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I'm not one to complain about Leo in the past, but he's proven to be OUT OF HIS G-D DAMN MIND!!!
Telling all these little kids out there that they have no hope in becoming anything with their lives, they'll never be an Andy.
Leo once played tennis against a Davis cup pro. Did you guys write that fact down. Leo's a troll and needs to be canned.
Telling all these little kids out there that they have no hope in becoming anything with their lives, they'll never be an Andy.
Leo once played tennis against a Davis cup pro. Did you guys write that fact down. Leo's a troll and needs to be canned.
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Canned Troll?
Sounds delicious
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I once ran into Leo at the Longos at MLS. I gave it the friendly, "Hey Leo!. He gives it the head whip, and the nod, but zero smile. Like he was too cool to smile at person acknowledging his presence in this world.
Anyways, I continue with my grocery shop when half way through, as fate would have it, I come into the same aisle at Leo who is inspecting items as he pulls them from the shelf. I subtely creep closer to him with my kart. Without making eye contact I tell him in a low voice that im a big fan. Startled, he whips his head at me and tells me to more or less go **** myself. I realized that he had taken my comment in the low tone in a creepy manner so i frantically began to explain how i had only said it like that so as not to attract the attention of other unknowing passerbys. SO at this point he is wheeling his cart down the aisle faster then normal, when i literally yell out at the top of my lungs, `HEY EVERYBODY! ITS LEO RAUTINS!!` He freezes in his tracks, gives it the slow look around and realizes nobody has heard nor cared.
This guy has an ego the size of a watermelon and his commentating if reflective of this.
Anyways, I continue with my grocery shop when half way through, as fate would have it, I come into the same aisle at Leo who is inspecting items as he pulls them from the shelf. I subtely creep closer to him with my kart. Without making eye contact I tell him in a low voice that im a big fan. Startled, he whips his head at me and tells me to more or less go **** myself. I realized that he had taken my comment in the low tone in a creepy manner so i frantically began to explain how i had only said it like that so as not to attract the attention of other unknowing passerbys. SO at this point he is wheeling his cart down the aisle faster then normal, when i literally yell out at the top of my lungs, `HEY EVERYBODY! ITS LEO RAUTINS!!` He freezes in his tracks, gives it the slow look around and realizes nobody has heard nor cared.
This guy has an ego the size of a watermelon and his commentating if reflective of this.
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lol that's a great story, and yeah I can see why he was kind of creeped out by you though. hilarious that he would stop and look to see if anyone would care.
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The Main Event wrote:I once ran into Leo at the Longos at MLS. I gave it the friendly, "Hey Leo!. He gives it the head whip, and the nod, but zero smile. Like he was too cool to smile at person acknowledging his presence in this world.
Anyways, I continue with my grocery shop when half way through, as fate would have it, I come into the same aisle at Leo who is inspecting items as he pulls them from the shelf. I subtely creep closer to him with my kart. Without making eye contact I tell him in a low voice that im a big fan. Startled, he whips his head at me and tells me to more or less go **** myself. I realized that he had taken my comment in the low tone in a creepy manner so i frantically began to explain how i had only said it like that so as not to attract the attention of other unknowing passerbys. SO at this point he is wheeling his cart down the aisle faster then normal, when i literally yell out at the top of my lungs, `HEY EVERYBODY! ITS LEO RAUTINS!!` He freezes in his tracks, gives it the slow look around and realizes nobody has heard nor cared.
This guy has an ego the size of a watermelon and his commentating if reflective of this.
Dude you are the one with the problem here. Not everyone is in a mood to smile all day. You're complaining that he didn't SMILE at you??
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I was new to Canada and a student bussing tables for small amounts of money. It was at a trendy down town restaurant.
Leo comes in with some person I didnt recognize.
Leo goes to me as I pass by. "Can you get me a bottle of San Pelligrino?
Me knowing who Leo was decided to get the bottle myself even though it was outside my duties. I should have told the waiter. But because I wanted to serve Leo I got the bottle. and brought ice out in their glasses.
When Leo saw the ice his eyes nearly popped out of his head. He yells at me. goes "I expect to be treated with a certain level of hospitality when I come here!!!"
Needless to say he mentioned it to the server and I got talked to by the manager because of leo friggin rautins.
Leo comes in with some person I didnt recognize.
Leo goes to me as I pass by. "Can you get me a bottle of San Pelligrino?
Me knowing who Leo was decided to get the bottle myself even though it was outside my duties. I should have told the waiter. But because I wanted to serve Leo I got the bottle. and brought ice out in their glasses.
When Leo saw the ice his eyes nearly popped out of his head. He yells at me. goes "I expect to be treated with a certain level of hospitality when I come here!!!"
Needless to say he mentioned it to the server and I got talked to by the manager because of leo friggin rautins.
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how the hell did they give him control of the whole canadian program... im sick of listening to him, some of his rants are relentless
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The Main Event wrote:I once ran into Leo at the Longos at MLS. I gave it the friendly, "Hey Leo!. He gives it the head whip, and the nod, but zero smile. Like he was too cool to smile at person acknowledging his presence in this world.
Anyways, I continue with my grocery shop when half way through, as fate would have it, I come into the same aisle at Leo who is inspecting items as he pulls them from the shelf. I subtely creep closer to him with my kart. Without making eye contact I tell him in a low voice that im a big fan. Startled, he whips his head at me and tells me to more or less go **** myself. I realized that he had taken my comment in the low tone in a creepy manner so i frantically began to explain how i had only said it like that so as not to attract the attention of other unknowing passerbys. SO at this point he is wheeling his cart down the aisle faster then normal, when i literally yell out at the top of my lungs, `HEY EVERYBODY! ITS LEO RAUTINS!!` He freezes in his tracks, gives it the slow look around and realizes nobody has heard nor cared.
