# Talking to a celebrity without triggering their "Here we go again" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-a-celebrity-without-triggering-their-here-we-go-again/938615 "2021-03-24T21:24:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-a-celebrity-without-triggering-their-here-we-go-again/938615/21 "2021-03-26T20:38:16Z")
I chatted a bit with Christopher Moore, when I was a volunteer at a book festival where he spoke. I stood in a line of maybe 250 people with books for him to sign, and he signed every one. The book signing took longer than his talk, in fact. I was the very last person in line, and I told him I was impressed that he stayed until every fan had gotten their books signed. He smiled and said, “Well, it’s my job.” A very nice man, who seemed to relish interacting with his fans. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-a-celebrity-without-triggering-their-here-we-go-again/938615/22 "2021-03-26T22:15:43Z")
I usually become a babbling mess when talking to celebrities. Fortunately for me when I met Steve Jobs, another guy went into blithering idiot mode first. I got to share a chuckle with him about it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-a-celebrity-without-triggering-their-here-we-go-again/938615.md?page=1)