I meet some interesting people doing what I do. For instance, I have worked on Chuck Yeager, John Corbett, Linda Williams, Jimmy Olson, Nancy Walker, and Linda Hamilton.
Unfortunately, the Chuck Yeager I worked on was not the one who was the first pilot to break the sound barrier, nor was the John Corbett the one that starred in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”. The Nancy Walker is not the one that starred in “Rhoda” and “McMillan and Wife”. The Linda Williams is not the one that was in “Something the Lord Made” and Jimmy Olson certainly isn’t Superman’s pal. And of course, Linda Hamilton is not the one that starred in “Terminator”.
Yet I do get interesting people.
One time I worked on a guy from Ireland that was part of the ground crew for the Fuji blimp. His job is driving a certain distance and then waiting for the blimp to catch up, and then repeating the same thing over and over. (The blimp only goes 35mph.)
But today was really neat. I worked on the head chef to the Cirque du Soleil (Circus of the Sun). The Cirque de Soleil is acrobats and animals and a host of other things that travels from city to city. My client travels in a truck which is his kitchen. He feeds 120 people twice a day with an international menu with no repeats. Since these people are effectively athletes, he can not use butter or cream (nothing with high fat content). He has to come up with all the menus, buy the food locally in each city, and direct his team of five chefs to prepare the meals. Better him than me.
But I like meeting these interesting people and learning about them. And they seem to really like my work. I just wish they would find me before they are on their last day here.