Richard Gropely
A couple of years back to help make ends meet I was doing a bit of work in a restaurant near Leeds that was frequented by Countdown's very own recently-deceased host Richard Whiteley.

To this day, I cannot understand how he gained a reputation of having a friendly, jolly persona. Every time he came to our restaurant, without fail, he would be a complete and utter cunt, wallowing in his own self-importance, leering and groping at the waitresses, getting shit-faced while shouting out unreasonable demands to the restaurant staff. In general, making life very unpleasant for everyone because he could 'do what he damn well liked'.

It's a pity he died before the 'crap meals out' thread came around. He might have discovered what happens if you're unreasonable with restaurant staff...
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