Usually when people are sharing their brief brushes with celebrity, it’s because the moment was pivotal in some way.
There was that time people shared stories of celebs being nice almost as proof they could be, like Matilda star Mara Wilson shared that the actors who played her evil on-screen parents – Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman – let her stay with them when her mum was undergoing surgery for cancer.
And then there was the time that people were sharing excruciatingly awkward celebrity encounters, like the poor person who met Harry Styles and immediately fell into a “how are you? / good, how are you? / great, how are you?” spiral that can never be recovered from.
But this one is different. Now, people are sharing their most mundane stories of celebrity encounters, the ones so supremely boring that they wouldn’t be a story if the other person didn’t happen to be insanely good-looking and/or talented.
Your most boring, mundane, inconsequential celebrity encounter. Go!
— John Moe (@johnmoe) April 27, 2018
This one about Martin Freeman in particular is great, because he’s so ordinary-looking that he could easily be someone you kinda know through someone else, only you actually know him through some of the biggest franchises of the 21st Century.
https://twitter.com/LauraSRobinson/status/990488115839160320
There’s quite a few that clearly prove technology might be making us lonelier than ever, but it’s also responsible for a few brief moments of celebrity encounter.
https://twitter.com/ira/status/990419353517490176
Margaret Atwood once asked me what the Wi-Fi password was. https://t.co/wm0Np967C6
— Dave Rudden (@d_ruddenwrites) April 29, 2018
Of course, celebs who also use Twitter got involved. IDK if “mundane celebrity encounters” count when you are also a celebrity, but okay, Kumail.
https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/990475961408765952
And presumably, growing up with Robin Williams as your dad means “celebrity encounters” were actually just “your parents friends just coming over for takeaway food night”.
https://twitter.com/zeldawilliams/status/990400685135970304
And poor Terry Crews was just trying to take a shit.
I asked Winona Ryder where the bathroom was, and she very kindly said it was “down the hall.” https://t.co/1eHsOP9Pgx
— Meaghan (@meaghang) April 29, 2018
Have a read through some of the most mundane, dull encounters with fellow human beings who just happen to be famous. It’s wild mild.
When I was working at the Mobil station in Woodstock, NY, Ethan Hawke came in and bought a pack of Juicy Fruit. “.75 cents” i said. He gave me a 5 dollar bill. I gave him four dollars and 25 cents. He said “Thanks.” https://t.co/LIgbNPrfI1
— josh ruben (@joshruben) April 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/kateleth/status/990492668483416065
Back when I worked at a grocery store just off Mulholland, sold John Lovitz almost an entire shelf of cat food. https://t.co/O4VdaomGZV
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/lizzieohreally/status/990329878779133959
I was in line behind one of the Backstreet Boys at an airport McDonald’s and he asked me if 20 was too many nuggets. https://t.co/9t9Vk0P6FG
— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) April 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/heyjenbartel/status/990450425794097152
I used an ATM shortly after Liv Tyler https://t.co/bYDvlaC0EN
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) April 28, 2018
One time Mika Kunis tried to play with a dog I was walking when we were in line at a cafe, and I (not recognizing her at firs) said, “I’m actually trying to get her to calm down.” She was very apologetic.
— G. T. Karber (@gregkarber) April 28, 2018
Ewan McGregor outside LAX with @rob_pearson86 :
Rob: Ewan McGregor is behind you.
Me, turning to face Ewan, 4 feet away: Oh yeah.
Ewan’s eyes: DON’T SAY A FUCKING WORD TO ME. https://t.co/4ypyw6KK8A
— David Jackson (@DavidJackson_85) April 29, 2018
Carrie Fisher walked past my booth at RCCC, except I didn’t notice her at all because I saw Gary and went “omg that looks like Carrie Fisher’s dog” and only realized later what had happened. https://t.co/j0cQIdhxf5
— Kory Bing! (@korybing) April 29, 2018
Chris Rock held the door open for me as I was leaving a Vietnamese restaurant with takeout https://t.co/WGj5V2Ho9p
— Zach Shevich (@ZShevich) April 28, 2018
Sold Sienna Miller a teapot.
