# Don't you know who I am?? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 23, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439 "2015-02-23T19:38:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/41 "2015-02-24T14:29:00Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Yeah, we’ve heard: the graduate assistant was **Tom Tildrum**. Damn, I didn’t even see **Tom’s** post above. **Tom Tildrum** when and where did your occurrence happen? My hearing of this was in the early 1980’s at Texas A&M university. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/42 "2015-02-24T14:35:31Z")
After further review, Snopes credits the legend of the student shoving the bluebook into the test pile as far back as 1986. > **[The Tale of the Anonymous Test Taker](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anonymous-test-taker/)** > > A student who has taken too much time on an exam shoves his blue book into the middle of the stack. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/43 "2015-02-24T14:39:42Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Damn, I didn’t even see **Tom’s** post above. > > **Tom Tildrum** when and where did your occurrence happen? > > My hearing of this was in the early 1980’s at Texas A&M university. He had an “old joke” disclaimer at the bottom of his post. ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Ravenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Abner\_Ravenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Ravenwood)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/44 "2015-02-24T15:18:50Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > This happened to me once back when I was a TA for a huge course. I came by the lecture hall to pick up the blue books about 15-20 minutes after the exam ended (there was an honor code, so students were expected to turn in their bluebooks by the deadline). When I walked in, there was a big stack of bluebooks on the table at the front, and one guy still sitting at a desk, writing. > > I yelled at him, “Hey! Your time expired a long time ago! I have to disqualify your exam.” > > He walked up to the front of the room and, waving his bluebook in his hand, he asked in an exasperated voice, “Do you know who I am?” > > I shot back, “I have no idea who you are!” > > He said, “All right then.” Then he shoved his bluebook in the middle of the pile, and ran away. My 9th grade world history teacher told me the same story, only he was the one shoving the blue book in the middle of the pile. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/45 "2015-02-24T15:21:10Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > After further review, Snopes credits the legend of the student shoving the bluebook into the test pile\*\* as far back as 1986.\*\* > > [The Tale of the Anonymous Test Taker | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/college/exam/doyouknow.asp) I just got old. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/46 "2015-02-24T15:24:07Z")
I thought it was Douglas Adams, and he found his packet of biscuits in the pile of blue books. ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Ravenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Abner\_Ravenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Ravenwood)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/47 "2015-02-24T15:25:10Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I love the ideas here! In reality, the only time I’ve been asked the question was by the son of a…well, yeah, a celebrity. In the sense that most people over 40 and under 70 would find the name ringing some faint bells, and maybe 1/3 of them would be able to identify his band. > > Anyway, his son comes in to my Blockbuster Video store and tries to rent some movies. Only it’s his dad’s card. When I scan it, there are no other authorized users on the account. Worse, there’s a Saved Message blinking at me on the screen: > > DO NOT ADD [SON’S NAME] TO ACCOUNT > > and one just below it: > [ACCOUNT HOLDER] REMOVED SON FROM ACCT. DO NOT RENT TO HIM! > > Crap. So I look through the History real quick and find late fees in the high triple digits that were disputed and written off, from movies rented by this kid (I’m assuming, since the sequels to two of them were in the stack in his hand…) There’s no way I’m bending the rules on this one; my DM would have my hide. > > “I’m so sorry, your name isn’t on this account. The account holder needs to come in with his ID and add you on. Or I could set you up your own account, if you’d like. I just need your ID----” > > “Oh, my GOD! This is ridiculous! DON’T YOU KNOW WHO MY \*\*FATHER \*\*IS?!?!?!” > > “Well…apparently, he’s the guy who said not to let you rent on his account.” :dubious: This made me think of Jeffrey Goines in the insane asylum in 12 Monkeys. > [@](#): > > Jeffrey Goines: Sorry. Uh, sorry. I, I, I got a little agitated. The thought of, uh, escape had crossed my mind, and then suddenly - suddenly - suddenly I felt like bending the fucking bars back, and ripping out the goddamn window frames and eating them - yes, _eating_ them! Leaping, leaping, leaping! Colonics for everyone! All right! You dumbasses. I’m a mental patient. I’m _supposed_ to act out! Wait’ll you morons find out who I am! My father’s gonna be really upset, and when my father gets upset, the ground SHAKES! My father is God! I worship my father! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/48 "2015-02-24T15:49:53Z")
