neighboring table catches fire. Elaine quickly picks up a wine glass - about to put it out, but George tosses the menu on the floor, and stomps it out.

    The manager approaches)

    MANAGER: What happened?

    GEORGE: Oh, the busboy left the menu a little close to the candle.

    MANAGER: Sorry to the disturbance.

    ELAINE: (Joking, she snobbishly says) I'm never eating here again.

    (Manager leaves)

    JERRY: (Pats George on the back) Nice going. Thank you, that ought to get us a free dessert.. (They can see the manager chewing the busboy out from the dining

    room doorway) I think the busboy's in trouble.

    GEORGE: Did I get him in trouble? Because of what I said?! I just told him what happened.. he didn't do it on purpose.. (Mangager and busboy are arguing. The

    busboy points in the direction of George) He pointed at me. Why did he point at me?!

    ELAINE: I said I would never eat here again.. But, I, I.. he had to know I was kidding.

    JERRY: (Casually buttering a roll, like he's the innocent one) I didn't say anything.

    (The busboy takes of his apron, throws it down, and exits the restaurant)

    GEORGE: I can't believe it. He's going! He's fired!

    ELAINE: Oh, I said it in a kidding way.

    GEORGE: I didn't know he'd get fired.

    JERRY: (Jokingly trying to put more pressure on Elaine and George) He'll probably kill his family over this.

    GEORGE: What if he's waiting for me outside? He pointed at me! Did you see him point?!

    JERRY: (Again, joking) A lot of ex-cons become busboys. They seem to gravitate twards 'em.

    GEORGE: Was it my fault?

    ELAINE: Was it my fault?

    JERRY: (Doesn't have a care in the world) ..Maybe I'll try that pesto.
  • Zenith251, on 11/02/2009, -0/+5Rules is rules, as they say. The waiter did make special reservations for Mr. Spacey, as per the request of his supervisor. In situation with one of us "normies" goes something like this: Ask once, ask twice, "Sir, you need to leave." Many restaurants (especially here in CA.) will just go ahead and skip steps 2, or 1 and 2.

    Waiter did his job as it was asked of him, owner is a douchebag, and Kevin Spacey needs a brick upside his arrogant head.
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