This guy has an ego the size of a watermelon and his commentating if reflective of this.
Great story. I'll counter with a brief one. I was on vacation in the Bahamas years back and saw Nets backup Brandon Armstrong and said hi to him and asked him about where he was looking to play next year. He acted like I was a stalker to know who he is and barely even responded. At the time, he was only a couple of years out of college. That's when I realized and accepted that I am a basketball fanatic.
You'd think that the guy would be happy that people are wishing him well! Following a brief stint with the Warriors, he faded into the annals of basketball history, never to be heard from or seen again.
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First Step wrote:I was new to Canada and a student bussing tables for small amounts of money. It was at a trendy down town restaurant.
Leo comes in with some person I didnt recognize.
Leo goes to me as I pass by. "Can you get me a bottle of San Pelligrino?
Me knowing who Leo was decided to get the bottle myself even though it was outside my duties. I should have told the waiter. But because I wanted to serve Leo I got the bottle. and brought ice out in their glasses.
When Leo saw the ice his eyes nearly popped out of his head. He yells at me. goes "I expect to be treated with a certain level of hospitality when I come here!!!"
Needless to say he mentioned it to the server and I got talked to by the manager because of leo friggin rautins.
There's something I'm not getting here... why did you get in trouble? Why was Leo angry?
Also, what's the context with respect to Leo's comments about kids, Andy, and tennis?
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Rautins is a horrible announcer... I like Sherman Hamilton or Jack Armstrong. Matt Devlin is alright.

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gamer4Life wrote:First Step wrote:I was new to Canada and a student bussing tables for small amounts of money. It was at a trendy down town restaurant.
Leo comes in with some person I didnt recognize.
Leo goes to me as I pass by. "Can you get me a bottle of San Pelligrino?
Me knowing who Leo was decided to get the bottle myself even though it was outside my duties. I should have told the waiter. But because I wanted to serve Leo I got the bottle. and brought ice out in their glasses.
When Leo saw the ice his eyes nearly popped out of his head. He yells at me. goes "I expect to be treated with a certain level of hospitality when I come here!!!"
Needless to say he mentioned it to the server and I got talked to by the manager because of leo friggin rautins.
There's something I'm not getting here... why did you get in trouble? Why was Leo angry?
Leo got mad because their was ice in his glass, and it's customary to drink it without ice.
I got in trouble because I'm wasn't supposed to serve customers their beverages. I only did it because it was Leo Rautins and I'm a Raptors fan so I was like i'm gonna serve it this time. How hard could it be to get a bottle from the fridge and some cups with ice.
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First Step wrote:gamer4Life wrote:First Step wrote:I was new to Canada and a student bussing tables for small amounts of money. It was at a trendy down town restaurant.
Leo comes in with some person I didnt recognize.
Leo goes to me as I pass by. "Can you get me a bottle of San Pelligrino?
Me knowing who Leo was decided to get the bottle myself even though it was outside my duties. I should have told the waiter. But because I wanted to serve Leo I got the bottle. and brought ice out in their glasses.
When Leo saw the ice his eyes nearly popped out of his head. He yells at me. goes "I expect to be treated with a certain level of hospitality when I come here!!!"
Needless to say he mentioned it to the server and I got talked to by the manager because of leo friggin rautins.
There's something I'm not getting here... why did you get in trouble? Why was Leo angry?
Leo got mad because their was ice in his glass, and it's customary to drink it without ice.
I got in trouble because I'm wasn't supposed to serve customers their beverages. I only did it because it was Leo Rautins and I'm a Raptors fan so I was like i'm gonna serve it this time. How hard could it be to get a bottle from the fridge and some cups with ice.
wtf? He called the manager over that? What a douche.
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No he didn't get the manager, he told the waiter who was enraged with me because he thought i ruined his tip. So the waiter told the manager.
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This one time at band camp, a girl named Lily did an amazing trick with a flute. But Leo Rautins didn't even bother clapping for her.
He is a cancer to this league.
He is a cancer to this league.
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Jim Lahey wrote:Rautins is a horrible announcer... I like Sherman Hamilton or Jack Armstrong. Matt Devlin is alright.
Funny you should mention Sherm. Because I live in MLS i often run into random players and coaching staff at that Longos. Last October i see Sherm coming down the escalator to Longos as im going up. He was looking down at his phone and as we passed eachother I go "Sherm! Love ya man!" Sherm looked up, smiled, waved his hand at me in acknowledgement and continued down. I got to the top, stood there for a brief second as endorphins flooded my brain and decided to go back down the escalator to see if I could ask him what he thought about Bargs goin into the upcoming season.
When I got back down I quickly darted around to see where he was. When I finally spotted him in the produce section, I very non-chalantly began to act as if I was selecting fruit from a nearby bin. I slowly crept my way over to him and said, "WHat do you think about Bargs goin into this season?" His head literally whips up and, startled, he goes, "wh, what? I dunno man." and looked back at the colliflower he was holding. I go, "i didnt mean to startle you dude, i just wanted to let you know..." and he literally starts walking away.
These guys have such big egos, its ridiculous. They need a serious reaity check. NOONE would recognize them outside of hardcore Raps fans, right?
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Leo Rautins needs to have a Chuck Norrisesque stigma.
Leo Rautins once went to a 5th graders birthday party, and put a bee hive in a box and wrapped it as the gift.
Leo Rautins once went to a 5th graders birthday party, and put a bee hive in a box and wrapped it as the gift.
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Leo the whole game was trying to pimp out bargnoodle just hidioues
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First Step wrote:Leo Rautins needs to have a Chuck Norrisesque stigma.
Leo Rautins once went to a 5th graders birthday party, and put his dick in a box and wrapped it as the gift.
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