Ever since seeing [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw)the only answer to that question is “This is not a game of ‘Who the fuck are you.’” ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/49 "2015-02-24T15:54:14Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > After further review, Snopes credits the legend of the student shoving the bluebook into the test pile as far back as 1986. > > [The Tale of the Anonymous Test Taker | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/college/exam/doyouknow.asp) Didn’t see **Wendell Wagner’s** post either, huh? ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/50 "2015-02-24T16:12:20Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Ever since seeing [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw)the only answer to that question is “This is not a game of ‘Who the fuck are you.’” Jeff Vader? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/51 "2015-02-24T16:26:25Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Jeff Vader? > > 😃 I will kill you with a tray. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/52 "2015-02-24T17:37:22Z")
I’ve been witness to this. It was in the Hamptons, specifically at a Sag Harbor shopping plaza. The person was parked in the emergency zone (clearly marked) and it was Jerry Seinfeld. A security employee responsible for the parking zones asked him to move his car, and he replied (honest to god) “Don’t you know who I am??” The beauty was, nearly everyone in the Hamptons is someone and thus so many passers-by stood there just looking at him like, “So what?”, that he followed instructions and moved his car. My experience has been that they can’t get away with that shit if you’re in the Hamptons, or Carmel, CA, or Beverly Hills (to some degree) because you’ll be considered an unwise ass from practically anyone around you. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/53 "2015-02-24T18:50:46Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > [blank stare] “No.” Yes!! —And then when they say, “I’m {insert ridiculously famous person’s name here},” you have not the barest flicker of recognition on your face. Like you never heard of them. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/54 "2015-02-24T18:57:37Z")
I was a bartender/bouncer and was working the door one night collecting the measly $2 cover charge. I was already surly because I was bouncing instead of bartending and missing out on a good night’s tips. A group of women approached, I said “There’s a $2 cover charge tonight - live music” One of the women said “Don’t you know who I am? I’m the MAYOR!” I said, completely deadpan, “Excellent, tonight mayors get in for $2”. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/55 "2015-02-24T19:22:18Z")
There was a story not long ago about the Palins crashing a party in Wasilla and the brawl that ensued. Sarah was heard yelling “Do you know who we are?!!” I would have loved to have been there to provide a variety of answers: “Brainless twat?” “Attention whore?” “Epic fail?” ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/56 "2015-02-24T19:27:02Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > There was a story not long ago about the Palins crashing a party in Wasilla and the brawl that ensued. Sarah was heard yelling “Do you know who we are?!!” Evidently, a Riot. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/57 "2015-02-24T20:25:25Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I will kill you with a tray. This one is wet. This one is wet. This one is wet. This one is wet. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/58 "2015-02-24T21:37:48Z")
> [@arseNal](#): > > Are we assuming we know for a fact that the person in question is really just a nobody who has an overinflated sense of self-importance? What if it really was some very powerful person? I’m sure if he wanted to, Warren Buffett could make my life a living hell. Call me spineless but I wouldn’t intentionally do anything to get on his bad side, even if he was acting like a jerk. Right, which is why my answer always was "Well, sure of course _I_ do, but the management had declared these rules apply to everyone, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/59 "2015-02-24T22:49:19Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Yeah, we’ve heard: the graduate assistant was **Tom Tildrum**. > [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Damn, I didn’t even see **Tom’s** post above. > > **Tom Tildrum** when and where did your occurrence happen? > > My hearing of this was in the early 1980’s at Texas A&M university. > [@Doug\_K](#): > > He had an “old joke” disclaimer at the bottom of his post. > [@Abner\_Ravenwood](#): > > My 9th grade world history teacher told me the same story, only he was the one shoving the blue book in the middle of the pile. Don’t you people know who I am!? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439/60 "2015-02-25T00:37:43Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Don’t you people know who I am!? Its True! In Falls Church, that man is SO Famous… why they built the Entire Highway System completely around him in a big wide loop… just to keep from interrupting his nap! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-know-who-i-am/713439.md?page=4)