Just met Jason Plato...

Just met Jason Plato...

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George Matthews

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268 posts

168 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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... and he is an arrogant wcensoredr

Saw his grey 911 Turbo parked outside the dry cleaners near where I live and thought "Wow! Its Jason Plato" so I hung around to say hello and meet him. 20 minutes in freezing 2 degree cold and he comes out and I say hello and he shakes my hand. I say that I really like his car reviews and all that to which he just says "yeah yeah nice yeah, bye". Gets into his Porsche and drives off. Can't even spare 10 seconds for a fan.

Its true what they say, don't meet your heroes.

Luke.

10,926 posts

249 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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I can't blame him to be honest.

MagicalTrevor

6,476 posts

228 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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I've heard he's a bit of a mardy bugger

CraigVmax

12,248 posts

281 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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he must have been thrilled you waited 20 minutes to see him. What were you expecting ffs ?

I met him at a party last year and had a really good chat with him about vmax and some other stuff, thought he was a very nice chap, people generally are when they are in a social environment, not when randomly spoken to in the street!

ewenm

28,506 posts

244 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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He would probably rather be greeted as a racing driver than a journalist too hehe

GregE240

10,857 posts

266 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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Met another bloke off Fifth Gear a while back at a VMAX, what a miserable he was. No enthusiasm or interest at all, did his bits to camera and fked off.

Just to give you a clue, his name rhymes with "stiff"

skodamanpat

367 posts

178 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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He didn't ignore you, he spoke, shook your hand, what did you expect, it was cold he as a life.

shakotan

10,675 posts

195 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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George Matthews said:
... and he is an arrogant wcensoredr

Saw his grey 911 Turbo parked outside the dry cleaners near where I live and thought "Wow! Its Jason Plato" so I hung around to say hello and meet him. 20 minutes in freezing 2 degree cold and he comes out and I say hello and he shakes my hand. I say that I really like his car reviews and all that to which he just says "yeah yeah nice yeah, bye". Gets into his Porsche and drives off. Can't even spare 10 seconds for a fan.

Its true what they say, don't meet your heroes.
He's not a public fking servant!

At least he was sociable enough to shake your hand.

-crookedtail-

1,557 posts

189 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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You were probably lucky to get a hello and handshake. As you said it was cold and he may of had places to go, people to etc.

I wouldn't hold it against him.

Hughesie

12,568 posts

281 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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GregE240 said:
Met another bloke off Fifth Gear a while back at a VMAX, what a miserable he was. No enthusiasm or interest at all, did his bits to camera and fked off.

Just to give you a clue, his name rhymes with "stiff"
Really, quite the opposite experience with me, had a good chat with him and he seemed really interested in the SLK i had with me that day, non std of course,

Petrolhead_Rich

4,659 posts

191 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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How would you like it if every time you went to the dry cleaners some randomer comes up for a chat?

You would be pretty pissed off after a week!

Don't hold it against him, just bear in mind he is a person!

ellis427

1,653 posts

178 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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yeah yeah, he didn't have to speak to you and it was cold. But come on guys it isn't hard to be polite and say a few extra words than do the bare minimum is it?
But yeah wouldn't hold it against him. You never know a different day you might have got another result.

Edited by ellis427 on Thursday 25th November 17:07

BelperJim

2,500 posts

182 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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GregE240 said:
Met another bloke off Fifth Gear a while back at a VMAX, what a miserable he was. No enthusiasm or interest at all, did his bits to camera and fked off.

Just to give you a clue, his name rhymes with "stiff"
I've heard Tiff is a thoroughly nice chap. Strange.

To the OP to be fair if I was a rather well known and well off bloke just about to get in my expensive car I may have been slightly cautious about sticking around too long aswell.

Gwagon111

4,422 posts

160 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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If someone I had never met before came up to me in the freezing cold, whilst I was picking up my dry cleaning, I doubt I'd want to stand around chit chatting either TBH. If you want to have a few words with him, go to a BTTC meeting and do the pit walk. If you pay for a paddock transfer at Thruxton you may well bump into him ( and many other) drivers at random. You'd be surprised at how different his attitude would be.

r1ch

2,866 posts

195 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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I read your post in the style of Eminem - Stan.

I guess he could have been a bit more polite imo.

BUG4LIFE

1,994 posts

217 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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I agree with George on this one, if it was me, I'd stop and chat with anyone. I'd be pleased they were a fan and always put in the effort. Poor show JP I say.

HereBeMonsters

14,180 posts

181 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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Did you not congratulate him on his BTCC Championship win this year?

Matt UK

17,637 posts

199 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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Sorry OP, but your post makes you sound like a weirdo.

HTH

tomtom

4,221 posts

229 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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BUG4LIFE said:
I agree with George on this one, if it was me, I'd stop and chat with anyone. I'd be pleased they were a fan and always put in the effort. Poor show JP I say.
It's enough of a pain in the arse to talk to people** about your car when you're getting out of it in a supermarket/petrol station/shop if you're in a rush. Sounds like Plato at least did the minimum. He could have told you to fk off.

  • Unless they're a fitty
Edited by tomtom on Thursday 25th November 17:15

Muzzer

3,814 posts

220 months

Thursday 25th November 2010
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George Matthews said:
... and he is an arrogant wcensoredr

Saw his grey 911 Turbo parked outside the dry cleaners near where I live and thought "Wow! Its Jason Plato" so I hung around to say hello and meet him. 20 minutes in freezing 2 degree cold and he comes out and I say hello and he shakes my hand. I say that I really like his car reviews and all that to which he just says "yeah yeah nice yeah, bye". Gets into his Porsche and drives off. Can't even spare 10 seconds for a fan.

Its true what they say, don't meet your heroes.
And here is a perfect example of why celebrities get a rough ride.

What was he supposed to do? Take you for a pint? Stand around in the cold chatting until you let him go?

He, like everyone else in the world, has things to do. He was polite, shook your hand and acknowledged you.

If he'd told you to bugger off or ignored you I could sort of understand your post, but to call someone an arrogant wker for being in a hurry doesn't say much for you tbh....
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