A diner from Chicago, IL
Nov 4, 2007
I was eating at Denny's one night. I had just signed with a WGA signatory agent for screenplays. I felt like celebrating over a good meal. It's very hard to get a WGA signatory agent at any age as they are top Hollywood agents, but I was 26 and landing an agent at that age is beyond very hard. Unfortunately, while eating my meal I was arrested for trespassing. Apparently, I ordered one coffee refill to many and was there to long. It was not prosecuted by the state of Illinois and I was released. I say I was not prosecuted because the state of Illinois found no guilt whatsoever in ordering an extra coffee and doing a bit of reading. If you like getting hauled to a police station in a small suburban town and being charged with trespassing for having an extra coffee, go to Denny's in Mokena. It destroyed my life temporarily. I lost my agent. I only regret not suing that waiter/night shift manager. I did end up getting my agent back after three long years.
