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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

He’s a Magic Man (Oh Mama…)

posted by on September 25 at 14:49 PM

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This just in from Hot Tipper Coffee Roaster:

So here’s a Hot Tip for you! Today I was working at a local coffee shop here in Seattle on 5th Ave, when Penn from Penn and Teller walks in stands in line and orders two coffees, one regular and one decaf. When I present him the coffee I instruct him which one is decaf and which is regular. Then he says, “Are you sure this is decaf?” I say yes and he proceeds to tell me that if there is any caffeine in his coffee he will “cut my dick off and shove it down my throat.” Then he turns and walks away. WTF?! I could not believe he had just said that to me in front of a line of customers and employees. Where does this guy get off treating people this way? He is total scum. Sincerely, Your coffee roaster

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1

He will. Trust me.

Posted by Mr. Poe | September 25, 2007 2:54 PM
2

I think you had permission to tell him to go "Dick Cheney" himself. What a jerk.

Posted by bah | September 25, 2007 2:59 PM
3

And you now have learned the lesson of "What is a control group?"...Next lesson, *RESULTS*!!!!

Posted by cunei4m | September 25, 2007 2:59 PM
4

I always knew Teller was the brains of the operation.

Posted by Paulus | September 25, 2007 3:00 PM
5

“cut my dick off and shove it down my throat.”

Don't sweat it. He's just working on a new routine and testing all the possible possessive pronoun combinations.

Posted by Lloyd Clydesdale | September 25, 2007 3:05 PM
6

Well, he is a Libertarian. Coffee roaster must have looked like an untermenchen or something and he was impressing his superior will on him/her.

Posted by The Baron | September 25, 2007 3:06 PM
7

Well if you work at a Starbucks I can understand why he said what he said. Lots of rude baristas who can't get their orders right.

Posted by Kiki | September 25, 2007 3:08 PM
8

First Tyra, now this... I guess celebrities really are like the rest of us, if by "the rest of us" you actually mean "complete toolbags".


I'm so disillusioned.

Posted by UNPAID BLOGGER | September 25, 2007 3:09 PM
9

I can see why he probably shouldn't have caffeine.

Posted by NapoleonXIV | September 25, 2007 3:09 PM
10

Maybe caffeine makes him ... uh ... edgy.

Posted by Mahtli69 | September 25, 2007 3:14 PM
11

I used to date an aspiring sex worker who slept with Penn whenever he was in town. After a couple of years of this he gave her $5000 to set up her own internet porn site. I was never sure if that made him a nice guy who wanted to see her get ahead or a complete twat who wanted to see her debase herself even more.

I'm not sure this answers my question, but it does give me a hint.

Posted by Judah | September 25, 2007 3:18 PM
12

@11

Nicceeeee.

Posted by Mr. Poe | September 25, 2007 3:22 PM
13

Damn. I used to look up to that fat atheist badass.

More gossip: I know a hairstylist who had to repair the damage after Penn was so rough with a bottle-blond escort that all the hair on the back of her head rubbed off.

Posted by Mandy | September 25, 2007 3:26 PM
14

Another hero crushed by something as simple as coffee. What a prick!! "Suck it Penn!"

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger | September 25, 2007 3:35 PM
15

"Penn & Teller perform live every night (Except Friday), at 9pm at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas."

Came all the way to Seattle this morning just to be a dick? Where was your cell-phone camera Hot-Tipper?

Posted by umvue | September 25, 2007 3:39 PM
16

Are you sure it wasn't just another d&d nerd w/ an out of date goatee and top hat getting out of the Halo 3 convention?

Posted by mongo like slog | September 25, 2007 3:44 PM
17

Maybe he meant it in a loving, nuturing kind of way. Afterall he did stand in line.

Posted by Brian | September 25, 2007 3:55 PM
18

I don't see anything wrong with talking this way to baristas....there's nothing worse than getting your coffee order fucked....it's like 9/11 all over again. Fuck you hot tipper coffee roaster. Keep your bitch mouth shut and make sure you get my order right.

Posted by Penn. | September 25, 2007 3:56 PM
19

Wow. I mean that's like insulting to the point where you can't even feel hurt by it. The hot tipper now has a story for life! I wish someone told me something like that if I were a barista!

Posted by matthew fisher wilder | September 25, 2007 4:16 PM
20

"I wish you were the silent one." Would've been classic.

Posted by Dougsf | September 25, 2007 4:35 PM
21

I'm just baffled that Penn Jillette would even be in town in the first place. I have my doubts about this story, or whether the hot tipper just saw some dude who looked a lot like Penn. How would this hot tipper know for sure?

Not that I'm a Penn/Teller fan or think he wouldn't even be a dick (in fact, I hear from my fellow Vegasites that he's a dick in general but that's his M.O. and so are most celebrities)... but I doubt the validity of this tip.

Posted by Gomez | September 25, 2007 7:08 PM
22

i was there it was his fat dirty ass with his wife they sat three tables away from me!

Posted by kidd | September 25, 2007 7:33 PM
23

this girl i worked with gave him a blowjob just because he was famous. i met him and he was not charming or funny or interesting.

Posted by kittenchops | September 25, 2007 9:30 PM
24

Okay, now if you've ever seen Penn's act or tv show or anything like that, you'd know that part of the man's shtick is that he's an asshole, a complete and utter, but utterly entertaining asshole.

Posted by Gitai | September 25, 2007 9:40 PM
25

Have you listened to his podcast?

Posted by Amelia | September 25, 2007 9:58 PM
26

@24 - You are so right.

I know someone that was there when all of this was going down and I have it on good authority that Penn and his wife were hilarious and having a great time, as well as other staff. It was an off the cuff dirty joke and I don't think Penn's sense of humor works in Seattle.

Posted by Soupytwist | September 25, 2007 10:16 PM
27

I'd watch out for your junk... Perhaps a codpiece would be a wise purchase.

Decaf coffee has LESS caffeine, but is not caffeine free. (Or else they'd call it that instead.)

http://www.webmd.com/content/article/128/117076

Posted by Chris M | September 26, 2007 6:38 AM
28

THE ARISTROCRATS!!

Posted by Big_K | September 26, 2007 7:19 AM
29

Pretty sure he was in town auditioning for the fired Randy Quaid in Lone Star Love, which is still going to Broadway but without Quaid.

Posted by zxs | September 26, 2007 9:32 AM
30

decaf coffee still has (5 or fewer mgs of) caffeine in it. you are so screwed.

Posted by kate | September 26, 2007 9:44 AM
31

maybe he'll only get 5 mgs or less of his dick chopped off then. it will be easier to swallow that way.

Posted by infrequent | September 26, 2007 10:47 AM
32

I ran into him at a march befitting AIDS research a couple years ago in Las Vegas. He was very nice and signed a pamphlet for my friend.

Posted by Kay | September 26, 2007 3:07 PM
33

You must have missed the rest of the threat, which was that he would then produce your dick from under his hat, to the amazement of all.

Posted by K | September 26, 2007 4:12 PM

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