— Steve McMahon (@stevemcmahon13) April 28, 2018
Accidentally picked up Sophia Bush’s coffee at a Starbucks and she had to confront me to get it back https://t.co/FUaiGObFRI
— Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) April 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/bookavid/status/990702692757639168
Ran into Chris Hemsworth buying milk in SPAR. He bought A2. https://t.co/ZZ6Rd5NM6T
— Jules LeFevre (@jules_lefevre) April 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/mrShaneMichael/status/990646883524657154
I was trying to take a picture of the piranhas at the Central Park Zoo and right before I clicked, Taylor Swift and Harry Styles stepped next to me and ruined my picture with a reflection of their legs. https://t.co/Ynkf4u6ZoG
— Loreley Weisel-Librizzi (@LoreleyWrites) April 29, 2018
I almost over charged Ian McKellen a ticket because I forgot to give him the senior discount https://t.co/JkVboEBCgZ
— Louise Adair (@ladair97) April 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/EmmaDixon_EU/status/990560332581163008
On set at lunchtime, Benedict Cumberbatch asked me to pass him the tomato sauce. There was none left, so he had to grab one from another table. https://t.co/jaZUwOLV53
— Richard Higson (@RichardHigson) April 29, 2018
Intermission at a play in London. Man bumps into me. I turn to look up at him. Alan Rickman.
He apologized. I said “no worries”. https://t.co/d3y7ksLDnC— Brandi (@brandiwastaken) April 29, 2018
accidently reaching for the same green juice as SZA at the grocery store. she let me have it. https://t.co/CH3bBARajJ
— Alexa Losey (@alexalosey) April 29, 2018
dylan and cole sprouse were on the same bus as me to an airport and when we got there i made eye contact with cole and he said “yeah it’s us” then walked away https://t.co/C5mqqAqB4m
— emma (@luvgrassi) April 29, 2018
I was at a stop sign, looked to my left and next to me was Colin Farrell. Made eye contact. I nodded to him, he did it back. He drove away. https://t.co/nCcYnroWq0
— Brandon Calvillo (@BJCalvillo) April 29, 2018
i sold Ron Howard a toy lightsaber as a Borders holiday hire in 2004
that one is slightly more interesting in retrospect, I guess https://t.co/x9i75DmLgk
— Angie J. Han (@ajhan) April 29, 2018
my friend and I were in line at an empty Starbucks when Tim Allen walked in. He went to the front of the line instead of the back and awkwardly inched past us to get in back. My order was a little complicated. I could see Tim’s foot tapping impatiently. It was very quiet & weird https://t.co/a2kfR3Q8G2
— ricky montgomery (@rohmontgomery) April 29, 2018
In NYC getting on the subway, doors open and I’m face-to-face with Robert Pattinson. Had places to go, so he stepped off and I got on. My little sis (16 at the time) standing behind me, double-takes like, “Really?” He just shrugs, “Yeah” and the doors close. https://t.co/aIkkgEIft6
— Laura Keating (@LoreKeating) April 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/nicholasbueller/status/990633683643183106
Filming for The Circle was taking place in the dorm I was living in. I’m bringing my dirty laundry basket downstairs. Elevator door opens up to Emma Watson. I mumble sorry. The door closes. https://t.co/iDde19mT25
— Peebles (@iceddarkroast) April 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/carterwpalek/status/990633411080609795
Held the door open for Cate Blanchett. She said thanks. https://t.co/yKxQa8Awcx
— will wright (@willwrong) April 29, 2018
Filming for The Circle was taking place in the dorm I was living in. I’m bringing my dirty laundry basket downstairs. Elevator door opens up to Emma Watson. I mumble sorry. The door closes. https://t.co/iDde19mT25
— Peebles (@iceddarkroast) April 29, 2018
